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SAT SATURDAY 19 MARCH 2016 SAT SAT 00:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b007k0tb (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Earth's last living man, Robert Neville, discovers that his SAT wife's tomb is a lair for vampires. Read by Angus McInnes. SAT SAT 00:30 Soul Music b008m82d (Listen) SAT Series 6, New York, New York SAT John Kander presents the story behind the classic song New SAT York, New York. Songwriting duo Kander and Ebb wrote the SAT title song for the film. Unfortunately, the star Robert de SAT Niro didn't like it, so they furiously wrote another one. SAT SAT 01:00 Paul Temple b00rmxpm (Listen) SAT Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case, That Good Old Intuition SAT With Lynn Ferguson missing - the suave sleuth heads off to SAT question the owner of the La Mortella club, Louis Fabian. SAT Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple SAT and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case SAT for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous SAT wife. SAT With Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes, James Beattie as SAT Charlie, Peggy Hassard as Lynn Ferguson, Charles Leno as SAT Wilfred Stirling and Olaf Olsen as Louis Fabian. SAT From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective SAT Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist SAT Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most SAT popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of SAT chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic SAT and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, SAT of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest SAT tricky case. SAT Producer: Martin C Webster SAT First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954. SAT SAT 01:30 Let's Go to Misterland b00qm467 (Listen) SAT Stephanie Flanders, BBC economics editor and daughter of the SAT actor and singer Michael Flanders, examines the appeal of SAT Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men books and how these bold, colourful SAT drawings and simple stories continue to capture children's SAT hearts. SAT Created in 1971, the Mr Men books have been an important SAT part of many childhoods. Inspired by the author's son Adam, SAT who one day inquired, 'what does a tickle look like?', the SAT first character was born. The Little Miss books followed ten SAT years later, worldwide sales have exceeded 100 million, and SAT today the brand is flourishing under its new owners. SAT Stephanie takes a look at the Mr Men business and its growth SAT over the years. She speaks to Adam Hargreaves, who tells the SAT story behind the books and what inspired his father to SAT create such a simplistic, yet hugely influential brand. SAT Created in the humble surroundings of a small home office, SAT the characters have reached a global audience, and they SAT appeal to today's children as much as they did to their SAT 1970s counterparts. Although he died in 1988, Roger SAT Hargreaves was still the third-best selling author of the SAT past decade, outstripping such feted writers as Jacqueline SAT Wilson, Terry Pratchett and John Grisham. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Lizzie Foster SAT SAT 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01ngrxl (Listen) SAT Patricia Ferguson - The Midwife's Daughter, Episode 10 SAT By Patricia Ferguson SAT Read by Joanna Tope SAT The new novel by Patricia Ferguson is the compassionate and SAT moving story of two sisters and the young black orphan who SAT changes their lives. SAT There is wonderful news for Grace but joy is short lived. SAT And the final truth about the past is revealed. SAT Abridged by Robin Brooks SAT Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane. SAT SAT 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04d4ppb (Listen) SAT A Useful Weed SAT At a glance, Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse ear cress) looks SAT little more than a tiny flowering weed. But this nondescript SAT plant became a Rosetta stone for understanding the molecular SAT processes underpinning many plant traits when in 2000 it SAT became the first plant to have its genome fully sequenced. SAT Professor Kathy Willis hears how Arabidopsis bagged the role SAT in plant genetics research similar to that played by mice SAT and fruit flies in animal research, and how amidst arguments SAT for and against the technique of modification, it became a SAT key to introducing new characteristics in a quicker and more SAT targeted way than traditional plant breeding. SAT The overall size of the Arabidopsis genome however, is not SAT typical of many plants. We hear how a new understanding of SAT the surprisingly diverse range of genome sizes within the SAT plant kingdom is shedding light on the speed of a plant's SAT ability to reproduce and adapt in changing conditions, which SAT could play a fundamental role in decoding the patterns of SAT plant distribution we see around the world. SAT With contributions from historian Jim Endersby, plant SAT scientist Prof Liam Dolan and cytogeneticist Ilia Leitch. SAT Producer Adrian Washbourne. SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011ld49 (Listen) SAT Kieran Prendiville - Once More with Feeling, Episode 5 SAT By Kieran Prendiville. A comedy drama set in the SAT no-prisoners world of northern social clubs. SAT Its protagonist is Les Bone, a plumber who once came within SAT sniffing distance of the big time when his band Nuclear Dump SAT went mega.....without him. SAT And now, twenty five years down the line, still unlucky in SAT love, single-parent Les has been tossed a second chance. His SAT kids have a boyband (even if one of them is a girl) and SAT they're a boy short for an upcoming tour of south Yorkshire, SAT one of the hardest enclaves in clubland. SAT Against all odds, the family band makes the Blackpool SAT showcase and comedian Denny gives the performance of his SAT life. SAT Cast: SAT Les ..... Paul Copley SAT Sheila ...... Belinda Everett SAT Elaine ...... Blue Merrick SAT Denny ...... Christian Rodska SAT Chris ...... Harry Hepple SAT Alan/Scotch Billy ..... Rob Hudson SAT Kevin ..... Brogan West SAT Troy ..... James Baxter SAT Kimberly/Nurse ..... Joan Walker SAT Compere ..... Kieran Prendiville SAT Producer/Director: Clive Brill SAT A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 02:45 Book of the Week b0100x2x (Listen) SAT Ken Campbell: The Great Caper, Episode 5 SAT Michael Coveney's biography tells the story of Campbell, the SAT great adventurer of British theatre. SAT In his later work, Campbell focuses on improvisation; taking SAT the safety-net of the script away from his performers. SAT Ken Campbell, who died in September 2008, was one of the SAT great mavericks of British theatre. SAT Ill-suited to a role in conventional theatre, he created a SAT risk-taking confrontational style of performance, which SAT often explored unlikely subject matter. SAT He became, in director Mike Leigh's words, "The outsider's SAT outsider" SAT Bob Hoskins, Bill Nighy and Jim Broadbent are amongst the SAT performers whose formative years were spent working with SAT Campbell. What did the director and producer bring to SAT performance that made him such a mesmeric figure? SAT Writer Michael Coveney is a long-standing theatre critic, SAT who has worked for The Financial Times, The Observer and The SAT Daily Mail. Actor Toby Jones played Truman Capote in SAT 'Infamous' and Swifty Lazar in 'Frost/Nixon' and recently SAT reprised the role of Dobby in the film 'Harry Potter and the SAT Deathly Hallows'. Toby has also appeared in a production of SAT 'The Warp' by Neil Oram, the 22-hour epic created by Ken SAT Campbell. SAT Read by Toby Jones SAT Abridged by Pete Nichols SAT Producer: Karen Rose SAT A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 03:00 CP Snow - Strangers and Brothers b017sv17 (Listen) SAT The Choice SAT As Roger Quaife's political destiny hangs on an SAT extraordinary Commons debate, what future for Lewis Eliot? SAT Stars David Haig. SAT SAT 04:00 Wildbrain b073r48v (Listen) SAT 1997 - Heat 6 SAT Lionel Kelleway visits Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden, to SAT test more wildlife knowledge in the BBC Natural History SAT Unit's quiz. SAT SAT 04:30 No Commitments b007jp2j (Listen) SAT Series 8, My Turn Now SAT Anna's sisters Charlotte and Victoria are even more SAT self-absorbed than usual. Stars Rosemary Leach. From January SAT 2002. SAT SAT 05:00 1835 b0129v0m (Listen) SAT Haircut Sir? SAT Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned join the police and SAT encounter demon barber Sweeney Todd. Stars Paul Rider. From SAT June 2004. SAT SAT 05:30 Wordaholics b01s6c9z (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 4 SAT Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel game SAT where this week Katy Brand & Alex Horne compete with Richard SAT Herring & Natalie Haynes for wordy supremacy. SAT This week Richard Herring decides to reclaim the word SAT 'middle class' and tries to decipher the 16th century phrase SAT 'a mare's nest'; Natalie Haynes tries to get rid of the word SAT 'decimate' and despite being a vegetarian works out what the SAT very meaty cookery term 'barding' means; Alex Horne comes up SAT with the correct definition for the Victorian phrase 'a SAT scraping castle' and asks to take the word 'a' out of the SAT dictionary. Meanwhile Katy Brand takes a guess at what the SAT unit of measurement 'the Warhol' is and reveals that her SAT favourite word is 'plop'. 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 Panellist: Richard Herring SAT Panellist: Natalie Haynes SAT Panellist: Alex Horne SAT Panellist: Katy Brand SAT SAT 06:00 Dario Fo - Accidental Death of an Anarchist b01s63cx (Listen) SAT What is the truth when a railway worker dies at a police HQ? SAT Dario Fo's world famous comic masterpiece adapted by Jeremy SAT Hardy. SAT Stars Adrian Edmondson as the Maniac, Jennifer Saunders as SAT Maria Feletti and Jill Gascoine as the Superintendant. With SAT Stephen Frost and Mark Steel. SAT From Gillian Hanna's translaton and Gavin Richards' stage SAT adaptation. SAT Produced by Turan Ali SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1992. SAT SAT 07:15 Gillian Tindall - The Real Novel b07470y5 (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. A novelist, wise beyond her years, is SAT nominated for a prize. Nothing could have prepared her for SAT the result. Read by Nina Wadia. SAT SAT 07:30 Touchline Tales b00svs5x (Listen) SAT Series 1, An Uproar of Butterflies SAT Old friends Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew head for some SAT famous sporting venues - to enjoy, observe, reminisce and SAT trade tales about some of the greatest pleasures in their SAT lives. They start in south London at a Pro-Am competition at SAT the Royal Blackheath Golf Club, claimed by some to be the SAT oldest in the world. SAT As a commentator and friend of sporting stars, Des has a SAT fund of stories to tell, and insights to reveal, about the SAT men and women in professional sport - their lives, their SAT characters, their training regimes, their triumphs and their SAT disasters. But Christopher more than matches him with his SAT own experiences as a lifelong spectator at the highest SAT levels of sport (and, like Des, an occasional participant at SAT the lowest), as well as with his observations on sporting SAT events he finds himself attending for the first time. SAT Indeed, amusing, informative and entertaining talk between SAT old friends is what these programmes are all about. SAT Recorded entirely on location, their extended discourses SAT have been edited down to a seamless half hour - with each SAT programme capturing the atmosphere, the passion, the SAT frustration, the humour and, at times, the sheer quaintness, SAT of entertainments regularly enjoyed by millions of people up SAT and down the land. SAT Programme first broadcast in 2010 SAT Producer: Paul Kobrak. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Des Lynam SAT Producer: Paul Kobrak SAT Presenter: CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW SAT SAT 08:00 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - A Celebration of A Comedy SAT Classic b074bg38 (Listen) SAT "Ooh Betty!" it's a celebration of the BBC's hit TV comedy SAT about the disaster-prone lives of hapless Frank Spencer and SAT his long-suffering wife Betty. SAT Created by Ray Allen, it ran for 22 episodes over three SAT series from 1973-78, starring Michael Crawford and Michele SAT Dotrice - spawning a host of catchphrases and impersonators. SAT In this behind-the-scenes documentary, scriptwriter Ray SAT reveals his difficulty in getting the show commissioned - SAT and how Michael Crawford wasn't first choice to play Frank. SAT The show's legendary daring stunts were co-ordinated by SAT Stuart Fell who admits it was "ambitious for the BBC" at the SAT time. Michele Dotrice recalls how filming on the edge of a SAT cliff was "a bit hairy" and reveals her mother's reaction SAT when the stunt hit TV screens. SAT Classic clips and rare archive appearances are interwoven SAT amongst fresh and in-depth interviews in this celebration of SAT the BBC's comedy classic. SAT Presented and produced by Richard Latto. SAT First heard on BBC Radio Solent in 2015. SAT SAT 09:00 Mark Billingham's Rule Book of Crime b01r19jd (Listen) SAT Best-selling crime writer Mark Billingham has always been SAT obsessed with the creative criminal minds of the past. SAT Over three hours, Mark sets out to detect the clues dropped SAT in the BBC archives, by his favourite crime writers: Sir SAT Arthur Conan Doyle, Dame Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, SAT PD James and Henning Mankell. SAT Clues that reveal why their sleuthing creations - Sherlock SAT Holmes, Miss Marple, Philip Marlowe, Adam Dalgliesh and Kurt SAT Wallander - are so enduring. SAT Having created his own flawed crime fighter, Detective SAT Inspector Tom Thorne, Mark's wrestled with the thorny issue SAT of inventing a distinctive new voice amongst a myriad of SAT detecting greats. What's more important, devious plotting or SAT debauched heroes, a killer in-plain-site or rug-pulling SAT twists? SAT In plundering the archive for answers, Mark has uncovered a SAT hidden BBC radio detecting gem. Debuting in the late 1970s SAT and running for a few seasons into the 1980s, it starred an SAT actor who could be a lead in TV classic Cathy Come Home and SAT voice an iconic children's cartoon. It was penned by a SAT writer that worked on TV police dramas Z Cars and Softly SAT Softly. SAT All is revealed in Mark Billingham's Rule Book of Crime. SAT Producer: Peter McHugh SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in 2013. SAT SAT 12:00 Beachcomber... By the Way b008m24j (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 1 SAT JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, John SAT Wells, June Whitfield and Joan Sims. From November 1994. SAT SAT 12:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b019rpw8 (Listen) SAT The Dinner Party SAT Episode 1 - The Dinner Party SAT An audience sitcom about a couple in marriage counselling. SAT Will and Annabelle throw a disastrous dinner party. The SAT quarrelling couple tell their counsellor Guy all about the SAT event, with flashbacks to the dinner party itself. SAT CAST: SAT Will Smith ..... Will Smith SAT Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland SAT Guy ..... Paterson Joseph SAT Katrina ..... Tracy Wiles SAT Doug ..... Simon Bubb SAT Heather ..... Morwenna Banks SAT Written by ..... Will Smith SAT Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani SAT ABOUT THE SERIES SAT A year into married life and already things are a little SAT creaky. So, following Will's unimaginative anniversary SAT present (a draining rack), Annabelle has signed them up for SAT a course of marriage counselling. SAT Each week, counsellor Guy mediates a recent dispute between SAT Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to the events that SAT spawned the argument. By the end, the couple find marital SAT equilibrium once more. Sort of. SAT Guy arbitrates, usually leaning towards Annabelle's more SAT sensible point of view. In contrast to Will's uptightness, SAT Guy is confident and urbane and clearly irritates Will. SAT The writer and comedian Will Smith leads the starry cast of SAT Mr and Mrs.Smith. Sarah Hadland (Miranda, The Mitchell and SAT Webb Look, Moving Wallpaper) stars as Will's wife Annabelle. SAT Paterson Joseph (Peep Show, Survivors, Green Wing) plays SAT Counsellor Guy. The series also includes Geoffrey whitehead SAT (Reggie Perrin, Worst Week of My Life) and Susie Blake SAT (Coronation Street; Victoria Wood as Seen on TV) as Will's SAT mother and father-in-law. SAT Will's writing credits include Armstrong and Miller (BBC1), SAT Harry and Paul (BBC1), Moving Wallpaper (ITV1), Time Trumpet SAT (BBC2), The Thick Of It (BBC2) in which he also appears as SAT Phil Smith, and the upcoming Veep (HBO). SAT SAT 13:00 Charlotte Bronte in Babylon: Omnibus b074bnfv (Listen) SAT Accused of deceit by the publisher of Jane Eyre, Charlotte SAT and Anne Bronte head straight to London. Stars Samantha SAT Power. 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 b074bnjp (Listen) SAT Bradley Walsh SAT Actor and presenter Bradley Walsh chooses 'Stranger in SAT Paradise' by Tony Bennett and 'The Hungry Years' by Neil SAT Sedaka. SAT SAT 14:15 Afternoon Drama b010t6x7 (Listen) SAT Charlotte Jones - The Diva in Me SAT Phillipa spends Saturday night eating toast and fantasizing SAT about a boy-man from Southern Electric. She can sing SAT anything from Bjork to Bassey with a touch of Judy Garland SAT thrown in but the world has turned its back her. Why? A SAT comedy with music by award-winning writer Charlotte Jones. SAT Phillipa...Philippa Stanton SAT Shadwell...Stuart McLoughlin SAT Vicki...Sally Orrock SAT Gene Kelly...Daniel Rabin SAT Mona...Joanna Monro SAT Trevor...Brian Bowles SAT Directed by Claire Grove SAT This comedy with music has been specially written by SAT award-winning playwright Charlotte Jones for actress and SAT extraordinary mimic Philippa Stanton. Philippa sings SAT Garland, Kitt, Boyle, Winehouse, Bjork, Gaga and Bassey. The SAT music is woven into the narrative and is an essential part SAT of the story because this is a woman with an extraordinary SAT facility to recreate the voices of the famous. And although SAT the world has turned its back on her talent she finally SAT discovers the ingredient that makes a diva truly great. SAT Charlotte Jones is an outstanding dramatist whose play SAT 'Humble Boy' for the National Theatre won Best New Play SAT 2001, and transferred to the West End to enormous box office SAT and critical success. Her screenplay Bessie and the Bell won SAT won the New York Film and TV Festival Award 2006. Her comedy SAT MARTHA JOSIE AND THE CHINESE ELVIS for the Octagon Theatre, SAT Bolton and Liverpool Playhouse, won the 1999 TMA Best Play SAT Award. Charlotte Jones dramatised A WOMAN IN WHITE for SAT Andrew Lloyd Webber and Matilda for Radio 4. She is SAT currently writing for televison. SAT Philippa Stanton's credits include Paula Vogel's award SAT winning play 'How I Learned to Drive' at the Donmar SAT Warehouse, two seasons at Shakespeare's Globe, appearing SAT opposite Mark Rylance in 'The Golden Ass'. Her television SAT credits include 'Jill' in both series of 'How Do You Want SAT Me' with Dylan Moran, and 'Clara' in the BBC's Great SAT Expectations with Ioan Gruffudd. Her film credits include: SAT The Clandestine Marriage with Joan Collins, Nigel Hawthorne SAT and Timothy Spall. Unconditional Love with Cathy Bates, SAT Rupert Everett and Richard Briers and Swinging with the SAT Finkels with Martin Freeman. SAT SAT 15:00 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - A Celebration of A Comedy SAT Classic b074bg38 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Dario Fo - Accidental Death of an Anarchist b01s63cx (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:15 Gillian Tindall - The Real Novel b07470y5 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Touchline Tales b00svs5x (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 The Twilight Zone b074bs88 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Static SAT Ed Lindsay hates the television. He prefers to escape into SAT the past with the help of his beloved radio set. SAT Stars Stan Freberg. With Ann Whitney, David Darlowe, Ellie SAT Weingardt and Bernie Landis. SAT Narrator: Stacy Keach. SAT Adapted by Dennis Etchison and written by Charles Beaumont SAT from a story by Oceo Ritch. 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 Directed and produced by Carl Amari for Falcon Picture SAT Group. SAT SAT 18:40 James Follett - Temple of the Winds b007jrd7 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT In Pentworth, strange events continue to plague Sergeant SAT Malone, Ellen Duncan and teenager Vikki Taylor. Read by SAT Nigel Anthony. SAT SAT 19:00 Mark Billingham's Rule Book of Crime b01r19jd (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Vivian Stanshall's Radio Flashes b04d0ksp (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Music, comedy and Keith Moon, courtesy of Britain's greatest SAT eccentric. Including more from Colonel Knutt. SAT Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band singer Vivian Stanshall took to the SAT airwaves of BBC Radio 1 on Saturday 21 August 1971. SAT Over two hours, relive Vivian's mix of zany comedy and music SAT - including his take on Dick Barton's radio serial "Breath SAT from the Pit". Featuring drummer Keith Moon from The Who. SAT Vivian has previously featured on 4 Extra - thanks to his SAT solo comedy 'Sir Henry at Rawlinson End', which originated SAT as sessions for the John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1 in the SAT mid-1970s. SAT With Chris Bowler. Produced by John Walters. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 20 MARCH 2016 SUN SUN 00:00 The Twilight Zone b074bs88 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:40 James Follett - Temple of the Winds b007jrd7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Charlotte Bronte in Babylon: Omnibus b074bnfv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b074bnjp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 Afternoon Drama b010t6x7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - A Celebration of A Comedy SUN Classic b074bg38 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Dario Fo - Accidental Death of an Anarchist b01s63cx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:15 Gillian Tindall - The Real Novel b07470y5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Touchline Tales b00svs5x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Once More With Feeling: Omnibus b011p0n5 (Listen) SUN Twenty five years after being sacked from his band, Les Bone SUN is going back on the road. Stars Paul Copley and Belinda SUN Everett. SUN SUN 07:15 Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities b048jj9j (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 1 SUN In the first of a new series, Roger Law travels through SUN China to find some unexpected corners of the country's rich SUN and varied culture. He begins his journey in Beijing, where SUN the film industry is now growing at an extraordinary pace. SUN After a visit to a huge and rather empty film museum on the SUN edge of the city, he manages to get himself on to the film SUN lot at one of the biggest studios in the world. SUN Producer Mark Rickards. SUN SUN 07:30 Mr Blue Sky b01gvkw9 (Listen) SUN Series 2, With Deepest Sympathy SUN Written by Andrew Collins 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 In this episode, the Easter family travel to Middlesborough SUN to help Harvey's miserable, hypochondriac, racist mum Lou SUN through a difficult time, and Charlie learns about mobile SUN phone etiquette at a Catholic funeral mass and an Italian SUN wake. 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 Lou Easter .... Sorcha Cusack SUN Priest .... Angus Deayton SUN Producer: Anna Madley SUN An Avalon Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 08:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b074bwvs (Listen) SUN From 14/10/1943 SUN Can Tommy Handley find talented performers for his new SUN entertainment venture? 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. Other SUN settings followed - a seaside resort, and a war factory SUN which by 1943, for this run of episodes, had been turned SUN 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 Doctor in the House b007jsw0 (Listen) SUN St Swithin's SUN Simon Sparrow dithers over registering to train as a doctor SUN as St Swithin's hospital in London. SUN The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted SUN for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor SUN in the House' published in 1952. SUN Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as SUN Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Erik Chitty SUN as the Secretary, Beth Boyd as the Sister and Michael Deacon SUN as the Padre. SUN Special guest star: John le Mesurier as The Dean SUN Producer: David Hatch SUN Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London. SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1968. SUN SUN 09:00 Quicksand: Omnibus b074bwvv (Listen) SUN Henning Mankell copes with illness by recalling his SUN childhood and an early secret. Posthumous essays read by Tim SUN Pigott-Smith. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b06p4zp4 (Listen) SUN Anita Dobson SUN The actress Anita Dobson chooses 'No One But You' by Billy SUN Eckstine and 'Young at Heart' by Frank Sinatra. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b011ttxt (Listen) SUN Comedians, Victoria Wood SUN From The Doobie Brothers to Tom Waits, comedy star Victoria SUN Wood makes her castaway choices. With Kirsty Young. From SUN December 2007. SUN SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour b074c3rc (Listen) SUN Series 2, London Calling - with Crossfire, and a Vampire SUN True stories told live: Sarah Austin Jenness introduces four SUN tales celebrating all things British. With writer Neil SUN Gaiman. 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 b0100j9q (Listen) SUN Series 2, Hummers SUN 8/20. Hummingbirds are given spectacular names motivated by SUN their striking colours, patterns and shimmering metallic SUN iridescence; their names are beautiful as are the birds. SUN David Attenborough has filmed them on several occasions and SUN is fascinated by their agility and flying skills to drink SUN nectar from flowers inaccessible to any other animal. And SUN propelled by this rocket fuel of nature they are capable of SUN flying great distances and living life in the fast lane. SUN Enchanting in this story is how moved David Attenborough is SUN when recalling a story of their conservation; a rare piece SUN of good news he comments. SUN Written and presented by David Attenborough SUN Produced by Julian Hector. SUN SUN 12:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b074bwvs (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Doctor in the House b007jsw0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Once More With Feeling: Omnibus b011p0n5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities b048jj9j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Trading Futures: Omnibus b074c3rf (Listen) SUN Sixty-year-old Matthew Oxenhay, sacked from his job trading SUN commodities, must now bet on his own future. Read by Toby SUN Jones. SUN SUN 15:45 Julia Darling - Pearl b074c3rh (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. A lollipop lady loves babies. That must be SUN why she knits baby clothes for the expectant mums she sees. SUN Read by Charlie Hardwick. SUN SUN 16:00 Roger Hume - The Campden Wonder b00mrhdm (Listen) SUN The true account of the mysterious disappearance of William SUN Harrison, a rent collector in the service of the Campden SUN family in Chipping Campden in 1660. SUN Stars Peter Jeffrey as Sir Thomas Overbury, Richard SUN Derrington as John Perry, Nigel Anthony as Dr Shirley, David SUN Holt as Sly/Edward Harrison and Kim Durham as SUN Richard/Nathan. SUN Written by Richard Derrington and Roger Hume. SUN Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson. SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. SUN SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra b074c4m0 (Listen) SUN Consorting with Angels SUN BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the SUN BBC's radio poetry archive. SUN 'Consorting with Angels' features troubled model and SUN successful poet, Anne Sexton. Despite the glamour life, SUN Sexton was a haunted figure who suffered from mental SUN illness. Like Sylvia Plath, Sexton also wrote verse which SUN reflected her tormented inner life, and about women's SUN issues. And like Plath, she eventually committed suicide. SUN This personal look at her life and work is told by Anne's SUN daughters and those who knew her. Using home recorded SUN material made available by the family, we also hear actors SUN voicing the transcripts of psychiatric counselling sessions SUN between Anne Sexton and Dr Martin Orne. SUN Producer: Charlotte Austin SUN First broadcast on Radio 4 in January 2010. SUN SUN 17:30 Mr Blue Sky b01gvkw9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Here Am I Where Are You? b074c5ct (Listen) SUN The tale of a cursed professor with a special red book, his SUN very wayward nephew and an 18th century tankard. SUN Written by Sheila Hodgson - based on an idea by MR James SUN Stars David March as James, Lockwood West as Professor SUN Zetterholm, Susan Sheridan as Paul Mallory and Joan Newell SUN as Mrs Marriott. SUN Directed by David Johnstone SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. SUN SUN 18:45 Edgar Allan Poe b03bv04c (Listen) SUN The Oblong Box SUN A passenger on a summer voyage to New York is curious about SUN an artist, his new wife and his luggage. Read by James SUN Aubrey. SUN SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour b074c3rc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b0100j9q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Quicksand: Omnibus b074bwvv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b06p4zp4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b011ttxt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Mr Blue Sky b01gvkw9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 The Shuttleworths b007jqt5 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Shuttleworth Diplomacy SUN Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth sets out to be a nicer, SUN more approachable person. Stars Graham Fellows. From August SUN 1995. SUN SUN 22:45 The In Crowd b008p84t (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 5 SUN Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, SUN Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From April 2002. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b074vd86 (Listen) SUN From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club SUN has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Yuriko SUN Kotani. SUN SUN 23:00 Newsjack b073r1c6 (Listen) SUN Series 14, Episode 6 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 We tackle Osborne's budget, Matt Le Blanc's Top Gear gaffe, SUN and the biggest news story of all this week - Peter SUN Stringfellow's naming ceremony in a strip club. SUN Nish is joined by George Fouracres, Cariad Lloyd and SUN Dominique Moore. SUN Newsjack was produced by Matt Stronge and Paul Sheehan. SUN The Production Coordinator was Sophie Richardson. SUN It was a BBC Radio Comedy Production. SUN SUN 23:30 Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off b007jwbg (Listen) SUN Series 1, Sudan SUN The naive Budleigh Salterton gap year student goes fishing SUN on the African continent. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From July SUN 2002. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 21 MARCH 2016 MON MON 00:00 Here Am I Where Are You? b074c5ct (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:45 Edgar Allan Poe b03bv04c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Once More With Feeling: Omnibus b011p0n5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities b048jj9j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Trading Futures: Omnibus b074c3rf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Julia Darling - Pearl b074c3rh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Roger Hume - The Campden Wonder b00mrhdm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Poetry Extra b074c4m0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Mr Blue Sky b01gvkw9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Paul Temple b00rq27n (Listen) MON Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case, A Warning from Miss Wayne MON Lynn Ferguson recounts her ordeal of being kidnapped - while MON suave sleuth Paul Temple gets some drunken advice from Betty MON Wayne. MON Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple MON and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case MON for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous MON wife. MON With Peggy Hassard as Lynn Ferguson, James Beattie as MON Charlie, Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes, Grizelda MON Hervey as Betty Wayne and Duncan McIntyre as Detective MON Inspector Kingston. MON From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective MON Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist MON Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most MON popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of MON chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic MON and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, MON of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest MON tricky case. MON Producer: Martin C Webster MON First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954. MON MON 06:30 Lucifer Matches: The Letters of Charlotte Bronte MON b00756cj (Listen) MON 4 Extra Debut. In her correspondence, Jane Eyre's creator MON rarely minced her words - as Bronte's biographer, Juliet MON Barker, reveals. From February 1998. MON MON 07:00 Trapped b0076grw (Listen) MON All Downhill from Here: MON A group of desperate friends are landed in an unfortunate MON situation on a ski lift. Stars Olivia Coleman. From MON September 2003. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b0736vv2 (Listen) MON Series 74, Episode 4 MON Graham Norton, Rufus Hound, Paul Merton and Pam Ayres join MON host Nicholas Parsons, and attempt to speak without MON repetition, deviation or hesitation. Produced by Victoria MON Lloyd. MON On the cards today Copernicus, The Rat Pack, and Toast. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Graham Norton MON Panellist: Rufus Hound MON Panellist: Paul Merton MON Panellist: Pam Ayres MON Producer: Victoria Lloyd MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jrbf (Listen) MON Series 3, Turkey Dinner MON Corporal Jones mistakenly shoots a bird, so the platoon MON hatch a plan to cook it for the old folk of MON Walmington-on-Sea. 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, Larry Martyn as Private Walker, Pearl MON Hackney as Mrs Pike and Harold Bennett as Mr Blewitt. 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 August 1976. MON MON 08:30 Listen to Les b01mxtj8 (Listen) MON From 03/02/1985 MON Les Dawson pays tribute to a sheep-headed publican and Cosmo MON Smallpiece looks at holidays. 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 February 1985. MON MON 09:00 Quote... Unquote b01l7mq0 (Listen) MON Another edition of the 48th series of Quote... Unquote, the MON popular quotations programme presented and devised by Nigel MON Rees. The guests this week are Charlie Higson, Martin MON Kelner, Nat Luurtsema and Stephanie Merritt. The reader is MON Peter Jefferson. MON Producer: Ed Morrish. MON MON 09:30 King Street Junior b007jml9 (Listen) MON Series 6, Safety First MON All go at school with a serious road accident at the gates, MON and a radio show for the headmaster to record. Stars Karl MON Howman. MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b0075qkb (Listen) MON Laurie Lee - Cider with Rosie, Episode 1 MON Tim McInnerny plays Laurie and Niamh Cusack his mother, in MON this production recorded on location in and around the Slad MON valley. In the first of two episodes dramatised by Nick MON Darke, the Lee family arrive in their new home. MON Laurie........Tim McInnerny MON Mother.......Niamh Cusack MON Young Loll..Sunny Leworthy MON With Jennifer Compton, Paul Currier, Briony Fforde, Daniel MON Clifford, Lisa Kay, Laura Strachan, Jed Blacklock, David MON Goodland, Constance Chapman, Val Lorraine, Chris Grimes, MON June Barrie, James Lawton, Pupils of Rodborough Primary MON School. MON Music by Paul Burgess MON Directed by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe. MON MON 11:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost MON Stories b074g229 (Listen) MON The Visitors Book, Part 1/2 MON Victoria's friend Aaron has moved to a two-bedroom house in MON Walthamstow. But why does he have a visitors book? And why MON is Victoria so determined not to sign it? MON Tales of the supernatural in modern, everyday settings, by MON Sophie Hannah. MON Sophie Hannah is a best-selling writer of psychological MON crime fiction. In 2013, her novel The Carrier won the Crime MON Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book MON Awards. The Monogram Murders, a Poirot novel approved by the MON Agatha Christie estate, was published in 2014. MON Read by Polly Frame. MON Producer: Jeremy Osborne MON Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. MON MON 11:15 Colin Haydn Evans - Forest Tales b039ljtw (Listen) MON Tristan and Iselda MON Fleeing plague and war, travellers tell tales to dispel the MON shadows. But in the woods, someone or something is MON listening. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jrbf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Listen to Les b01mxtj8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Paul Temple b00rq27n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Lucifer Matches: The Letters of Charlotte Bronte MON b00756cj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvls (Listen) MON The Widder MON The incorrigible Uncle Silas heads off to sup wine with a MON widow. HE Bates' country tale is read by David Neal. MON MON 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04dk87y (Listen) MON A Blooming Tree of Life MON The new science of DNA sequencing during the 1990's would MON not only lead to the mapping of complete human and plant MON genomes but it was to also revolutionise the classification MON for flowering plants. For the first time, rather than the MON 200 year old tradition of classifying plants just on their MON shape and structures, scientists could begin to infer how MON closely plants were related by examining the differences in MON DNA between different families and species. MON Kathy Willis examines the story of how new connections MON between plants were uncovered that appearance alone could MON never have suggested. She talks to Kew's Mark Chase, leader MON of the Angiosperm Plant Phylogeny Group - an international MON group of scientists who pioneered this work, and hears how MON this molecular analysis was to rewrite some of the many MON assumptions that we've made about close relationships within MON and between plant families. MON Kathy also hears from plant morphologist Paula Rudell on how MON detailed pollen analysis was to back up some of the MON controversial findings that this work was suggesting The MON practical implications of this new way of classifying are MON huge and could open the way to identifying new plants for MON medicinal use, and help accurately determine the ability of MON plants to withstand future environmental change. MON With additional contributions from Kew taxonomist Gwil Lewis MON and historian Jim Endersby MON Producer Adrian Washbourne. MON MON 14:30 Ladies of Letters b007jwcq (Listen) MON Ladies of Letters Spring Clean, Episode 1 MON Irene and Vera's mutual suitor falls ill. Carole Hayman and MON Lou Wakefield's comedy with Patricia Routledge and Prunella MON Scales. MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b06mc8jf (Listen) MON Charlotte Bronte: A Life, Childhood MON Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's new and intimate MON biography of Charlotte Bronte, one of the nation's greatest MON novelists. This vivid and complex portrait is published MON ahead of the two hundredth anniversary of the writer's birth MON in April 2016. MON The events of Charlotte Bronte's life - her motherless MON childhood on the Yorkshire moors, the early and tragic MON deaths of her beloved siblings and a great and unrequited MON love - all found their way into her novels. Claire Harman MON unravels the complexities of Bronte's life to reveal a MON fiercely passionate and determined woman who gave us some of MON our best loved novels and heroines, most famously Jane Eyre. MON Claire Harman is an acclaimed and award winning biographer. MON Her books include Sylvia Townsend Warner, Fanny Burney, MON Robert Louis Stevenson and Jane's Fame which tells the story MON of Jane Austen's renown. MON Hattie Morahan is an award winning actress of the stage and MON screen and has appeared in television dramas including, MON Sense and Sensibility, Lark Rise to Candleford and The MON Outcast. She won Best Actress at the 2012 Evening Standard MON Awards and the 2012 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for her MON performance as Nora in The Doll's House. MON Abridged by Julian Wilkinson MON Produced by Elizabeth Allard. MON Credits MON Reader: Hattie Morahan MON Author: Claire Harman MON Abridger: Julian Wilkinson MON Producer: Elizabeth Allard MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b0075qkb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 Quote... Unquote b01l7mq0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 King Street Junior b007jml9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 Trapped b0076grw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 Just a Minute b0736vv2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b007k0wz (Listen) MON Episode 3 MON Tortured by memories, Robert Neville, Earth's last living MON man, steps up his fight against the vampires. Read by Angus MON McInnes. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b00763tc (Listen) MON John Peel & Arabella Weir MON Matthew Parris and his guests, broadcaster John Peel and MON comic actress Arabella Weir discuss books by Tracy MON Chevalier, Joshua Slocum and Arthur Mathews. From 2001. MON Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier MON Publisher: Harper Collins MON Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum MON Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical MON Well Remembered Days by Arthur Mathews. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jrbf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Listen to Les b01mxtj8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Paul Temple b00rq27n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Lucifer Matches: The Letters of Charlotte Bronte MON b00756cj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost MON Stories b074g229 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Colin Haydn Evans - Forest Tales b039ljtw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b0736vv2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b01phhb3 (Listen) MON Series 5, Meera Syal MON Guests experience new things and give their verdicts to MON Marcus Brigstocke. It's always fascinating to discover what MON the guests think of their new experience, but also to find MON out why they've waited so long to do it. Poet Benjamin MON Zephaniah had never seen a Bond movie or had a cup of MON builder's tea - so he'll be discussing his first Bond MON experience over tea and scones. Meera Syal had never been to MON a football match. Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie had MON never seen the Olympics Opening Ceremony, despite featuring MON in it, and she has her first experience of Downton Abbey. MON Comedian Dave Gorman tries going to a strip club and reads MON his first Dickens. Perhaps most astonishing of all, actor MON and comedian Les Dennis swallows his first ever piece of MON cheese. MON Produced by Bill Dare. MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b073bb5c (Listen) MON Series 48, Episode 3 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Andy Zaltzman, Lucy MON Porter, Mitch Benn and Freya Parker to present the week in MON news through stand-up and sketches. MON This week the gang take a look at the winners and losers MON from the Budget 2016, Andy Zaltzman makes an argument for MON sport to save us all, Lucy Porter lays out her plans to open MON an academy school and Steve and Hugh discuss how the MON impending EU referendum is viewed from across the English MON Channel with the UK Correspondent for De Spiegel magazine MON Christoph Scheuermann. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Hugh Dennis MON Performer: Andy Zaltzman MON Performer: Lucy Porter MON Performer: Mitch Benn MON Performer: Freya Parker MON MON 23:30 Elvenquest b016pynv (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 3 MON The third episode in series of the sitcom set in Lower MON Earth. The Questers, continuing their search for the Sword MON of Asnagar, the only weapon capable of ridding their land MON from the tyranny of the evil Lord Darkness, find themselves MON needing to take a short cut through the mysterious mines of MON Grazak-Dun. The only man who can help them enter the mines, MON however, is the Master Stonemason of Grazak-Dun. MON Luckily, the Master Stonemason of Grazak-Dun also happens to MON be Dean's dad. Problem is, Dean's dad hates Dean. So the MON Questers must hatch a plan that'll help Dean win back the MON respect of his father... MON Meanwhile, Lord Darkness is given the honour of writing the MON "Big Book of Evil", a task which he takes on with relish. MON But he soon finds that, as everyone knows, it's one thing to MON say you'll write a book, and quite another to actually sit MON down and write one... MON Starring: MON Darren Boyd as Vidar MON Kevin Eldon as Dean/Kreech MON Dave Lamb as Amis, aka The Chosen One MON Stephen Mangan as Sam MON Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness MON John Sessions as Little Dick MON and MON Sophie Winkleman as Penthiselea MON Writers: Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto MON Producer: Sam Michell. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 22 MARCH 2016 TUE TUE 00:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b007k0wz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b00763tc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Paul Temple b00rq27n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Lucifer Matches: The Letters of Charlotte Bronte TUE b00756cj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvls (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04dk87y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Ladies of Letters b007jwcq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Book of the Week b06mc8jf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b0075qkb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Quote... Unquote b01l7mq0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 King Street Junior b007jml9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Trapped b0076grw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Just a Minute b0736vv2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Paul Temple b00rqjm4 (Listen) TUE Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case, The Note TUE Detective Inspector Kingston shares his murder theory with TUE the debonair sleuth - while wife Steve gets a shock. TUE Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple TUE and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case TUE for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous TUE wife. TUE With Olaf Olsen as Louis Fabian, James Beattie as Charlie, TUE Duncan McIntyre as Detective Inspector Kingston, Richard TUE Williams as Lance Reynolds and Grizelda Hervey as Betty TUE Wayne. TUE From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective TUE Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist TUE Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most TUE popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of TUE chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic TUE and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, TUE of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest TUE tricky case. TUE Producer: Martin C Webster. TUE TUE 06:30 Never Mind the Bhangra b00tcs23 (Listen) TUE Adil Ray takes a light-hearted look at how the lack of brown TUE faces in rock and pop has mortified and marginalised TUE generations of music-loving Asian kids in Britain. He talks TUE to famous British Asians about why there have been so few TUE Asians in popular music, and finds out why Bhangra and TUE Bollywood can never be enough. TUE East Enders star Nitin Ganatra talks about growing up in the TUE 1970s in a racist area of Coventry where his parents ran a TUE corner shop. Comedian Paul Sinha remembers being a TUE chess-loving academic kid who didn't care about liking cool TUE music. Presenters Anita Rani and Hardeep Singh Kohli discuss TUE being called a "coconut" - brown on the outside but white on TUE the inside - for liking rock and indie music. TUE We also hear from newsreader Mishal Husain; writer Sathnam TUE Sanghera and Goodness Gracious Me star Kulvinder Ghir about TUE musical passions, parental tensions and the struggle to fit TUE in and be accepted in Britain. TUE Helped by former NME writer and now editor of The Guardian TUE Guide, Malik Meer, Adil charts the journey of Asians in TUE British music from Freddie Mercury - who rarely mentioned TUE his Indian heritage - through the rise of the Asian TUE Underground to modern day superstars like MIA. We hear from TUE Talvin Singh as well as upcoming artists Nadine Shah and TUE Prash Mistry from Engine Earz Experiment. TUE Presenter and comedy writer Adil Ray was a key figure on the TUE BBC Asian Network for nine years, most recently on the TUE Breakfast Show which he left in June 2010. He has also been TUE a regular on BBC Radio 5 live's Fighting Talk and presented TUE various Radio 4 documentaries including the series Picturing TUE Britain. He was a presenter on BBC Two's Arts show DesiDNA TUE and the RTS award-nominated show Is it Cos I Is Black? for TUE BBC Three. He has recently appeared on the BBC Two comedy TUE show Bellamy's People. TUE Producer: Vernee Samuel TUE An AlFi Media production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Vernee Samuel TUE TUE 07:00 55 and Over b01p09pb (Listen) TUE Episode 3 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. With new partners on the scene the TUE possibility of progeny suddenly seems more likely. But not TUE everyone is so keen on later-in-life breeding. 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 Dr Miller ..... Robert Blythe TUE Portia ..... Sarah Thom TUE Producer/Director ..... Helen Perry. TUE TUE 07:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting TUE b00g2glw (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 6 TUE Linda's procrastinating live-in builder finds fame and TUE neighbour Betty's got worries. TUE Comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith. TUE With Femi Elufowoju Jr, Martin Hyder, Margaret John, Chris TUE 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 b00svbbs (Listen) TUE Series 4, Episode 6 TUE Kenneth Horne's in for a shock from sneaky Kenneth Williams TUE in 'Big Broads Don't Squeal' - and bona gifts galore from 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 b013dzmy (Listen) TUE Food for Thought TUE The bungling duo's antics attract some sinister interest TUE from abroad. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From TUE April 1973. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b073bb5c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01b9kdj (Listen) TUE Sally's Birthday TUE Episode 2 - Sally's Birthday TUE An audience sitcom about a couple in marriage counselling. TUE Will and Annabelle attend her mum's 60th Birthday Party. TUE Will makes an effort to get on with his straight talking TUE father-in-law John. TUE FULL CAST DETAILS: TUE Will Smith ..... Will Smith TUE Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland TUE Guy ..... Paterson Joseph TUE John ..... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Sally ..... Susie Blake TUE Shop Assistant ..... Tracy Wiles TUE Written by ..... Will Smith TUE Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani TUE ABOUT THE SERIES: TUE A year into married life and already things are a little TUE creaky. So, following Will's unimaginative anniversary TUE present (a draining rack), Annabelle has signed them up for TUE a course of marriage counselling. TUE Each week, counsellor Guy mediates a recent dispute between TUE Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to the events that TUE spawned the argument, and by the end, the couple find TUE marital equilibrium once more. Sort of. TUE Guy arbitrates, usually leaning towards Annabelle's more TUE sensible point of view. In contrast to Will's uptightness, TUE Guy is laconic and urbane and clearly irritates Will. TUE The writer and comedian Will Smith leads the starry cast of TUE Mr and Mrs.Smith. Will's writing credits include Armstrong TUE and Miller (BBC1), Harry and Paul (BBC1), Moving Wallpaper TUE (ITV1), Time Trumpet (BBC2), the multi-award winning The TUE Thick Of It (BBC2) in which he also appears as Phil Smith, TUE and the upcoming Veep (HBO). TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b00757rv (Listen) TUE Laurie Lee - Cider with Rosie, Episode 2 TUE In the second of two episodes dramatised by Nick Darke, TUE young Loll experiences his first taste of the adult world. TUE Laurie.................Tim McInnerny TUE Mother................Niamh Cusack TUE Young Loll...........Sunny Leworthy TUE Rosie..................Emily Parrish TUE with Jennifer Compton, Paul Currier, Lisa Kay, Briony TUE Fforde, Daniel Clifford, Jed Blacklock, David Goodland, Bill TUE Wallis, Paul Dodgson, June Barrie, Chris Grimes, Megan TUE Melish, Laura Beckett, Luke Glastonbury-Cole, Buster Reece, TUE Alex Smith, Leanne French, Villagers of Slad and Rodborough. TUE Music by Paul Burgess TUE Directed by Viv Beeby and Jeremy Howe TUE Repeated Saturday 9.00 p.m. TUE TUE 11:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost TUE Stories b074gntd (Listen) TUE The Visitors Book, Part 2/2 TUE Victoria investigates why Aaron has called his house TUE Netterden. TUE Tales of the supernatural in modern, everyday settings, by TUE Sophie Hannah. TUE Sophie Hannah is a best-selling writer of psychological TUE crime fiction. In 2013, her novel The Carrier won the Crime TUE Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book TUE Awards. The Monogram Murders, a Poirot novel approved by the TUE Agatha Christie estate, was published in 2014. TUE Read by Polly Frame. TUE Producer: Jeremy Osborne TUE Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. TUE TUE 11:15 Colin Haydn Evans - Forest Tales b039ljv1 (Listen) TUE A Tale of Three Beds TUE A bedroom romp from Romania entertains the fugitives, while TUE Melusine's presence still haunts them. Stars Lynne Seymour. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b00svbbs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry b013dzmy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Paul Temple b00rqjm4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Never Mind the Bhangra b00tcs23 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvlz (Listen) TUE The Blue Feather TUE Loveable rogue Uncle Silas gets caught poaching. HE Bates' TUE country tale is read by David Neal. TUE TUE 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04dm6v3 (Listen) TUE Dynamic Rainforest TUE Palms provide many basic necessities and are collectively TUE one of the most important plants families after grasses and TUE legumes. In 2007 and extraordinary new find came to light TUE when a French plantation manager in Madagascar, came across TUE a new species of palm tree 18metres high and with a 5m leaf TUE span - visible from Google Earth. The palm family continues TUE to grow at a rapid rate As new species make themselves known TUE to science it's becoming vital to appreciate their potential TUE uses. Discoveries are also helping to shed light on the TUE "palm tree of life". TUE Professor Kathy Willis meets Head of Palms at Kew, Bill TUE Baker, to examine how new technology such as DNA sequencing TUE has come to provide an amazing evolutionary record of palms TUE over timescales greater than the fossil record can offer. TUE Crucially, it's beginning to show when the diversification TUE of palms began. In doing so, the genetic analysis is TUE beginning to rewrite our understanding of the origins of the TUE rainforest and looking to favour Alfred Russel Wallace's TUE overlooked "museum model " of the evolution of ancient TUE rainforests. TUE With additional contributions from head of the Kew Palm TUE House Scott Taylor, and former Head of Palms at Kew, John TUE Dransfield TUE Producer Adrian Washbourne. TUE TUE 14:30 Ladies of Letters b007jwcw (Listen) TUE Ladies of Letters Spring Clean, Episode 2 TUE Wires get crossed as the emails fly. Meanwhile poor Edward TUE is in hospital. Comedy with Patricia Routledge and Prunella TUE Scales. TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b06nbylv (Listen) TUE Charlotte Bronte: A Life, Roe Head School TUE Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's new and intimate TUE portrait of Charlotte Bronte. The biography of one of our TUE greatest novelists looks ahead to the two hundredth TUE anniversary of her birth in April 2016. Today, a decision to TUE write to the poet laureate, Robert Southey, yields a TUE surprising response. Meanwhile, the fourteen year old TUE Charlotte begins life at Roe Head School as a pupil before TUE returning as an intransigent teacher. TUE Abridged by Julian Wilkinson. TUE Produced by Elizabeth Allard. TUE Credits TUE Reader: Hattie Morahan TUE Author: Claire Harman TUE Abridger: Julian Wilkinson TUE Producer: Elizabeth Allard TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b00757rv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Foul Play b00jh5hn (Listen) TUE Series 3, Death By a Short Hand TUE Crime writers Lady Antonia Fraser and Anthony Price probe TUE the death of a top jockey. Chaired by Simon Brett. From TUE December 1997. TUE TUE 16:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01b9kdj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 55 and Over b01p09pb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting TUE b00g2glw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b007k0y9 (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE Earth's last living man, Robert Neville, edges closer to a TUE cure, but then he gets distracted. Read by Angus McInnes. TUE TUE 18:30 The Palace of Laughter b007wld9 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Belfast Grand Opera House TUE Now a symbol of the city's regeneration after the Troubles, TUE Geoffrey Wheeler meets staff and performers. With Jimmy TUE Cricket. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b00svbbs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry b013dzmy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Paul Temple b00rqjm4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Never Mind the Bhangra b00tcs23 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost TUE Stories b074gntd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Colin Haydn Evans - Forest Tales b039ljv1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting TUE b00g2glw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Tim FitzHigham: The Gambler b041vcqw (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 4 TUE Comedian and adventurer Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th TUE Century bet, attempting to travel 25mph on water using only TUE the means available to a gentleman in 1765. History books TUE record of the original attempt, "Something snapped, there TUE was a fatality and the wager was abandoned." Last in series. TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Tim FitzHigham TUE Producer: Colin Anderson TUE Writer: Tim FitzHigham TUE Writer: Jon Hunter TUE Writer: Paul Byrne TUE TUE 23:00 World of Pub b007v1dk (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 4 TUE Dodgy Phil lays on an unusual awards ceremony to improve TUE Barry and Garry's fortunes. Stars John Thomson. From January TUE 1999. TUE TUE 23:30 Think the Unthinkable b00cttcm (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 6 TUE The consultants' drunken office party looks like a recipe TUE for festive disaster. Starring Marcus Brigstocke. From TUE December 2002. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 23 MARCH 2016 WED WED 00:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b007k0y9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 The Palace of Laughter b007wld9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Paul Temple b00rqjm4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Never Mind the Bhangra b00tcs23 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvlz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04dm6v3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Ladies of Letters b007jwcw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Book of the Week b06nbylv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b00757rv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Foul Play b00jh5hn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01b9kdj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 55 and Over b01p09pb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting WED b00g2glw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Paul Temple b00rs2dd (Listen) WED Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case, The Guilty Party WED Suave sleuth Paul Temple sets up a cocktail party - aiming WED to solve the case once and for all. WED Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple WED and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case WED for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous WED wife. WED With Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes, James Beattie as WED Charlie, Olaf Olsen as Louis Fabian, Richard Williams as WED Lance Reynolds and Grizelda Hervey as Betty Wayne. WED From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective WED Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist WED Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most WED popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of WED chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic WED and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, WED of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest WED tricky case. WED Producer: Martin C Webster WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954. WED WED 06:30 Peter Coke and the Paul Temple Affair b007jw9v (Listen) WED The man behind radio's most debonair sleuth, actor Peter WED Coke talks to Michaela Saunders. WED With the help of clips - from explosions to cocktail parties WED - Peter reveals how he got the part of Paul Temple - and ' WED By Timothy!' what does he really think of his famous WED catchphrase? He also reveals what Paul Temple's creator WED Francis Durbridge thought of a spoof episode they recorded. WED Michaela also discovers what the actor got up to after his WED Paul Temple days. WED Peter Coke died in 2008 aged 95. WED Producer: Ben Motley WED Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005. WED WED 07:00 The Brothers b00pcn0m (Listen) WED Series 3, Mix Tape WED Despite a new office, Nigel and Michael still struggle with WED life. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From February WED 2007. WED WED 07:30 Chain Reaction b0738kq0 (Listen) WED Series 11, Victoria Coren-Mitchell interviews Sandi Toksvig 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 and entertainment personalities talking to each WED other about their lives and work. This week, the writer and WED presenter Victoria Coren-Mitchell asks the questions to WED comedian, writer and erstwhile News Quiz chair, Sandi WED Toksvig. WED Victoria Coren-Mitchell is a columnist for The Observer and WED GQ amongst other publications and has presented myriad WED documentaries on subjects as varied as The Bohemians and WED Mary Poppins. As well as a prolific writing career, she WED keeps order on the popular and fiendishly difficult WED television quiz, 'Only Connect'. She is also well-known as WED one of the world's top professional poker players and has WED achieved huge success at the card table. WED Sandi Toksvig is a prolific writer and broadcaster who WED chaired the News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 for nine years and over WED 220 episodes. In 2015 she was a founder member of the WED Women's Equality Party and, later that year was announced as WED the new host of the long-running BBC television series, QI. WED In this installment of the hostless chat show, Victoria WED talks to Sandi about her long career in broadcasting, her WED recent foray into politics and gets some advice on how to WED behave when you're staying at the Icelandic Prime Minister's WED house. WED Producer: Richard Morris WED A BBC Radio Comedy Production. WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b01k7g25 (Listen) WED Stormy Weather WED A firm ultimatum for Leslie, as HMS Troutbridge is ordered WED to sea. 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, Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Tenniel Evans as the WED Admiral and Michael Bates as Lieutenant Bates. 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 b0139bkv (Listen) WED Series 8, Episode 7 WED The listeners go on strike, and a legendary royal is in WED marrying mode. Stars Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From WED March 1970. WED WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know b037hmyc (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 4 WED Who is Nick Helm's all time hero? What is the most WED embarrassing thing Isy Suttie's mum ever did? Who would play WED Dougie Anderson in the film of his life? WED All these questions, and more, will be answered in the show WED hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how WED well they know their nearest and dearest. WED Producer: Sam Michell. WED Credits WED Panellist: Nick Helm WED Panellist: Isy Suttie WED Panellist: Dougie Anderson WED Presenter: Miles Jupp WED Producer: Sam Michell WED WED 09:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqgp (Listen) WED The Pet and the Pendulum WED Dr Vestler's inhuman hopping skills reveal an unholy project WED involving animals. Stars Jim Broadbent. From September 1988. WED WED 10:00 Home Front b06kv6s3 (Listen) WED 21 December 1915 - Florrie Wilson WED On this day, as Folkestone began to recover from a major WED landslide, it appears that the Wilsons have all developed WED little rituals. WED Written by Richard Monks WED Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. WED Credits WED Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook WED Albert Wilson: Jamie Foreman WED Adam Wilson: Billy Kennedy WED Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf WED Roland Pemble: Jack Holden WED Foreman: Richard Pepple WED Writer: Richard Monks WED Director: Jessica Dromgoole WED WED 11:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost WED Stories b074j5tm (Listen) WED The Last Boy to Leave WED Max's home birthday party has been riotous. But who is the WED courteous little boy who hasn't yet been taken home? WED Tales of the supernatural in modern, everyday settings, by WED Sophie Hannah. WED Sophie Hannah is a best-selling writer of psychological WED crime fiction. In 2013, her novel The Carrier won the Crime WED Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book WED Awards. The Monogram Murders, a Poirot novel approved by the WED Agatha Christie estate, was published in 2014. WED Read by Polly Frame. WED Producer: Jeremy Osborne WED Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. WED WED 11:15 Colin Haydn Evans - Forest Tales b039ljv3 (Listen) WED The Story of Melusine WED How the water spirit married Raymond of Poitou and gave WED birth to his children. And how he broke a vow. Stars Michael WED Povey. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b01k7g25 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b0139bkv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Paul Temple b00rs2dd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Peter Coke and the Paul Temple Affair b007jw9v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvm8 (Listen) WED Queenie White WED Mischievous Uncle Silas recalls an amorous brush with a WED buxom publican's wife. HE Bates' country tale is read by WED David Neal. WED WED 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04dmxwg (Listen) WED Capture and Drawdown WED In 2005 a landmark study was published which changed the WED political landscape for conservation, probably for ever. WED Rather than viewing biodiversity as something to be WED conserved for conservation's sake, the Millennium Ecosystem WED Assessment started to assess the contributions that WED biodiversity makes to human livelihoods and well-being. WED These include regulating services ( such as modulating WED climate), cultural services (the spiritual, educational and WED recreational value) and provisioning services (the WED biodiversity that provides food, fresh water, and fuel). WED Professor Kathy Willis examines the first of these new WED approaches to biodiversity conservation by firstly assessing WED the role plants play in regulating our atmospheric carbon WED dioxide. She talks to Yadvinder Mahli on the importance of WED trees in drawing down and capturing carbon and on new WED understandings in where the effect is most apparent on our WED planet. WED But how we view ecosystems at the landscape scale is equally WED important if plants are to flourish in this capacity and WED recent reduction in vital plant pollination services are WED proving to be poorly understood . WED But as Kathy Willis hears from chemistry ecologist Phil WED Stevenson, one of several approaches in improving the memory WED of bees that account for 30% of plant pollination could have WED a dramatic and significant effect in securing this vital WED function. WED Producer: Adrian Washbourne. WED WED 14:30 Ladies of Letters b007jwd0 (Listen) WED Ladies of Letters Spring Clean, Episode 3 WED Confusion and recriminations fly as Irene and Vera WED correspond across the miles. Stars Prunella Scales and WED Patricia Routledge. WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b06nbz4h (Listen) WED Charlotte Bronte: A Life, In a Strange Land WED Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's new and intimate WED biography of Charlotte Bronte which looks ahead to the two WED hundredth anniversary, in April 2016 of one of our greatest WED novelists. Today, Charlotte and Emily Bronte travel to WED Brussels to attend school at the Pensionnat Heger. Here WED Charlotte is powerfully and hauntingly attracted to her WED charismatic tutor. WED Abridged by Julian Wilkinson WED Produced by Elizabeth Allard. WED Credits WED Reader: Hattie Morahan WED Author: Claire Harman WED Abridger: Julian Wilkinson WED Producer: Elizabeth Allard WED WED 15:00 Home Front b06kv6s3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 It's Not What You Know b037hmyc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqgp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 The Brothers b00pcn0m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Chain Reaction b0738kq0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b00cfzw4 (Listen) WED Episode 5 WED Earth's last living man Robert Neville sharpens up his hunt WED for the origins of the plague. Read by Angus McInnes. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b00771dl (Listen) WED Telephones WED 4 Extra Debut. Dominic Arkwright, Ben Goldacre, Sophie WED Borland and Joe Queenan discuss the cultural impact of the WED telephone. From November 2006. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b01k7g25 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b0139bkv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Paul Temple b00rs2dd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Peter Coke and the Paul Temple Affair b007jw9v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost WED Stories b074j5tm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Colin Haydn Evans - Forest Tales b039ljv3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Chain Reaction b0738kq0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Seekers b03c4htz (Listen) WED Series 1, The Diary WED Comedy set in an Essex Job Centre. WED Stuart is concerned that the gift he left Nicola in her desk WED drawer could be misinterpreted. In fact, it's the worst gift WED in the history of gifts. Joe, uncharacteristically, offers WED to help and retrieve the gift (during a diversion created by WED Gary Probert). Joe only manages to make matters worse - or WED does he? Stuart could actually be finally getting somewhere WED with Nicola. WED Seekers, is about the characters that regularly frequent a WED Job Centre in the Essex town of Rayleigh. Be it the WED unfulfilled or aspirational staff that work there, or the WED mixture of jobless people from every walk of life, some WED desperate to get back to work, some trying their best to WED never have to work at all. WED We listen into the mundane, pointless and sometimes WED bewildering conversations, the petty arguments and pointless WED rivalries that people involve themselves in just to relieve WED the boredom in the sterile, air conditioned building, they WED all have to return to day after day. WED Episode Two: The Diary WED Written by Steven Burge WED Produced by Katie Tyrrell. WED Nicola's diary WED This passage from Nicola's diary reveals she's got a lot on WED her mind. WED Credits WED Stuart: Matthew Horne WED Joe: Daniel Mays WED Terry: Tony Way WED Nicola: Zahra Ahmadi WED Mr Rutherford: Alex Lowe WED Mr Knowledge: Alex Lowe WED Gary Probert: Steve Oram WED Mrs Rossiter: Hannah Wood WED Producer: Katie Tyrrell WED Writer: Steven Burge WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b074v6hj (Listen) WED The best in contemporary comedy. Isy Suttie is joined by Rob WED Deering. WED WED 23:00 The Masterson Inheritance b007jsmr (Listen) WED Series 1, The Curse of the Mastersons WED The improvised family saga starts in 1760. With Paul Merton, WED Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin and Jim Sweeney. From April WED 1993. WED WED 23:30 At Home With The Snails b00cbcpb (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 4 WED Will George and Beverly's faked deaths reunite their family? WED Stars Geoffrey Palmer and Angela Thorne. From August 2002. WED WED THU THURSDAY 24 MARCH 2016 THU THU 00:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b007k0y9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b00771dl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Paul Temple b00rs2dd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Peter Coke and the Paul Temple Affair b007jw9v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvm8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04dmxwg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Ladies of Letters b007jwd0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Book of the Week b06nbz4h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Home Front b06kv6s3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 It's Not What You Know b037hmyc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqgp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 The Brothers b00pcn0m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Chain Reaction b0738kq0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 VI Warshawski - Deadlock b007jnjn (Listen) THU A Hero's Death THU At the funeral of her ice-hockey hero cousin, private eye V THU I Warshawski gets suspicious. Was his death really an THU accident? THU Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI THU Warshawski. With Eleanor Bron as Lottie, William Hootkins as THU Bobby Mallory, James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, Peter THU Marinker as Nils Greyfalk, Teresa Gallagher as Paige THU Carrington and William Roberts as Clayton Phillips. THU Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female THU sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, THU is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI THU is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but THU she never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky THU says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women THU were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed THU either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, THU smart, likeable female private investigator". THU Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 THU film 'VI Warshawski'. THU Dramatised by Michelene Wandor. THU Director: Janet Whitaker THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. THU THU 06:30 Bryn Terfel Masters Wine b00m83p0 (Listen) THU Opera singer Bryn Terfel explores his love of wine and THU attempts to become a master sommelier. Taking a break from THU the stage, Bryn meets some of the world's finest wine THU experts and finds out what the role of sommelier involves, THU from tasting to service to food matching. THU Featuring contributions from wine writer Sarah Ahmed, chief THU examiner for The Court of Master Sommeliers Brian Julyan, THU managing director of Cullen Wines Vanya Cullen, sommelier at THU Gidleigh Park Restaurant Edouard Oger, restaurant manager at THU High Timber Restaurant Neleen Strauss and Master of Wine at THU Berry Bros Alun Griffiths. THU A Parrog production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 07:00 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00c075v (Listen) THU Jeeves Sails into Action THU Furious Uncle Percy gets trapped and Bertie tries to avoid THU arrest. PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael THU Hordern. THU THU 07:30 Hal b04p5vl1 (Listen) THU Career THU Comedian Hal Cruttenden stars and co-writes a new four-part THU sitcom about a stay at home father who is having a mid-life THU crisis. Hal stars as himself, married to Sam and father to THU two lovely girls. The problem is that, as Sam's career THU blossoms internationally and daughters Lilly and Molly grow THU up and are no longer dependent on their loving and caring THU father, Hal feels restless. THU Having decided to give up his career and be a House Husband THU many years ago, the appeal of being around his family more THU is wearing thin. THU So, with the help of his ever unreliable mates Doug, Fergus THU and Barry, Hal decides to try new things in his life. But, THU inevitably, things don't go to plan! THU Further challenges come from Hal's now deceased father, who THU was a true adventurer and all-round hero (something his son THU sadly is not) and is starting to appear to Hal at the most THU inopportune times to give unwelcome advice. THU So, with the help of his ever unreliable mates Doug, Fergus THU and Barry, Hal decides to try new things in his life. But, THU inevitably, things don't go to plan. THU In this first episode, Hal is arranging a special romantic THU getaway for Sam with some difficulty, Lilly and Molly are THU becoming almost strangers to Hal, his friend Fergus thinks THU he's finally found love, and Hal is forced to replace Sam in THU making a talk at the girls' school as Sam has to go on a THU work trip abroad. THU The cast includes co-writer Dominic Holland, together with THU Ronni Ancona, Ed Byrne, Anna Crilly, Jonathan Kydd, Gavin THU Webster, Dominic Frisby, Samuel Caseley and Emily and Lucy THU Robbins. THU Produced by Paul Russell THU An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Hal: Hal Cruttenden THU Actor: Dominic Holland THU Actor: Ronni Ancona THU Actor: Ed Byrne THU Actor: Anna Crilly THU Actor: Jonathan Kydd THU Actor: Gavin Webster THU Actor: Dominic Frisby THU Actor: Samuel Caseley THU Actor: Lucy Robbins THU Actor: Emily Robbins THU Writer: Hal Cruttenden THU Writer: Dominic Holland THU Producer: Paul Russell THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007k4gh (Listen) THU Series 6, And So to Bed THU Harold hopes a brand new bed will impress his girlfriends. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. With Norma Ronald and Michael Burlington. 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 March 1976. THU THU 08:30 Radio Active b008pc9s (Listen) THU Series 4, Salute to New York THU It's Radio Active's live transatlantic link-up with the Big THU Apple, but sadly Mike Channel is stuck behind in the UK THU studio. 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, Moray Hunter, John Docherty, Roger Planer and Mark THU Smith. THU Producer: Jamie Rix THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1984. THU THU 09:00 Booked b0075lfg (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 1 THU Ian McMillan's irreverent literary game with Mark Thomas, THU Dillie Keane, Rory Motion and Roger McGough. From October THU 1997. THU THU 09:30 Beachcomber... By the Way b008p7w7 (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 2 THU JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, John THU Sessions, Joan Sims and June Whitfield. From November 1994. THU THU 10:00 Home Front b06kvclc (Listen) THU 28 December 1915 - Ruth Billings THU On this day the Evening Herald reported the return of 800 THU wounded soldiers to Plymouth, and Ruth Billings's temper THU gets her into trouble. THU Written by Richard Monks & Shaun McKenna THU Directed by Allegra McIlroy THU Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. THU Credits THU Ruth Billings: Katie Redford THU Timpson: David Hounslow THU Marion Wardle: Laura Elphinstone THU Margaret Bishop: Catherine Bailey THU Cora Gidley: Joanna Monro THU Sylvia Graham: Joanna David THU Dorothea Winwood: Rachel Shelley THU Writer: Richard Monks THU Writer: Shaun McKenna THU Producer: Allegra McIlroy THU THU 11:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost THU Stories b074wh4r (Listen) THU All the Dead Mothers of My Daughter's Friends, Part 1/2 THU Who is the new, bitchy mother that Mel meets at the school THU gate? And how does she know so much about Mel and her THU daughter, Bee? THU Tales of the supernatural in modern, everyday settings, by THU Sophie Hannah. THU Sophie Hannah is a best-selling writer of psychological THU crime fiction. In 2013, her novel The Carrier won the Crime THU Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book THU Awards. The Monogram Murders, a Poirot novel approved by the THU Agatha Christie estate, was published in 2014. THU Read by Lorraine Ashbourne. THU Producer: Jeremy Osborne THU Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. THU THU 11:15 David Constantine - The Listening Heart b00769sq (Listen) THU Summer 1802, and Beethoven's life is at crisis point - will THU he be able to live with his impending deafness? Stars Robert THU Glenister, Anastasia Hille and Jamie Glover. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007k4gh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Radio Active b008pc9s (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 VI Warshawski - Deadlock b007jnjn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Bryn Terfel Masters Wine b00m83p0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvmc (Listen) THU The Singing Pig THU The incorrigible Uncle Silas gets nostalgic over a melodic THU porker. HE Bates' country tale is read by David Neal. THU THU 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04dqngm (Listen) THU Green and Pleasant Lands THU Prof. Kathy Willis examines the different kinds of THU spiritual, physical and intellectual links that we have with THU the landscape and their diverse ecosystems and the extent to THU which they contribute to our health and well being. THU As well as providing a source of inspiration and recreation THU there's plenty of anecdotal evidence suggesting that green THU spaces can make a positive contribution to our health, but THU what kinds of landscapes are of greatest benefit? THU Kathy Willis assesses the some of the latest research THU assessing physiological and psychological benefits that THU ecosystems can provide from manicured botanical gardens to THU wild open countryside THU With contributions from Richard Barley, director of THU horticulture Kew Gardens; Rachel Bragg researcher in Green THU Care at Essex University, Shonil Bhagwat environmental THU geographer at the OU, and historian Jim Endersby THU Producer Adrian Washbourne. THU THU 14:30 Ladies of Letters b007jwd4 (Listen) THU Ladies of Letters Spring Clean, Episode 4 THU Irene is musing on life, death and daughters. Vera is at the THU vet's having her hip sorted out. With Patricia Routledge. THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b06nbz8q (Listen) THU Charlotte Bronte: A Life, Being Published THU Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's new and intimate THU biography of Charlotte Bronte. This vivid and complex THU portrait of one of our greatest novelists looks ahead to the THU two hundredth anniversary of her birth in April 2016. Today, THU the Bronte sisters set about the business of bringing out THU their best known books. Meanwhile, their brother Branwell is THU the source of strained relations at the parsonage in THU Haworth. THU Abridged by Julian Wilkinson THU Produced by Elizabeth Allard. THU Credits THU Reader: Hattie Morahan THU Author: Claire Harman THU Abridger: Julian Wilkinson THU Producer: Elizabeth Allard THU THU 15:00 Home Front b06kvclc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Booked b0075lfg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 Beachcomber... By the Way b008p7w7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00c075v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 Hal b04p5vl1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b007k10v (Listen) THU Episode 6 THU Crushed by the dog's death, Earth's last living man's THU vampire quest continues, with a shock in store. Read by THU Angus McInnes. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076zht (Listen) THU Series 10, Leon Trotsky THU 4 Extra Debut. Writer and journalist Christopher Hitchens THU chooses Russian revolutionary leader, Leon Trotsky. With THU Matthew Parris. From August 2006. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007k4gh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Radio Active b008pc9s (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 VI Warshawski - Deadlock b007jnjn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Bryn Terfel Masters Wine b00m83p0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost THU Stories b074wh4r (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 David Constantine - The Listening Heart b00769sq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Hal b04p5vl1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 The Headset Set b01206cg (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 1 THU A new audience sketch show set in the world of call centres. THU It is Sailesh's first day as team leader working at Smile5, THU the catalogue company that sells anything and everything. THU WELCOME TO SMILE5! THU Smile5 is a mail order catalogue company selling everything THU from Rolex watches to lawnmowers, from financial products to THU phone and broadband, from holidays to health insurance. And THU somewhere in a brown-field wasteland miles from the nearest THU town, it runs one of the largest call centres operating in THU the UK. This is the world of The Headset Set. THU Each episode features a host of sketches set in the call THU centre, eavesdropping on both sides of the bizarre, horrific THU and ludicrous business-customer relationship. While the bulk THU of each show is taken up with standalone sketches, there are THU linked scenes providing a gentle narrative curve to THU proceedings. These scenes feature four of the call centre's THU employees: THU Sailesh - Officially the team leader, Sailesh has recently THU moved from Bangalore seemingly bringing a wealth of THU call-centre experience and an admirable work ethic lacking THU in his fellow Headsetters. However, Sailesh has a secret... THU was he headhunted or did he leave India under a cloud? THU Bernie - As she's been here longer than anyone and she THU refuses to recognise Sailesh's authority. She also refuses THU to learn how to use anything more technologically advanced THU than a 1980s trim phone. THU Aleesha - A self-loathing street-wise cynic who resents THU having to work at Smile 5. Or in fact, having to work at THU all. THU Big Tony - Tony spends most of his time on the phone, but THU not necessarily on Smile 5 business. He's always running THU some sort of scam, like a minicab office from his desk. THU There are also sketches featuring the HR department, who THU seem determined not to hire anyone and Smile5's head of THU training Ralph, who trains the most inept of the call centre THU staff, such as the child-like Bradley (Paul Sharma) who is THU too nervous to take calls. THU WRITERS THU This is a team written sketch show originated by Stephen THU Carlin and James Kettle. Established sketch writers such as THU Stephen Carlin, James Kettle, Jon Hunter and Colin Hoult are THU joined by the best writers to have emerged from recent 'open THU door' radio shows, such as Recorded for Training Purposes THU and Newsjack. All tied together by script editors James THU Kettle and Dan Tetsell. THU EPISODE 1 THU Aleesha and other characters ..... Chizzy Akudolu THU Bernie and other characters ..... Margaret-Cabourn Smith THU Big Tony, Ralph and other characters ..... Colin Hoult THU Sailesh, Bradley and other characters ..... Paul sharma THU Various ..... Philip Fox THU Writers ..... James kettle, Stephen Carlin, Andy Wolton, Ben THU Partridge, Colin Hoult, Dan Tetsell, Dale Shaw, Kevin Core, THU Rob Gilroy, Tom Neenan THU Script editor ..... Dan Tetsell THU Producer ..... Tilusha Ghelani. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b074v7p8 (Listen) THU The best in contemporary comedy. Isy Suttie chats to Rob THU Deering. THU THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game b007jmb2 (Listen) THU Series 3, Another Country THU The professor believes societies evolve and mature. Satan THU introduces him to Bill Clinton. Devilishly funny sitcom THU stars Andy Hamilton. From March 1999. THU THU 23:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash b010mztl (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 4 THU Arthur Smith presents music and comedy from his home in THU South London with Billy Jenkins, Kevin Eldon, Imran Yusef THU and poetry from Kate Fox THU Producer Alison Vernon-Smith. THU Credits THU Presenter: Arthur Smith THU Performer: Billy Jenkins THU Performer: Kevin Eldon THU Performer: Imran Yusuf THU Performer: Kate Fox THU Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith THU THU FRI FRIDAY 25 MARCH 2016 FRI FRI 00:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b00cfzw4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076zht (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 VI Warshawski - Deadlock b007jnjn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Bryn Terfel Masters Wine b00m83p0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvmc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04dqngm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Ladies of Letters b007jwd4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Book of the Week b06nbz8q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Home Front b06kvclc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Booked b0075lfg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 Beachcomber... By the Way b008p7w7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00c075v (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Hal b04p5vl1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 VI Warshawski - Deadlock b007jnk5 (Listen) FRI Down the Hatches FRI Private eye VI Warshawski's dead cousin "Boom Boom" knew too FRI much about something - and his flat is burgled, leading to FRI another murder... FRI Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI FRI Warshawski. With William Hootkins as Bobby Mallory, Kerry FRI Shale as Murray, James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, Teresa FRI Gallagher as Paige Carrington and William Roberts as Clayton FRI Phillips. FRI Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female FRI sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, FRI is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI FRI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but FRI she never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky FRI says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women FRI were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed FRI either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, FRI smart, likeable female private investigator". FRI Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 FRI film 'VI Warshawski'. FRI Dramatised by Michelene Wandor. FRI Director: Janet Whitaker FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. FRI FRI 06:30 Men Against The Eiger b07525kg (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. Dougal Haston talks about becoming the first FRI Briton to climb the Eiger by the direct route on 25th March FRI 25,1966. From May 1966. FRI FRI 07:00 1835 b012gpr4 (Listen) FRI The Reluctant Aristocrat FRI Belport tries to prove he's not a toff, but instead starts FRI the world's first rail strike. Stars Paul Rider. From June FRI 2004. FRI FRI 07:30 Wordaholics b01s8mns (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 5 FRI Gyles Brandreth chairs the comedy panel game where this week FRI Milton Jones and Robin Ince compete against Natalie Haynes FRI and Lloyd Langford to find out who is the most passionate FRI and knowledgeable about words. FRI Today the Letter of the Week is 'W'. Lloyd Langford hazards FRI a guess as to what 'Welsh cricket' is while Natalie Haynes FRI has to work out what 'Whistling breeches' are. FRI In a round about Australian slang Robin Ince tries to guess FRI the meaning of 'guttergripper' while Milton Jones takes a FRI stab at 'shypoo'. FRI All the panellists come up with some brilliant new toponyms FRI and also reveal their pet-hate words. 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: Milton Jones FRI Panellist: Robin Ince FRI Panellist: Natalie Haynes FRI Panellist: Lloyd Langford FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jpvv (Listen) FRI Series 6, Hancock in Hospital FRI Laid up with a broken leg, the lad soon regrets a visit from FRI Sid and Bill. FRI Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Joan FRI Frank and Patricia Hayes. 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 b007jndr (Listen) FRI Drums Along the Mersey FRI A newspaper claims Neddie Seagoon is set to inherit a FRI million pounds. Stars Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. From FRI October 1956. FRI FRI 09:00 Wildbrain b075562j (Listen) FRI 1997 - Semi-final FRI Lionel Kelleway visits Mere Sands Wood in Lancashire, to FRI test more wildlife knowledge in the BBC Natural History FRI Unit's quiz. FRI FRI 09:30 No Commitments b007jp3j (Listen) FRI Series 8, Wanderlust FRI Roger is tempted to stray, but he'd be keeping it in the FRI family. Stars Rosemary Leach and Bill Nighy. From January FRI 2002. FRI FRI 10:00 Home Front b06kvdtc (Listen) FRI 4 January 1916 - Dorothea Winwood FRI On this day, Lord Derby published a report that over 650,000 FRI fit single men hadn't offered themselves for service, and FRI Dorothea Winwood is getting into the rhythm of work at the FRI Bevan. FRI Written by Mike Walker FRI Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. FRI Credits FRI Dorothea Winwood: Rachel Shelley FRI Nell Kingsley: Alice St Clair FRI Max Davenport: Trevor White FRI Olive Hargreaves: Rhiannon Neads FRI Alec Poole: Tom Stuart FRI Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook FRI Bob Capeling: Joe Sims FRI Margaret Bishop: Catherine Bailey FRI Edie Chadwick: Kathryn Beaumont FRI Marion Wardle: Laura Elphinstone FRI Pigman: Sean Murray FRI Writer: Mike Walker FRI Director: Jessica Dromgoole FRI FRI 11:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost FRI Stories b07559m2 (Listen) FRI All the Dead Mothers of My Daughter's Friends, Part 2/2 FRI Mel learns more about Lisa Paskin, and about the difference FRI between day-time and night-time ghosts. FRI Tales of the supernatural in modern, everyday settings, by FRI Sophie Hannah. FRI Sophie Hannah is a best-selling writer of psychological FRI crime fiction. In 2013, her novel The Carrier won the Crime FRI Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book FRI Awards. The Monogram Murders, a Poirot novel approved by the FRI Agatha Christie estate, was published in 2014. FRI Read by Lorraine Ashbourne. FRI Producer: Jeremy Osborne FRI Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b011vdtz (Listen) FRI Park Life FRI By Harvey Virdi. FRI Rauf and Malkeet share an unlikely friendship. A tender FRI story about two British Asian elders who have more in common FRI than they care to admit. For comically bombastic Malkeet and FRI romantic Rauf, retirement has turned out very differently FRI from expectations, so they spend their days passing time in FRI the local park. FRI Inspired by interviews and research, Harvey Virdi's play FRI explores the taboo subject of Asian elders neglected by FRI their children. It was originally commissioned and performed FRI as Meri Christmas, a stage play for Rifco Arts. FRI Malkeet ..... Shelley King FRI Rauf ..... Paul Bhattacharjee FRI Agnes ..... Ambur Khan FRI Amir ..... Inam Mirza FRI Daljit ..... Rina Mahoney FRI Bubloo ..... Pushpinder Chani FRI Produced and directed by Fiona Kelcher FRI Harvey Virdi is an actor and writer. Her writing credits FRI include "Two Old Ladies" for Leicester Haymarket (co-written FRI with Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti), "Meri Christmas" for Rifco Arts, FRI and "Where's My Desi Soul Mate?" (co-written with Sonia FRI Likhari). Recent acting credits include "Arabian Nights" for FRI the RSC, "England People Very Nice" at the National Theatre, FRI and "Tiger Country" at Hampstead Theatre. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jpvv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b007jndr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 VI Warshawski - Deadlock b007jnk5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Men Against The Eiger b07525kg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvmk (Listen) FRI Aunt Tibby FRI A cunning landlady proves to be as resourceful as the FRI mischievous Uncle Silas. HE Bates' country tale is read by FRI David Neal. FRI FRI 14:15 Plants: From Roots to Riches b04dqwyh (Listen) FRI The Great Providers FRI Prof Kathy Willis concludes her major new history series by FRI asking how much plant biodiversity is worth, and examines FRI new research into securing the future of our staple crops. FRI Understanding the distribution, diversity and potential of FRI plants for food, lay at the heart of the 18th century FRI botanical impresario Joseph Banks' vision to "improve FRI Britain's estates of the world". To secure future resilience FRI of crops in today's world there's a growing need to conserve FRI the closest wild relatives of our staple crops. FRI Kathy Willis discovers, given climatic threats to some of FRI our most substantial crops such as coffee - for which the FRI industry currently depends on a single species, the economic FRI value of wild relatives of today's domestic crops is FRI considerable. FRI And as we hear, some important future crops are still to be FRI found from previously overlooked plants. FRI With contributions from Richard Thompson, Business FRI valuations partner at Price-Waterhouse Cooper; historian Jim FRI Endersby; head of coffee research at Kew, Aaron Davis; Kew's FRI head of yams Paul Wilkin. FRI Producer Adrian Washbourne FRI Music for the series was composed by Mark Russell. FRI FRI 14:30 Ladies of Letters b007jwdc (Listen) FRI Ladies of Letters Spring Clean, Episode 5 FRI Vera uncovers a sinister scandal, and Irene is on her way FRI home. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge. FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b06nbzds (Listen) FRI Charlotte Bronte: A Life, Affairs of the Heart FRI Hattie Morahan reads Claire Harman's new and intimate FRI biography of Charlotte Bronte. This vivid and complex FRI portrait of one of our greatest novelists looks ahead to the FRI two hundredth anniversary of her birth in April 2016. Today, FRI Charlotte grieves for her brother Branwell and her sisters FRI Emily and Anne who died in quick succession. Affairs of the FRI heart are also on her mind. FRI Abridged by Julian Wilkinson FRI Produced by Elizabeth Allard. FRI Credits FRI Reader: Hattie Morahan FRI Author: Claire Harman FRI Abridger: Julian Wilkinson FRI Producer: Elizabeth Allard FRI FRI 15:00 Home Front b06kvdtc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 Wildbrain b075562j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 No Commitments b007jp3j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 1835 b012gpr4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 Wordaholics b01s8mns (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend b007k125 (Listen) FRI Episode 7 FRI Earth's last living man Robert Neville's shock discovery FRI leaves him feeling deeply suspicious. Read by Angus McInnes. FRI FRI 18:30 Soul Music b008nz60 (Listen) FRI Series 6, Finlandia FRI Sibelius's glorious orchestral work was adopted by the FRI Finnish people as a symbol of its fight for independence FRI from Russia, and over 100 years later it is still regarded FRI as Finland's second national anthem. Its popularity is FRI international, both in orchestral form and also in shorter FRI form as the Finlandia Hymn. Contributors include Sibelius's FRI great-grandson Jaakko Ilves and conductor John Storgards. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jpvv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b007jndr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 VI Warshawski - Deadlock b007jnk5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Men Against The Eiger b07525kg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Sophie Hannah - The Visitors Book and Other Ghost FRI Stories b07559m2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b011vdtz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Wordaholics b01s8mns (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Rudy's Rare Records b01nl77d (Listen) FRI Series 4, It's Grim up North FRI Adam attends a business conference to network and is FRI determined to leave his Dad behind. He fails. Not only does FRI Rudy attend but he knows the guest speaker. 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 who is enjoying the challenge of getting the Sharpe men in FRI shape. FRI Adam.......Lenny Henry FRI Rudy.....Larrington Walker FRI Tasha......Natasha Godfrey FRI Doreen......Claire Benedict FRI Bernard Sheedy...Justin Moorhouse FRI Brinsley Forde.....Brinsley Forde FRI Katerina.......... Liza Sadovy FRI Attila/Receptionist ......... Adam Nagaitis FRI Written by Danny Robins FRI Producer: Katie Tyrrell FRI Music featured in this episode: FRI TRAIN TO SKAVILLE * THE ETHIOPIANS FRI RADIO * RAPHAEL SAADIQ FRI SHINE * ASWAD FRI SIMMER DOWN * BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS FRI SWEAT ( A LA LA LA LA LONG) * INNER CIRCLE FRI JAMAICA IS THE PLACE TO GO * CHARLIE BINGER AND HIS QUARTET FRI HOT IN HERE * NELLY FRI LET'S GET IT ON * MARVIN GAYE FRI RUBY SOHO * JIMMY CLIFF FRI BE PREPARED * WINSTON SAMUEL FRI DON'T TURN AROUND * ASWAD FRI PRESSURE DROP * TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS FRI GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA * THE SMITHS. FRI FRI 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture b007jlx9 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Leonardo da Vinci FRI The radical comedian profiles the Italian artist and scholar FRI - a genius or a hopeless absent-minded buffoon? From March FRI 2001. FRI FRI 23:30 Hard to Tell b03hwbr9 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 2 FRI Second series of the relationship comedy written by Jonny FRI Sweet. FRI It tells its central love story through the couple's FRI individual conversations with their family and friends. In FRI the process, we are introduced to all manner of FRI relationships from a father and his cherished tour van to FRI two women rivalling for the position of Best Friend, from a FRI brother and sister comparing notes on Brazilians to a vicar FRI and his new parish, and from a lodger's historic fling with FRI a local waitress to a mum's lack of control over her desire FRI to monitor her son's life. FRI Recorded on location, Hard To Tell's naturalistic, FRI contemporary and conversational style brings new meaning to FRI restaurants, funerals, French dressers and monkey puzzle FRI trees. FRI Jonny Sweet is also the writer of Radio 4's Party and FRI co-writer/co-star of Chickens on Sky 1. FRI Episode 2: FRI It's Valentine's Day and Tom is determined to protect his FRI relationship from the threat of Ellen's ex-boyfriend. He FRI organises a surprise trip and borrows his Dad's old tour FRI van. FRI Producer: Lucy Armitage FRI A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Luke: Tom Basden FRI Gillian: Julia Davis FRI Paul: Simon Greenall FRI Ashley: Alex Macqueen FRI Lesley: Vicki Pepperdine FRI Ellen: Charlotte Ritchie FRI Hermione: Sarah Solemani FRI Tom: Jonny Sweet FRI Maeve: Katy Wix FRI Producer: Lucy Armitage FRI Writer: Jonny Sweet FRI
19 March, 2016
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 19/03/2016 - 25/03/2016
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