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SAT SATURDAY 12 MAY 2012 SAT SAT 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson b007js8d (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Haensel warns Elise, Saul is summoned by Selwyn - and SAT mystery in Roman Bath. A time-hopping thriller with Robert SAT Glenister. SAT SAT 00:30 The House on the Borderland b007wznx (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT The narrator and his sister face the swine-like creatures' SAT terrifying siege. William Hope Hodgson's novel is read by SAT Jim Norton. SAT SAT 01:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland b007jmtf (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Kriminalpolizei detective Xavier March uncovers the terrible SAT secret of Adolf Hitler's totalitarian state. Stars Anton SAT Lesser. SAT SAT 01:30 The Drowned Men's Inn b007jztr (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT After finding a body in the boot of an exhumed car, SAT Inspector Maigret gathers more evidence. Concluded by SAT Nicholas Le Prevost. SAT SAT 02:00 North East of Eden b01hc5tl (Listen) SAT Episode 6 SAT Marcia's errant boyfriend makes his presence felt - and SAT religious fever grips the island. Stars Rebecca Front. From SAT July 1997. SAT SAT 02:30 Puzzle Panel b00yrrgg (Listen) SAT Episode 8 SAT Scratch your head along with Chris Maslanka, Dr Victor SAT Bryant, Dr Doreen Baxter and William Hartston. From July SAT 1998. SAT SAT 03:00 Vivat Rex b01hc5tn (Listen) SAT Corruption SAT Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' tale of the English SAT Crown. Falstaff gathers a very small army. Stars Billie SAT Whitelaw. SAT SAT 04:00 Red Herrings b00v7760 (Listen) SAT Series 1, The Soothmoothers SAT Rivalry between three sexy travellers in Shetland sparks a SAT local's imagination. Marnie Baxter reads Ann Cleeves' SAT curious story. SAT SAT 04:15 Martin Sorrell - Trapped b01hc5tq (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. The heroes of the great Exeter theatre fire SAT of 1887. Martin Sorrell's recreation of real events. With SAT Geoffrey Whitehead. SAT SAT 05:00 Millport b0075t3w (Listen) SAT Series 1, Lineage SAT Barmaid Irene wonders why her crooked brother has returned SAT to the tiny Scottish island. Stars Lynn Ferguson. From March SAT 2000. SAT SAT 05:30 Ring Around the Bath b01hc2x1 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 5 SAT With grown up children moving in and out, can Stella keep SAT track of her wayward family? Stars Pippa Haywood. From SAT January 2006. SAT SAT 06:00 Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth SAT b007wvcq (Listen) SAT Wally K Daly's dramatic portrait of 'the mad monk' and his SAT evil influence on the Russian Royal family. Stars Robert SAT Glenister. SAT SAT 07:30 Great Lives b00b7bd1 (Listen) SAT Series 15, Edward Lear SAT Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. SAT Nicholas Parsons nominates artist and writer Edward Lear, SAT now remembered best for The Owl and the Pussycat, The SAT Jumblies and other nonsense verse for children. SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01hkyn3 (Listen) SAT Series 7, Episode 30 SAT From Woodinville, Washington - the funny man welcomes SAT multi-instrumentalist Sarah Jarosz and trio Bodacious SAT Ladyhood. From 2011. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats b007k1tc (Listen) SAT The Eighties, The Eighties, Part One SAT Barry Cryer presents: Radio Active, After Henry, Unnatural SAT Acts, Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful, Saturday Night Fry SAT and The Mary Whitehouse Experience. SAT SAT 12:00 Not a Love Story Omnibus b01hkyn5 (Listen) SAT After being violently raped by someone she thought was a SAT friend, Maddy is urged by the police to go public and SAT prosecute her attacker, with very mixed results. SAT SAT 13:15 Daunt and Dervish b007jwvb (Listen) SAT Series 1, The Singer Not the Song SAT Suspected of killing a newspaper magnate, the detective duo SAT must find the real murderer. Stars Anna Massey and Imelda SAT Staunton. SAT SAT 14:00 Dad's Army b007jprv (Listen) SAT Series 3, The Godiva Affair SAT The platoon hold a Spitfire fundraiser, but Jones is pining SAT for Mrs Fox. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From March SAT 1976. SAT SAT 14:30 The Burkiss Way b007jm5c (Listen) SAT Series 1, Escape from Prison the Burkiss Way SAT Japes in jail, foghorns - and what is normal? Cult sketch SAT show starring Denise Coffey and Nigel Rees. From September SAT 1976. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01hkyn3 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth SAT b007wvcq (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 18:00 The Routemasters b007jnsh (Listen) SAT Wolfie and Beetie SAT Hildegard wants to make music, while Bernie finds out who - SAT or what - is driving the bus. Stars Amanda Donohoe and Karl SAT Minns. SAT SAT 18:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pkvkc (Listen) SAT Those Who Seek Forgiveness SAT The legendary Anita Blake helps a woman revive her recently SAT deceased husband. But what is the motivation? Read by SAT Melanie Bond. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats b007k1tc (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Saturday Stand-Up b011cfk2 (Listen) SAT Robin Ince - Bleeding Heart Liberal SAT 4 Extra Premiere. The world's most bookish comedian and very SAT angry man in a cardigan shares his insights into Britain at SAT London's King's Head. SAT SAT 22:45 Greg at The Stand b0150pby (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Greg McHugh presents some of the best stand up talent to SAT perform at the Glasgow comedy venue. With Sean Hughes and SAT Phil Nichol. From June 2011. SAT SAT 23:00 The Phone b010gg5y (Listen) SAT Peter Jukes - Going Dark SAT A surprise birthday prank sparks a father's misguided quest SAT to find his missing daughter. Stars Ivan Kaye and Sean SAT Baker. SAT SAT 23:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers b00hv6v5 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT The Swedish sleuth searches for the murdered man's secret SAT son in Kristianstaad. Henning Mankell's thriller read by SAT David Warner. SAT SAT 23:45 Devil in a Blue Dress b00ztcr9 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Sleuth Easy Rawlings meets Daphne Monet in a dress the SAT colour of her eyes. Walter Mosley's thriller read by Paul SAT Winfield. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 13 MAY 2012 SUN SUN 00:00 The Routemasters b007jnsh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pkvkc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01hkyn3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Not a Love Story Omnibus b01hkyn5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Daunt and Dervish b007jwvb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Grigorii Efimovich Rasputin - Almost the Truth SUN b007wvcq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Tonight b01h77nt (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 1 SUN Rory Bremner and the team return for another series of SUN Tonight, the topical satire show that digs that bit deeper SUN into national and international politics. SUN Rory's mantra is that it's as important to make sense out of SUN things as it is to make fun of them. With a team that SUN includes veteran satirists Andy Zaltzman and Nick Doody and SUN versatile impressionist and character comedian Kate SUN O'Sullivan, Tonight promises to do both. This is half an SUN hour of stand-up, sketches, and investigative satire. And at SUN the core of the show are Rory's incisively funny interviews SUN with the most informed guest commentators on the current SUN political scene. SUN More global crises, more political scandal, more jokes with SUN the word fiscal in them - and some truly brilliant SUN impressions: a shot in the arm for satire lovers everywhere. SUN Producers: Simon Jacobs & Frank Stirling SUN A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:00 EF Benson - Miss Mapp b010gkq4 (Listen) SUN Omnibus SUN The busybody of the small English village of Tilling SUN continues to observe the Major and Captain Puffin. Stars SUN Frances Barber. SUN SUN 07:15 Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall b00tf7m7 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Derek Jacobi reads from Jackie Wullschlager's biography of SUN artist Marc Chagall, beginning with his childhood in SUN Vitebsk. SUN SUN 07:30 Clare in the Community b008w1p4 (Listen) SUN Series 4, Carry On Up The Amazon: SUN The over-earnest social worker finds a flatmate, as well as SUN reuniting mother and son. Stars Sally Phillips. From SUN February 2008. SUN SUN 08:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b01hl2g3 (Listen) SUN The last episode, first aired just days before Tommy SUN Handley's death. With Hattie Jacques and Jack Train. From SUN January 1949. SUN SUN 08:30 Ray's a Laugh b01hl2g5 (Listen) SUN Ted's horoscope is astoundingly accurate. George tries to SUN solve a mystery. Stars Ted Ray and Peter Sellers. From SUN October 1949. SUN SUN 09:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan b00sbrl0 (Listen) SUN In the Mermaid's Lagoon SUN The mischievous boy and the children arrive in Neverland. SUN Stars Toyah Willcox, Ron Moody, Georgina Cates and Roy Hudd. SUN SUN 09:30 Swish of the Curtain b00r2l8w (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN A group of children all share one dream - to set up their SUN very own theatre company. Stars James Lance and Caroline SUN Harker. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs: Long-play b018j65d (Listen) SUN Sir Michael Caine SUN A chance to hear an extended edition of Sir Michael Caine's SUN selection, first broadcast in December 2009 on Radio 4. SUN Presented by Kirsty Young. SUN SUN 11:00 It's A Funny Business b01hl2g7 (Listen) SUN Deryck Guyler SUN The comedy actor and washboard maestro discusses his career SUN with Mike Craig - from ITMA to Please Sir!. From October SUN 1986. SUN SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? b007js75 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Frank Randle SUN Mark Radcliffe tells the story of 'the bad lad of showbiz'. SUN He was 'a gargoyle, a grotesque - and the funniest man SUN alive'. SUN SUN 12:00 EF Benson - Miss Mapp b010gkq4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Jackie Wullschlager - Chagall b00tf7m7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Inspector Morse b007k4jl (Listen) SUN Last Seen Wearing SUN Colin Dexter's grumpy detective must take on a dead SUN colleague's missing person case. Stars John Shrapnel and SUN Robert Glenister. SUN SUN 15:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b01hl2g3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Ray's a Laugh b01hl2g5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b01hl2g9 (Listen) SUN In the best of this week's 4 O'Clock Show, Mel Giedroyc goes SUN foraging and follows in the footsteps of JM Barrie, the SUN author of BBC Radio Four Extra's family drama, Peter Pan. SUN SUN 16:30 JM Barrie - Peter Pan b00sbrl0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:00 Swish of the Curtain b00r2l8w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Radio Anarchists b00828ml (Listen) SUN Ned Sherrin tells the story of Coyle and Sharpe, SUN perpetrators of ludicrous street interviews in 1960s SUN America. From 2003. SUN SUN 18:00 The Devil in Amber b00tvk9s (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Dandy secret agent Lucifer Box investigates who's behind SUN dodgy, drug-related dealings in 1920s Manhattan. Read by the SUN author. SUN SUN 18:30 HP Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth b015fv26 (Listen) SUN Episode 5 SUN Robert Olmstead flees Innsmouth, only to discover years SUN later a shocking secret linking him to the town. Read by SUN Richard Coyle. SUN SUN 19:00 It's A Funny Business b01hl2g7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 How Tickled Am I? b007js75 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b01hl2g3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Ray's a Laugh b01hl2g5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs: Long-play b018j65d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community b008w1p4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 The Change b00p2jn5 (Listen) SUN Episode 6 SUN Ken comforts Carol, who despairs over transvestite hubby SUN George. Stars Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison. From SUN December 2001. SUN SUN 23:00 King Cutler b0090bdh (Listen) SUN Episode 6 SUN Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler present offbeat humorous songs, SUN stories and poems. With Ted Harrison. From February 1990. SUN SUN 23:30 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off b01hl2gc (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 3 SUN Despite no obvious qualifications, Giles gets a job on the SUN ski slopes of France. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From February SUN 2005. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 14 MAY 2012 MON MON 00:00 The Devil in Amber b00tvk9s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 HP Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth b015fv26 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs: Long-play b018j65d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 It's A Funny Business b01hl2g7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 How Tickled Am I? b007js75 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b01hl2g3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Inspector Morse b007k4jl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan b00sbrl0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Swish of the Curtain b00r2l8w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wf8j (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 1 MON Why does a Cambridge master need a plodding Health and MON Safety executive? Comic thriller with Geoffrey Palmer and MON Samuel West. MON MON 06:30 Above Suspicion b007xt7c (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON With the Second World War looming, a naive young British MON couple are swept into the world of espionage. Read by Emma MON Currie. MON MON 07:00 The Arts and How They Was Done b007cp1n (Listen) MON The Entire History of Theatre Through the Ages and How It Is MON Done MON The National Theatre of Brent reveals the true history of MON the stage. Stars Patrick Barlow. From May 2007. MON MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b01h646f (Listen) MON Series 9, Episode 6 MON David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians MON are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another MON to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past MON their opponents. Miles Jupp, Susan Calman, Marcus Brigstocke MON and Alan Davies are the panellists obliged to talk with MON deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Goats, MON Singing, Glue and Painting. MON The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the MON team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON A Random Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken b007jq57 (Listen) MON Kenneth Horne's adventure Stories of the North West Frontier MON - and 'Hornerama' looks at food. With Kenneth Williams. From MON June 1960. MON MON 08:30 Steptoe and Son b00rlb08 (Listen) MON Sixty-Five Today MON Albert's birthday outing turns into a disaster. Adapted from MON TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From July MON 1966. MON MON 09:00 The Castle b01hllj1 (Listen) MON Series 4, Tender Is The Knight MON First on 4 Extra. Sir John fills his castle with wounded MON soldiers and De Warenne fills his trousers with ice. Plus a MON new valet arrives hotfoot from somewhere called Downton MON Abbey. MON MON 09:30 Cabin Pressure b00lxh3r (Listen) MON Series 2, Johannesburg MON When Carolyn makes a foolish bet with her pilots, what MON better place for a race against time than a sleepy Spanish MON airfield? Plus we learn about the thermodynamic properties MON of boiled sweets and the kinetic thrust of white wine. MON Starring MON Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole MON 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam MON Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch MON Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore MON Senor Quintanilla ..... Michael Fenton-Stevens MON Diego ..... Javier Marzan MON Written by John Finnemore. MON Produced & directed by David Tyler MON A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 Vivat Rex b01hllj5 (Listen) MON Deception MON Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' tale of the English MON Crown. Father and son reunite. Stars Martin Jarvis and Colin MON Baker. MON MON 11:00 Red Herrings b01hllj7 (Listen) MON Series 2, Unwanted Presence MON Parents. How can you be sure that your child isn't evil? MON Rory Kinnear reads a cautionary tale by Lynda La Plante. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b01hdny1 (Listen) MON Lesley Sharp, Goldie, Russell Watson and Danny Wallace MON Clive's off to a falsetto start with The Voice himself MON Russell Watson. Russel tells us about his extraordinary MON singing career, which started in Working Men's Club's when MON he was a child. Since then, Russell has overcome brain MON cancer and become the self-styled 'Peoples Tenor'. His new MON album 'Anthems - Music To Inspire A Nation' is released on MON 21st May. MON Clive will be doing The Full Monty with Lesley Sharp whose MON acting debut was playing Bob's wife Michelle in 'Rita, Sue MON and Bob Too'. Lesley's starring as another wife in Sky 1 MON HD's new comedy drama 'Starlings'. She plays a working class MON wife, living in a small nest, with a big brood. 'Starlings' MON starts on Sunday 13th May at 20.00. MON Emma Freud just can't say no to Yes Man Danny Wallace. As MON well as writing and presenting, Danny started his own MON 'Lovely' country, formed the Karma Army and found himself in MON some very Awkward Situations. Danny's debut novel 'Charlotte MON Street' is a heartwarming, everyday tale of boy stalks girl! MON Drum and Bass Maestro Goldie will try his hand at anything - MON from B-boy to Ballroom dancer, 'Bad Boy' to 'Bullion' the MON bodyguard. He'll be talking to Clive about his latest MON performance as an angel at the International Dance Festival. MON 'Wings of Desire' is in Victoria Square, Birmingham from MON Wednesday 16th to Saturday 19th May. MON With music from Oklahoma rock 'n' roller JD McPherson, who MON performs 'North Side Gal' from his album 'Signs And MON Signifiers'. MON And Rachel Sermanni will be taking a deep breath to sing MON 'Breathe Easy' from her EP 'Black Currants'. MON Producer: Cathie Mahoney. MON Russell Watson MON ‘Anthems – Music To Inspire A Nation’ is released on 21st MON May on Sony Classical Records. MON Russell will be performing at The Bridgewater Hall, MON Manchester on 31st May, The Royal Albert Hall, London on MON 2nd, Birmingham Symphony Hall on Monday 3rd and Speke Hall, MON Liverpool on 4th June. MON Lesley Sharp MON ‘Starlings’ starts on Sky 1 HD on Sunday 13th May at 20.00. MON Danny Wallace MON ‘Charlotte Street’ is published by Ebury Press and available MON now. MON Goldie MON Goldie is performing in ‘Wings of Desire’ in Victoria MON Square, Birmingham from Wednesday 16th to Saturday 19th May. MON JD McPherson MON ‘Signs And Signifiers’ is available now on Rounder Records. MON JD is playing at Brighton’s Great Escape Festival at Komedia MON on Saturday 12th May. MON Rachel Sermanni MON Rachel is performing at various UK festivals, starting at MON Lunar Festival, Tanworth In Arden on 4th June. Check MON Rachel’s website for further dates. MON MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken b007jq57 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son b00rlb08 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wf8j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Above Suspicion b007xt7c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 EM Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread b007k2cz (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON English prejudices clash with Italian passions when a young MON widow is sent abroad to avoid a man's clutches. With Sian MON Thomas. MON MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b007jt0y (Listen) MON Captain Cook MON Cook was given secret orders when he sailed from England. MON These were published in 1928. Narrated by Anna Massey. MON MON 14:30 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like MON This b00sr302 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Terence Blacker celebrates the outrageous life of Willie MON Donaldson, creator of the 'Henry Root letters'. Read by MON Stephen Boxer. MON MON 14:45 The Invention of Childhood b00slqvb (Listen) MON What Is The Meaning Of Empire Day? MON Michael Morpurgo presents readings of the words of children MON exiled from or arrived in Britain under the British Empire. MON MON 15:00 Vivat Rex b01hllj5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01hlljh (Listen) MON Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. MON MON 17:00 Anything Legal b0089hl7 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Charles and George's new business course sets tongues MON wagging. Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles. MON MON 17:30 The Arts and How They Was Done b007cp1n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson b007js8q (Listen) MON Episode 4 MON Saul learns the truth about the sinister Gibson room and MON cavers push too deep. A time-hopping thriller with Robert MON Glenister. MON MON 18:30 The House on the Borderland b007www2 (Listen) MON Episode 3 MON Will the narrator and his dog survive a watery entrapment? MON Jim Norton reads William Hope Hodgson's fantasy. Episode 3 MON of 4. MON MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken b007jq57 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son b00rlb08 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wf8j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Above Suspicion b007xt7c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Red Herrings b01hllj7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b01hdny1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b01h646f (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 The Castle b01hllj1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 23:45 Elastic Planet b007k3h0 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON A documentary-maker films endangered hairstyles. The cosmic MON comedy of connections. With Alexander Armstrong. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 15 MAY 2012 TUE TUE 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson b007js8q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 The House on the Borderland b007www2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wf8j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Above Suspicion b007xt7c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 The Castle b01hllj1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Cabin Pressure b00lxh3r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Vivat Rex b01hllj5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Red Herrings b01hllj7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b01hdny1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Anything Legal b0089hl7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 The Arts and How They Was Done b007cp1n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wmnj (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 2 TUE Another mysterious death causes Health and Safety executive TUE Simon to consider cruets. Comic thriller with Geoffrey TUE Palmer. TUE TUE 06:30 Above Suspicion b007xw1l (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE On holiday in Europe, naive young couple Frances and Richard TUE try to track down a missing British agent. Read by Emma TUE Currie. TUE TUE 07:00 Two Doors Down b0086dhm (Listen) TUE Series 1, Ranting and Railings TUE Miss Black wants new railings for her lodging house - with TUE help from cleaner Sally. Stars Frances Tomelty. From TUE February 2001. TUE TUE 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b01h667d (Listen) TUE Series 8, Keeping the Flame Alive TUE Ed Reardon leads us through the ups and down of his week, TUE complete with his trusty companion, Elgar, and his TUE never-ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever TUE scraps his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and TUE cat together. TUE With the Olympics looming Stan spies a golden opportunity - TUE renting out Ed's flat for the duration of the games at the TUE princely sum of £3,000 a week. So Ed has to pack up his TUE newspaper collection, sift through his takeaway trays and TUE leave the place he's called home for the last years. But TUE where will he go? TUE Cast list episode 6 TUE Ed Reardon ..... Christopher Douglas TUE Fiona ..... Jenny Agutter TUE Janie ..... Rachel Atkins TUE Olive ..... Stephanie Cole TUE Cliff ..... Geoff McGivern TUE Frank ..... Simon Greenall TUE Jaz ..... Philip Jackson TUE Pearl ..... Rita May TUE Ping/Lisa ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessy TUE Stan ..... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas. TUE Produced by Dawn Ellis. TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007jtrk (Listen) TUE The Rent Collectors TUE Neddie Seagoon is sent to claim back thousands in arrears, TUE but he falls in the water. Stars Spike Milligan. From TUE January 1957. TUE TUE 08:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b008kmkg (Listen) TUE Reshuffling Patron Saints and an 'Under Milk Wood' spoof. TUE Sketch comedy with Ronnie Barker and Pauline Yates. From TUE July 1972. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b01hmv4c (Listen) TUE Made for 4 Extra. Extended edition of the News Quiz, hosted TUE by Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Fred TUE Macaulay, Mark Steel and Bridget Christie. TUE TUE 09:45 Elastic Planet b007k3h0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Vivat Rex b01hmv4h (Listen) TUE Tennis Balls TUE Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' tale of the English TUE Crown. The new king is insulted by the French. Stars Martin TUE Jarvis. TUE TUE 11:00 Red Herrings b01hmv4m (Listen) TUE Series 2, In Pursuit of the Uneatable TUE A simple case of hunt sabotage turns out to be far more than TUE it seems. Brian McGilloway's unnerving tale read by Eugene TUE O'Hare. TUE TUE 11:15 Matthew Solon - The Man Who Came Back b01hmv4r (Listen) TUE 4 Extra Debut. The heroic Norwegian seamen and their vital TUE wartime 'Shetland Bus' lifeline. Based on real-life events. TUE With John Rowe. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007jtrk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b008kmkg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wmnj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Above Suspicion b007xw1l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 EM Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread b007k2fd (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE The romanticism of Italy has cast a spell on widowed Lilia TUE and she is engaged to be married. Stars Teresa Gallagher. TUE TUE 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b007jt1j (Listen) TUE Window Taxes and Highway Robbery TUE The series about British history continues as we look at TUE 1770. Window taxes and a new police force are introduced. TUE TUE 14:30 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like TUE This b00srg4j (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Cambridge, then London - which means Emma Jane Crampton. TUE Stephen Boxer reads Terence Blacker's celebration of William TUE Donaldson. TUE TUE 14:45 The Invention of Childhood b00slxyd (Listen) TUE The Nation's Most Important Asset TUE Michael Morpurgo presents readings of the words of children TUE about the effect on the 20th century wars. TUE TUE 15:00 Vivat Rex b01hmv4h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01hmv4y (Listen) TUE Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. TUE TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path b007yp9j (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Menage TUE School teacher Izzy comes to terms with some alternative TUE domestic arrangements. Stars Imelda Staunton. From December TUE 1987. TUE TUE 17:30 Two Doors Down b0086dhm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson b007js93 (Listen) TUE Episode 5 TUE Saul and Elise make a disturbing discovery in the nursing TUE home. A time-hopping thriller with Robert Glenister. TUE TUE 18:30 The House on the Borderland b007wxhs (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE Back from his voyage, the narrator sees a sinister green TUE hand at his window. Jim Norton reads William Hope Hodgson's TUE fantasy. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007jtrk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b008kmkg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wmnj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Above Suspicion b007xw1l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Red Herrings b01hmv4m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Matthew Solon - The Man Who Came Back b01hmv4r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b01h667d (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Chris Addison's Civilization b00f2zsd (Listen) TUE Series 1, A Working Society TUE The thinking idiot's anthropologist charts the bumpy TUE evolution of the Western World. With Dan Tetsell. From April TUE 2006. TUE TUE 23:00 Dry Slopes b00ly7c2 (Listen) TUE Dry Wit TUE Friendless, jobless Angus writes a Requiem to himself. He's TUE really a genius, you know. Starring Nick Ball. From May TUE 1995. TUE TUE 23:30 The Adventures of John and Tony b007k1s6 (Listen) TUE The Hiking Holiday TUE The duo face dodgy hotels and sinister monks, but love is in TUE the air. Stars John Hegley and Simon Munnery. From September TUE 1999. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 16 MAY 2012 WED WED 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson b007js93 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 The House on the Borderland b007wxhs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wmnj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Above Suspicion b007xw1l (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 News Quiz Extra b01hmv4c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Elastic Planet b007k3h0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] WED WED 03:00 Vivat Rex b01hmv4h (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Red Herrings b01hmv4m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Matthew Solon - The Man Who Came Back b01hmv4r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path b007yp9j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Two Doors Down b0086dhm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wzvk (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED As dead don Peter's sordid side is made public, Simon WED struggles with his day job. Comic thriller with Geoffrey WED Palmer. WED WED 06:30 Above Suspicion b007xwjp (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED With two agents contacted, the British couple's search moves WED to Austria - but they're being followed. Read by Emma WED Currie. WED WED 07:00 The Leopard in Autumn b00c683t (Listen) WED Series 1, The Future Begins Here WED Renaissance Italy's Prince Ludovico battles enemies, as his WED wife tries reconciling their sons. Stars David Swift. From WED May 2001. WED WED 07:30 Beauty of Britain b00npr8g (Listen) WED Series 1, Beauty and the Beast WED Comedy by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson. Beauty WED Olonga works as a carer for the Featherdown Agency and sees WED herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to WED achieve their goals in the land of semi-skimmed milk. WED Beauty is looking after the elderly Mr Easterby, who has a WED new girlfriend and is behaving like a lovestruck teenager. WED She is also trying to get to the Aspire to Dream retreat. WED Meanwhile Anil is on a big cat stakeout, as several have WED been spotted in the region. WED Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien WED Sally ...... Felicity Montagu WED Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson WED Mrs Gupte ...... Indira Joshi WED Anil ...... Paul Sharma WED Mr Easterby ...... Leslie Phillips WED Mrs Mason ...... Liz Fraser WED Kevin/Cab Man/Steve ...... Christopher Douglas WED Girl on Stretcher ...... Nicola Sanderson WED Music by The West End Gospel Choir. WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007v1p4 (Listen) WED Agricultural 'Ancock WED The lad starts farming, unaware that Sid has sold him a top WED cricket ground. With Tony Hancock and Sid James. From WED February 1957. WED WED 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter WED b007jxjk (Listen) WED Series 2, The Club WED Money worries the author and his wife bids for a membership. WED Stars Ian Carmichael and Charlotte Mitchell. From November WED 1977. WED WED 09:00 Coming Alive b00ftc6d (Listen) WED Series 1, Runaway WED Getting closer to Sandra, ex-convict Terry sets out to help WED a young girl on the run. Stars Karl Howman. From February WED 1999. WED WED 09:30 Counterpoint b00dp6f4 (Listen) WED 2005, Episode 5 WED Amateur musical enthusiasts battle it out in the general WED knowledge music quiz. From London with Ned Sherrin. WED WED 10:00 Vivat Rex b01hn1q2 (Listen) WED Harfleur WED Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' tale of the English WED Crown. France is now in the King's sights. Starring Martin WED Jarvis. WED WED 11:00 Red Herrings b01hn1zg (Listen) WED Series 2, Catch 13 WED Will two bungling would-be robbers in a petty art heist have WED the last laugh after all? James Fleet reads Andrew Taylor's WED story. WED WED 11:15 Julia Blackburn - Need For Nonsense b01hn1q4 (Listen) WED 4 Extra Debut. The sad, contradictory tale of Edward Lear, WED famed Victorian artist and scribe of gleefully silly verse. WED Stars Andrew Sachs. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007v1p4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter WED b007jxjk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wzvk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Above Suspicion b007xwjp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 EM Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread b007jrw4 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED English conventions are confounded by Italian romanticism, WED as Lilia tries to adapt to life as a wife. Stars Teresa WED Gallagher. WED WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b007jt1r (Listen) WED Watt, Arkwright and the Industrial Revolution WED Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles. 1769 WED was a remarkable year for England and patents. WED WED 14:30 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like WED This b00srkks (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Striking spoofer's gold with 'The Henry Root Letters'. WED Stephen Boxer reads Terence Blacker's celebration of William WED Donaldson. WED WED 14:45 The Invention of Childhood b00sm4m2 (Listen) WED Cutting the Slum Mind off at the Root WED Michael Morpurgo traces the making of Britain's Welfare WED State amid concerns for children. WED WED 15:00 Vivat Rex b01hn1q2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01hn1q6 (Listen) WED Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. WED WED 17:00 The Inimitable Jeeves b007sxvp (Listen) WED The Purity of the Turf WED After the syndicate disaster, Bertie ponders what to bet on WED next. PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael WED Hordern. WED WED 17:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00c683t (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson b007js9x (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED On the day of the festival, Saul and the Guardians prepare WED to fight. The time-hopping thriller concludes, with Robert WED Glenister. WED WED 18:30 Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost b008hvvx (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED The Otis family move into an old English country house, WED despite warnings that it is haunted. Read by Alistair WED McGowan. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007v1p4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter WED b007jxjk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wzvk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Above Suspicion b007xwjp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Red Herrings b01hn1zg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Julia Blackburn - Need For Nonsense b01hn1q4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Beauty of Britain b00npr8g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Self Storage b01hn1q8 (Listen) WED Dating WED Judy fixes Dave up on his first date since his marriage WED broke up. Stars Reece Shearsmith. From October 2007. WED WED 22:45 Guy Browning's Small Talk b0076n25 (Listen) WED Series 2, How to Pack WED Start naked and pretend to get dressed - bad luck if the WED taxi comes early. The writer shares travel tips. From WED September 2004. WED WED 23:00 Masala FM b007jyfv (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Is the London Asian radio station about to lose its star WED presenter? Stars Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar. From WED September 1996. WED WED 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? b00s6n88 (Listen) WED Series 1, Et In Arcadia Ego WED Giles and David take Judith to savour rural Cornwall, but WED trouble soon takes root. Stars Richard E Grant. From WED February 1995. WED WED THU THURSDAY 17 MAY 2012 THU THU 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson b007js9x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost b008hvvx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wzvk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Above Suspicion b007xwjp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Coming Alive b00ftc6d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Counterpoint b00dp6f4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Vivat Rex b01hn1q2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Red Herrings b01hn1zg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Julia Blackburn - Need For Nonsense b01hn1q4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 The Inimitable Jeeves b007sxvp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00c683t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008x3lv (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 4 THU Simon keeps his Health and Safety job. But is Zoe the next THU target? Comic thriller with Geoffrey Palmer and Rebecca THU Front. THU THU 06:30 Above Suspicion b007xwnq (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Getting closer to the British agent in Pertisau, couple THU Frances and Richard have sought friends' help. Read by Emma THU Currie. THU THU 07:00 Unnatural Acts b00jz5yt (Listen) THU Series 1, Chips With Everything THU Is Kit really married to a dirty ruskie commie pinko lefty THU agitator agent? Stars Kit Hollerbach and Jeremy Hardy. From THU May 1987. THU THU 07:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters b00y92mb (Listen) THU Series 1, Utilities Companies THU Through the medium of four open letters, the comedian Tom THU Wrigglesworth investigates the myriad examples of corporate THU lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain. THU In this series his subjects range from traffic wardens to THU estate agents, with Tom recalling his own funny and THU ridiculous experiences as well as recounting the absurd THU encounters of others. THU Tom finds himself bemused by the peculiar practices of THU utilities companies. THU THU 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007r4yr (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU The comedy duo test Eric's powers of memory and perform a THU play what Ern wrote. With guest Clodagh Rodgers. From THU December 1977. THU THU 08:30 Dad's Army b007jpvh (Listen) THU Series 3, Keep Young and Beautiful THU New War Office policy sparks drastic action amongst the THU platoon's old guard. Adapted from TV with Clive Dunn. From THU April 1976. THU THU 09:00 Huddwinks b009gc4p (Listen) THU Series 1, Twenty-Twenty Vision THU Professor Quarterpound gathers Britain's top scientists to THU witness his new time machine. Stars Roy Hudd. From August THU 1986. THU THU 09:30 HR b00tg1c3 (Listen) THU Series 2, Gassing THU Sam is battling retirement blues with a part-time job THU working for the Saviours, manning telephone lines to help THU those in distress. And today's first client is of course THU Peter, in distress about their faulty boiler. THU Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce THU Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost THU George ..... Sam Dale THU Voice ..... Alison Pettitt THU Director: Peter Kavanagh. THU THU 10:00 Vivat Rex b01hpf1h (Listen) THU St. Crispin's Day THU Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' tale of the English THU Crown. Two nations clash in fierce battle. Starring Martin THU Jarvis. THU THU 11:00 Crossing the Glacier b007jv9m (Listen) THU Two emotionally frozen women get to know and help each THU other. Berlie Doherty's story is read by Janet Dale. THU THU 11:15 David Pownall - Barbara Allen b00hp7mw (Listen) THU The tragic tale of Jemmy Grove's unrequited love is inspired THU by the folk song. Stars Keith Barron and Honeysuckle Weeks. THU THU 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007r4yr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Dad's Army b007jpvh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008x3lv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Above Suspicion b007xwnq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 EM Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread b007jrwl (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Misery in Monteriano, as English Lilia and Italian Gino's THU marriage starts to deteriorate. With Sian Thomas and Tom THU George. THU THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b00dpg1g (Listen) THU Lord North and The Boston Massacre THU Anna Massey narrates how Lord North became the King's THU confidant. THU THU 14:30 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like THU This b00srqfq (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Life and writing get mixed up - a dangerous combination. THU Stephen Boxer reads Terence Blacker's celebration of William THU Donaldson. THU THU 14:45 The Invention of Childhood b00sm5xl (Listen) THU They'd Some Queer Ideas at the Clinic THU Michael Morpurgo discovers how behaviourists and Freudians THU battled over upbringing techniques for children. THU THU 15:00 Vivat Rex b01hpf1h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01hpf1k (Listen) THU Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. THU THU 17:00 For Better or for Worse b00tr28d (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 1 THU Bernard's jealous dad is caught with both his guard and his THU trousers down. Stars Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye. From THU January 1996. THU THU 17:30 Unnatural Acts b00jz5yt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 The Female Ghost b00nj7cx (Listen) THU Mary Braddon - The Cold Embrace THU After a German artist's cool betrayal, his fiancee's THU retribution is eerily apt. Stars Stephanie Turner and THU Jonathan Firth. THU THU 18:30 Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost b008jw9k (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU The house's ghost Sir Simon plots a spectacular haunting to THU get rid of the troublesome Otis family. Read by Alistair THU McGowan. THU THU 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007r4yr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Dad's Army b007jpvh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008x3lv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Above Suspicion b007xwnq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Crossing the Glacier b007jv9m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 David Pownall - Barbara Allen b00hp7mw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters b00y92mb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Down the Line b0125dj2 (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 1 THU Too much chatter? And name a new planet - on award-winning THU Gary Bellamy's phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas. From January THU 2008. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b01jcq3q (Listen) THU From 10pm - midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club has THU two hours of comedy. Plus Peacock and Gamble talk to Andy THU Zaltzman. THU THU 23:00 The In Crowd b00snrxg (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 5 THU Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, THU Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From August 2002. THU THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable b01hpf1m (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 2 THU Ryan and the management consultants try to overhaul the Post THU Office. Stars Marcus Brigstocke and David Mitchell. From THU July 2004. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 18 MAY 2012 FRI FRI 00:00 The Female Ghost b00nj7cx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost b008jw9k (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008x3lv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Above Suspicion b007xwnq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Huddwinks b009gc4p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 HR b00tg1c3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Vivat Rex b01hpf1h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Crossing the Glacier b007jv9m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 David Pownall - Barbara Allen b00hp7mw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 For Better or for Worse b00tr28d (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Unnatural Acts b00jz5yt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008x7tk (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 5 FRI Losing the struggle to keep his job, Simon receives an FRI intriguing offer. Comic thriller with Geoffrey Palmer and FRI Samuel West. FRI FRI 06:30 Above Suspicion b00cfwdc (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Mission accomplished, amateur spies Frances and Richard are FRI being watched by a man with a duelling scar. Read by Emma FRI Currie. FRI FRI 07:00 Ring Around the Bath b01hpx39 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 6 FRI Stella's plans for an open garden charity day are FRI interrupted by an unexpected delivery. Stars Pippa Haywood. FRI From February 2006. FRI FRI 07:30 Tonight b01hl2bd (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 2 FRI Rory Bremner and the team return for another series of FRI Tonight, the topical satire show that digs that bit deeper FRI into national and international politics. FRI Rory's mantra is that it's as important to make sense out of FRI things as it is to make fun of them. With a team that FRI includes veteran satirists Andy Zaltzman and Nick Doody, and FRI versatile impressionist and character comedian Kate FRI O'Sullivan, Tonight does both. FRI This is half an hour of stand-up, sketches, and FRI investigative satire. And at the core of the show are Rory's FRI incisively funny interviews with the most informed guest FRI commentators on the current political scene. FRI More global crises, more political scandal, more jokes with FRI the word fiscal in them and some truly brilliant impressions FRI - a shot in the arm for satire lovers everywhere. FRI Producers: Simon Jacobs and Frank Stirling FRI A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark b01hpx3c (Listen) FRI The Bungalese Spies FRI Povey's in hot water with his wife and HMS Troutbridge sets FRI sail on a secret mission. Stars Leslie Phillips. From FRI October 1963. FRI FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way b007jm8j (Listen) FRI Series 1, Solve Murders the Burkiss Way FRI Can TV impressionists halt a repeat killing? Cult sketch FRI show starring Denise Coffey and Chris Emmett. From September FRI 1976. FRI FRI 09:00 Are You from the Bugle? b01hpx3f (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. Graham is starting a new job as local cub FRI reporter. What could go wrong? Stars Jeffrey Holland and FRI Mark Gatiss. From May 1996. FRI FRI 09:30 Puzzle Panel b00yyfmh (Listen) FRI Episode 9 FRI More fiendish brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Tony Buzan, FRI David Singmaster and Robert Eastway. From July 1998. FRI FRI 10:00 Vivat Rex b01hpx3h (Listen) FRI Joan of Arc FRI Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' tale of the English FRI Crown. The French triumph in war. Or do they? Starring Colin FRI Baker. FRI FRI 11:00 Three Hours Between Planes b01hpx3k (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. F Scott Fitzgerald's mysterious tale. Donald FRI gets a surprise when he looks up an old flame. Read by FRI Garrick Hagon. FRI FRI 11:15 Altaban the Magnificent b007qb93 (Listen) FRI In post-war Berlin, magic is in the air - but death is being FRI conjured up. Sebastian Baczkiewicz's drama stars Clive FRI Swift. FRI FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark b01hpx3c (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way b007jm8j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008x7tk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Above Suspicion b00cfwdc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 EM Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread b007jrx0 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI The peace of Sawston is disturbed by the latest news from FRI Italy about Lilia. With Teresa Gallagher and Tom George. FRI FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle b007jt22 (Listen) FRI Warren Hastings and Who Owns India? FRI Warren Hastings followed in the footsteps of Clive of India FRI and helped preserve British rule there. Narrated by Anna FRI Massey. FRI FRI 14:30 You Cannot Live As I Have Lived and Not End Up Like FRI This b00srwx8 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI A salute to the ending of a 'great comic moralist'. Stephen FRI Boxer concludes Terence Blacker's celebration of William FRI Donaldson. FRI FRI 14:45 The Invention of Childhood b00sm8nf (Listen) FRI Charlie Chaplin Went to France to Teach Ladies How to Dance FRI Michael Morpurgo discovers new forms of entertainment FRI available for children in the first half of the 20th FRI century. FRI FRI 15:00 Vivat Rex b01hpx3h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01hpz95 (Listen) FRI Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. FRI FRI 17:00 Millport b008gh00 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Ardour FRI Barmaid Irene's got an ulterior motive when matchmaking on FRI the Scottish island. Stars Lynn Ferguson. From April 2000. FRI FRI 17:30 Ring Around the Bath b01hpx39 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 The Female Ghost b00njj2k (Listen) FRI Enid Nesbit - Man Sized in Marble FRI Two newlyweds reject their housekeeper's dread of All FRI Saint's Eve - until it arrives. With Carolyn Jones and FRI Stephen Critchlow. FRI FRI 18:30 Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost b008lz2g (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI Filled with pity for the ghost of the house, Virginia agrees FRI to help Sir Simon find peace. Read by Alistair McGowan. FRI FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark b01hpx3c (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way b007jm8j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008x7tk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Above Suspicion b00cfwdc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Three Hours Between Planes b01hpx3k (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Altaban the Magnificent b007qb93 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 My Teenage Diary b00x95hr (Listen) FRI Series 2, Meera Syal FRI Rufus Hound invites Meera Syal to read embarrassing extracts FRI from her teenage diary and read it out in public for the FRI very first time. FRI Producer: Victoria Payne FRI A TalkbackThames production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 22:30 On the Hour b007k3g0 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 1 FRI All the news as it happens, if it happens. Savagely FRI satirical award-winning comedy, starring Chris Morris. From FRI August 1991. FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b01jcq48 (Listen) FRI From 10pm - midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club has FRI two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith talks to stand-up FRI Dave Fulton. FRI FRI 23:00 Sorry About Last Night b00mzvfq (Listen) FRI A Loft FRI Alexei Sayle writes and stars in the comedy about life, love FRI and not living together. With Siobhan Redmond. From October FRI 1999. FRI FRI 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari b007w45v (Listen) FRI Comedian's Moon FRI Stephen Tompkinson plays a young man who gets bitten by the FRI comedy bug - with terrifying results. From November 1991. FRI
11 May, 2012
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12/05/2012 - 18/05/2012
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