06 December, 2013

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 07/12/2013 - 13/12/2013

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SAT SATURDAY 07 DECEMBER 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories b008h44x (Listen) SAT The Parasite SAT A chilling 1953 tale about a man who starts dreaming of a SAT monstrous creature from the future. Read by Nicholas SAT Boulton. SAT SAT 00:30 JG Ballard - The Recognition b007jqxc (Listen) SAT What is the story behind the bizarre circus that rolls into SAT town one Midsummer's eve? Fantastical tale read by Michael SAT Maloney. SAT SAT 01:00 The Toff on the Farm b007jrsr (Listen) SAT Dead on Arrival SAT Someone is keen to acquire Selby Farm, and the Honourable SAT Richard Rollison wants to know why. Stars Terence Alexander. SAT SAT 01:30 Sapper - Bulldog Drummond b00nnpb3 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT The ex-officer heads to Godalming to protect Phyllis. And SAT are the Duchess' pearls safe? Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. SAT SAT 02:00 Girls Will Be Girls b0081vs4 (Listen) SAT From 02/12/1989 SAT The Bobo girls take to the stage with music and comedy. SAT Starring Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam. From December SAT 1989. SAT SAT 02:30 The Change b00p2jn5 (Listen) SAT Series 1, When a Man Loves a Woman SAT Ken comforts Carol, who despairs over transvestite hubby SAT George. Stars Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison. From SAT December 2001. SAT SAT 03:00 The Complete Smiley b0161dh5 (Listen) SAT The Honourable Schoolboy, Part 2 SAT The Americans make their presence felt, and tragedy strikes SAT in Hong Kong. Stars Simon Russell Beale and Hugh Bonneville. SAT SAT 04:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007ynnm (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Wartime in Broadcasting House. Annie's hard musical SAT expertise wins her few friends among top brass. Read by SAT Penelope Wilton. SAT SAT 04:15 Paupers and Pig Killers b007jx4j (Listen) SAT Series 2, Don't Look Down Your Nose at Me, Sir SAT Unruly parishioners, lazy farmers and a bucolic manservant - SAT the life of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald SAT Pickup. SAT SAT 05:00 Capital Gains b007qgnq (Listen) SAT Series 1, Risk Capital SAT Amateur philosopher Julius Hutch's plan for 'pottering' in SAT retirement hits the buffers. Stars Peter Jones. From April SAT 1995. SAT SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses b007jrhd (Listen) SAT Series 1, Positive Thinking SAT Rosie's company goes new age, promoting the Brighton leg of SAT a Californian guru's tour. Stars Prunella Scales. From May SAT 2000. SAT SAT 06:00 The Other Side of the Hill b010x8rh (Listen) SAT The Long Road to Waterloo SAT The 1808-1813 peninsular campaign of the Duke of Wellington SAT continues. Peter Luke's two linked plays with Michael SAT Pennington. SAT SAT 07:30 Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover b00zm2nw (Listen) SAT Dame Vera Lynn's wartime classic is British, original, but SAT not entirely without controversy. Ian Hislop discovers the SAT chequered history of this musical mainstay of the British SAT nation in its finest hour. Could it really be a song weighed SAT down by politics, propaganda and even a touch of plagiarism? SAT And what about those bluebirds - have you ever seen any in SAT the Dover area? SAT Ian meets Dame Vera Lynn, veterans, musicologists and even SAT an ornithologist in his quest to find the hidden meaning of SAT this classic wartime song. SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01b1rvx (Listen) SAT Series 7, Episode 15 SAT From Minnesota, the American funny man welcomes mandolinist SAT and violinist Richard Kriehn, and singer Heather Masse. From SAT 2011. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Connections b007jwlk (Listen) SAT Simon Brett joins the dots between Bandwaggon (1939), Much SAT Binding in the Marsh (1950), Beyond Our Ken (1958), SAT Hancock's Half Hour (1956) and Paradise Street (1954). SAT SAT 12:00 HighLites Omnibus b03k6mk9 (Listen) SAT Split Ends SAT Made for 4 Extra. A wedding provides vindictive hairdresser SAT Bev with an opportunity. Comedy starring Lorraine Ashbourne SAT and Rosie Cavaliero. SAT SAT 13:10 Chain Gang b03k3c5m (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 10 SAT Made for 4 Extra. The story told by its listeners, which SAT began with a mistimed proposal and a wrong turning, reaches SAT its conclusion. SAT SAT 13:15 Daunt and Dervish b00k08lj (Listen) SAT Series 2, Base Metal SAT In foggy London, the detectives meet a charming American, SAT with dangerous consequences. Stars Anna Massey and Frances SAT Barber. SAT SAT 14:00 Dad's Army b007jnqc (Listen) SAT Series 2, Mum's Army SAT When Mainwaring opens his Home Guard up to women, Mrs Gray SAT catches his eye. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From SAT April 1975. SAT SAT 14:30 The Navy Lark b007xwmd (Listen) SAT Deliberately Abandoned SAT 4 Extra Debut. Can the inept crew discover where the rest of SAT the fleet has gone? Stars Leslie Phillips and Bill Pertwee. SAT From July 1967. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01b1rvx (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 The Other Side of the Hill b010x8rh (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Meet David Sedaris b03jysr6 (Listen) SAT Series 4, The Happy Place; The Shadow of Your Smile SAT One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC SAT Radio 4 doing what he does best. SAT There are two stories, this week: "The Happy Place", dealing SAT with the ups and downs of a colonoscopy; and "The Shadow of SAT Your Smile", about how the right lighting can make us all SAT look good. SAT Producer: Steve Doherty SAT A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:00 Fear on Four b007jmgn (Listen) SAT Mind Well the Tree SAT When a couple inherit a mansion, the wife is strangely SAT captivated. Stars Nicola Pagett, with with the Man in Black, SAT Edward De Souza. SAT SAT 18:30 HG Wells - A Dream of Armageddon b007k4kd (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT The anti-war story hero escapes with his wife to try and SAT shield her from the horrors of battle. Read by Robert SAT Bathurst. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Connections b007jwlk (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix b00k9pcb (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 2 SAT Making it up as they go along - Josie Lawrence and Jim SAT Sweeney's improvised sketches driven by the audience. From SAT March 2007. Episode 2 of 4. SAT SAT 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show b01f9sm2 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Parents SAT The award-winning comic's lowdown on what being a mum and SAT dad means. With Laurence Howarth and Anna Bengo. From August SAT 2009. SAT SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03myb3s (Listen) SAT For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the SAT best laughs around. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Ed Byrne. SAT SAT 23:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007wltd (Listen) SAT Leaves of the Dead, Proverbs and Punctures from Hell SAT Feisty detective superintendent Julie Enfield probes a SAT murder at the British Library. Nick Fisher thriller with SAT Imelda Staunton. SAT SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller b011cfnr (Listen) SAT Hakan Nesser - Woman With Birthmark, Episode 3 SAT Inspector Van Veeteren investigates if the murder victims SAT are connected. Scandinavian chiller read by Michael Maloney. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 08 DECEMBER 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Fear on Four b007jmgn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 HG Wells - A Dream of Armageddon b007k4kd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01b1rvx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 HighLites Omnibus b03k6mk9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:10 Chain Gang b03k3c5m (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Daunt and Dervish b00k08lj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 The Other Side of the Hill b010x8rh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Meet David Sedaris b03jysr6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control b011pjsw (Listen) SUN Omnibus, part 1 SUN Laura Montreville is loved by two men - one reckless, the SUN other shy - but who should she choose? Stars Gerda SUN Stevenson. SUN SUN 07:15 Food for Thought b00n47q3 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Jung Chang SUN Journalist Nina Myskow discovers how attitudes to food, SUN shape and affect individual lives. SUN Settled over a lunch of ma po tofu and bitter melon greens, SUN celebrated author Jung Chang recalls a life of adjustments SUN and accommodations to place, identity and food. She SUN describes the powerful memories evoked by a plate of SUN double-cooked pork, spiked with her native Sichuan spice and SUN discusses her changing tastes since arriving in Britain and SUN the success of her memoir Wild Swans. SUN The producer is Tamsin Hughes, and this is a Wise Buddah SUN production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 07:30 Cabin Pressure b00lyvz7 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Kuala Lumpur SUN Captain Martin wants to start a club, but what about the SUN Flap and Throttle? Stars Benedict Cumberbatch. From August SUN 2009. SUN SUN 08:00 The Burkiss Way b007jm8j (Listen) SUN Series 1, Solve Murders the Burkiss Way SUN Can TV impressionists halt a repeat killing? Cult sketch SUN show starring Denise Coffey and Chris Emmett. From September SUN 1976. SUN SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid b007k0ds (Listen) SUN James, the Little Gentleman SUN When Granddad comes into money, the naughty schoolboy is SUN faced with boarding school. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From SUN November 1964. SUN SUN 09:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories b00ttsll (Listen) SUN Everybody in the House SUN A donkey runs away in search of fame, recruiting others en SUN route. Modern retelling of a Brothers Grimm tale with Robert SUN Whelan. SUN SUN 09:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin b007jvd5 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Prisoners of the Sun SUN With Professor Calculus in grave danger, the boy reporter SUN and dog Snowy lead a rescue. Stars Richard Pearce and Andrew SUN Sachs. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03k6tz2 (Listen) SUN The Good Life, Paul Eddington SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Bach to Mozart, the Good Life and Yes SUN Minister star shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley. SUN From August 1981. SUN SUN 10:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories b008d1xh (Listen) SUN On Guard, part 1 SUN To remind her of him while he's abroad, a young man buys his SUN fiancee a snappy puppy called Hector. Read by Crawford SUN Logan. 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 1986. SUN SUN 11:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b007k14d (Listen) SUN 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 Mary Brunton - Self Control b011pjsw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Food for Thought b00n47q3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Poirot b00rl44w (Listen) SUN Five Little Pigs SUN Can Belgian sleuth Poirot solve the murder of a father, 16 SUN years after he died? Agatha Christie whodunit starring John SUN Moffatt. SUN SUN 15:00 The Burkiss Way b007jm8j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid b007k0ds (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b03b95r5 (Listen) SUN Mel Giedroyc presents the best bits of this week's 4 O'Clock SUN Shows, including astronauts, dolphins and the author of 'The SUN Tiger Who Came to Tea', Judith Kerr. SUN SUN 17:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories b00ttsll (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin b007jvd5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Stanislaw Lem - Solaris b00pf4xk (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Psychologist Kris is falling in love with his replica wife, SUN as his colleagues plot to destroy the planet. Stars Joanne SUN Frogatt. SUN SUN 19:00 It's a Funny Business b01hl2g7 (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 The Burkiss Way b007jm8j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid b007k0ds (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03k6tz2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories b008d1xh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Cabin Pressure b00lyvz7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 The Richest Man in Britain b00nlx7p (Listen) SUN The Interview SUN Sitcom by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith about an ageing rock SUN star and his search for fulfilment. SUN Trillionnaire rocker Dave Mabbutt is persuaded to preview SUN his 'drums-only' version of 1970s classic album, Temple of SUN the Human Mind. SUN Dave Mabbutt ...... Mark Williams SUN Dom ...... Russell Tovey SUN Dave's Mum ...... Lynda Bellingham SUN Jane the Guardian journalist ...... Kerry Fox. SUN SUN 23:00 Vent b00v8qdv (Listen) SUN Series 2, Arrival SUN Comatose Ben takes a final trip around the safe fantasy SUN world of his subconscious. Stars Neil Pearson. From October SUN 2007. SUN SUN 23:30 The Maltby Collection b00mg0wp (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 3 SUN Sitcom by David Nobbs, set in a museum. SUN Warring curators, wedding cleaners and a dodgy alarm system SUN all add to the unwanted pressure on Walter. SUN Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt SUN Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer SUN Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins SUN Susie Maltby ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith SUN Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond SUN Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern SUN Eva Tattle ...... Juklia Deakin SUN Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley SUN Stelios Constantinopoulis ...... Chris Pavlo. SUN SUN Producer: Colin Anderson SUN SUN MON MONDAY 09 DECEMBER 2013 MON MON 00:00 Stanislaw Lem - Solaris b00pf4xk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03k6tz2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories b008d1xh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 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 Dad Made Me Laugh b007k14d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 The Burkiss Way b007jm8j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Poirot b00rl44w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories b00ttsll (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin b007jvd5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 The Toff on the Farm b007jrwm (Listen) MON Destination Danger MON After the discovery of a body, Richard is determined to MON uncover the secrets growing at Selby farm. Stars Terence MON Alexander. MON MON 06:30 Sapper - Bulldog Drummond b00nskjl (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Can our hero foil evil Peterson's plan to overthrow the MON government? Sapper's yarn is concluded by Julian Rhind-Tutt. MON MON 07:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet b0091nkl (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 4 MON Pregnant Lucy must break the news to her parents, and Daniel MON gets a taste of fatherhood. Stars David Tennant. From MON November 2003. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b03jz22p (Listen) MON Series 60, Episode 4 MON The antidote to panel games pays a return visit to the MON Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme MON Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel by MON special guest Victoria Wood with Jack Dee in the chair. MON Colin Sell attempts piano accompaniment. MON Producer - Jon Naismith. MON MON 08:00 Round the Horne b00p33gb (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 3 MON Monstrous goings on for Kenneth Horne, while Julian and MON Sandy hit the bona ski slopes. With Kenneth Williams and MON Bill Pertwee. From March 1968. MON MON 08:30 The Navy Lark b007k2yc (Listen) MON Have Been Redecorating MON Troutbridge needs a facelift preparation for the arrival of MON a new senior Wren. Stars Leslie Phillips. From September MON 1967. MON MON 09:00 Heresy b00k8t4w (Listen) MON Series 6, Episode 5 MON Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. MON With comedians Dave Gorman, Jeremy Hardy and Sue Perkins. MON From May 2009. MON MON 09:30 House on Fire b00qjxdz (Listen) MON Series 1, Hot Water MON Episode title: Hot Water MON A final dose of house-sharing hell with the last in the MON current series of 'House on Fire'. Vicky and Matt's boiler's MON on the blink but fixing it seems likely to get them into MON even more hot water. MON Vicky - Emma Pierson MON Matt - JODY LATHAM MON Col. Bill - RUPERT VANSITTART MON Julie - JANINE DUVITSKI MON Peter - PHILIP JACKSON MON With Fergus Craig & Colin Hoult MON Directed by Clive Brill & Dan Hine MON Produced by Clive Brill MON A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 The Complete Smiley b0162qty (Listen) MON The Honourable Schoolboy, Part 3 MON Can George Smiley keep the situation under control? Can MON Jerry Westerby be trusted? Stars Simon Russell Beale and MON Daisy Haggard. MON MON 11:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007zhdk (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Wartime in Broadcasting House. A staff meal leads to some MON sleight of hand for Annie's entertainment. Read by Penelope MON Wilton. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b03kp232 (Listen) MON Julie Hesmondhalgh, Alan McGee, Dan Patterson, Henning Wehn, MON Danny Wallace, Samantha Crain MON Clive's on the cobbles with actress Julie Hesmondhalgh, MON who's best known for her role on Coronation Street as Hayley MON Cropper, the first transsexual character in a British MON serial. As Hayley's story ends, Julie talks to Clive about MON Hayley's life and its resonance, and about what the future MON holds for her post Hayley. 'Coronation Street' is on MON Mondays, Wednesday and Friday at 19.30 on ITV. MON Clive talks to the German Comedy Ambassador to The United MON Kingdom, Henning Wehn. This is not the easiest of jobs MON because Germans allegedly do not have a sense of humour. MON Henning does not find that funny. He talks to Clive about MON his new Christmas show 'Henning Knows Bestest', which is at MON Leicester Square Theatre, London on 8th and 15th December. MON Danny Wallace talks to Alan McGee, whose role in shaping MON British musical culture over the past thirty years is hard MON to overstate. As the co-founder of Creation Records he MON brought us the bands that defined an era, including My MON Bloody Valentine and Primal Scream. His autobiography MON 'Creation Stories' documents the events from leaving school MON at sixteen to co-founding Creation when he was just MON twenty-three. MON Clive Mocks the Week with television producer and writer Dan MON Patterson, who was responsible for Clive's improvisation MON show 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' His new outrageous comedy MON 'The Duck House' is set in a world of dodgy receipts, MON dodgier deceit, and pure Parliamentary panic. It's at MON Vaudeville Theatre, London until 29th March 2014. MON With music from Oklahoma's Samantha Crain, who performs MON 'Paint' and 'Somewhere All The Time' from her album 'Kid MON Face'. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON MON 12:00 Round the Horne b00p33gb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Navy Lark b007k2yc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 The Toff on the Farm b007jrwm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Sapper - Bulldog Drummond b00nskjl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control b011pq1x (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON With her father dead, Laura must ask her aunt for help and MON discovers some disturbing news. Stars Gerda Stevenson. MON MON 14:15 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 14:30 Alice Munro - Dear Life b01nckb5 (Listen) MON Haven MON Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in MON 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story MON form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through MON all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, MON Dear Life. MON Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic MON surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, MON captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that MON lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated MON emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page MON is turned. MON Today in Haven, a prolonged stay with her uncle and aunt MON change a young girl's understanding of the world. MON The reader is Barbara Barnes MON The abridger is Sally Marmion MON The producer is Di Speirs. MON Music details: MON Trio in B Flat Major MON by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by the Florestan Trio MON - from the album MON Mozart: Piano Trios, K502, K542 & K564 MON (Hyperion). MON MON 14:45 Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn b00zm2ny (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON The author and journalist embarks on 'One Man's Struggle MON with the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument.' Read by MON Nicholas Boulton. MON MON 15:00 The Complete Smiley b0162qty (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03kk8wd (Listen) MON Philip Pullman reads from his book of stories, Grimm Tales, MON based on the original folk tales collected by the Brothers MON Grimm. Plus oral storytelling and husky dogs in Alaska. MON MON 17:00 The World As We Know It b00fd7zl (Listen) MON The End MON Housemates Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail discover MON they're the last people left on Earth. Comedy starring Meera MON Syal. From May 1999. MON MON 17:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet b0091nkl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Robert Easby - Oneira b007ww76 (Listen) MON The Big Chill MON A museum guard's quest to learn the secrets of the universe MON with a 400-year-old man. Stars Lyndsey Marshal and Peter MON Marinker. MON MON 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01nlwzy (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON A student researching the occult comes under the malign MON influence of an ancient book of spells. Read by Robert MON Paterson. MON MON 18:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mlrdw (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Penniless businessman Mr Bedford meets the brilliant Cavor, MON an absent-minded scientist with a dream. Read by Tim MON Pigott-Smith. MON MON 19:00 Round the Horne b00p33gb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Navy Lark b007k2yc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 The Toff on the Farm b007jrwm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Sapper - Bulldog Drummond b00nskjl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007zhdk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b03kp232 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b03jz22p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Heresy b00k8t4w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03myb3v (Listen) MON For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the MON best in contemporary comedy. Humphrey Ker is your host, and MON tonight Isy Suttie chats to comedian Nish Kumar. MON MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra b03k3drs (Listen) MON Series 9, Episode 5 MON A satirical review of the week's news chaired by Sandi MON Toksvig. With guests Susan Calman, Justin Moorhouse and Greg MON Proops joining regular panellist Jeremy Hardy. MON MON 23:45 Hearing With Hegley b0075sf5 (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 5 MON The Luton poet is by the sea in Aldeburgh, and gets some MON help with limericks from comedian Arnold Brown. From March MON 2000. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Robert Easby - Oneira b007ww76 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01nlwzy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mlrdw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 The Toff on the Farm b007jrwm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Sapper - Bulldog Drummond b00nskjl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Heresy b00k8t4w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 House on Fire b00qjxdz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 The Complete Smiley b0162qty (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007zhdk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b03kp232 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The World As We Know It b00fd7zl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet b0091nkl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 The Toff on the Farm b007jrzd (Listen) TUE Cause for Alarm TUE Farm owner Gillian Selby reveals she no longer requires help TUE from the Honourable Richard Rollison. Stars Terence TUE Alexander. TUE TUE 06:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtjlt (Listen) TUE Series 3, Every Dog Has His Day TUE The detectives get a murder case. Only it's a dog with a TUE past. Brian B Thompson's mystery stars Robert Daws and TUE Duncan Preston. TUE Robert Daws and Duncan Preston TUE TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road b007k17f (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE Edgar Finchley gets locked up, wins an unlikely prize and TUE hits the wrong note with an army band. With Richard TUE Griffiths. TUE TUE 07:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b03k0s5j (Listen) TUE Series 5, Episode 2 TUE Comedy sketches from the quirky world of David Mitchell and TUE Robert Webb. TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b00fyvxb (Listen) TUE The International Christmas Pudding TUE An eccentric millionaire funds an expedition for fragments TUE of a famous dessert. Stars Spike Milligan. From November TUE 1955. TUE TUE 08:30 Thirty Minutes Worth b00rd6p0 (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE Just as the comedian is feeling lonely, a long-lost love TUE turns up. Stars Harry Worth and Joan Sanderson. From October TUE 1988. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b03k3drs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:45 Hearing With Hegley b0075sf5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 The Complete Smiley b0162n2y (Listen) TUE Smiley's People, Part 1 TUE George finds himself back in harness to the circus when an TUE old friend and colleague is found dead. John le Carre TUE thriller stars Simon Russell Beale. TUE TUE 11:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007ypr2 (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Wartime in Broadcasting House. The corporation's first TUE fatality occurs, killed by a piece of drainpipe. Read by TUE Penelope Wilton. TUE TUE 11:15 Paupers and Pig Killers b007lzdp (Listen) TUE Series 2, Travel Broadens the Seat TUE A hectic social visit to Bath with his family, and more from TUE the diary of Somerset parson William Holland. Stars Ronald TUE Pickup. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b00fyvxb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Thirty Minutes Worth b00rd6p0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 The Toff on the Farm b007jrzd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtjlt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control b011pwwn (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE De Courcy has fallen completely for Laura, but is she free TUE from the affections of Colonel Hargrave? Stars Gerda TUE Stevenson. TUE TUE 14:15 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 14:30 Alice Munro - Dear Life b01nhcq8 (Listen) TUE In Sight of the Lake TUE Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in TUE 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story TUE form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through TUE all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, TUE Dear Life. TUE Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic TUE surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, TUE captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that TUE lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated TUE emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page TUE is turned. TUE Today in 'In Sight of the Lake' a woman goes in search of a TUE doctor, again. TUE The reader is Liza Ross, TUE The abridger is Sally Marmion TUE The producer is Di Speirs. TUE Music details: TUE Ballade TUE by Achille-Claude Debussy, performed by Kathryn Stott. TUE  TUE Rêverie TUE by Achille-Claude Debussy, performed by Kathryn Stott. TUE  TUE Both pieces are from the album TUE Debussy; Collection TUE  (Conifer). TUE TUE 14:45 Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn b00zm6g4 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE The scale of the author's ambition dawns on him, so he TUE starts making allies among the cognoscenti. Read by Nicholas TUE Boulton. TUE TUE 15:00 The Complete Smiley b0162n2y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03kkfbm (Listen) TUE Philip Pullman reads The Musicians of Bremen from his Grimm TUE Tales, and Mel meets the man who memorized 3,500 facts about TUE every FA Cup Final since 1872. TUE TUE 17:00 A Whole New Ball Game b00cmypt (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Final Supper TUE Destiny calls the Pattersons and Father Benedict's team, but TUE the post-cup match menu awaits. Stars Paul Parris. From TUE March 1993. TUE TUE 17:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road b007k17f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Robert Easby - Oneira b007x08b (Listen) TUE Sleight of Mind TUE An electricity company official interrogates the museum TUE guard, but is he helping her or is he an alien? Stars Peter TUE Marinker. TUE TUE 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01nm0f0 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Trying to rid himself of an ancient book, student Andrew TUE MacLeod becomes drawn to a sinister group. Read by Robert TUE Paterson. TUE TUE 18:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mltrs (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Cavor and Bedford travel to the moon, where they encounter a TUE strange and dangerous new world. Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b00fyvxb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Thirty Minutes Worth b00rd6p0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 The Toff on the Farm b007jrzd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtjlt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007ypr2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Paupers and Pig Killers b007lzdp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b03k0s5j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Mark Steel Lecture b007jlw6 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Lord Byron TUE The comic examines the life and times of the 'mad, bad and TUE dangerous to know' Romantic poet. From March 2001. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03myb3x (Listen) TUE For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the TUE best in contemporary comedy. Humphrey Ker is your host, and TUE tonight Isy Suttie chats to comedian Nish Kumar. TUE TUE 23:00 Delve Special b007jmj8 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Cowboys TUE Reporter David Lander investigates Britain's cowboy TUE builders. Stars Stephen Fry and Dawn French. From September TUE 1986. TUE TUE 23:30 Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard b00y8yk1 (Listen) TUE Series 2, The Dating Wizard TUE Written by David Kay and Gavin Smith, Mordrin McDonald is a TUE 2000 year old Wizard living in the modern world where TUE settling garden disputes and watching Countdown are just as TUE important as slaying the odd Jakonty Dragon. TUE This week Mordrin decides to join a Wizard dating website TUE after the being convinced by Bernard the Blue, but fails to TUE read the full terms and conditions. TUE Cast: TUE Mordrin ..... David Kay TUE Bernard The Blue ..... Jack Docherty TUE Geoff ..... Gordon Kennedy TUE Heather ..... Hannah Donaldson TUE Molly ..... Fiona Morrison TUE Duchess of Bedlam ..... Susan Calman TUE Producer/ Director ..... Gus Beattie TUE A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:45 Date With Fate b0092wr7 (Listen) TUE Love Bites TUE Martin's proposal to his girlfriend doesn't go according to TUE plan. Stars Charles Gray and Paul Raffield. From March 1996. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2013 WED WED 00:00 Robert Easby - Oneira b007x08b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01nm0f0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mltrs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 The Toff on the Farm b007jrzd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtjlt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 News Quiz Extra b03k3drs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:45 Hearing With Hegley b0075sf5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] WED WED 03:00 The Complete Smiley b0162n2y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007ypr2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Paupers and Pig Killers b007lzdp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 A Whole New Ball Game b00cmypt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road b007k17f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 The Toff on the Farm b007js1v (Listen) WED A Step in the Dark WED Amateur sleuth Richard Rollison refuses to be fobbed off, WED and receives some useful advice. Stars Terence Alexander. WED WED 06:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtrfl (Listen) WED Series 3, Angel Delight WED A robbery at a burlesque club leaves the duo looking at WED cherries in a different light. Stars Robert Daws and Duncan WED Preston. WED Robert Daws and Duncan Preston WED WED 07:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club b007k1w6 (Listen) WED The Inaudible Man WED Creepy goings-on in Victorian London with the curious tale WED of one who puts words in other people's mouths. Stars WED Terence Stamp. From January 1987. WED WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? b03k21ns (Listen) WED My Mum Is Shirley Bassey WED Stephen K Amos traces his ability to spin a yarn back to an WED incident with his mum and the school fete. WED Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos WED Produced by Colin Anderson. WED WED Himself: Stephen K Amos WED Young Stephen: Shaquille Ali-Yebuah WED Stephanie Amos: Fatou Sohna WED Virginia Amos: Ellen Thomas WED Vincent Amos: Don Gilet WED Miss Collins: Gemma Whelan WED Jayson: Frankie Wilson WED PE Teacher: Harry Jardine WED Red Coat: Harry Jardine WED Producer: Colin Anderson WED Writer: Jonathan Harvey WED Writer: Stephen K Amos WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007yntz (Listen) WED Series 5, The Male Suffragettes WED The lad says women hold men back, so he forms a group to WED re-establish male superiority. Stars Tony Hancock. From WED February 1958. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b012r6wt (Listen) WED Series 8, Episode 4 WED Tales of the circus, and Radio Prune's director speaks out. WED Stars John Cleese, David Hatch and Graeme Garden. From March WED 1970. WED WED 09:00 Winston Back Home b00pbv78 (Listen) WED So This Is What Happiness Is All About WED The old rogue and Nancy's idyllic return to Winterleaf WED Gunner proves to be short-lived. Stars Bill Wallis and WED Maurice Denham. From March 1994. WED WED 09:30 All the Way from Memphis b00jnlsm (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 6 WED James Walton's pop music history quiz with Tracey Macleod, WED Andrew Collins, Anthony Wilson and Richard Curtis. From WED January 2005. WED WED 10:00 The Complete Smiley b0161p5g (Listen) WED Smiley's People, Part 2 WED On the trail of the killer, George is reunited with an old WED colleague and thinks of an old enemy. Stars Simon Russell WED Beale. WED WED 11:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b03k3flf (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Wartime in Broadcasting House. Down in the concert hall, a WED startling event occurs in one of the booths. Read by WED Penelope Wilton. WED WED 11:15 Paint It Black b007jxq4 (Listen) WED Archers actress Felicity Finch accompanies a group of cave WED artists in their brave quest to paint underground tunnels WED and chambers. WED WED 11:30 When Pop and Politics Meet b008xr6r (Listen) WED Free Nelson Mandela WED When the pop music business bumps into the real business of WED politics the result is good music and a great story. WED Political pop moves into the global arena with the 1988 Free WED Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert. Muriel Gray WED discovers how the event focused the world's attention on WED Mandela's plight and ultimately contributed to his release. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007yntz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b012r6wt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 The Toff on the Farm b007js1v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtrfl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control b011q9gg (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Laura learns more about Hargrave's conduct and receives a WED request from De Courcy. But will she accept? Stars Gerda WED Stevenson. WED WED 14:15 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 14:30 Alice Munro - Dear Life b01nkt55 (Listen) WED Gravel WED Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in WED 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story WED form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through WED all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, WED Dear Life. WED Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic WED surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, WED captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that WED lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated WED emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page WED is turned. WED Today in Gravel, a woman remembers a life-changing winter WED when she was very young and tries to assuage her sense of WED complicity. WED The reader is Laurel Lefkow WED The abridger is Sally Marmion WED The producer is Di Speirs. WED Music details: WED Little Green WED by Joni Mitchell from the album WED Blue WED (Warner Music UK). WED WED 14:45 Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn b00zmdk5 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED The author heads to America to hone his skills, and picks up WED some bizarre but sound advice. Read by Nicholas Boulton. WED WED 15:00 The Complete Smiley b0161p5g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03kkmj7 (Listen) WED Philip Pullman reads the third of his Grimm Tales, and Mel WED gets to the bottom of nanotechnology which, among other WED things, makes your mobile phone work. WED WED 17:00 No Commitments b00776j7 (Listen) WED Series 13, Age Difference WED 4 Extra Debut. Can Charlotte make it as a model? And why WED isn't Victoria happier about Emily's pregnancy? With WED Rosemary Leach. From April 2007. WED WED 17:30 Tales From the Mausoleum Club b007k1w6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Robert Easby - Oneira b007k26v (Listen) WED A String of Time WED The museum guard ends up in the Texan desert with a dead WED American comic and a 13th-century friar. Stars Lyndsey WED Marshal. WED WED 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01nm20n (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Scholar Andrew MacLeod is taken to North Africa, where he's WED horrified to hear a voice from his past. Read by Robert WED Paterson. WED WED 18:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mlzcm (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED The intrepid explorers encounter advanced, intelligent WED beings on the moon. But are they friendly? Read by Tim WED Pigott-Smith. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007yntz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b012r6wt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 The Toff on the Farm b007js1v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtrfl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b03k3flf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Paint It Black b007jxq4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 21:30 When Pop and Politics Meet b008xr6r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] WED WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? b03k21ns (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Act Your Age b0106rvc (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 4 WED Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy WED generations to find out which is the funniest. Will it be WED the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who WED will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of WED Comedy. This week Holly Walsh is joined by Tom Deacon, Rufus WED Hound teams up with Henning Wehn and Ted Robbins is paired WED with Billy Pearce. WED Devised and Produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews. WED WED 23:00 Pick Ups b00nw3s1 (Listen) WED Series 2, Heroes and Villains WED Sitcom by Ian Kershaw, set around a Manchester taxi company. WED It's decision time - will Simon De Vere call time on Irwell WED Cars, and will Dave choose Milan over Lower Broughton WED Working Men's Club? WED Mike ...... Paul Loughran WED Lind ...... Lesley Sharp WED Dave ...... Phil Rowson WED Alan ...... Parvez Qadir WED Simon De Vere ...... James Quinn WED Stevie ...... Suranne Jones WED Pat the Butcher ...... Andrew Grose. WED WED 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun b007k1z6 (Listen) WED Episode 5 WED The cult BBC Radio 1 series hits Greenwich University, WED London. Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. From WED November 1993. WED WED THU THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER 2013 THU THU 00:00 Robert Easby - Oneira b007k26v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01nm20n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mlzcm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 The Toff on the Farm b007js1v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtrfl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Winston Back Home b00pbv78 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 All the Way from Memphis b00jnlsm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 The Complete Smiley b0161p5g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b03k3flf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Paint It Black b007jxq4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 When Pop and Politics Meet b008xr6r (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 No Commitments b00776j7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Tales From the Mausoleum Club b007k1w6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 The Toff on the Farm b007js4c (Listen) THU The Mystery of Selby Farm THU Finding an empty farmhouse safe, the Honourable Richard THU Rollison edges closer to solving the mystery. Stars Terence THU Alexander. THU THU 06:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtvfj (Listen) THU Series 3, Family Business THU A man goes missing with £98 grand in bookie's winnings. But THU no-one seems to know who he is. Stars Robert Daws and Duncan THU Preston. THU Robert Daws and Duncan Preston THU THU 07:00 Bookcases b00svc1m (Listen) THU Gone for a Burton THU 1855 - Primus's latest publishing coup is an explorer, but THU he seems to have lost his way. Stars Maggie Steed. From THU August 1998. THU THU 07:30 The Secret World b03k2bt9 (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 2 THU Sean Connery, Griff Rhys Jones, Pam Ayres, Kirsty Young, THU Peter Sallis, all have one thing in common. They enjoy THU nothing more than coming together every week or so for a bit THU of bare knuckle fighting. Well, they do in the strange THU alternative universe that is The Secret World. The THU impressions show with a difference. THU With Jon Culshaw, Julian Dutton, Lewis MacLeod, Jess THU Robinson, Debra Stephenson and Duncan Wisbey. THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jntl (Listen) THU Series 2, Getting the Bird THU Butcher Jones is short of meat, so Walker arranges a special THU off-ration supply. Adapted from TV with Clive Dunn. From May THU 1975. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b0110209 (Listen) THU From 12/11/1953 THU Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic comedy, with the debut THU of the Glums family with Pa, Ron and Eth. Stars Jimmy THU Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield. From November THU 1953. THU THU 09:00 Hazelbeach b00853kb (Listen) THU Series 1, Horse-Racing THU Can a trip to a race course help with Ronnie and Nick's THU perilous finances? Stars Jamie Foreman. From November 2007. 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 The Complete Smiley b016c8y7 (Listen) THU Smiley's People, Part 3 THU George has a chance to take his nemesis down once and for THU all. Will he lose himself in the process? Stars Simon THU Russell Beale. THU THU 11:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b03k3flh (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Wartime in Broadcasting House. Out on a stroll, two BBC THU staff make a discovery in Trafalgar Square. Read by Penelope THU Wilton. THU THU 11:15 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007zjw5 (Listen) THU Episode 10 THU Wartime in Broadcasting House. The story draws to an end THU with a cautious romance and an unexpected bang. Read by THU Penelope Wilton. THU THU 11:30 The Arts Show - The Soweto Gospel Choir b00833q0 (Listen) THU Janice Forsyth examines the success and humanitarian work of THU the Soweto Gospel Choir. THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jntl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b0110209 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 The Toff on the Farm b007js4c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtvfj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control b011qjfr (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Laura has agreed to marry De Courcy, but will Hargrave let THU her? Could danger be very near? Stars Gerda Stevenson. THU THU 14:15 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 14:30 Alice Munro - Dear Life b01npb85 (Listen) THU Pride THU Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in THU 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story THU form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through THU all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, THU Dear Life. THU Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic THU surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, THU captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that THU lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated THU emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page THU is turned. THU Today in Pride, an old man remembers his past and a THU friendship that might have grown in other circumstances. THU The reader is Garrick Hagan THU The abridger is Sally Marmion THU The producer is Di Speirs. THU Music details THU Piano Trio in d, Op.49: 2. Andante Con Moto Tranquillo THU by Felix Mendelssohn, performed by Beaux Arts Trio - from THU the album THU Dvorak / Mendelssohn: Piano Trios THU (Philips) THU THU 14:45 Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn b00zn04d (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU The author recalls his school days where his playing skill THU developed, before a disastrous performance. Read by Nicholas THU Boulton. THU THU 15:00 The Complete Smiley b016c8y7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03kkxgj (Listen) THU Mel finds out why swallows sometimes fly high and sometimes THU low, and meets the Batman from Brazil - dentist by day and THU superhero by night. Plus, freezing eyelashes in the Arctic. THU THU 17:00 Ballylenon b00807h2 (Listen) THU Series 5, Episode 5 THU The Hoover cottage wrangling continues as Stompy's railway THU protest back-fires. It's 1956 in the sleepy Irish town. THU Stars TP McKenna. THU THU 17:30 Bookcases b00svc1m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Robert Easby - Oneira b007k284 (Listen) THU The Thing With Two Cappuccinos THU When the museum guard forgets to pay for a coffee, she's THU chased by a multiplying hoard of android waitresses. Stars THU Peter Marinker. THU THU 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01nm5jd (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Now back in Scotland, MacLeod becomes increasingly dependent THU on Mylne's support. Read by Robert Paterson. THU THU 18:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mm3cf (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU The intrepid explorers are now running for their lives from THU the moon's inhabitants, the Selenites. Read by Tim THU Pigott-Smith. THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jntl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b0110209 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 The Toff on the Farm b007js4c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtvfj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b03k3flh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007zjw5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 21:30 The Arts Show - The Soweto Gospel Choir b00833q0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] THU THU 22:00 The Secret World b03k2bt9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Elvenquest b00w7f23 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 3 THU The Quest for the Sword of Asnagar continues and this week THU finds Vidar and his team outside the Citadel of Gondola THU which is being laid siege to by the amassed hordes of the THU evil Lord Darkness. But when they get searched on their way THU into the Citadel - there's been a lot of trouble with THU "suicide fairies" - Sam comes across a love potion in THU Vidar's belongings and his mind unsurprisingly turns from THU defending the citadel to making his move on Penthiselea. THU But the path of true love is never a steady one and Sam's THU plans for marital bliss soon fall apart when he discovers THU time with an amorous Penthiselea isn't all it's cracked up THU to be, and Vidar drinks the love potion by mistake. THU An all-star cast, featuring: THU Stephen Mangan as "Sam", THU Alistair McGowan as "Lord Darkness", THU Christine Kavanagh as "The High Priestess of Gondola" THU Kevin Eldon as "Dean/Kreech", THU Darren Boyd as "Vidar", THU Dave Lamb as "Amis - The Chosen One" THU Sophie Winkleman as "Penthiselea" THU The writers are Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto (Goodness THU Gracious Me, The Kumar's At No. 42) THU The producer is Sam Michell. THU THU 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group b010y7bp (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 2 THU Award winning comedian Sarah Millican is back for a second THU series playing Sarah, modern day agony aunt dishing out real THU advice for real people. THU Solving the nations problems with her Support Group, she THU wants you to live life to the upmost, and she's got tons of THU ideas of how to help. Together with her team of experts of THU the heart - man of the people local cabbie Terry, and self THU qualified counsellor Marion - Sarah tackles the nation's THU problems head on and has a solution for everything, (which THU normally encompasses cake, tea and hugs). THU This week the team tackle two problems - "I think I'm THU addicted to plastic surgery" and "My retired Dad has more of THU a social life than me - how can I get him to swap stripping THU for slippers?" THU Sarah Millican Sarah THU Ruth Bratt Marion THU Simon Day Terry THU Rachel Isy Suttie THU Ian William Andrews THU Jeff Kevin Eldon THU Clive Malcolm Tierney. THU THU 23:30 Rubbish b00770kq (Listen) THU Series 1, Whistleblower THU Is local government officer Martin to blame for the THU notorious Dalek of Death compost bins? Stars Reece Dinsdale. THU From October 2006. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Robert Easby - Oneira b007k284 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01nm5jd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mm3cf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 The Toff on the Farm b007js4c (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Trueman and Riley b01dtvfj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Hazelbeach b00853kb (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 The Complete Smiley b016c8y7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b03k3flh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices b007zjw5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 The Arts Show - The Soweto Gospel Choir b00833q0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 Ballylenon b00807h2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Bookcases b00svc1m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home b007jsmq (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI The kindly detective probes dark deeds in the world of FRI small-time animal charities. Colin Watson mystery starring FRI John Rowe. FRI FRI 06:30 Trueman and Riley b01dvydy (Listen) FRI Series 3, Green Machine FRI When an environmental activist is knocked off his bike, the FRI detective duo find green issues can be grey. Stars Robert FRI Daws and Duncan Preston. FRI Robert Daws and Duncan Preston FRI FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses b007jrl9 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Sleeping Partners FRI Rosie's event for a high finance company allows Kate to spot FRI her ticket back into a top job. Stars Arabella Weir. From FRI May 2000. FRI FRI 07:30 Meet David Sedaris b03kp2kh (Listen) FRI Series 4, Repeat After Me FRI One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC FRI Radio 4 doing what he does best. FRI This week, a story dealing with the guilt he sometimes feels FRI as a result of writing stories about his family in "Repeat FRI After Me" and some more extracts from his hilarious diary. FRI Producer: Steve Doherty FRI A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Reader: David Sedaris FRI Producer: Steve Doherty FRI Writer: David Sedaris FRI FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlg5 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Crossed Swords FRI Excited Harold lets greed get the better of him. Adapted FRI from TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From FRI July 1967. FRI FRI 08:30 Yes Minister b007jmpx (Listen) FRI Series 1, The Right to Know FRI Jim Hacker tries to excavate himself from problems with FRI badgers. Stars Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne. From FRI November 1983. FRI FRI 09:00 Girls Will Be Girls b0082hdc (Listen) FRI From 16/12/1989 FRI The Bobo girls take to the stage with more comedy and music. FRI Starring Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam. From December FRI 1989. FRI FRI 09:30 Electric Ink b01jjtn5 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 1 FRI By Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson. FRI A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. FRI Maddox has lost the job of news editor and now faces being FRI sued. FRI Maddox ..... John Sessions FRI Oliver ..... Alex Jennings FRI Freddy ..... Stephen Wight FRI Carol ..... Polly Frame FRI Masha ..... Debbie Chazen FRI Keith ..... Sam Dale FRI Producer ..... Sally Avens FRI Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's satire is set in the FRI world of modern newspapers. FRI A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major FRI news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands FRI of working in a multi-platform environment, watching FRI circulation figures plummet and the recession causing half FRI the workforce to be laid off. FRI At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between FRI Maddox Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper FRI investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who FRI will regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a FRI story. But they have a grudging respect for the each other FRI as Freddy helps Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, FRI Facebook and podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff FRI out the real story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the FRI pragmatic Editor more concerned with keeping his job, and FRI Carol, the news editor who believes that circulation will FRI increase if they run pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans FRI and 'intelligent' skunks rather than Maddox's moral FRI crusading diatribes. And only Masha, the Russian head of FRI online communities, who wants to give away all their content FRI because that is true democracy, knows Freddy's secret; that FRI he's a posh boy from Eton rather than a hypercool kid from FRI the street; well that's what Freddy thinks anyway. FRI Alistair Beaton is one of our best known political FRI satirists. He won the Evening Standard comedy award for his FRI play 'Feelgood', was a founding member of 'Not The Nine FRI O'clock News' and also wrote 'A Very Social Secretary' and ' FRI The Trial of Tony Blair' for television. Tom Mitchelson is a FRI writer and journalist. FRI John Sessions takes on the role of Maddox Bradley. John is FRI best known for his improvisation work on Whose Line is It FRI Anyway and Stella Street. Stephen Wight was last seen in FRI Whites on BBC2 and won the Evening Standard Award for Best FRI Newcomer in 2007. He recently appeared at the National FRI Theatre in The Habit of Art alongside Alex Jennings. Polly FRI Frame was most recently seen in Earthquakes in London at the FRI National and Debbie Chazen is currently on tour with FRI Calendar Girls. FRI FRI 10:00 The Complete Smiley b016d4z8 (Listen) FRI The Secret Pilgrim, Part 1 FRI Recollections of an eventful secret life when a British spy FRI went missing. John le Carre thriller stars Simon Russell FRI Beale. FRI FRI 11:00 Songlines b03nxmcn (Listen) FRI Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica FRI Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica, a hymn written in 1897 was adopted FRI by the ANC as its anthem of liberation and which, in 1994 FRI became the national anthem of South Africa. FRI FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlg5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 Yes Minister b007jmpx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home b007jsmq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Trueman and Riley b01dvydy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control b011qm90 (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Laura has been kidnapped by the love-crazed Hargrave. How FRI will she make her escape? Stars Gerda Stevenson. FRI FRI 14:15 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 14:30 Alice Munro - Dear Life b01nt07t (Listen) FRI To Reach Japan FRI Alice Munro was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in FRI 2013. She is widely regarded as a doyenne of the short story FRI form, a writer whose acuity and compassion shines through FRI all her work. These stories are from her 2012 collection, FRI Dear Life. FRI Set mostly in the small towns and quiet domestic FRI surroundings of her native Canada, Munro, as always, FRI captures the ordinary and reveals the extraordinary that FRI lies beneath. Life is laid bare, and the complicated FRI emotions of normal lives resonate long after the final page FRI is turned. FRI Today in To Reach Japan, a young poet sets out across a FRI continent and finds more than she imagined. FRI The reader is Laurel Lefkow FRI The abridger is Sally Marmion FRI The producer is Di Speirs. FRI Music details FRI Dogsong 2 FRI by The Be Good Tanyas - from the album FRI Chinatown FRI (EMI). FRI FRI 14:45 Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn b00zn5ch (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI The day of the big performance arrives, but is a year of FRI endeavour enough to impress Jasper's peers? Read by Nicholas FRI Boulton. FRI FRI 15:00 The Complete Smiley b016d4z8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03kl181 (Listen) FRI Liar and Spy author Rebecca Stead chooses her Inheritance FRI Books, and Mel hears about the traditional food which became FRI popular in Iceland after the financial crash. FRI FRI 17:00 Capital Gains b007qw7j (Listen) FRI Series 1, Thirty Minute Theatre FRI Hard-up Julius Hutch's world of retirement is turned upside FRI down by a blundering bank. Stars Peter Jones. From April FRI 1994. FRI FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses b007jrl9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Robert Easby - Oneira b007k29f (Listen) FRI Mind the Gap FRI The museum guard ends up literally talking to herself, and FRI finds her other self very rude. Stars Lyndsey Marshal. FRI FRI 18:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01nmjxb (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI MacLeod witnesses a mysterious ceremony in a former church FRI and meets with his friend's widow. Read by Robert Paterson. FRI FRI 18:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mmrhb (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Bedford and Cavor's mission to the moon comes to a FRI surprising and unexpected conclusion. Read by Tim FRI Pigott-Smith. FRI FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlg5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 Yes Minister b007jmpx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home b007jsmq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Trueman and Riley b01dvydy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Songlines b03nxmcn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Meet David Sedaris b03kp2kh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 The Consultants b008j2v3 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 2 FRI Chesney throws a festive party for his colleagues. Cerebral FRI sketch show with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. From FRI December 2004. FRI FRI 23:00 Old Harry's Game b007jpf2 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Too Far 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 The Mary Whitehouse Experience b007jn3d (Listen) FRI From 10/03/1990 FRI The al Fayed purchase of Harrods is mocked. Sketches, FRI stand-up and general ranting from David Baddiel, Rob Newman, FRI Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From March 1990. FRI