02 March, 2012

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 03/03/2012 - 09/03/2012

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SAT SATURDAY 03 MARCH 2012 SAT SAT 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Raphael b008pc2y (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Malcolm and Polly set alarms ringing at Scarpendale, and The SAT Laughing Dog secrets are finally revealed. Stars Deborah SAT McAndrew. SAT SAT 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrl5 (Listen) SAT Episode 9 SAT Bill Masen tries his best to support his blind group, but SAT some problems prove to be insurmountable. Cult novel read by SAT Roger May. SAT SAT 01:00 Wimsey - Gaudy Night b00stsdc (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Questions galore for Lord Peter Wimsey - most about the SAT case, but one very personal. Stars Ian Carmichael and Joanna SAT David. SAT SAT 01:30 Father Brown Stories b00y37bk (Listen) SAT Series 1, The Honour of Israel Gow SAT The death of a nobleman, and a question of honour. Andrew SAT Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical sleuth. SAT SAT 02:00 Change at Oglethorpe b007jzwk (Listen) SAT The Thin Controller SAT Trouble for the rural railway station's new manager, when he SAT sacks a member of staff. Stars Peter Davison. From December SAT 1995. SAT SAT 02:30 Spending My Inheritance b00fsyld (Listen) SAT To Your Very Good Health SAT Sitcom by Clive Coleman, starring Kris Marshall as SAT cash-strapped forty-something Harry, who has to watch from SAT the sidelines as his newly retired parents start spending SAT their hard-earned cash on themselves. SAT With all their spending on exercise machines and looking SAT after themselves, Harry's parents seem in better shape than SAT he is. SAT Harry ...... Kris Marshall SAT Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy SAT Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham SAT Liz ...... Judy Parfitt SAT Jess ...... Antonia Thomas SAT Assistant ...... Manjeet Mann SAT Doctor ...... Inam Mirza SAT Directed by Sam Hoyle. SAT SAT 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles b007rpxy (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Set to wed clergyman's son Angel Clare, Tess is torn over SAT whether to reveal her past. Stars Claire Rushbrook and Keith SAT Barron. SAT SAT 04:00 My Animals and Other Family b0076xgv (Listen) SAT Talking with Pigs SAT Julia takes up pig-keeping. Julia Blackburn concludes SAT reading her autobiographical stories. SAT SAT 04:15 Out of the Pirate's Playhouse b0076d28 (Listen) SAT Five 11-year-olds are shocked to learn they're too old for SAT their favourite activity centre. Shelagh Delaney's drama SAT with Daniel Hanbridge. SAT SAT 05:00 Brothers in Law b007k1p0 (Listen) SAT In and Out SAT Lawyer Roger tries to defend a prisoner overly fond of life SAT behind bars. Stars Richard Briers and James Beck. From SAT August 1971. SAT SAT 05:30 The Little World of Don Camillo b00vhlxd (Listen) SAT Series 4, The Wall SAT The priest is put to the test when building work threatens a SAT religious icon. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From May SAT 2004. SAT SAT 06:00 Mike Walker - The Sound of Fury b00bqm6w (Listen) SAT The life of rock 'n' roll's Billy Fury. Mike Walker's SAT star-studded drama with Anton Lesser, Robert Glenister and SAT Rory Bremner. SAT SAT 07:30 The Anatomy of the Musical b00t1qsr (Listen) SAT The Take-Home Number SAT Examining successful musicals, Russell Davies looks at the SAT necessity of hit numbers, and songs that live on when a show SAT ends. SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01cv84c (Listen) SAT Series 7, Episode 20 SAT From Nashville, Tennessee, the American funny man welcomes SAT singer Emmylou Harris and master fiddler Stuart Duncan. From SAT 2011. SAT SAT 09:00 2's comedy b007zzsn (Listen) SAT Part 1 SAT Ken Dodd presents six of the best from Year 1 of Radio 2. SAT Includes Round the Horne, The Clitheroe Kid, The Navy Lark, SAT The Embassy Lark, The Ken Dodd Show and more. SAT SAT 12:00 Angarrack - Omnibus b01cv8h2 (Listen) SAT Christopher William Hill's black comedy revolves around a SAT crumbling Cornish ancestral home. Sir Richard wishes to SAT bequeath it to the National Trust, much to the fury of his SAT wife. SAT SAT 13:15 The Teahouse Detective b007jmjf (Listen) SAT The de Genneville Peerage SAT A murder shatters Polly, as the old man's crime solving SAT efforts meet furious resistance. With Bernard Hepton and SAT Suzanne Burden. SAT SAT 14:00 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b00f9y6d (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 1 SAT The shady lawyer stays in a haunted mansion. The Marx SAT Brothers radio show recreated. With guest Spike Milligan. SAT From July 1992. SAT SAT 14:30 Dad's Army b007jntl (Listen) SAT Series 2, Getting the Bird SAT Butcher Jones is short of meat, so Walker arranges a special SAT off-ration supply. Adapted from TV with Clive Dunn. From May SAT 1975. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01cv84c (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Mike Walker - The Sound of Fury b00bqm6w (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? b01ckdgx (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 22 SAT Ed Byrne is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Andrew Maxwell and Alex SAT Lowe to discuss the best of the week in British comedy. SAT SAT 18:00 Mike Walker - Alpha b0080p6l (Listen) SAT An all-knowing computer seems to have an independent life of SAT its own. Award-winning drama with David Calder and John SAT Moffatt. SAT SAT 19:00 2's comedy b007zzsn (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard b01d2c5q (Listen) SAT The comedian performs live in New York with his unique SAT commentary on religion and the history of England. From SAT 2000. SAT SAT 23:15 Ruth Rendell Stories b00mqcx9 (Listen) SAT The Wink SAT An elderly woman exacts revenge on the man who raped her SAT when she was a teenager. Read by Kathy Staff. SAT SAT 23:30 The Taking of Pelham 123 b01cv8px (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Made for 4 Extra. Tensions mount for New York's hostages, as SAT the hijacker's demands reach the Mayor. William Hope reads SAT John Godey's thriller. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 04 MARCH 2012 SUN SUN 00:00 Mike Walker - Alpha b0080p6l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01cv84c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Angarrack - Omnibus b01cv8h2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 The Teahouse Detective b007jmjf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Mike Walker - The Sound of Fury b00bqm6w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? b01ckdgx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus b007k4rz (Listen) SUN Episode 4 SUN The situation gets worse when Mr Mantalini intervenes. Smike SUN finds a home - of sorts. Dickens dramatisation with Oliver SUN Milburn. SUN SUN 07:15 The People of the British Museum b009nqfw (Listen) SUN Heavenly Houses SUN Danny Danziger meets the long-serving curator of clocks and SUN watches, David Thompson, and tours the beautiful SUN collections. SUN SUN 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01cj461 (Listen) SUN Pilot SUN Comedian Alex Horne (from BBC 4's We Need Answers) brings SUN his 5 piece jazz band to Radio 4 in this one-off audience SUN show that combines comedy, improvisation, storytelling and SUN music. Alex and the band explore the fantasies of a computer SUN programmer; try combat aerobics for the over 60s; learn to SUN speak 'jazz' and journey into space. Meanwhile special SUN guest, the explorer Benedict Allen, finds out if music can SUN enhance his rumble in the jungle. SUN Alex Horne - Host SUN Joe Auckland - Trumpet SUN Mark Brown - Saxophone SUN Will Collier - Bass SUN Ben Reynolds - Drums and percussion SUN Joe Stilgoe - Keyboards and piano SUN Producer - Julia McKenzie. SUN SUN 08:00 Take It From Here b01cv9v2 (Listen) SUN Flavours of Italy from Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley, while SUN Eth's claiming Ron Glum is a daddy's boy. From April 1958. SUN SUN 08:30 Parsley Sidings b007jp7p (Listen) SUN A Night Out SUN A stranded railway passenger sparks a chain of disasters. SUN Stars Arthur Lowe, Kenneth Connor and Liz Fraser. From SUN October 1973. SUN SUN 09:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet b01cvb29 (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN by Rosemary Sutcliff, dramatised by Shaun McKenna SUN The players get lost in the mists of Kent and find SUN themselves in a very strange household indeed. SUN Hugh is now acting regularly and one of the Dusty Feet. But SUN would he give it all up, if he had a chance of his old SUN dream? SUN Hugh ..... Josef Lindsay SUN Narrator ..... Adjoa Andoh SUN Tobias Pennyfeather ..... Allan Corduner SUN Jonathan Whiteleaf ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer SUN Shepherd/Master Heritage ..... Gerard McDermott SUN Nicky Bodkin/Martin ..... Gwilym Lee SUN Janet/Aunt Alison/Ann ..... Jane Whittenshaw SUN Thomas Trumpington/Benjamin Bunsell ..... Carl Prekopp SUN Producer/Director ..... Marion Nancarrow. SUN SUN 09:30 The Secret Garden b00rm084 (Listen) SUN Episode 5 SUN In the conclusion to Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, what SUN will Mr Craven discover on his return home? With Beryl Reid. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01cvb4d (Listen) SUN Anthony Minghella SUN 4 Extra Debut. Kirsty Young explores the choices of the late SUN writer and film director in the last of a series featuring SUN playwrights. SUN SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews b01cvb5t (Listen) SUN America Ferrera SUN 4 Extra Debut. Actress America Ferrera on starring in a SUN musical, and creating the look for TV's Ugly Betty, in SUN conversation with Mark Lawson. SUN SUN 11:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men In A Boat b01cvb6v (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN 4 Extra Debut. As the friends conclude their Thames SUN adventure, they encounter a tragedy and some nasty weather. SUN Performed by Jeremy Nicholas. SUN SUN 11:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b007k14d (Listen) SUN Series 1, Nick Wisdom SUN The son of the late Norman Wisdom chats to Sally Magnusson SUN about life growing up with a famous funny father. From SUN October 2005. SUN SUN 12:00 Nicholas Nickleby Omnibus b007k4rz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 The People of the British Museum b009nqfw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Dick Francis - Bonecrack b007nn4g (Listen) SUN Trouble abounds when Neil Griffon takes over his stricken SUN father's racing stables. Dick Francis racing thriller SUN starring Francis Matthews. SUN SUN 15:00 Take It From Here b01cv9v2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Parsley Sidings b007jp7p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet b01cvb29 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 16:30 The Secret Garden b00rm084 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 17:00 A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus SUN b00vhf4l (Listen) SUN The Threshold of the Modern World (AD 1375-1550) SUN Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum in SUN London, continues his global history as told through objects SUN from the Museum's collection. SUN In about 1450 a string of great empires dominated the world. SUN The Ottoman Turks were threatening Europe with invasion. SUN Asia was dominated by Ming China and the Timurid Empire, but SUN the world's largest state was the Inca Empire in South SUN America. Europe, in contrast, was a patchwork of squabbling SUN powers. Yet there were the first signs of a shift towards a SUN connection of all the world's continents by European SUN exploration that would mark the beginning of a recognisably SUN modern world. These new maritime empires brought Europe's SUN fragmented kingdoms great wealth. The rhinoceros that SUN inspired Durer's iconic print was a present from an Indian SUN Sultan to a Portuguese governor. SUN Producer: Paul Kobrak. SUN SUN 18:00 Fear on Four b007jnpz (Listen) SUN Survival SUN The Man in Black reveals the horrifying dependency of a SUN group of people in outer space. Stars Edward de Souza and SUN Karen Ascoe. SUN SUN 18:30 Weird Tales b00vk756 (Listen) SUN The Loop SUN By Chris Harrald. An archaeologist investigates and SUN discovers there are some mysteries better left undisturbed. SUN Starring Geoffrey Streatfeild. SUN SUN 19:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men In A Boat b01cvb6v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b007k14d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Take It From Here b01cv9v2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Parsley Sidings b007jp7p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01cvb4d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews b01cvb5t (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01cj461 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 The Maltby Collection b00xmvwb (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 5 SUN The museum staff pitch their ideas for a special exhibition. SUN Stars Geoffrey Palmer and Julian Rhind-Tutt. From June 2008. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b01cvbk0 (Listen) SUN The Comedy Club brings you laughs six nights a week. Andi SUN Osho chats to this week's guest. SUN SUN 23:00 Newsjack b01cj3nb (Listen) SUN Series 6, Episode 2 SUN Made for 4 Extra. Justin Edwards and the team tastefully SUN make fun of the news stories from the last seven days. SUN Credits for Series 6, Episode 2 SUN Performed by Justin Edwards, Pippa Evans, Nadia Kamil & SUN Lewis MacLeod. SUN Script-edited by Gareth Gwynn. SUN Written by SUN Gareth Gwynn SUN Andrew Blair SUN Andy Flood SUN Andy Wolton SUN Ben Draper & Luke Hanley SUN Chris Allen SUN Christopher Frost SUN Dan Sweryt SUN Eddie Robson SUN James Farmer SUN John Kelly SUN Jon Hunter SUN Jonathan Tremewan SUN Kev Core SUN Mark Clompus SUN Matt Oakley SUN Mike Whalley SUN Murray James SUN Nadia Kamil SUN Nikhil Venkatesh SUN Rachel Holdsworth SUN Rebecca Hobbs SUN Richard Ward SUN Sian Harris SUN Steve Blair SUN Tim Smedley SUN Tom Neenan SUN Produced by Ed Morrish & Lyndsay Fenner SUN SUN 23:30 The Harpoon b00b3gv0 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 3 SUN A special budget edition of the nostalgic spoof of boys' SUN adventure story papers. With Alistair McGowan. From SUN September 1991. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 05 MARCH 2012 MON MON 00:00 Fear on Four b007jnpz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Weird Tales b00vk756 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01cvb4d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews b01cvb5t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men In A Boat b01cvb6v (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b007k14d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Take It From Here b01cv9v2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Dick Francis - Bonecrack b007nn4g (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - Brother Dusty Feet b01cvb29 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 The Secret Garden b00rm084 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Cadfael b007k23t (Listen) MON Dead Man's Ransom, Hostage MON As civil war takes its toll on Shrewsbury, the detective MON monk takes action. Ellis Peters' medieval thriller with MON Philip Madoc. MON MON 06:30 Father Brown Stories b00y9tqf (Listen) MON Series 1, The Hammer of God MON Retribution from above is not always divine. Can the MON clerical sleuth uncover the evil in the heart of good? Stars MON Andrew Sachs. MON MON 07:00 Married b007tm4g (Listen) MON Series 2, The Truth Is Out There MON Robin's money-making scam in his parallel universe attracts MON some unwanted attention. Stars Hugh Bonneville. From April MON 2000. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b01cjm56 (Listen) MON Series 62, Episode 4 MON Panellists Paul Merton, Liza Tarbuck, Josie Lawrence and Kit MON Hesketh-Harvey join host Nicholas Parsons for the popular MON panel game where they have to speak on a given subject for MON sixty seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. MON This week Paul Merton tells us about his Perfect Lie-In, MON Josie Lawrence reveals details of her Perfect Date, Kit MON Hesketh-Harvey describes how to Throw a Successful Party and MON Liza Tarbuck brings the show to a standstill with her MON revelations about her aptitude for Belly Dancing. MON Devised by Ian Messiter. MON Producer: Claire Jones. MON MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken b008kmgm (Listen) MON Monsieur Kenneth Horne hits Paris, and 'Hornerama' reports MON on motoring. With Kenneth Williams and Ron Moody. From MON August 1958. MON MON 08:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b0089jcz (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 2 MON An escaped murderer is after the shady lawyer. The Marx MON Brothers radio show recreated. With Michael Roberts. From MON July 1992. MON MON 09:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01cvd68 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Comedian Alex Horne is joined by his own five-piece jazz MON band for a brand new series of music and comedy. The band MON will be joined by guest David O'Doherty. MON MON 09:30 Says on the Tin b00h62pp (Listen) MON Face Cream MON Comedy by Christopher William Hill. MON Eliott and Esther are on the brink of admitting their MON attraction when a young actress with a father fixation fixes MON on Eliott. MON Eliott Thurber ...... Michael Brandon MON Esther Finn ...... Samantha Bond MON Hannah Walker ...... Pippa Haywood MON Pippa Walker ...... Manjeet Mann MON Zadie ...... Joannah Tincey MON Baz ...... Inam Mirza MON Max ...... Robert Lonsdale MON Rutter ...... Stephen Critchlow MON Angelique ...... Donnla Hughes MON Other parts played by Janice Acquah, Jill Cardo, Jonathan MON Tafler and Gunnar Cauthery. MON MON 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles b007rsyv (Listen) MON Episode 4 MON Rejected Tess hopes that husband Angel will forgive her - MON but then she meets the father of her child. Stars Claire MON Rushbrook. MON MON 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvdpz (Listen) MON The Clangers MON Made for 4 Extra. A tender tale of a young girl's first day MON at nursery school. Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in MON Britain, read by Amara Karan. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b01cvcr0 (Listen) MON This week Clive chats to Nicholas Owen, the news anchor, MON reporter and correspondent who has taken the chance to MON report on his own life in his autobiography 'Days Like MON This'. MON Marine biologist Monty Halls tells Clive about taking the MON plunge to live the life of a Cornish fisherman for his new MON BBC 2 series, "The Fisherman's Apprentice". MON Nikki Bedi gets cosy with actor Stephen Mangan who will be MON returning to our screens in the guise of Dirk Gently, MON Douglas Adams' self-styled 'holistic detective'. MON Actor, comedian, occasional singer songwriter Keith Allen MON tells us about his Channel 4 documentary Keith Allen Meets MON Nick Griffin. And what happened when he serenaded the the MON leader of the BNP on his ukulele. MON Music comes from Jeb Loy Nichols, an American-born singer, MON songwriter and musician. His music combines elements of MON soul, country, folk, reggae and blues. Jeb plays MON Countrymusicdisco45 from his ninth solo album 'The Jeb Loy MON Nichols Special'. MON Katy Carr is a London based performer whose distinctive MON cabaret-folk style has likened her somewhere between Lady MON Gaga and Vera Lynn. She performs 'Kommander's Car' from her MON album 'Coquette'. MON Producer: Cathie Mahoney. MON NICHOLAS OWEN MON Days Like This is published by Blenheim Press Limited and is MON out now. MON Jeb Loy Nicholls And Nostalgia 77 MON The Jeb Loy Nichols Special is released on 3 April and is on MON Decca Records. MON MONTY HALLS MON 'The Fisherman's Apprentice' starts on Wednesday 29th MON February at 20.00 on BBC Two. MON STEPHEN MANGAN MON The first episode of 'Dirk Gently' is on Monday 5th March at MON 21.00 on BBC Four. MON KATY CARR MON Katy performs 'Kommander's Car' from her album 'Coquette', MON which is on Cargo Records and available now. MON KEITH ALLEN MON Keith Allen Meets Nick Griffin is on Channel 4 on Monday 5 MON March at 11.05pm. MON MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken b008kmgm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b0089jcz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Cadfael b007k23t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Father Brown Stories b00y9tqf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby b007k4t2 (Listen) MON Episode 21 MON Nicholas meets the distressed Madeline Bray. Dramatisation MON of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings and Oliver Milburn. MON MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b007jsf2 (Listen) MON The First Political Parties MON Charles II begins his long reign and the first political MON parties emerge. Anna Massey narrates the history of the MON British Isles. MON MON 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country b007jrfc (Listen) MON Series 2, The Brothers Rotten MON Carter Brandon and his uncle let rip at their food, the MON clergy and the army. Peter Tinniswood's adventures with Sam MON Kelly. MON MON 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010n1c8 (Listen) MON Childhood MON Adam Nicolson's story of the popular British garden, started MON in 1932 by grandparents Vita Sackville-West and Harold MON Nicolson. MON MON 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles b007rsyv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b015pb3p (Listen) MON Mel Giedroyc seeks out the truth about adders, the history MON of the cresta run and asks who's better - zombies or MON vampires? Plus, we hear the first part of our story Vlad the MON Drac. MON Chapters MON Tom Fielden roots around for snakes in the British MON Countryside for the Today programme. MON Mariella Frostrup discusses Bram Stoker’s legendary book MON Dracula with Lesley Clinger and Kim Newman. MON Paul Young narrates the lives of three pairs of White-tailed MON Sea Eagles as they struggle to survive and raise their MON chicks in Scotland. MON Natalie Haynes pitts monsters against each other and asks MON which is better - Vampires or Zombies. MON Film legend Christopher Lee in conversation with Chris MON Tookey for an edition of the Film Programme. MON Anthony Daniels reads Ann Jungman’s story about a MON mischievous baby vampire. In today’s episode, children Paul MON and Judy discover the nipper sleeping under a stone while on MON holiday in Romania. MON MON 17:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket b007jzq5 (Listen) MON Having a Field Day MON The dear ladies must tackle the curse of the village MON carnival. Starring Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. MON From May 1983. MON MON 17:30 Married b007tm4g (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4lg (Listen) MON The Seeds of Creation MON Can a corporation's new plant strain mutation bring relief MON to famine-stricken countries? Stars Paul Copley and Rosalind MON Adams. MON MON 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrll (Listen) MON Episode 10 MON With most of the population blinded, Bill Masen is MON determined to find Josella. But where does he start? Cult MON novel read by Roger May. MON MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken b008kmgm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b0089jcz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Cadfael b007k23t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Father Brown Stories b00y9tqf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvdpz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b01cvcr0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b01cjm56 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01cvd68 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b01dnds5 (Listen) MON The Comedy Club offers two hours of laughs six nights a MON week. Arthur Smith chats with this week's special guest, Ade MON Edmondson. MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b01cks52 (Listen) MON Series 36, With Andy Parsons and Lynne Truss MON Topical comedy with Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. This week MON Lynne Truss, Andy Parsons, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn join MON Steve and Hugh for a look at the week's biggest (and MON smallest) stories. MON MON 23:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show b007w3z1 (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 6 MON The musical comedian presents his selection of classic comic MON songs. With guest former Juicepig, Phil Nicol. From August MON 2005. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 06 MARCH 2012 TUE TUE 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4lg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrll (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Cadfael b007k23t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Father Brown Stories b00y9tqf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01cvd68 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Says on the Tin b00h62pp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles b007rsyv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvdpz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b01cvcr0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket b007jzq5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Married b007tm4g (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Cadfael b007k254 (Listen) TUE Dead Man's Ransom, Ambassador TUE The detective monk's plan for a hostage exchange falters TUE when love raises its head. Stars Philip Madoc and Jonathan TUE Tafler. TUE TUE 06:30 Father Brown Stories b00yb1z9 (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Sins of Prince Saradine TUE Eloping noblemen and blood feuds - but will revenge find the TUE right mark? Andrew Sachs stars as the humble clerical TUE sleuth. TUE TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris b00g27dk (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE The shy solicitor's clerk courts disaster, as he pursues a TUE reckless client. Victor Canning's drama stars Richard TUE Griffiths. TUE TUE 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b01cjwv9 (Listen) TUE Series 7, The Viewing TUE Arthur finds a cunning way of nosing around a neighbours TUE home, as he masquerades as a potential purchaser, he also TUE receives interesting news from an old friend in Spain. TUE Count Arthur Strong (Steve Delaney) - one time Variety Star, TUE now sole proprietor and owner of Doncaster's Academy of TUE Performance - is a show business legend, raconteur, and TUE lecturer extraordinaire. He stars in a Sitcom with regular TUE sidekick Wilfred Taylor, Master Butcher, and a host of other TUE characters. TUE All false starts and nervous fumbling badly covered up by a TUE delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance, and an expert TUE in everything from the world of entertainment to the origin TUE of the species, everyday life with Arthur is an TUE enlightening experience. TUE Cast: TUE Steve Delaney TUE Mel Giedroyc TUE Alastair Kerr TUE David Mounfield TUE Producer: John Leonard TUE A Komedia production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b008wf71 (Listen) TUE The Nadger Plague TUE Neddie Seagoon turns to witchcraft to thwart Grytpype-Thynne TUE and Moriarty. Stars Peter Sellers. From October 1956. TUE TUE 08:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? b007jrzw (Listen) TUE The Old Magic TUE Poorly Terry gets some shock news from Bob. Adapted from TV TUE with James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. From October 1975. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b01cks52 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show b007w3z1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpd3 (Listen) TUE The Horse Fair TUE Thomas Hardy's powerful tale of the repercussions from a TUE drunken act by the respectable Michael Henchard. Stars David TUE Calder. TUE TUE 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvkch (Listen) TUE The Turtle TUE Made for 4 Extra. A fractured family finds solace in a newly TUE hatched egg. Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, TUE read by Seeta Indrani. TUE TUE 11:15 Have Your Cake b011d7nb (Listen) TUE Bitter Chocolate Cake TUE Spectacular cakes for special moments - Maggie helps TUE neighbour Sabina. Nicola Baldwin's culinary drama stars TUE Lesley Sharp. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b008wf71 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? b007jrzw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Cadfael b007k254 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Father Brown Stories b00yb1z9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby b007k4v8 (Listen) TUE Episode 22 TUE Arthur Gride has an unwelcome proposal in store for Madeline TUE Bray. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings. TUE TUE 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b007jsfx (Listen) TUE The Great Plague and the Great Fire TUE In the space of one year, London suffered two of Britain's TUE greatest catastrophes. Anna Massey narrates the history of TUE Britain. TUE TUE 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country b007jrfs (Listen) TUE Series 2, Kindlewood Night TUE A mysterious night of passion and kindling awaits Carter TUE Brandon and his uncle. Peter Tinniswood's adventures with TUE Sam Kelly. TUE TUE 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010n4n3 (Listen) TUE Family TUE Adam Nicolson recalls life at the famous Kent garden. His TUE mother leaves the family home, and tourism takes over from TUE farming. TUE TUE 15:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpd3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b015pcqm (Listen) TUE Mel Giedroyc explores the history of Worcester sauce, the TUE value of pocket money, and the camerman who took a plane TUE ride with a pair of moose. TUE Chapters TUE Cameraman John Aitchison tales a plane ride with two TUE heavyweight passengers. TUE Author Roddy Doyle outlines the book that stuck with him as TUE a child and the book he’d recommend to younger listeners. TUE Jane Garvey discusses which is best - the dishwasher or TUE washing by hand? TUE A grandmother and her grand-daughter compare the changing TUE attitudes to kid’s cash allowances and ask the age old TUE question - how much is enough? TUE Sheila Dillon takes a tour of Lea and Perrins factory in TUE Worcester. TUE The much loved British actress discusses her role as Dolores TUE Umbridge with Francine Stock. TUE Anthony Daniels reads the second part of the Ann Jungman’s TUE story about a troublesome baby vampire. Brother and sister TUE Paul and Judy decide to take Vlad back to England with them. TUE TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag b00b0317 (Listen) TUE Series 2, A Tooth for a Tooth TUE Extradition agreements are on the agenda, and some TUE accusations can't be brushed aside. Stars Dinsdale Landen. TUE From March 1988. TUE TUE 17:30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris b00g27dk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4mr (Listen) TUE The Devil's Harvest TUE As fires erupt, why is Ralph Exon's new plant strain TUE mutation growing so rapidly? Stars Paul Copley and TP TUE McKenna. TUE TUE 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrm1 (Listen) TUE Episode 11 TUE Bill and Coker are reunited with some of the original TUE university group, but Josella isn't with them. Cult novel TUE read by Roger May. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b008wf71 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? b007jrzw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Cadfael b007k254 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Father Brown Stories b00yb1z9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvkch (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Have Your Cake b011d7nb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b01cjwv9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting TUE b008wmnh (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 3 TUE An upturned whelk-shaped heritage centre causes more damage TUE to the comedian's home-life. With Jeremy Hardy. From June TUE 2002. TUE TUE 23:00 Deep Trouble b00spp7t (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 4 TUE A stray astronaut and a rock band spark confusion on board TUE submarine HMS Goliath. Stars Jim Field Smith. From November TUE 2005. TUE TUE 23:30 The Big Booth b007jryj (Listen) TUE Series 2: The Big Booth Too, Episode 6 TUE Boothby Graffoe traces a joke through the ages, and tries to TUE find a Brighton B&B. With Mariella Frostrup. From March TUE 2001. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 07 MARCH 2012 WED WED 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4mr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrm1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Cadfael b007k254 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Father Brown Stories b00yb1z9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 The Now Show b01cks52 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show b007w3z1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday] WED WED 03:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpd3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvkch (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Have Your Cake b011d7nb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Flying the Flag b00b0317 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris b00g27dk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Cadfael b007k26f (Listen) WED Dead Man's Ransom, A Princely Death WED Ellis goes from being a hostage to a murder suspect. The WED detective monk investigates. Stars Philip Madoc and Jason WED Hughes. WED WED 06:30 Father Brown Stories b00f0sgw (Listen) WED Series 2, The Perishing of the Pendragons WED Mystery afloat as a Cornish family's curse starts to WED unravel. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's clerical WED sleuth. WED WED 07:00 The Right Time b00c90g4 (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 1 WED Gym shenanigans. The sketch comedy for people growing older WED disgracefully. Stars Graeme Garden and Pam Ayres. From March WED 2003. WED WED 07:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b01ckggk (Listen) WED Series 4, Episode 4 WED Comedian-activist Mark Thomas and his studio audience WED consider proposals for a People's Manifesto. WED This week's agenda: WED A kick-starter to kick Scotland out of the Union WED Bankers to be given bonuses in the form of NHS donation WED cards WED An end to bank fees for those on a family income of less WED than £30,000 WED Produced by Colin Anderson. WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007lrqy (Listen) WED The New Secretary WED The lad's plan to hire help is thwarted by the scary WED Grizelda Pugh. Stars Tony Hancock and Hattie Jacques. From WED November 1956. WED WED 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00l2mcj (Listen) WED From a ghost hunter to a collector of holes - the ultimate WED one man show, written by the host. From May 1984. WED WED 09:00 Nineteen Ninety-Eight b01cvp13 (Listen) WED Episode 5 WED Even Edward's allies find themselves absorbed by AmJap. WED Orwellian sitcom with David Threlfall and Hugh Laurie. From WED May 1987. WED WED 09:30 Foul Play b00yy8yz (Listen) WED Series 4, Deadline News WED Crime writers Ruth Dudley Edwards and Robert Richardson WED tackle a model's murder. Chaired by Simon Brett. From WED September 1998. WED WED 10:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpdj (Listen) WED Rivals WED After 19 years apart, mayor Michael Henchard is reunited WED with his wife. Thomas Hardy drama starring David Calder and WED Janet Dale. WED WED 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvpc2 (Listen) WED Nil's Wedding WED Made for 4 Extra. On her wedding day, Nil reflects on the WED meaning of home. Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in WED Britain, read by Amara Karan. WED WED 11:15 Have Your Cake b011dd7m (Listen) WED Private Parkin WED A man claiming to be a chef gatecrashes the cake club. WED Nicola Baldwin's culinary drama stars Lesley Sharp and WED Tamsin Greig. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007lrqy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00l2mcj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Cadfael b007k26f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Father Brown Stories b00f0sgw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby b007jsbf (Listen) WED Episode 23 WED Mrs Nickleby is flattered by the attentions of an amorous WED old neighbour. Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex WED Jennings. WED WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b007jsgb (Listen) WED Unholy Trinity Church, Law and Medicine WED According to Culpepper, liberty is impaired by three sorts WED of men: priests, physicians and lawyers. Anna Massey WED narrates the history of Britain. WED WED 14:30 Uncle Mort's South Country b007jrg4 (Listen) WED Series 2, The End of the Road WED Carter Brandon and his uncle enjoy a near fatal finale to WED their travels. Peter Tinniswood's adventures with Christian WED Rodska. WED WED 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nn2r (Listen) WED Dealing with the Trust WED In his account of the famous Kent garden, Adam Nicolson WED wants to create an organic farm, but others aren't so sure. WED WED 15:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpdj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b015pqjr (Listen) WED Mel Giedroyc finds out how to apologise properly, learns the WED history of the kilt and hears about the inspiration for WED Dracula's castle. Plus, the next episode of Vlad the Drac. WED Chapters WED The League Of Gentleman funnyman discusses scary movies with WED Mark Gatiss, Vic Reeves and Mike Roberts. WED Steve Punt goes on the search of a painting that has WED survived numerous house fires. WED The Television and radio presenter discusses the music track WED he inherited as a child and the selection he would pass on WED to future generations. WED Children’s author Michael Rosen discusses the process of WED saying sorry for this edition of Word Of Mouth. WED Mark Stephen explores the theory that Slains Castle in WED Cruden Bay is the real inspiration for one of the most WED terrifying stories of all time. WED The Oscar-winning actress chats to Francine Stock about her WED role in the 2006 movie The Holiday. WED Anthony Daniels reads the Ann Jungman story about a WED troublesome little vampire. In today’s episode Vlad gets WED himself into trouble at an international football match. WED WED 17:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jq8k (Listen) WED The Pin-Up Girl WED Who can be persuaded to pose for the 'What the Butler Saw' WED machine? Starring John Le Mesurier. From September 1984. WED WED 17:30 The Right Time b00c90g4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4ny (Listen) WED The Wings of Azreal WED Inventor Ralph Exon's colleague Max Flinders speculates on WED the plant strain's potency. Stars TP McKenna and Clifford WED Rose. WED WED 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrmd (Listen) WED Episode 12 WED Bill and Coker check out of Tynsham Manor and set out to WED track down the rest of the University group. Cult novel read WED by Roger May. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007lrqy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00l2mcj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Cadfael b007k26f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Father Brown Stories b00f0sgw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvpc2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Have Your Cake b011dd7m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b01ckggk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Ross Noble Goes Global b01cvr0t (Listen) WED Ross Noble Goes Global - Series 2, Egypt WED 4 Extra Debut. The comedian entertains bewildered Bedouins WED in the desert and ponders the merits of doing a wildlife WED show. From May 2003. WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b01dndtq (Listen) WED The Comedy Club offers two hours of laughs six nights a WED week. More chat with Arthur Smith and this week's special WED guest, Ade Edmondson. WED WED 23:00 Edge Falls b007tc73 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED Feel the burn! Will a fitness drive stop Mick's smouldering WED envy or Victor's breakdown? Retail park sitcom with Mark WED Benton and Sarah Lancashire. From July 2007. WED WED 23:30 Any Bloke b007jxqg (Listen) WED Series 1, Roots WED Stay-at-home dad Phil promises to take Sophie to a local WED playgroup. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin. From WED October 1993. WED WED THU THURSDAY 08 MARCH 2012 THU THU 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4ny (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrmd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Cadfael b007k26f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Father Brown Stories b00f0sgw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Nineteen Ninety-Eight b01cvp13 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Foul Play b00yy8yz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpdj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvpc2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Have Your Cake b011dd7m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jq8k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 The Right Time b00c90g4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Cadfael b007k27q (Listen) THU Dead Man's Ransom, Allies THU A second murder suspect disappears and the medieval THU detective monk journeys to Wales. Stars Philip Madoc and THU Susannah York. THU THU 06:30 Father Brown Stories b00f0sgy (Listen) THU Series 2, The Arrow of Heaven THU A trip to New York leads to a murky trail of blackmail and THU murder. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's clerical THU sleuth. THU THU 07:00 Chambers b007jntq (Listen) THU Series 1, The American THU The arrival of a star US lawyer prompts stuffy John THU Fuller-Carp to copy his sharp tactics. Stars John Bird. From THU May 1996. THU THU 07:30 It's Not What You Know b01ckr46 (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Joining Miles this time round are "The Thick Of It" star, THU Rebecca Front, Fast Show actor and character comedian, Simon THU Day, and award-winning Geordie comic, Jason Cook, all of THU whom have nominated one of their intimate circle to answer THU questions about their relationship, in an attempt to prove THU how well they know them. THU If the panel can predict the responses their nominees gave, THU they get points. THU Rebecca thinks she knows her father, Charles Front, a THU retired illustrator and calligrapher, pretty well. Simon THU examines his relationship with best friend, Conrad Butlin, a THU stylist from Notting Hill in London. And Jason plumps for THU his mother, Pat, a recruitment consultant from Hebburn in THU Newcastle - and, it turns out, something of a Loose Women THU fan... THU Producer: Sam Michell. THU THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry b01cwpns (Listen) THU A Great Convenience THU The calamitous civil servants have to make a decision about THU a historic toilet. Starring Richard Murdoch. Re-recorded May THU 1980. THU THU 08:30 Dad's Army b00rdsf1 (Listen) THU Series 2, Don't Fence Me In THU Captain Mainwaring is horrified when some prisoners of war THU escape from a camp. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From THU May 1975. THU THU 09:00 Crowned Hudds b00q9px6 (Listen) THU A Comedy of Arrows THU King John gets ambushed. Roy Hudd's historical royal romp, THU with June Whitfield and Jeffrey Holland. From August 1995. THU THU 09:30 The Cavity Within b007709x (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU 4 Extra Debut. New dentist Marty arrives at a very THU dysfunctional practice. Will he have the patients? A comedy THU with teeth, starring Chris O'Dowd. From September 2006. THU THU 10:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpdx (Listen) THU The Conjuror and the Choir THU Battling regrets from his drunken actions two decades THU before, Michael Henchard reaches breaking point. Stars David THU Calder. THU THU 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cwpxn (Listen) THU At the Barndance THU Made for 4 Extra. Preethi gets an unexpected glimpse of what THU might have been. Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in THU Britain, read by Seeta Indrani. THU THU 11:15 Have Your Cake b011djvk (Listen) THU Fairy Cakes THU When her daughter quits art school, Maggie enlists help and THU gets baking. Amanda Whittington's culinary drama stars THU Lesley Sharp. THU THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry b01cwpns (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Dad's Army b00rdsf1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Cadfael b007k27q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Father Brown Stories b00f0sgy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby b007jsbq (Listen) THU Episode 24 THU Will Madeline Bray agree to Arthur Gride's proposal? THU Dramatisation of Dickens' novel with Alex Jennings, Timothy THU Bateson and Michelle Wesson. THU THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b007jsgm (Listen) THU The First Winston Churchill THU The influence and legacy of King Charles II, who died in THU 1685. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles. THU THU 14:30 Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe b007jnb2 (Listen) THU Series 1, Croeso to Whatsitsname THU It's time for Carter Brandon to take another holiday. He THU takes the Beetle to Wales, and with him goes his Uncle Mort. THU THU 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nrtr (Listen) THU Setbacks and Struggles THU In his account of the famous Kent garden, Adam Nicolson THU faces opposition to his plan to return to productive THU farming. THU THU 15:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpdx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b015pw1n (Listen) THU Mel Giedroyc digests the truth about venus fly traps, hears THU about the art of shoe shining and gets an education in puppy THU training. Plus there's another episode of Vlad the Drac. THU Chapters THU Jane Garvey takes a tour of a hat exhibition at the Victoria THU and Albert museum. THU Former sales rep Laurie Taylor hits the road for the first THU time in 50 years to rediscover a life lived out of a samples THU case. THU Chef Mark Hix travels to Transylvania to uncover a THU fascinating food culture. THU Stuart Henderson explores the weird world of meat-eating THU plants. THU Jenni Murray discusses the subject of feeling sorry for THU oneself with Martin Kelner and Virginia Ironside. THU The much-loved comedian discusses his breakthrough in comedy THU with Sue Lawley. THU Anthony Daniels reads the fourth part of Ann Jungman’s story THU about a mischievous vampire. Today the nipper gets a new THU puppy into trouble and gets carried away by an air show. THU THU 17:00 For Better or for Worse b00tfbf7 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 3 THU Can Bernard keep his job and his fiancee, while opposing a THU new bypass? Stars Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye. From December THU 1994. THU THU 17:30 Chambers b007jntq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007jpbg (Listen) THU Birdstrike THU Having already sparked a plane crash, the deadly Exon plant THU strain's advance continues. Stars TP McKenna and Paul THU Copley. THU THU 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrmt (Listen) THU Episode 13 THU More determined than ever to find his friend Josella, Bill THU Masen faces a tough decision. Cult novel read by Roger May. THU THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry b01cwpns (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Dad's Army b00rdsf1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Cadfael b007k27q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Father Brown Stories b00f0sgy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cwpxn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Have Your Cake b011djvk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 It's Not What You Know b01ckr46 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Newsjack b01cws31 (Listen) THU Series 6, Episode 3 THU Justin Edwards and the team tastefully make fun of the news THU stories from the last seven days. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b01dndvm (Listen) THU The Comedy Club offers two hours of laughs six nights a THU week. More chat with Arthur Smith and this week's special THU guest, Ade Edmondson. THU THU 23:00 Revolting People b0089mbr (Listen) THU Series 3, Young Love THU Captain Brimshaw's father orders him to marry his cousin in THU England. 1770 America sitcom. With Andy Hamilton and Jay THU Tarses. THU THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable b007m4dz (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 4 THU The consultants marvel at the world wide web and Ryan's THU embroiled in a protest. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From THU November 2002. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 09 MARCH 2012 FRI FRI 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007jpbg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrmt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Cadfael b007k27q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Father Brown Stories b00f0sgy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Crowned Hudds b00q9px6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 The Cavity Within b007709x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpdx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cwpxn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Have Your Cake b011djvk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 For Better or for Worse b00tfbf7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Chambers b007jntq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Cadfael b007k28z (Listen) FRI Dead Man's Ransom, A Helping Hand FRI With a strong case against Elis, will the detective monk FRI solve the Sheriff's murder? Stars Philip Madoc and Susannah FRI York. FRI FRI 06:30 Father Brown Stories b007jp3p (Listen) FRI The Mistake of the Machine FRI A suspect is locked away, but has the prison governor got FRI the right man? Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's FRI clerical sleuth. FRI FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses b007k0v3 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Romance Is Dead FRI Rosie's event management company helps organise a romantic FRI tour for American tourists. Stars Prunella Scales. From June FRI 2001. FRI FRI 07:30 What's So Funny? b01cwsjm (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 23 FRI Ed Byrne and his guests review the best of current British FRI comedy from radio, screen and the stage. FRI FRI 08:00 The TV Lark b01cwsl9 (Listen) FRI The Potarneyland Election FRI 4 Extra Debut. Troutbridge TV hitches a lift aboard a FRI destroyer to cover a far-flung historic ballot. Navy Lark FRI spin-off stars Leslie Phillips. FRI FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son b007jnjq (Listen) FRI Loathe Story FRI Sleepwalking Harold gives dad Albert a fright. Adapted from FRI TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From February FRI 1976. FRI FRI 09:00 Change at Oglethorpe b007k04h (Listen) FRI The Brew That Is True FRI The royal train's visit sparks turmoil for the rural railway FRI station's new manager. Stars Peter Davison. From December FRI 1995. FRI FRI 09:30 Spending My Inheritance b00fz0wd (Listen) FRI Saga Louts FRI Sitcom by Clive Coleman, starring Kris Marshall as FRI cash-strapped forty-something Harry, who has to watch from FRI the sidelines as his newly retired parents start spending FRI their hard-earned cash on themselves. FRI Harry's parents offer to take him and his family on holiday. FRI Harry ...... Kris Marshall FRI Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy FRI Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham FRI Liz ...... Judy Parfitt FRI Jess ...... Antonia Thomas FRI Ron ...... Stephen Critchlow FRI Linda ...... Janice Acquah FRI Aristos ...... Chris Pavlo FRI Directed by Sam Hoyle. FRI FRI 10:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpfd (Listen) FRI The Skimmity Ride FRI Forever haunted by his reckless past, ex-mayor Michael FRI Henchard is becoming desperate. Stars David Calder and John FRI Nettles. FRI FRI 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cwv65 (Listen) FRI Test FRI Made for 4 Extra. A day out with his son gives Rohan new FRI understandings of love. Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in FRI Britain, read by Paul Bazely. FRI FRI 11:15 Have Your Cake b011f57z (Listen) FRI Scripture Cake FRI A recipe triggers an unlikely friendship for Maggie. Amanda FRI Whittington's tasty drama stars Lesley Sharp and Sheila FRI Hancock. FRI FRI 12:00 The TV Lark b01cwsl9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 Steptoe and Son b007jnjq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Cadfael b007k28z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Father Brown Stories b007jp3p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby b007jsc0 (Listen) FRI Episode 25 FRI With the wedding imminent, Nicholas decides he must take FRI action. Dickens dramatisation stars Alex Jennings, Oliver FRI Milburn and Timothy Bateson. FRI FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b007jsgz (Listen) FRI Paradise Lost to Pilgrim's Progress FRI The concerns of John Milton and John Bunyan, and the fear of FRI Catholicism. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British FRI Isles. FRI FRI 14:30 Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe b007jnbj (Listen) FRI Series 1, Happy Days FRI An old man acts like a child when Carter Brandon and Uncle FRI Mort take him out for the day, in Peter Tinniswood's FRI adventures with Sam Kelly. FRI FRI 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nxrw (Listen) FRI The Way Forward FRI Concluding his recollections, Adam Nicolson must convince FRI his workers to back the garden's return to a working FRI landscape. FRI FRI 15:00 The Mayor of Casterbridge b007jpfd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b015r2bg (Listen) FRI Mel Giedroyc serves up a ghoulish show full of haunted FRI houses, horror stories and little creatures of the forest. FRI Plus, there's the final part of this week's story Vlad the FRI Drac. FRI Chapters FRI The star of current hit movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy FRI discusses his role as George Smiley with Francine Stock. FRI Anthony Daniels reads the concluding opart of Ann Jungman's FRI story about a naughty baby vampire. FRI FRI 17:00 Brothers in Law b007k1xl (Listen) FRI Polite Notice FRI Parking his car lands bungling barrister Roger in a jam. FRI Stars Richard Briers and David Jason. From August 1971. FRI FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses b007k0v3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007jpbx (Listen) FRI Search and Destroy FRI Despite the national emergency, landowners try to profit FRI from the deadly Exon strain. Stars TP McKenna and Rosalind FRI Adams. FRI FRI 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrnw (Listen) FRI Episode 14 FRI As his hunt for Josella continues, Bill Masen also tries to FRI help the orphaned Susan. Cult novel read by Roger May. FRI FRI 19:00 The TV Lark b01cwsl9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son b007jnjq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Cadfael b007k28z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Father Brown Stories b007jp3p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cwv65 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Have Your Cake b011f57z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 What's So Funny? b01cwsjm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 The Big Fun Show b00l6jfn (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI Sketch series with Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and FRI Josie Lawrence - before they hit the big time. From January FRI 1988. FRI FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game b007jpf2 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 6 FRI Mischievous Satan instructs demon Scumspawn to partake in a FRI very unusual meal. Devilish comedy stars Andy Hamilton. From FRI May 1998. FRI FRI 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World b007jtql (Listen) FRI Series 2, The Scheme of Things FRI The sci-fi star probes the notion of a 'cosmic plan'. With FRI Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From August FRI 1993. FRI

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