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SAT SATURDAY 17 MAY 2014 SAT SAT 00:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076gzw (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Sir Thomas returns to Mansfield Park to find the house in SAT disarray. Stars Felicity Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tim SAT Pigott-Smith and David Tennant. SAT SAT 00:15 A Short History of Ireland b007tc4f (Listen) SAT Is Them'uns Bate?; The Belfast Riots of 1886 SAT The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With SAT Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. SAT SAT 00:30 The Paradoxes of Mr Pond b0133lv0 (Listen) SAT The Terrible Troubadour SAT Another GK Chesterton mystery - 'In nature you must go very SAT low to find things that go so high'. Concluded by Martin SAT Jarvis. SAT SAT 00:45 Book of the Week b00kvg9j (Listen) SAT Claire Harman - Jane's Fame, Episode 5 SAT Alice Krige reads from Claire Harman's exploration of Jane SAT Austen's rise to pre-eminence from humble family scribblings SAT to Hollywood movies. SAT The use of Jane Austen's name knows no generic boundaries. SAT At the beginning of the 21st century we are witness to the SAT spectacle of the young woman who happily limited her scope SAT to 'three or four families in a country village' being SAT marketed as a global brand. SAT A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 01:00 Act Your Age b00qvm9f (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 6 SAT Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic SAT generations against each other to find out which is the SAT funniest. SAT Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker are SAT joined by Hills Barker and Cannon and Ball. SAT SAT 01:30 Humphrey Lyttelton - Play As I Please b01g6khg (Listen) SAT Leaving Home SAT Humphrey Lyttelton tells June Knox-Mawer about life at a SAT steelworks and heading to war - with his trumpet. From SAT December 1993. SAT SAT 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence b00899j7 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Ellen Olenska returns, and socialite Newland rushes to tell SAT her his big decision. Stars Andrew Wincott and Susanne SAT Bertish. SAT SAT 02:30 The People's Palace b0076lt4 (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. London's vast Crystal Palace put the world SAT under glass for amazed visitors. Michael Rosen revisits its SAT glorious past. From June 2004. SAT SAT 03:00 Classic Serial b00m8pvn (Listen) SAT Thomas Hardy - Two on a Tower, Episode 2 SAT Dramatisation by Jon Sen of Thomas Hardy's tragic tale of SAT star-crossed lovers in the West Country. SAT Viviette and Swithin have married in secret, but chance and SAT convention conspire against them and painful sacrifices have SAT to be made. SAT Lady Constantine ...... Maggie O'Neill SAT Swithin St Cleeve ...... Blake Ritson SAT Parson Torkingham ...... Conrad Nelson SAT Tabitha Lark ...... Amy Humphreys SAT Fellows ...... Stephen Tomlin SAT Louis ...... Richard Heap SAT Bishop Helmsdale ...... Russell Dixon SAT Joshua ...... Carter Thomas SAT Directed by Stefan Escreet. SAT SAT 04:00 Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley b010tbkm (Listen) SAT Not the football club, but a one-legged, partially sighted SAT wheeler-dealer from Lancashire. Bernard Cribbins tells the SAT tale. SAT SAT 04:15 James Follett - The Twisted Image b007mf16 (Listen) SAT A woman is found dead in a Rolls Royce, but the clues don't SAT add up. Futuristic whodunnit with Douglas Blackwell and SAT Peter Wickham. SAT SAT 05:00 Second Holmes b0169ljq (Listen) SAT The Case of the Neglected Farm SAT The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go to Dorset, SAT where a wife is in danger. Stars Peter Egan. From January SAT 1983. SAT SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses b00dh89p (Listen) SAT Series 3, Leading a Merry Dance SAT Events planner Rosie discovers that a Russian dance troop SAT isn't quite what it seems. Stars Prunella Scales. From SAT January 2002. SAT SAT 06:00 Alick Rowe - Operation Lightning Pegasus b007k3cx (Listen) SAT Comic spin on what really happened inside the wooden horse SAT during the siege of Troy. Stars Timothy West and Joy SAT Harrison. SAT SAT 07:30 Paint It Black b007jxq4 (Listen) SAT Archers actress Felicity Finch accompanies a group of cave SAT artists in their brave quest to paint underground tunnels SAT and chambers. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00mtnq7 (Listen) SAT Self on Ballard SAT The writer Will Self, who came to know J.G. Ballard well in SAT his final years, journeys upriver through the life and SAT imagination of the seer of Shepperton. From his suburban SAT anonymity, Ballard charted the realms of innerspace and the SAT madness of the modern world with a cool eye and visionary SAT prose. Written & presented by Will Self. With readings by SAT Anna Massey. SAT Producer: Mark Burman. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller b01ngpkl (Listen) SAT Alexei Sayle SAT Alexei Sayle, the original alternative stand-up comedian, SAT actor and writer chooses his favourite comedies from the BBC SAT radio archive. SAT Alexei takes us back to his Liverpool childhood and Sunday SAT lunchtime listening in Round the Horne (1965). There's more SAT illicit childhood listening in I'm Sorry, I'll Read That SAT Again (1966) starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme SAT Garden and Bill Oddie. Alexi's admiration of rule breakers SAT guides his next choices, the logic defying The Burkiss Way SAT (1980) and the news shattering On the Hour (1992), the SAT original radio home of Alan Partridge. SAT The idea of making something seem so real but twisting it SAT deviously has always appealed to Alexei, and is at the core SAT of the award-winning spoof radio phone in show, Down the SAT Line (2007), starring Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson. SAT Alexei's final choice finds him interrogating one of his SAT best friends in comedy, the comedian Lenny Henry in Chain SAT Reaction (2005). But did one of comedy's great talkers allow SAT Lenny to get a word in edgeways? SAT "Alexei had a fearsome comedy reputation." SAT Clip SAT empty SAT SAT 12:00 The Treehouse - Omnibus b043wb29 (Listen) SAT A message found at the site of a teenager's death causes SAT panic among his friends, 19 years on. With Joanne Mitchell. SAT SAT 13:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b007519z (Listen) SAT Marjorie Wallace SAT The award-winning campaigning journalist and chief executive SAT of SANE tells Dr Anthony Clare about her major influences. SAT From 1997. SAT Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with SAT prominent people from different walks of life. SAT Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, SAT a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the SAT Royal College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on SAT BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became SAT Britain's best-known psychiatrist and earned his own SAT vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair. Starting in 1982, this SAT series ran until 2001 and also transferred to TV. Series SAT highlights include conversations with Bob Monkhouse, Cecil SAT Parkinson and Gerry Adams. SAT Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007. SAT SAT 14:00 The Navy Lark b007jn8n (Listen) SAT The day proves unlucky for the superstitious crew of HMS SAT Troutbridge. Stars Jon Pertwee and Leslie Phillips. From SAT June 1972. SAT SAT 14:30 Albert and Me b007jsgr (Listen) SAT Series 1, Mind That Baby SAT Single dad Bryan is wrapped in red tape at the benefits SAT office. Stars Richard Beckinsale and Pat Coombs. From SAT December 1977. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00mtnq7 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Alick Rowe - Operation Lightning Pegasus b007k3cx (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Bird Island b042z66l (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 2 SAT EPISODE TWO: SAT Ben, a young scientist working in Antarctica, tries to adapt SAT to the loneliness by keeping a cheery audio diary on his SAT Dictaphone. This week, Ben tests out a new coat, suitable SAT for the cold climate and Jane celebrates her birthday. SAT Written by ..... Katy Wix SAT Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani SAT ABOUT BIRD ISLAND: SAT Bird Island is an atmospheric non-audience comedy about a SAT cheery scientist based in Sub-Antarctica. Starring Reece SAT Shearsmith, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Alison Steadman and katy Wix. SAT On the one hand, Ben is on the trip of a lifetime to SAT Sub-Antarctica. On the other, he's trapped in a vast icy SAT landscape with a dodgy internet connection and a dictaphone. SAT Loneliness is something of a problem. So, Ben shares his SAT thoughts with us in the form of an audio 'log'. SAT His fellow scientist Graham should alleviate this sense of SAT isolation, but the tragi-comic fact is, they are nerdy SAT blokes, so they can only stumble through yet another mumbled SAT exchange. Not to mention the new arrival Jane, who Ben seems SAT to be even more awkward around, for reasons that aren't SAT entirely clear to him. SAT Apart from his research studying the Albatross on the SAT Island, Ben attempts to continue normal life with an SAT earnestness and enthusiasm which is ultimately very SAT endearing. SAT Bird Island is written by Katy Wix, one half of the sketch SAT Duo 'Anna and Katy'. Katy is a writer and performer who has SAT made appearances in 'Miranda', 'Outnumbered' and stars as SAT Daisy in 'Not Going Out' and authored 'The Oberon Book of SAT Comic Monologues For Women'. SAT Credits SAT Ben: Reece Shearsmith SAT Graham: Julian Rhind-Tutt SAT Shanghai Solitaire Voice: Julian Rhind-Tutt SAT Jane: Katy Wix SAT Producer: Tilusha Ghelani SAT Writer: Katy Wix SAT SAT 17:45 Don't Start b01mqqg1 (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Toenail SAT What do long term partners really argue about? The sharp new SAT comedy from Frank Skinner returns for a second series. SAT Well observed, clever and funny, Don't Start is a scripted SAT comedy with a deceptively simple premise - an argument. Each SAT week our couple fall out over another apparently trivial SAT flashpoint - the Krankies, toenail trimming and semantics. SAT The stakes mount as Neil and Kim battle with words. But SAT these are no ordinary arguments. The two outdo each other SAT with increasingly absurd images, unexpected literary SAT references (the Old Testament, Jack Spratt and the first Mrs SAT Rochester, to name a few) and razor sharp analysis of their SAT beloved's weaknesses. Underneath the cutting wit, however, SAT there is an unmistakable tenderness. SAT Frank says: SAT "Having established in the first series that Neil and Kim SAT are a childless academic couple who during their numerous SAT arguments luxuriate in their own and each other's learning SAT and wit, I've tried in the second series to dig a little SAT deeper into their relationship. Love and affection SAT occasionally splutter into view, like a Higgs boson in a big SAT tunnel-thing, but can such emotions ever prevail in a SAT relationship where the couple prefers to wear their brains, SAT rather than their hearts, on their sleeves? Is that too much SAT offal imagery?" SAT Episode 2: The Toenail SAT Frank's attempts at recycling strike Kim as an unhealthy SAT obsession with death. SAT Produced and directed by Polly Thomas SAT Executive Producer: Jon Thoday SAT An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Neil: Frank Skinner SAT Kim: Katherine Parkinson SAT Director: Polly Thomas SAT Producer: Polly Thomas SAT Writer: Frank Skinner SAT SAT 18:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy b007jm5y (Listen) SAT Secondary Phase, Fit the Eleventh SAT On Brontitall, Arthur meets an archaeologist, gets captured SAT and learns all about the Shoe Event Horizon. From January SAT 1980. SAT The global multi-media success story that is "Hitchhiker's" SAT started life as a Radio 4 series in March 1978 and a second SAT in 1980. The original scripts by the late Douglas Adams then SAT went on to spawn a series of novels, a feature film, at SAT least three stage shows, a TV series, a computer game, a SAT collection of comic books - and various towels. SAT The Guide helpfully informs us that the most obscene SAT expletive in the Galaxy is "Belgium" - greater detail is SAT forthcoming in aan earlier episode of this second radio SAT series. SAT Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge and died in 2001 aged SAT 49, after a fatal heart attack in his gym in California. SAT The answer to the meaning of life, the universe and SAT everything is 42. If you work out what the Ultimate Question SAT is, please let us know. SAT First heard on BBC Radio 4 with Peter Jones, Simon Jones, SAT Geoffrey McGivern and Stephen Moore. Produced by the late SAT Geoffrey Perkins. SAT SAT 18:30 Fear on Four b007jnt6 (Listen) SAT Soul Searching SAT The Man in Black tells of a frightened patient and a bizarre SAT hospital experiment. Stars Edward de Souza and Bernard SAT Cribbins. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller b01ngpkl (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Innes Own World b017px05 (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT Neil Innes recalls working with Monty Python and performs SAT jingles for products you never knew you needed. From January SAT 2003. SAT SAT 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show b01p03v9 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Ever Been Proposed to in a Pub? SAT The award-winning funny man muses on the merits of SAT matrimony. With Laurence Howarth and Daisy Haggard. From SAT October 2010. SAT SAT 23:00 Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize b00757wk (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT 4 Extra Debut. Sketches, monologues and weird soup, written SAT and performed by Jane Bussmann and David Quantick. With SAT Peter Serafinowicz. From April 1998. SAT SAT 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance b007jsy1 (Listen) SAT Series 1, The Mastersons Lose Everything SAT Decadent Auderon's unsavoury habits threaten family ruin. SAT Improvised comedy with Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence. From SAT May 1993. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 18 MAY 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy b007jm5y (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Fear on Four b007jnt6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b00mtnq7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 The Treehouse - Omnibus b043wb29 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b007519z (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Alick Rowe - Operation Lightning Pegasus b007k3cx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Bird Island b042z66l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:45 Don't Start b01mqqg1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:45 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b043whw2 (Listen) SUN Omnibus, part 1 SUN Made for 4 Extra. Young Fanny Price goes to live with her SUN rich aunt and uncle. Stars Felicity Jones, Benedict SUN Cumberbatch and David Tennant. SUN SUN 07:15 Key Matters b00bbdm8 (Listen) SUN Series 1, E Flat Major SUN Ivan Hewett explores how different musical keys seem to have SUN distinct characteristics and create specific moods. SUN He looks at the key E flat major. SUN SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00plzyg (Listen) SUN Series 5, Yes Count Arthur SUN Outraged by an optician's dispute, Arthur seeks high office SUN in the council elections. Stars Steve Delaney. From January SUN 2010. SUN SUN 08:00 Beyond Our Ken b008vczs (Listen) SUN Kenneth Horne tells all about a film premiere, and Hornerama SUN investigates shipping. With Kenneth Williams. From June SUN 1959. SUN SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b0085hmk (Listen) SUN The Desk Job SUN Can the bungling duo manage to sell off some old office SUN furniture? Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From SUN August 1972. SUN SUN 09:00 Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster b00rq0t6 (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN A computer competition isn't quite what it seems. Adaptation SUN of Gillian Cross's book with Lucy Speed and Edward de Souza. SUN SUN 09:30 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot b00pbtvj (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN The incredible shrinking woman's sister arrives with a very SUN handy handbag. Based on Alf Proysen's books. Stars Alison SUN Steadman. SUN SUN 10:00 The Reunion b007yp4g (Listen) SUN NME Writers SUN Sue MacGregor presents the series which reunites a group of SUN people intimately involved in a moment of modern history. SUN This programme features former staff from the New Musical SUN Express, who recall the heady days of the late 1970s when SUN the magazine spearheaded a new style of writing consisting SUN of pithy, intelligent commentary about life, ideas, pop and SUN youth culture. SUN SUN 10:45 Love Stories b01mm3c5 (Listen) SUN Room Service SUN By Jojo Moyes. A surprise weekend away after 14 years of SUN marriage. Series of stories by bestselling romantic SUN novelists. Read by Doon MacKichan. SUN SUN 11:00 This American Life b043wwq4 (Listen) SUN Show Me the Way SUN Stories about people in trouble, who look for help in SUN mystifying places. A 15-year-old boy travels more than 1,000 SUN miles, alone, to seek out his hero, whom he's never met. And SUN from Wiretap, Jonathan Goldstein and David Rakoff tell the SUN story of a man with a terrible medical problem, hoping for a SUN cure from a famous doctor - who only communicates in rhyme. SUN US public radio show from 2012. SUN Weaving interviews, stories, and music, This American Life SUN takes us on an intense weekly journey into the lives of SUN ordinary and extraordinary people and situations. SUN One of the great speech radio successes of recent years from SUN Ira Glass and his team at Chicago Public Media. SUN SUN 12:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b043whw2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Key Matters b00bbdm8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Miss Marple b00rz7b2 (Listen) SUN Sleeping Murder SUN Spinster sleuth Miss Marple probes a woman's terrifying SUN flashbacks to trap a murderer. Agatha Christie whodunnit SUN with June Whitfield. SUN SUN 15:00 Beyond Our Ken b008vczs (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry b0085hmk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b043wwsn (Listen) SUN Mel Giedroyc picks the best bits from her 4 O'Clock Shows of SUN the past week. SUN SUN 17:00 Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster b00rq0t6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot b00pbtvj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 The Price of Fear b007jmty (Listen) SUN Not Wanted on the Voyage SUN Vincent Price tells the tale of the despotic Henrietta SUN Forsythe and her sway over her secretary and new husband. SUN With Margaret Courtenay. SUN SUN 18:30 Bradbury 13 b0131yvj (Listen) SUN The Man SUN Captain Hart is upset with his welcome when he lands on a SUN planet. Ray Bradbury's tale set in space stars Max SUN Golightly. SUN SUN 19:00 This American Life b043wwq4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Beyond Our Ken b008vczs (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry b0085hmk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 The Reunion b007yp4g (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Love Stories b01mm3c5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00plzyg (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Beautiful Dreamers b00vhgsh (Listen) SUN The Symphony for all Creation SUN By James Lever and Nat Segnit. SUN In this series documentary maker Nat Segnit investigates the SUN untold stories of visionary mavericks including; the creator SUN of the first animal orchestra; a billionaire planning to SUN freefall from space; an ex-con New York junkie bridge SUN jumper; the first swimmer of the River Europe and the SUN 'Jonahs' who offer themselves to be swallowed by whales. SUN This week Nat explores the life and work of Artur Mistek, SUN founder of Musica Zoologika. With contributions from Charlie SUN Higson, Toby Jones, Eleanor Bron, Peter Marinker and Zeb SUN Soanes. SUN Music by David Pickvance SUN Produced by Steven Canny and Sasha Yevtushenko SUN Nat Segnit's short stories and journalism have appeared in SUN The Times and The Independent on Sunday. For Radio 4 he has SUN written Dolphin Therapy and Strangers on Trains. SUN James Lever is author of the best-selling Me Cheeta, which SUN Lynne Truss loved so much she said, "It will subtly change SUN forever the way we think not only about Hollywood but also SUN about our own species" (The Sunday Times). SUN Presenter Nat Segnit SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b045jtt4 (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith helps SUN out Abandoman with some new music. SUN SUN 23:00 The Castle b00tbcdp (Listen) SUN Series 3, Four Wiseguys and a Funeral SUN Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, SUN starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley", "Four Weddings SUN & A Funeral") and Neil Dudgeon ("Life Of Riley") SUN In this episode, when some gangsters from De Warenne's past SUN pay a little visit, Henry becomes a made man and Charlotte SUN becomes an unmade woman. Plus a clever sting and a souped-up SUN getaway sheep. SUN Cast: SUN Sir John Woodstock ....... James Fleet SUN Sir William De Warenne ....... Neil Dudgeon SUN Lady Anne Woodstock ....... Martha Howe-Douglas SUN Cardinal Duncan ........ Jonathan Kydd SUN Lady Charlotte ........ Ingrid Oliver SUN Master Henry Woodstock ........ Steven Kynman SUN Merlin ........ Lewis Macleod SUN Written by Kim Fuller & Paul Alexander SUN Music by Guy Jackson SUN Producer/Director: David Tyler SUN A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. SUN Credits SUN Producer: David Tyler SUN SUN 23:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life b007jn0b (Listen) SUN Series 1, Normal Science SUN The cartoonist aims to prove that science will make the SUN natural world entirely redundant. Stars Paul McCrink. From SUN August 2001. SUN SUN 23:45 Jelly Mountain b00fkp5z (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN A visit to the circus heralds arcane amusements. Songs and SUN stories from Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr. From May SUN 1996. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 19 MAY 2014 MON MON 00:00 The Price of Fear b007jmty (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Bradbury 13 b0131yvj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 The Reunion b007yp4g (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Love Stories b01mm3c5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00plzyg (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Beyond Our Ken b008vczs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 The Men from the Ministry b0085hmk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Miss Marple b00rz7b2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Gillian Cross - The Demon Headmaster b00rq0t6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot b00pbtvj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence b00899j8 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Newland finds his secret assignation with Ellen replaced MON with something more formal and final. Stars Andrew Wincott. MON MON 06:30 Video Killed the Musician b00770qj (Listen) MON 4 Extra Debut. From rock to rap, Harry Allen meets the MON founders, watchers and critics of MTV, the 24-hour music MON channel launched in 1981. From October 2006. MON MON 07:00 Double Science b013qzgj (Listen) MON Bonfire Night MON Bonfire Night: Awesome fireworks are promised, but Colin and MON Kenneth's party doesn't go to plan. Stars Margaret MON Cabourn-Smith. From June 2008. MON MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b042zcqt (Listen) MON Series 13, Episode 6 MON David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians MON are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another MON to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past MON their opponents. Tony Hawks, Susan Calman, Phill Jupitus and MON Miles Jupp are the panellists obliged to talk with MON deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: School, MON Bears, Underwear and Bottles. 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 production for BBC Radio 4. MON Credits MON Presenter: David Mitchell MON Panellist: Tony Hawks MON Panellist: Susan Calman MON Panellist: Phill Jupitus MON Panellist: Miles Jupp MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Listen to Les b01mxtj8 (Listen) MON From 03/02/1985 MON Les Dawson pays tribute to a sheep-headed publican, and MON Cosmo Smallpiece looks at holidays. With Eli Woods. From MON February 1985. MON MON 08:30 The Navy Lark b007jncb (Listen) MON The New NAAFI MON Pertwee's potent beer sparks an explosive opening ceremony MON aboard HMS Troutbridge. Stars Jon Pertwee. From June 1972. MON MON 09:00 When the Dog Dies b013229w (Listen) MON Series 2, Temptation MON Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit TV MON comedy 'Sorry', Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent, in the MON second series of their Radio 4 sitcom. MON Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who is growing old happily along MON with his dog Henry. His grown up children, both married to MON people Sandy doesn't approve of at all, would like him to MON move out of the family home so they can get their hands on MON their money earlier. But Sandy's not having this. He's not MON moving until the dog dies. And not just that, how can he MON move if he's got a lodger? His daughter is convinced that MON his too attractive lodger Dolores (Liza Tarbuck) is after MON Sandy and his money. MON Luckily Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a MON friendly word - a kindly hand on the shoulder can really MON help a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog MON together face a complicated world. There's every chance MON they'll make it more so. MON Episode Three - Temptation MON Generous Sandy splashes out just a little - with his MON sponsorship of son-in-law Blake's noble efforts in a charity MON marathon. Too late, he discovers he's splashed out a whole MON lot. But the promise is signed, his generosity even MON announced on the net. Is there a way round this? Listeners MON should have a pencil and paper handy. MON Cast: MON Sandy ..... Ronnie Corbett MON Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck MON Mrs Pompom ..... Sally Grace MON Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh MON Blake ..... Jonathan Aris MON Damon ..... Stephen Critchlow MON Producer: Liz Anstee MON A CPL production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 09:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide b043xdf0 (Listen) MON Series 3, Breaking Up MON First on 4 Extra. Stephen K Amos is joined by comedians MON Susan Murray, Tom Craine and Josie Long to present a guide MON to breaking up. MON MON 10:00 Inspector Resnick b043x37n (Listen) MON Cutting Edge, Episode 1 MON 4 Extra Debut. Clues to a knife attack on a young doctor MON lead nowhere for DI Resnick. John Harvey's thriller stars MON Tom Georgeson and John Simm. MON MON 11:00 Dylan Thomas b043xdf2 (Listen) MON A Visit to America MON 4 Extra Debut. A frenzied roller coaster of hospitality. MON Poet Dylan Thomas relives an exhausting lecture tour. He MON died a month later. From 1953. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b043w51j (Listen) MON Clive Anderson, Nick Frost, Francesca Martinez, Terry Deary, MON Heather O'Neill, Nikki Bedi, Lee Fields, The Handsome MON Family MON Clive kicks off with the star of 'Spaced', 'Shaun of the MON Dead',' Hot Fuzz', and 'The World's End', actor, comedian MON and screenwriter Nick Frost. Mr Sloane is a touching love MON story about social misfits, Jeremy Sloane and Robin. Sloane MON is a recently separated middle-aged man, Robin a MON twentysomething American girl lost in Watford. While Sloane MON finds refuge in Gilbert and Sullivan, Robin yearns for the MON free-loving 70s. As a bonus, the incomparable Olivia Colman MON plays estranged wife Janet. MON Clive chats to author Terry Deary, whose style of gory MON history has been popular with children since the early MON 1990s. Terry now brings his unique telling of history to MON adults with 'Dangerous Days on the Victorian Railways'; a MON concise and witty history of feuds, frauds, robberies, riots MON and dangerous drivers. MON Nikki Bedi sings Lullabies for Little Criminals with author MON Heather O'Neill, whose new book 'The Girl who was Saturday MON Night' tells the story of Nouschka, the TV child star MON daughter of Quebec's most famous musician. A high school MON drop-out at sixteen and a Beauty Queen at nineteen, MON Nouschka's back in night school at twenty, with a MON documentary crew filming her life. MON Clive joins the wobbly revolution with award-winning MON comedian Francesca Martinez, whose new book asks 'What The MON **** is Normal?! Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of MON two, Francesca ponders what you do when you're labelled MON abnormal in a world obsessed with normality and what the MON **** do you do if you're, gasp... disabled? The wobbly MON revolution starts here! MON With Music from Lee Fields, who performs 'Magnolia' from new MON album Emma Jean. And from The Handsome Family who perform MON Far From Any Road, soundtrack to the TV series 'True MON Detective', from their classic album Singing Bones. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON Clips MON empty MON empty MON See all clips from Clive Anderson, Nick Frost, Francesca MON Martinez, Terry Deary, Heather O'Neill, Nikki Bedi, Lee MON Fields, The Handsome Family (2) MON Nick Frost MON ‘Mr Sloane’ is on Sky Atlantic on Friday 23rd May at 21.00. MON 'Cuban Fury' is available on DVD on Monday 9th June. MON Terry Deary MON ‘Dangerous Days on the Victorian Railways’ is published by MON W&N and available now. MON Heather O'Neill MON 'The Girl who was Saturday Night' is published by Quercus MON and available now. MON Francesca Martinez MON ‘What The **** is Normal?!’ is published by Virgin Books and MON available on 22nd May. MON The Handsome Family MON The Handsome Family's albums‘Singing Bones’ and 'Wilderness’ MON are available now on Loose Music. MON Lee Fields MON ‘Emma Jean’ is available on 2nd June on Truth & Soul. MON Lee Fields & The Expressions are playing at XOYO, London on MON Wednesday 4th June. MON MON 12:00 Listen to Les b01mxtj8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Navy Lark b007jncb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence b00899j8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Video Killed the Musician b00770qj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076h16 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON A ball is held at Mansfield Park in honour of Fanny and her MON brother William. With Felicity Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch, MON James Callis and David Tennant. MON MON 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007v0cw (Listen) MON Belfast, an Imperial City; Committee Room 15 MON The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With MON Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. MON MON 14:30 Inspector Resnick b00mb2qn (Listen) MON Wasted Years, Episode 1 MON The jazz-loving cop sees parallels to the 1960s after a MON spate of armed robberies. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's MON thriller. MON MON 15:00 Inspector Resnick b043x37n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b043xdr5 (Listen) MON Mel Giedroyc introduces more of the Top 50 stories from this MON year's 500 Words competition from the Radio 2 Breakfast MON Show. Plus, chapter one of Whizziwig by Malorie Blackman. MON MON 17:00 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag MON b008m7by (Listen) MON Series 1, The Match MON The GP is serving for a love match, but who will be his MON doubles partner? AJ Cronin dramatisation with John Gordon MON Sinclair. MON MON 17:30 Double Science b013qzgj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 When the Dog Dies b013229w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b043xdvq (Listen) MON Simon Barnes and Chris Haskins MON Tom Sutcliffe, Christopher Haskins and Simon Barnes discuss MON books by Richard Ford, Jan Morris and Stephen J Gould. From MON 1997. MON The Sportswriter by Richard Ford MON Publisher: Harville MON Pax Brittanica by Jan Morris MON Publisher: Penguin (paperback); Folio Society (hardback) MON Wonderful Life by Stephen J Gould MON Publisher: Penguin. MON MON 19:00 Listen to Les b01mxtj8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Navy Lark b007jncb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence b00899j8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Video Killed the Musician b00770qj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Dylan Thomas b043xdf2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b043w51j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b042zcqt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide b043xdf0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b04368fk (Listen) MON Series 43, Episode 5 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic take on the MON week's news. With Mitch Benn, Pippa Evans and David MON Quantick. MON Written by the cast with additional material from Gareth MON Gwynn, Nadia Kamil and Bec Hill. Produced by Alexandra MON Smith. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Hugh Dennis MON Panellist: Mitch Benn MON Panellist: Pippa Evans MON Panellist: David Quantick MON Producer: Alexandra Smith MON MON 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years b00dbj12 (Listen) MON Tossed in Space MON Dan Freedman and Nick Romero serve up a salad family who are MON Tossed in Space, plus Robin Wood and The Archers abroad. MON From August 1998. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 20 MAY 2014 TUE TUE 00:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076h16 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 A Short History of Ireland b007v0cw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Inspector Resnick b00mb2qn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 When the Dog Dies b013229w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b043xdvq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Edith Wharton - The Age of Innocence b00899j8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Video Killed the Musician b00770qj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Inspector Resnick b043x37n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Dylan Thomas b043xdf2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b043w51j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Doctor Finlay: The Further Adventures of a Black Bag TUE b008m7by (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Double Science b013qzgj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector b00fvg6c (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE A VIP visitor to a village is soon the target of love and TUE gossip. Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt, Trevor Peacock and Bill TUE Wallis. TUE TUE 06:30 Dicing with Dragons b0076mwd (Listen) TUE 4 Extra Debut. Long before Peter Jackson made it TUE respectable, teenage boys fought imaginary orcas and TUE dragons. With writer Kim Newman celebrates. From August TUE 2004. TUE TUE 07:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show b007v1p5 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 4 TUE The musical comedian presents his selection of some of the TUE finest comic songs. With guest Phil Pope. From August 2005. TUE Playlist TUE Flanders & Swann - "Song for the Weather" (from At the Drop TUE Of A Hat) TUE Dead Milkmen - "The Thing that Only Eats Hippies" (from TUE Death Rides a Pale Cow) TUE The Lorraine Bowen Experience -"Interesting Mail" (from The TUE Lorraine Bowen Experience Greatest Hits Vol. 1) TUE Stan Freberg - "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (from EMI Comedy: TUE Stan Freberg) TUE Philip Pope and Mitch Benn - "Eagles Song" TUE Goldie Lookin' Chain - "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do TUE (live version)" - (from You Knows I Loves You) TUE TUE 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b042ztrc (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 2 TUE For the second show in the new series stand-up Alex Horne TUE and his band explore the theme of home and leisure through TUE live music and comedy, with songs about radiators, a pork TUE pie and Wayne Rooney amongst others. They're joined by guest TUE comedian Tom Basden. TUE Host...Alex Horne TUE Band...Joe Auckland, Mark Brown, Will Collier, Ben Reynolds, TUE Ed Sheldrake TUE Guest... Tom Basden TUE Producer... Julia McKenzie. TUE Clips TUE empty TUE empty TUE See all clips from Episode 2 (2) TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Alex Horne TUE Performer: Tom Basden TUE Producer: Julia McKenzie TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b009kmns (Listen) TUE The Flea TUE Neddie Seagoon is Samuel Pepys and he's facing trouble from TUE a flea called Francoise. Stars Harry Secombe. From December TUE 1956. TUE TUE 08:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b008g2b9 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 4 TUE The shady lawyer edits a newspaper in Chicago. The Marx TUE Brothers radio show recreated. Stars Michael Roberts. From TUE August 1992. TUE TUE 09:00 Chain Reaction b00tmtfp (Listen) TUE Series 6, Harry Shearer interviews Stephen Merchant TUE The new series of the tag team talk show continues as last TUE week's guest, voice of The Simpsons, face of Derek Smalls TUE and political satirist Harry Shearer takes the microphone to TUE interview multi award-winning co-creator of The Office and TUE Extras, and famously tall funny man Stephen Merchant. TUE Harry asks Stephen what its like to be part of a creative TUE double act with Ricky Gervais, broadcasting radio from the TUE bushes and sharing a hot tub with playboy bunnies. TUE TUE 09:30 The Now Show b04368fk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Inspector Resnick b043x38k (Listen) TUE Cutting Edge, Episode 2 TUE After another brutal attack on a young male nurse, Charlie TUE Resnick is still looking for motives within the hospital. TUE Stars Tom Georgeson and John Simm. TUE TUE 11:00 Dylan Thomas b043xjy5 (Listen) TUE Quite Early One Morning TUE 4 Extra Debut. 'I walked through the streets like a stranger TUE come out of the sea'. Dylan Thomas reads his work which grew TUE into Under Milk Wood. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00n8b3n (Listen) TUE Daniel Thurman - Those Hard to Reach Places TUE 'Cleaner...only dirtier' is not how your average domestic TUE cleaner describes themselves. But then Rita is anything but TUE your average domestic cleaner as an unfortunate former mayor TUE is about to discover in Daniel Thurman's sparkling comedy. TUE Fawcett ..... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Mrs Randle ..... Anne Reid TUE Rita ..... Janet Dibley TUE Bus Driver ..... Piers Wehner TUE Phone voice ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan TUE Directed by Toby Swift. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b009kmns (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b008g2b9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector b00fvg6c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Dicing with Dragons b0076mwd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076h1r (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Henry Crawford is determined to win Fanny's heart and hand. TUE Stars Felicity Jones, James Callis and Julia McKenzie. TUE TUE 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007v202 (Listen) TUE Keep Our Noble Kingdom Whole; The Second Home Rule Bill TUE The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With TUE Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. TUE TUE 14:30 Inspector Resnick b00mbbfh (Listen) TUE Wasted Years, Episode 2 TUE Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick's search for armed TUE robbers gathers pace. But will they strike again? Philip TUE Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller. TUE TUE 15:00 Inspector Resnick b043x38k (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b043xk8j (Listen) TUE Mel Giedroyc learns how to speak with a proper Shakespearean TUE accent, and Dick and Dom explore the science of travel in TUE How Dangerous Is Your Journey. TUE TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path b00803k9 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Arrivals and Departures TUE Returning from a year in San Francisco, Izzy Comyn lands in TUE a great deal of confusion. Stars Imelda Staunton. From TUE October 1988. TUE TUE 17:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show b007v1p5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Chain Reaction b00tmtfp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me b007jp1h (Listen) TUE Series 3, Sheila Steafel TUE The actress recalls her career on stage, in film and on TV, TUE with memories of David Frost and Robert Morley. From TUE December 2001. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b009kmns (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b008g2b9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector b00fvg6c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Dicing with Dragons b0076mwd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Dylan Thomas b043xjy5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00n8b3n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b042ztrc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Music Teacher b00sdcxq (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 3 TUE Another week shut away in a tiny windowless practice room TUE for music teacher Nigel Penny in this aural feast of a TUE musical comedy written by and starring 2009 Writers' Guild TUE Award winner Richie Webb. Featuring Vicki Pepperdine as Arts TUE Centre Manager Belinda. TUE Episode 3 sees Nigel suffering his usual succession of TUE bizarre pupils - an asthmatic flautist and a thrash metal TUE guitarist proving particularly trying. And though Belinda is TUE demanding to use his tiny room to hide booze from the TUE Peruvian Pan Pipe band booked into the Arts Centre that TUE evening, it's having to share his tiny room with an unwanted TUE boorish guest that threatens to take the gloss off Nigel's TUE already rubbish day. TUE Cast: TUE Nigel Penny ...... Richie Webb TUE Belinda ...... Vicki Pepperdine TUE Other roles by Dave Lamb, Jim North and Jess Robinson TUE Written by Richie Webb TUE Produced by Richie Webb TUE Directed by Nick Walker TUE A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 22:45 Earls of the Court b00r7lpz (Listen) TUE Crisis Management TUE Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright TUE about two Australians down on their luck in London. TUE Lloydie and Johnno need money fast to pay the rent, but will TUE the contents of Lloydie's trusty backpack be enough to save TUE the day? TUE Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright TUE Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale TUE Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. TUE TUE 23:00 Ectoplasm b007vgvc (Listen) TUE The Curse of Tutancommon TUE Egypt, where Edwardian adventurer Lord Zimbabwe swashes a TUE buckle or two. Stars Dan Freedman and Nick Romero. From July TUE 2000. TUE TUE 23:30 2000 Years of Radio b007jng1 (Listen) TUE Crusade Roadshow TUE Out and about, historic expeditions and more are on the TUE airwaves. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2000. TUE TUE 23:45 Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows b00fcbgm (Listen) TUE Pubs TUE The incisive reporter investigates Britain's public houses. TUE Written by and starring Stephen Carlin. From November 2008. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 21 MAY 2014 WED WED 00:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076h1r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 A Short History of Ireland b007v202 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Inspector Resnick b00mbbfh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Chain Reaction b00tmtfp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 That Reminds Me b007jp1h (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector b00fvg6c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Dicing with Dragons b0076mwd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Inspector Resnick b043x38k (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Dylan Thomas b043xjy5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00n8b3n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path b00803k9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show b007v1p5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector b00fvg6f (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED The 'Inspector' becomes plied with cash and love. Satire of WED civic corruption in 19th-century Russia. Stars Julian WED Rhind-Tutt. WED WED 06:30 Classic Toys b0075fz2 (Listen) WED 4 Extra Debut. From Sindy to Scalextric, Emma Freud explores WED the yo-yoing fortunes of children's toys in the playroom and WED market place. From December 1998. WED WED 07:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi b00cfgxs (Listen) WED Series 3, A Very Nice Girl WED As Rabbi Abraham struggles after his collapse, Rabbi Su WED meets a hospital doctor. Stars Tracy-Ann Oberman. From March WED 2002. WED WED 07:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters b0435hrn (Listen) WED Series 2, The Crank WED Isy Suttie returns to BBC Radio 4 with a brand new series of WED her Sony Award Winning show, recounting a series of love WED stories affecting people she's known throughout her life, WED told partly through song. WED Sometimes Isy has merely observed other people's love lives; WED quite often she's intervened, changing the action WED dramatically - for better or worse. Intertwined within these WED stories are related real life anecdotes from Isy's own, WED often disastrous, love life. WED In this episode, Isy recounts the tale of the Crank, a WED Matlock oddball who Isy's mother has roped into helping Isy WED study the Welsh language. Along the way, Isy picks up a bit WED of morse code. WED With her multi-character and vocal skills, and accompanied WED by her guitar, Isy creates a hilarious and deeply moving WED world, sharing with us her lessons in life and love. WED "A voice you want to swim in" The Independent WED Produced by Lyndsay Fenner. WED Credits WED Performer: Isy Suttie WED Writer: Isy Suttie WED Producer: Lyndsay Fenner WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jph6 (Listen) WED Series 6, The Gourmet WED The lad fancies himself a food connoisseur, so Sid enters WED him for an eating competition. Stars Tony Hancock. From WED October 1959. WED WED 08:30 Albert and Me b007jzwr (Listen) WED Series 1, Where There's a Will WED Off to hospital, single dad Bryan makes contingency plans. WED Stars Richard Beckinsale and Pat Coombs. From December 1977. WED WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful b00cc0qv (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 6 WED Angry Ken Handley looks set to quit the ad agency. Stars WED Martin Jarvis, Sheila Stefael and Wendy Richard. From WED February 1982. WED WED 09:30 1835 b0129v0m (Listen) WED Haircut Sir? WED Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned join the police and WED encounter demon barber Sweeney Todd. Stars Paul Rider. From WED June 2004. WED WED 10:00 Inspector Resnick b043x39r (Listen) WED Cutting Edge, Episode 3 WED The brutal death of a ward sister intensifies Resnick's WED search for the hospital assailant. Stars Tom Georgeson, John WED Simm, Sean Baker, Kate Eaton and Paul Bazeley. WED WED 11:00 Dylan Thomas b043xqc1 (Listen) WED Reminiscences of Childhood WED 4 Extra Debut. 'The memories of childhood have no order and WED no end'. Dylan Thomas relives his school, streets, friends WED and dreams. From 1953. WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00n5vjs (Listen) WED Stephen Wakelam - A Dose of Fame WED By Stephen Wakelam WED In the final stages of writing Howards End, and nervous of WED success, E.M. Forster grapples with a mysterious death, his WED own sexuality and the seed of an idea for his next novel WED Maurice. WED Morgan....Stephen Campbell Moore WED Lily.............Diana Quick WED Masood.....Navin Chowdhry WED Malcolm.......Matt Addis WED Ernest.....Benjamin Askew WED Unwin......Sam Dale WED Edward Arnold.Philip Fox WED Roger Fry...Malcolm Tierney WED Hilda........Caroline Guthrie WED Director: David Hunter. WED Music WED The music used is John Field Nocturnes (No.1 and No.9 in e WED flat major) and Schubert's Schwanengesang. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jph6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 Albert and Me b007jzwr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector b00fvg6f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Classic Toys b0075fz2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076h27 (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Sir Thomas is determined that Fanny will see the error of WED her ways in rejecting Henry Crawford. Stars Felicity Jones, WED Benedict Cumberbatch, James Callis and Tim Pigott-Smith. WED WED 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007v2sw (Listen) WED The Country Is Bleeding to Death; Killing Home Rule With WED Kindness WED The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With WED Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. WED WED 14:30 Inspector Resnick b00mbfm9 (Listen) WED Wasted Years, Episode 3 WED The armed robbers are planning a return visit, but this time WED they vow not to fail. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's WED thriller. WED WED 15:00 Inspector Resnick b043x39r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b0440mvf (Listen) WED Dick and Dom explore the science of travelling by water, WED astronaut Chris Hadfield offers up his Inheritance Tracks, WED and more of the Top 50 stories from the 500 Words WED competition. WED WED 17:00 After Henry b007k18q (Listen) WED Series 1, Gossip WED Rumours abound as Sarah and her mother unwittingly conspire WED together. Stars Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. From May WED 1985. WED WED 17:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi b00cfgxs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful b00cc0qv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b00766h6 (Listen) WED Siblings WED Misha Glennie, Martin Newell and Elizabeth Bond join Chris WED Bigsby to explore family ties and blood relation. WED In each programme, Professor Bigsby introduces a duo of WED writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established WED names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas WED and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on WED this week's topic. WED The best new writing and the freshest conversation from WED 2002. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jph6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 Albert and Me b007jzwr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector b00fvg6f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Classic Toys b0075fz2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Dylan Thomas b043xqc1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00n5vjs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Isy Suttie's Love Letters b0435hrn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Genius b0081cvq (Listen) WED Series 3, Simon Munnery WED Garments made of human dust fragments? Dave Gorman and WED celebrity guest Simon Munnery chew over more of the public's WED inventions. From October 2007. WED WED 23:00 The Harpoon b007m747 (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 1 WED A ripping, bumper summer edition of the nostalgic spoof of WED boys' adventure story papers. With Alistair McGowan. From WED July 1992. WED WED 23:30 The Sofa of Time b00hxnfl (Listen) WED Where the Brave Go Shopping WED With heroics to perform, Milford and Parker pop into WED Bravemart. Stars Mark Heap, Nick Frost and Kevin Eldon. From WED October 2002. WED WED THU THURSDAY 22 MAY 2014 THU THU 00:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076h27 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 A Short History of Ireland b007v2sw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Inspector Resnick b00mbfm9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful b00cc0qv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b00766h6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Nikolai Gogol - The Government Inspector b00fvg6f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Classic Toys b0075fz2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Inspector Resnick b043x39r (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Dylan Thomas b043xqc1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00n5vjs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 After Henry b007k18q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi b00cfgxs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Wimsey b007jwgl (Listen) THU Busman's Honeymoon, The Mysteries of Married Life THU Honeymooners Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife soon find their THU marital bliss disturbed. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian THU Carmichael. THU THU 06:30 The World's a Stage b00763w1 (Listen) THU The Ascent of the Director THU 4 Extra Debut. Do actors resent a director's power? What if THU they direct instead? With Henry Goodman, Steven Berkoff and THU Meera Syal. From September 2001. THU THU 07:00 Semi Circles b007jtv2 (Listen) THU A Liberal Education THU Ben would like to swap his daughter for a Porsche. Or is THU private education the answer? With Paula Wilcox. From THU November 1982. THU THU 07:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0435p0k (Listen) THU Land THU How do you make economics funny? How do you put the comedy THU in commodity? Simon Evans has the answer in this new series THU which asks us to get involved in investment. THU Rather than being cowed by an apparently complicated and THU overwhelming system, Simon jumps right in. He takes as his THU focus four commodities which are so intrinsic to our lives THU they have an almost elemental significance - land, gold, oil THU and grain. Yet, despite the fact we encounter them THU everywhere we look, very few people have been able to build THU a fortune on them. THU All that's about to change as, Simon enlists help from the THU experts. Each week he will be joined by Tim Harford, Merryn THU Somerset Webb and a guest specialist as they examine the THU chequered social and economic histories of these THU commodities. By looking at four such fundamental products, THU Simon brings us to a closer understanding of how global THU economic forces have a far-reaching and often surprising THU impact on our lives. THU In this first episode, Simon looks at Land. How did it come THU to be traded, why we think bricks and mortar are a safe THU investment and THU who really owns the land we buy. THU Performed by ..... Simon Evans, with regular guests Tim THU Harford and Merryn Somerset-Webb, and Land expert Kevin THU Cahill THU Written by ..... Simon Evans with Benjamin Partridge, Guy THU Venables, Andy Wolton THU Producer ..... Tilusha Ghelani. THU Credits THU Presenter: Simon Evans THU Interviewed Guest: Tim Harford THU Interviewed Guest: Merryn Somerset Webb THU Interviewed Guest: Kevin Cahill THU Writer: Simon Evans THU Writer: Benjamin Partridge THU Writer: Guy Venables THU Writer: Andy Wolton THU Producer: Tilusha Ghelani THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jqvj (Listen) THU Series 3, A Question of Reference THU Jones and Godfrey goof on a platoon exercise involving live THU ammunition. Adapted from TV with Clive Dunn. From June 1976. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b015p5xn (Listen) THU From 17/03/1955 THU Plane capers in South America, and Eth is shocked at Ron's THU criminal record. Frank Muir and Denis Norden's classic THU comedy stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From March THU 1955. THU THU 09:00 Heresy b00sjpy6 (Listen) THU Series 7, Episode 3 THU Victoria Coren presents the programme which attempts to THU prove our most deeply held beliefs, the assumptions on which THU we base our view of the world, are all plain wrong. Helping THU Victoria commit heresy are comedians David Baddiel and Dave THU Gorman and style journalist and celebrity interviewer Polly THU Vernon. THU They'll be challenging, among other things, the received THU wisdom that British comedy is more offensive than ever. THU Producer: Brian King THU An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 09:30 Bristow b00cbcpg (Listen) THU Series 1, Fair Shares THU Takeover tangles at Chester-Perry. Michael Williams plays THU the buying clerk from Frank Dickens' cartoon strip. From THU March 1999. THU THU 10:00 Inspector Resnick b00755r7 (Listen) THU Slow Burn, Episode 1 THU 4 Extra Debut. When Jimmy Nolan's Nottingham jazz club burns THU down, DI Resnick reckons it's not for the insurance. John THU Harvey's thriller stars Philip Jackson and Sean Baker. THU THU 11:00 Dylan Thomas b0440wd8 (Listen) THU Return Journey to Swansea THU 4 Extra Debut. Dylan Thomas is back in the town of his birth THU in search of his younger self. Locals vividly describe his THU childhood. From June 1947. THU THU 11:30 Israel Horovitz - Phone Tag b007jwb2 (Listen) THU A transatlantic love affair is played out on the telephone THU as calls are missed, messages left and confusion reigns. THU Stars Elizabeth Mansfield. THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jqvj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b015p5xn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Wimsey b007jwgl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 The World's a Stage b00763w1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076h2q (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Fanny's stay with her family in Portsmouth is not the happy THU occasion she might have been expecting. Stars Felicity THU Jones, James Callis and Benedict Cumberbatch. THU THU 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007v194 (Listen) THU De-Anglicising the Irish People; Two Nations? THU The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With THU Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. THU THU 14:30 Inspector Resnick b00mbl3m (Listen) THU Wasted Years, Episode 4 THU Inspired by the success of another gang, Darren decides it's THU time to get serious. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's THU thriller. THU THU 15:00 Inspector Resnick b00755r7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b0440y6w (Listen) THU Mel Giedroyc hears about the origins of modern manners, part THU four of Whizziwig by Malorie Blackman, and some more of the THU 500 Words Top 50 stories. THU THU 17:00 King Street Junior Revisited b007jxdd (Listen) THU Series 1, Jour de Fete THU A dilemma for the Head, the search for a truant, and a THU surprise at the School Fete. Starring Carolyn Pickles. From THU May 2002. THU THU 17:30 Semi Circles b007jtv2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Heresy b00sjpy6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b00763vw (Listen) THU Michelin Brothers THU Sir Terence Conran nominates the Michelin brothers, makers THU of the detachable pneumatic tyre. With Joan Bakewell. From THU 2001. THU The biographical series in which a distinguished guest THU chooses someone who's inspired their life. Will their hero THU stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of THU having led a great life? THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jqvj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b015p5xn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Wimsey b007jwgl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 The World's a Stage b00763w1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Dylan Thomas b0440wd8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:30 Israel Horovitz - Phone Tag b007jwb2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] THU THU 22:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0435p0k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00y9xdg (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 6 THU The award-winning comic offers revelations about hats, tents THU and some disturbing tales from Beatrix Potter. From February THU 2007. THU THU 23:00 The Museum of Everything b007k498 (Listen) THU Series 2, Under New Management THU The Mock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inducts fresh members, and THU there's a new curator. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From April THU 2005. THU THU 23:30 The Skivers b00j5l87 (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 3 THU Nightclubbing in London, courtesy of Peter Stringfellow. THU Sketch show with Nick Golsen and Tim de Jongh. From January THU 1997. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 23 MAY 2014 FRI FRI 00:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076h2q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 A Short History of Ireland b007v194 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Inspector Resnick b00mbl3m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Heresy b00sjpy6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b00763vw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Wimsey b007jwgl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 The World's a Stage b00763w1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Inspector Resnick b00755r7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Dylan Thomas b0440wd8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 Israel Horovitz - Phone Tag b007jwb2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 King Street Junior Revisited b007jxdd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Semi Circles b007jtv2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Wimsey b007jwgz (Listen) FRI Busman's Honeymoon, Credit Where Credit Is Due FRI With Noakes dead, the superintendent has his suspicions, but FRI posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey is not so sure. Stars Ian FRI Carmichael. FRI FRI 06:30 The World's a Stage b00763zg (Listen) FRI Merely Players? FRI Henry Goodman looks at the actor's role in casting, FRI characterisation and 'resting'. With Geraldine James and Pam FRI St Clement. From September 2001. FRI FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses b00dl042 (Listen) FRI Series 3, A Cheeky Little Number FRI Rosie's company sets up a wine tasting, but her client is a FRI little hard to swallow. Stars Prunella Scales. From August FRI 2002. FRI FRI 07:30 Bird Island b043wk17 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 3 FRI EPISODE THREE: FRI Ben, a young scientist working in Antarctica, tries to adapt FRI to the loneliness by keeping a cheery audio diary on his FRI Dictaphone. This week, Graham teaches Ben to abseil and the FRI bathroom lock in the Unit base is broken. FRI Written by ..... Katy Wix FRI Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani FRI ABOUT BIRD ISLAND: FRI An atmospheric comedy about a cheery scientist based in FRI Sub-Antarctica. Starring Reece Shearsmith, Julian FRI Rhind-Tutt, Alison Steadman and Katy Wix. FRI On the one hand, Ben is on the trip of a lifetime. On the FRI other, he's trapped in a vast icy landscape with a dodgy FRI internet connection and a dictaphone. Loneliness is FRI something of a problem. So, Ben shares his thoughts with us FRI in the form of an audio 'log'. FRI His fellow scientist Graham should alleviate this sense of FRI isolation, but the tragi-comic fact is, they are nerdy FRI blokes, so they stumble through yet another mumbled FRI exchange. Not to mention the new arrival Jane, who Ben is FRI even more awkward around, for reasons that aren't entirely FRI clear to him. FRI Apart from his research studying the Albatross on the FRI Island, Ben attempts to continue normal life with an FRI earnestness and enthusiasm which is ultimately very FRI endearing. We eavesdrop as he chats awkwardly with Graham or FRI Jane, phones his mother or talks to himself, as he often FRI does. We also hear the pings and whirrs of machinery, the FRI Squawks and screeches of the birds and the vast expanse FRI outside. Oh, and ice. Lots of ice. FRI Bird Island is written by Katy Wix, half of sketch comedy FRI Duo 'Anna and Katy'. Katy is also an actress who stars in FRI 'Miranda', 'Outnumbered' and 'Not Going Out'. FRI Credits FRI Ben: Reece Shearsmith FRI Graham: Julian Rhind-Tutt FRI Jane: Katy Wix FRI Mother: Alison Steadman FRI Producer: Tilusha Ghelani FRI Writer: Katy Wix FRI FRI 07:45 Don't Start b01mwvld (Listen) FRI Series 2, Pillow Talk FRI A potential burglary brings out Frank's inner hero. FRI What do long term partners really argue about? Sharp new FRI comedy from Frank Skinner returns for a second series. FRI Starring Frank Skinner and Katherine Parkinson. FRI The first series of Don't Start met with instant critical FRI and audience acclaim: FRI "That he can deliver such a heavy premise for a series with FRI such a lightness of touch is testament to his skills as a FRI writer and, given that the protagonists are both bookworms, FRI he's also permitted to use a flourish of fine words that FRI would be lost in his stand-up routines" - Jane Anderson, FRI Radio Times. FRI "Writing and starring in the four-parter Don't Start (Radio FRI 4) Frank Skinner gives full rein to his sharp but splenetic FRI comedy. He and his co-star Katherine Parkinson play a FRI bickering couple exchanging acerbic ripostes in a cruelly FRI precise dissection of a relationship" - Daily Mail. FRI "a lesson in relationship ping-pong".. - Miranda Sawyer, The FRI Observer. FRI Series 2 follows hard on its heels. Well observed, clever FRI and funny, Don't Start is a scripted comedy with a FRI deceptively simple premise - an argument. Each week, our FRI couple fall out over another apparently trivial flashpoint - FRI the Krankies, toenail trimming and semantics. Each week, the FRI stakes mount as Neil and Kim battle with words. But these FRI are no ordinary arguments. The two outdo each other with FRI increasingly absurd images, unexpected literary references FRI (the Old Testament, Jack Spratt and the first Mrs Rochester, FRI to name a few) and razor sharp analysis of their beloved's FRI weaknesses. Underneath the cutting wit, however, there is an FRI unmistakable tenderness. FRI Frank says: FRI "Having established, in the first series, that Neil and Kim FRI are a childless academic couple who, during their numerous FRI arguments, luxuriate in their own, and each other's, FRI learning and wit, I've tried, in the second series, to dig a FRI little deeper into their relationship. Love and affection, FRI occasionally splutter into view, like a Higgs boson in a big FRI tunnel-thing, but can such emotions ever prevail in a FRI relationship where the couple prefers to wear their brains, FRI rather than their hearts, on their sleeves? Is that too much FRI offal imagery?" FRI Directed and Produced by Polly Thomas FRI Executive Producer: Jon Thoday FRI An Avalon Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Neil: Frank Skinner FRI Kim: Katherine Parkinson FRI Writer: Frank Skinner FRI Director: Polly Thomas FRI Producer: Polly Thomas FRI FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jnjq (Listen) FRI Series 6, Loathe Story FRI Sleepwalking Harold gives dad Albert a fright. Adapted from FRI TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From February FRI 1976. FRI FRI 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter FRI b007jtc1 (Listen) FRI Series 1, The Pick Up FRI The crime writer gives a woman a lift, so keeps his wife FRI waiting. Stars Ian Carmichael and Charlotte Mitchell. From FRI April 1976. FRI FRI 09:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b01n6yj7 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 1 FRI The sofa-bound presenters ponder the future and grapple with FRI relationships. Stars Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens. From July FRI 1997. FRI FRI 09:30 Coming Alive b00gkwhq (Listen) FRI Series 2, Committed FRI With the council and Sandra both upset, Terry has his work FRI cut out for him. Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. From FRI August 2000. FRI FRI 10:00 Inspector Resnick b00755wt (Listen) FRI Slow Burn, Episode 2 FRI The body count is rising and teenager Scott is still FRI missing. Is club owner Jimmy connected? Stars Philip Jackson FRI and John Rowe. FRI FRI 11:00 Dylan Thomas b04412c9 (Listen) FRI Holiday Memory FRI 4 Extra Debut. 'A tuck of dresses, a rolling of trousers'. FRI Poet Dylan Thomas vividly recalls an evocative August Bank FRI Holiday. From January 1946. FRI FRI 11:15 Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley FRI b007k0l7 (Listen) FRI Mrs Chatterley of Gravesend reveals similar interests to her FRI famous namesake. Stars Felicity Montagu and Rachel Atkins. FRI FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jnjq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter FRI b007jtc1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Wimsey b007jwgz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 The World's a Stage b00763zg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Jane Austen - Mansfield Park b0076h34 (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Fanny returns to Mansfield Park to claim her rightful place FRI in the household. Stars Felicity Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch FRI and David Tennant. FRI FRI 14:15 A Short History of Ireland b007v073 (Listen) FRI Cultural Revival; Home Rule Promised FRI The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With FRI Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty. FRI FRI 14:30 Inspector Resnick b00mbmh4 (Listen) FRI Wasted Years, Episode 5 FRI A spate of armed robberies has DI Charlie Resnick recalling FRI his 1980s nemesis, the soon-to-be-paroled John Prior. Philip FRI Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller. FRI FRI 15:00 Inspector Resnick b00755wt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04412tr (Listen) FRI Mel Giedroyc introduces the final chapter of Whizziwig by FRI Malorie Blackman, and hears about the American university FRI teams inspired by Harry Potter to play competitive FRI Quidditch. FRI FRI 17:00 Second Holmes b016px9c (Listen) FRI The Case of the Missing Link FRI The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson meet a member FRI of the Moriarty family. Stars Peter Egan. From February FRI 1983. FRI FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses b00dl042 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b01n6yj7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 Humphrey Lyttelton - Play As I Please b01ghlgr (Listen) FRI Gigging Around FRI Humphrey Lyttelton tells June Knox-Mawer about forming his FRI first band and all-time hero, Louis Armstrong. From December FRI 1993. FRI FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jnjq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter FRI b007jtc1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Wimsey b007jwgz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 The World's a Stage b00763zg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Dylan Thomas b04412c9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley FRI b007k0l7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Bird Island b043wk17 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:15 Don't Start b01mwvld (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 today] FRI FRI 22:30 My Teenage Diary b00x95hr (Listen) FRI Series 2, Meera Syal FRI Rufus Hound invites Meera Syal to read embarrassing extracts FRI from her teenage diary and read it out in public for the FRI very first time. FRI Producer: Victoria Payne FRI A TalkbackThames production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Victoria Payne FRI FRI 23:00 The Mary Whitehouse Experience b044153k (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 2 FRI Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Robert Newman and David Baddiel FRI face the pernicious evil of shampoo and conditioner. From FRI October 1990. FRI FRI 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World b007r4mj (Listen) FRI Series 1, Death and the Afterlife FRI The sci-fi star and inventor explains life's big mysteries. FRI Stars Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. From FRI October 1992. FRI
16 May, 2014
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 17/05/2014 - 23/05/2014
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