20 December, 2013

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21/12/2013 - 27/12/2013

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SAT SATURDAY 21 DECEMBER 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood b007jv49 (Listen) SAT The Antarctican SAT The struggle at the South Pole continues, but there's only SAT room for one survivor. Starring Tom Mannion and Tim SAT McMullan. SAT SAT 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix b01ns0y8 (Listen) SAT Episode 10 SAT Can MacLeod escape the evil that stretches from North Africa SAT to Scotland? The gripping conclusion read by Robert SAT Paterson. SAT SAT 00:45 A Night With a Vampire b017mws7 (Listen) SAT Series 2, A Lot of Mince Pies SAT Written by Robert Swindells. SAT Swindells is a British author known mainly for his SAT children's books and indeed, this tale first appeared in a SAT collection of haunted tales for the young adult. But it has SAT a macabre and chilling undertone - set at Xmas and focussing SAT on a group of carollers who visit the same cottage every SAT year - and receive a special treat in return..... SAT David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling SAT Vampire stories. SAT Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian SAT Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th SAT Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the SAT UK and the USA. SAT Producer: Clive Brill SAT A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 01:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home b007jtdt (Listen) SAT Episode 6 SAT As Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den, can the inspector SAT unravel the wicked web? Colin Watson mystery with John Rowe. SAT SAT 01:30 Falco b007wpcl (Listen) SAT The Silver Pigs, Episode 4 SAT Investigator Falco exposes a murderer and makes a discovery SAT about love in the strict Roman class structure. Stars Anton SAT Lesser. SAT SAT 02:00 Girls Will Be Girls b007jy1z (Listen) SAT From 23/02/1991 SAT Sketches and songs from Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam, SAT featuring some girly gossip at the health club. SAT SAT 02:30 Electric Ink b01jrt6d (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 2 SAT by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson. SAT A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. SAT Maddox refuses to give up a source. Could he really face SAT prison. SAT Maddox ..... John Sessions SAT Oliver ..... Alex Jennings SAT Freddy ..... Stephen Wight SAT Carol ..... Polly Frame SAT Masha ..... Debbie Chazen SAT Policeman ..... Henry Devas SAT Warder ..... Adeel Akhtar SAT Producer ..... Sally Avens SAT Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's satire is set in the SAT world of modern newspapers. SAT A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major SAT news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands SAT of working in a multi-platform environment, watching SAT circulation figures plummet and the recession causing half SAT the workforce to be laid off. SAT At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between SAT Maddox Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper SAT investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who SAT will regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a SAT story. But they have a grudging respect for the each other SAT as Freddy helps Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, SAT Facebook and podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff SAT out the real story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the SAT pragmatic editor more concerned with keeping his job, and SAT Carol, the news editor who believes that circulation will SAT increase if they run pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans SAT and 'intelligent' skunks rather than Maddox's moral SAT crusading diatribes. And only Masha, the Russian head of SAT online communities, who wants to give away all their content SAT because that is true democracy, knows Freddy's secret; that SAT he's a posh boy from Eton rather than a hypercool kid from SAT the street; well that's what Freddy thinks anyway. SAT SAT 03:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon b00t18j1 (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT A duel forces 18th-century Irish adventurer Redmond Barry to SAT leave home and serve in the Seven Years War. Stars Gerard SAT McSorley. SAT SAT 04:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting b01dlff5 (Listen) SAT Sleep SAT Tom watches his wife sleep, reflecting on all the events of SAT their life together through 25 years. Short stories by the SAT Irish novelist, read by Don Wycherley. SAT SAT 04:15 Old Ladies at the Zoo b03lnyc8 (Listen) SAT Every week, Bruno and Lily go to look at the animals. But SAT today it's time for some confessions. Stars Liz Smith and SAT Peggy Mount. SAT SAT 05:00 Capital Gains b007r5d3 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Venture Capital SAT Absconding with £4.6 million cash proves challenging for SAT benefactor Julius Hutch. Stars Peter Jones. From April 1995. SAT SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses b007k0d2 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Survival of the Fittest SAT When her company takes on a murder mystery evening, it isn't SAT Rosie who makes a killing. Stars Prunella Scales. From May SAT 2000. SAT SAT 06:00 Caryl Churchill - Top Girls b0076y00 (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. 1980s woman Marlene celebrates her promotion SAT with a dinner for five remarkable women - all long dead. SAT Stars Lesley Manville. SAT SAT 07:30 Candlelight: The Living Flame b00765mf (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. Through personal story and commentary, an SAT exploration of the symbolism of candlelight and its affinity SAT to Christmas time. From December 2001. SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b018j117 (Listen) SAT Series 7, Episode 10 SAT The festive funny man's highlights from Christmases past. SAT Including legendary folk singer Odetta and soprano Renee SAT Fleming. SAT SAT 09:00 Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking b007jzvz (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Feel festive with Radio Active, The Masterson Inheritance, SAT and Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead. Plus Tony Hawks' SAT 12 Days of Christmas and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas SAT Carol. SAT SAT 12:00 Roddy Doyle - The Snapper, Omnibus b03lzb4g (Listen) SAT Barrytown 1989, and Sharon has a shocking announcement that SAT is about to rock the Rabbitte household. What on earth will SAT the neighbours think? SAT SAT 13:15 Baldi b007k06w (Listen) SAT Series 3, Tempus Fugit SAT The priestly sleuth finds that time waits for no man as he SAT investigates a murder. Stars David Threlfall and Tina SAT Kellegher. SAT SAT 14:00 The Navy Lark b008fj41 (Listen) SAT Celebrating Their Important Anniversary SAT 4 Extra Debut. It's Troutbridge's 25th, and Pertwee plans SAT some special commemorative gifts. With Richard Caldicot. SAT From September 1967. SAT SAT 14:30 Thirty Minutes Worth b00rl56h (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT Cat burglar Fingers Fogerty pays the comedian an unwelcome SAT visit. Stars Harry Worth and Michael Robbins. From October SAT 1988. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b018j117 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Caryl Churchill - Top Girls b0076y00 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Meet David Sedaris b03lnprh (Listen) SAT Series 4, #2 to Go; Innocents Abroad SAT One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC SAT Radio 4 doing what he does best. SAT This week, in "#2 to Go", a trip to China does not work out SAT well for David - especially on the food front. SAT The second story is called "Innocents Abroad" and tackles SAT the tricky tightrope of "going native" when learning a SAT foreign language. SAT Producer: Steve Doherty SAT A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:00 Fear on Four b007jv55 (Listen) SAT A Day at the Dentist SAT Why is a dentist set on a dreadful revenge against an SAT unsuspecting patient? Stars John Castle and the Man in SAT Black, Edward De Souza. SAT SAT 18:30 Sheridan Le Fanu - Schalken the Painter b007sw35 (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT The ghoulish Vanderhausen seals his deal with Rose's uncle SAT and takes her away. 17th century mystery concluded by Ian SAT McDiarmid. SAT SAT 19:00 Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking b007jzvz (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 4 Extra Stands Up b03lzcph (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT Made for 4 Extra. Janey Godley's line-up includes Tony Law SAT and Hari Sriskantha. Recorded at The Stand Comedy Club in SAT Edinburgh earlier this year. SAT SAT 23:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b010nnhx (Listen) SAT Leaves of the Dead, Welcome to the Nightmare SAT Feisty Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield probes a third SAT killing. Could it be a ritual murder? Stars Imelda Staunton SAT and Geoffrey Matthews. SAT SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller b011p4q4 (Listen) SAT Hakan Nesser - Woman With Birthmark, Episode 5 SAT Inspector Van Veeteren pieces together a woman's past to SAT help understand a serial killer. Read by Michael Maloney. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 22 DECEMBER 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Fear on Four b007jv55 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Sheridan Le Fanu - Schalken the Painter b007sw35 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b018j117 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Roddy Doyle - The Snapper, Omnibus b03lzb4g (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Baldi b007k06w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Caryl Churchill - Top Girls b0076y00 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Meet David Sedaris b03lnprh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Ladies of Letters b00wr8st (Listen) SUN Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat, Omnibus SUN Recipes and Christmas survival tips from the worst of pen SUN friends Vera and Irene. Stars Patricia Routledge and SUN Prunella Scales. SUN SUN 07:15 Could Do Better b007znr4 (Listen) SUN Stephen Fry SUN 4 Extra Debut. Robert Booth summons writer and comic actor SUN Stephen Fry to his study for a quiet word about his school SUN reports. From November 1987. SUN SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00gd4sy (Listen) SUN Series 4, Alf Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmare SUN Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur SUN Strong is an expert in everything from the world of SUN entertainment to the origins of the species, all false SUN starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a delicate SUN sheen of bravado and self-assurance. SUN After Gerry takes a tumble over a bucket mysteriously left SUN in his cafe, Arthur steps in and offers to 'do an Alf SUN Ramsey' by running the cafe in Gerry's absence. Culinary SUN experimentation, customer service... Arthur's a natural. Or SUN is he...? SUN With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield and SUN Alastair Kerr. SUN A Komedia Entertainment/Smooth Operations production for BBC SUN Radio 4. SUN SUN 08:00 The Burkiss Way b00gs067 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Plan Christmas Schedules the Burkiss Way SUN The team mock TV and radio's festive line-up. Stars Nigel SUN Rees, Jo Kendall, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris. From SUN December 1976. SUN SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid b007jszx (Listen) SUN The Kid Makes History SUN The schoolboy is in trouble for not doing his homework, so SUN Alfie is forced to help. Starring Jimmy Clitheroe. From SUN December 1964. SUN SUN 09:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories b00tv8wd (Listen) SUN Letting Your Hair Down SUN When her parents separate, Kate is sent to stay with her SUN strict Aunt Austeria. Modern retelling of a Brothers Grimm SUN tale, with Jane Danson. SUN SUN 09:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin b007jvdm (Listen) SUN Series 2, The Calculus Affair, part 2 SUN Not only is Professor Calculus still missing, but his SUN long-distance ultrasonic weapon has been stolen too. Stars SUN Richard Pearce. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03lzh0x (Listen) SUN The Good Life, Richard Briers SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Verdi to Mozart, the Good Life star SUN offers his second castaway selection. With Sue Lawley. From SUN December 2000. SUN SUN 10:45 Charles Dickens - The Signalman b00pdkdp (Listen) SUN The famous spine-chilling tale about a railway worker SUN haunted by a spectre, warning him of danger on the rails. SUN Read by Emlyn Williams. SUN SUN 11:00 That Reminds Me b007jn6n (Listen) SUN Series 2, Roy Hudd SUN The comedian and actor looks back on his showbusiness career SUN on stage, TV and radio, and the famous folk he worked with. SUN From September 2000. SUN SUN 11:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b00cyywj (Listen) SUN Jenny Secombe SUN Harry Secombe's daughter chats to Sally Magnusson about SUN growing up with her versatile, funny father. From January SUN 2007. SUN SUN 12:00 Ladies of Letters b00wr8st (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Could Do Better b007znr4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 JM Barrie - The Little White Bird b00sbcdt (Listen) SUN A young boy becomes the 'son' a retired bachelor never had, SUN so sparking the creation of Peter Pan. Stars Michael SUN Siberry. SUN SUN 15:00 The Burkiss Way b00gs067 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid b007jszx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b03lzj5c (Listen) SUN Mel Giedroyc is back with highlights of the past week, SUN including the farmer who turned his cow's mooing into a SUN best-selling ringtone and a chat with Sir Bruce Forsyth. SUN SUN 17:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories b00tv8wd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin b007jvdm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 The Laxian Key b007k2m3 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN London is melting, but planetary decontaminationists Arnold SUN and Gregor get the blame and go on the run. Stars Chris SUN Larner. SUN SUN 18:30 A Short History of Vampires b00yqqs8 (Listen) SUN Hero Dust SUN By Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Natalie Haynes introduces another SUN tale of the undead. A slayer is searching for his successor. SUN Read by David Horovitch. SUN SUN 19:00 That Reminds Me b007jn6n (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b00cyywj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 The Burkiss Way b00gs067 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid b007jszx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03lzh0x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Charles Dickens - The Signalman b00pdkdp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00gd4sy (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 The Richest Man in Britain b00nw3wq (Listen) SUN The Kidnap SUN Sitcom by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith about an ageing rock SUN star and his search for fulfilment. SUN Trillionnaire rocker Dave Mabbutt finds the perfect excuse SUN to get rid of shed-loads of cash when his mum is taken SUN hostage. SUN Dave Mabbutt ...... Mark Williams SUN Dom ...... Russell Tovey SUN Mr Green the Banker ......Geoff McGivern SUN Dimitri the Kidnapper ...... Phil Cornwell SUN Sophie/Waiter ...... Matt Addis. SUN SUN 23:00 King Cutler b008s3cc (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler present offbeat humorous songs, SUN stories and poems. With Craig Murray-Orr. From January 1990. SUN SUN 23:30 The Maltby Collection b00mqhqt (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 5 SUN Sitcom by David Nobbs, set in a museum. SUN The museum is due to send an exhibition of its finest SUN artefacts around Europe, but can Walter find a suitably SUN experienced and diplomatic staff member to curate it? 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/Van Driver ...... Chris Pavlo SUN Barman ...... Stephen Hogan. SUN Credits SUN Producer: Colin Anderson SUN SUN MON MONDAY 23 DECEMBER 2013 MON MON 00:00 The Laxian Key b007k2m3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 A Short History of Vampires b00yqqs8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03lzh0x (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Charles Dickens - The Signalman b00pdkdp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 That Reminds Me b007jn6n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b00cyywj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 The Burkiss Way b00gs067 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 JM Barrie - The Little White Bird b00sbcdt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories b00tv8wd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin b007jvdm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qrp6 (Listen) MON Confession of Guilt MON A woman wants to be absolved from a murder, but will the MON psychiatrist-sleuth agree? Ernest Dudley's 1957 thriller MON with Cecil Parker. MON MON 06:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4fd (Listen) MON The Confession of Guilt MON The Old Bailey hack recalls the case of an immigrant accused MON of wounding. By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham. MON MON 07:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet b0094wj8 (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 6 MON Have Daniel and Lucy finally had enough of dealing with MON other people's problems? Stars David Tennant. From November MON 2003. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b03lpc02 (Listen) MON Series 60, Episode 6 MON Back for a second week at the Milton Keynes Theatre, MON regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor MON are joined on the panel by David Mitchell, with Jack Dee in MON the chair. Piano accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell. MON Producer - Jon Naismith. MON MON 08:00 Round the Horne b00srqjv (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 5 MON Douglas Smith is taken for a spin, and Julian and Sandy sign MON up a bona new male model. Stars Kenneth Horne and Kenneth MON Williams. From March 1968. MON MON 08:30 The Navy Lark b007k018 (Listen) MON Computerising MON 4 Extra Debut. Captain Povey hopes a new machine called MON Cecil will help him command Troutbridge. With Leslie MON Phillips. From September 1967. MON MON 09:00 2525 b007znn2 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON First on 4 Extra. In the year 2525, if man is still alive, MON if woman can survive, then it may sound something like this. MON The new comedy sketch show set 512 years in the future. MON MON 09:30 At Home With the Hardys b00lbnyq (Listen) MON Surprise Surprise MON Bored Kitty's surprise birthday party exceeds everyone's MON expectations. Stars Jeremy Hardy and Kit Hollerbach. From MON May 1990. MON MON 10:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon b00t1bsd (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON Pursuing widowed Lady Lyndon, Redmond Barry becomes a titled MON country squire. But then his luck changes. Stars Gerard MON McSorley. MON MON 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvdpz (Listen) MON The Clangers MON A tender tale of a young girl's first day at nursery school. MON Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, read by Amara MON Karan. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b03m3j7d (Listen) MON Sting, Harry Hill, Nick Lowe, David Quantick, Orla Brady MON Clive finds a Message In A Bottle from singer-songwriter MON Sting, who talks about fronting The Police and his MON successful solo career. He performs the title track to new MON album 'The Last Ship', which draws upon his memories of MON growing up in the shadow of the Swan Hunters Shipyard in MON Wallsend and explores the complexity of relationships, MON community and the passage of time. An intimate live MON performance, recorded in New York 'Sting: When The Last Ship MON Sails' is on 22nd December at 22.55 on BBC One. MON Clive takes off in the Tardis with actress Orla Brady, who's MON starring in the Christmas episode of Doctor Who. Orbiting a MON quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's MON deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that MON echoes out to the stars - and amongst them, the Doctor. MON 'Doctor Who - The Time Of The Doctor' is on Christmas Day at MON 19.30 on BBC One. MON David Quantick talks to musician and Jesus of Cool, Nick MON Lowe. A pivotal figure in UK music, Nick has recorded a MON string of solo albums. 'Quality Street - A Seasonal MON Selection For All The Family' is a twinkling blend of MON traditional hymns, forgotten gems and Lowe originals that MON conjure up all the nostalgia, good cheer and warmth of the MON season. Nick also performs 'Christmas At The Airport'. MON It's Sausage Time for Clive, who has a festive mash-up with MON comedian Harry Hill, now in a cinema near you with 'The MON Harry Hill Movie'. Under the mistaken impression that his MON pet hamster, Abu, is ill, matters deteriorate when Harry and MON his Nan are wrongly informed by the Vet that Abu's days are MON numbered. Unbeknownst to them, the Vet is the henchman of MON Harry's evil twin brother Otto, who plans to kidnap Abu for MON a plastinated hamster world he's creating in his evil lair MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON MON 12:00 Round the Horne b00srqjv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Navy Lark b007k018 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qrp6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4fd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves b007jtbl (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Back in Cornwall's Porthant Bay after 60 years, Marjorie MON Beaumont is coming to terms with her past. Stars Elizabeth MON Bradley. MON MON 14:15 Puzzling Passions b0075yb6 (Listen) MON Puzzles of Space MON 4 Extra Debut. Marcel Berlins explores his own love of MON puzzles, and the significance of mazes as iconography and MON pastime. From October 2000. MON MON 14:30 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver b00nm5ww (Listen) MON Mrs Miniver Comes Home; On Hampstead Heath MON First appearing in The Times in 1937 and immortalised on MON film, the engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by MON Penelope Wilton. MON MON 14:45 The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi b00xblgw (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Kenneth Cranham reads Andrew McConnell Stott's account of MON the world-famous clown who became a superstar of Georgian MON panto. MON MON 15:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon b00t1bsd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03lzxjn (Listen) MON Mel Giedroyc with Sir David Jason's atmospheric reading of MON Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, plus it's the end of the MON 1000-Mile Husky Race and we cook the perfect Christmas cake. MON MON 17:00 The World As We Know It b00fks6k (Listen) MON Babytalk MON The last four people on Earth plus the mysterious stranger MON ponder continuing the human race. Stars Meera Syal. From May MON 1999. MON MON 17:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet b0094wj8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales b018jcct (Listen) MON The Black Cat MON The master of horror shares a classic creepy yarn. Black MON cats loom large in Edgar Allan Poe's story of feline MON revenge. MON MON 18:15 MR James: Ghost Stories b007jtcn (Listen) MON Canon Alberic's Scrapbook MON A collector of antiquities finds a priceless ancient book. MON But something evil lies within its pages. Read by Benjamin MON Whitrow. MON MON 18:30 Wally K Daly - 625Y b007js6f (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON A scientist discovers a gene that could determine a man or MON woman's natural lifespan. Stars Amanda Root and Geoffrey MON Whitehead. MON MON 19:00 Round the Horne b00srqjv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Navy Lark b007k018 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qrp6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4fd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvdpz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b03m3j7d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b03lpc02 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 2525 b007znn2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra b03lsn4c (Listen) MON Series 9, Episode 7 MON A satirical review of the week's news chaired by Sandi MON Toksvig. Featuring jokes, clips and material that you won't MON have heard in this week's News Quiz. MON MON 23:45 Hearing With Hegley b0075ss5 (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 7 MON Recorded at the Hegley Home, John invites poet Christopher MON Logue and 'actor of sorts' Andrew Bailey to discuss their MON favourite writers and perform the Tarentella. From March MON 2000. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales b018jcct (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 MR James: Ghost Stories b007jtcn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Wally K Daly - 625Y b007js6f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qrp6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4fd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 2525 b007znn2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 At Home With the Hardys b00lbnyq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon b00t1bsd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvdpz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b03m3j7d (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The World As We Know It b00fks6k (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet b0094wj8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qw04 (Listen) TUE The Blackmailer TUE The psychiatrist-turned-detective probes the dealings of a TUE mysterious Spanish count. Ernest Dudley's thriller with TUE Cecil Parker. From February 1957. TUE TUE 06:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4gk (Listen) TUE The Dear Departed TUE The Old Bailey hack recalls a fraud case based on some TUE ghostly messages. By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham. TUE TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road b007k1q4 (Listen) TUE Episode 5 TUE Edgar Finchley's adventures continue as he leads a village TUE uprising and gains a travelling companion. With Richard TUE Griffiths. TUE TUE 07:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b03lph8r (Listen) TUE Series 5, Episode 4 TUE Last in the series of comedy sketches from David Mitchell, TUE Robert Webb, Olivia Colman and James Bachman, including a TUE horror story for slugs; the Escalator brothers inventing the TUE world's first horseless staircase; and the very last TUE programme the BBC ever does... TUE Credits TUE Performer: David Mitchell TUE Performer: Robert Webb TUE Performer: Olivia Colman TUE Performer: James Bachman TUE Producer: Gareth Edwards TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b0080j61 (Listen) TUE Sale of Manhattan TUE Sale of Manhattan: Neddie Seagoon learns he is the rightful TUE owner of New York and sets off to reclaim his land. Stars TUE Harry Secombe. From November 1955. TUE TUE 08:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007jv6w (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 1 TUE Shady lawyer Flywheel looks after a Rembrandt. The Marx TUE Brothers' lost shows recreated. With Michael Roberts. From TUE June 1990. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b03lsn4c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:45 Hearing With Hegley b0075ss5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Gaston Leroux - The Mystery of the Yellow Room TUE b01gyl0j (Listen) TUE How was a woman shot at, knocked unconscious and left for TUE dead in a locked room? Stars Nicholas Boulton and Geoffrey TUE Whitehead. TUE TUE 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvkch (Listen) TUE The Turtle TUE A fractured family finds solace in a newly hatched egg. TUE Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, read by Seeta TUE Indrani. TUE TUE 11:15 Charles Dickens - The Haunted Man and the Ghost's TUE Bargain b007jw8x (Listen) TUE Charles Dickens' last Christmas story is a vivid account of TUE a man tormented by his past. With Michael Tudor-Barnes and TUE John Moffatt. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b0080j61 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007jv6w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qw04 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4gk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves b007jtbt (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Rediscovering her Cornish past, Marjorie visits the Tate in TUE St Ives and finds a supper companion. Stars Elizabeth TUE Bradbury. TUE TUE 14:15 Puzzling Passions b0075ygq (Listen) TUE Maths TUE Marcel Berlins looks at the value of games and playing TUE within maths, and at what point it becomes serious. From TUE October 2000. TUE TUE 14:30 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver b00nm9sb (Listen) TUE The New Car; Guy Fawkes Day TUE The engaging stories of an English housewife, created for TUE The Times in 1937 and immortalised on film. Read by Penelope TUE Wilton. TUE TUE 14:45 The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi b00xc8k8 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE When tragedy strikes, the young clown seeks consolation in TUE making others laugh with a new character. Read by Kenneth TUE Cranham. TUE TUE 15:00 Gaston Leroux - The Mystery of the Yellow Room TUE b01gyl0j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03m05bn (Listen) TUE Mel Giedroyc celebrates Annie Lennox's birthday, and Sophie TUE Dahl shows us how to make the perfect Bread and Butter TUE Pudding. TUE TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag b00dhkzf (Listen) TUE Series 4, In Custody TUE Ambassador Mackenzie must tackle the delicate issue of a TUE Briton being held hostage. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From June TUE 1992. TUE TUE 17:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road b007k1q4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales b018jk1f (Listen) TUE The Man of Science TUE The famed horror actor recounts Jerome K Jerome's piquant TUE story of a doctor being hunted from beyond the grave. TUE TUE 18:15 MR James: Ghost Stories b007jtfj (Listen) TUE Lost Hearts TUE A young orphan is given a home by his elderly cousin. But TUE how hospitable is the old man? Read by Benjamin Whitrow. TUE TUE 18:30 Wally K Daly - 625Y b007nfs5 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Scientist Kate Brown's attempt to bring her new gene TUE discovery into the public domain doesn't go to plan. Stars TUE Amanda Root and Geoffrey Whitehead. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b0080j61 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007jv6w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qw04 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4gk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvkch (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Charles Dickens - The Haunted Man and the Ghost's TUE Bargain b007jw8x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b03lph8r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Mark Steel Lecture b007jlx9 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Leonardo da Vinci TUE The radical comedian profiles the Italian artist and scholar TUE - a genius or a hopeless absent-minded buffoon? From March TUE 2001. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03qlhvq (Listen) TUE For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the TUE best laughs around. Tonight, Robin Cooper speaks to Brian TUE Butterfield. TUE TUE 23:00 Delve Special b007jmq1 (Listen) TUE Series 2, City Limits TUE David Lander probes shady shenanigans in London's Square TUE Mile. Stars Stephen Fry and Harry Enfield. From September TUE 1986. TUE TUE 23:30 Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard b00yqvkb (Listen) TUE Series 2, Team Building 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 is convinced by Councillor Campbell to TUE take part in a team building exercise. TUE Featuring and co-written by Scottish stand up David Kay, and TUE starring Gordon Kennedy and Jack Docherty with this week's TUE guest star Brian Pettifer. Mordrin McDonald mixes the TUE magical with the mundane and offers a hilarious take on the TUE life of a modern day Wizard. TUE Cast: TUE Mordrin ..... David Kay TUE Geoff ..... Gordon Kennedy TUE Councillor Campbell ..... Callum Cuthbertson TUE Pete The Pict ..... Brian Pettifer TUE Heather ..... Hannah Donaldson TUE Producer/Director: Gus Beattie TUE A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:45 Mastering the Universe b00wstg6 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Christmas TUE Professor Joy Klamp explores ways to make the festive season TUE truly miserable. Stars Dawn French. From December 2005. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2013 WED WED 00:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales b018jk1f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 MR James: Ghost Stories b007jtfj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Wally K Daly - 625Y b007nfs5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qw04 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4gk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 News Quiz Extra b03lsn4c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:45 Hearing With Hegley b0075ss5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] WED WED 03:00 Gaston Leroux - The Mystery of the Yellow Room WED b01gyl0j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvkch (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Charles Dickens - The Haunted Man and the Ghost's WED Bargain b007jw8x (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Flying the Flag b00dhkzf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road b007k1q4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qww7 (Listen) WED Voice in the Night WED The psychiatrist-turned-detective probes death threats made WED to an elderly spinster. Ernest Dudley's thriller with Cecil WED Parker. From February 1957. WED WED 06:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007jsdk (Listen) WED The Gentle Art of Blackmail WED The Old Bailey hack recalls a case of extortion at his WED Oxford college. By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham. WED WED 07:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club b007k2d0 (Listen) WED A Study in Starlets WED Smart-alec sleuth Melcroft Dupont gets his comeuppance, but WED Inspector Chalker is on the case. Stars Fulton Mackay. From WED January 1987. WED WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? b03lpjy6 (Listen) WED The Cat Next Door WED An actress moves in next door to the Amos household and WED encourages Young Stephen to overcome his stage fright. WED Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos WED Produced by Colin Anderson. WED WED Credits WED Stephen K Amos: 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 Fola: Kathryn Drysdale WED PE Teacher: Harry Jardine WED Bo Bells: Rachel Atkins WED Producer: Colin Anderson WED Writer: Jonathan Harvey WED Writer: Stephen K Amos WED WED 08:00 Brothers in Law b007k1xl (Listen) WED Polite Notice WED Parking his car lands bungling barrister Roger in a jam. WED Stars Richard Briers and David Jason. From August 1971. WED WED 08:30 Doctor in the House b007jsw0 (Listen) WED St Swithin's WED Student doctor Simon Sparrow makes an immediate impression WED with Sir Lancelot Spratt. Stars Richard Briers. WED WED 09:00 Aled Jones b00krgg4 (Listen) WED Richard Briers WED 4 Extra Debut. Richard Briers talks to Aled Jones about his WED life and career, with music choices including Fats Waller WED and Al Bowlly. From May 2009. WED WED 09:55 Prunella Scales Remembers Richard Briers b03m32qc (Listen) WED Actress Prunella Scales recalls working with her co-star WED Richard Briers in their 1960s BBC TV sitcom about a couple WED of newly-weds. Marriage Lines proved to be such a hit that WED it was later adapted for radio. To introduce the only WED surviving radio episode of in the BBC archive, Prunella WED explains how the show was recorded with a quick pace set by WED Richard. Assessing his skills as an actor, Prunella also WED reveals how they remained close friends to the end. WED WED 10:05 Marriage Lines b03m32qf (Listen) WED The Job WED The only surviving BBC radio episode of the 1960s sitcom WED based on the mutual love and mistrust of two newly-weds. WED Richard Briers starred as George and Prunella Scales as WED Kate. Marriage Lines began life with a BBC TV pilot in 1961 WED followed by five TV series and two series for radio. WED In this episode - originally broadcast on the BBC Light WED Programme on 11th June 1965 at 8pm - Kate decides she must WED get a job, as George is spending too much money. But will he WED be happy with the position she finds? The series writer was WED Richard Waring and the producer Charles Maxwell. WED WED 10:30 Christmas Briers b03m32v9 (Listen) WED Relive Christmas Day morning 1978 as first heard on BBC WED Radio 4 exactly as it happened on the day from 10.30am. WED Having recorded his final episode of The Good Life that WED summer, Richard Briers was invited by the BBC to personally WED pluck seasonal snippets for his very own treasure trove of WED delights. WED Choices include: "The Great Schnoz" Jimmy Durante singing WED Christmas Comes But Once a Year; Joyce Grenfell trying to WED keep order at the school nativity play; The Goon Show's WED version of A Christmas Carol. Jovial jests from Peter WED Ustinov, Nat King Cole and Shirley Bassey, plus Christmas WED for Pa, Ron and Eth in The Glums. WED Produced by Jonathan James-Moore. WED WED 12:00 The Briers Family Remember Richard b03m335l (Listen) WED The family of Richard Briers share their specially recorded WED memories of the man himself. His widow, actress Ann Davies WED and their daughters, Kate and Lucy reveal memories of WED childhood holidays listening to Tony Hancock with their Dad. WED Tales of his delightfully mischievous personality mingle WED with memories of Richard's determination to forever escape a WED precarious financial upbringing. WED WED 12:15 Afternoon Drama b00z58bj (Listen) WED Shelley Silas - Mr Jones Goes Driving WED Written by Shelley Silas. Johnny Jones isn't particularly WED old, he's a regular man with a regular wife, two grown up WED children and a handful of grandkids. His has a good life, WED and for that he's grateful. He accepts that growing old is WED just one of those things, and until now, he has just got on WED with everything that has been thrown his way. He has always WED lived his life by getting up each day and getting on. WED However, all that is about to change. WED Told that a series of seizures he's been having are not WED because of a brain tumour, but epilepsy, relief soon turns WED to gloom. While Johnny accepts everything the doctors tell WED him, he cannot accept having to give up his driving license. WED For over fifty years he's driven just about everyone WED everywhere in his beloved almond Rover P6 with a V8 engine. WED It is his private place, where he can be alone, think alone, WED listen to music, or simply sit by the sea, looking out at WED nothing more than sand and waves. It's a great big armchair WED of a car, with a chrome and oak interior, which he loves WED passionately. His wife, Alice hasn't driven for years, why WED would she when she has Johnny to drive her everywhere? While WED he's happy to part with many other activities, this is one WED he just can't give up. Now he's told he must stop driving or WED face the consequences. WED Every day he says tomorrow will be the last day he'll drive. WED This is the story of the day he takes one last journey in WED his dark Rover. And gradually we learn about the secrets no WED one else knows about. WED The play stars real life husband and wife Richard Briers and WED Ann Davies. WED Mr Jones Goes Driving is about growing old but not always WED gracefully. It's about facing up to things in life we don't WED want to. It's the story of a man giving up the one thing WED that he has always loved. WED Cast: WED Johnny Jones ...... Richard Briers WED Alice Jones ..... Ann Davies WED Imran ..... Muzz Khan WED Lizzie Gray ..... Helena Breck WED Ian ..... Jonathan Holby WED Patrick ..... Ben Tosh WED Johnny's Mother ..... Stella Duffy WED Johnny's Grandchildren ..... Wilf and Ruby Armstrong Ashdown WED Original Music composed by Lucinda Mason Brown WED Producer/Director: Gordon House WED A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 13:00 Michael Chaplin on Richard Briers b03m33kw (Listen) WED The creator of Radio 4's Two Pipe Problems and BBC TV's WED Monarch of the Glen remembers working with the late actor. WED WED 13:10 Afternoon Drama b0132pk9 (Listen) WED Two Pipe Problems, The Case of the Missing Meerschaum WED In tribute to Richard Briers, who co-starred in this series WED for six years. WED Starring the late Richard Briers and Stanley Baxter. WED William and Sandy are to appear at a Sherlock Holmes WED Convention, held at a hotel just around the corner from WED Baker Street. Sandy isn't keen but succumbs to William's WED desperate need to be in the spotlight once more. Sandy finds WED the display of 'fandom' absurd - the packed memorabilia WED stalls and one fan's observation that he thought he'd died WED years before. He also finds the political infighting WED threatening to tear the Society apart faintly ridiculous. WED But William is in his bombastic element, to such an extent WED that he has a very public and painful row with Sandy, who WED quits the convention and catches the Metropolitan Line back WED to the Old Beeches. WED William occupies centre-stage at that night's dinner, WED flourishing the Society's prized meerschaum used by Basil WED Rathbone in the Holmes films. After a bibulous evening, WED William rolls into bed still with the precious pipe in his WED possession. WED He wakes up the following morning and discovers that it's WED gone. He travels to the Old Beeches in a panic, begging WED Sandy to return to the Convention to help him solve the WED mystery - which he does using Holmesian precepts, and WED restoring their friendship in the process. WED Written by Michael Chaplin WED Directed by Marilyn Imrie WED A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. WED Credits WED Sandy Boyle: Stanley Baxter WED William Parnes: Richard Briers WED Mortimer Tregennis: Geoffrey Palmer WED Roger Butterworth: James Fleet WED Beryl Butterworth: Joanna David WED Underground Worker: Matt Simandl WED Hotel Receptionist: Matt Simandl WED Autograph Hunter: James McGregor WED Souvenir Stallholder: James McGregor WED Writer: Michael Chaplin WED Director: Marilyn Imrie WED Producer: Catherine Bailey WED WED 13:55 Alan Bennett Remembers Richard Briers b008lytv (Listen) WED Playwright Alan Bennett's specially recorded personal and WED affectionate tribute to Richard Briers. Recalling when the WED National Theatre staged his adaptation of The Wind in the WED Willows, Alan describes how Richard went about embracing his WED character of Ratty. He explains that Richard did not have a WED star's ego. He thought of himself as a "jobbing actor and WED those are the best really". WED WED 14:00 Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows b00fyl8x (Listen) WED Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger's famous adventure, dramatised WED and narrated by Alan Bennett. With Richard Briers and Derek WED Waring. WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03m36vr (Listen) WED Gary Barlow shares his favourite song of all time, and the WED one food that's the taste of the festive season for Jamie WED Oliver. WED WED 17:00 Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch b00q93z4 (Listen) WED Richard Briers WED 4 Extra Debut. Michael Ball talks to Richard Briers about WED his life and career, with music choices including Ethel WED Merman and the Beatles. From January 2010. WED WED 17:30 Briers and the Bard b03ncsqy (Listen) WED Richard's widow Ann Davies and Sir Kenneth Branagh remember WED how Richard decided to take more risks in his middle 50s, WED leading to a burst of stage creativity in Shakespearean WED roles like Malvolio in Twelfth Night and King Lear. Richard WED Briers is heard talking about playing one of his greatest WED Shakespearean roles, Polonius in Hamlet - a role that WED particularly touched him where Polonius advises his son: WED "to thine own self be true". WED WED 17:40 Drama on 3 b01fbhlr (Listen) WED Vaclav Havel - Largo Desolato WED Theatre critic Michael Billington introduces a classic play WED from the archives by Czech playwright and President, Vaclav WED Havel, to mark Havel's death in December last year. WED When the death of the former President of the Czech Republic WED Vaclav Havel was announced last year, Europe lost one of its WED great dissident voices. From the 1960s to the 1980s, BBC WED radio broadcast many new productions of Havel's plays - WED plays that were usually banned in his then-Communist WED homeland because of the way they mocked and interrogated the WED absurd nature of totalitarian rule. WED Michael Billington, theatre-critic for the Guardian for much WED of this period, introduces another chance to hear a 1987 WED Havel black comedy called Largo Desolato in an English WED version by Tom Stoppard, himself born in Czechoslovakia. WED Richard Briers stars as Leopold, a philosopher who has WED offended the authorities in an unnamed country. He has WED written a certain philosophical essay and anxiously each day WED awaits the knock on the door. His friends, of course, expect WED him to act like a hero.... WED Professor Leopold Nettles............Richard Briers WED Edward...............................Paul Gregory WED Suzanna..............................Jennifer Piercey WED First Sidney.........................Philip Jackson WED Second Sidney........................David Goodland WED Lucy.................................Belinda Lang WED Bertram..............................John Moffatt WED First Chap...........................Anthony Jackson WED Second Chap..........................Ian Thompson WED Marguerite...........................Sue Broomfield WED Produced by Matthew Walters. WED WED 18:50 Stephen Fry Remembers Richard Briers b03m37lv (Listen) WED Stephen Fry explains his admiration for one of BBC Radio's WED "greatest achievements of the 1970s and 1980s", its WED adaptation of PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster stories, WED starring Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster and Michael Horden WED as his butler, Jeeves. Discover how they inspired Stephen's WED own attempts to capture Jeeves and Wooster on TV. Stephen WED also reveals the impact of Richard's death on both himself WED and the nation. WED WED 19:00 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00b41fq (Listen) WED Florence Craye WED Trapped in Steeple Bumpleigh, Bertie Wooster meets an old WED flame. PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael WED Hordern. WED WED 19:30 With Great Pleasure b007wjc9 (Listen) WED Richard Briers WED Richard Briers chooses some of his favourite performance WED pieces for an entertaining half hour with his daughter Lucy WED Briers and his old friend Peter Egan. WED WED 19:55 Ed Harris Remembers Richard Briers b03m37r2 (Listen) WED Award-winner Ed Harris tells us about the thrill of working WED with Richard as a young radio writer. Richard starred in his WED poignant 2009 BBC Radio 4 drama, The Moment You Feel It, a WED story in which Alf (Richard Briers) struggles to come to WED terms with growing older. Ed tells us what it was like to WED meet and work with Richard. In a performance he considers to WED be 'astounding' he remembers Richard becoming Alf - it was WED like the "ringtone" of writing in his head being transformed WED into music with a full orchestra. WED WED 20:05 Afternoon Drama b00jzf6b (Listen) WED Ed Harris - The Moment You Feel It WED The Moment You Feel It WED By Ed Harris WED Alf's memories come in flashes and great blank holes, along WED with a running commentary from the voices of his past. So WED how does finding a strange coat in his kitchen, remind Alf WED why he doesn't want a bath today? A tender, sad comedy about WED re-remembering your past. WED Alf ..... Richard Briers WED Young Alf ..... Rory Kinnear WED Pru ..... Tracy Wiles WED Steven ..... Hugh Ross WED Marina ..... Caroline Guthrie WED with Janice Acquah WED Producer/Director: Jonquil Panting. WED WED 20:50 Briers on Hancock b03m3d5j (Listen) WED A documentary exploring Richard Briers lasting admiration WED for comedy legend Tony Hancock. Briers rejected the idea of WED recreating Hancock's Half Hour for radio. Instead, for Radio WED 4 in 1984, Richard talked to those who worked with Hancock: WED his BBC producer Dennis Main Wilson; his writers Alan Galton WED and Ray Simpson; as well as admirers like comedy writer WED Denis Norden. Richard explores why Hancock continued to WED demand more of himself professionally, at the cost of WED personal friendships and family, leading up to his tragic WED death in 1968. WED WED 21:20 Heathcote Williams - Hancock's Last Half Hour WED b01glrp3 (Listen) WED An imagining of the comedy legend alone in a Sydney hotel WED room on the day he died, with a book of newspaper cuttings, WED a telephone and a bottle of vodka for company. In a tour de WED force performance Richard Briers plays his great comedy WED hero, Tony Hancock, looking back over the highs and lows of WED his career. Heathcote Williams's play reveals a comedy WED genius, tormented by his own desire to improve himself. A WED desire which overwhelmed him, when he tragically took his WED own life in June 1968. WED Produced by Ned Chaillet for BBC Radio 3 in 1988. WED WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? b03lpjy6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Act Your Age b010mrzk (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 6 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 Andrew Lawrence, WED Rufus Hound teams up with Paul Foot and Ted Robbins is WED paired with Stu Francis. WED Devised and Produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews. WED WED 23:00 Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off b00pbx22 (Listen) WED Series 4, Lapland WED He's back! But this time, he's got a computer! Budleigh WED Salterton's most famous citizen has been grounded by both WED the Home Office and his father, so he's set up GWH Travvel WED ("2 Ms, 2 Gs, 2 Vs - bit of a mix up at the printers"). WED Run from his bedroom with the help of his long-suffering WED former Primary School teacher Mr Timmis and the hindrance of WED his sister Charlotte, it's a one-stop Travel/Advice/Events WED Management/Website service, where each week his schemes WED range far and wide - whether it's roaming the country WED lecturing would-be overlanders on how to pack a rucksack WED ("If in doubt, put it in. And double it"), or finding WED someone a zebra for a corporate promotion ("I'll look in the WED Phone Book - how hard can it be? Now, "A to D"...), GWH WED Travvel stays true to its motto - "We do it all, so you WED won't want to". WED In this special episode, first broadcast at Xmas, Giles WED takes a trip to Iceland and buys some frozen food for his WED trip to Lapland. He also learns that when hunting with WED shotguns, it's good to know the difference between an elk WED and an elf. WED Co-starring Catherine Tate as his long-suffering fiancee WED Arabella and Celia Imrie as his mother-in-law-to-be - the WED woman known only as "Mrs Wells" - in a snowbound special WED that mixes The Wizard Of Oz, It's A Wonderful Life and The WED Ice Queen in Giles's head, and serves them up with a helping WED of brandy butter and South Devon-style idiocy. WED Starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles. WED Cast: WED Giles Wemmbley Hogg ..... Marcus Brigstocke WED Bella ..... Catherine Tate WED Mrs Wells ..... Celia Imrie WED Mr Timmis ..... Adrian Scarborough WED Charlotte Wemmbley Hogg ..... Catherine Shepherd WED Santa ..... Ewan Bailey WED Written by Marcus Brigstocke & Jeremy Salsby. WED Producer: David Tyler WED A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b007728p (Listen) WED Count Arthur Strong’s Christmas Special WED Count Arthur Strong, one time variety star, makes his WED preparations for Christmas. From his altercation with a WED carol singer and his improvised 'reading' of the Nativity, WED to his show for the elderly at leafy glade old people's WED home. What could possibly go wrong? WED WED THU THURSDAY 26 DECEMBER 2013 THU THU 00:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales b018jmm2 (Listen) THU John Charrington's Wedding THU The master of fright shares E Nesbit's spine tingler about a THU wedding that is all too literally from hell. THU THU 00:15 MR James: Ghost Stories b007k1gn (Listen) THU A School Story THU A man recalls spooky events from 1870 involving his old THU teacher. What is 'the well among the yews'? Read by Benjamin THU Whitrow. THU THU 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Song of the Silencer b007jrb2 (Listen) THU 'We have invented God' - will the creation of the Ultimate THU Machine wreak havoc on the universe? Read by Nigel Anthony. THU THU 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qww7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007jsdk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows b00fyl8x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Brothers in Law b007k1xl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 Doctor in the House b007jsw0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Marriage Lines b03m32qf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:05 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Tales From the Mausoleum Club b007k2d0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qv83 (Listen) THU The Black Ruby THU The psychiatrist-turned-detective probes a fabled gem's THU authenticity. Ernest Dudley's thriller stars Cecil Parker THU and Sheila Sim. From February 1957. THU THU 06:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4l3 (Listen) THU The Rotten Apple THU The Old Bailey hack recalls a suspicious case of police THU force bribery. By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham. THU THU 07:00 Bookcases b00szhvl (Listen) THU The Prosser Prize THU Primus does his utmost to ensure one of his books will win a THU literary award. Stars Michael Cochrane. From September 1998. THU THU 07:30 The Secret World b03ls15z (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 4 THU This week, the Queen hatches a plot to get Pippa Middleton THU out of the way, Ed Miliband is so keen to pally-up with some THU builders that he ends up helping them do their work, and THU Russell Crowe has a bizarre fixation with sprouts. THU With Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Jon Culshaw, Julian Dutton, THU Lewis Macleod, Debra Stephenson and Duncan Wisbey. THU Credits THU Performer: Margaret Cabourn-Smith THU Performer: Jon Culshaw THU Performer: Julian Dutton THU Performer: Lewis Macleod THU Performer: Debra Stephenson THU Performer: Duncan Wisbey THU Producer: Bill Dare THU THU 07:58 Big Ben's Chimes b01nt4q1 (Listen) THU Maintaining Big Ben THU Made for 4 Extra. Archive recordings and a new poem by Ian THU McMillan pay tribute to the familiar tone of the chimes of THU 'Great Uncle Ben'. THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jp0x (Listen) THU Series 2, The King Was in His Counting House THU When Mainwaring's bank gets bombed, the platoon must guard THU all the money. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From May THU 1975. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b011db7s (Listen) THU From 26/11/1953 THU Sabotage at the BBC, and Eth dithers over home decor in The THU Glums. With Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From November THU 1953. THU THU 09:00 Hazelbeach b00899mt (Listen) THU Series 1, Language Teacher THU Nick gets a job with a dominatrix, and Ronnie buys an THU extraordinary number of sinks. Stars Jamie Foreman. From THU November 2007. THU THU 09:30 HR b00tmkg9 (Listen) THU Series 2, Wandering THU Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the THU misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his THU trouble-making colleague. THU Sam and Peter wile away retirement blues with a holiday in THU Spain. Suddenly Sam, a lifelong virgin, seems to be THU presented with a life-changing opportunity. THU Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost THU Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce THU Miguel ..... Sam Dale THU Gwenda ..... Christine Kavanagh THU Director: Peter Kavanagh. THU THU 10:00 Classic Serial b00mf2mj (Listen) THU The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson, Episode 1 THU Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography THU of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of THU Johnson's birth. THU Young Boswell comes to London to seek out his hero. He wants THU to write a biography of the great man 'in scenes', with THU Johnson's conversation cast as dialogue. Nothing quite like THU this has ever been attempted before. THU Samuel Johnson ...... Kenneth Cranham THU James Boswell ...... Paul Higgins THU King George ...... David Hargreaves THU Louisa ...... Lizzy Watts THU Joshua Reynolds ...... Matt Addis THU Oliver Goldsmith ...... Stephen Hogan THU Lady Di ...... Annabelle Dowler THU Davies ...... Philip Fox THU Directed by Claire Grove. THU THU 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvpc2 (Listen) THU Nil's Wedding THU On her wedding day, Nil reflects on the meaning of home. THU Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, read by Amara THU Karan. THU THU 11:15 Susan Cooper - King of Shadows b0076d8n (Listen) THU 4 Extra Debut. An American boy actor comes to London, and THU his Shakespearian experience turns out to be highly THU authentic. With Robert Glenister. THU THU 11:58 Big Ben's Chimes b01nt4q1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:58 today] THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jp0x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b011db7s (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qv83 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4l3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves b007jtc0 (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU Coming to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie finds local THU fame and receives a mysterious visitor. Stars Elizabeth THU Bradley. THU THU 14:15 Puzzling Passions b0075yl9 (Listen) THU Crosswords THU Marcel Berlins turns his focus on crossword puzzles. THU Harmless pastime or a potentially consuming addiction? From THU October 2000. THU THU 14:30 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver b00nmzm7 (Listen) THU Married Couples; At the Dentist's THU Created in The Times of 1937 and immortalised on film, the THU engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by Penelope THU Wilton. THU THU 14:45 The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi b00xmvf8 (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU Mother Goose makes the clown a fully fledged Georgian THU superstar, but fame brings a downside. Read by Kenneth THU Cranham. THU THU 15:00 Classic Serial b00mf2mj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03m3w5w (Listen) THU Got the family coming round for a party? Paul Hollywood THU tells Mel Giedroyc how to rustle up the Perfect Pork Pie. THU THU 17:00 Ballylenon b0081m2y (Listen) THU Series 6, Episode 1 THU Phonsie is keen to send Guard Gallagher to sing in a New THU York competition. It's 1956 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars THU TP McKenna. THU THU 17:30 Bookcases b00szhvl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales b018jpn2 (Listen) THU The Man and the Snake THU The master of terror shares Ambrose Bierce's scary story of THU serpents and hallucination, with a real sting in its tail. THU THU 18:15 MR James: Ghost Stories b007k1hw (Listen) THU The Haunted Dolls' House THU Why are the Chittendens so pleased to be rid of their rather THU splendid miniature mansion? Read by Benjamin Whitrow. THU THU 18:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU A dying policeman recalls how a gruesome murder many years THU before changed his life forever. Read by Ronald Pickup. THU THU 18:58 Big Ben's Chimes b01nt4q1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:58 today] THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jp0x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b011db7s (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qv83 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4l3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvpc2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Susan Cooper - King of Shadows b0076d8n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 The Secret World b03ls15z (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Elvenquest b00wlgt5 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 5 THU The Questers continue their search for the Sword of Asnagar. THU This time they accidentally trespass upon grounds of the THU Emperor Jackie. Jackie claims to have the Sword of Asnagar THU but he'll only hand it over if the Questers, and THU particularly Penthiselea, stay with him for a while. THU In the meantime, Lord Darkness' main evil priest, Gaydok, is THU upset - he doesn't believe Darkness is evil anymore. In a THU fit of pique Darkenss fires him. But it's not long before he THU realises that keeping the faith with the evil hordes isn't THU as easy as he originally thought... THU An all-star cast, featuring: THU Stephen Mangan as "Sam", THU Alistair McGowan as "Lord Darkness", THU Sanjeev Bhaskar as "Emperor Jackie", 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 Written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto (Goodness Gracious THU Me, The Kumars At No.42) THU The producer is Sam Michell. THU THU 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group b011d6rf (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 4 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 utmost, 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 - "It's me or the THU dog!" and "My phobias are out of control but I'm too scared THU to even admit it" THU Sarah Millican Sarah THU Ruth Bratt Marion THU Simon Day Terry THU Margaret Cabourn-Smith Laura THU Harry Peacock Barry THU Tim Key John. THU THU 23:30 Rubbish b00770sz (Listen) THU Series 1, Chilling THU Martin is horrified that people are doing despicable things THU to council bins. So he aspires to be a vigilante, despite THU high blood pressure. Stars Reece Dinsdale. From October THU 2006. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 27 DECEMBER 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales b018jpn2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 MR James: Ghost Stories b007k1hw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qv83 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007k4l3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Hazelbeach b00899mt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 HR b00tmkg9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Classic Serial b00mf2mj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cvpc2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Susan Cooper - King of Shadows b0076d8n (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 Ballylenon b0081m2y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Bookcases b00szhvl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qsk2 (Listen) FRI The Wedding Dress FRI The psychiatrist-turned-detective investigates a terror FRI campaign against a bride-to-be. Ernest Dudley's thriller FRI stars Cecil Parker. From February 1957. FRI FRI 06:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007jsf6 (Listen) FRI The Man of God FRI The Old Bailey hack recalls the case of a light-fingered FRI vicar. By John Mortimer, starring Maurice Denham. FRI FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses b007jrrq (Listen) FRI Series 1, A Good Cause FRI Confusion reigns when Rosie's company tackles a gala charity FRI concert for Afghans. Stars Prunella Scales. From June 2000. FRI FRI 07:30 Meet David Sedaris b03m3nty (Listen) FRI Series 4, Company Man; Diary Extracts FRI One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC FRI Radio 4 doing what he does best. FRI This week, the pros and cons of being grown up enough to FRI have a guest room in "Company Man", and some more extracts FRI from his hilarious diary, which he has kept nightly for over FRI 30 years. FRI Producer: Steve Doherty FRI A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 07:58 Big Ben's Chimes b03m3xk5 (Listen) FRI Big Ben Seizes Up FRI Ian McMillan's new poem recalls the day the chimes kept FRI going 'clonk' when Big Ben seized up in the icy winter. FRI Clip FRI empty FRI FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlj8 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Two's Company FRI Albert introduces his fiancee to a surprised Harold. Adapted FRI from TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From FRI March 1971. FRI FRI 08:30 Yes Minister b007jznv (Listen) FRI Series 1, The Devil You Know FRI Cabinet reshuffle rumours unsettle Jim Hacker and Sir FRI Humphrey. Stars Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne. From FRI December 1983. FRI FRI 09:00 Girls Will Be Girls b00dyb0r (Listen) FRI From 16/03/1991 FRI Sketches and songs from Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam, FRI featuring the Suburban Heritage Audio Tour. From March 1991. FRI FRI 09:30 Electric Ink b01jyq9c (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 3 FRI by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson. FRI A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. FRI Maddox takes a moral stance with disastrous results. FRI Maddox ..... John Sessions FRI Oliver ..... Alex Jennings FRI Freddy ..... Stephen Wight FRI Carol ..... Polly Frame FRI Masha ..... Debbie Chazen FRI With Joanna Monro, Sean Baker FRI Adeel Akhtar,Henry Devas FRI and 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 FRI 10:00 Classic Serial b00mjklh (Listen) FRI The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson, Episode 2 FRI Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography FRI of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of FRI Johnson's birth. FRI Boswell visits Johnson only intermittently, but relies on FRI him more and more. Johnson meets Hester Thrale, who becomes FRI his devoted friend and confidante, and the most important FRI person in his life. FRI Samuel Johnson ...... Kenneth Cranham FRI James Boswell ...... Paul Higgins FRI Hester Thrale ...... Annabelle Dowler FRI David Garrick ...... David Hargreaves FRI Mrs Desmoulins ...... Susan Jameson FRI Joshua Reynolds ...... Matt Addis FRI Dilly ...... Stephen Hogan FRI Wilkes ...... Philip Fox FRI Directed by Claire Grove. FRI FRI 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cwpxn (Listen) FRI At the Barndance FRI Preethi gets an unexpected glimpse of what might have been. FRI Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, read by Seeta FRI Indrani. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00jm2nr (Listen) FRI Shakespeare a la Carte FRI One of the highlights of the 2008 Brighton Festival was FRI turned into an Afternoon Play for BBC Radio 4. Shakespeare A FRI La Carte took the public by storm when it offered audiences FRI the chance to order up their favourite bits of Shakespeare, FRI together with coffee and croissant. FRI Pippa Smith, Head of Education at the Brighton Festival had FRI the idea after a disappointing encounter at the Edinburgh FRI Festival. "I saw a flyer advertising Shakespeare for FRI breakfast. But breakfast turned out to be stewed tea in FRI polystyrene cups and the Shakespeare was a lame production FRI of 'Love Labour's Lost.' I came away with an entire show in FRI my head. I knew I could create something much classier than FRI this - the bards best bits performed by leading talent from FRI the RSC and National." FRI Smith approached Richard Hahlo, Jonathan Cullen and Fiona FRI Dunn, who form the theatre company Hydrocracker. They FRI devised a show where the actors, masquerading as waiters in FRI a Pizza Restaurant, take over the performance when they hear FRI that the real actors have been delayed driving down from FRI Stratford. For the radio adaptation two extra characters FRI played by Sian Webber and Richard Attlee, have been created. FRI Says Richard Hahlo: "They frame the action for those FRI listening at home. It's good that we will record it live, FRI because what you get are big chunks of Shakespeare FRI interwoven into the to-ing and fro-ing of these waiters FRI trying to get these speeches organised." FRI Cast: FRI Peter Quince ..... Richard Hahlo FRI Nick Bottom ..... Jonathan Cullen FRI Frances Flute ...... Fiona Dunn FRI Hermione ..... San Webber FRI Crispin ......Richard Attlee FRI Producer: Karen Rose FRI A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:58 Big Ben's Chimes b03m3xk5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:58 today] FRI FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlj8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 Yes Minister b007jznv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qsk2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007jsf6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves b007jtc7 (Listen) FRI Episode 4 FRI Marjorie discovers a link to her Cornish past, but still FRI feels matters are not yet fully resolved. Stars Elizabeth FRI Bradley. FRI FRI 14:15 Puzzling Passions b0075yvk (Listen) FRI Treasure Hunters FRI Marcel Berlins examines the genuine physical pursuit of a FRI goal. How does one deduce where a prize is buried? From FRI October 2000. FRI FRI 14:30 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver b00nnmhy (Listen) FRI Doing a Mole; Christmas Shopping FRI Created in The Times of 1937 and immortalised on film, the FRI engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by Penelope FRI Wilton. FRI FRI 14:45 The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi b00xnd57 (Listen) FRI Episode 4 FRI The clown's lampoonery and satire take panto into new areas, FRI but physical comedy takes its toll. Read by Kenneth Cranham. FRI FRI 15:00 Classic Serial b00mjklh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03m3zrc (Listen) FRI Sir David Jason comes to the end of his colourful and FRI atmospheric reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. FRI Plus, fed up with Christmas cake? Mary Berry has an FRI alternative. FRI FRI 17:00 Capital Gains b007rq8b (Listen) FRI Series 1, Capital Return FRI Home at last, how will Julius Hutch come to terms with the FRI bank that made him rich? Stars Peter Jones. From April 1995. FRI FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses b007jrrq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales b018js2l (Listen) FRI The Monkey's Paw FRI The master of terror shares WW Jacobs' classic tale of a FRI sinister talisman sparking untold horror for a dear old FRI couple. FRI FRI 18:15 MR James: Ghost Stories b007k1kh (Listen) FRI Rats FRI Mr Thompson decides to explore the rooms at the inn where he FRI is staying. Perhaps he shouldn't. Read by Benjamin Whitrow. FRI FRI 18:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq12 (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI Recalling a gruesome murder, a dying policeman continues his FRI deathbed confessions. Wilkie Collins' tale is read by Ronald FRI Pickup. FRI FRI 18:58 Big Ben's Chimes b03m3xk5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:58 today] FRI FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jlj8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 Yes Minister b007jznv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle b007qsk2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Rumpole of the Bailey b007jsf6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick b01cwpxn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00jm2nr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Meet David Sedaris b03m3nty (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b014gsmn (Listen) FRI Series 4, Frank Skinner FRI Marcus Brigstocke invites Frank Skinner to try four new FRI things, including getting a spray tan and eating Jugged FRI Hare. From September 2011. FRI Frank Skinner's first-ever fake tan FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03ql75h (Listen) FRI For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the FRI best laughs around. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Rob FRI Newman. FRI FRI 23:00 Little Britain b008gh5h (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 2 FRI Back where it premiered, Matt Lucas and David Walliams' FRI oddball TV smash hit without the cameras. From March 2001. FRI FRI 23:30 The Simon Day Show b01j6t0s (Listen) FRI Series 2, Tommy Cockles FRI Simon Day and his characters once again welcome listeners to FRI The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. FRI Each week one of Simon's comic characters come to perform at FRI The Mallard while the staff struggle with rivalries, FRI self-doubt and the new owner's vision for the theatre's FRI future. FRI This week popular, blazered entertainer Tommy Cockles FRI arrives at the theatre to find it transformed. There's a new FRI Nigerian owner, soundman Goose has been replaced by an FRI authoritarian ex-copper and receptionist Catherine has FRI disappeared off to India to find herself. FRI Cast list: FRI Tommy Cockles ..... Simon Day FRI Catherine ..... Catherine Shepherd FRI Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter FRI Pat Bennet ..... Morwenna Banks FRI Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall FRI Written by Simon Day FRI Produced by Colin Anderson. FRI