04 March, 2016

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 05/03/2016 - 11/03/2016

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SAT SATURDAY 05 MARCH 2016 SAT SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmt2 (Listen) SAT Operation Luna, Episode 5 SAT The stalled rocket ship stops Captain Jet and his crew from SAT returning to Earth. 1958 classic set in 1965. Stars Andrew SAT Faulds. SAT SAT 00:30 Soul Music b0076xfb (Listen) SAT Series 5, Episode 3 SAT Tony Benn, Cleo Laine and Paul Robeson Jr reflect on the SAT emotional power of the song from the musical 'Showboat'. SAT From March 2006. SAT SAT 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jl8s (Listen) SAT The Net and the Canal, Beyond the Firewall SAT Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield thinks she's moving SAT closer to a solving the murder mystery, but her internet SAT tormentor has other ideas... SAT The conclusion of Nick Fisher's atmospheric thriller. SAT Starring Imelda Staunton as Julie Enfield, Geoffrey Matthews SAT as Dad, Ross Livingstone as DS Lawrence Evans, Denys SAT Hawthorne as Goodfellow and Jane Whittenshaw as Charmaine. SAT Producer: Richard Wortley SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996. SAT SAT 01:30 Ruby Murray: The Secret Story of Curry b00rtg89 (Listen) SAT The British are mad about curry - 'Ruby Murray' in Cockney SAT rhyming slang. Alkarim Jivani speaks to curry lovers north SAT and south of the border to find out how curry came to be so SAT intimately linked with the British sense of identity. SAT Historically, the English have been seen as distrustful of SAT foreigners and wary of foreign food. So the nation's long SAT love affair with curry - which is as much working class as SAT colonial - is a surprising one. Even more curious is how SAT this passion for curry is now recognised as part of the SAT British identity. Vindaloo was the unofficial song of SAT England's 1998 World Cup team - an unlikely battlecry for SAT English football fans. In 2001, Robin Cook, then Foreign SAT Secretary, declared that chicken tikka masala was the SAT nation's most popular dish. Chicken tikka masala is even SAT included by the Ministry of Defence in its operational SAT ration packs to bring the troops some home comfort. SAT Contributors include: Madhur Jaffrey, whose enormously SAT popular 1982 BBC series Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery SAT revolutionised British Indian cuisine; Michelin-starred SAT chef, Atul Kochhar (Great British Menu, Saturday Kitchen), SAT known for his masterful use of spices and the Indian twist SAT he brings to modern British cuisine; Namita Panjabi, Group SAT Director, Masala World (Veeraswamy, Chutney Mary, Amaya, and SAT Masala Zone); and Neil Hind at Defence Food Services, SAT Defence Equipment and Support, Ministry of Defence (Defence SAT Equipment and Support buys equipment and supports the UK SAT army, navy and airforce around the world). SAT Presenter: Alkarim Jivani SAT Producers: Catriona Oliphant / Ian Willox Executive SAT Producer: Simon Berthon SAT A Chrome Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 02:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz SAT b074h8jl (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Can John and Kismine escape as Percy's hidden family estate SAT falls under attack? Concluded by Garrick Hagon. SAT SAT 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04bryyz (Listen) SAT Patterns from Crossed Peas SAT In 1900 three papers by three botanists, unknown to each SAT other, appeared in the same scientific journal. Each had SAT independently "rediscovered" the rules of inheritance that SAT Gregor Mendel had found four decades earlier in his solitary SAT investigations of pea plants. SAT Kathy Willis reassesses Mendel's famous pea experiments in SAT the light of his attempts to uncover what happens over SAT several generations when hybrid plants are created. As SAT historian Jim Endersby explains, Mendel's initial results SAT may have stunned him and shown what plant breeders might SAT have suspected for decades, but science now had mathematical SAT laws to create new varieties. SAT Historian Greg Radick sheds light on how Mendelism, in the SAT years leading up to the first World War, became heavily SAT promoted by Cambridge botanist William Bateson and was put SAT into action by the first Professor of Agricultural Botany, SAT Roland Biffen. His success in creating new wheat hybrids is SAT explained by a unique international assembly of wheat ears SAT from the early 1900s, curated by Mark Nesbitt, Head of Kew's SAT economic botany collection. SAT Producer Adrian Washbourne. SAT SAT 02:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mfhv8 (Listen) SAT Episode 10 SAT Neely has won an Academy Award, but her second marriage is SAT already on the rocks. Jacqueline Susann drama with Madeleine SAT Potter. SAT SAT 02:45 Book of the Week b00z9pzr (Listen) SAT To Miss With Love, Episode 5 SAT Written by Katharine Birbalsingh. SAT A third of teachers leave within their first term on the SAT job. This one wouldn't quit for all the world. SAT Meet Furious - sixteen, handsome and completely out of SAT control. Nothing frightens him and no one can get through to SAT him. Now meet Munchkin - a sweet kid with glasses who's an SAT easy target and needs protecting. Then there's Seething and SAT Deranged, two girls who are brimming with bad attitude; SAT Fifty and Cent, who act like gangsters but are afraid of SAT getting beaten up; and Stoic, a brilliant young mind SAT struggling to survive. SAT In the midst of them all, there is a bodyguard and bouncer, SAT a counsellor and confidante, a young woman whose job it is SAT to motivate and inspire them and somehow keep them out of SAT trouble: their teacher. None will make it through the year SAT unscathed. Some may not even make it at all. SAT Spanning a year of shocking truths and hard-won victories, SAT of fights and phone-thefts, teenage pregnancies and the SAT dreaded OFSTED report, this is the remarkable diary of an SAT inner-city school teacher. Revealing the extraordinary SAT chaos, mismanagement and wrong-thinking that plague our SAT education system, it is a funny, surprising and sometimes SAT heartbreaking journey from the frontlines of the classroom SAT to the heart of modern Britain. SAT Katharine Birbalsingh has been teaching in the state school SAT system in London for over a decade. Her dream is for all SAT schools to become interesting and exciting places of SAT learning, where children feel safe, happy and free to aim to SAT be the best that they can be. SAT Read by Adjoa Andoh SAT Produced by Clive Brill SAT A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 03:00 Classic Serial b0122r2m (Listen) SAT LP Hartley - The Hireling, Episode 2 SAT In this 1957 thriller by the author of The Go-Between, SAT L.P.Hartley, ex-Sergeant Stephen Leadbitter, raised from an SAT unhappy working class childhood between the wars, is on a SAT peacetime mission to business success as a chauffeur and car SAT for hire. He uniformly despises his clients, especially the SAT ladies, until the young, widowed, naive and immensely rich SAT Lady Franklin hires him to take her on trips to cathedrals SAT which she had visited with her late husband. SAT Lady Franklin has been in mourning for her late husband - a SAT man considerably older than her and an invalid - for two SAT years, and is finding it impossible to return to normal SAT life. In the confines of the car, and in search of a cure SAT for her depression, she shares her burden with him. He SAT obliges with a story of his own, a fiction, which grows, SAT monster-like, to plague the inventor. Two alien classes are SAT put on a collision course, causing salvation or destruction SAT to all involved, from the epicentre of an unexpected burst SAT of love. SAT Simon Day (The Simon Day Show (R4), The Fast Show) stars as SAT the lonely damaged anti-hero and Lisa Dillon (Cranford, SAT Bright Young Things) as the hugely rich and very young widow SAT who is the unwitting cause of his downfall. Kenneth Cranham SAT narrates. SAT Dramatised by Judith Adams from the novel by L.P.Hartley. SAT Cast: SAT Narrator ...... Kenneth Cranham SAT Steve Leadbitter ..... Simon Day SAT Lady Franklin ..... Lisa Dillon SAT Hughie ..... Joseph Millson SAT Constance ..... Ursula Burton SAT Clarice ..... Nicola Duffett SAT Simmonds ..... Anthony Gleave SAT Bert Standing ..... Kevin James SAT Landlady ..... Jane Purcell SAT Porter ..... Andrew Cullimore SAT Producer/Director: Chris Wallis SAT An Autolycus production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 04:00 Wildbrain b0729kh8 (Listen) SAT 1997 - Heat 4 SAT Lionel Kelleway visits Derbyshire, to test three SAT contestants' wildlife knowledge in the BBC Natural History SAT Unit's quiz. SAT SAT 04:30 No Commitments b007jp1m (Listen) SAT Series 8, Fresh Starts SAT Former TV soap star Charlotte finds the path to SAT self-knowledge. Stars Rosemary Leach and Celia Imrie. From SAT January 2002. SAT SAT 05:00 Dry Slopes b0729jgv (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Invisible Man SAT Jobless Angus, still living with his mum, is feeling SAT ignored. Maybe a psychiatrist can help? Stars Nick Ball. SAT From August 1997. SAT SAT 05:30 Wordaholics b01rr48h (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 2 SAT Gyles Brandreth presides over the comedy panel game where SAT Katy Brand and Alex Horne compete against Richard Herring SAT and Natalie Haynes to find out who knows more about words. SAT This week Katy Brand reveals an unexpected love of Proverbs SAT in the Old Testament and takes a guess at what 'cougar SAT juice' meant at the turn of the 20th century; Richard SAT Herring explains why his favourite West County word from his SAT schooldays is 'wasp'; Natalie Haynes guesses the meaning of SAT the German word 'zechpreller' which has no direct SAT translation in English, and Alex Horne coins his very own SAT onomatopoeia to describe a snowflake landing on a bubble. SAT Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle SAT Producer: Claire Jones. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Gyles Brandreth SAT Writer: Jon Hunter SAT Writer: James Kettle SAT Producer: Claire Jones SAT SAT 06:00 Hood b072nn3t (Listen) SAT King's Command SAT Summoned by King John, Philip De Nicholay, the Sheriff of SAT Nottingham, finds himself with the power to grant the man SAT known as Robin Hood a pardon. But there is a price to pay. SAT But for Philip, there lies betrayal that will set former SAT friends on a new path. SAT Stars Lee Ingleby as Philip De Nicholay, Peter Greenall as SAT Little John, Damian Cooper as Will Scarlet, Sean Connolly as SAT Brother Tuck, Anthony Milles as Robert De Loxley, Sarah SAT McKendrick as Lady Marion and Billy Miller as King John.. SAT Director: Iain Meadows. SAT Produced by Iain Meadows and Matt Hopper for Spiteful Puppet SAT Entertainment. SAT SAT 07:30 You're Entering The Twilight Zone b00mk6t9 (Listen) SAT Alan Dein explores the classic American television series SAT The Twilight Zone, as well as the life and imagination of SAT its creator, Rod Serling. SAT Fifty years ago, Serling ushered audiences into a new realm SAT of light and shadow. He had already electrified the new SAT medium of television with his powerful dramas and their SAT explorations of race, morality and capitalism, but now he SAT offered glimpses of American dreams and nightmares. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b01nnw8t (Listen) SAT Tuning In SAT The press fulminated, the enthusiasts were frustrated, and SAT the radio manufacturers fumed. Despite the fact that Marconi SAT had invented radio before Queen Victoria had celebrated her SAT Diamond Jubilee in 1897, radio in Britain took another 25 SAT years to begin an official service to listeners. But when, SAT on November 14th 1922 the British Broadcasting Company's SAT station at Marconi House radiated to an awaiting nation SAT "This is 2LO calling" for the first time under the company's SAT name, it marked the start of the first and most SAT distinguished public-service radio station in the world. SAT As part of the celebrations to mark nine decades of the BBC, SAT historian Dominic Sandbrook explores the long and involved SAT pre-BBC history of radio in Britain, how Britain's SAT broadcaster got going and developed into an institution SAT dedicated to entertainment, education and information, SAT discovers why Australian diva Dame Nellie Melba was SAT involved, and how the improbably-named Captain Plugge made SAT his first commercial broadcast to Britain, sponsored by SAT Selfridges department store, from the Eiffel Tower. From SAT Marconi to Savoy Hill via an old army hut in Essex, the SAT story of the early radio in Britain. SAT Producer: Simon Elmes. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats b007k3x4 (Listen) SAT The Noughties, Episode 1 SAT Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest SAT and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC. SAT Baz finally reaches the 21st century of radio comedy with SAT his first selection from the noughties: SAT * The Small World of Dominic Holland SAT Series 1 (6/6) SAT Dominic ponders the journey of life to adulthood. Stand-up SAT and sketches with Dave Lamb, Sally Grace and Simon Greenall. SAT From 2000. SAT * At Home With The Snails SAT Series 1 (1/4) SAT Fed-up Alex has done nothing since university, but then he SAT discovers an unusual hobby. Stars Geoffrey Palmer, Angela SAT Thorne, Gerard Foster and Miranda Hart. From 2001. SAT * Clare in the Community SAT Series 1 (4/6) SAT Social worker Clare Barker is racked with relief when her SAT most detested client dies. Stars Sally Phillips, Alex Lowe, SAT Richard Lumsden, Gemma Craven, Ellen Thomas and Nina Conti. SAT From 2004. SAT * Radio Shuttleworth SAT Series 2 (5/6) SAT 1997 Eurovision Song Contest winner Katrina Leskanich drops SAT into visit Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth, but his wife SAT Mary gets the ironing board out. From 2000. SAT * Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better SAT Series 1 (3/6) Pride SAT Welsh comic Mark continues his quest to free us from the SAT seven deadly sins. With Tim Key and Tim Minchin. From 2007. SAT * Little Britain SAT Series 2 (3/4) SAT Fat fighting with Marjorie and the hypnotic Kenny Craig. SAT Back where it started out - Matt Lucas and David Walliams' SAT oddball TV smash hit - without the cameras. From 2002. SAT Produced and scripted by Peter Reed SAT First broadcast on BBC 7 in 2003. SAT SAT 12:00 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00bfq14 (Listen) SAT Bertie Wooster must mend bridges after the fake burglary SAT debacle. PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael SAT Hordern. SAT SAT 12:30 No Commitments b007jp1m (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 04:30 today] SAT SAT 13:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre: Omnibus b072rsqx (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Charlotte Bronte's most beloved novel - the iconic and SAT dangerous love story starring Amanda Hale and Tom Burke. SAT Credits SAT Writer: Yasmina Reza SAT Michael: Lenny Henry SAT Veronica: Rosie Cavaliero SAT Millson: Joseph Millson SAT Annette: Monica Dolan SAT Director: James Macdonald SAT Producer: Catherine Bailey SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b072rsxt (Listen) SAT Rob Brydon SAT Welsh actor and comedian Rob Brydon chooses 'You Are My SAT Sunshine' by Bing Crosby and 'That's Why I'm Here' by James SAT Taylor. SAT SAT 14:15 Afternoon Drama b010y37b (Listen) SAT Judith Kampfner - Unfinished Business SAT Judith Kampfner's play about how a quick Internet search can SAT change the lives of two families who never knew of each SAT other's existence. SAT Based on the actual story of one man's impulse to discover SAT more about his absent father and the fragile friendship he SAT then forms with the man who was perhaps closest to the dad SAT he never knew. The words of the letters they send are taken SAT from the real email correspondence they exchanged. All names SAT have been changed and additional characters invented. SAT After a family tragedy, fifty-year old Simon decides to SAT discover all he can about the mystery that has haunted him SAT for decades. Neither Simon nor his mother, know anything SAT about the whereabouts of Simon's dad. The last they knew of SAT him was that he was a flamboyant artist in Florence, some SAT time in the 1970s. SAT A chance search on the Internet leads to an artist in Tucson SAT Arizona. Jeff Rodriguez was once taught by Simon's dad and SAT became his business partner. After some initial suspicion SAT from Jeff, the men exchange messages that are more like SAT old-fashioned letters, revealing more to each other as trust SAT grows between them. SAT Just when Simon thinks he's learns the truth, new SAT revelations complicate the story. SAT Meanwhile, his relationship with his only child, his teenage SAT son Owen, is put under increasing strain, as Simon appears SAT to be abandoning his responsibilities in favour of exploring SAT a distant and unreachable past. SAT Cast: SAT Simon Sachanah ..... Daniel Gerroll SAT Owen Sachanah ..... Tom Datnow SAT Marjorie Robinson ..... Sandra Shipley SAT Dr Anna Carter ..... Christa Scott-Reed SAT Jeff Rodriguez ..... Shawn Elliot SAT Tina Rodriguez ..... Leslie Lyles SAT Radio Announcer ..... Sydney Beveridge SAT Technical Direction: Scott Lehrer SAT Producer/Director: Judith Kampfner SAT A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b01nnw8t (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Hood b072nn3t (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 You're Entering The Twilight Zone b00mk6t9 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 The Twilight Zone b072rwl0 (Listen) SAT Series 3, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge SAT With his neck in a noose, plantation-owner Peyton Farquhar SAT is being prepared for execution by hanging from a railroad SAT bridge in Alabama. Thinking of his wife and children, the SAT condemned man's tale is told in flashbacks until his final SAT fate is revealed... SAT Based on Ambrose Bierce's short story originally published SAT in 1890 and adapted by MJ Elliot. SAT Starring Christian Stolte, Rob Riley, Danny Goldring, Susan SAT Hart and John Hoogenakker. SAT Narrator: Stacy Keach. SAT Originally a cult sci-fi and horror TV series created by Rod SAT Serling and broadcast in the USA on CBS from 1959 to 1964, SAT The Twilight Zone was first adapted by American producer SAT Carl Amari in 2002 as a 40-minute radio drama series. SAT Rod Serling had managed to electrify the new medium of SAT television - so armed with a licence from CBS and the SAT Serling estate, Amari's slick adaptions are based on the SAT original TV scripts. SAT Actor Stacy Keach (best known here as TV detective Mike SAT Hammer) takes Serling's original role as narrator - with a SAT full cast, music and sound effects. SAT Director: JoBe Cerny SAT Produced by Carl Amari for the Falcon Picture Group. SAT SAT 18:40 James Follett - Temple of the Winds b007jr6v (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT A violent storm in West Sussex triggers a series of strange SAT encounters for teenager Vikki Taylor. Read by Nigel Anthony. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats b007k3x4 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 James Acaster's Findings b01rg23c (Listen) SAT Pilot Episode: Bread SAT Stand-up comedian James Acaster presents the results of his SAT in-depth research into the subject of 'bread', assisted by SAT his trusty sidekick Nathaniel Metcalfe, in this brand new SAT comedy show for BBC Radio 4. SAT We'll find out why the French struggle to come up with a SAT snappy slogan to advertise Brioche, learn why the Bagel is SAT so trendy, and discover the hidden anti-bread propaganda SAT pushed at children through the medium of fairytales. SAT Produced by Lyndsay Fenner. SAT SAT 22:30 Boyle's Law b00n12rr (Listen) SAT Pilot for a new comedy by Suk Pannu about tough-talking cop SAT Inspector Vincent Boyle, head of data storage. Banned from SAT doing any actual detecting nowadays, he saves his 'catlike' SAT instincts for reading difficult situations among workmates SAT and acting as a father figure to the community support SAT officers. SAT Boyle ...... Sanjeev Bhaskar SAT Fox ...... Anna Chancellor SAT Adams ...... Meredith MacNeill SAT Commander Norris ...... Nicholas Farrell SAT Shankar ...... Nitin Ganatra SAT Waitres ...... Kate Layden. SAT SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b07303q7 (Listen) SAT The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith is joined by SAT Rob Auton. SAT SAT 23:00 Jason Cook's Happiness HQ b0112ydx (Listen) SAT The comedian Jason Cook is joined by Chris Ramsey, SAT psychiatrist Dr Sandra Scott and his own mum, Pat, as they SAT take a vivacious look at happiness in the workplace. In this SAT pilot episode of the comedy, the team discuss what is SAT Britain's happiest job and what we can do to make our SAT professional lives more cheerful. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Jane Berthoud SAT SAT 23:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00lbt3y (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 2 SAT The renowned comedian and activist tries to shape policies, SAT including honesty for politicians and truthful ads. From SAT July 2009. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 06 MARCH 2016 SUN SUN 00:00 The Twilight Zone b072rwl0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:40 James Follett - Temple of the Winds b007jr6v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre: Omnibus b072rsqx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b072rsxt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 Afternoon Drama b010y37b (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b01nnw8t (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Hood b072nn3t (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 You're Entering The Twilight Zone b00mk6t9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls Omnibus SUN b00mp6nc (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN In dazzling post-war New York, Anne, Jennifer and Neely move SUN in together. Jacqueline Susann drama with Barbara Barnes. SUN SUN 07:15 Definitely Dunn b072s2zc (Listen) SUN Grandad and the Elephant SUN Don't panic! Memories of Dad's Army star Clive Dunn, who SUN played Lance-Corporal Jack Jones for nearly a decade on TV, SUN radio and film between 1968 to 1977. SUN Recalling highlights from his first 50 years in SUN entertainment, Clive recalls his first TV appearances and SUN recording his chart-topping greatest hit. SUN Clive was aged 68 at the time of recording. He died in SUN Portugal in 2012, aged 92. SUN Producer: Edward Taylor SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1988. SUN SUN 07:30 Mr Blue Sky b01dp51w (Listen) SUN Series 2, Sorry SUN In this week's episode, Harvey's cat Lucky has gone missing, SUN but does her disappearance have anything to do with the SUN book-burning neighbour (played by Simon Day)? Robbie SUN develops a crush on an older woman and Jax rekindles her SUN relationship with the builder Rakesh. SUN Harvey Easter (played by Mark Benton), 46, is the eternal SUN optimist. He is able to see the good in every situation, the SUN silver lining within every cloud, the bright side to every SUN bit of bad news. SUN This, however, is his downfall. Someone for whom the glass SUN is always half-full can be difficult to live with, as his SUN wife of 19 years, Jacqui (played by Claire Skinner), knows SUN all too well. Even as life deals Harvey and the Easter SUN family a series of sadistic blows, Harvey looks on the SUN positive side. It's pathological with him. The way Jax sees SUN it, instead of dealing with the problems of their marriage SUN and their teenage kids, Harvey's optimism is actually his SUN way of avoiding engagement with the big issues. SUN Mr Blue Sky is about one man battling to remain positive in SUN moments of crisis, and one woman battling to live with SUN someone who has his head in the clouds. SUN Cast: SUN Harvey Easter ..... Mark Benton SUN Jacqui Easter ..... Claire Skinner SUN Charlie Easter ..... Rosamund Hanson SUN Robbie Easter ..... Tyger Drew Honey SUN Kill-R ..... Javone Prince SUN Rakesh Rathi ..... Navin Chowdhry SUN Dr Ray Marsh ..... Justin Edwards SUN Mr Leopold ..... Simon Day SUN Sean Calhoun .... Michael Legge SUN Written by Andrew Collins SUN Title Music Arrangement by Jim Bob SUN Producer/Director: Anna Madley SUN An Avalon Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 08:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b072s3gk (Listen) SUN From 03/06/1943 SUN Can Tommy Handley take care of all the guests at his new SUN hotel in the legendary wartime comedy. SUN ITMA proved to be one of the BBC's most popular radio SUN comedies ever produced. It was first transmitted just before SUN the start of the Second World War in 1939 and ran to 1949. SUN Domestic audiences topped 20 million, and the audience SUN worldwide was said to number 30 million. It starred SUN Liverpudlian comic Tommy Handley, who with Ted Kavanagh SUN created the series named after the phrase newspapers often SUN used to describe Hitler: It's That Man Again! SUN The original setting on a ship was deemed inappropriate once SUN war broke out, and was replaced with the Office Of Twerps, SUN with Tommy as Minister of Aggravation and Mysteries. SUN Other settings followed - a seaside resort, and a war SUN factory which by 1943, for this run of episodes, had been SUN turned into a hotel. SUN Featuring a host of supporting characters including Dorothy SUN Summers as Mrs Mopp and Jack Train as Colonel Humphrey SUN Chinstrap. SUN Producer: Francis Worsley SUN First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1943. SUN SUN 08:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b00j0hbp (Listen) SUN A forgetful actor, a grave digger's wedding - and people who SUN use lots of words but say very little. SUN A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker. SUN With Terence Brady, Pauline Yates and John Graham. Pianist: SUN Gordon Langford. SUN Written by Tony Bilbow and Mike Fentiman, Guy Boas, Terence SUN Brady, David Climie, John Graham, Charles Griffin, Kevin SUN Paul and Harold Arkthorp, Allan Scott and Chris Bryant, SUN Peter Spence and Gerald Wiley. SUN Producer John Fawcett-Wilson SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1972. SUN SUN 09:00 The Real Henry James: Omnibus b072s4hn (Listen) SUN To mark the centenary of Henry James's death, the great SUN writer is revealed through his letters and memoirs. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b072s5f0 (Listen) SUN Ruby Wax SUN Brash comedian and actress Ruby Wax chooses 'Twist and SUN Shout' by The Beatles and 'You Can Close Your Eyes' by James SUN Taylor. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b072s5f3 (Listen) SUN Comedy Writers, Armando Iannucci SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Bach to Sibelius, comedy writer and SUN producer Armando Iannucci makes his castaway choices. With SUN Sue Lawley. From April 2006. SUN SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour b072s73v (Listen) SUN Series 2, Mother, Mommy, Mama, Mom SUN True stories told live in the USA: Catherine Burns SUN introduces tales about motherhood. With actress Molly SUN Ringwald. SUN The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organisation SUN dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling based in the SUN USA. Since 1997, it has celebrated both the raconteur and SUN the storytelling novice, who has lived through something SUN extraordinary and yearns to share it. Originally formed by SUN the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of SUN friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in SUN through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New SUN York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to produce SUN immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around New SUN York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts SUN of the world. SUN The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live SUN and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. SUN The Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year. SUN Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, SUN from the humorous to the heart-breaking. SUN The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic SUN Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed SUN by the Public Radio Exchange. SUN SUN 11:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00zm4j4 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Earthworms SUN 6/20. Although Charles Darwin is especially well known for SUN his work on the Theory of Evolution through his seminal work SUN "On the Origin of Species", he also published a lot of his SUN research on earthworms. Earthworms fascinated Darwin, so SUN much so that his observations led him to believe that they SUN showed marked intelligence. And earthworms fascinate David SUN Attenborough too. He recalls a visit to Australia to film SUN the giant earthworm and intriguingly used his ears more than SUN any other sense to find them. What did they sound like and SUN what did they look like? He reveals all. SUN Written and presented by David Attenborough SUN Produced by Julian Hector. SUN SUN 12:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b072s3gk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b00j0hbp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls Omnibus SUN b00mp6nc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 Definitely Dunn b072s2zc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle: SUN Omnibus b072sbd8 (Listen) SUN After a poisoning on the Blackwoods family estate, can SUN Merricat protect her remaining sister and uncle? Read by SUN Bryony Hannah. SUN SUN 15:45 EM Forster - Ansell b072sbp4 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. 'Books! I don't hold with books in the SUN country. What you want is recr'ation and h'air and SUN h'exercise'. Read by Peter Kenny. SUN SUN 16:00 Saturday Drama b00772vr (Listen) SUN Zoe Fairbairns - The Belgian Nurse SUN Belgian Nurse SUN The story of a friendship that created one of the 20th SUN century's best-selling novels and films. SUN When American writer Kathryn Hulme meets a Belgian nurse on SUN a UN Relief Programme after the Second World War, she SUN doesn't understand why Marie-Louise Habets is so unwilling SUN to talk about herself. It's only later that Marie-Louise SUN admits she has recently left her convent – a confession that SUN reaches a worldwide audience through the book and then the SUN film of The Nun's Story. SUN Kathryn Hulme ...... Debora Weston SUN Marie-Louise Habets ...... Rachel Atkins SUN Pierre ...... John Moraitis SUN Fred Zinneman ...... Garrick Hagon SUN Audrey Hepburn ...... Christine Kavanagh SUN Mother Benedict ...... Jane Ridley SUN Produced and directed by Sara Davies. SUN SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra b072sj34 (Listen) SUN Lost Voices - Rosemary Tonks SUN BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the SUN BBC's radio poetry archive. SUN 'Lost Voices' features Rosemary Tonks. For a female poet in SUN the 1960s Rosemary Tonks was unusually candid about SUN adventures in steamy cafes and illicit hotel bedrooms. She SUN published two extraordinary books of poetry which were SUN heavily influenced by the eroticism of 19th century French SUN poets. And then she fell silent. By the end of the 1970s, SUN she'd disappeared from public life. Brian Patten talks to SUN some other poets about Tonks's writing and asks if it has SUN survived the 1960s. Then, right at the end of the programme, SUN he receives some new information. SUN Producer: Christine Hall SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009. SUN SUN 17:30 Mr Blue Sky b01dp51w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Classic Serial b01lh971 (Listen) SUN John Wyndham - The Chrysalids, Episode 2 SUN John Wyndham's post-apocalyptic science fiction classic SUN dramatised by Jane Rogers. SUN Genetic mutation has devastated the world. Any deviation is SUN seen as the work of the devil, ruthlessly hunted out and SUN destroyed. David Strorm is one of a group of young people SUN who can communicate by transferring thought-shapes. In God SUN fearing, law abiding Waknuk, David and his friends would be SUN classed as Mutants. Will David be forced to flee to the SUN Fringes, the lawless territory inhabited by mutants or risk SUN discovery? SUN Directed by Nadia Molinari SUN Written in 1955 Wyndham's novel explores the dangers SUN inherent in discrimination and the threats posed by SUN religious fundamentalism. The 'Old People' who caused the SUN apocalypse are depressingly like us: ' They were shut off by SUN different languages and different beliefs. They created vast SUN problems then buried their heads in the sands of idle SUN faith.' The children of the future (the Chrysalids) are able SUN to 'think-together' and so can rise above the selfish SUN violence and conflicting religions of the past. Wyndham's SUN story of a group of persecuted teenagers is more timely than SUN ever in our post-Fukushima, war-riven, genetically SUN engineered and religiously divided world. Jane Rogers is a SUN playwright and novelist, her latest novel The Testament of SUN Jessie Lamb won the Arthur C Clarke Award this year. SUN Credits SUN David: Matthew Beard SUN Rosalind: Verity-May Henry SUN Petra: Sydney Wade SUN Michael: Henry Devas SUN Fringe dweller: Henry Devas SUN Sophie: Carla Henry SUN Sally: Carla Henry SUN Rachel: Emma Cunniffe SUN Zealander: Emma Cunniffe SUN Gordon: Conrad Nelson SUN Writer: John Wyndham SUN Director: Nadia Molinari SUN SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour b072s73v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00zm4j4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] SUN SUN 20:00 The Real Henry James: Omnibus b072s4hn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b072s5f0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b072s5f3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Mr Blue Sky b01dp51w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 The Shuttleworths b007jm47 (Listen) SUN Series 2, The Birthday Bench SUN Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth's present causes SUN consternation for his agent Ken. Stars Graham Fellows. From SUN July 1995. SUN SUN 22:45 The In Crowd b007jpmk (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 3 SUN Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, SUN Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From March 2002. SUN SUN 23:00 Newsjack b07295ph (Listen) SUN Series 14, Episode 4 SUN This week's stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into SUN sketches, one-liners and vox-pops written by the public. SUN Trying to make sense of it all is our host, Nish Kumar. SUN Nish is joined this week by Vivienne Acheampong, Kieran SUN Hodgson and Emma Sidi. SUN The Production Coordinator was Sophie Richardson. SUN Newsjack was produced by Matt Stronge and Paul Sheehan SUN It was a BBC Radio Comedy Production. SUN SUN 23:30 The Nick Revell Show b00ct94s (Listen) SUN Series 2, The Promised Land SUN As the writer gets a lucky Hollywood break, his geraniums SUN are terrorised by an old foe. With Alistair McGowan. From SUN July 1993. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 07 MARCH 2016 MON MON 00:00 Classic Serial b01lh971 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls Omnibus MON b00mp6nc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 Definitely Dunn b072s2zc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle: MON Omnibus b072sbd8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 EM Forster - Ansell b072sbp4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Saturday Drama b00772vr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Poetry Extra b072sj34 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Mr Blue Sky b01dp51w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Given just days to live, a Victorian policeman is ready to MON make his final confession MON He candidly reveals his involvement in a murder case many MON years before. As a young police constable in London, he MON recalls how a young woman burst in with news of a gruesome MON killing... MON Read by Ronald Pickup. MON Written by Wilkie Collins and first published in 1880. MON Producer: Joanne Reardon MON Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003. MON MON 06:30 Rocking the Blitz Club b00rz61w (Listen) MON Midge Ure takes us back The Blitz Club in London's Covent MON Garden where the 'New Romantics' came of age. The club first MON opened its doors in 1979 at the height of another recession MON and Midge explores how the flamboyant Blitz scene offered an MON escape from the hard economic reality that he and his MON contemporaries were facing. MON Midge remembers how "walking into the Blitz was like MON stepping out of time, you never knew what period it was set MON in. It was a total mish-mash of styles, full of blurred MON genders and make-up for girls and boys". The Blitz crowd MON were christened the 'New Romantics' because of what Midge MON calls their "nostalgia for the future". MON The Blitz was a seedbed for creative talent, full of MON musicians, designers, photographers and stylists. John MON Galliano first flaunted his ideas there, Spandau Ballet MON played their early gigs and a young Boy George took the MON coats. MON A new sound emerged from the club - the synthesizer-based MON electropop pioneered by Midge in his bands Visage and MON Ultravox. The success of the Blitz bands brought wealth and MON fame, but the "extreme hedonism" of the 'New Romantic' MON movement led many into very dark places. MON Finally, Midge explores why the 1980s 'New Romantic' synth MON sound has seen a revival in the current recession. MON Midge meets former Blitz Kids including: Gary Kemp (Spandau MON Ballet), Gary Numan, Robert Elms, Rusty Egan, Steve Strange MON (Visage), Stephen Jones (milliner) and Dylan Jones, to MON revisit what was undoubtedly a golden era of British pop MON music. MON The producer is Melissa FitzGerald, and this is a Blakeway MON production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 07:00 The Right Time b0076mmf (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 5 MON A near-death experience turns out mundane in this sketch MON comedy about getting on a bit. Stars Eleanor Bron. From MON August 2004. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b071sn2k (Listen) MON Series 74, Episode 2 MON Gyles Brandreth, Tim Rice & Esther Rantzen join Paul Merton MON and Nicholas Parsons as they try to speak without deviation, MON hesitation or repetition on such diverse subjects as Bubble MON & Squeak, Kiwis and A Leap Year in the classic panel game. MON Produced by Victoria Lloyd. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Paul Merton MON Panellist: Gyles Brandreth MON Panellist: Tim Rice MON Panellist: Esther Rantzen MON Producer: Victoria Lloyd MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jr4t (Listen) MON Series 3, The Cricket Match MON Captain Mainwaring goes into bat when the Home Guard platoon MON are challenged to play a match against the wardens. MON Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier MON as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John MON Laurie as Private Frazer, Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey, MON Ian Lavender as Private Pike, Bill Pertwee as Hodges, Frank MON Williams as the Vicar, Edward Sinclair as the Verger and MON Larry Martyn as Private Walker. MON Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV MON scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. MON Producer: John Dyas MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1976. MON MON 08:30 Listen to Les b0180fmx (Listen) MON From 20/01/1985 MON Les Dawson pays tribute to a feisty barber, Cosmo Smallpiece MON chairs a chat show and with Les at the piano, the Ink Blots MON help to murder a song. MON With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn. MON Music by Brian Fitzgerald. MON Scripted and produced by James Casey. MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1985. MON MON 09:00 The Write Stuff b00f9vnx (Listen) MON Series 8, Robert Burns MON James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary MON correctness, flanked by captains Sebastian Faulks and John MON Walsh and guests Harry Ritchie and Simon Brett. The author MON of the week and subject for pastiche is Robert Burns and the MON reader is Beth Chalmers. MON MON 09:30 King Street Junior b007jmjs (Listen) MON Series 6, In Real Terms MON When expenditure exceeds income, Mr Beeston faces tough MON decisions over the new school year. Stars Karl Howman and MON James Grout. MON MON 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gq5y (Listen) MON Time of Hope MON Eager Lewis Eliot starts his rise to power from 1920s MON Leicester. CP Snow's English establishment epic. Stars Adam MON Godley. MON MON 11:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j2333 (Listen) MON Fusilli MON A packet of pasta from the supermarket shelf reawakens a MON father's loss. Read by Ewan Bailey. MON The 25 short stories that comprise England and Other Stories MON mark Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed MON novels. The stories dwell on the essence of Englishness and MON those chosen place us on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar, MON in a barbers, a supermarket, a laboratory and Macintyre's MON warehouse, and in each place and time, Swift perfectly MON captures a universal truth from the minutiae of lives. MON "This is a sharp, beautiful collection: every story quick MON and readable but leaving in the memory a core, a residue of MON thoughtfulness" The Guardian MON Graham Swift came to prominence with this second novel MON Shuttlecock, which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in MON 1983. That same year, Swift's Waterland, set in the Fens MON earned him a place on the shortlist for the Booker prize. MON Swift would go on to win the Booker prize in 1996 with his MON novel Last Orders, which became a film starring Michael MON Caine, Tom Courtney, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. MON Produced by Jeremy Osborne MON Made for BBC Radio 4Extra by Sweet Talk. MON MON 11:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k241 (Listen) MON The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Man With the Twisted MON Lip MON Trailing a missing man, the detective enters one of London's MON vilest opium dens. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael MON Williams. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jr4t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Listen to Les b0180fmx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Rocking the Blitz Club b00rz61w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01n9yg5 (Listen) MON Patricia Ferguson - The Midwife's Daughter, Episode 1 MON By Patricia Ferguson MON Read by Joanna Tope MON Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the new novel by MON Orange Prize listed author Patricia Ferguson is the MON compassionate and moving story of two sisters and the young MON black orphan who changes their lives. MON Violet Dimond has a terrible nightmare about her dead MON daughter but wonders if the dream may not strictly be her MON own. MON Abridged by Robin Brooks MON Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane. MON MON 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04cb9gw (Listen) MON Towards the Light MON The Nobel prize for Chemistry was awarded to German MON scientist Richard Willstatter in 1915 for his analysis of MON the green plant pigment chlorophyll. It marked a significant MON moment in the long history of piecing together the many MON elements that contribute to photosynthesis - the process by MON which plants draw in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and MON together with light and water can generate their own glucose MON and release oxygen back into the air. The limits of this MON process were now clear MON Kathy Willis hears from historian Jim Endersby about MON defining moments in photosynthesis' long history and from MON Kew's Head of Conservation Biotechnology about how MON artificially elevating levels of carbon dioxide in the air,a MON technique long developed by horticulturists to produce MON bigger fruit and vegetable crops, is now having dramatic MON effects on successful reintroduction of cultivated MON endangered plants back into the wild. MON And as scientists understand the different methods that MON plants use to photosynthesise, Kathy Willis hears from MON Oxford plant scientist Jane Langdale who's part of a network MON of international scientists who are attempting to mend a MON fundamental flaw in the process of photosynthesis which MON could improve future rice yields by 50% MON Producer Adrian Washbourne. MON MON 14:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mjktk (Listen) MON Episode 11 MON With Anne's help Neely agrees to perform on TV, but this MON creates big problems. Jacqueline Susann drama with Madeleine MON Potter. MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b00zlfh1 (Listen) MON John Julius Norwich - The Popes, Episode 1 MON Well known for his histories of Norman Sicily, Venice, the MON Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich MON has now turned his attention to the oldest continuing MON institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the MON centuries from St Peter himself - traditionally (though by MON no means historically) the first pope - to the present day. MON Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have MON unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in MON unspeakable iniquity. MON John Julius Norwich begins reading The Popes today in MON suitably sensational fashion, with a 9th century scandal, MON believed for several centuries and doubted for as many MON again. The pope reputed to have given birth on a Roman MON street, who inspired a bizarre and unlikely ritual which was MON inflicted on future pontiffs to ensure their gender was MON male... meet Pope Joan. MON Producer: David Roper MON A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gq5y (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The Write Stuff b00f9vnx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 King Street Junior b007jmjs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 The Right Time b0076mmf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 Just a Minute b071sn2k (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmtk (Listen) MON Operation Luna, Episode 6 MON Captain Jet Morgan decides to investigate the dark side of MON the moon, before the ship returns to Earth. Stars Andrew MON Faulds. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b00763q1 (Listen) MON Sheena McDonald & Chris Woodhead MON Matthew Parris and his guests broadcaster Sheena McDonald MON and former chief inspector of schools Chris Woodhead discuss MON favourite books by John Cowper Powys, Edward Platt and Peter MON Novick. From 2001. MON Books discussed: MON Wolf Solant by John Cowper Powys MON Pub: Penguin MON Holocaust and Collective Memory by Peter Novick MON Pub: Bloomsbury MON Leadville by Edward Platt MON Pub: Picador. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jr4t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Listen to Les b0180fmx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Rocking the Blitz Club b00rz61w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j2333 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k241 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b071sn2k (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Chris Addison's Civilization b00f2zsd (Listen) MON A Working Society MON The thinking idiot's anthropologist charts the bumpy MON evolution of the Western world. With Dan Tetsell. From April MON 2006. MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b071x885 (Listen) MON Series 48, Episode 1 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Jon Holmes, Gemma MON Arrowsmith and special guests for a comic romp through the MON week's news. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Hugh Dennis MON MON 23:30 Elvenquest b01616lj (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 1 MON When Sam is left behind to "guard the stuff" whilst the MON others are off killing the Man-munching Giant of Rankor he MON is accosted by a beautiful maiden, Eirwen, who has been kept MON captive in the giant's castle and takes Sam to be her MON rescuer. She promptly proposes, throwing the future of the MON Questers' Fellowship into jeopardy. MON Meanwhile, Lord Darkness' attempts to conquer Lower Earth MON take a new turn when Kreech discovers an ancient prophesy MON enabling Lord Darkness to create the "UnChosen One", an evil MON spirit that is the only being that can defeat the Chosen MON One. Problem is, it means Lord Darkness has to impregnate a MON hideous, misshapen creature. If only there was one of those MON close to hand... MON Starring: MON Darren Boyd as Vidar MON Kevin Eldon as Kreech/Dean MON Martha Howe-Douglas as Eirwen MON Dave Lamb as Amis/The Chosen One MON Stephen Mangan as Sam MON Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness MON and Sophie Winkleman as Penthiselea MON The producer is Sam Michell. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 08 MARCH 2016 TUE TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmtk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b00763q1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Rocking the Blitz Club b00rz61w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01n9yg5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04cb9gw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mjktk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Book of the Week b00zlfh1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gq5y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff b00f9vnx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 King Street Junior b007jmjs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The Right Time b0076mmf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Just a Minute b071sn2k (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq12 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE With just days to live, a Victorian policeman continues his TUE final confession from his death bed. TUE With mystery still surrounding the brutal murder of John TUE Zebedee, he recalls his determination to solve the case when TUE the rest of the police force had given up. TUE Concluded by Ronald Pickup. TUE Written by Wilkie Collins and first published in 1880. TUE Producer: Joanne Reardon TUE Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003. TUE TUE 06:30 Mandela in His Own Words b00wr4j3 (Listen) TUE Nelson Mandela wrote a letter every day of his life. He also TUE wrote diaries, kept notebooks, scratched out ideas for TUE speeches and doodled his thoughts and meditations on scraps TUE of paper. TUE In this programme Fergal Keane takes a journey through this TUE special archive, which was bequeathed to the Nelson Mandela TUE Foundation in 2009 and published by Macmillan in the book TUE 'Conversations With Myself' in October 2010. TUE The archive reveals surprises, painful reminders and TUE unanswered questions and offers insight into the experiences TUE which led to Mandela's daily disciplines, life lessons and TUE to the moral and political vision which inspired and TUE continues to inspire so many. TUE We hear the voice of someone who is communicating not TUE necessarily to a particular audience but who is laying out TUE his personal thoughts. We are also given snatches of audio TUE archive - conversations between Mr Mandela and one of his TUE closest friends and colleagues, Ahmed Kathrada speaking on a TUE range of subjects from lessons on how to fire a rifle, to TUE Tracy Chapman. TUE We hear Mandela's reflections as an activist with the ANC in TUE the 1960s. We hear his voice at the moment he is told he TUE will be sent to Robben Island, and in more personal moments, TUE recalling dreams about his wife Winnie and his children, TUE during his years apart from his family. We hear diary TUE excerpts written on the night of his release from Pollsmoor TUE in February 1990, and drafts of his very early speeches as TUE leader of the ANC. And we hear extracts from letters and TUE diaries written during his years in retirement, as he TUE observes the ongoing political struggles of his country. TUE Producer: Sarah Cuddon TUE A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 07:00 55 and Over b01nt3xm (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE Juliet Stevenson and Philip Jackson star in Peter Souter's TUE comedy about love, sex and other foolhardy mistakes made by TUE the modern 50pluser. This week Ray and Jane's marriage is TUE rocked by some very bad singing and late-life crisis's take TUE hold. TUE Jane ..... Juliet Stevenson TUE Ray ..... Philip Jackson TUE Tony ..... Patrick Brennan TUE Heather ..... Liza Sadovy TUE Honey ..... Stephanie Racine TUE Sam ..... Adam Nagaitis TUE Producer/Director ..... Helen Perry TUE Peter Souter is multi-award winning writer. His Radio 4 TUE Afternoon Play, Goldfish girl, received both a Sony and a TUE Tinniswood award for Best Drama. He also wrote THAT'S Mine, TUE This is Yours (picked as Play of the Week podcast), Puddle, TUE and Stream River Sea. His ITV comedy series Married, Single, TUE Other was internationally broadcast and received much media TUE praise. He also wrote Deep & Crisp & Even a short film for TUE Sky One starring Timothy Spall and Natascha McElhone. Peter TUE has a number of other film and TV projects in development. TUE TUE 07:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting TUE b007jsf7 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 4 TUE Linda and her chums head to the coast, letting the train TUE increase the strain. TUE Comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith. TUE With Femi Elufowoju Jr, Jeremy Hardy, Martin Hyder, Margaret TUE John, Chris Neill and Mark Steel. TUE Producer: Lucy Armitage TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001. TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b00spqnx (Listen) TUE Series 4, Episode 4 TUE A funny turn round the table with 'The Knights of Camelot' TUE and a bona peek in Kenneth Horne's wardrobe, courtesy of TUE Julian and Sandy. TUE With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Betty Marsden. TUE Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, TUE London. Announcer: Douglas Smith TUE Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio TUE comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric TUE Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, TUE Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the TUE scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and TUE 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, TUE catchphrases and double-entendres. TUE For series 4, Marty Feldman was replaced by Brian Cooke & TUE Johnnie Mortimer and Donald Webster TUE Music by the Max Harris Group. TUE Producer: John Simmonds TUE First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1968. TUE TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry b0133g6y (Listen) TUE Bridge Under Troubled Water TUE Grumbling Hampshire locals oppose the bungling duo's TUE building plans. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. TUE From March 1973. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b071x885 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01bgp22 (Listen) TUE The Anniversary TUE Pilot Episode - The Anniversary TUE A weekend break to celebrate their anniversary ends in TUE disaster for Will and Annabelle. Will's terrible anniversary TUE present is the last straw so Annabelle signs them up for TUE marriage counselling. TUE Guy mediates between Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to TUE the events that spawned the argument. By the end, the couple TUE find marital equilibrium once more. Sort of. TUE A repeat of the pilot episode from last year, ahead of the TUE new series which begins next week. Sitcom by Will smith. TUE EPISODE CAST DETAILS: TUE Will Smith ..... Will Smith TUE Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland TUE Guy, Darryl ..... Paterson Joseph TUE John, TV repairman ..... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Receptionist, Sally ..... Morwenna Banks TUE Written by ..... Will Smith TUE Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani TUE ABOUT THE SERIES TUE The writer and comedian Will Smith leads the starry cast of TUE Mr and Mrs.Smith. Sarah Hadland (Miranda, The Mitchell and TUE Webb Look, Moving Wallpaper) stars as Will's wife Annabelle. TUE Paterson Joseph (Peep Show, Survivors, Green Wing) plays TUE Counsellor Guy. The series also includes Geoffrey whitehead TUE (Reggie Perrin, Worst Week of My Life) , Susie Blake TUE (Coronation Street; Victoria Wood as Seen on TV) and TUE Morwenna Banks (Absolutely; Skins; Saxondale). TUE Will's writing credits include Armstrong and Miller (BBC1), TUE Harry and Paul (BBC1), Moving Wallpaper (ITV1), Time Trumpet TUE (BBC2), the multi-award winning The Thick Of It (BBC2) in TUE which he also appears as Phil Smith, and the upcoming Veep TUE (HBO). TUE TUE 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gtdx (Listen) TUE The Conscience of the Rich TUE Adaptations of the author's epic tales of the English TUE establishment. Lewis Eliot gets caught up in a political TUE scandal engulfing the family of his best friend, Charles TUE March. TUE TUE 11:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j29zn (Listen) TUE Holly and Polly TUE A love story, and how it happens. Read by Jenny Funnell TUE The 25 short stories that comprise England and Other Stories TUE mark Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed TUE novels. The stories dwell on the essence of Englishness and TUE those chosen place us on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar, TUE in a barbers, a supermarket, a laboratory and Macintyre's TUE warehouse, and in each place and time, Swift perfectly TUE captures a universal truth from the minutiae of lives. TUE "This is a sharp, beautiful collection: every story quick TUE and readable but leaving in the memory a core, a residue of TUE thoughtfulness" The Guardian TUE Graham Swift came to prominence with this second novel TUE Shuttlecock, which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in TUE 1983. That same year, Swift's Waterland, set in the Fens TUE earned him a place on the shortlist for the Booker prize. TUE Swift would go on to win the Booker prize in 1996 with his TUE novel Last Orders, which became a film starring Michael TUE Caine, Tom Courtney, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. TUE Produced by Jeremy Osborne TUE Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk. TUE TUE 11:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k25c (Listen) TUE The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Blue Carbuncle TUE The detective must solve a case where the only clues are a TUE Christmas goose and a hat. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael TUE Williams. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b00spqnx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry b0133g6y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq12 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Mandela in His Own Words b00wr4j3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01ncj0v (Listen) TUE Patricia Ferguson - The Midwife's Daughter, Episode 2 TUE By Patricia Ferguson TUE Read by Joanna Tope TUE The new novel by Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and TUE moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who TUE changes their lives. TUE Violet has had a nightmare about her dead daughter, Ruth, TUE and sets off to visit her twin sister, Bea, whose dream it TUE may actually have been. TUE Abridged by Robin Brooks TUE Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane. TUE TUE 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04cc1wy (Listen) TUE Multiple Genes TUE In 1903 a cluster of evening primrose in an abandoned potato TUE field outside the Dutch town of Hilversum caught the eye of TUE German botanist Hugo de Vries. Its huge blooms and large TUE leaves appeared to suggest the sudden development of a new TUE species. Around the same time in Kew Gardens a mysterious TUE primula hybrid appeared. The new discipline of plant TUE genetics soon revealed that this curious trick was being TUE driven by multiplication of chromosomes inside the plant TUE cell nucleus. TUE Professor Kathy Willis examines this phenomenon - known as TUE polyploidy ( "multiple forms") - and how insights into this TUE peculiarity can contribute to the evolutionary success of TUE plants. It may also hold the answer to one of the botanical TUE world's greatest mysteries - why so soon after appearing in TUE the fossil record did the flowering plants suddenly explode TUE into the bewildering range of species we see today. TUE With contributions from historian Jim Endersby, Keeper of TUE Kew's Jodrell Lab Mark Chase, and Jodrell Laboratory TUE geneticist Illia Leitch. TUE Producer Adrian Washbourne. TUE TUE 14:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mjnwj (Listen) TUE Episode 12 TUE Just as Jennifer finds love and happiness, tragedy strikes. TUE Stars Madeleine Potter, Kerry Shale and Nathan Osgood. TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b00zlhhl (Listen) TUE John Julius Norwich - The Popes, Episode 2 TUE Well known for his histories of Norman Sicily, Venice, the TUE Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich TUE has now turned his attention to the oldest continuing TUE institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the TUE centuries from St Peter himself - traditionally (though by TUE no means historically) the first pope - to the present day. TUE Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have TUE unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in TUE unspeakable iniquity. TUE John Julius Norwich continues his history of the papacy TUE today with a period of immense political turmoil. In 1152 TUE Frederick Barbarossa became King of the Romans - determined TUE to take his place as successor to the great Charlemagne. At TUE the same time the Norman King William of Sicily harboured TUE expansionist ambitions and in Rome the threat of civil war TUE simmered. In the middle stood the only English pope in the TUE Papacy's history: Nicholas Breakspear, Hadrian IV. TUE Producer: David Roper TUE A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gtdx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 It's Your Round b00zf4nz (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 5 TUE "It's Your Round" is the comedy panel show where each of the TUE panellists tries to beat the others at their own games. All TUE the panellists have brought along their own round for the TUE others to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, TUE and unpredictable. TUE In this episode Tim Key, Micky Flanagan, Bridget Christie TUE and Nick Hancock battle it out to see who can become It's TUE Your Round champion for the week. TUE Enjoy the hilarity that ensues when each of them play the TUE games they've brought along. What is Micky's "Cockney TUE Rhyming Slang Charades" all about and is it any fun to play? TUE Can anyone understand the rules to Tim's "No More Women"? TUE And what is Bridget's idea of her "Fantasy Funeral"? Find TUE out the answers to these questions, and more, in this show. TUE Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to make sure TUE everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact. TUE Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell TUE The reader is Christine Kavanagh TUE Devised by Benjamin Partridge TUE Producer: Sam Michell. TUE TUE 16:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01bgp22 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 55 and Over b01nt3xm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting TUE b007jsf7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmvs (Listen) TUE Operation Luna, Episode 7 TUE As Captain Jet Morgan's crew are pursued on the dark side of TUE the moon, they drift dangerously off course. Stars Andrew TUE Faulds. TUE TUE 18:30 The Palace of Laughter b007vcw2 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Grand Blackpool TUE Geoffrey Wheeler visits the seaside theatre that is refusing TUE to bring the curtain down. With Bernard Cribbins and Mike TUE Harding. From April 2002. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b00spqnx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry b0133g6y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq12 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Mandela in His Own Words b00wr4j3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j29zn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k25c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting TUE b007jsf7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler b040h6xq (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 2 TUE Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates a 'gamble TUE Anglaise' from 1811, attempting to get a cheeseboard to TUE travel a distance of four and a half miles in under 100 TUE throws. TUE Challenge number one? Getting permission to have the A151 TUE closed down for the purposes of cheeseboard tossing. TUE Written by and starring Tim FitzHigham, with additional TUE material from Jon Hunter and Paul Byrne and sums and support TUE from Joe Oldak. Produced by Colin Anderson. TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Tim FitzHigham TUE Producer: Colin Anderson TUE Writer: Tim FitzHigham TUE Writer: Jon Hunter TUE Writer: Paul Byrne TUE Writer: Joe Oldak TUE TUE 23:00 World of Pub b007sygy (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 2 TUE The Red Lion is almost bankrupt, can Dodgy Phil get the TUE punters back? Stars John Thomson and Phil Cornwell. From TUE January 1999. TUE TUE 23:30 Think the Unthinkable b007m4dz (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 4 TUE The consultants marvel at the world wide web, and Ryan gets TUE embroiled in a protest. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From TUE November 2002. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 09 MARCH 2016 WED WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmvs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 The Palace of Laughter b007vcw2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq12 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Mandela in His Own Words b00wr4j3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01ncj0v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04cc1wy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mjnwj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Book of the Week b00zlhhl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gtdx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 It's Your Round b00zf4nz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01bgp22 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 55 and Over b01nt3xm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting WED b007jsf7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Craddock and Co b007jsvl (Listen) WED The Crompton Canvas WED A violent burglary leads Victorian detective Charles WED Craddock to a sinister rendezvous. WED Lucy Greenwood travels from Lancashire to London to work WED with her uncle Charles at his London book shop - but soon WED discovers he has another profession as a private WED investigator. WED Chris Thompson's mystery stars Martin Jarvis as Charles WED Craddock, Emma Tate as Lucy Greenwood, Struan Rodgers as WED Grout and Stephen Thorne as Leopold Kransky. WED Directed by John Taylor. WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993. WED WED 06:30 Plumbers and Penguins b00wr6qk (Listen) WED To mark the centenary of the conquest of the South Pole WED there's another chance to hear the stories of some of the WED tradesmen who live and work on Antarctica. In the summer of WED 2009, British Antarctic Survey very publicly recruited 43 WED plumbers, carpenters, mechanics, electricians and doctors to WED spend 18 months working on their most southerly research WED stations - promising "the most exhilarating experience of a WED lifetime". Chris Eldon Lee discovers what actually happened WED to the new recruits. Almost 2000 tradesman applied to be WED parted from their white vans and sent into whiteout WED conditions. Doctors were also hired to care for their WED welfare in such extreme conditions. WED Mark Green, a 48-year-old Bristol plumber, was sent to WED Halley Research Station on the eastern side of the Antarctic WED Peninsula. His job is to keep water supplies flowing at WED temperatures of minus 50 Celsius. 30-year-old Claire Lehman, WED a recently qualified Wiltshire GP, was posted to Rothera, on WED the western shore of the Peninsula. WED Like everybody else in Antarctica, both have had to learn WED brand new skills to help keep their Bases going. Mark finds WED himself abseiling down precipitous crevasses and learning to WED be a sea-ice driver's mate. Claire is refuelling planes and WED supplying all the field scientists with freshly baked WED Christmas Cakes. WED Producer: Chris Eldon Lee WED A Culture Wise Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 07:00 Married b007w523 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 5 WED Robin makes a go of his parallel universe marriage, but his WED double has other ideas. Stars Hugh Bonneville. From April WED 1999. WED WED 07:30 Chain Reaction b071vkwl (Listen) WED Series 11, Al Murray interviews Ian Hislop WED Series 11 of the show where one week's interviewee becomes WED the next week's interviewer. The first episode of Chain WED Reaction was broadcast on BBC Radio Five in 1991 when John WED Cleese was the first comedian in the hot seat. Now, 25 years WED on, a new series sees another raft of the world's best-loved WED comedians talking to each other about their lives and work. WED This week, Pub Landlord creator, Al Murray passes the baton WED to the comedian and satirist Ian Hislop. WED After an early foray into stand-up as a character called WED 'The Murderer', Al Murray created his famous Pub Landlord WED character in the mid nineties as part of a touring show with WED Harry Hill. The Pub Landlord went on to tour venues and WED festivals worldwide before making his own chat show and WED sitcom for Sky. Outside of the Pub Landlord, Al is well WED known as a presenter of history documentaries and more WED recently as a candidate for parliament when he stood against WED Nigel Farage in South Thanet during the UK General Election WED of 2015. WED Al's guest Ian Hislop is much more used to the cut and WED thrust of British politics both as a long-standing team WED captain on 'Have I Got News for You' and as the editor of WED satirical magazine Private Eye. As a dedicated fan and WED student of history, he has made several acclaimed WED documentaries on wide-ranging subjects including WED conscientious objectors and The Beeching Report. WED Al grills Ian on his early days writing for such comedians WED as Harry Enfield, asks how we should define the role of the WED satirist and poses the intriguing question, 'what's it like WED being sued?' WED Producer: Richard Morris WED A BBC Radio Comedy Production. WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b01jt25y (Listen) WED The Struggle for Promotion WED A new naval directive lets Pertwee apply for a commission. WED Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as WED the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, WED Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as WED Heather and Michael Bates as the Padre and Tenniel Evans as WED Taffy Goldstein. WED Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS WED Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen WED series between 1959 and 1976. WED Scripted by Lawrie Wyman WED Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1963. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b012xpyk (Listen) WED Series 8, Episode 5 WED The wonderful Radio Prune becomes a musical station with WED Dave 'the Rave' Hatch. With John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From WED March 1970. WED WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know b036v9hd (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 2 WED Frank Skinner, Grace Dent and Jonathan Agnew each nominate WED someone they know well to answer a series of questions and WED they than have to second guess how they answered. WED Host Miles Jupp tests Frank on how well he knows his friend WED and radio co-host Emily Dean, Grace her best friend, the WED Times columnist Caitlin Moran, and Jonathan his wife's best WED friend Anne Davies. WED What is Frank's favourite drink? Who is Grace's favourite WED writer? And what would Jonathan do if he wasn't a cricket WED commentator? WED All answers and more will be revealed. WED Producer - Sam Michell. WED Credits WED Presenter: Miles Jupp WED Panellist: Frank Skinner WED Panellist: Grace Dent WED Panellist: Jonathan Agnew WED Producer: Sam Michell WED WED 09:30 The Party Line b00sx226 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 5 WED Family friction for Duncan Stonebridge as MPs debate the WED Religious and Racial Hatred Bill. Stars James Fleet. From WED June 2005. WED WED 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gyjd (Listen) WED The Masters, Part 1 WED Lewis Eliot is teaching in Cambridge, when an election is WED called for a new Master. Stars Adam Godley and Philip WED Franks. WED WED 11:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j2dsd (Listen) WED Articles of War WED It is September 1805 and a young lieutenant awaits his first WED naval action with some trepidation. Read by Ewan Bailey. WED The 25 short stories that comprise England and Other Stories WED mark Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed WED novels. The stories dwell on the essence of Englishness and WED those chosen place us on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar, WED in a barbers, a supermarket, a laboratory and Macintyre's WED warehouse, and in each place and time, Swift perfectly WED captures a universal truth from the minutiae of lives. WED "This is a sharp, beautiful collection: every story quick WED and readable but leaving in the memory a core, a residue of WED thoughtfulness" The Guardian WED Graham Swift came to prominence with this second novel WED Shuttlecock, which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in WED 1983. That same year, Swift's Waterland, set in the Fens WED earned him a place on the shortlist for the Booker prize. WED Swift would go on to win the Booker prize in 1996 with his WED novel Last Orders, which became a film starring Michael WED Caine, Tom Courtney, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. WED Produced by Jeremy Osborne WED Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk. WED WED 11:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k26n (Listen) WED The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Speckled Band WED After her twin sister dies screaming in terror, a woman WED seeks the detective's help. Star Clive Merrison and Michael WED Williams. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b01jt25y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b012xpyk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Craddock and Co b007jsvl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Plumbers and Penguins b00wr6qk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01ncjfs (Listen) WED Patricia Ferguson - The Midwife's Daughter, Episode 3 WED By Patricia Ferguson WED Read by Joanna Tope WED The new novel by Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and WED moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who WED changes their lives. WED Violet has taken Grace home to Silkhampton where she causes WED quite a stir. And Violet receives an unwelcome visitor. WED Abridged by Robin Brooks WED Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane. WED WED 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04cffpd (Listen) WED Battling Bark and Beetle WED By the end of the First World War the mysterious sudden WED death of elms was a common sight across Belgium and the WED Netherlands. Dutch researchers managed to elucidate the real WED culprit amidst rumours of drought or wartime gas poisoning. WED It was a fungus thought to originate from America, carried WED by a beetle and the disease rather unfairly gained its name WED Dutch elm disease. Diagnosis produced no cure and it soon WED advanced across the channel to Britain. WED Professor Kathy Willis talks to the head of Kew's arboretum, WED Tony Kirkham, on the disease's impact amidst complacency, WED and how the emergence of a vigorous new fungal strain was to WED completely transform the landscape during its peak in the WED 1970's. WED Now that the principle replacement for lost elms, ash, WED itself has fallen victim to the latest disease to hitch a WED ride on incoming nursery stock, Paul Smith, Head of Kew's WED Millennium Seed Bank, explains why this new disease could be WED easier to control. WED Producer Adrian Washbourne. WED WED 14:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mjs2l (Listen) WED Episode 13 WED After the tragedy, Neely gets agitated and Anne gets a visit WED from an old flame. Stars Madeleine Potter and Susan Jameson. WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b00zm07y (Listen) WED John Julius Norwich - The Popes, Episode 3 WED Well known for his histories of Norman Sicily, Venice, the WED Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich WED has now turned his attention to the oldest continuing WED institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the WED centuries from St Peter himself - traditionally (though by WED no means historically) the first pope - to the present day. WED Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have WED unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in WED unspeakable iniquity. WED Irresistible to women, the father of at least six children WED before he became pope, Rodrigo Borgia became a byword for WED deviousness and corruption. Bribes helped him become pope WED and his notorious son Cesare helped him run the Vatican. As WED described by John Julius Norwich in today's episode of The WED Popes the Papacy of 1492 was a very different world. WED Producer: David Roper WED A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gyjd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 It's Not What You Know b036v9hd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The Party Line b00sx226 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Married b007w523 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Chain Reaction b071vkwl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmw8 (Listen) WED Operation Luna, Episode 8 WED Jet and his crew find themselves on a curiously familiar WED planet as visitors arrive. Stars Andrew Faulds and Alfie WED Bass. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b072zkkm (Listen) WED Putting Your Foot in It WED Dominic Arkwright discusses putting your foot in it, with WED Melissa Kite, Dominic Holland and Annie Nightingale. From WED August 2006. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b01jt25y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b012xpyk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Craddock and Co b007jsvl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Plumbers and Penguins b00wr6qk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j2dsd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k26n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Chain Reaction b071vkwl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like This? WED b01p0sbk (Listen) WED Violence WED Sketches, stand-up and song in a comic exploration of WED violence. With Andrew Lawrence and Sara Pascoe. From WED November 2012. WED WED 23:00 In and Out of the Kitchen b01qlhjh (Listen) WED Series 2, The Literary Festival WED Damien and Anthony arrive at a literary festival to promote WED Damien's book about the culinary habits of the Great Poets. WED Despite the charming hotel and the peaceful surroundings, WED the cookery writer can barely disguise his chagrin at his WED talk being in a tent smaller to other writers he considers WED lesser than him. WED But he soon has the opportunity to get the audience he feels WED he deserves when a fellow author is knocked unconscious and WED Damien is asked to fill in. But can he rise to the occasion? WED Written by Miles Jupp WED Producer: Sam Michell. WED Credits WED Damien Trench: Miles Jupp WED Anthony MacIlveny: Justin Edwards WED Gary McDade: Ben Crowe WED Sound Man: Ben Crowe WED Bill Trumpetz: Toby Longworth WED The Lady: Sarah Thom WED Marion Duffett: Lesley Vickerage WED Writer: Miles Jupp WED Producer: Sam Michell WED WED 23:30 At Home With The Snails b007k3hb (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 2 WED George and Beverly feign death so he can write a book about WED their children's reactions. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From July WED 2002. WED WED THU THURSDAY 10 MARCH 2016 THU THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmw8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b072zkkm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Craddock and Co b007jsvl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Plumbers and Penguins b00wr6qk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01ncjfs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04cffpd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mjs2l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Book of the Week b00zm07y (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gyjd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 It's Not What You Know b036v9hd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The Party Line b00sx226 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Married b007w523 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Chain Reaction b071vkwl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Craddock and Co b007jsvx (Listen) THU The Play's the Thing THU 1899: Victorian bookseller-cum-detective Charles Craddock THU and his niece Lucy investigate mysterious backstage dramas THU at a London theatre. THU Chris Thompson's mystery stars Martin Jarvis as Charles THU Craddock, Emma Tate as Lucy Greenwood, Struan Rodgers as THU Grout, David Thorpe as James Price and Colin Pinney as Rufus THU Weatherby. THU Directed by John Taylor. THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993. THU THU 06:30 Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer b00vkwvc (Listen) THU When John Lennon was asked if Ringo was the best drummer in THU the world he quipped " He wasn't even the best drummer in THU the Beatles". Lennon's natural put-down is typical of the THU way drummers are belittled within music circles. THU Presenter Phill Jupitus challenges this notion with the help THU of a cross-section of musicians to discover how they have THU gained this reputation? THU We hear from Clem Burke (drummer with Blondie) and Dr. THU Marcus Smith who together have proven scientifically that THU Clem burns a similar amount of calories during a concert as THU a premiership footballer. Phil Collins (Genesis) and Stewart THU Copeland (The Police), explain how they cope with the THU physical demands of performing and how these veterans react THU to the negative image of the drummer. THU Having established the physical demands made on drummers THU does this exclude women? Dame Evelyn Glennie thinks not as THU she believes the physicality is not an obstacle. The THU programme also hears from Kenny Jones (The Small Faces, The THU Faces and The Who) who still features a drum solo in his set THU but has the drum solo had its day? Has the modern drummer THU discarded this indulgence and settled for keeping time at THU the back? If so why? THU For many, the drummer is the joker in the group, Phil Selway THU of Radiohead explains within the ranks of Britain's moodiest THU band, there is not too much light hearted banter but he does THU see his role as a supporting one for the others to be THU creative. THU This whimsical programme hears its fair share of drummer THU jokes which happily filter through this engaging half hour THU and yes we discover what Phil Collins thought of the gorilla THU crashing his way through 'In The Air Tonight" for that THU famous chocolate TV commercial. THU Beat It - The World Of the Modern Drummer an exhaustive and THU fun exploration of life at the back. THU Producer: John Sugar THU A Sugar Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 07:00 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00bt4vw (Listen) THU Schemes and Ruses THU Bertie Wooster is much in demand, but his best-laid plans go THU awry. PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael THU Hordern. THU THU 07:30 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On b071whf9 (Listen) THU Holiday THU Susan Calman is the least relaxed person she knows. She has THU no down time, no hobbies (unless you count dressing up your THU cats in silly outfits) and her idea of relaxation is to play THU Grand Theft Auto, an hour into which she is in a murderous THU rage with sky high blood pressure. Her wife had to threaten THU to divorce her to make her go on holiday last year. Her THU first for four years. But she's been told by the same THU long-suffering wife, that unless she finds a way to switch THU off, and soon, she's going to be unbearable. THU So Susan is going to look at her options and try to immerse THU herself in the pursuits that her friends find relaxing, to THU find her inner zen and outer tranquillity. Each week she THU will ditch the old Susan Calman and attempt to find the new THU Susan Calm, in a typically British leisure pursuit; this THU week John Finnemore takes her on a spontaneous holiday, and THU in other episodes she goes hillwalking with Muriel Gray, THU watches a cricket match with Andy Zaltzman and visits an art THU gallery with Phil Jupitus. THU Keep Calman Carry On is an audience stand up show in which THU Susan reports on how successful she's been - both at THU relaxing and at the pursuit itself - as well as playing in THU and discussing a handful of illustrative clips from her THU efforts. It's an attempt to find out how people find solace THU or sanctuary in these worlds and how Susan can negotiate her THU own place in them. THU Produced by Lyndsay Fenner. THU Credits THU Presenter: Susan Calman THU Producer: Lyndsay Fenner THU Writer: Susan Calman THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jnqv (Listen) THU Series 6, Live Now, Paye Later THU The tax inspector catches up with Albert Steptoe and son THU Harold is not impressed. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. With Michael Shannon, Peter Williams and Edward THU Kelsey. THU Following the conclusion of their hugely successful THU association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan THU Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in THU 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, THU featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and THU his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series THU for TV. THU Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan THU Simpson. THU Produced by Bobby Jaye THU First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1976. THU THU 08:30 Radio Active b007jvfx (Listen) THU Series 3, Lunchtime With Anna THU Anna Dapter moves her Breakfast Show to lunchtime this week THU to accommodate the revised menu in the Radio Active Canteen. THU 'Lunchtime with Anna' features live coverage of the Buy THU British Exhibition, from London's Olympia and carrots. THU Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey THU Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens. THU Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown. THU Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins. With Jon THU Canter, Michael Fenton-Stevens, Moray Hunter, John Docherty THU and Roger Planer. THU Producer: Jamie Rix THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1983. THU THU 09:00 The Food Quiz b072zq3m (Listen) THU Episode 5 THU On Jay Rayner's menu are Clement Freud, Marguerite Patten, THU Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Sonya Kidney. From October THU 2003. THU THU 09:30 The Senses b072zxm4 (Listen) THU The Sixth Sense THU Will the occupants of an old cemetery be pleasant to a new THU arrival? THU Stars Geoffrey Palmer as Buckmaster, Joan Sims as Mildred, THU Brian Murphy as Kitchie, and Sylvestra Le Touzel as Sarah. THU Last in Bob Sinfield's comedy series who explains: "The six THU half-hour plays dealt respectively with the five obvious THU senses plus the er...other one". THU Producer: Neil Cargill THU First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in 1990. THU THU 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gzk8 (Listen) THU The Masters, Part 2 THU The Nazi threat affects even quiet college life in THU Cambridge. Lewis suffers a tragedy. Stars Adam Godley and THU Clive Merrison. THU THU 11:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j2p0z (Listen) THU Tragedy, Tragedy THU At Macintyre's warehouse, Mick Hammond turns the THU conversation to the nature of tragedy. Read by Ewan Bailey. THU The 25 short stories that comprise England and Other Stories THU mark Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed THU novels. The stories dwell on the essence of Englishness and THU those chosen place us on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar, THU in a barbers, a supermarket, a laboratory and Macintyre's THU warehouse, and in each place and time, Swift perfectly THU captures a universal truth from the minutiae of lives. THU "This is a sharp, beautiful collection: every story quick THU and readable but leaving in the memory a core, a residue of THU thoughtfulness" The Guardian THU Graham Swift came to prominence with this second novel THU Shuttlecock, which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in THU 1983. That same year, Swift's Waterland, set in the Fens THU earned him a place on the shortlist for the Booker prize. THU Swift would go on to win the Booker prize in 1996 with his THU novel Last Orders, which became a film starring Michael THU Caine, Tom Courtney, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. THU Produced by Jeremy Osborne THU Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk. THU THU 11:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k27y (Listen) THU The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Engineer's Thumb THU A young man with severe injuries and a chilling tale arrives THU at Watson's surgery. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael THU Williams. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jnqv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Radio Active b007jvfx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Craddock and Co b007jsvx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer b00vkwvc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01ncjyn (Listen) THU Patricia Ferguson - The Midwife's Daughter, Episode 4 THU By Patricia Ferguson THU Read by Joanna Tope THU The new novel by Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and THU moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who THU changes their lives. THU Grace is accepted as part of the Silkhampton community. At a THU school sports day, she catches a glimpse - for the first THU time - of another person who looks like her. THU Abridged by Robin Brooks THU Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane. THU THU 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04cfhqt (Listen) THU Hunt for Diversity THU Agriculture tends to favour the best food varieties but this THU is often a trade off with beneficial traits such as THU resistance to disease or tolerance to drought. During the THU 1920s the Russian botanist Nikolai Vavilov, having witnessed THU famine on a large scale, became increasingly concerned about THU the potential loss of locally adapted varieties and spent THU his life studying crop plants in their wild habitats. THU Professor Kathy Willis examines Vavilov's pioneering work THU and his search for pools of genetic variability - so called THU "centres of origin" amongst the wild relatives of our THU domesticated crops that could help sustain future plant THU breeding for human use. THU Vavilov's story has a tragic end but, as we hear, his legacy THU lives on in seedbanks such as Kew's Millennium Seedbank at THU Wakehurst Place whose Crop Wild Relatives Project is THU collecting and assessing new potential amongst the original THU progenitors of our domestic crops. THU With contributions from archaeobotanist Dorian Fuller, Kew's THU curator of economic botany Mark Nesbitt, Crop Wild Relatives THU Project coordinator Ruth Eastwood, and head of the THU Millennium Seedbank Paul Smith. THU Producer Adrian Washbourne. THU THU 14:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mk688 (Listen) THU Episode 14 THU Lyon is back and Anne still has feelings for him, despite THU being engaged to Kevin. Stars Madeleine Potter and Barbara THU Barnes. THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b00zm1kv (Listen) THU John Julius Norwich - The Popes, Episode 4 THU Well known for his histories of Norman Sicily, Venice, the THU Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich THU has now turned his attention to the oldest continuing THU institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the THU centuries from St Peter himself - traditionally (though by THU no means historically) the first pope - to the present day. THU Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have THU unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in THU unspeakable iniquity. THU Nepotistic, vain, pompous and idle - Pius VI was not an THU ideal choice as pope at any time and certainly not during THU the revolutionary tumult of the late eighteenth century. In THU today's episode of The Popes, John Julius Norwich explores THU one of the most dangerous times for the authority of the THU Vatican. THU Producer: David Roper THU A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gzk8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The Food Quiz b072zq3m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 The Senses b072zxm4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00bt4vw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On b071whf9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmwq (Listen) THU Operation Luna, Episode 9 THU Jet Morgan and his crew have returned to Earth, but it's not THU as they left it. 1958 classic sci-fi set in 1965. Stars THU Andrew Faulds. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076yft (Listen) THU Series 9, Tamara Karsavina THU Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. Anna THU Raeburn nominates ballerina Tamara Karsavina, the leading THU female dancer in Diaghilev's Ballet Russes from its THU beginning in 1909 until 1922. In England she coached Margot THU Fonteyn and created roles for Frederick Ashton. From May THU 2006. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jnqv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Radio Active b007jvfx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Craddock and Co b007jsvx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer b00vkwvc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j2p0z (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k27y (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On b071whf9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Newsjack b07301mk (Listen) THU Series 14, Episode 5 THU This week's stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into THU sketches, one-liners and vox-pops written by the public. THU Trying to make sense of it all is our host, Nish Kumar. THU Nish is joined this week by Daniel Barker, Natasia Demetriou THU and Alison Thea-Skot. THU The Production Coordinator was Sophie Richardson. THU Newsjack was produced by Paul Sheehan and Matt Stronge. THU It was a BBC Radio Comedy Production. THU THU 23:00 Believe It! b01j5nw6 (Listen) THU Series 1, Power THU Celebrity autobiographies are everywhere. Richard Wilson has THU always said he'd never write one. THU Based on glimmers of truth, BELIEVE IT is the hilarious, THU bizarre, revealing (and, most importantly, untrue) celebrity THU radiography of Richard Wilson. THU He narrates the series, weaving in and out of dramatised THU scenes from his fictional life-story. He plays a heavily THU exaggerated version of himself: a Scots actor and national THU treasure, unmarried, private, passionate about politics, THU theatre and Manchester United (all true), who's a confidant THU of the powerful and has survived childhood poverty, a THU drunken father, years of fruitless grind, too much success, THU monstrosity, addiction, charity work, secret work for THU governments and fierce rivalry with Sean Connery (not true). THU All the melodramatic staples of celebrity-autobiography are THU wonderfully undercut by Richard's deadpan delivery. THU (The title - in case you hadn't spotted - is an unashamed THU reference to his famous catchphrase.) THU Richard is supported by a small core cast viz: THU David Tennant THU John Sessions THU Lewis Macleod THU Arabella Weir THU And Jane Slavin THU Who play anyone and everyone! THU Ghost written by Jon Canter THU Produced by: Clive Brill THU A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Narrator: Richard Wilson THU Actor: David Tennant THU Actor: John Sessions THU Actor: Lewis Macleod THU Actor: Arabella Weir THU Actor: Jane Slavin THU Writer: Jon Canter THU Producer: Clive Brill THU THU 23:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash b01075pz (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 2 THU Arthur Smith with more music and comedy from his actual flat THU in Balham. Jenny Eclair is in the front room, Simon Evans on THU the landing, John Smallshaw delivers poetry and Alex Wilson THU and his salsa combo are in the kitchen. THU Producer; Alison Vernon-Smith. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 FRI FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmwq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076yft (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Craddock and Co b007jsvx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Beat It: The World of The Modern Drummer b00vkwvc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01ncjyn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04cfhqt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mk688 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Book of the Week b00zm1kv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017gzk8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 The Food Quiz b072zq3m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 The Senses b072zxm4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00bt4vw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Susan Calman - Keep Calman Carry On b071whf9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Craddock and Co b007jsw5 (Listen) FRI My Dear Isabelle FRI Spring, 1900: The reappearance of a woman from his past FRI persuades Victorian private investigator Charles Craddock to FRI help find her kidnapped husband in France, but niece Lucy FRI realises there are hidden perils. FRI Chris Thompson's mystery stars Martin Jarvis as Charles FRI Craddock, Emma Tate as Lucy Greenwood, Struan Rodgers as FRI Grout, Frances Jeater as Isabelle Vallance and Stephen FRI Thorne as Leopold Kransky. FRI Directed by Chris Thompson. FRI Producer: John Taylor FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993. FRI FRI 06:30 Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson FRI b00vrvqh (Listen) FRI Lal Waterson's voice was stark but captivating and it's been FRI said that the songs she wrote were close to German cabaret FRI or chanson. They were lyrically ambitious and melodically FRI powerful. Since her death in 1998, her reputation has grown FRI and now she is placed alongside the great singer FRI song-writers like Nick Drake and Richard Thompson. She was a FRI member of the famous Waterson family and numbered among FRI other relatives the folk singer Martin Carthy and his FRI daughter Eliza. FRI In this feature, Robin Denselow explores the life and legacy FRI of Lal Waterson and assesses her impact on song-writers FRI today. FRI Producer: Emma Kingsley. FRI FRI 07:00 1835 b0125lgl (Listen) FRI All at Sea FRI Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned are called up to serve on FRI the unfortunate HMS Fortunate. Stars Paul Rider. From June FRI 2004. FRI FRI 07:30 Wordaholics b01rvptv (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 3 FRI Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel. Lloyd FRI Langford & Susie Dent, compete against Dave Gorman & Natalie FRI Haynes to find out who has the most word know-how. FRI This week Dave Gorman guesses the meaning of the phrase FRI 'living on Queen Street' from the late 1800s; Natalie Haynes FRI unravels the word 'autodysomophobia'; Lloyd Langford guesses FRI the meaning of the Yiddish word 'farpotshket'; and Susie FRI Dent shares her love of the current Liverpool word FRI 'twirlies' and explains the meaning of the word FRI 'quockerwodger'. FRI Both teams also have a go at coming up with modern phrases FRI to replace the old cliches 'When life give you lemons, make FRI lemonade' and 'Beauty is only skin deep'. FRI Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle. FRI Producer: Claire Jones. FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Gyles Brandreth FRI Writer: Jon Hunter FRI Writer: James Kettle FRI Producer: Claire Jones FRI Panellist: Dave Gorman FRI Panellist: Natalie Haynes FRI Panellist: Lloyd Langford FRI Panellist: Susie Dent FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b009rnlw (Listen) FRI Series 6, The Fete FRI The lad rashly agrees to tempt Sir Laurence Olivier to open FRI the East Cheam Garden Fete. FRI Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Wilfred FRI Babbage, Jack Watson and Hugh Morton. FRI Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. FRI Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. FRI Producer: Tom Ronald FRI First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1959. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b007jnb4 (Listen) FRI Scradje FRI With Britain's boots exploding, Neddie Seagoon tackles a FRI national 'scradje' shortage. Stars Spike Milligan. From FRI March 1956. FRI FRI 09:00 Wildbrain b07308t6 (Listen) FRI 1997 - Heat 5 FRI Lionel Kelleway visits Arundel to test three contestants' FRI wildlife knowledge in the BBC Natural History Unit's quiz. FRI FRI 09:30 No Commitments b007jp22 (Listen) FRI Series 8, New Age Differences FRI Victoria gets all intellectual, while Charlotte is on a FRI spiritual path. Stars Angela Thorne and Celia Imrie. From FRI January 2002. FRI FRI 10:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017h805 (Listen) FRI The Light and the Dark FRI As the Second World War erupts, Lewis Eliot heads to FRI Whitehall where his love life takes an unexpected turn. FRI Stars Adam Godley. FRI FRI 11:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j2yrc (Listen) FRI People Are Life FRI It's the last customer of the day for a Cypriot barber and FRI the conversation turns toward friendship. Read by Ewan FRI Bailey. FRI The 25 short stories that comprise England and Other Stories FRI mark Swift's return to the short form after seven acclaimed FRI novels. The stories dwell on the essence of Englishness and FRI those chosen place us on the eve of the Battle of Trafalgar, FRI in a barbers, a supermarket, a laboratory and Macintyre's FRI warehouse, and in each place and time, Swift perfectly FRI captures a universal truth from the minutiae of lives. FRI "This is a sharp, beautiful collection: every story quick FRI and readable but leaving in the memory a core, a residue of FRI thoughtfulness: The Guardian FRI Graham Swift came to prominence with this second novel FRI Shuttlecock, which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in FRI 1983. That same year, Swift's Waterland, set in the Fens FRI earned him a place on the shortlist for the Booker prize. FRI Swift would go on to win the Booker prize in 1996 with his FRI novel Last Orders, which became a film starring Michael FRI Caine, Tom Courtney, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. FRI Produced by Jeremy Osborne FRI Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk. FRI FRI 11:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k297 (Listen) FRI The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Noble Bachelor FRI When a missing bride's clothes appear in a lake, the sleuth FRI is bound to investigate. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael FRI Williams. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b009rnlw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b007jnb4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Craddock and Co b007jsw5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson FRI b00vrvqh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01nd3jk (Listen) FRI Patricia Ferguson - The Midwife's Daughter, Episode 5 FRI By Patricia Ferguson FRI Read by Joanna Tope FRI The new novel by Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and FRI moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who FRI changes their lives. FRI Violet hears about her sister's overreaction to a FRI description of Grace and suspects that Bea has been keeping FRI a secret from her. FRI Abridged by Robin Brooks FRI Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane. FRI FRI 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04cfvg3 (Listen) FRI Botanical Medicine FRI In 1947 Sir Robert Robinson received the Nobel prize for FRI Chemistry "in recognition of his investigations of plant FRI products of biological importance, especially the FRI alkaloids". This powerful family of plant chemicals was FRI proving a potent medical tool. FRI Professor Kathy Willis traces the natural role of alkaloids FRI in plants and the first attempts to isolate one of the best FRI know - quinine, from chinchona bark growing in the Andes. FRI This development gave rise to the emergence of a new kind of FRI laboratory scientist equally able to handle botanical and FRI chemical data. As Mark Nesbitt, Keeper of Kew's Economic FRI Botany Collection explains, this was to eliminate the chance FRI and guesswork in identifying "good" plants from "bad". FRI Professor Monique Simmons of Kew's Jodrell Laboratory, FRI assesses why chemicals from the plant kingdom are still FRI needed in the fight against some of our most challenging FRI diseases, from breast cancer to cardiovascular disease, and FRI how making the nuanced connections between plant species is FRI central to success in this field. FRI Producer Adrian Washbourne. FRI FRI 14:30 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mlxk3 (Listen) FRI Episode 15 FRI Betrayed by Neely and with Lyon becoming more distant, Anne FRI turns to the dolls. Stars Madeleine Potter and Barbara FRI Barnes. FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b00zm3hq (Listen) FRI John Julius Norwich - The Popes, Episode 5 FRI Well known for his histories of Norman Sicily, Venice, the FRI Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean, John Julius Norwich FRI has now turned his attention to the oldest continuing FRI institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the FRI centuries from St Peter himself - traditionally (though by FRI no means historically) the first pope - to the present day. FRI Of the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have FRI unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in FRI unspeakable iniquity. FRI In the final episode of The Popes, John Julius Norwich FRI concludes with the election of the people's pope John XXIII FRI a welcome antidote to Pius XII. Expected to be nothing more FRI than a brief, caretaker pope, John turned out to be anything FRI but. Dragging the Church into the twentieth century, he FRI shook the world. FRI Producer: David Roper FRI A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017h805 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 Wildbrain b07308t6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 No Commitments b007jp22 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 1835 b0125lgl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 Wordaholics b01rvptv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey Into Space b007jmx1 (Listen) FRI Operation Luna, Episode 10 FRI Stranded in Earth's past, the Voice tries tempting Jet and FRI his crew out into the city of the aliens. Stars Andrew FRI Faulds. FRI FRI 18:30 Soul Music b0076xj6 (Listen) FRI Series 5, Widor's Toccata FRI Widor's Toccata display of fireworks at the organ is a FRI favourite for married couples to exit the church by in the FRI UK. From March 2006. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b009rnlw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b007jnb4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Craddock and Co b007jsw5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson FRI b00vrvqh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Graham Swift - England and Other Stories b04j2yrc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes b007k297 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Wordaholics b01rvptv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Rudy's Rare Records b01nb1s7 (Listen) FRI Series 4, Best Local Business FRI EPISODE TWO: BEST LOCAL BUSINESS FRI Father and son comedy set in the finest old-school record FRI shop in Birmingham. Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker FRI and some terrific tunes. FRI Rudy's Rare Records is a tiny down at heel old reggae record FRI shop in Birmingham - one of a dying breed; a place with real FRI soul, stacked with piles of vinyl, where the slogan is "if FRI we don't have it - them don't mek it". It's owned by the FRI charismatic, irrepressible Rudy Sharpe (Larrington Walker), FRI reluctantly helped out by his long-suffering neurotic son FRI Adam (Lenny Henry) and Handsworth's first, black, surly FRI girly goth, Tasha (Natasha Godfrey). Rudy has recently FRI married his long-term love interest Doreen (Claire Benedict) FRI which is leaving his best friend Clifton (Jeffery Kissoon) FRI feeling left out. FRI But business is not booming and Adam enters a competition FRI for the Best Local Business hoping the publicity and the FRI prize money will give the record shop a much needed boost. FRI It also means war between Rudy's Rare Records and Clifton's FRI Blooms. FRI Adam ..... Lenny Henry FRI Rudy ..... Larrington Walker FRI Tasha ..... Natasha Godfrey FRI Doreen ..... Claire Benedict FRI Clifton ..... Jeffery Kissoon FRI Richie ..... Joe Jacobs FRI Darnell ..... Javone Prince FRI Secret Shopper ..... Sarah Thom FRI Ainsley Harriott ..... Himself FRI Twitch ..... Adam Nagaitis FRI Written by Paula Hines FRI Script Editor: Danny Robins FRI Producer: Katie Tyrrell FRI Music in this episode: FRI GET UP EDINA DESMOND DEKKER FRI RUN THIS TOWN JAY Z, RIHANNA & KANYE WEST FRI FUSSIN AND FIGHTING BOB MARLEY FRI BE PREPARED WINSTON SAMUEL FRI DON'T PLAY NO GAME FRI THAT I CAN'T WIN BEASTIE BOYS FEAT. SANTIGOLD FRI DO I WORRY DERRICK HARRIOT FRI NO FRIEND DELROY WILLIAMS. FRI FRI 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture b007jlw6 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Lord Byron FRI The comic examines the life and times of the 'mad, bad and FRI dangerous to know' Romantic poet. From March 2001. FRI FRI 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me b01pgs6z (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 6 FRI The Archers and The Waltons with a twist, and the Minx Twins FRI tackle feminism. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar. From June 1998. FRI

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