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SAT SATURDAY 30 AUGUST 2014 SAT SAT 00:00 Book at Beachtime b0124v3t (Listen) SAT SJ Watson - Before I Go to Sleep, Episode 5 SAT As Christine struggles to regain her memory, who is the man SAT who calls himself Ben? Concluded by Stella Gonet. SAT SAT 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01bbb68 (Listen) SAT The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 3, Episode 5 SAT In Hattie Naylor's dramatisation of the diary for 1662, SAT Samuel's brother, Tom, is in love and hoping to marry. But SAT he has exaggerated his income and after some toing and SAT froing, his fiancée breaks the engagement, much to Tom's SAT distress. Lord Sandwich tells Sam that there is hidden SAT treasure undiscovered in the Tower - and charges Samuel with SAT trying to find it. The year ends with Elizabeth unwell in SAT bed and Sam feeding her Christmas treats. SAT CAST SAT Samuel Pepys . . . Kris Marshall SAT Elizabeth Pepys . . . Katherine Jakeways SAT Lord Sandwich . . . Blake Ritson SAT Tom . . . Gareth Pierce SAT Mr Wade . . . Matthew Gravelle SAT Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by SAT Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany SAT Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David SAT Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by SAT Alice Baxter. SAT Historical consultant: Liza Picard SAT Sound by Nigel Lewis SAT A BBC Cymru Wales production directed by Kate McAll. SAT SAT 00:45 Ferdinand Mount - Cold Cream b00ysqf2 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT A dramatic moment in political history and a return to SAT damsons. Ferdinand Mount's memoir concluded by Oliver Ford SAT Davies. SAT SAT 01:00 The 99p Challenge b007js0s (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 1 SAT Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Jack Docherty, SAT Pater Baynam, Armando Iannucci and Simon Pegg. From March SAT 2004. SAT SAT 01:30 Pioneers b00wmvmt (Listen) SAT Series 1, David Blunkett SAT 1/5 SAT David Blunkett talks about how failure wasn't an option SAT during his rise to political high office. SAT Blind from birth, he talks openly about the isolation of SAT attending boarding school from the age of four, as well as SAT the trauma of losing his father at the age of twelve. SAT Coming from a deprived background, David recognised very SAT quickly that his route out of poverty was through education SAT and against all odds, he graduated from Sheffield University SAT at the age of 22. SAT David went on to become the youngest-ever councillor on SAT Sheffield City Council, and climbed his way through the SAT political ladder to become the first ever blind Home SAT Secretary. SAT SAT 02:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04fgwcj (Listen) SAT Series 2, Four Faces of Crime SAT Brook and Harrison meet the eccentric Mr Parsons. Meanwhile, SAT a gruesome meat axe murder is investigated. Starring Ray SAT Brooks. SAT SAT 02:30 School of Rock b0076ywb (Listen) SAT Live at Leeds Again SAT Andy Kershaw is backstage as The Who return to play a gig at SAT Leeds University. With Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. SAT From June 2006. SAT SAT 03:00 Classic Serial b01q76l0 (Listen) SAT Janet Frame - An Angel at My Table, Episode 2 SAT The autobiography of Janet Frame, dramatised for radio by SAT Anita Sullivan. SAT Frame was New Zealand's best known but least public writer. SAT The author of 12 novels, four story collections, one book of SAT poetry and three volumes of autobiography, even at the SAT height of her success Frame shunned publicity - which had SAT the effect of making the media and her readership even more SAT intrusively interested. It was the issue of her mental SAT health which generated the most conjecture. SAT In her twenties she spent four and a half years in mental SAT hospitals and was wrongly diagnosed with schizophrenia. Her SAT writing saved her; the success of her first collection of SAT short stories (The Lagoon and Other Stories) convincing SAT doctors that she did not need a planned lobotomy. SAT To "set the record straight" about the circumstances of her SAT committal to mental hospitals, in the early 80's Janet Frame SAT wrote her autobiography; three volumes entitled 'To The SAT Is-land (1982) An Angel At My Table and The Envoy From SAT Mirror City (both 1984). It was after the publication of "An SAT Angel At My Table", at a time when several of her books had SAT gone out of print, that Frame's literary status was SAT cemented. SAT An Angel At My Table Episode 2 of 2 SAT In episode two, after a failed suicide attempt, Janet agrees SAT to a short period in hospital to recuperate. But the arrival SAT of her mother to take her home triggers a reaction in Janet SAT that will have calamitous repercussions for years to come. SAT All other roles were played by members of the cast. SAT With thanks to Houghton Valley School and Wellington High SAT School, New Zealand. SAT Adapted for radio by Anita Sullivan SAT Music - Simon Russell SAT Sound design - David Thomas SAT Productions assistants -Sarah Tombling and Kathy Caton SAT Associate producer - Andrew Foster (New Zealand) SAT Producer/Director - Karen Rose SAT A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Janet Frame, the narrator: Lorraine Ashbourne SAT Janet Frame 22-38: Anna Skellen SAT Mother: Barbara Ewing SAT Father: Denis Lill SAT Miss Botting: Federay Holmes SAT June: Celeste Wong SAT John Forrest: Mike Sengelow SAT Patrick Riley: Ruairi Conaghan SAT Edwin: Richard Laing SAT Doctor Cawley: Richard Laing SAT El Vici: Daniel Philpott SAT Femin: Daniel Philpott SAT Catalina: Celia Meiras SAT Bruddie: William Alexander SAT Doctor Cump: William Alexander SAT Writer: Anita Sullivan SAT Director: Karen Rose SAT Producer: Karen Rose SAT SAT 04:00 He Would, Wouldn't He? b0076fdm (Listen) SAT A Steady Chap SAT By Gillian Tindall. A daughter starts to worry after her SAT divorced mother meets a new man. Is he too good to be true? SAT Read by Clare Corbett. SAT SAT 04:15 Afternoon Drama b01ngrwp (Listen) SAT Andy Walker - The Man Who Jumped From Space SAT The real life story of Captain Joe Kittinger and Project SAT Excelsior. As jet planes flew higher and faster in the SAT 1950s, the USAF became increasingly worried about the safety SAT of flight crew who had to eject at high altitude. So Project SAT Excelsior was initiated to perfect a parachute system that SAT would allow a safe, controlled descent after a high-altitude SAT ejection. SAT Producer Gary Brown SAT Project Excelsior was initiated in 1958 to design a SAT parachute system that would allow a safe, controlled descent SAT after a high-altitude ejection. SAT To test the parachute system, staff at Wright Field built a SAT 200 ft (61 m) high helium balloon with a capacity of nearly SAT 3 million cubic feet (85,000 m³) that could lift an open SAT gondola and test pilot into the stratosphere. Joe Kittinger, SAT who was test director for the project, made three ascents SAT and test jumps. This is the story of the three jumps. SAT Credits SAT Joe Kittinger: Simon Lee Phillips SAT Beau: David Fleeshman SAT Stapp: Garrick Hagon SAT Bobby: Kerry Shale SAT Grubitz: Andrew Westfield SAT Technician: Hamilton Berstock SAT Writer: Andy Walker SAT Producer: Gary Brown SAT SAT 05:00 After Henry b007k2z7 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Bedside Manners SAT Poorly Sarah is in hospital and must cope with visits from SAT her mother and daughter. Stars Prunella Scales. From SAT September 1986. SAT SAT 05:30 Bangers and Mash b0075gv1 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT A health inspector calls. Will the catering team have to SAT halt pie production? Stars Jane Whittenshaw. From January SAT 1999. SAT SAT 06:00 Dostoyevsky - The Friend of the Family b04fxy8d (Listen) SAT Russia, 1859: The Manor of Stephanchikovo has been thrown SAT into chaos by the activities of a former sergeant who has SAT set himself up as an arbiter of morals and taste. When he SAT interferes in the marriage plans of the family, the whole SAT situation explodes. SAT Stars David Suchet, Margot Boyd and Clive Merrison. SAT Dramatised by David Blum and directed by Martin Jenkins. SAT SAT 07:30 Yes Yes Yes b00tcstj (Listen) SAT The Last Gasp Gold SAT John Rawling relives the 1991 World Athletics Championships SAT when Britain's 400m men's relay team beat the USA to gold. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00rv8yk (Listen) SAT Ask the Fellows That Cut the Hay SAT In this week's Archive On Four, historian Alan Dein SAT celebrates the centenary of his mentor George Ewart Evans, SAT collector of Suffolk farming tales. Evans began by chatting SAT to his neighbours over the fireside in the 1950's and SAT transcribing stories about poaching shepherding, smuggling SAT and ditching. SAT The talk was of a hardscrabble life, of leaky roofs and SAT meals of pea soup and pollard dumplings and beef only at SAT Christmas with occasional festivities like the Whitsun fair. SAT With the help of BBC producer David Thomson, Evans recorded SAT many of these tales and they were broadcast on the Third SAT Programme. SAT Evans came from a Welsh mining village and he sympathised SAT with the labourers' stories about the tyranny of the trinity SAT of the parson, squire and farmer. He was a sympathetic SAT listener who asked allowed his community to speak for itself SAT and he captured the stories of people whose traditions had SAT been unbroken for generations, who worked on the land before SAT mechanisation and who believed in magic and folk wisdom and SAT had intuitive understanding of working with animals. SAT Evans' eleven books about the working lives and folk stories SAT of Blaxhall are a portrait of every facet of his village and SAT paved the way for books and programmes, both fiction and not SAT fiction, about British agricultural life. SAT Alan Dein talks to people who remember him in the village of SAT Blaxhall and to his son Lord (Matthew) Evans and youngest SAT daughter Susan as well as historian Owen Collins. SAT A WHISTLEDOWN PRODUCTION FOR BBC RADIO 4. SAT SAT 09:00 Ed Reardon's Weekend b01nsw4v (Listen) SAT The author and pipe-smoker undertakes a journey through his SAT life literary. Featuring The Swim, Dad, The Last Miaow, SAT Parsnip Junction, Summer of '76 and Original British Drama. SAT What can be said about Ed Reardon that the man himself could SAT not write with greater style and elan? The man who once SAT ghost-wrote a book for Sooty is never lost for words. Even SAT his recent theft of Edam from a BBC redundancy party cannot SAT keep him off-air for long. SAT A warning to 12-year-old media charlatans though: it's time SAT to tremble. Lynne Truss's fiercest critic is here to grace SAT BBC Radio 4Extra in person. The scourge of the railway fare SAT tariff has hand-picked six chapters of his life to share SAT with you, in a retrospective already hailed as "a collection SAT of programmes". SAT Finally the author of Who Would Fardels Bear is set to SAT receive his due. Or would do, if we could keep him out of SAT the betting shop and in the studio long enough to get his SAT links recorded. SAT Ed's recent output includes the Stig's Xmas Book of Speed SAT Camera Locations, but there's no denying the sheer artistic SAT power of the man, as he applies his singular talent to SAT children's TV, misery memoirs, Original British Drama and SAT even breaking a window. SAT Produced by Martin Dempsey. SAT SAT 12:00 CJ Sansom - Dark Fire b04fxz29 (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novel set in the last days of Thomas SAT Cromwell, featuring lawyer detective Shardlake. Stars Justin SAT Salinger. SAT SAT 13:15 Baldi b007k4pr (Listen) SAT Series 4, The Smoker SAT The priestly sleuth probes the murder of an outspoken, SAT larger-than-life Dublin publisher and bon viveur. Stars SAT David Threlfall. SAT SAT 14:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00f6r5f (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 1 SAT A trendy couple, and a two-headed giant. Sketches and songs SAT with John Cleese, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. From October SAT 1965. SAT SAT 14:30 The Goon Show b007jpcq (Listen) SAT The Space Age SAT Neddy and Crun attempt to launch Min into space, but she SAT gets stuck up the chimney. Stars Spike Milligan. From SAT November 1957. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00rv8yk (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Dostoyevsky - The Friend of the Family b04fxy8d (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00xhzjc (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 3 SAT Comedian-activist, Mark Thomas, considers the blue-sky SAT political policy suggestions of the public. SAT This week's agenda: SAT 1) Nationalise British Music Festivals SAT 2) Abolish Stamp Duty SAT 3) Reduce Voting Age to 16 SAT Plus more weird and wonderful suggestions from the studio SAT audience, submitted as "Any Other Business". SAT Mark and the Red Rector SAT Mark meets up with Father Paul Butler to discuss the SAT theological arguments for bringing back St Mondays. SAT Can we bring back St. Monday? SAT One of the show's previous winning policies was that Mark SAT should bring back St. Mondays. This was the historical SAT practice of workers taking Mondays off, generally after SAT they'd enjoyed a particularly raucous weekend. But how to SAT bring it back? Mark decided he'd need the support of the SAT church and so headed to Deptford for a chat with Father Paul SAT Butler. SAT SAT 18:00 Space Force b007jmd7 (Listen) SAT Series 1, The Time Ship SAT Taken hostage by the aliens, the crew learn more about their SAT mysterious captors. Stars Nicky Henson and Nigel Stock. SAT SAT 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone b00f6ddd (Listen) SAT Series 2, Unaccustomed SAT Carlo leads the story, as Edna and Tankerton face their SAT biggest challenge yet. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with SAT Alex Tregear. SAT SAT 19:00 Ed Reardon's Weekend b01nsw4v (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Ross Noble Goes Global b007jvt7 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Ireland SAT Travelling from rainy Sligo to busy Dublin, the comedian SAT learns to play the penny whistle - badly. From April 2002. SAT SAT 22:30 Chris Addison's Civilization b00f2zsd (Listen) SAT A Working Society SAT The thinking idiot's anthropologist charts the bumpy SAT evolution of the Western world. With Dan Tetsell. From April SAT 2006. SAT SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04hkbcg (Listen) SAT For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the SAT best comedy around. Simon Munnery chats to Josie Long. SAT SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution b007k1rm (Listen) SAT Series 4, Religion SAT The radical comedian proposes new ways to solve the lack of SAT understanding between different faiths. From August 1996. SAT SAT 23:30 Richard Herring's Objective b0174gl1 (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Wheelchair SAT Richard Herring's Objective SAT Episode 2: 'The Wheelchair' SAT Richard Herring examines 'The Wheelchair' the representative SAT symbol of disability on disability access signs and asks if SAT there is equal access. He wonders if it is still the case SAT that we see the disability rather than the person. SAT Written by and starring Richard Herring, with Emma Kennedy SAT and special guest, comedian Francesca Martinez. SAT Produced by Tilusha Ghelani SAT The second series of Richard Herring's Objective pokes and SAT prods a variety controversial objects and see if the SAT controversy falls out. Through vox pops, interviews and SAT stand up comedy Richard examines the objects' history, SAT meaning and significance and challenges our assumed logic SAT and stereotypes. Can we reclaim these objects away from SAT their unfortunate associations? SAT In series one the comedian investigated 'The Hitler SAT Moustache', 'The Hoodie' and 'The St. George's Flag' and in SAT the new series he'll be training his beady eye on 'The SAT Golliwog', 'The Wheelchair', 'Page 3' and 'The Old School SAT Tie'. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 31 AUGUST 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 Space Force b007jmd7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone b00f6ddd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b00rv8yk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 CJ Sansom - Dark Fire b04fxz29 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Baldi b007k4pr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Dostoyevsky - The Friend of the Family b04fxy8d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00xhzjc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus b01bl2dx (Listen) SUN 1662 SUN Kris Marshall returns as Samuel Pepys in this dramatisation SUN of his diary for 1662. The year begins badly when he SUN accidentally elbows Elizabeth in the eye as he's waking up. SUN SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks b010j7b9 (Listen) SUN Tamsin Greig SUN The actress inherits 'The Pearl Fishers Duet' by Bizet and SUN passes on 'To Make You Feel My Love' by Bob Dylan. SUN SUN 07:15 The Piano Lesson b0075q8v (Listen) SUN Family Harmony SUN Jeremy Nicholas visits the Roberts family, where three SUN generations are learning to play the piano together. From SUN November 1999. SUN SUN 07:30 The Gobetweenies b010t6nt (Listen) SUN Series 1, Meet the Millers SUN A candid look at contemporary family through the prism of SUN two North London siblings Lucy and Tom as they schlep SUN between their determinedly hands-on parents. Lucy is excited SUN about exploring surrealism, Tom is obsessively counting SUN sultanas and their mum Mimi (Sarah Alexander) is desperate SUN for her third attempt at married life to get started, but SUN the children's father Joe (David Tennant) has come to a SUN decision that will changes their all their lives... SUN If it's Wednesday... it must be Holloway SUN Cast List: SUN Joe ..... David Tennant SUN Mimi ..... Sarah Alexander SUN Tom ..... Finlay Christie SUN Lucy ..... Phoebe Abbott SUN Harry ..... Stuart Milligan SUN Writer: Marcella Evaristi SUN Director: Marilyn Imrie SUN Producer: Gordon Kennedy SUN An Absolutely Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 08:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007jynv (Listen) SUN From 11/04/1946 SUN 4 Extra Debut. Can Tommy Handley, governor of Tomtopia, get SUN support to stage an important race? With Jack Train. From SUN April 1946. SUN SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! b00b52ck (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 2 SUN A dirty wartime romp and the tale of a naughty gnome. Stars SUN Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims. From April SUN 1969. SUN SUN 09:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time b00qmy65 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 2 SUN Sandy Chalmers takes an affectionate look back at the SUN much-loved BBC institution Children's Hour, which ran from SUN 1922 to 1964 on the BBC Home Service. Sandy was first SUN involved as a child from 1953 to close down in 1964. Her SUN selection in this edition: SUN The Big Pond: Will o' the Wisp by Bertha Lonsdale. A short SUN play first broadcast in 1960 narrated by Trevor Hill. With SUN Karal Gardner, Joseph Hancock and Brian Trueman. SUN A Story of Bran the Cat: Bran's New Year Resolution. Don SUN Whyte's stories were a popular feature of the BBC's Scottish SUN Children's Hour. From 1953. SUN Toytown Plays - The Extraordinary Affair of Ernest the SUN Policeman, by SG Hulme Beaman. Dennis the Dachshund causes a SUN "hole" lot of fun. With Derek McCulloch, Peter Claughton, SUN Norman Shelley, Ivan Samson, John Glyn-Jones, Preston SUN Lockwood, Felix Felton and Mary O'Farrell. From 1962. SUN Produced by Peter Reed. SUN SUN 10:00 The Reunion b00d642r (Listen) SUN The Navy Lark SUN Sue MacGregor presents the series which reunites a group of SUN people intimately involved in a moment of modern history. SUN She brings together some of the original team behind The SUN Navy Lark, one of the most popular and longest-running radio SUN sitcoms. Participants include June Whitfield, Leslie SUN Phillips, George Evans, Heather Chesen and Tenniel Evans. SUN SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading b00xpp4v (Listen) SUN Tove Jansson - Travelling Light, Shopping SUN At five in the morning, Emily makes her shopping forays. But SUN although June approaches, outside it is getting darker. SUN The writer and artist Tove Jansson is best known as the SUN creator of the Moomin stories, which were first published in SUN English sixty years ago and have remained in print ever SUN since. She turned her attention to writing for adults when SUN she was in her fifties. SUN With the deceptively light prose that is her hallmark, SUN 'Travelling Light' reveals to us the precariousness of a SUN journey and the unease we feel at being placed outside of SUN our milieu. SUN Translated by Silvester Mazzarella SUN Reader: Claire Rushbrook SUN Produced by Karen Rose SUN A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 11:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b017701v (Listen) SUN Series 7, Episode 5 SUN From Houston, Texas, the American funny man welcomes the SUN Quebe Sisters Band and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. From SUN 2010. SUN SUN 12:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus b01bl2dx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:10 Inheritance Tracks b010j7b9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today] SUN SUN 13:15 The Piano Lesson b0075q8v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 RD Wingfield b0082c6w (Listen) SUN A Touch of Frost SUN 4 Extra Debut. Jack Frost is a tough and rude detective and SUN does it all his way, but has he come a cropper? Stars Derek SUN Martin and June Brown. SUN SUN 15:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007jynv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! b00b52ck (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b04g1245 (Listen) SUN Mel's highlights from the past week on the 4 O'Clock Show, SUN including the wonderful whistling language of the Canary SUN Islands and the art of putting on a fireworks display. SUN SUN 17:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time b00qmy65 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Doctor Who b01pqhkk (Listen) SUN Death in Blackpool SUN The journey home for Christmas leads to major revelations SUN for the Time Lord's companion. Eighth Doctor adventure stars SUN Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith. SUN SUN 19:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b017701v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007jynv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! b00b52ck (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 The Reunion b00d642r (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading b00xpp4v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 The Gobetweenies b010t6nt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off b007mh3w (Listen) SUN Series 1, Thailand SUN The bumbling student's aim to emerge spiritually becomes a SUN physical revelation with a loose sarong. Stars Marcus SUN Brigstocke. From August 2002. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04hkbcj (Listen) SUN For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the SUN best comedy around. Simon Munnery chats to Josie Long. SUN SUN 23:00 The In Crowd b00sbrl6 (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 1 SUN Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, SUN Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From July 2002. SUN SUN 23:30 Jon Ronson On b007mtkb (Listen) SUN Series 3, Waking Up From a Dream SUN Waking up from a Dream SUN Jon talks to John Downes, director of the Centre of Fortean SUN Zoology who spent his life searching for mythical creatures. SUN When he woke up and realised they didn't exist, he turned SUN his attention to something much more real, a giant eel SUN spotted in Lake Windermere. Jon follows him on his SUN underwater adventure. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2014 MON MON 00:00 Doctor Who b01pqhkk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 The Reunion b00d642r (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading b00xpp4v (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007jynv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! b00b52ck (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 The Gobetweenies b010t6nt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 RD Wingfield b0082c6w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time b00qmy65 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g16ll (Listen) MON Series 2, Missing From Home MON Dave and Max investigate another missing person, but is MON Brook seeing connections where there are none? Starring Ray MON Brooks. MON MON 06:30 The Holton Players b00768nh (Listen) MON Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent returns to his roots in MON rural Lincolnshire. The village of Holton-cum-Beckering was MON populated by a small community of conscientious objectors, MON who included Jim's parents, during the Second World War. The MON theatre company which they created in the village school is MON still proudly alive today, with its own theatre. Jim is now MON the company's president. MON MON 07:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b00751f6 (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 2 MON The magazine show tackles terrorism and gardening. With MON Robert Duncan, Jan Ravens and Tracy-Ann Oberman. From MON September 1998. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b04f9hy0 (Listen) MON Series 70, Episode 3 MON Hosted by the legendary Nicholas Parsons and recorded at the MON Edinburgh Festival - how hard can it be to talk for 60 MON seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation? Sue MON Perkins, Gyles Brandreth and Paul Merton find out. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Gyles Brandreth MON Panellist: Paul Merton MON Panellist: Sue Perkins MON MON 08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook b007k1jm (Listen) MON My Stag Movie, pt 2 MON The veteran auditionee exposes more of his film-making MON exploits. Did he ever hit the big screen? Stars Peter Jones. MON From August 1986. MON MON 08:30 The Navy Lark b00ttpgd (Listen) MON Series 1, Number One's Chair MON Pertwee's stores requisition spirals out of control. Stars MON Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Dennis Price. From April MON 1959. MON MON 09:00 It's Your Round b00z5zyh (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 4 MON "It's Your Round" is the comedy panel show where the format MON is simple: there is no format. Instead, each of the MON panellists has brought along their own round for the others MON to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, and MON unpredictable. MON This episode Foster's award winner in Edinburgh this year, MON Russell Kane, Josie Long, Alun Cochrane and Milton Jones MON battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own MON games. MON Enjoy the hilarity that ensues when each of them play the MON games they've brought along. How will the teams fare when MON they play Russell Kane's "Mood News" round? What superhero MON would Milton Jones like to be? And what is josie Long's MON "Nine Previous Convictions" all about? Find out the answers MON to these questions and more in this show. MON Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to make sure MON everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact. MON Writers: Angus Deayton and Paul Powell MON Devised by Benjamin Partridge MON Producer: Sam Michell. MON MON 09:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01bgp22 (Listen) MON The Anniversary MON Pilot Episode - The Anniversary MON A weekend break to celebrate their anniversary ends in MON disaster for Will and Annabelle. Will's terrible anniversary MON present is the last straw so Annabelle signs them up for MON marriage counselling. MON Guy mediates between Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to MON the events that spawned the argument. By the end, the couple MON find marital equilibrium once more. Sort of. MON A repeat of the pilot episode from last year, ahead of the MON new series which begins next week. Sitcom by Will smith. MON EPISODE CAST DETAILS: MON Will Smith ..... Will Smith MON Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland MON Guy, Darryl ..... Paterson Joseph MON John, TV repairman ..... Geoffrey Whitehead MON Receptionist, Sally ..... Morwenna Banks MON Written by ..... Will Smith MON Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani MON ABOUT THE SERIES MON The writer and comedian Will Smith leads the starry cast of MON Mr and Mrs.Smith. Sarah Hadland (Miranda, The Mitchell and MON Webb Look, Moving Wallpaper) stars as Will's wife Annabelle. MON Paterson Joseph (Peep Show, Survivors, Green Wing) plays MON Counsellor Guy. The series also includes Geoffrey whitehead MON (Reggie Perrin, Worst Week of My Life) , Susie Blake MON (Coronation Street; Victoria Wood as Seen on TV) and MON Morwenna Banks (Absolutely; Skins; Saxondale). MON Will's writing credits include Armstrong and Miller (BBC1), MON Harry and Paul (BBC1), Moving Wallpaper (ITV1), Time Trumpet MON (BBC2), the multi-award winning The Thick Of It (BBC2) in MON which he also appears as Phil Smith, and the upcoming Veep MON (HBO). MON Will Smith, Sarah Hadland and Paterson Joseph MON MON 10:00 Joe Orton - The Ruffian on the Stair b04g18g0 (Listen) MON Joe Orton's black comedy about a couple, Mike and Joyce. MON He's an Irish ex-boxer living on the dole and she's an MON ex-prostitute. A mysterious young man called Wilson arrives MON who toys with their lives. The play is based on The Boy MON Hairdresser, a novel by Orton and his lover and mentor MON Kenneth Halliwell sent to BBC producer John Tydeman. MON It was this play that sparked the beginning of Orton's brief MON period of public acclaim, just three years before he was MON murdered by Halliwell in 1967. MON Stars Avis Bunnage, Kenneth Cranham and Dermot Kelly. MON Directed by John Tydeman. MON First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 31st August MON 1964. MON MON 10:50 Inheritance Tracks b048w5vt (Listen) MON Jack Whitehall MON Comedian Jack Whitehall chooses plainchant from the Monks of MON Ampleforth Abbey and Rollin' by Limp Bizkit. MON MON 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g18g2 (Listen) MON The Sleeping Man MON Made for 4 Extra. Two young teenagers look after a sick man MON through the night. From Tove Jansson's debut 1971 MON collection. Read by Indira Varma. MON Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking MON Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip MON author is one of the most successful children writers ever. MON In her debut collection published in 1971 she tells of what MON we experience in youth, love, getting older and dying. MON Translated by Thomas Teal into English for the first time in MON the UK to celebrate the centenary of her birth in August MON 2014. MON Producer Karen Rose. Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. MON Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b04frcvl (Listen) MON Nicholas Parsons, Kevin Bishop, Rikki Stein, George Dawes MON Green, Catherine Burns, Arthur Smith, The Barr Brothers, MON Femme MON Since its first broadcast in December 1967, 'Just a Minute' MON has consistently entertained BBC Radio 4 listeners. And MON chairman Nicholas Parsons has appeared in every episode of MON the almost 900 broadcasts to date. He talks to Nikki about MON his new book 'Welcome to Just a Minute', recalling the very MON best, occasionally awkward and often hilarious moments from MON the last six decades. MON Nikki talks Afrobeat with Rikki Stein, who was Nigerian MON musician and social activist Fela Kuti's long-term friend MON and manager. Rikki features in new documentary 'Finding MON Fela', a compelling portrait of the man who created a MON musical movement, using it as a form of political protest, MON becoming a revolutionary, hero and legend. MON Are you sitting comfortably? Arthur Smith pulls up an easy MON chair and settles in for story time with the founder and the MON Artistic Director of 'The Moth' storytelling events, George MON Dawes Green and Catherine Burns. Since 1997, household names MON and unknowns alike have performed their real life stories to MON packed crowds across the US, which audiences can now MON experience in book form. MON How far would you go to get a table at the smartest MON restaurant in town? Actor and comedian Kevin Bishop talks to MON Nikki about starring in 'Fully Committed', a whirlwind MON culinary comedy set in one of Manhattan's hottest MON restaurants, where the city never sleeps and the phone never MON stops ringing. MON With music from The Barr Brothers, who perform 'Even The MON Darkness Has Arms' from their album 'Sleeping Operator' and MON Femme performs 'High' from her forthcoming debut album. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON Clip MON empty MON Kevin Bishop MON ‘Fully Committed’ is at Menier Chocolate Factory from MON Wednesday 3rd September to Saturday 15th November. MON Rikki Stein MON 'Finding Fela' is showing in UK cinemas from Friday 5th MON September. A special preview screening is on Thursday 4th MON September at the BFI London as part of African Odysseys MON season. MON The soundtrack to ‘Finding Fela’ is available now on MON Knitting Factory Records. MON ‘Fela Boxset #3 Curated by Brian Eno’ is available on 13th MON October on Knitting Factory Records. MON George Dawes Green MON ‘The Moth’ is published by Serpent’s Tail and available now. MON Catherine Burns MON ‘The Moth’ is published by Serpent’s Tail and available now. MON Nicholas Parsons MON ‘Welcome to Just a Minute’ is published by Canongate Books MON on 4th September. MON The Barr Brothers MON ‘Sleeping Operator’ is available 6th October on Secret City MON Records. MON The band are playing at End of the Road Festival, Salisbury MON this weekend. MON Femme MON Femme is playing at Birthdays in London on Wednesday 24th MON September. MON MON 12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook b007k1jm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Navy Lark b00ttpgd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g16ll (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 The Holton Players b00768nh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Beachtime b012fc0s (Listen) MON Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater, Episode 1 MON Feeling married life is out of control, Judith Whitman MON starts reminiscing about her youth in Nebraska. Read by MON Laurel Lefkow. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01hf0d7 (Listen) MON The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 4, Episode 1 MON 1663 gets off to an unpromising start when Sam and Elizabeth MON have a furious row, culminating in him burning all her old MON love letters in the fire. Then Elizabeth is robbed in the MON street, and Sam has a writ issued against him on a false MON charge. He avoids arrest, until he can prove his innocence, MON by hiding next door at Sir William's house. MON Cast: MON Samuel Pepys ..... Kris Marshall MON Elizabeth Pepys ..... Katherine Jakeways MON Captain Ferrers ..... Ewan Bailey MON Mrs Sarah ..... Eiry Thomas MON Man with writ ..... Lee Mengo MON Lord Sandwich ..... Blake Ritson MON Sir William Batten ..... Richard Mitchley MON Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by MON Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany MON Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David MON Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by MON Alice Baxter. MON Historical consultant: Liza Picard MON Sound by Nigel Lewis MON Adapted by Hattie Naylor. MON A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Nigel Lewis and MON produced by Kate McAll. MON MON 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00pfmsc (Listen) MON Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 1 MON Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. MON Winter settles over the Swedish fishing village of Västerby. MON Katri offers to run errands for the ageing artist who lives MON on the outskirts. But what does this strange young woman MON want in return from Anna Aemelin? MON Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. MON A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Joe Orton - The Ruffian on the Stair b04g18g0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 15:50 Inheritance Tracks b048w5vt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01nh82j (Listen) MON Mel Giedroyc hears nasty, gruesome things about the Romans MON from Terry Deary's brilliant Horrible Histories. And the MON nature series features the beautiful story of the sea MON swallow. MON Chapters MON Lend Me Your Ears MON Fiona Shaw recreates the sound of the Ancient Roman streets. MON Survival Skills MON Matt Baker learns survival skills in the Brecon Beacons with MON BBC Radio 4's Open Country. MON Soundscape: The Sea Swallow MON Paul Young narrates the remarkable migration journey of the MON Arctic tern. MON Making Pasta with Kids MON Pennie Latin from BBC Radio Scotland's Kitchen Cafe makes MON pasta with children. MON Mel's Magical Mystery Tour: Sweden MON Jo Fidgen reports on the debate in Sweden over the number of MON wolves in the wild. MON Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans MON The first chapter in 'Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans' MON created by Terry Deary. MON MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b009y19f (Listen) MON Series 2, Trouble With the Credit Card MON It is duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame, and she MON has been spending. Stars Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. From MON October 1999. MON MON 17:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b00751f6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 It's Your Round b00z5zyh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b04g19jx (Listen) MON Geoff Dyer and Richard Holmes MON 4 Extra Debut. Thomas Sutcliffe, Richard Holmes and Geoff MON Dyer discuss works by Rudyard Kipling, Siegfried Sassoon and MON Thomas Bernard. From March 1998. MON Selected Stories by Kipling MON Publisher: Penguin MON The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston by Siegfried Sassoon MON Publisher: Faber & Faber MON Extinction by Thomas Bernard MON Publisher: Penguin. MON MON 19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook b007k1jm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Navy Lark b00ttpgd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g16ll (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 The Holton Players b00768nh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g18g2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b04frcvl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b04f9hy0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01bgp22 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 Old Harry's Game b00wnp6m (Listen) MON Series 6, Investigation MON Satan is convinced he knows who killed Edith, and Hell is MON suddenly overcrowded. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. MON From October 2007. MON MON 23:30 The Consultants b007vb2j (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 1 MON Chesney ends a hostile takeover using marriage. Cerebral MON sketch show with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. From MON November 2003. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 02 SEPTEMBER 2014 TUE TUE 00:00 Book at Beachtime b012fc0s (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01hf0d7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00pfmsc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 It's Your Round b00z5zyh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b04g19jx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g16ll (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 The Holton Players b00768nh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Joe Orton - The Ruffian on the Stair b04g18g0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:50 Inheritance Tracks b048w5vt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g18g2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b04frcvl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b009y19f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b00751f6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g1xxz (Listen) TUE Series 2, A Very Private Affair TUE Brook gets a tip off from Tessa, and the mystery of Kemp's TUE missing wife becomes more and more complex. Starring Ray TUE Brooks. TUE TUE 06:30 Amongst the Medici b0076x4f (Listen) TUE Classicist Bettany Hughes begins a new series about TUE Renaissance Florence. TUE 1/3. The Medici are a name synonymous with the Renaissance, TUE but why did these bankers act as patrons to artists such as TUE Michelangelo and Donatello? TUE TUE 07:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqlf (Listen) TUE Trevor Island TUE Mr Zizz, the bad cartoonist, is not really capable of TUE murder. Or is he? Stars Martin Jarvis and Ron Pember. From TUE September 1988. TUE TUE 07:30 Meet David Sedaris b03m3nty (Listen) TUE Series 4, Company Man; Diary Extracts TUE One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC TUE Radio 4 doing what he does best. TUE This week, the pros and cons of being grown up enough to TUE have a guest room in "Company Man", and some more extracts TUE from his hilarious diary, which he has kept nightly for over TUE 30 years. TUE Producer: Steve Doherty TUE A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Reader: David Sedaris TUE Producer: Steve Doherty TUE Writer: David Sedaris TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b00cyg6v (Listen) TUE The Missing Battleship TUE When HMS Boxer is stolen, you just know someone's going to TUE fall in the water. Stars Peter Sellers. From November 1957. TUE TUE 08:30 Doctor in the House b007k437 (Listen) TUE Sex and St Swithins TUE Medic Simon Sparrow breaks hospital rules by flirting with a TUE pretty new nurse. Starring Richard Briers. From July 1968. TUE TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? b007wqd6 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 5 TUE Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Fred TUE Housego, Claire Rayner and Roy Hattersley. From July 1998. TUE TUE 09:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere b007jsq3 (Listen) TUE Series 2, 6th May 1800 TUE With the babies set to arrive, a visitor surprises TUE Cholericke. Lakeland poets parody with Geoffrey Whitehead. TUE From June 1987. TUE TUE 10:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007jpr7 (Listen) TUE Miss Honeychurch TUE It is 1905, and cousins Lucy and Charlotte arrive in TUE Florence, but not to rooms with a view. Stars Sheila Hancock TUE and Stephen Moore. TUE TUE 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g1yd6 (Listen) TUE The Wolf TUE Mr Shimomura wants to draw a dangerous animal, but first he TUE must find one. Translated by Thomas Teal. Read by Indira TUE Varma. TUE Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking TUE Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip TUE author is one of the most successful children writers ever. TUE In her debut collection published in 1971 she tells of what TUE we experience in youth, love, getting older and dying. TUE Producer Karen Rose. Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. TUE Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. TUE TUE 11:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book b007jw2l (Listen) TUE Sophia recalls the holidays spent with her grandmother on an TUE island in the Gulf of Finland. Stars Phyllida Law and Sophie TUE Thompson. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b00cyg6v (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Doctor in the House b007k437 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g1xxz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Amongst the Medici b0076x4f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Beachtime b012gq0v (Listen) TUE Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater, Episode 2 TUE Reeling from discovering her husband's possible infidelity, TUE Judith recollects her first love Willy Blunt. Read by Laurel TUE Lefkow. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01hjs0q (Listen) TUE The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 4, Episode 2 TUE Sam goes to see an autopsy at the Surgeons Hall and finds TUE the cold body fascinating. His wife Elizabeth, meanwhile, TUE who is rowing with the neighbours over the use of a water TUE cock, decides to distract herself by learning to dance. So TUE Sam engages the services of a Dancing Master, Mr Pembleton - TUE a decision he will later come to regret. TUE Samuel Pepys ..... Kris Marshall TUE Elizabeth Pepys ..... Katherine Jakeways TUE John Pepys ..... Stephen Marzella TUE Will ..... John Biddle TUE Mr Payne ..... Ewan Bailey TUE Captain Holmes ..... Andrew Wincott TUE Sir William Batten ..... Richard Mitchley TUE Mary ..... Eirlys Bellin TUE Mr Pembleton ..... Joseph Kloska TUE Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by TUE Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany TUE Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David TUE Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by TUE Alice Baxter. TUE Historical consultant: Liza Picard TUE Sound by Nigel Lewis TUE Adapted by Hattie Naylor TUE A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Nigel Lewis and TUE produced by Kate McAll. TUE TUE 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00phv9c (Listen) TUE Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 2 TUE Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. TUE As Katri visits the rabbit house more often, Anna gets first TUE sight of the young woman's unusual qualities. TUE Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. TUE A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007jpr7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01nh9r3 (Listen) TUE Mel finds out just how awful Roman kings were in Terry TUE Deary's story Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans, and she TUE hears the Inheritance Books of author Eoin Colfer. TUE Chapters TUE Eoin Colfer's Inheritance Books TUE 'Artemis Fowl' author with the books he's like to pass on to TUE younger readers. TUE Horrible Histories Ancient Roman Meal TUE The cast from Horrible Histories Show 'Barmy Britain' make TUE an Ancient Roman meal. TUE Tosca Unwrapped TUE Rich Preston reports on the Scottish Opera's 'Unwrapped' TUE sessions. TUE Lend Me Your Ears TUE Fiona Shaw recreates the sounds of an Ancient Roman Bath TUE house. TUE Mel's Magical Mystery Tour: Bath TUE Julian Richards goes to Bath in Somerset to explore its TUE Roman heritage. TUE Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans TUE The next episode in Terry Deary's Horrible Histories: The TUE Rotten Romans. TUE TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path b008f3kh (Listen) TUE Series 3, Gooseberrys and Fools TUE Can a relationship with her ex-pupil Razors be the best TUE thing for teacher Izzy? Stars Imelda Staunton. From November TUE 1993. TUE TUE 17:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqlf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Who Goes There? b007wqd6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 18:30 Musical Legends b0183jlk (Listen) TUE Paul Jones TUE 1/1 Paul Jones's musical career stretches back to the 1960's TUE where he enjoyed chart success as front-man with the group TUE Manfred Mann. TUE As a solo pop artist he continued that success with songs TUE like 'High Time' and 'I've been a Bad Bad Boy'. TUE Paul turned to acting and his career in television include TUE appearances in Z cars, Space 1999 and The Sweeney. He's also TUE appeared in films and on stage. TUE Amongst his numerous gold albums is one for the original TUE recording of Evita. TUE Paul founded The Blues Band in the late 1970's and is still TUE regularly touring with the band. TUE He's recorded with some of the biggest names in the business TUE including Tina Turner, Percy Sledge and Katie Melua. TUE Paul tells Tom Morton about his musical journey from 1960's TUE pop star to DJ and music critic and he explains how he TUE became President of the National Harmonica League. TUE BBC Radio 2 TUE The weekly dose of Rhythm and Blues tunes from Paul Jones, TUE combining classics, new releases, sessions and occasional TUE interviews. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b00cyg6v (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Doctor in the House b007k437 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g1xxz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Amongst the Medici b0076x4f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g1yd6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book b007jw2l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Meet David Sedaris b03m3nty (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Fags, Mags and Bags b010y376 (Listen) TUE Series 4, John Craven's Fjällräven TUE More shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, TUE courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave. TUE Written by and starring Donald McLeary and Sanjeev Kohli, TUE Fags, Mags & Bags has proved a hit with the Radio 4 audience TUE with this series picking up a Writers' Guild nomination for TUE best comedy in 2011. TUE In this episode Dave and the boys are busily organising a TUE surprise 50th birthday party for Ramesh, but will Sanjay TUE manage to keep his trap closed long enough without spilling TUE the beans before the big day. TUE So join the staff of Fags, Mags and Bags in their tireless TUE quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke TUE with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. TUE Ramesh Mahju has built up the business over the course of TUE thirty years, and is a firmly entrenched feature of the TUE local area. However, he does apply the "low return" rules of TUE the shop to all other aspects of his life. TUE He is ably assisted by his shop sidekick Dave, a TUE forty-something underachiever who shares Ramesh's love of TUE the art of shopkeeping, even if he is treated like a slave. TUE Then of course there are Ramesh's sons, Sanjay and Alok, TUE both surly and not particularly keen on the old school TUE approach to shopkeeping. But they are natural successors to TUE the business and Ramesh is keen to pass all his worldly TUE wisdom onto them - whether they like it or not. TUE Cast: TUE Ramesh ..... Sanjeev Kohli TUE Dave ..... Donald Mcleary TUE Sanjay ..... Omar Raza TUE Alok ..... Susheel Kumar TUE Dr Southwell ..... Kevin Eldon TUE Mrs Begg ..... Marjory Hogarth TUE Mrs Armstrong ..... Maureen Carr TUE Lovely Sue ..... Julie Wilson Nimmo TUE Bra Jeff ..... Steven McNicol TUE Producer: Gus Beattie TUE A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 The Maltby Collection b00czc0j (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 6 TUE A TV detective star fancies Prunella during filming at the TUE museum. With Geoffrey Palmer and guest Hugh Dennis. From TUE July 2007. TUE TUE 23:30 And Now In Colour b007yrwf (Listen) TUE Series 2, Colourthon TUE The team attempt their own radio charity fundraiser. TUE Starring Tim de Jongh, William Vandyck and Tim Firth. From TUE January 1991. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 03 SEPTEMBER 2014 WED WED 00:00 Book at Beachtime b012gq0v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01hjs0q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00phv9c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Who Goes There? b007wqd6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Musical Legends b0183jlk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g1xxz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Amongst the Medici b0076x4f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007jpr7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g1yd6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book b007jw2l (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path b008f3kh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqlf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g3npg (Listen) WED Series 2, The Placer WED Stolen goods and warehouses pre-occupy the team. Just as the WED Kemp trail has gone cold, developments arrive. Stars Ray WED Brooks. WED WED 06:30 Amongst the Medici b0076x7m (Listen) WED Classicist Bettany Hughes continues the series about WED Renaissance Florence. WED 2/3. Could it be that the Renaissance as we know it was not WED a renaissance at all? Could Donatello's David really be a WED political statement for the Medici? And what is the WED connection with Liverpool? WED WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me b00s3d19 (Listen) WED Series 3, Madness in His Method WED Robert Wilson devotes his life to someone's art. Stars John WED Gordon Sinclair and Gina McKee. From January 1993. WED WED 07:30 Dead Ringers b04fc70f (Listen) WED Series 12, Episode 5 WED After a rest of 7 years, the classic, award winning WED impressions show is back with a new cast of characters. WED No one will be safe from the merciless parodies, as the show WED takes down every programme, institution and politician you WED hold dear. WED Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey, Lewis WED MacLeod, Debra Stevenson. WED Producer: Bill Dare. WED Clip WED empty WED Credits WED Performer: Jon Culshaw WED Performer: Jan Ravens WED Performer: Duncan Wisbey WED Performer: Lewis Macleod WED Performer: Debra Stevenson WED Producer: Bill Dare WED WED 08:00 The Burkiss Way b007jr4g (Listen) WED Series 3, First Prize the Burkiss Way WED Taking the Dinosaur Cheese Interlude test are Chris Emmett, WED Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Fred Harris. From December 1977. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00pzgpv (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 2 WED Universal Challenge and unclad fashion news. Sketches and WED songs with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden. From October WED 1965. WED WED 09:00 Dilemma b017lfd5 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED Sue Perkins puts four guests through the moral and ethical WED wringer in this show show in which there are no "right" WED answers - but there are some deeply damning ones. WED This edition features comedians Shappi Khorsandi and Simon WED Munnery, broadcaster Fi Glover, and journalist Hugo Rifkind. WED They attempt to justify the murder of a pet and the theft of WED a girlfriend. The show was devised by award-winning stand-up WED and writer Danielle Ward (The News Quiz, Newswipe, Mock The WED Week). WED Producer: Ed Morrish. WED Credits WED Presenter: Sue Perkins WED Panellist: Shappi Khorsandi WED Panellist: Simon Munnery WED Panellist: Fi Glover WED Panellist: Hugo Rifkind WED Producer: Ed Morrish WED WED 09:30 Simon's Bug b04g3nrc (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED 4 Extra Debut. Suspecting his wife is having an affair, WED Simon bugs their telephone and learns much more. Stars Hwyel WED Bennett. From March 1989. WED WED 10:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007jpty (Listen) WED Good Men and Violets WED Lucy Honeychurch has witnessed a murder, but George's WED actions disturb her more. Stars Sheila Hancock and John WED Moffatt. WED WED 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g3ssf (Listen) WED A Love Story WED For the first time, the painter fell in love with a WED sculpture. Of a woman's buttocks! Read by Indira Varma. WED Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking WED Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip WED author is one of the most successful children writers ever. WED In her debut collection published in 1971 she tells of what WED we experience in youth, love, getting older and dying. WED Translated into English by Thomas Teal. Producer Karen Rose. WED Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. WED Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. WED WED 11:15 Hattie Naylor - Ivan and the Dogs b00xfjd5 (Listen) WED The extraordinary story of a young boy's life on the streets WED of Moscow, where he was adopted by wild dogs. Stars Tom WED Glenister. WED WED 12:00 The Burkiss Way b007jr4g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00pzgpv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g3npg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Amongst the Medici b0076x7m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Beachtime b012gr6h (Listen) WED Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater, Episode 3 WED Judith recalls her first date with Willy Blunt back in WED Nebraska and starts to put a plan in motion. Read by Laurel WED Lefkow. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01hjt9j (Listen) WED The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 4, Episode 3 WED Sam goes riding in Hyde Park but his horse starts fighting WED with other horses so he has to make a hasty exit. A keen WED scholar, he's learning the duodecimal system but it's not WED enough to distract him from his current obsession, his WED jealousy of his wife's dancing teacher, Mr Pembleton, which WED is beginning to run out of control. He's even coming home at WED lunchtime to check if the beds are rumpled. WED Samuel Pepys ..... Kris Marshall WED Elizabeth Pepys ..... Katherine Jakeways WED Mr Pembleton ..... Joseph Kloska WED Mary ..... Eirlys Bellin WED Will ..... John Biddle WED Mr Bagwell ..... Ewan Bailey WED Sir William Batten ..... Richard Mitchley WED Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by WED Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany WED Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David WED Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by WED Alice Baxter. WED Historical consultant: Liza Picard WED Sound by Nigel Lewis WED Adapted by Hattie Naylor WED A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Nigel Lewis and WED produced by Kate McAll. WED WED 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00phv8g (Listen) WED Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 3 WED Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. WED Eyebrows are raised in the village as Katri and Mats spend WED more and more time at the rabbit house. WED Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. WED A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007jpty (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01nht58 (Listen) WED Thanks to Terry Deary's Horrible Histories, Mel finds out WED how nasty the Romans could be with a sponge on a stick. And WED she has the Inheritance Tracks of 'The Voice' Sir Tom Jones. WED Chapters WED Lend Me Your Ears: Pompeii WED Fiona Shaw with the sounds of the Ancient Roman city of WED Pompeii, the day Vesuvius erupts. WED Inheritance Tracks: Sir Tom Jones WED The Inheritance Tracks of 'The Voice', Sir Tom Jones. WED Gelato University WED Dany Mitzman in Bologna, Italy reporting on the Gelato WED University... WED The Spider Society WED Reporter Anna Bailey looks for spiders with Laurence Bee of WED The Spider Society. WED Mel's Magical Mystery Tour: Ireland WED Ramblings presenter Clare Balding goes on a wildlife walk in WED Dublin. WED Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans WED The next episode of Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans WED created by Terry Deary. WED WED 17:00 Hats Off b00n5vsd (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 2 WED Maureen Lipman reinterprets the monologues, letters and WED songs of comedienne and writer Joyce Grenfell. From January WED 1999. WED WED 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me b00s3d19 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Dilemma b017lfd5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b00769r8 (Listen) WED Fashionable Opinions WED 4 Extra Debut. Irish novelist Anne Enright and journalist WED Bill Hagerty join Peter Rhodes to consider received wisdom. WED From September 2002. WED In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group 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 The Burkiss Way b007jr4g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00pzgpv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g3npg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Amongst the Medici b0076x7m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g3ssf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Hattie Naylor - Ivan and the Dogs b00xfjd5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Dead Ringers b04fc70f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Elvenquest b016c8y5 (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 2 WED As they continue their search for the Sword of Asnagar, the WED noble Questers are lead to a quiet town in the countryside, WED which they have heard may hold their prize. But they get WED there only to discover that it has been razed to the ground WED by a band of ruthless barbarians, lead by the blood-thirsty WED Ragnar Half-tooth (Daniel Rigby), who has taken the Sword WED taken as booty. In order to get it back, the Questers decide WED to masquerade as barbarians and enter Ragnar's camp. Can WED they trick Ragnar, deceive his men and get the Sword? WED Well...they give it a jolly good go... WED Meanwhile, Kreech tells Lord Darkness that his annual WED regeneration is coming up and that he needs to get some WED sleep in order to avoid meeting the new Dawn which will send WED his body crumbling into dust. Problem is, getting to sleep WED when it really matters is easier said than done. And Lord WED Darkness is suddenly overcome by a nasty bout of insomnia... WED Cast: WED Darren Boyd as Vidar WED Kevin Eldon as Dean/Kreech WED Dave Lamb as Amis aka The Chosen One WED Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness WED Stephen Mangan as Sam WED Daniel Rigby as Ragnar Half-tooth WED and WED Sophie Winkleman as Penthiselea WED Written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto WED Producer: Sam Michell. WED WED 23:00 The Shuttleworths b007n13d (Listen) WED John Shuttleworth's Open Mind, Fairies WED The Sheffield singer-songwriter investigates agent Ken's WED surprise discovery in his garden pond. With Kim Wilde. From WED April 2006. WED WED 23:30 The Big Booth b007k1pc (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 2 WED Tasty monologues and sketches starring Boothby Graffoe. With WED Kevin Eldon and guitarist Antonio Forcione. From January WED 2000. WED WED THU THURSDAY 04 SEPTEMBER 2014 THU THU 00:00 Book at Beachtime b012gr6h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01hjt9j (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00phv8g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Dilemma b017lfd5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b00769r8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g3npg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Amongst the Medici b0076x7m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007jpty (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g3ssf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Hattie Naylor - Ivan and the Dogs b00xfjd5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Hats Off b00n5vsd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me b00s3d19 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g3vpn (Listen) THU Series 2, Death in a Lonely Place THU In the wake of their discovery, Brook and Max collate THU together everything they have learned and talk to Kemp. THU Stars Ray Brooks. THU THU 06:30 Amongst the Medici b0076xbr (Listen) THU Classicist Bettany Hughes concludes the series about THU Renaissance Florence. 3: She finds that, contrary to popular THU belief, it was smart women, gay men and false gods who made THU the cornerstones of western civilisation. THU THU 07:00 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once b007jrj4 (Listen) THU Series 1, Organathon THU Jason's dad Eddie attempts a record-breaking electric organ THU session for charity. Stars Dominic Monaghan. From September THU 1999. THU THU 07:30 Susan Calman Is Convicted b01qm4q4 (Listen) THU Series 1, Death Penalty THU In a brand new series for Radio 4, Susan Calman explores THU issues on which she has strong opinions. This week, she THU examines the issues surrounding the Death Penalty from the THU perspective gained whilst working on Death Row. THU Susan was always stoically against capital punishment - THU because that was the expected position for a liberal student THU to take - and thought that she knew all about it. But it's THU very easy being so liberal when you're sitting in a country THU that doesn't have the death penalty. Then, as a law student, THU she travelled to North Carolina and worked on Death Row for THU a time. What she experienced whilst there persuaded her THU absolutely that she thought Capital Punishment was utterly THU wrong. THU This is a story about the transition from casually adopting THU received opinion to developing your own belief system. THU Produced by Lyndsay Fenner. THU Clip THU empty THU Credits THU Performer: Susan Calman THU Producer: Lyndsay Fenner THU Writer: Susan Calman THU THU 08:00 Parsley Sidings b007jp25 (Listen) THU Series 2, The Goods Train THU Sheepish looks all round when Bert considers becoming a THU hairdresser. Stars Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender. From THU October 1973. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b01bl4rd (Listen) THU From 02/04/1958 THU Eth wants a busier social life, while Jim and Bentley go to THU the ballet. Stars June Whitfield and Jimmy Edwards. From THU April 1958. THU THU 09:00 Too Much Information b00n55sq (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU "Too Much Information" is a comedy about the idiosyncratic THU world of Tourist Information Offices. THU Jeff Rawle stars as Warren, the much put upon manager of THU Waft Tourist Information. The ancient northern town of Waft THU appears in the Lonely Planet Guide with the advice: "Don't THU bother". It has more people in the cemetery than living in THU it, is twinned with a town near Chernobyl and is most often THU visited by people using the toilet on the way to Alton THU Towers. So Waft Tourist Information Centre is hardly a hive THU of activity! But Warren along with the other members of the THU "Friends of Waft" each week attempt to solve the endless THU conundrum of how on earth they can attract visitors to Waft! THU In the second episode Waft Tourist Information struggle to THU attract visitors by promoting their most famous local THU resident, a local doctor who burps - but when a genuinely THU famous dissolute TV comic stops off for a pee, they are to THU determined not to let him leave! THU Cast: THU WARREN THU ............................................................ THU ............. JEFF RAWLE THU DOUGLAS..................................................... THU ............ MALCOLM TIERNEY THU HEATHER..................................................... THU ..................... LIZA SADOVY THU LUCY THU ............................................................ THU ........... JOANNAH TINCEY THU BRYAN THU ............................................................ THU ........... PAUL BARNHILL THU RICKY THU ............................................................ THU .................. PHILLIP FOX THU GEORGE...................................................... THU ............... STEPHEN HOGAN THU Written by: Neil Warhurst THU Producer: Liz Webb. THU THU 09:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland b007vjfl (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU The comedian shares his thoughts on how we spend our leisure THU time. Stand-up and sketches, with Dave Lamb. From September THU 2000. THU THU 10:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007qx2z (Listen) THU A Proposal and a Bathing Party THU Lucy Honeychurch returns to England much changed after her THU disturbing trip to Italy. Stars Julia McKenzie and Sheila THU Hancock. THU THU 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4159 (Listen) THU Letters to an Idol THU She owned all of his books about love. He was her idol. From THU Tove Jansson's debut 1971 collection. Read by Indira Varma. THU Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking THU Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip THU author is one of the most successful children writers ever.. THU Translated into English by Thomas Teal. Producer Karen Rose. THU Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. THU Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. THU THU 11:15 Shelagh Delaney - Country Life b01pwcyj (Listen) THU Rose deals with foot and mouth disease and a moody nephew, THU then her film-star brother Eddie arrives. With Barbara THU Marten. THU THU 12:00 Parsley Sidings b007jp25 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b01bl4rd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g3vpn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Amongst the Medici b0076xbr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Beachtime b012h98l (Listen) THU Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater, Episode 4 THU After her private investigator reports back, Judith Whitman THU sets out to retrace her past in Nebraska. Read by Laurel THU Lefkow. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01hl299 (Listen) THU The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 4, Episode 4 THU Sam is disappointed to discover the truth behind Lord THU Sandwich's strange behaviour, and Elizabeth finds that her THU new companion is less than honest. They can still enjoy a THU day out together, though, seeing the curious entertainments THU of Bartholomew Fair. THU Samuel Pepys ..... Kris Marshall THU Elizabeth Pepys ..... Katherine Jakeways THU Will ..... John Biddle THU Hannah ..... Eiry Thomas THU Mary ..... Eirlys Bellin THU Captain Ferrers ..... Ewan Bailey THU Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by THU Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany THU Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David THU Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by THU Alice Baxter. THU Historical consultant: Liza Picard THU Sound by Nigel Lewis THU Adapted by Hattie Naylor THU A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Nigel Lewis and THU produced by Kate McAll. THU THU 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00phv8j (Listen) THU Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 4 THU Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. THU Katri takes action which changes the lives of Mats and Anna THU as well as her own. THU Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. THU A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007qx2z (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01nj12b (Listen) THU In Terry Deary's Horrible Histories, Mel hears how truly THU horrible Roman Emperors could be - very nasty! And she goes THU hunting with an eagle in Outer Mongolia. THU Chapters THU Game Boy Vs The Mongolian Steppe THU The Plett Family hunting with eagles in North West Mongolia. THU Truffle Hunting THU Reporter Nicola Stanbridge goes truffle hunting in THU Hampshire. THU The Perfect Tiramisu THU Russell Norman shows Jenni Murray how to make the perfect THU tiramisu. THU Questions, Questions: Duelling THU Reporter Emily Williams discovers the history of duelling. THU Mel's Magical Mystery Tour: Robinson Crusoe Island THU Gideon Long is off the coast of Chile for BBC Radio 4's THU 'From Our Own Correspondent'. THU Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans THU Today's episode of Terry Deary's 'Horrible Histories: The THU Rotten Romans' THU THU 17:00 No Commitments b007jmt9 (Listen) THU Series 2, Bright Lights THU Much to Victoria's annoyance, Charlotte abducts her daughter THU for a frolic in Pimlico. Stars Rosemary Leach. From August THU 1993. THU Credits THU Actor: Ann Jobson THU THU 17:30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once b007jrj4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Too Much Information b00n55sq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b00768nc (Listen) THU Lord Byron THU 4 Extra Debut. Writer Sue Limb chooses the 'mad, bad and THU dangerous to know' poet, Lord Byron. With Humphrey THU Carpenter. 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? From 2002. THU THU 19:00 Parsley Sidings b007jp25 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b01bl4rd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g3vpn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Amongst the Medici b0076xbr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4159 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Shelagh Delaney - Country Life b01pwcyj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Susan Calman Is Convicted b01qm4q4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Radio 9 b04g429s (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 3 THU Travels at sea, a magazine for NIMBYs and faking your way in THU abseiling. Stars Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. From July THU 2005. THU THU 23:00 At Home With The Snails b007jn95 (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 4 THU With 2000 snails in Alex's shed, there are fears that THU they'll take over the village. Stars Gerard Foster and THU Geoffrey Palmer. From July 2001. THU THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable b01mypwd (Listen) THU Series 4, Superco THU The dotty management consultants check out Britain's biggest THU supermarket chain. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From October THU 2005. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 05 SEPTEMBER 2014 FRI FRI 00:00 Book at Beachtime b012h98l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01hl299 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00phv8j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Too Much Information b00n55sq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b00768nc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g3vpn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Amongst the Medici b0076xbr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007qx2z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4159 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Shelagh Delaney - Country Life b01pwcyj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 No Commitments b007jmt9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once b007jrj4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g457y (Listen) FRI Series 2, The Point of No Return FRI Brook and Max get moving on the Kemp case, but they could be FRI too late. Meanwhile, the Clark case reopens. Starring Ray FRI Brooks. FRI FRI 06:30 Speak on the Dotted Line b007r03c (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. Rory Bremner probes the inner workings of FRI recognition and voice verification technology. Can he outwit FRI the software? From June 2007. FRI FRI 07:00 Bangers and Mash b0075h0f (Listen) FRI Episode 4 FRI There's a strange man around. Why is he interested in the FRI catering team's van? Stars Jane Whittenshaw, Gerard FRI McDermott. From February 1999. FRI FRI 07:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00xw276 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 4 FRI Comedian-activist, Mark Thomas, entertains the blue-sky FRI political policy suggestions of the public. FRI This week's agenda: FRI 1) Civil Partnerships to be Made Available to Heterosexual FRI Couples FRI 2) Introduce a Government Department for Externalities FRI 3) A Traffic Ban During Rush-Hour FRI Plus a wide range of "Any Other Business" suggestions from FRI the studio audience. FRI Mark backstage with policy suggestions FRI Evan Davis explains externalities in 5 minutes FRI The first thing Mark had to do for the "Office of FRI Externalities" policy was to nail down what an externality FRI actually is. The week that this show was recorded, the Irish FRI government had asked for a financial bailout from the EU and FRI IMF and looked set to face a vote of no-confidence. FRI Economist after economist didn't have time to talk to a FRI comedy show and then we hit on Evan Davis, who is such a FRI nice man and loves economics so much that he spent his lunch FRI break on the phone to us. As the cost of education FRI sky-rockets, here's The Manifesto's free 5 minute FRI masterclass in externalities. FRI FRI 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007rn3z (Listen) FRI Series 3, From 11/12/1977 FRI The regular butt of the comedy duo's jokes, singer Des FRI O'Connor, brings along his angry mum. From December 1977. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b00xj4lb (Listen) FRI The Great Footwear Scandal FRI The bumbling civil servants must find 5000 boats, fast. FRI Stars Wilfrid Hyde-White and Richard Murdoch. From October FRI 1962. FRI FRI 09:00 The 99p Challenge b007js37 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 2 FRI Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, FRI David Quantick, Peter Baynham and Richard Herring. From June FRI 2000. FRI FRI 09:30 Rent b04g484m (Listen) FRI Episode 6 FRI Richard and Paul are entering a half-marathon, but Maria and FRI Ruby are off down the pub. Stars Patrick Barlow. From June FRI 1993. FRI FRI 09:50 Inheritance Tracks b010t8t8 (Listen) FRI June Spencer FRI The Archers actress inherits 'I'll See You Again' by Noel FRI Coward and passes on Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1. FRI FRI 10:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007qvgf (Listen) FRI The Triumph of Phaeton FRI Engaged to Cecil but haunted by her dreams of George, Lucy FRI Honeychurch feels muddled. Stars Sheila Hancock and Julia FRI McKenzie. FRI FRI 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4935 (Listen) FRI Lucio's Friends FRI Everyone loves Lucio. Don't they? From Tove Jansson's debut FRI 1971 collection. Read by Indira Varma. FRI Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking FRI Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip FRI author is one of the most successful children writers ever. FRI Translated into English by Thomas Teal. Producer Karen Rose. FRI Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. FRI Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00vcpbh (Listen) FRI My Own Private Gondolier FRI In Bethan Roberts' first play for radio, Peggy Guggenheim's FRI troubled daughter, Pegeen, leaves her three children behind FRI when she travels to Venice to spend the summer with her FRI mother. Pegeen is in retreat from a marriage that has FRI failed. She is determined to be an artist, and she shuts FRI herself up in the dank basement, trying to paint. FRI Meanwhile, her mother, Peggy, is much more concerned with FRI the English sculptor who has come to visit; she wants a FRI piece of his work to add to her collection and will use FRI everything at her disposal to achieve her aim. She'll even FRI try to inveigle her daughter into the plan if she thinks it FRI will get her what she wants. Peggy is well known as a FRI collector of men, as well as art. As the summer progresses, FRI and the strains between mother and daughter grow, it's only FRI Gianni, Peggy's personal Gondolier, who can provide a FRI welcome diversion. FRI The music is Vedro con mio diletto from Vivaldi's Giustino, FRI sung by Philippe Jaroussky. FRI Producer: Kate McAll, BBC Cymru Wales. FRI Credits FRI Peggy Guggenheim: Fiona Shaw FRI Pegeen Hélion: Hattie Morahan FRI Jack Vernon: Brendan Charleson FRI Gianni: Francois Pandolfo FRI Nurse: Laurel Lefkow FRI Writer: Bethan Roberts FRI Producer: Kate McAll FRI FRI 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007rn3z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry b00xj4lb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g457y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Speak on the Dotted Line b007r03c (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Beachtime b012hbyx (Listen) FRI Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater, Episode 5 FRI After a summons from Willy Blunt, Judith heads back to see FRI him in Rufus Sage after 27 years apart. Concluded by Laurel FRI Lefkow. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01hl419 (Listen) FRI The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 4, Episode 5 FRI Sam decides to put himself on the line and confront Lord FRI Sandwich about his recent behaviour but he's anxious about FRI where this will lead. Meanwhile, a stranger tries to abduct FRI Elizabeth in broad daylight and the Queen has the spotted FRI fever. Sam goes to buy a periwig but disapproves of the wig FRI he's offered - made of greasy old woman's hair! FRI Samuel Pepys ..... Kris Marshall FRI Elizabeth Pepys ..... Katherine Jakeways FRI Sir John Minnes ..... Alun Raglan FRI Coachman ..... Ewan Bailey FRI Mr Pierce ..... Andrew Wincott FRI Lord Sandwich ..... Blake Ritson FRI Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by FRI Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany FRI Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David FRI Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by FRI Alice Baxter. FRI Historical consultant: Liza Picard FRI Sound by Nigel Lewis FRI Adapted by Hattie Naylor. FRI A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Nigel Lewis and FRI produced by Kate McAll. FRI FRI 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00phv8l (Listen) FRI Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 5 FRI Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. FRI After the 'break-in' Anna adjusts to life in the rabbit FRI house with Katri and Mats. FRI Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. FRI A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007qvgf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01nj866 (Listen) FRI Were the Romans the first to watch people being murdered for FRI fun? Mel finds out thanks to the final episode of Terry FRI Deary's Horrible History of the Rotten Romans. FRI Chapters FRI Lend Me Your Ears: The Coliseum FRI Presenter Fiona Shaw recreates Ancient Roman entertainment. FRI Making Pizza from Scratch FRI BBC Scotland's Pennie Latin and food writer Mary Contini FRI make pizza from scratch. FRI Dolaucothi Gold Mine FRI BBC Radio 4's Helen Mark and the National Trust's Paul FRI Faulkner visit the Roman gold mine. FRI Young Entrepreneurs FRI Young entrepreneurs talk to Julian Worricker of BBC Radio 4 FRI 'You and Yours'. FRI Mel's Magical Mystery Tour: Hadrian's Wall FRI Richard Hollingham of the World Service begins a history of FRI the toilet at Hadrian's Wall. FRI Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans FRI The final episode of Terry Deary's 'Horrible Histories: The FRI Rotten Romans'. FRI FRI 17:00 After Henry b007jnl5 (Listen) FRI Series 2, The Kitten FRI Sarah and her mother disagree over house tidiness, until a FRI visitor arrives. Stars Prunella Scales. From September 1986. FRI FRI 17:30 Bangers and Mash b0075h0f (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 The 99p Challenge b007js37 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 Pioneers b00x92tm (Listen) FRI Series 1, Sir Alec Jeffreys FRI 2/5 FRI Sir Alec Jeffreys speaks to Clare English about his eureka FRI moment when he discovered DNA fingerprinting. FRI It was 9.05am on Monday 10th September 1984 when Alec FRI realised the enormity of his breakthrough, and explains how FRI it turned into a global phenomenon. FRI He speaks about how his techniques for DNA fingerprinting FRI and DNA profiling are now not only used by the police, but FRI also to resolve paternity and immigration disputes all over FRI the world. FRI : FRI FRI 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007rn3z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry b00xj4lb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g457y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Speak on the Dotted Line b007r03c (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4935 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00vcpbh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00xw276 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Father Figure b01c9b73 (Listen) FRI Power Cut FRI Family sitcom written by and starring Irish comedian Jason FRI Byrne. It's a Saturday night for cosying up in front of FRI Strictly Come Dancing but best laid plans are about to be FRI changed - for the better? FRI Tom Whyte.... Jason Byrne FRI Elaine Whyte.... Lucy Montgomery FRI Dylan Whyte .... Dominic Applewhite FRI Mary Whyte ....Pauline McLynn FRI Pat Whyte.... Dermot Crowley FRI Roddy .... Michael Smiley FRI Producer.Julia McKenzie. FRI FRI 23:00 Chain Reaction b0132pv7 (Listen) FRI Series 7, Peter Hook interviews John Cooper Clarke FRI Chain Reaction is Radio 4's tag-team interview show. Each FRI week, a figure from the world of entertainment chooses FRI another to interview; the next week, the interviewee turns FRI interviewer, and they in turn pass the baton on to someone FRI else - creating a 'chain' throughout the series. FRI After Rhys Thomas interviewed Simon Day, Simon interviewed FRI the musician and author Peter Hook. This week, Peter FRI interviews a fellow Salfordian, the punk poet laureate John FRI Cooper Clarke. Coming to prominence during the punk years of FRI the late 70s, Clarke would appear on the bill with The Sex FRI Pistols, The Buzzcocks, and Peter's own Joy Division - and FRI Peter's next band, New Order, would support John on a tour FRI of New Zealand and Australia. The interview takes in their FRI shared Salford heritage, doing adverts in the 1980s, and FRI John's recent appearance on the GCSE English syllabus. FRI FRI 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me b01p1plb (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 2 FRI The embarrassing auntie gets hip, and curious memories of FRI the British Raj. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nina Wadia. From FRI May 1998. FRI
29 August, 2014
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 30/08/2014 - 05/09/2014
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