24 January, 2014

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25/01/2014 - 31/01/2014

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SAT SATURDAY 25 JANUARY 2014 SAT SAT 00:00 Wally K Daly - The Children of Witchwood b007jv1s (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Jackie's extraordinary telepathic powers attract the evil SAT attentions of the eerie Cranford family. SAT SAT 00:30 Planet B b00j2j7k (Listen) SAT Series 1, Death's Door SAT John and Lioba aim to meet in the real world, but can they SAT really escape their virtual reality? Stars Gunnar Cauthery. SAT SAT 01:00 Agatha Christie b00jz7jj (Listen) SAT Philomel Cottage SAT Alex meets Terry and is coaxed to start a business out in SAT the country. Mike Walker's revamped whodunnit with Lizzie SAT McInnerny. SAT SAT 01:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly b0161mpx (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT When spy Lucifer comes face to face with a deadly adversary SAT from his past, can he halt his evil plan? Read by the SAT author. SAT SAT 02:00 Millport b0076258 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Story SAT Tales are being told in the town. Moira's acting oddly, SAT Bob's ignored and Irene's confused. Stars Lynn Ferguson. SAT From May 2001. SAT SAT 02:30 The Change b0076cp6 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 1 SAT 4 Extra Debut. Kicking out transvestite husband George, SAT Carol wants a new life. Stars Lynda Bellingham and Chris SAT Ellison. From February 2003. SAT SAT 03:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body b007js26 (Listen) SAT Series 1, A Sheltered Life SAT Gwen Danbury comes to the aid of a colleague wrongly SAT accused, and her lonely mother Joan. Stars Annette Badland SAT and Gudrun Ure. SAT SAT 04:00 Donna Tartt - The Secret History b03q9ng3 (Listen) SAT Episode 15 SAT Richard has been shot, and as events escalate, not everyone SAT will get out alive. Donna Tartt's thriller, concluded by SAT William Hope. SAT SAT 04:15 Peter Tinniswood b007v0zr (Listen) SAT The Last Obit SAT Billie Whitelaw stars as an obituarist living in her own SAT very particular world, in a monologue written especially for SAT her by Peter Tinnswood. SAT Having spent years writing obituaries for the Morning SAT Telegraph, Millicent Doris Clayton's mind wanders as she SAT prepares her final piece before taking retirement. Epitaphs SAT and judgments on the famous, the notorious and the SAT undeserving have passed through her office. She is a SAT middle-aged spinster. So who will prepare Millicent's own SAT obituary? And what will it say? SAT Directed by Enyd Williams. First heard on BBC Radio 4 in SAT 1998. SAT SAT 05:00 Huddwinks b00fsmz8 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Dead Dames Don't Dance with Danger SAT Top American cop Bert Chisel is called in to solve a murder SAT mystery for Scotland Yard. Stars Roy Hudd. From June 1988. SAT SAT 05:30 Chambers b007jnqh (Listen) SAT Series 1, Trial By Television SAT With his colleagues busy on the box, John Fuller-Carp is SAT desperate to make a bigger TV splash. Parliamentary comedy SAT stars John Bird. From May 1996. SAT SAT 06:00 William Trevor - My House in Umbria b00bqv3x (Listen) SAT A train journey in Italy sparks devastation, but a new SAT purpose for one passenger - Mrs Delahunty. Stars Prunella SAT Scales. SAT SAT 07:30 Vienna and the Shadow of The Third Man b00kp9jk (Listen) SAT Sixty years on from the release of The Third Man, tour guide SAT Dr Brigitte Timmermann uncovers Graham Greene's Vienna and SAT takes us in the footsteps of his film. SAT Walking through the city, she tells the stories that have SAT fascinated generations of film buffs, from Soviet master spy SAT Kim Philby's role in the film to tales of Sir Carol Reed and SAT Graham Greene's late night visits to Vienna's seediest bars. SAT With the help of fellow devotees, Brigitte explores Vienna's SAT hidden history and examines why The Third Man has remained SAT largely unpopular in the place which inspired it. SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01dh70q (Listen) SAT Series 7, Episode 22 SAT Back at the Town Hall in New York City, the American funny SAT man welcomes singers Leon Redbone and Heather Masse. From SAT 2011. SAT SAT 09:00 Selected Radiophonic Works b00g15x3 (Listen) SAT Richard Coles tells the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop's SAT extraordinary story. SAT In 1958 a unique musical laboratory opened at the BBC. It SAT was called the Radiophonic Workshop and provided music and SAT sound for a wealth of BBC programmes, from The Goons to Dr SAT Who. SAT With contributions from Coldcut, Dick Mills and Mark Ayres, SAT Richard Coles explores the achievements of the unit and SAT presents a carefully chosen selection of programmes SAT showcasing the department's work: SAT The Dreams (05/01/1964) SAT The Goons (02/02/1959) SAT Inferno Revisited (17/04/1983) SAT Relativity (1974) SAT Electric Tunesmiths (30/12/1971) SAT Bath Time (1976). SAT SAT 12:00 November Dead List - Omnibus b03s9x0p (Listen) SAT A police detective investigates a murder in London's SAT Catholic community. Written by Nick Perry, starring Nicola SAT Walker as DI Flood. SAT SAT 13:15 Baldi b007k0ft (Listen) SAT Series 3, The Dig SAT The priest makes a fascinating discovery as an SAT archaeological excavation becomes a battlefield. Stars David SAT Threlfall and Martin Clunes. SAT SAT 14:00 Round the Horne b00t29v7 (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 9 SAT Kenneth Horne blasts off boldly, plus some bona books to SAT read from Julian and Sandy. With Kenneth Williams and Hugh SAT Paddick. From April 1968. SAT SAT 14:30 At Home With Hinge and Bracket b008jw8g (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT International operatic soloist Rosalind Plowright joins the SAT dear ladies for songs and conversation. From October 1990. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01dh70q (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 William Trevor - My House in Umbria b00bqv3x (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Warhorses of Letters b03q59t3 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 2 SAT By Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips SAT Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby star as Napoleon's horse SAT Marengo and Wellington's horse Copenhagen, with an SAT introduction by Tamsin Greig, in the world's first SAT epistolary equine love story. SAT Still cruelly sundered by fate despite the war having ended, SAT Marengo is put rather unwillingly out to stud and discovers SAT the overwhelming and exhausting joys of parenthood, and SAT Copenhagen finds a new way of passing the time - writing SAT racy horse fan fiction, a genre for which he turns out to SAT have a remarkable flair... SAT Produced by Gareth Edwards. SAT Credits SAT Marengo: Stephen Fry SAT Copenhagen: Daniel Rigby SAT Narrator: Tamsin Greig SAT Producer: Gareth Edwards SAT Writer: Marie Phillips SAT Writer: Robbie Hudson SAT SAT 17:45 Political Animals b01m179f (Listen) SAT Series 1, Humphrey SAT by Tony Bagley SAT The second in a series of four talks by well-known Downing SAT Street cats, relating their trials and tribulations under SAT four different Prime Ministers. SAT The notoriously photo-shy Humphrey, Chief Mouser to the SAT Cabinet Office 1989 to 1997, a cat with a robust vocabulary SAT and a pretty earthy view of political life, looks back on SAT his struggles with all things New Labour. SAT Humphrey ..... James Fleet SAT Directed by Marc Beeby. SAT Credits SAT Humphrey: James Fleet SAT Director: Marc Beeby SAT Writer: Tony Bagley SAT SAT 18:00 Atomic Tales b007qw7l (Listen) SAT Land of Plenty SAT Tinned food lets man live on Mars, until the can openers SAT fail. 1950s American sci-fi spoof with John Guerrasio. From SAT March 2006. SAT SAT 18:30 The Price of Fear b007jmcf (Listen) SAT Blind Man's Bluff SAT Horror legend Vincent Price tells the chilling tale of an SAT eerie passenger who joins him on a train heading west. Stars SAT Freddie Jones. SAT SAT 19:00 Selected Radiophonic Works b00g15x3 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 4 Stands Up b00jnhgn (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 3 SAT Chris Addison with another trio of comedy movers and SAT shakers, with Josh Howie, Lee Nelson and Alun Cochrane. From SAT April 2009. SAT SAT 22:30 The Lee Mack Show b00bfq1c (Listen) SAT Midge Ure SAT Ultravox lead singer Ure joins the quick-fire comic for SAT stand-up, sketches and music. With Angela McHale and Steve SAT Brown. From March 2005. SAT SAT 23:00 P Division b007jx68 (Listen) SAT Condition Purple, Episode 4 SAT Just as some progress is made in one investigation, Chief SAT Inspector Donoghue receives a report of another brutal SAT murder on his patch. Stars Martin Cochrane. SAT SAT 23:30 Jennifer Donnelly - A Gathering Light b01683vq (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Will she stay or will she go? Mattie reads Grace's last SAT letter and receives some news from Miss Wilcox. And Royal SAT awaits. Read by Vicki Simon. SAT SAT 23:45 The Late Alfred Hitchcock Presents b00tr8d2 (Listen) SAT The Dancing Partner SAT By Jerome K Jerome. Toymaker Herr Geibel invents an SAT ingenious mechanical man, but what if it should ever SAT malfunction? Stars Michael Roberts. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 26 JANUARY 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 Atomic Tales b007qw7l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 The Price of Fear b007jmcf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01dh70q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 November Dead List - Omnibus b03s9x0p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Baldi b007k0ft (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 William Trevor - My House in Umbria b00bqv3x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Warhorses of Letters b03q59t3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:45 Political Animals b01m179f (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:45 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls Omnibus SUN b00mdn40 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Three young women seek entertainment careers in the dazzling SUN of post-war New York. Jacqueline Susann drama with Madeleine SUN Potter. SUN SUN 07:15 Lady Curzon and a Pineapple b00cm6ww (Listen) SUN Ian Peacock picks up his spoon and delves into the history SUN of 'The King of Fruits'. With comment from Lucinda Lambton. SUN SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00hd80x (Listen) SUN Series 4, Documentary SUN To further his career as a top celebrity, Arthur manages to SUN persuade Geoffrey away from his duties at the church hall, SUN to help make a documentary about Arthur himself to sell to SUN the BBC! A visit to an old haunt proves intriguing - could SUN the management have changed hands? SUN Everyday life with Count Arthur Strong is, as always, an SUN enlightening experience! We again follow the one time SUN Variety Star as he uncompromisingly fulfils his daily list SUN of engagements. SUN Stars Steve Delaney, Alastair Kerr, David Mounfield and Mel SUN Giedroyc. SUN Produced by John Leonard and Mark Radcliffe. SUN A Komedia Entertainment & Smooth Operations production for SUN BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 08:00 The Burkiss Way b00gs5xs (Listen) SUN Series 2, Journey into the Unknown the Burkiss Way SUN Transcendental instruction imparted by Jo Kendall, Nigel SUN Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris. From January 1977. SUN SUN 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show b03sb51j (Listen) SUN Doddy's Daft Half Hour SUN 4 Extra Debut. From the Wright Brothers to baked beans, it's SUN more quick-fire gagging from the mirth-meister. With Pat SUN Coombs. From August 1972. SUN SUN 09:00 Roald Dahl - Matilda b0140f1v (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN The story of a pint-size genius with special powers - and SUN she's only five. Narrated by Lenny Henry, stars Nichola SUN McAuliffe. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03sb5wq (Listen) SUN Absent Friends, Michael Winner SUN 4 Extra Debut. The late film director and restaurant critic SUN takes William Walton, The Jacksons and Billy Fury to his SUN isle. From October 2005. SUN SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading b00nmt7y (Listen) SUN Tales From the Low Countries, In Landlocked Frontiers SUN Georges Hausemer is one of Luxembourg's most prolific SUN writers, having published more than a dozen novels, short SUN stories and poetry collections. SUN Read by Michael Pennington SUN Translated by Michael Hoffman SUN Produced by Emma Harding. SUN SUN 11:00 Ena b00mgx85 (Listen) SUN Mark Radcliffe explores the life of Violet Carson, the SUN actress who played Ena Sharples, the Victorian relic who SUN dominated Coronation Street in its' golden age of the 1960s. SUN A talented classical pianist and established BBC radio star, SUN Carson was branching out into Shakespearian roles when the SUN call from Granada came to play the hatchet-faced harridan in SUN a hairnet. The genteel Violet Carson became overshadowed by SUN her character and claimed that Ena ultimately destroyed her. SUN But she left a rich legacy; Ena Sharples was television's SUN prototype battleaxe and epitomised a particular kind of SUN woman who dominated life in northern working-class SUN communities. Mark Radcliffe came across women like Ena in SUN the brick mill terraces of Bolton where his grandparents SUN lived. SUN By day, Ena would be polishing the woodwork in the Glad SUN Tidings Mission Hall, where she was caretaker; by night, she SUN was installed in the snug of the Rovers Return with her two SUN cronies, Martha Longhurst and Minnie Caldwell, gossiping SUN over a milk stout and never taking their hats and coats off, SUN even when they planned to stay all evening. SUN Featuring contributions from Tony Warren, creator of SUN Coronation Street and of Ena Sharples. Geoffrey Wheeler, who SUN worked with Violet Carson at the BBC, traces the quickfire SUN delivery of Ena back to the northern music hall tradition. SUN Melvyn Bragg talks about how Ena Sharples reflected life in SUN the black and white world of the north in the 1950s. SUN Scriptwriter Adele Rose discusses the pivotal relationship SUN between Ena Sharples and her bete noir, Elsie Tanner. SUN The programme also includes archive of Violet Carson, SUN reflecting on the mixed blessing that playing Ena Sharples SUN was to her career and to her life. SUN SUN 11:30 Hearing With Hegley b03sb6t8 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 7 SUN Comedian John Hegley makes a spectacle of himself in Barnet SUN with visionary poems and songs. With Nigel Piper and the SUN Popticians. From September 1998. SUN SUN 11:45 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls Omnibus SUN b00mdn40 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Sunday Afternoon at Home With Tim Key b03sb8b0 (Listen) SUN The comedian, poet and time waster Tim Key invites you to SUN his flat for a special look at the influence of boredom on SUN comedy. SUN Beginning with the ground-breaking Hancock's Half Hour SUN episode 'Sunday Afternoon at Home', Tim will then bring you SUN comedy from Sean Lock, Peter Cook, The Likely Lads, Julian SUN Fox and The Mighty Boosh. SUN Along the way Tim will have an interview with the Hancock SUN writers Galton & Simpson, he will perform some previously SUN unheard Hancock dialogue, he will be interrupted by Jonny SUN Sweet, someone will have a bath, and there might even be SUN some flapjacks. SUN So sit back, stifle that yawn and enjoy three hours of SUN comedy with Tim Key that proves how 'boredom is a fertile SUN place for comedy to thrive'. SUN Clip SUN empty SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b03sb8b2 (Listen) SUN Sit down for a cuppa with Mel's best bits of this week's 4 SUN O'Clock Shows. Including a cuddle with a baby crocodile, SUN spider-hunting in Exeter, and cheese-rolling in SUN Gloucestershire. SUN SUN 17:00 Roald Dahl - Matilda b0140f1v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Doctor Who b018jp1j (Listen) SUN The Pyramids of Mars, Episode 3 SUN The Time Lord deduces Sutekh's deadly plan for freeing SUN himself from his eternal captivity in Egypt. Fourth Doctor SUN adventure read by Tom Baker. SUN SUN 18:30 Voices From the Grave b007jwn9 (Listen) SUN 50 Berkeley Square SUN The most haunted house in Victorian London is set to give up SUN its dark secret. 100 years back in time, Molly discovers SUN that passion never dies. Dylan Ritson's horror stars Harry SUN Myers, Sophie Roberts and John Cummins. SUN Voices From the Grave is a series of four chilling and SUN intimate dramas, inspired by existing ghost stories from SUN around Britain. The writers make these stories more than SUN simply scary - they are studies of humanity, love, rage and SUN despair, of passion, longing and pain. SUN Writer Dylan Ritson has a long and successful career in SUN theatre, film and radio. His radio work includes The SUN Dream-Workings and Brain-Sayings of James Tilly Matthews and SUN The Hunting of the Snark. Producer: Gemma Jenkins. SUN SUN 19:00 Ena b00mgx85 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 Hearing With Hegley b03sb6t8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 19:45 Lady Curzon and a Pineapple b00cm6ww (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 20:00 The Burkiss Way b00gs5xs (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Ken Dodd Show b03sb51j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03sb5wq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading b00nmt7y (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00hd80x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 1966 and All That b0100q4y (Listen) SUN The 1920s and 30s SUN Marge Simpson marries royalty and John Yogi Bear invents TV. SUN Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain. From September SUN 2006. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03v0m1w (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith is SUN joined by Edinburgh Comedy Award best newcomer, John Kearns. SUN SUN 23:00 Vent b01dlg0k (Listen) SUN Series 3, Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space SUN Comedy series by Nigel Smith about a man in a coma, SUN travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own SUN unconscious mind. SUN Ben makes the ambulance journey home to begin life in a SUN wheelchair. On the way he remembers an argument about SUN cheesecake, invents a panel game and meets Buzz Aldrin. SUN Ben ...... Neil Pearson SUN Mary ...... Fiona Allen SUN Mum ...... Josie Lawrence SUN Blitz ...... Leslie Ash SUN Nurse ...... Jo Martin SUN Derek ...... Stephen Frost SUN Marley ...... Spencer Brown SUN Chairman ...... Robert Webb SUN Buzz ...... Peter Banks SUN Announcer ...... Bruce Alexander SUN Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith SUN Directed by Nigel Smith. SUN SUN 23:30 Jon Ronson On b0076pw4 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Going West SUN Tales of hitchhiking and spirituality, featuring the Mormons SUN and a pair of criminal brothers. With Rich Hall. From SUN January 2005. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 27 JANUARY 2014 MON MON 00:00 Doctor Who b018jp1j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Voices From the Grave b007jwn9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03sb5wq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading b00nmt7y (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Sunday Afternoon at Home With Tim Key b03sb8b0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Roald Dahl - Matilda b0140f1v (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkk (Listen) MON A Shot in the Night MON Retired hitman Art Gordo is offered big money to carry out MON one last killing. Stars Dinsdale Landen and Manning Wilson. MON MON 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzc (Listen) MON Murder Mansion MON Tough-nut hero, Secret Agent X-9 tackles evil arch-enemy, MON The Top in 1934 New York. Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and MON Connie Booth as Grace Powers. MON The heroic agent's four-part adventure was adapted for radio MON by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell MON Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it MON ran from 1934 to 1996. MON In this opening episode, it's 1934 and a New York warehouse MON is ablaze on the Lower East Side. A gang of gun-runners are MON holed up until their supply of ammo explodes. Secret Agent MON X-9 receives a phone call from wealthy industrialist, MON Tarleton Powers asking for his help. MON Originally agent X-9 had no name, but opted to call himself MON "Dexter" in the opening tale. MON Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective MON novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while MON cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero MON Flash Gordon. MON With Rachel Power and William Hootkins. Produced by Chris MON Wallis and first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. MON MON 07:00 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00bwtw9 (Listen) MON Fancy Dress MON Bertie Wooster helps his fearsome uncle with a spot of MON dressing up. PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and MON Michael Hordern. MON MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b03q6crl (Listen) MON Series 12, Episode 4 MON David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians MON are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another MON to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past MON their opponents. Lloyd Langford, Lucy Porter, Tom MON Wrigglesworth and Fred MacAulay are the panellists obliged MON to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as MON women, Japan, owls and potatoes. MON The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the MON team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON Credits MON Presenter: David Mitchell MON Panellist: Lloyd Langford MON Panellist: Lucy Porter MON Panellist: Tom Wrigglesworth MON Panellist: Fred MacAulay MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Round the Horne b00t4qkg (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 10 MON Is Kenneth Williams a pseudonym? And how will Julian and MON Sandy 'Keep Britain Bona'? Stars Kenneth Horne and Hugh MON Paddick. From April 1968. MON MON 08:30 The Navy Lark b03sg6mc (Listen) MON Frying Up MON 4 Extra Debut. Uncle Ebenezer catches more than he bargains MON for while out trawling on his fishy scam. Stars Jon Pertwee. MON From September 1967. MON MON 09:00 2525 b03sg6mf (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can MON survive... then it may sound something like this. Set 512 MON years in the future, 2525 invites you to hear more snippets MON of our future from talking kitchen appliances to the MON historical re-enactment society devoted to restaging fights MON in pub car parks. MON Cast: MON Jenny Bede MON Jamie Demetriou MON Kieran Hodgson MON Catriona Knox MON Waen Shepherd MON Written by Colin Birch, Ali Crockatt and David Scott, Jason MON Hazeley and Joel Morris, Jon Hunter, Jane Lamacraft, Alex MON Lowe, Paul Putner, John Luke Roberts and Eddie Robson MON Produced by Ashley Blaker. MON MON 09:30 When the Dog Dies b00s3h86 (Listen) MON Series 1, The Same Hymn Sheet MON Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit sitcom MON Sorry, Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. Sorry ran for seven MON series on BBC 1 and was number one in the UK ratings. MON In this Radio 4 sitcom, Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who is MON growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown up MON children 'both married to people Sandy doesn't approve of at MON all' would like him to move out of the family home so they MON can get their hands on their money earlier. But Sandy's not MON having this. He's not moving until the dog dies. And not MON just that, how can he move if he's got a lodger? His MON daughter is convinced that his too attractive lodger Dolores MON (Liza Tarbuck) is after Sandy and his money. MON Luckily, Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a MON friendly word, a kindly hand on the shoulder can really help MON a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog together MON face a complicated world. There's every chance they'll make MON it more so. MON In this first episode, The Same Hymn Sheet, Sandy wants to MON protect his grandson Tyson from the harsh training programme MON and insane sporting ambitions of Tyson's father Blake, and MON sets out to torpedo Blake's touchline plans. The story takes MON Sandy all the way to the bank. Unfortunately, it's the MON bottle bank. MON Cast: MON Sandy ...... Ronnie Corbett MON Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck MON Mrs Pompom ..... Sally Grace MON Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh MON Blake ...... Jonathan Aris MON Mr Stott ..... Jon Glover MON Tyson ..... Daniel Bridle MON Pronunciations: MON Lisa - Leeza MON Aris - Airis MON Producer: Liz Anstee MON A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body b007js4n (Listen) MON Series 1, The Hostages MON Gwen takes charge when a hostage is taken by a gunman, but MON then her feisty mother arrives. Stars Annette Badland and MON Gudrun Ure. MON MON 11:00 I Was There Too b00sx93n (Listen) MON Series 2, Maiden, Mother, Spinster, Saint MON In the pivotal moments of history the little man is MON inevitably written out of the history books. Whatever MON happened to Cleopatra's milkman, Einstein's postman, MON Michelangelo's model or Shakespeare's gardener? Just maybe MON there was more going on behind the scenes than we could ever MON imagine. MON Writers Lucy Caldwell, Heidi Regan and Jessica Ransom, take MON us behind the scenes for an alternative look at some great MON historical moments through the eyes of some unexpected - MON and, until now - overlooked witnesses who were there too! MON It's history - but not quite as we know it! MON Maiden, Mother, Spinster, Saint MON by Lucy Caldwell MON Reader: Corinne Kempa MON Being overshadowed by a sibling takes on a whole new meaning MON when your sister is a figure of national notoriety. MON Pretty As A Picture MON by Heidi Regan MON Reader: Raphael Koeb MON Beauty and truth collide when a young assistant accompanies MON a master painter on an important royal commission. MON She Wore a White Dress MON by Jessica Ransom MON Reader: Julie Dray MON Dressing a queen is a great responsibility, especially for MON her final public appearance. MON Producer: Heather Larmour MON This week our afternoon readings take a look at some MON momentous moments in history from the perspective of those MON on the sidelines. Each afternoon some unexpected witnesses MON who were 'there too' tell us their stories and give us an MON insight into the happenings that didn't make it into the MON history books. MON Today's 'I Was There Too!' reading takes us back to events MON in fifteenth century France and a most unusual case of MON sibling rivalry, as Corinne Kempa reads 'Maiden, Mother, MON Spinster, Saint' by Lucy Caldwell, producer Heather Larmour. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b03s65n4 (Listen) MON Clive Anderson, Dan Croll, Lisa Dwan, Wayne Hemingway, Isaac MON Julien, Michael Paterniti, Peggy Sue MON This week Clive Anderson asks designer and entrepreneur MON Wayne Hemingway about Being a Man. He's not being MON impertinent - it's the title of a weekend-long series of MON events at London's Southbank Centre, at which Wayne is MON speaking. What inspired him to take part? MON Actress Lisa Dwan tells Clive about following in the MON footsteps of someone's muse - in this case Billie Whitelaw. MON Lisa's performance in a trilogy of Samuel Beckett's work MON quickly sold out at London's Royal Court Theatre, and has MON now transferred to the Duchess Theatre. MON Clive talks to journalist and author Michael Paterniti about MON his latest book 'The Telling Room' based on Michael's MON experiences in a small Spanish village. He was captivated by MON the story of a wonderous cheese - one bite could conjure MON long-lost memories - but, Michael was told, things went MON horribly sour. MON Nikki Bedi asks installation artist Isaac Julien about his MON latest work: 'Playtime' - set across three cities defined by MON their relationship to capital - London, Reykjavik and Dubai. MON What links this to Julien's previous work 'Ten Thousand MON Waves', a nine-screen film installation, inspired by the MON 2004 Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers tragedy? MON Music from Peggy Sue who perform 'Longest Day Of The Year MON Blues' from their forthcoming album 'Choir of Echoes', and MON from Dan Croll who performs 'Home'. MON Clips MON empty MON empty MON See all clips from Clive Anderson, Dan Croll, Lisa Dwan, MON Wayne Hemingway, Isaac Julien, Michael Paterniti, Peggy Sue MON (2) MON Wayne Hemmingway MON Wayne Hemmingway takes part in ‘Being A Man’ at the MON Southbank Centre from Friday 31 Jan - Sun 2 February 2014. MON Peggy Sue MON Peggy Sue perform ‘Longest Day Of The Year Blues’ from their MON forthcoming album ‘Choir of Echoes’. MON They are touring the UK in April – see their website for MON details. MON Michael Paterniti MON The Telling Room is available now, in paperback, published MON by Canongate. MON Isaac Julien MON PLAYTIME is on view at Victoria Miro, 16 Wharf Road, London, MON N1 7RW and accompanying photographic works are on view at MON Victoria Miro Mayfair, 14 St George Street, London W1S 1FE. MON See their website for details. MON Dan Croll MON Dan performed ‘Home’. He’s touring the UK in March – Think MON Tank, Newcastle 18th, 19th Ruby Lounge in Manchester, and MON King Tuts Glasgow on 20th. More dates on his website. MON MON Lisa Dwan MON The Royal Court Theatre and Mighty Mouth present Not I / MON Footfalls / Rockaby by Samuel Beckett at the Duchess MON Theatre, London 3–15 Feb 2014. MON MON 12:00 Round the Horne b00t4qkg (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Navy Lark b03sg6mc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mdyl5 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Set on showbiz careers in New York, Anne, Jennifer and Neely MON move in together. Jacqueline Susann drama with Barbara MON Barnes. MON MON 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007k3rw (Listen) MON Into the Land of the Savage Irish, A Catalan Pilgrim Amongst MON the Unconquered Irish MON The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With MON Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. MON MON 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvls (Listen) MON The Widder MON The incorrigible Uncle Silas heads off to sup wine with a MON widow. HE Bates' country tale is read by David Neal. MON MON 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude b03sg8tp (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON 4 Extra Debut. Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's MON autobiographical poem. A foray into the 'mountains of the MON mind'. Recorded in Dove Cottage, where it was written. MON MON 15:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body b007js4n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03sg9gc (Listen) MON Our nature feature Twilight comes to an end today, with the MON story of the Manx Shearwater. Plus, Miriam Margoyles reads MON James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl. MON BBC Radio 2 - 500 WORDS 2014 MON The 500 WORDS Story Competition is back and The 4 O’Clock MON Show will once again be hosting the exclusive broadcast of MON the Top 50 short-listed stories! MON Find out how to send in your 500 WORDS story - you've got MON until 7pm on 26 Feb. MON MON www.bbc.co.uk/500words MON MON "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> MON MON 17:00 At Home With Hinge and Bracket b008lyzf (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON Actor, singer and composer Anthony Newley joins the dear MON ladies for songs and conversation. From November 1990. MON MON 17:30 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00bwtw9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Mind's Eye b007jypg (Listen) MON Virtuoso MON A woman claiming her hands are possessed is met with MON scepticism, until two psychotherapists take a look. Stars MON Dermot Crowley. MON MON 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone b00dyb0m (Listen) MON Series 1, Mind the Gaps MON Edna Turner has adventures in a bizarre parallel London. Ben MON Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Sarah Solemani and Dan MON Antopolski. MON Credits MON Edna Turner: Sarah Solemani MON Carlo Jones / Billy O'Malley: Duncan Wisbey MON Tankerton Slopes: Ben Moor MON Malboro Fagpacket / Bouncer: Dan Antopolski MON Writer: Ben Moor MON Producer: Colin Anderson MON MON 19:00 Round the Horne b00t4qkg (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Navy Lark b03sg6mc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 I Was There Too b00sx93n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b03s65n4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b03q6crl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 2525 b03sg6mf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03v0m1y (Listen) MON The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats MON to Seann Walsh. MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b03qfzh1 (Listen) MON Series 42, Episode 3 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guests MON Lloyd Langford and Grace Petrie for a comic take on the MON week's news. With Jon Holmes and Laura Shavin. MON Written by the cast with additional material from Andy MON Wolton, Sarah Morgan and Kev Cor. Produced by Colin MON Anderson. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Hugh Dennis MON Performer: Lloyd Langford MON Performer: Grace Petrie MON Performer: Jon Holmes MON Performer: Laura Shavin MON Writer: Andy Wolton MON Writer: Sarah Morgan MON Writer: Kev Cor MON Producer: Colin Anderson MON MON 23:30 Think the Unthinkable b007jm4p (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 5 MON With London's transport system in a shambles, the MON consultants ride to the rescue. Stars Emma Kennedy. From MON November 2001. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2014 TUE TUE 00:00 Mind's Eye b007jypg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone b00dyb0m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 2525 b03sg6mf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 When the Dog Dies b00s3h86 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body b007js4n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 I Was There Too b00sx93n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b03s65n4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 At Home With Hinge and Bracket b008lyzf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning b00bwtw9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkq (Listen) TUE The Double Target TUE Retired hitman Art Gordo heads to his friend Louise's flat TUE to plan his next moves. Stars Dinsdale Landen and Frances TUE Jeater. TUE TUE 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzt (Listen) TUE Carnage at Sea TUE The '30s spook takes on the law to pursue his arch enemy in TUE the heart of New York. Stars Stuart Milligan and Connie TUE Booth. TUE The heroic agent's four-part adventure was adapted for radio TUE by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell TUE Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it TUE ran from 1934 to 1996. TUE Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective TUE novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while TUE cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero TUE Flash Gordon. TUE With Rachel Power and William Hootkins. Produced by Chris TUE Wallis and first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. TUE TUE 07:00 Snap b00tky99 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 4 TUE Doug's mum is 70, but Molly thinks he'll never manage the TUE party and present without her. Stars Paul Venables. From TUE August 2003. TUE TUE 07:30 Chain Reaction b03q8z47 (Listen) TUE Series 9, Neil Innes talks to Graham Linehan TUE Chain Reaction is Radio 4's long running hostless chat show TUE where last week's interviewee becomes this week's TUE interviewer. TUE The chain continues this week with ex-Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band TUE member and Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes talking to TUE comedy writer and director Graham Linehan. TUE Producer ... Carl Cooper. TUE Clip TUE empty TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b018jjzf (Listen) TUE The House of Teeth TUE Neddie investigates a dastardly denture-stealing plan. But TUE who wants them and why? With Valentine Dyall. From January TUE 1956. TUE TUE 08:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b00801nf (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 6 TUE Judgement day dawns for the shady lawyer. The Marx Brothers' TUE lost shows recreated. Stars Michael Roberts. From July 1990. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b03qfzh1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Spread a Little Happiness b00l5hcf (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 5 TUE Comedy by John Godber and Jane Thornton, set in a Yorkshire TUE sandwich bar. TUE The word is spreading like meat paste and business is TUE booming, but there is a teenage fly in the soup de jour. TUE Hope ...... Suranne Jones TUE Jodie ...... Susan Cookson TUE Dave ...... Neil Dudgeon TUE Gavin ...... Ralph Brown TUE Eve ...... Joanne Froggatt TUE Carrie ...... Elizabeth Godber TUE Mrs Cummings ...... Sherry Baines TUE Woman ...... Jane Purcell TUE Directed by Chris Wallis. TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b00jlxr0 (Listen) TUE Therese Raquin, Episode 1 TUE First of a two-part dramatisation by Diana Griffiths of the TUE novel by Emile Zola, set in mid-19th century Paris. TUE Therese is forced by her aunt to marry her sickly son, TUE Camille. However, upon moving to Paris, she and her lover TUE Laurent conspire to murder Camille so that they may love TUE freely. TUE Therese ...... Charlotte Riley TUE Laurent ...... Andrew Buchan TUE Camille ...... Toby Hadoke TUE Mme Raquin ...... Pauline Jefferson TUE Michaud ...... Rob Pickavance TUE Suzanne ...... Deborah McAndrew TUE Manager/Assistant ...... Carl Cieka TUE Directed by Pauline Harris. TUE TUE 11:00 I Was There Too b00sx96r (Listen) TUE Series 2, Pretty as a Picture TUE In the pivotal moments of history the little man is TUE inevitably written out of the history books. Whatever TUE happened to Cleopatra's milkman, Einstein's postman, TUE Michelangelo's model or Shakespeare's gardener? Just maybe TUE there was more going on behind the scenes than we could ever TUE imagine. TUE Writers Lucy Caldwell, Heidi Regan and Jessica Ransom, take TUE us behind the scenes for an alternative look at some great TUE historical moments through the eyes of some unexpected - TUE and, until now - overlooked witnesses who were there too! TUE It's history - but not quite as we know it! TUE Maiden, Mother, Spinster, Saint TUE by Lucy Caldwell TUE Reader: Corrine Kempa TUE Being overshadowed by a sibling takes on a whole new meaning TUE when your sister is a figure of national notoriety. TUE Pretty as a Picture TUE by Heidi Regan TUE Reader: Raphael Koeb TUE Beauty and truth collide when a young assistant accompanies TUE a master painter on an important royal commission. TUE She Wore a White Dress TUE by Jessica Ransom TUE Reader: Julie Dray TUE Dressing a queen is a great responsibility, especially for TUE her final public appearance. TUE Producer: Heather Larmour TUE Our afternoon readings this week take a look at some TUE momentous moments in history from the perspective of some TUE unexpected witnesses who were 'there too' but didn't quite TUE make it into the history books. TUE Today's reading takes us to Tudor times where an eager young TUE apprentice travels with a master painter on an important TUE commission where he learns a valuable lesson about the TUE politics of beauty and truth. TUE Raphael Koeb reads 'Pretty as a Picture' by Heidi Regan, TUE producer Heather Larmour. TUE TUE 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music b007qx2y (Listen) TUE Roll Jordan Roll TUE When Megan keeps playing a mystery melody in rehearsals for TUE a jazz festival, she turns musical detective. Stars Rakie TUE Ayola. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b018jjzf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b00801nf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mdyzz (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Jennifer is keen to marry Tony, and Lyon visits Anne's TUE family home in Lawrenceville. Jacqueline Susann drama with TUE Julia Ford. TUE TUE 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007k3st (Listen) TUE Richard II's Great Expedition to Ireland; The Pale TUE In the late 14th century, King Richard II travelled to TUE Ireland to quell the threat of Irish lords. The country's TUE rich and turbulent story continues with Richard Dormer. TUE TUE 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvlz (Listen) TUE The Blue Feather TUE Loveable rogue Uncle Silas gets caught poaching. HE Bates' TUE country tale is read by David Neal. TUE TUE 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude b03sgfph (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem. TUE Education begins. Recorded in Dove Cottage, where it was TUE written. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b00jlxr0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03sgfpk (Listen) TUE Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc, as she wishes superstar TUE athlete Jessica Ennis-Hill a very happy birthday. TUE TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag b00f34fk (Listen) TUE Series 4, The Pretenders TUE Ambassador Mackenzie faces an aristocratic revival in the TUE Federated People's Republic. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From TUE July 1992. TUE TUE 17:30 Snap b00tky99 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Mind's Eye b007wpnl (Listen) TUE Faith TUE Jake claims an angel saved his life, but psychotherapist TUE Lorcan proves that he may be telling the truth. Stars Dermot TUE Crowley. TUE TUE 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone b007jxgx (Listen) TUE Series 1, Unappreciated TUE Edna's adventures in the bizarre parallel London have led to TUE a new job. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Sarah Solemani. TUE Unappreciated TUE Ben Moor’s comic sci-fi adventure continues with Edna TUE putting together her own issue of Get Out. TUE Edna learns more about Undone while putting together an TUE issue of Get Out on her own. So she hardly has time to help TUE Tankerton chase a naughty dog who steals sausages. TUE Credits TUE Edna Turner: Sarah Solemani TUE Carlo Jones / Billy O'Malley: Duncan Wisbey TUE Tankerton Slopes: Ben Moor TUE Grant: Tim Key TUE Writer: Ben Moor TUE Producer: Colin Anderson TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b018jjzf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b00801nf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 I Was There Too b00sx96r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music b007qx2y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Chain Reaction b03q8z47 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Castle b00gdz3r (Listen) TUE Series 2, Nice to Gavotte You, to Gavotte You Nice TUE Hie ye to "The Castle", a rollicking sitcom set way back TUE then, starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley", "Four TUE Weddings & A Funeral") and Neil Dudgeon ("Life Of Riley") TUE In this episode, the arrival of a new handyman, a mysterious TUE Frenchwoman and a celebrity dance competition puts everyone TUE in a whirl. TUE Cast: TUE Sir John Woodstock ..... James Fleet TUE Sir William De Warenne ...... Neil Dudgeon TUE Lady Anne Woodstock ..... Montserrat Lombard TUE Cardinal Duncan ..... Jonathan Kydd TUE Lady Charlotte ..... Ingrid Oliver TUE Master Henry Woodstock ..... Steven Kynman TUE Merlin ...... Lewis Macleod TUE and special guest TUE Comtesse Totti ..... Katy Brand TUE Written by Kim Fuller with additional material by Paul TUE Alexander TUE Music by Guy Jackson TUE Produced and directed by David Tyler TUE A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 The Museum of Everything b007k1gw (Listen) TUE Series 1, The History of Everything TUE The Elgin Tiddlywinks are among the exhibits on display. TUE Stars Marcus Brigstocke and Dan Tetsell. From April 2004. TUE TUE 23:30 Dave Podmore b007qcsw (Listen) TUE Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix, Episode 2 TUE The star cricketer injures Felicity Kendall in a charity TUE celebrity cricket match. Stars Chris Douglas. From May 2001. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY 2014 WED WED 00:00 Mind's Eye b007wpnl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone b007jxgx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 The Now Show b03qfzh1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:30 Spread a Little Happiness b00l5hcf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b00jlxr0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 I Was There Too b00sx96r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music b007qx2y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Flying the Flag b00f34fk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Snap b00tky99 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkw (Listen) WED A Life for a Life WED Retired hitman Art Gordo faces more pressure to kill the WED shadowy Charles Allweather. Stars Dinsdale Landen and WED Frances Jeater. WED WED 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq0q (Listen) WED The Powers That Be WED The all-American hero battles to save gold bullion and solve WED Evelyn's disappearance. Stars Stuart Milligan and Connie WED Booth. WED The heroic agent's four-part adventure was adapted for radio WED by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell WED Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it WED ran from 1934 to 1996. WED Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective WED novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while WED cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero WED Flash Gordon. WED With Rachel Power and William Hootkins. Produced by Chris WED Wallis and first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. WED WED 07:00 The Leopard in Autumn b00rzky4 (Listen) WED Series 2, An Englishman Abroad WED A suspect English lord arrives in Renaissance Italy's WED pettiest state Monte Guano to be immortalised on canvas. WED Stars Nikolas Grace and Sian Philips. From May 2002. WED WED 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town b03q9w0n (Listen) WED Series 5, St Davids WED Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth series of the WED award winning show that travels around the country, WED researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns WED that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and does a WED bespoke evening of comedy in each one. WED As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the WED next, Mark Steel's in Town celebrates the parochial, the WED local and the unusual. From Corby's rivalry with Kettering WED to the word you can't say in Portland, the show has taken in WED the idiosyncrasies of towns up and down the country, from WED Kirkwall to Penzance, from Holyhead to Bungay. WED This edition comes from St Davids, Pembrokeshire, which is WED technically a city - with the emphasis on the technically. WED He discusses lifeboats, art and wildlife, and discovers that WED in this sleepy coastal community, they are sometimes very WED rude but sometimes very, very friendly. Almost too friendly. WED But only if you're into that sort of thing. WED Written and performed by ... Mark Steel WED Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair WED Production co-ordinator ... Trudi Stevens WED Producer ... Ed Morrish. WED Clip WED empty WED Credits WED Presenter: Mark Steel WED Writer: Mark Steel WED Writer: Pete Sinclair WED Producer: Ed Morrish WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jsqv (Listen) WED Series 5, Around the World in 80 Days WED The lad accepts a bet when challenged to copy Phileas Fogg's WED trip, but in far less time. Stars Tony Hancock. From March WED 1958. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b007jskn (Listen) WED Series 8, Episode 10 WED The Radio Prune team hand out their gongs, and get saved by WED the bell. Stars John Cleese and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From WED April 1970. WED WED 09:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00j8djx (Listen) WED Series 3, Astonishing Archie WED Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter. WED When two brothers get together to plan the funeral of an old WED friend, the choice of music is a bone of contention - will WED it be Sinatra or Presley? A generation and a whole WED philosophy of popular music separate the brothers, and the WED choice they finally make is a heartwarming musical WED compromise. By Bill Paterson. WED Ronnie Purgavey ...... Stanley Baxter WED Alan Purgavey ...... Bill Paterson WED Rev Margot Turnbull ...... Maureen Beattie WED Directed by Marilyn Imrie. WED WED 09:30 All the Way from Memphis b00m52xh (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 2 WED James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, WED Tracey MacLeod, David Quantick and Stewart Lee. From May WED 2006. WED WED 10:00 Classic Serial b00jqz5x (Listen) WED Therese Raquin, Episode 2 WED Dramatisation by Diana Griffiths of the novel by Emile Zola, WED set in mid-19th century Paris. WED Therese and Laurent have murdered Camille and are free to WED marry. Their wedding night is not joyous - it is a night of WED terror, and each night is the same as they feel the ghost of WED Camille infiltrate their every thought and action. WED Therese ...... Charlotte Riley WED Laurent ...... Andrew Buchan WED Camille ...... Toby Hadoke WED Mme Raquin ...... Pauline Jefferson WED Michaud ...... Rob Pickavance WED Suzanne ...... Deborah McAndrew WED Pierre/Beggar ...... Drew Carter Cain WED Music consultancy: Philip Tagney WED Directed by Pauline Harris. WED WED 11:00 I Was There Too b00sx96t (Listen) WED Series 2, She Wore a White Dress WED In the pivotal moments of history the little man is WED inevitably written out of the history books. Whatever WED happened to Cleopatra's milkman, Einstein's postman, WED Michelangelo's model or Shakespeare's gardener? Just maybe WED there was more going on behind the scenes than we could ever WED imagine. WED Writers Lucy Caldwell, Heidi Regan and Jessica Ransom, take WED us behind the scenes for an alternative look at some great WED historical moments through the eyes of some unexpected - WED and, until now - overlooked witnesses who were there too! WED It's history - but not quite as we know it! WED Maiden, Mother, Spinster, Saint WED by Lucy Caldwell WED Reader: Corrine Kempa WED Being overshadowed by a sibling takes on a whole new meaning WED when your sister is a figure of national notoriety. WED Pretty As A Picture WED by Heidi Regan WED Reader: Raphael Koeb WED Beauty and truth collide when a young assistant accompanies WED a master painter on an important royal commission. WED She Wore a White Dress WED by Jessica Ransom WED Reader: Julie Dray WED Dressing a queen is a great responsibility, especially for WED her final public appearance. WED Producer: Heather Larmour WED Today's afternoon reading sees the last in our 'I Was There WED Too!' series, readings which offer us an unexpected WED interpretation of some historic moments from some witnesses WED who were there too! It's history, but not as we know it! WED This afternoon we travel to revolutionary France as a young WED dressmaker gives us her insight into dressing a Queen for WED the most public appearance of her life. Julie Dray reads WED 'She Wore a White Dress' by Jessica Ransom, Producer Heather WED Larmour. WED WED 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music b007qvgd (Listen) WED The Great Pork Pie Mystery WED Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest leads her to WED a 1920s Swansea tearoom. Stars Rakie Ayola and Margaret WED John. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jsqv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b007jskn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq0q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mf04n (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED New bride Jennifer visits Neely, who has become a big WED Hollywood star. Stars Madeleine Potter, Harry Myers and WED Susan Jameson. WED WED 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007k3tq (Listen) WED Beyond the Pale; Garret Mor Fitzgerald, the Great Earl of WED Kildare WED The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With WED Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. WED WED 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvm8 (Listen) WED Queenie White WED Mischievous Uncle Silas recalls an amorous brush with a WED buxom publican's wife. HE Bates' country tale is read by WED David Neal. WED WED 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude b03sgxmn (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem. WED He is drawn to both rural and urban. Recorded in Dove WED Cottage, where it was written. WED WED 15:00 Classic Serial b00jqz5x (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03sgxqh (Listen) WED Young Bond author Charlie Higson shares his Inheritance WED Tracks, and Miriam Margoyles reads the next chapter of James WED and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. WED WED 17:00 A Whole New Ball Game b00ftg1r (Listen) WED Series 2, And Pigs Can Fry WED The footie team's new strip causes controversy. Will they be WED ready for the new season? Stars Brenda Blethyn. WED WED 17:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00rzky4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Mind's Eye b007wqdd (Listen) WED Whispers WED A boy swears he is under attack by a poltergeist, but his WED determined father blames his son's wilfulness. Stars Dermot WED Crowley. WED WED 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone b007jxh5 (Listen) WED Series 1, Unrivalled WED Edna's parallel London life sees a trip to the theatre, or WED is that untheatre? Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Sarah WED Solemani. WED Credits WED Edna Turner: Sarah Solemani WED Carlo Jones / Billy O'Malley: Duncan Wisbey WED Tankerton Slopes: Ben Moor WED Jemima: Emma Kennedy WED Kate: Montserrat Lombard WED Grant: Tim Key WED Writer: Ben Moor WED Producer: Colin Anderson WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jsqv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b007jskn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq0q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 I Was There Too b00sx96t (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music b007qvgd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town b03q9w0n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive b007yd2k (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 5 WED Armando makes more topical mischief. With guests Russell WED Howard, Michael McIntyre and Andy Zaltzman. From September WED 2007. WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03v0m20 (Listen) WED The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Jon Holmes and WED Seann Walsh are in conversation. WED WED 23:00 Old Harry's Game b007jmbj (Listen) WED Series 3, A Four Letter Word WED A new arrival in Hell persuades Satan to re-shoot Casablanca WED with a mutant alien. Devilish comedy stars Andy Hamilton. WED From April 1999. WED WED 23:30 Absolute Power b007w32v (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 5 WED Charles tackles prison reform, as Martin helps Delia Smith WED with a new image. Stars Stephen Fry and John Bird. From WED February 2001. WED WED THU THURSDAY 30 JANUARY 2014 THU THU 00:00 Mind's Eye b007wqdd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone b007jxh5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtkw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq0q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00j8djx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 All the Way from Memphis b00m52xh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Classic Serial b00jqz5x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 I Was There Too b00sx96t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music b007qvgd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 A Whole New Ball Game b00ftg1r (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00rzky4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007tcfh (Listen) THU The Professionals THU Retired hitman Art Gordo makes a decision about his target THU Charles Allweather, but what about Louise? Stars Dinsdale THU Landen. THU THU 06:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq13 (Listen) THU You're the Top THU The action hero finally confronts his nemesis at the top of THU a New York landmark. Stars Stuart Milligan and Connie Booth. THU The heroic agent's four-part adventure was adapted for radio THU by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell THU Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it THU ran from 1934 to 1996. THU Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective THU novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while THU cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero THU Flash Gordon. THU With Rachel Power and William Hootkins. Produced by Chris THU Wallis and first broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. THU THU 07:00 The Alan Davies Show b007js69 (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU The struggling actor and his friends find themselves locked THU in - a lot! With Ronnie Ancona and Alan Francis. From May THU 1998. THU THU 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b015brnj (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 3 THU John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure, regular THU guest on The Now Show and popper-up in things like Miranda THU and That Mitchell and Webb Look returns with half an hour of THU his own sketches, each funnier than the last. Although, hang THU on, that system means starting the whole series with the THU least funny sketch. Might need to rethink that. OK, it's a THU new show filled with sketches written and performed by John THU Finnemore, but now no longer arranged in strict order of THU funniness. Also, he's cut the sketch that would have gone THU first. THU In this third edition, the show visits some THU documentary-makers, has a big debate, and then treats itself THU to a little trophy. THU John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is written by and stars THU John Finnemore. It also features Carrie Quinlan (The News THU Quiz, The Late Edition), Lawry Lewin (The Life & Times of THU Vivienne Vyle, Horrible Histories) and Simon Kane (Six THU Impossible Things). THU Producer: Ed Morrish. THU Clip THU empty THU Credits THU Performer: John Finnemore THU Ensemble: Carrie Quinlan THU Ensemble: Lawry Lewin THU Ensemble: Simon Kane THU Producer: Ed Morrish THU Writer: John Finnemore THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jpgq (Listen) THU Series 2, The Day the Balloon Went Up THU Captain Mainwaring and Lance Corporal Jones get carried away THU with the platoon's war effort. Adapted from TV with Arthur THU Lowe. From June 1975. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b0121lh3 (Listen) THU From 21/01/1954 THU Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic comedy. Ron Glum THU considers growing a moustache. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From THU January 1954. THU THU 09:00 Four Joneses and a Jenkins b007jqmy (Listen) THU April - All Hands to the Pump THU Megan is still keen to escape the farm and study. But her THU father is not listening. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead. From THU September 2000. THU THU 09:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b007jsjq (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 2 THU The sofa-bound lifestyle presenters look at sickness, THU friendship and sick friends. Stars Robert Duncan and Julia THU Hills. From May 1996. THU THU 10:00 Classic Serial b00jc440 (Listen) THU Something Fresh, Episode 1 THU First of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 THU comic novel. THU Two imposters infiltrate Blandings Castle, intent on THU recovering a valuable scarab which the dotty Lord Emsworth THU has unknowingly acquired from a dyspeptic American THU millionaire. THU Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd THU Joan ...... Helen McCrory THU J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo THU Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis THU Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen THU George Emerson ...... James Frain THU Baxter ...... Jared Harris THU Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard THU Mrs Twemlow ...... Jill Gascoine THU Miss Willoughby ...... Joanne Whalley THU The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf THU Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson THU Adams ...... Kenneth Danziger THU Jones/Ferris/Porter ...... Alan Shearman THU All the maids ...... Moira Quirk THU Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy THU Directed by Martin Jarvis. THU THU 11:00 Platform 3 b01jll1h (Listen) THU The Homecoming THU Written by Olga Grushin. You can find all of human life at THU railway stations and Platform 3 is a set of stories inspired THU by hanging around them. Sweet Talk commissioned three THU writers to explore the theme: all the places, destinations, THU thoughts, hopes and fears. The people - or lack of them. THU Gregory is a successful New York businessman who has THU returned to Russia for the first time in many years to visit THU his mother. He takes a trip out to his mother's dacha in the THU country and then heads for the local station. He has an THU urgent plane to catch. Moscow is only two hours away - but THU only if the train comes. And while he waits, he has a THU strange encounter... THU Olga Grushin was born in Moscow in 1971 and spent her THU childhood in Moscow and Prague. In 1989 she became the first THU Soviet citizen to enrol for a full-time degree in the United THU States while retaining Soviet citizenship. In 2006 she was THU shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers and named THU one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists in 2007. She THU has published two novels: The Dream Life of Sukhanov (2006) THU and The Concert Ticket (published in the US as The Line) in THU April 2010. 'The Homecoming' is her first story for radio. THU Olga lives in Washington D.C. THU Reader: Alan Cox THU Producer: Jeremy Osborne THU A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 11:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music b007qss0 (Listen) THU Beacons THU Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest comes full THU circle when she gets a surprise. Stars Rakie Ayola. THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jpgq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b0121lh3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007tcfh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq13 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mf36d (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Jennifer is invited to star in French films and Anne gets THU work in the new medium - television. Jacqueline Susann drama THU with Julia Ford. THU THU 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007k3vl (Listen) THU Garret Og and Silken Thomas Fitzgerald; The Rebellion of THU Silken Thomas THU The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With THU Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. THU THU 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvmc (Listen) THU The Singing Pig THU The incorrigible Uncle Silas gets nostalgic over a melodic THU porker. HE Bates' country tale is read by David Neal. THU THU 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude b03sh0wp (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem. A THU festival provides surreal inspiration. Recorded in Dove THU Cottage, where it was written. THU THU 15:00 Classic Serial b00jc440 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03sh4kr (Listen) THU Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc, as she goes to the THU deepest, darkest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench. THU THU 17:00 Ballylenon b00890fc (Listen) THU Series 6, Episode 6 THU Do Muriel's visions bode prosperity, and will the Hawthornes THU move on? It's 1956 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars TP THU McKenna. THU THU 17:30 The Alan Davies Show b007js69 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Mind's Eye b007jyt8 (Listen) THU Prophet THU Released murderer Paul claims he can foresee imminent THU crimes, but the police think he's the perpetrator. Stars THU Dermot Crowley. THU THU 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone b007jxh9 (Listen) THU Series 1, Unfamiliar THU Genuinely faceless bureaucrats threaten to run London, as THU Edna's mum arrives. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Sarah THU Solemani. THU Credits THU Edna Turner: Sarah Solemani THU Carlo Jones / Billy O'Malley: Duncan Wisbey THU Tankerton Slopes: Ben Moor THU Jemima: Emma Kennedy THU Head: Kevin Eldon THU Paul: Richard Herring THU Writer: Ben Moor THU Producer: Colin Anderson THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jpgq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b0121lh3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007tcfh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq13 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Platform 3 b01jll1h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music b007qss0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b015brnj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea b0077038 (Listen) THU Series 3, Inverurie Jones and the Thimble of Doom THU Can the two old Scotsmen foil the plans of an incorrigible THU thief? Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From September THU 2006. THU THU 22:45 Tina C's Tiny Island Tour b0076qds (Listen) THU Wales THU Arriving in Cardiff, the country singer and global activist THU has a very special announcement to make. Stars Christopher THU Green. From February 2005. THU THU 23:00 Inside Alan Francis b00hv1rj (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU Comedy series in which comedian Alan Francis explores the THU workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends THU and long-suffering girlfriend Jane. THU Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors. THU With Julian Dutton, Barnaby Power, Kali Peacock. THU THU 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom b019jtl7 (Listen) THU Series 3, Technology THU The comedian celebrates and chastises the various marvels of THU the modern age. With Hattie Hayridge. From November 2005. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 FRI FRI 00:00 Mind's Eye b007jyt8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone b007jxh9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007tcfh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq13 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Four Joneses and a Jenkins b007jqmy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b007jsjq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Classic Serial b00jc440 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Platform 3 b01jll1h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music b007qss0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 Ballylenon b00890fc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Alan Davies Show b007js69 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtl9 (Listen) FRI The Moment of Truth FRI Retired hitman Art Gordo comes face-to-face with his FRI mysterious nemesis at last. Stars Dinsdale Landen and Glyn FRI Owen. FRI FRI 06:30 Dick Francis - Proof b007m9f7 (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI A party at racehorse trainer Jack Haythorne's stables ends FRI in tragedy. But is it just an accident? Stars Nigel Havers. FRI FRI 07:00 Chambers b007jntq (Listen) FRI Series 1, The American FRI The arrival of a star US lawyer prompts stuffy John FRI Fuller-Carp to copy his sharp tactics. Stars John Bird. From FRI May 1996. FRI FRI 07:30 Warhorses of Letters b03s6jv7 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 3 FRI Comedy by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips FRI Stephen Fry and Daniel Rigby star as Napoleon's horse FRI Marengo and Wellington's horse Copenhagen in the moving FRI epistolary tale of two horses deeply in love but sundered by FRI history. With an introduction by Tamsin Greig. FRI This week artistic differences threaten to destroy our FRI heroes' love for each-other as both attempt to find fame as FRI writers. But is the literary horse public ready for FRI Marengo's experimental, Proustian and incredibly long FRI exploration of what it is to be a horse? Or is there more of FRI a market for Copenhagen's rather racier "Fifty Shades of FRI Hay"? FRI Produced by Gareth Edwards. FRI Credits FRI Marengo: Stephen Fry FRI Copenhagen: Daniel Rigby FRI Narrator: Tamsin Greig FRI Producer: Gareth Edwards FRI Writer: Marie Phillips FRI Writer: Robbie Hudson FRI FRI 07:45 Political Animals b01m5nt0 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Sybil FRI by Tony Bagley. FRI The third in a series of four scurrilous talks given by FRI well-known, if unreliable, Downing Street cats, relating FRI their trials and tribulations under four different Prime FRI Ministers. FRI Sybil, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office 2007 to 2008, FRI reflects on her troubled life with Gordon and Alistair. FRI Directed by Marc Beeby. FRI Credits FRI Sybil: Tracy Wiles FRI Director: Marc Beeby FRI Writer: Tony Bagley FRI FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jzsd (Listen) FRI Series 3, Steptoe and Son and Son FRI A visitor brings Harold some unexpected news. Adapted from FRI TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From May FRI 1971. FRI FRI 08:30 Yes Minister b007k0ww (Listen) FRI Series 2, The Quality of Life FRI Jim Hacker gets embroiled in the property business. Adapted FRI from TV with Paul Eddington and Selina Scott. From November FRI 1984. FRI FRI 09:00 Millport b0076287 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Growth FRI The islanders are bitten by a fitness bug where whelks are FRI on the menu, and an inspector arrives to check Bunty's veg. FRI Stars Lynn Ferguson. From May 2001. FRI FRI 09:30 The Change b0076cs6 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 2 FRI Away from transvestite George, Carol is spending time on her FRI own and enjoying it. But her family seem to need her more FRI than ever. With Chris Ellison. From February 2003. FRI FRI 10:00 Classic Serial b00jh472 (Listen) FRI Something Fresh, Episode 2 FRI Second of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 FRI comic novel. FRI The rivalry between Ashe and Joan to secure the precious FRI scarab is becoming intense. The obsessive Baxter is in hot FRI pursuit and Lord Emsworth keeps a shotgun beside him in case FRI of midnight marauders. FRI Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd FRI Joan ...... Helen McCrory FRI Baxter ...... Jared Harris FRI Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis FRI J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo FRI The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf FRI George Emerson ...... James Frain FRI Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen FRI Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard FRI Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson FRI Colonel Mant ...... Kenneth Danziger FRI Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy FRI Directed by Martin Jarvis. FRI FRI 11:00 Platform 3 b01jqb87 (Listen) FRI A Good Impression FRI Ali takes the Glasgow train to a small Highland village and FRI brings his new fiancee Sophie to meet his family. Sophie FRI worries that they won't like her. Ali worries whether his FRI eccentric mother and sister can be trusted to behave. FRI Neither worry is unfounded. FRI Written by Morven Crumlish and read by Siobhan Redmond. One FRI of three stories inspired by railway stations, each by a FRI different writer. FRI Morven Crumlish's stories have been published and broadcast FRI widely, including The Big The Beautiful Nanda Gray, which FRI appeared in WORK: the Scotsman/Orange Short Story FRI Collection, and You See Patterns When You Close Your Eyes, FRI featured in Shorts 4: the Macallan/Scotland on Sunday short FRI story collection. She has has also written for the Guardian; FRI was a finalist in the 1998 Vogue Talent Contest for young FRI writers and in 2004 she was awarded a New Writers Bursary FRI from the Scottish Arts Council. Her work has featured in two FRI previous Sweet Talk productions for BBC Radio 4: Loulou and FRI Barbie and the Seven Deadly Sins appeared in 2005 and FRI Dilemmas of Modern Martyrs - five of her stories in 2008. FRI Morven lives in Edinburgh. FRI Producer: Jeremy Osborne FRI A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:15 Jallebies and Tea b007jy83 (Listen) FRI Recently arrived in London from India, Asha is lonely left FRI in her flat all day long, until some extraordinary visitors FRI appear. Stars Nina Wadia. FRI FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jzsd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 Yes Minister b007k0ww (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtl9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Dick Francis - Proof b007m9f7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Jacqueline Susann - Valley of the Dolls b00mfhv8 (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Neely has won an Academy Award, but her second marriage is FRI already on the rocks. Jacqueline Susann drama with Madeleine FRI Potter. FRI FRI 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007k3wg (Listen) FRI The Church in Turmoil; Sober Ways, Politic Drifts and FRI Amiable Persuasion FRI The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With FRI Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. FRI FRI 14:30 HE Bates - Sugar for the Horse b007jvmk (Listen) FRI Aunt Tibby FRI A cunning landlady proves to be as resourceful as the FRI mischievous Uncle Silas. HE Bates' country tale is read by FRI David Neal. FRI FRI 14:45 William Wordsworth - The Prelude b03skbbk (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Sir Ian McKellen reads Wordsworth's autobiographical poem. FRI Travelling abroad reveals fear and hope. Recorded in Dove FRI Cottage, where it was written. FRI FRI 15:00 Classic Serial b00jh472 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03skbbm (Listen) FRI Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc as she hears about the FRI remarkable top-secret war work of pigeons during the Second FRI World War. FRI FRI 17:00 Huddwinks b00fsmzb (Listen) FRI Series 2, Tom Smollet's Schooldays FRI A young pupil faces up to boarding school life with a FRI fearsome headmaster and a head boy bully. Stars Roy Hudd. FRI From July 1988. FRI FRI 17:30 Chambers b007jntq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Mind's Eye b007jyvk (Listen) FRI Lodgers FRI Psychotherapists Lorcan and Aoife discover something odd FRI about the residents of Maeve's busy Dublin guesthouse. Stars FRI Cathy Belton. FRI FRI 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone b007jxhj (Listen) FRI Series 1, Unravelled FRI London gets stranger and stranger for Edna, Tankerton and FRI both the Carlos. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Sarah FRI Solemani. FRI Credits FRI Edna Turner: Sarah Solemani FRI Carlo Jones / Billy O'Malley: Duncan Wisbey FRI Tankerton Slopes: Ben Moor FRI Grant: Tim Key FRI Writer: Ben Moor FRI Producer: Colin Anderson FRI FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jzsd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 Yes Minister b007k0ww (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Jim Eldridge - Down Payment on Death b007jtl9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Dick Francis - Proof b007m9f7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Platform 3 b01jqb87 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Jallebies and Tea b007jy83 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Warhorses of Letters b03s6jv7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:15 Political Animals b01m5nt0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash b00lgj3p (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 1 FRI Arthur Smith invites an audience into his home for music and FRI comedy. FRI Paul Sinha in the lounge, Milton Jones in the bedroom and FRI Glenn Tilbrook in the kitchen provide music and nourishment FRI in the shape of Welsh rarebit, and Pippa Evans - as FRI singer-songwriter Loretta Maine - lends a hand. FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03v0m22 (Listen) FRI The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith is FRI joined by Tiffany Stevenson and Katherine Ryan. FRI FRI 23:00 On the Hour b008pcbq (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 2 FRI Biting news satire with TV evangelism, Alan Partridge and FRI yogurt lids. Stars Chris Morris and Steve Coogan. From FRI August 1991. FRI FRI 23:30 The Simon Day Show b01kbld1 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Brian Pern FRI Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The FRI 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 brings washed up rocker, Brian Pern the Mallard FRI Theatre as he's interviewed on stage by pretend 6Music FRI journalist, Ben (Rhys Thomas). FRI Cast list: FRI Brian Pern ..... Simon Day FRI Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter FRI Pat Bennet ... Morwenna Banks FRI Ron Bone / Wozak ..... Simon Greenall FRI Ben ... Rhys Thomas FRI Written by Simon Day with additional material from Rhy FRI Thomas and Felix Dexter FRI Original music arranged by Steve Burge FRI Produced by Colin Anderson. FRI Clip FRI empty FRI