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SAT SATURDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2014 SAT SAT 00:00 Book at Beachtime b012hbyx (Listen) SAT Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater, Episode 5 SAT After a summons from Willy Blunt, Judith heads back to see SAT him in Rufus Sage after 27 years apart. Concluded by Laurel SAT Lefkow. SAT SAT 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01hl419 (Listen) SAT The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 4, Episode 5 SAT Sam decides to put himself on the line and confront Lord SAT Sandwich about his recent behaviour but he's anxious about SAT where this will lead. Meanwhile, a stranger tries to abduct SAT Elizabeth in broad daylight and the Queen has the spotted SAT fever. Sam goes to buy a periwig but disapproves of the wig SAT he's offered - made of greasy old woman's hair! SAT Samuel Pepys ..... Kris Marshall SAT Elizabeth Pepys ..... Katherine Jakeways SAT Sir John Minnes ..... Alun Raglan SAT Coachman ..... Ewan Bailey SAT Mr Pierce ..... Andrew Wincott SAT Lord Sandwich ..... Blake Ritson 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 Adapted by Hattie Naylor. SAT A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Nigel Lewis and SAT produced by Kate McAll. SAT SAT 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00phv8l (Listen) SAT Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 5 SAT Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. SAT After the 'break-in' Anna adjusts to life in the rabbit SAT house with Katri and Mats. SAT Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. SAT A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 01:00 The 99p Challenge b007js37 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 2 SAT Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, SAT David Quantick, Peter Baynham and Richard Herring. From June SAT 2000. SAT SAT 01:30 Pioneers b00x92tm (Listen) SAT Series 1, Sir Alec Jeffreys SAT 2/5 SAT Sir Alec Jeffreys speaks to Clare English about his eureka SAT moment when he discovered DNA fingerprinting. SAT It was 9.05am on Monday 10th September 1984 when Alec SAT realised the enormity of his breakthrough, and explains how SAT it turned into a global phenomenon. SAT He speaks about how his techniques for DNA fingerprinting SAT and DNA profiling are now not only used by the police, but SAT also to resolve paternity and immigration disputes all over SAT the world. SAT : SAT SAT 02:00 Robert Barr - Detective b04g457y (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Point of No Return SAT Brook and Max get moving on the Kemp case, but they could be SAT too late. Meanwhile, the Clark case reopens. Starring Ray SAT Brooks. SAT SAT 02:30 Speak on the Dotted Line b007r03c (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. Rory Bremner probes the inner workings of SAT recognition and voice verification technology. Can he outwit SAT the software? From June 2007. SAT SAT 03:00 EM Forster - A Room with a View b007qvgf (Listen) SAT The Triumph of Phaeton SAT Engaged to Cecil but haunted by her dreams of George, Lucy SAT Honeychurch feels muddled. Stars Sheila Hancock and Julia SAT McKenzie. SAT SAT 04:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4935 (Listen) SAT Lucio's Friends SAT Everyone loves Lucio. Don't they? From Tove Jansson's debut SAT 1971 collection. Read by Indira Varma. SAT Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking SAT Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip SAT author is one of the most successful children writers ever. SAT Translated into English by Thomas Teal. Producer Karen Rose. SAT Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. SAT SAT 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00vcpbh (Listen) SAT My Own Private Gondolier SAT In Bethan Roberts' first play for radio, Peggy Guggenheim's SAT troubled daughter, Pegeen, leaves her three children behind SAT when she travels to Venice to spend the summer with her SAT mother. Pegeen is in retreat from a marriage that has SAT failed. She is determined to be an artist, and she shuts SAT herself up in the dank basement, trying to paint. SAT Meanwhile, her mother, Peggy, is much more concerned with SAT the English sculptor who has come to visit; she wants a SAT piece of his work to add to her collection and will use SAT everything at her disposal to achieve her aim. She'll even SAT try to inveigle her daughter into the plan if she thinks it SAT will get her what she wants. Peggy is well known as a SAT collector of men, as well as art. As the summer progresses, SAT and the strains between mother and daughter grow, it's only SAT Gianni, Peggy's personal Gondolier, who can provide a SAT welcome diversion. SAT The music is Vedro con mio diletto from Vivaldi's Giustino, SAT sung by Philippe Jaroussky. SAT Producer: Kate McAll, BBC Cymru Wales. SAT Credits SAT Peggy Guggenheim: Fiona Shaw SAT Pegeen Hélion: Hattie Morahan SAT Jack Vernon: Brendan Charleson SAT Gianni: Francois Pandolfo SAT Nurse: Laurel Lefkow SAT Writer: Bethan Roberts SAT Producer: Kate McAll SAT SAT 05:00 After Henry b007jnl5 (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Kitten SAT Sarah and her mother disagree over house tidiness, until a SAT visitor arrives. Stars Prunella Scales. From September 1986. SAT SAT 05:30 Bangers and Mash b0075h0f (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT There's a strange man around. Why is he interested in the SAT catering team's van? Stars Jane Whittenshaw, Gerard SAT McDermott. From February 1999. SAT SAT 06:00 Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv b00y1t63 (Listen) SAT Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the heartbreaking story of TS SAT Eliot's marriage to Vivienne Haigh-Wood. SAT Michael Hastings' best-known play charts the turbulent, SAT doomed marriage of the young TS Eliot and the charismatic SAT Vivienne Haigh-Wood. This moving, highly charged study has SAT been described as 'one of the most important plays of the SAT 20th century'. SAT Stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Tom, Lia Williams as Viv and SAT David Haig as Maurice. Adapted and directed by Peter SAT Kavanagh. SAT SAT 07:30 The Choir Invisible b00yb305 (Listen) SAT Ian Hislop finds out why women, excluded from much of SAT Victorian society, wrote so many famous hymns. From August SAT 2003. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b0118brp (Listen) SAT Bob Dylan and Me SAT Marking the musician's 70th birthday on May 24th 2011 and SAT drawing on archive, much of which has never before been SAT broadcast, a group of writers, poets, musicians and fans SAT have been asked to reflect on what Bob Dylan means to them. SAT Bob Dylan and Me offers a series of essays, richly woven SAT together with songs and archive interviews. SAT Cerys Matthews talks about Bob Dylan's personal impact on SAT her life and music. Paul Morley reflects on Dylan's ability SAT to acquire fame by staying aloof. Professor Christopher SAT Ricks looks at Dylan's years with God. Eddi Reader reflects SAT on the women in his songs. SAT Billy Bragg takes on Bob's troubadour tradition. Beat poet SAT Michael McClure gives a personal view on the man. Natasha SAT Morgan talks about the night she saw Bob Dylan's first SAT British appearance in 1961. SAT Also featured in the programme will be a number of rare Bob SAT Dylan interviews, many not broadcast on British radio SAT before. SAT We will hear Dylan's radio debut from 1962 on WBAI, "I was SAT with the carnival off and on for six years," and he tells SAT KQED San Francisco in 1965, " Do you think of yourself SAT primarily as a singer or a poet?" "Oh I think of myself as SAT more a song and dance man y'know" SAT Sound Design by Alice K. Winz SAT Producers: David Prest and Caroline Hughes. SAT A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Blog Post: Bob Dylan and Me SAT BBC Radio 6 Music: Cerys on 6 SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller b01pz85c (Listen) SAT Grace Dent SAT Novelist, TV critic and funny person Grace Dent takes SAT control of BBC Radio 4 Extra. Her choices : Meet David SAT Sedaris, Mickey Flanagan: What Chance Change, In and Out of SAT the Kitchen, Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking, Down the SAT Line and Thom Tuck Goes Straight to DVD. SAT An established journalist, Grace writes regularly for The SAT Independent and London Evening Standard, as well as SAT magazines like She, Tatler and Marie Claire. She's also SAT written 11 novels for teenagers, including the successful SAT Diary of a Chav and Diary of a Snob series. Grace also wrote SAT a tome on Twitter (and how to leave it), and has fronted BBC SAT Radio 4 documentaries about Nancy Mitford, among others. SAT She's interviewed 'Game of Thrones' scribe George Martin and SAT also presented Grace Dent's Guide to Growing Up a Girl, also SAT on 4 Extra. SAT Clip SAT empty SAT SAT 12:00 CJ Sansom - Dark Fire b04gk8fb (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT CJ Sansom's Tudor crime novel set in the last days of Thomas SAT Cromwell. It is 1540, and London is in a heatwave. Stars SAT Justin Salinger. SAT SAT 13:10 Inheritance Tracks b0103zk2 (Listen) SAT Annie Lennox SAT The singer reveals her love of 'Waterloo Sunset' by the SAT Kinks, and the track she would hand on, 'A Whiter Shade of SAT Pale' by Procol Harum. SAT SAT 13:15 Baldi b007k4qm (Listen) SAT Series 4, No Sin SAT A gym death sees the priestly sleuth probe a link between SAT fitness fanaticism and mediaeval theology. With David SAT Threlfall. SAT SAT 14:00 Parsley Sidings b007jp25 (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Goods Train SAT Sheepish looks all round when Bert considers becoming a SAT hairdresser. Stars Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender. From SAT October 1973. SAT SAT 14:30 Doctor in the House b007k437 (Listen) SAT Sex and St Swithins SAT Medic Simon Sparrow breaks hospital rules by flirting with a SAT pretty new nurse. Starring Richard Briers. From July 1968. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b0118brp (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv b00y1t63 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00xw276 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 4 SAT Comedian-activist, Mark Thomas, entertains the blue-sky SAT political policy suggestions of the public. SAT This week's agenda: SAT 1) Civil Partnerships to be Made Available to Heterosexual SAT Couples SAT 2) Introduce a Government Department for Externalities SAT 3) A Traffic Ban During Rush-Hour SAT Plus a wide range of "Any Other Business" suggestions from SAT the studio audience. SAT Mark backstage with policy suggestions SAT Evan Davis explains externalities in 5 minutes SAT The first thing Mark had to do for the "Office of SAT Externalities" policy was to nail down what an externality SAT actually is. The week that this show was recorded, the Irish SAT government had asked for a financial bailout from the EU and SAT IMF and looked set to face a vote of no-confidence. SAT Economist after economist didn't have time to talk to a SAT comedy show and then we hit on Evan Davis, who is such a SAT nice man and loves economics so much that he spent his lunch SAT break on the phone to us. As the cost of education SAT sky-rockets, here's The Manifesto's free 5 minute SAT masterclass in externalities. SAT SAT 18:00 Space Force b007jmdr (Listen) SAT Series 1, Threshold of Stars SAT The captive crew discover what the aliens want from them, SAT and Chipper causes concern. Stars Nicky Henson and Barry SAT Foster. SAT SAT 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone b008zdkt (Listen) SAT Series 2, Unwelcome SAT Edna and Tankerton return to her home town and attend a fete SAT worse than death. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex SAT Tregear. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller b01pz85c (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Ross Noble Goes Global b007jvv4 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Singapore SAT Spotting a monkey and shopping malls galore, the comedian is SAT having a bad hair day in the incredible humidity. From May SAT 2002. SAT SAT 22:30 Chris Addison's Civilization b00f68lx (Listen) SAT A Sense of Identity SAT The thinking idiot's anthropologist explains how mankind SAT makes society function. With Dan Tetsell. From April 2006. SAT SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution b00f6vv1 (Listen) SAT Series 4, The Media SAT The radical comedian proposes a new way to rescue radio and SAT telly from an all-time low. Chris Evans beware! From August SAT 1996. SAT SAT 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b04j9dd0 (Listen) SAT The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats SAT to The Noise Next Door. SAT SAT 23:30 Richard Herring's Objective b017cfkv (Listen) SAT Series 2, Page 3 SAT Richard Herring's Objective SAT Episode 3: 'Page 3' SAT Richard Herring examines 'Page 3' which has been the cause SAT of controversy, debating whether it's something that we SAT should celebrate, or consign to the dustbin of history. SAT Written by and starring Richard Herring, with Emma Kennedy SAT and special guest, the glamour model Lucy Pinder. 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 07 SEPTEMBER 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 Space Force b007jmdr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone b008zdkt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b0118brp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 CJ Sansom - Dark Fire b04gk8fb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:10 Inheritance Tracks b0103zk2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Baldi b007k4qm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Michael Hastings - Tom and Viv b00y1t63 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00xw276 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus b01hxn37 (Listen) SUN 1663 SUN 1663 begins badly for the diarist and his wife with jealousy SUN and mishaps all around. Stars Kris Marshall and Katherine SUN Jakeways. SUN SUN 07:15 Painted for Posterity b007667b (Listen) SUN Britain and the Beast SUN 4 Extra Debut. The Recording Britain project began in 1939 SUN for artists to paint the wartime British landscape. With SUN Peter Wright. From February 2002. SUN SUN 07:30 The Gobetweenies b010xyy8 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Sniffing Stevie and the Gym Horse SUN David Tennant and Sarah Alexander star as the exes SUN determined their marital failures will not get in the way of SUN good parenting. SUN This week son Tom feels guilty about not wanting to be mates SUN with a boy with a permanent snot bubble. The divorced pair SUN confuse him about the morality of befriending losers. SUN Meanwhile a visit to a tattoo parlour gives Lucy a great SUN idea about getting some attention. Joe finds a new job and a SUN visit to The Wellcome Institute provides Mimi with some SUN useful information about Syphilis. 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 Bobby ..... Stephen Critchlow SUN Stevie ..... Ben Baker SUN Ms Smart .... Morwenna Banks SUN Donald ..... Gordon Kennedy 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 b007k30s (Listen) SUN From 30/10/1947 SUN A pageant is planned and Tommy Handley has to write a play SUN about the future of England. With Lind Joyce. From October SUN 1947. SUN SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! b00b8w6q (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 3 SUN Have a vada at Marvello the Mind Reader, plus a little bee's SUN tale. Stars Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims. SUN From April 1969. SUN SUN 09:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time b00qn7b3 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 3 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, Mr Fizzle in Trouble, by Bertha Lonsdale. Duck SUN eggs go missing in this short play from 1960 narrated by SUN Trevor Hill. With Karal Gardner, Joseph Hancock and Brian SUN Trueman. SUN Smokey: A Dragon's Tale, by Margaret Potter. Amazing sound SUN effects (for 1960) with yet more duck dramas! With Graham SUN Roberts, Geoffrey Banks, Patricia Birch, Francis Winfield SUN and Frederick Wilson. SUN Toytown Plays - A Sea Voyage, by SG Hulme Beaman. While the SUN Mayor is away, Ernest the Policeman makes some changes at SUN the town hall. With Derek McCulloch, John Glyn-Jones, Peter SUN Claughton, Felix Felton, Norman Shelley, Ivan Samson and SUN Preston Lockwood. From 1962. SUN Produced by Peter Reed. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04gkl01 (Listen) SUN Teachers, Anna Scher SUN 4 Extra Debut. Theatre School founder and drama teacher Anna SUN Scher shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. SUN It's more than 40 years since she set up her theatre school SUN and it has launched the careers of Kathy Burke, Martin Kemp, SUN Pauline Quirke and Patsy Palmer to name just a few. It SUN started out as a lunchtime drama club, nd very quickly grew. SUN Anna Scher says: "There were enormous classes - about SUN seventy in a class - and a lot of those pupils were SUN non-readers and so I fell into improvisation by chance. I SUN found that it was a very effective way of character SUN training." SUN From November 2011. SUN SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading b00xsfk6 (Listen) SUN Tove Jansson - Travelling Light, Foreign City SUN An old man, his memory fading, is on his way to visit his SUN grandson when he breaks his flight at an unknown city. His SUN son has arranged the journey, but the old man becomes SUN confused and events carry him on a different path. 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 60 years ago and have remained in print ever since. SUN She turned her attention to writing for adults when she was SUN 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 Read By Timothy West SUN Producer: Karen Rose SUN A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 11:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b017gcmb (Listen) SUN Series 7, Episode 6 SUN From Cincinnati in Ohio, the American funny man welcomes the SUN Punch Brothers and veteran stand-up Paula Poundstone. From SUN 2010. SUN SUN 12:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus b01hxn37 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Painted for Posterity b007667b (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Moya O'Shea - Theo b007jt2n (Listen) SUN Made in Germany in 1908, a rare cinnamon plush bear SUN discovers that he is about to be sold at auction. Stars SUN Martin Jarvis. SUN SUN 15:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007k30s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! b00b8w6q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b01nlbw9 (Listen) SUN Mel takes a walk on Ancient Roman streets, makes a Horrible SUN Histories Rotten Ancient Roman meal, and hears about SUN spitting spiders and an eight-year-old entrepreneur. SUN SUN 16:30 Oscar Wilde b007k0l3 (Listen) SUN The Happy Prince SUN From their aerial view, a beautiful statue and a swallow SUN team up to help the poor in the city below. Read by John SUN Moffatt. SUN SUN 16:45 Just So Stories b04hgy87 (Listen) SUN Series 1, The Beginning of the Armadillos SUN Made for 4 Extra. Samuel West reads Kipling's prickly tale SUN of how the Armadillo came to be. SUN SUN 17:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time b00qn7b3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Doctor Who b01pqn8q (Listen) SUN Situation Vacant SUN Four hopefuls attend an audition to be the Time Lord's next SUN companion. But who compiled the shortlist? Eighth Doctor SUN adventure stars Paul McGann and Niky Wardley. SUN SUN 19:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b017gcmb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007k30s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! b00b8w6q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04gkl01 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading b00xsfk6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 The Gobetweenies b010xyy8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 I Think I've Got a Problem b00cc4qg (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 1 SUN Tom is sent to a specialist to be rid of the band inside his SUN head. Stars Suggs and Bob Monkhouse. From March 2003. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04j9dj4 (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats SUN to The Noise Next Door. SUN SUN 23:00 The In Crowd b00sf7tp (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 2 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 b007ng62 (Listen) SUN Series 3, Uncontrollable Responses SUN Jon Ronson continues his look at human behaviour by finding SUN the moments where we respond in an uncontrollable way. SUN Comedian Robert Popper couldn't stop his drunken friend from SUN putting their lives at risk while at a wedding in Israel. SUN The story involved a pair of underpants, but no hilarious SUN consequences. SUN Another interviewee, who survived the 7/7 terrorist attacks, SUN found herself - during the period of her recovery - SUN uncontrollably joining in with message boards accusing her SUN of being a government plant on one of the bombed trains. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2014 MON MON 00:00 Doctor Who b01pqn8q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04gkl01 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading b00xsfk6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007k30s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! b00b8w6q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 The Gobetweenies b010xyy8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Moya O'Shea - Theo b007jt2n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time b00qn7b3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Paul Temple b007tbxy (Listen) MON Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, The Man From Munich MON The suave detective is on the trail of a missing school girl MON in Bavaria. Francis Durbridge's thriller with Peter Coke. MON From March 1959. MON MON 06:30 Dreaming By the Pool b0075kll (Listen) MON 4 Extra Debut. Jack Dee takes a humorous look at the history MON of the back-garden swimming pool and tells tales of how pool MON desires inevitably lead to disaster. From May 1999. MON MON 07:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b0075nt1 (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 3 MON A Cinderella update, and Changing Tombs. Stars Robert Duncan MON and Jan Ravens at the Edinburgh Fringe. From October 1998. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b04fz0wz (Listen) MON Series 70, Episode 4 MON Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds without MON hesitation, repetition or deviation? Hosted by the legendary MON Nicholas Parsons with panellists Gyles Brandreth, Stephen MON Mangan, Tony Hawks and newbie Kerry Godliman. MON Producer: Katie Tyrrell. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Gyles Brandreth MON Panellist: Stephen Mangan MON Panellist: Tony Hawks MON Panellist: Kerry Godliman MON Producer: Katie Tyrrell MON MON 08:00 J Kingston Platt b01rr6y0 (Listen) MON Romance MON The showbusiness survivor shares a touching tale of MON unexpected romance. Written and read by Peter Jones. From MON September 1993. MON MON 08:30 The Navy Lark b00txzkp (Listen) MON Series 1, The Fairground Lights MON Devious Pertwee's plan to help a travelling fair is sunk MON when Troutbridge must put to sea. Stars Jon Pertwee. From MON April 1959. MON MON 09:00 It's Your Round b00zf4nz (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 5 MON "It's Your Round" is the comedy panel show where each of the MON panellists tries to beat the others at their own games. All MON the panellists have brought along their own round for the MON others to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, MON and unpredictable. MON In this episode Tim Key, Micky Flanagan, Bridget Christie MON and Nick Hancock battle it out to see who can become It's MON Your Round champion for the week. MON Enjoy the hilarity that ensues when each of them play the MON games they've brought along. What is Micky's "Cockney MON Rhyming Slang Charades" all about and is it any fun to play? MON Can anyone understand the rules to Tim's "No More Women"? MON And what is Bridget's idea of her "Fantasy Funeral"? Find MON out the answers 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, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell MON The reader is Christine Kavanagh MON Devised by Benjamin Partridge MON Producer: Sam Michell. MON MON 09:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b019rpw8 (Listen) MON The Dinner Party MON Episode 1 - The Dinner Party MON An audience sitcom about a couple in marriage counselling. MON Will and Annabelle throw a disastrous dinner party. The MON quarrelling couple tell their counsellor Guy all about the MON event, with flashbacks to the dinner party itself. MON CAST: MON Will Smith ..... Will Smith MON Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland MON Guy ..... Paterson Joseph MON Katrina ..... Tracy Wiles MON Doug ..... Simon Bubb MON Heather ..... Morwenna Banks MON Written by ..... Will Smith MON Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani MON ABOUT THE SERIES MON A year into married life and already things are a little MON creaky. So, following Will's unimaginative anniversary MON present (a draining rack), Annabelle has signed them up for MON a course of marriage counselling. MON Each week, counsellor Guy mediates a recent dispute between MON Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to the events that MON spawned the argument. By the end, the couple find marital MON equilibrium once more. Sort of. MON Guy arbitrates, usually leaning towards Annabelle's more MON sensible point of view. In contrast to Will's uptightness, MON Guy is confident and urbane and clearly irritates Will. 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) and Susie Blake MON (Coronation Street; Victoria Wood as Seen on TV) as Will's MON mother and father-in-law. MON Will's writing credits include Armstrong and Miller (BBC1), MON Harry and Paul (BBC1), Moving Wallpaper (ITV1), Time Trumpet MON (BBC2), The Thick Of It (BBC2) in which he also appears as MON Phil Smith, and the upcoming Veep (HBO). MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b0183r3q (Listen) MON François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Gargantua MON Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by MON Lavinia Murray. MON Ep 1 Gargantua MON The bawdy, exuburant adventures of medieval giants. A MON dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy and MON scatological humour. The world's a messy place. Episode 1 MON depicts the young life of the giant Gargantua, who is MON reduced to laughable insanity by an education at the hands MON of paternal ignorance, old crones and syphilitic professors. MON Rabelais...David Troughton MON Gargantua..Robert Wilfort MON Grangousier..Eric Potts MON Gargamelle..Melissa Jane Sinden MON Holofornes/Friar Jean..Jonathan Keeble MON Panochrates..Malcolm Raeburn MON Eudomon/Sun..Kathryn Hunt MON Producer Gary Brown MON Gargantua (ep 1) depicts a young giant, reduced to laughable MON insanity by an education at the hands of paternal ignorance, MON old crones and syphilitic professors, who is rescued and MON turned into a cultured Christian knight. MON This tale is a dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy MON and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. All the MON big mock-heroic novels that followed - Don Quixote, Tristram MON Shandy, Gulliver's Travels, Ulysses - are about mess, MON they're about slops and slime, encyclopedic in their efforts MON to encompass humanity in all its bawdy, chaotic, grungy, and MON painful reality. And like Gargantua and Pantagruel they're MON also very funny. The Rabelaisian world view is founded on MON the assumption that the humourless are not yet wise - and MON these tales insist you learn to laugh at humanity. MON Gargantua and Pantagruel is dramatised by Lavinia Murray, MON one of our leading radio playwrights whose credits include MON 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' and 'The Confessions of an MON English Opium Eater'. MON MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading b0080dyx (Listen) MON Sputnik, The First King of Mars MON A selection of stories specially commissioned to celebrate MON the Russian satellite which started the space race. MON By Nick Walker, read by Peter Capaldi. MON There is plenty of time to think during the long journey to MON Mars. And the new colony will need governance. MON A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b04g6lbm (Listen) MON Ross Noble, Alan Johnson, Sarah Solemani, Jón Gnarr, Arthur MON Smith, Gregory Porter, Bunty MON Postie turned politician Alan Johnson talks to Clive about MON the sequel to his bestselling childhood memoir, 'This Boy'. MON 'Please, Mr Postman' paints a vivid picture of England in MON the 1970s, where smoking was the norm rather than the MON exception, and Sunday lunchtime was about beer, bingo and MON cribbage. But as Alan's career in the Union of Postal MON Workers begins to take off, his close-knit family is struck MON by tragedy. MON Clive gets a Bad Education with actress and writer Sarah MON Solemani, who writes and stars in an episode of BBC One MON drama 'The Secrets'; a series of 5 short films - each one an MON explosive story with a secret at its heart. In episode two; MON 'The Conversation', we join a bride (played by Sarah) on the MON eve of her wedding, who discovers her fiancé was once MON accused of a shocking crime. MON Meet Jon Gnarr: he's a mayor like no other. A successful MON stand-up comedian, Gnarr founded Iceland's "Best Party" in MON reaction to his country's economic collapse. His campaign MON offered voters a more honest approach to power, a polar bear MON for Reykjavik zoo and a drug-free Parliament. Jon tells MON Arthur Smith about his book 'GNARR: How I Became the Mayor MON of a Large City in Iceland and Changed the World'. MON Clive's Freewheeling with the king of improvisational comedy MON Ross Noble, who's back with another mind-blowing UK tour. MON Famed for his inspired nonsense, 'The wizard haired Geordie' MON talks to Clive about his new tour 'Tangentleman', in which MON he talks nonsense of the highest order. MON With music from Grammy Award winning Gregory Porter who MON performs 'Musical Genocide' from his album 'Liquid Spirit'. MON More music from Bunty who performs 'Congatron' from her MON upcoming album 'Multimos'. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON Alan Johnson MON ‘Please, Mister Postman’ is published by Bantam Press on MON 18th September. MON Sarah Solemani MON ‘The Secrets’ starts on Sunday 7th September at 22.40 on BBC MON One. MON Jón Gnarr MON ‘GNARR: How I Became the Mayor of a Large City in Iceland MON and Changed the World’ is published by Melville House and MON available now. MON Ross Noble MON Ross is touring ‘Tangentleman’ until January 2015. It kicks MON off at Eden Court, Inverness on Saturday 25th, Clyde MON Auditorium, Glasgow on 26th and Festival Theatre, Edinburgh MON on 27th and 28th September. Check his website for further MON dates. MON Gregory Porter MON ‘Liquid Spirit’ is available now Blue Note Records. MON Gregory is performing at ‘Bluesfest’, Royal Albert Hall, MON London on Monday 27th, York Barbican on Sunday 28th October MON and Symphony Hall, Birmingham on Tuesday 11th November. MON Check his website for further dates. MON Bunty MON ‘Multimos’ is available on 20th October on ‘Beatabet’. MON MON 12:00 J Kingston Platt b01rr6y0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Navy Lark b00txzkp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Paul Temple b007tbxy (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Dreaming By the Pool b0075kll (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00wp8pj (Listen) MON Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 1 MON Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier MON Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths MON Tamsin Greig reads episode 1 of Daphne Du Maurier's dark and MON intriguing gothic tale. MON Her mother's dying request takes Mary Yellan on a sad MON journey across the bleak moorland of Cornwall to reach MON Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. With the MON coachman's warning echoing in her memory, Mary arrives at a MON dismal place to find Patience a changed woman, cowering from MON her overbearing husband, Joss Merlyn. MON Producer: Alison Crawford. MON MON 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved MON b00mjpc9 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the MON Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this MON mysterious area. MON What is the genesis of the Bermuda Triangle story, how did MON it grow and why does it persist to this day? MON A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01ks2ym (Listen) MON The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 5, Episode 1 MON It's 1664 and Sam starts the year with a family visit to a MON coffee house. As time progresses, however, his trips around MON London have a more salacious purpose, as his thoughts turn MON increasingly towards the ladies in his life. The MON neighbourhood, meanwhile, suffers some serious crimes: a MON local criminal mastermind is caught and hanged. Sam goes to MON the hanging, and balances on a cartwheel to get a good view MON - but is sorry to see it. Sam hears of a rape which is MON hushed up because the perpetrators are attendants to the MON Queen Mother. Then other news arrives - that Sam's brother MON Tom has been taken seriously ill. MON Cast: Samuel Pepys - Kris Marshall, Elizabeth Pepys - MON Katherine Jakeways, Uncle Wight - Ewan Bailey, Aunty Wight - MON Manon Edwards, Will - John Biddle, Bessie - Sarah Ovens, MON Colonel Turner - Matthew Gravelle, Tom Pepys - Gareth MON Pierce. MON Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While You 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 A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. MON Credits MON Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall MON Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways MON Uncle Wight: Ewan Bailey MON Aunty Wight: Manon Edwards MON Will: John Biddle MON Bessie: Sarah Ovens MON Colonel Turner: Matthew Gravelle MON Tom Pepys: Gareth Pierce MON Director: Kate McAll MON MON 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74s (Listen) MON Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 6 MON Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. MON Anna is discomfited by Katri's unusual honesty. But what MON game is she playing? MON Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. MON A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b0183r3q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04gmybf (Listen) MON Coracles, Eider Ducks and The Wind in the Willows MON Mel Giedroyc goes splash in a tiny boat, Dick and Dom get MON dangerous in a listener's kitchen, and there is the first MON episode of The Wind in the Willows. MON MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00b0qrc (Listen) MON Series 2, Tommy Wants a Knighthood MON The comeback duo's singer mounts his own campaign to be MON awarded an MBE. Stars Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. From MON October 1999. MON MON 17:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b0075nt1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 It's Your Round b00zf4nz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b04gmyy8 (Listen) MON Ken Livingstone and Polly Toynbee MON 4 Extra Debut. Tom Sutcliffe, Ken Livingstone and Polly MON Toynbee discuss Don de Lillo, Arthur C Clarke and Alexandre MON Dumas. From June 1998. MON The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas MON Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics MON Libra by Don DeLillo MON Publisher: Penguin Books MON Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke MON Publisher: Orbit Books. MON MON 19:00 J Kingston Platt b01rr6y0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Navy Lark b00txzkp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Paul Temple b007tbxy (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Dreaming By the Pool b0075kll (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading b0080dyx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b04g6lbm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b04fz0wz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b019rpw8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 Old Harry's Game b00wtb2v (Listen) MON Series 6, Ginger MON Satan resolves Edith's murder, while she is astonished by MON humans descended from angels. Satanic sitcom stars Andy MON Hamilton. From November 2007. MON MON 23:30 The Consultants b0076pm3 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 2 MON A complaint about a wonky pram turns serious. Cerebral MON sketch show with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. From MON November 2003. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2014 TUE TUE 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00wp8pj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved TUE b00mjpc9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01ks2ym (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74s (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 It's Your Round b00zf4nz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b04gmyy8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Paul Temple b007tbxy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Dreaming By the Pool b0075kll (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b0183r3q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading b0080dyx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b04g6lbm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00b0qrc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b0075nt1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Paul Temple b007jqpv (Listen) TUE Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, Concerning Elliot France TUE Speeding to meet a novelist, the smooth detective's car is TUE forced into a ditch and a driver stops. Stars Peter Coke. TUE From March 1959. TUE TUE 06:30 The Bow Street Magistrates' Court b0076z45 (Listen) TUE There has been a Magistrates Court in London's Bow Street TUE since 1740, dispensing justice to an extraordinary range of TUE characters from Casanova to the Krays. But the court is TUE closing to be turned into a boutique hotel. TUE On the day of its final sitting, Rory MacLean is given TUE unique access behind the scenes as staff prepare to leave TUE and almost three centuries of tradition comes to an end. TUE TUE 07:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqp1 (Listen) TUE The Prunestone TUE Two crime writers decide to aid the perfect murder. Stars TUE Peggy Mount, Dorothy Tutin and John Savident. From September TUE 1988. TUE TUE 07:30 Meet David Sedaris b03mclqh (Listen) TUE Series 4, English Lesson; Understanding Understanding Owls TUE One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC TUE Radio 4 doing what he does best. TUE This week, he considers his native tongue as if it were a TUE foreign language in "English Lesson" and the trouble that TUE taxidermy can bring in "Understanding Understanding Owls". 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 b007jpgm (Listen) TUE King Solomon's Mines TUE Neddie Seagoon loses at roulette, so heads off in search of TUE legendary African riches. Stars Spike Milligan. From TUE December 1957. TUE TUE 08:30 Doctor in the House b007k4bc (Listen) TUE Our First Baby TUE Medic Simon Sparrow is thrown in the deep-end on St TUE Swithins' antenatal ward. Starring Richard Briers. From TUE August 1968. TUE TUE 09:00 Who Goes There? b00lbnyx (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 6 TUE Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Fred TUE Housego, Carmen Callil and Victoria Glendinning. From July TUE 1998. TUE TUE 09:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere b007jss3 (Listen) TUE Series 2, 16th June 1800 TUE William's peace is shattered by the arrival of spooky TUE William Bloke. Lakeland poets parody with Simon Callow. From TUE June 1987. TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b01888l1 (Listen) TUE François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Pantagruel TUE Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by TUE Lavinia Murray. TUE Ep 2 - Pantagruel. TUE Concluding the bawdy and scatological adventures of Medieval TUE giants. This episode concentrates on the story of TUE Gargantua's son, Pantagruel and his morally dubious friend TUE Panurge, as they go on a quest to discover whether marriage TUE is for them. On the way they have many adventures before TUE they come before the Seer of the Holy Bottle who gives them TUE a definitive judgement. TUE Rabelais.....David Troughton TUE Gargantua....Robert Wilfort TUE Pantagruel....Justin Edwards TUE Panurge...Conrad Nelson TUE Friar Jean....Jonathan Keeble TUE Jacqueline/Seer...Fiona Clarke TUE Librarian/Secretary...Mark Chatterton TUE Producer Gary Brown TUE This tale is a dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy TUE and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. All the TUE big mock-heroic novels that followed - Don Quixote, Tristram TUE Shandy, Gulliver's Travels, Ulysses - are about mess, TUE they're about slops and slime, encyclopaedic in their TUE efforts to encompass humanity in all its bawdy, chaotic, TUE grungy, and painful reality. And like Gargantua and TUE Pantagruel they're also very funny. The Rabelaisian world TUE view is founded on the assumption that the humourless are TUE not yet wise - and these tales insist you learn to laugh at TUE humanity. TUE Gargantua and Pantagruel is dramatised by Lavinia Murray, TUE one of our leading radio playwrights whose credits include TUE 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' and 'The Confessions of an TUE English Opium Eater'. TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqgf9 (Listen) TUE Nick Walker - The Further Adventures of the First King of TUE Mars, Ninety Seconds of Terror TUE To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik TUE Nick Walker was commissioned to write the sci-fi adventure TUE 'The First King Of Mars'. TUE Now, in five, thrilling, action-packed episodes we continue TUE the story where it left off with our fearless commander, TUE previously employed to head-up the first manned mission to TUE Mars, plummeting towards the planet with no thick atmosphere TUE to slow him down. TUE Starring Peter Capaldi. TUE Producer: Karen Rose TUE A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 11:15 Gerry McKee - My Sky Blue Trades b00766ss (Listen) TUE 4 Extra Debut. Victor P McCann's part-Catholic family is TUE determined to prevent him from experiencing any of the joys TUE of a carefree boyhood. Stars Nicky Henson and Oliver Quelch. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007jpgm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Doctor in the House b007k4bc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Paul Temple b007jqpv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 The Bow Street Magistrates' Court b0076z45 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00wv8g1 (Listen) TUE Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 2 TUE Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. TUE Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths TUE Tamsin Greig reads episode 2 of Daphne Du Maurier's dark and TUE intriguing gothic tale. TUE After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan has come to live TUE at Jamaica Inn with her Aunt Patience. She has discovered TUE her aunt much changed and living in terror of her vicious TUE husband, Joss Merlyn. Deciding she must stay for the sake of TUE her aunt, Mary is affected by the inn's brooding power and TUE unwillingly drawn into the dark deeds of Joss and his TUE accomplices. TUE Producer: Alison Crawford. TUE TUE 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved TUE b00mkx5f (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the TUE Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this TUE mysterious area. TUE In 1948, British South American Airways flight Star Tiger TUE vanished into the Triangle, becoming one of its best-known TUE disappearances. But digging around for some long-neglected TUE facts, the mist begins to clear. TUE A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01ks52w (Listen) TUE The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 5, Episode 2 TUE Sam's younger brother, Tom, falls desperately ill but the TUE doctors disagree about the diagnosis. Meanwhile, the maid TUE reveals some secrets about how Tom has been living. Sam and TUE Elizabeth have an enormous row which continues when she TUE follows him to the office 'like a vixen with a look of TUE rancour'. When Tom dies even more surprising secrets are TUE revealed. TUE Cast: Samuel Pepys - Kris Marshall, Elizabeth Pepys - TUE Katherine Jakeways, Will - John Biddle, Cousin Jane - Manon TUE Edwards, Tom Pepys - Gareth Pierce, Dr Wiverly - Matthew TUE Gravelle, Dr Powell - Ewan Bailey, Gravedigger - Lee Mengo. TUE Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While You 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 A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. TUE Credits TUE Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall TUE Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways TUE Will: John Biddle TUE Cousin Jane: Manon Edwards TUE Tom Pepys: Gareth Pierce TUE Dr Wiverly: Matthew Gravelle TUE Dr Powell: Ewan Bailey TUE Gravedigger: Lee Mengo TUE Director: Kate McAll TUE TUE 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74v (Listen) TUE Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 7 TUE Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. TUE After visiting Liljeberg the boat maker, Katri starts to TUE make plans for her brother Mats. TUE Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. TUE A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b01888l1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04gn058 (Listen) TUE Dick and Dom zap things in the living room TUE Mel Giedroyc takes a tour of a beautiful gypsy caravan, TUE wishes Hugh Grant a happy birthday, and lets Dick and Dom TUE loose in a listener's living room. TUE TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path b008g7p2 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Over-Drawn, Over-Sexed and Over-Optimistic TUE It is crunch time for Izzy, with Bill, Michael and Razors TUE all vying for her attention. Stars Imelda Staunton. From TUE December 1993. TUE TUE 17:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqp1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Who Goes There? b00lbnyx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 18:30 Musical Legends b01c6h7h (Listen) TUE Graham Lyle TUE 1/2 TUE Graham Lyle has written songs for some of the biggest names TUE in pop music. TUE Tina Turner, Michael Jackson and Art Garfunkel have all TUE recorded songs he's had a hand in. TUE Born in Bellshill near Glasgow Graham first performed in a TUE local soul band along with Benny Gallagher. TUE Signed by Paul McCartney as staff writers for Apple Records, TUE Graham and Benny moved to London where they wrote songs for TUE the likes of Mary Hopkin. TUE In the late 1960's Graham and Benny joined McGuinness Flint TUE and they wrote the band's most successful songs, 'When I'm TUE Dead and Gone' and 'Malt and Barley Blues'. TUE As Gallagher and Lyle they enjoyed chart success in the TUE 1970's with songs like 'Heart on My Sleeve' and 'I Wanna TUE Stay with You'. TUE After the partnership with Benny ended Graham went on to TUE write many hit songs and BBC Radio Scotland presenter Tom TUE Morton says 'he could be the most successful pop songwriter TUE ever to come out of Scotland'. TUE Back together again with Benny Gallagher they are to tour TUE again and have dates in Scotland this March. TUE Graham tells Tom Morton about his extraordinary career in TUE the music industry, how he still loves to write songs and TUE how he's looking forward again to hitting the road and TUE touring as Gallagher and Lyle. TUE BBC Music TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007jpgm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Doctor in the House b007k4bc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Paul Temple b007jqpv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 The Bow Street Magistrates' Court b0076z45 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqgf9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Gerry McKee - My Sky Blue Trades b00766ss (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Meet David Sedaris b03mclqh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Dave Against the Machine b011cfyr (Listen) TUE Come Oily Bombs TUE Brand new sitcom about paranoid conspiracy theorist Dave TUE Railings, written by and starring Radio 4 stalwart and cult TUE Come Dine With Me voiceover star Dave Lamb. TUE Dave Railings lives with his younger brother Jim in a bog TUE standard first floor flat which has been customised with TUE more surveillance and security equipment than the pentagon. TUE Dave kitted it out, Jim despises it and dreams of escaping. TUE In Episode One Jim casually mentions that he's been unable TUE to buy any cooking oil. From this Dave manages to deduce TUE that the town is under imminent threat from a dirty bomb TUE attack. And when Jim also lets slip that he's going on a TUE date with an Arabic woman called Hannan who he's only just TUE met, Dave becomes convinced that he's in a desperate race TUE against time to save the lives of everyone within a two TUE hundred mile radius. TUE Fast-paced, laugh out loud, convoluted romp focussing on one TUE man's over-reaction to the Climate of Fear...or is it an TUE over-reaction? TUE Cast: TUE Dave Railings ..... Dave Lamb TUE Jim Railings ..... Jim North TUE Nigel Spikes ...... Nick Walker TUE Geoff Brown ..... Richie Webb TUE Hannan ..... Jess Robinson TUE Written by Dave Lamb TUE Script edited by Anil Gupta TUE Directed by Adam Tandy TUE Produced by Richie Webb TUE A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 Bleak Expectations b00vrxwt (Listen) TUE Series 4, A Tolerable Life De-Happified TUE In this new series of Mark Evans' Victorian epic, Pip must TUE enlist the help of his former nemesis to fight a new evil TUE spreading terror and cake-crumbs through the streets of TUE London. TUE Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson TUE Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen TUE Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head TUE Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman TUE Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland TUE Pippa ..... Susy Kane TUE Writer ..... Mark Evans TUE Producer ..... Gareth Edwards TUE In Volume Four Chapter the First "A Tolerable Life TUE De-Happified", our hero Pip sees his former nemesis - the TUE badly named Gently Benevolent - thwarted and locked up in a TUE prison within a jail within a gaol spelled the other way, TUE and apparently repentant of his crimes. But late one foggy TUE night when Pip is attacked with a bowl of sinister custard TUE he realises a new form of evil is stalking the streets of TUE London, and he is obliged to ask for help from his erstwhile TUE foe. Can Benevolent now be trusted? And who is the sinister TUE evil figure? TUE Meanwhile, Pip's wife Ripely has become obsessed with TUE cutlery, and the purchase of some diamond-handled dodo TUE knives looks likely to force Pip into bankruptcy. And his TUE best friend Harry Biscuit claims to be having terrible TUE problems with an angry badger, but is it all as it seems? TUE Credits TUE Producer: Gareth Edwards TUE TUE 23:30 And Now In Colour b007jqfb (Listen) TUE Series 2, The Great Outdoors TUE The sketch team take the audience on an activity holiday. TUE Stars Tim de Jongh, William Vandyck and Tim Firth. From TUE January 1991. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2014 WED WED 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00wv8g1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved WED b00mkx5f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01ks52w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Who Goes There? b00lbnyx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Musical Legends b01c6h7h (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Paul Temple b007jqpv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 The Bow Street Magistrates' Court b0076z45 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b01888l1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqgf9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Gerry McKee - My Sky Blue Trades b00766ss (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path b008g7p2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqp1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Paul Temple b007jqq5 (Listen) WED Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, Hotel Roemer WED A fresh cocktail stick clue sees the detective and his wife WED head to the suppliers in Oberammergau. Stars Peter Coke. WED From March 1959. WED WED 06:30 From Berkeley to the Bronx: Roger Linn's Drum Machines WED b007llfy (Listen) WED The remarkable story of Roger Linn, inventor of the drum WED machine. The son of an opera singer and a music professor, WED Linn's invention revolutionised popular music. He has WED inspired artists as diverse as Herbie Hancock, Heaven 17, WED and the Wu Tang Clan. Exploited by shady businessmen, Linn WED has been a reclusive figure for decades. WED WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me b00s648y (Listen) WED Series 3, Fatal Distraction WED Robert Wilson encounters a young flame. Stars John Gordon WED Sinclair and Gina McKee. From February 1993. WED WED 07:30 Dead Ringers b04fzdqt (Listen) WED Series 12, Episode 6 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 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 b007jr74 (Listen) WED Series 3, Around the World the Burkiss Way WED Books are plundered, but what the Dickens is going on? WED Starring Chris Emmett, Fred Harris and Jo Kendall. From WED January 1978. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00q9y63 (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 3 WED Astronaut space capers and a whodunnit. Sketches and songs WED with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie. From October 1965. WED WED 09:00 Dilemma b017vkrp (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 4 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 Susan Calman, Greg Proops WED and Simon Evans, and the author and former lead singer of WED the band Sleeper, Louise Wener. This week the guests have WED been asked to bring along dilemmas from their own lives, WED including Louise being offered a record deal if she sacked WED half the band, and Greg making a choice between paying his WED rent or eating. They are also asked what they would do if WED reporting a crime would get them into trouble, and whether WED cheating on your partner is ever acceptable. WED The show was devised by award-winning stand-up and writer WED Danielle Ward (The News Quiz, Newswipe, Mock The Week). WED Producer: Ed Morrish. WED WED 09:30 Simon's Bug b04gn3ls (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Busy monitoring phone calls, Simon is learning a lot about WED his family. Stars Hwyel Bennett and Alison Steadman. From WED March 1989. WED WED 10:00 Classic Serial b01mtsm3 (Listen) WED Far from the Madding Crowd, A Farmer Just Beginning WED By Thomas Hardy, adapted by Graham White. 1/3 - Young farmer WED Gabriel Oak sees an ideal wife in Bathsheba Everdene, but WED she turns him down, believing in true romance. As she WED becomes rich, he is ruined, and the tables turn. WED Musicians ... Colin Guthrie, Chris Davies, Lauren Swift WED Directed by Jessica Dromgoole WED This episode will be available to listen to until 14th WED October 2012. WED The cups of good fortune at the Maltster's WED Alex (Bathsheba) and Lizzy (Liddy) taking notes in the WED studio WED Credits WED Bathsheba: Alex Tregear WED Gabriel Oak: Shaun Dooley WED Boldwood: Toby Jones WED Troy: Patrick Kennedy WED Liddy: Lizzy Watts WED Fanny: Hannah John-Kamen WED Maltster: Robert Blythe WED Jan: Joe Sims WED Joseph: Sam Alexander WED Henery: Patrick Brennan WED Billy: Don Gilet WED Cain: Harry Livingstone WED Aunt: Tracy Wiles WED Maryann: Amaka Okafor WED Director: Jessica Dromgoole WED Producer: Jessica Dromgoole WED Writer: Graham White WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfym (Listen) WED Nick Walker - The Further Adventures of the First King of WED Mars, The Shadow of a Volcano WED To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, WED Nick Walker was commissioned to write the sci-fi adventure WED 'The First King Of Mars'. WED 'Mars Twenty' has landed. And it wasn't pretty. WED Nick Walker's theatre work has been presented extensively in WED the UK as well as Europe, and the USA. His plays and short WED stories are often featured on BBC Radio 4 and 3 series of WED the late-night show The Bigger Issues. He is the author of WED two critically acclaimed novels Blackbox and Helloland, WED published in the UK, US, Australia, Japan and across Europe. WED Performed by Peter Capaldi. WED Producer: Karen Rose WED A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 11:15 Bettina Gracias - From Bangalore with Love b007jy6v (Listen) WED After encountering Parv on the internet and secretly meeting WED him in London, Nisha goes home but finds that things have WED changed. Stars Nina Wadia. WED WED 12:00 The Burkiss Way b007jr74 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00q9y63 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Paul Temple b007jqq5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 From Berkeley to the Bronx: Roger Linn's Drum Machines WED b007llfy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00wv8hv (Listen) WED Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 3 WED Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier WED Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths WED Tamsin Greig reads the third episode of Daphne Du Maurier's WED dark and intriguing gothic tale. WED Mary has discovered the truth about the clandestine WED activities at Jamaica Inn and why her aunt Patience lives in WED terror of her husband, Mary's Uncle Joss. In this episode WED Mary has an encounter with her Uncle's younger brother, Jem WED Merlyn and Squire Bassat pays an unexpected visit. WED Producer: Alison Crawford. WED WED 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved WED b00mkx4n (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the WED Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this WED mysterious area. WED Tom visits Lloyds Register in London to fathom two of the WED Triangle's most enduring maritime mysteries. The files WED reveal that they were not inexplicable events, but entirely WED predictable and tragic accidents. WED A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01ks8v5 (Listen) WED The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 5, Episode 3 WED Sam's old jealousy returns. At home with a cold, he stops WED Elizabeth going to Church alone in case she sees her old WED dancing master, Mr Pembleton. The moment he's better, of WED course, he's out looking for his mistress, Mrs Lane. WED Elizabeth finally discovers why Sam's uncle has been so WED interested in her - and Sam is severely embarrassed when he WED walks in on Lady Sandwich using the chamber pot. WED Cast: Samuel Pepys - Kris Marshall, Elizabeth Pepys - WED Katherine Jakeways, Bessie - Sarah Ovens, Lady Sandwich - WED Bethan Walker, Edward, Lord Sandwich - Blake Ritson, Lord WED Clarendon - Ewan Bailey. WED Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While You 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 A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. WED Credits WED Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall WED Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways WED Bessie: Sarah Ovens WED Lady Sandwich: Bethan Walker WED Edward, Lord Sandwich: Blake Ritson WED Lord Clarendon: Ewan Bailey WED Director: Kate McAll WED WED 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74x (Listen) WED Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 8 WED Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. WED While Mats shows the plans for his boat to Liljeberg, Anna WED becomes strangely assertive with Katri. WED Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. WED A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 Classic Serial b01mtsm3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04gn596 (Listen) WED A visit to the Bank of England WED Mel Giedroyc visits the Bank of England, hears the WED Inheritance Tracks of cyclist Chris Froome, and sends Dick WED and Dom to investigate the dangers in your house's hallway. WED WED 17:00 Hats Off b00nd0t7 (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 3 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 b00s648y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Dilemma b017vkrp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b00769vh (Listen) WED Stand-Up WED 4 Extra Debut. Poet Matthew Harvey, storyteller Joolz Denby WED and US comic Lewis Shaffer discuss solo performing. With WED Matthew Parris. From October 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 b007jr74 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00q9y63 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Paul Temple b007jqq5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 From Berkeley to the Bronx: Roger Linn's Drum Machines WED b007llfy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfym (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Bettina Gracias - From Bangalore with Love b007jy6v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Dead Ringers b04fzdqt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Elvenquest b016pynv (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 3 WED The third episode in series of the sitcom set in Lower WED Earth. The Questers, continuing their search for the Sword WED of Asnagar, the only weapon capable of ridding their land WED from the tyranny of the evil Lord Darkness, find themselves WED needing to take a short cut through the mysterious mines of WED Grazak-Dun. The only man who can help them enter the mines, WED however, is the Master Stonemason of Grazak-Dun. WED Luckily, the Master Stonemason of Grazak-Dun also happens to WED be Dean's dad. Problem is, Dean's dad hates Dean. So the WED Questers must hatch a plan that'll help Dean win back the WED respect of his father... WED Meanwhile, Lord Darkness is given the honour of writing the WED "Big Book of Evil", a task which he takes on with relish. WED But he soon finds that, as everyone knows, it's one thing to WED say you'll write a book, and quite another to actually sit WED down and write one... WED Starring: WED Darren Boyd as Vidar WED Kevin Eldon as Dean/Kreech WED Dave Lamb as Amis, aka The Chosen One WED Stephen Mangan as Sam WED Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness WED John Sessions as Little Dick WED and WED Sophie Winkleman as Penthiselea WED Writers: Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto WED Producer: Sam Michell. WED WED 23:00 The Shuttleworths b007p1np (Listen) WED John Shuttleworth's Open Mind, The Bermuda Triangle WED Sheffield's premier singer-songwriter tries to solve the WED Atlantic Ocean mystery. With guest Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. WED WED 23:30 The Big Booth b007k1xy (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED Marvellous monologues and sketches starring Boothby Graffoe. WED With Ned Sherrin and singer John Otway. From January 2000. WED WED THU THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 THU THU 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00wv8hv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved THU b00mkx4n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01ks8v5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Dilemma b017vkrp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b00769vh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Paul Temple b007jqq5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 From Berkeley to the Bronx: Roger Linn's Drum Machines THU b007llfy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Classic Serial b01mtsm3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfym (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Bettina Gracias - From Bangalore with Love b007jy6v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Hats Off b00nd0t7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me b00s648y (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Paul Temple b007jqqg (Listen) THU Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, A Visit to Innsbruck THU Betty Conrad's roommate disappears as the smooth detective THU and his wife Steve face more peril. Stars Peter Coke. From THU March 1959. THU THU 06:30 A Nasty Case of the Vapours b0082dzp (Listen) THU Vivienne Parry explores the lives, deaths and immune systems THU of heroines of English literature through the eyes of modern THU medicine. She takes an unusual look at great British novels THU by distinguishing plot devices from real medicine, finding THU out much about Victorian depiction of illness in the THU process. THU THU 07:00 Ayres on the Air b00m19m6 (Listen) THU Series 3, Passion THU How to get all loved up. Poetry and sketches from Pam Ayres. THU With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From August THU 2009. THU THU 07:30 Susan Calman Is Convicted b01qwc92 (Listen) THU Series 1, Depression THU In a brand new series for Radio 4, Susan Calman explores THU issues on which she has strong opinions. THU When Susan was younger (and more than a little THU self-obsessed), she thought that the brooding, silent type THU was the best way to be. Then, whilst trying to deal with THU depression, she went on a journey of counselling, self-help. THU even writing poetry - you name it, she did it all. Now she THU is convinced that bottling things up makes things worse and THU that we should all talk about everything all the time. Well, THU not quite. But nearly. THU But does counselling help or does it encourage self-pity? THU Should we all just pull ourselves together? THU Produced by Lyndsay Fenner. THU Clip THU empty THU Credits THU Performer: Susan Calman THU Writer: Susan Calman THU Producer: Lyndsay Fenner THU THU 08:00 Parsley Sidings b007jpb9 (Listen) THU Series 2, A Bird in the Hand THU A rare gull is spotted during a station spring-clean, THU causing chaos on the line. Starring Arthur Lowe. From THU November 1973. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b01bw857 (Listen) THU From 09/04/1958 THU King Charles II samples Nell Gwynn's oranges, while Pa Glum THU has got a black eye. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From April 1958. THU THU 09:00 Too Much Information b00n88d3 (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU Comedy by Neil Warhurst about a tourist information centre THU in a town with no tourist attractions whatsoever. THU Waft Tourist Information introduces local walks for THU visitors, but, for a young honeymooning couple, the walks THU end up being both painfully boring and spectacularly THU dangerous. THU Warren ...... Jeff Rawle THU Douglas ...... Malcolm Tierney THU Heather ...... Liza Sadovy THU Lucy ...... Joannah Tincey THU Bryan ...... Paul Barnhill THU Roger ...... Piers Wehner THU Becca ...... Emerald O'Hanrahan. THU THU 09:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland b007w4dg (Listen) THU Episode 5 THU The comedian shares his thoughts on how to cope with fear. THU Stand-up and sketches, with Dave Lamb. From September 2000. THU THU 10:00 Classic Serial b01n0vh4 (Listen) THU Far from the Madding Crowd, Cuts and Points THU By Thomas Hardy, adapted by Graham White. 2/3 - Bathsheba THU discovers that sending William Boldwood a valentine card was THU a terrible mistake. But Boldwood is not Gabriel's only rival THU for Bathsheba's heart. THU Musicians ..... Colin Guthrie, Chris Davies, Lauren Swift THU Directed by Jessica Dromgoole THU This episode will be available to listen to until 14th THU October 2012. THU Credits THU Bathsheba: Alex Tregear THU Gabriel Oak: Shaun Dooley THU Boldwood: Toby Jones THU Troy: Patrick Kennedy THU Liddy: Lizzy Watts THU Fanny: Hannah John-Kamen THU Maltster: Robert Blythe THU Jan: Joe Sims THU Joseph: Sam Alexander THU Henery: Patrick Brennan THU Billy: Don Gilet THU Cain: Harry Livingstone THU Maryann: Amaka Okafor THU Writer: Graham White THU Director: Jessica Dromgoole THU Producer: Jessica Dromgoole THU THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfyp (Listen) THU Nick Walker - The Further Adventures of the First King of THU Mars, A Shocking Discovery THU To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, THU Nick Walker was commissioned to write the sci-fi adventure THU 'The First King Of Mars'. THU Leonid's funeral is overshadowed by a shocking discovery. THU Nick Walker's theatre work has been presented extensively in THU the UK as well as Europe, and the USA. His plays and short THU stories are often featured on BBC Radio 4 and 3 series of THU the late-night show The Bigger Issues. He is the author of THU two critically acclaimed novels Blackbox and Helloland, THU published in the UK, US, Australia, Japan and across Europe. THU Performed by Peter Capaldi. THU Producer: Karen Rose THU A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00pcl7n (Listen) THU Joan Aiken - Black Hearts in Battersea, Episode 1 THU By Joan Aiken, dramatised by Lin Coghlan THU Part One (of two) THU A dramatisation of Joan Aiken's classic children's THU adventure. Young Simon comes to 18th century London to study THU painting - and finds himself caught up in wicked Hanoverian THU plots to overthrow the king. THU SIMON ..... Joe Dempsie THU DIDO ..... Nicola Miles-Wildin THU SOPHIE ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan THU DUKE ..... John Rowe THU DUCHESS ..... Sheila Reid THU COBBE ..... Ben Crowe THU MRS COBBE ..... Annabelle Dowler THU MR TWITE ..... Rhys Jennings THU MRS TWITE ..... Tessa Nicholson THU JUSTIN ..... Sam Pamphilon THU BUCKLE ..... Nigel Hastings THU DR FURNEAUX ..... Bruce Alexander THU GUS ..... Joseph Cohen Cole THU JABWING ..... Piers Wehner THU WOMAN ..... Kate Layden THU Directed by Marc Beeby. THU THU 12:00 Parsley Sidings b007jpb9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b01bw857 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Paul Temple b007jqqg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 A Nasty Case of the Vapours b0082dzp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00wv8m3 (Listen) THU Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 4 THU Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. THU Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths THU Tamsin Greig reads the fourth episode of Daphne Du Maurier's THU dark and intriguing gothic tale. Lost on the moor, Mary is THU helped by a local vicar who becomes her confidant. THU Producer: Alison Crawford. THU THU 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved THU b00mkx4q (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the THU Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this THU mysterious area. THU Tom meets the most recent of the many Bermuda Triangle THU authors who have perpetuated the myth since the 1950s, and THU puts his ideas and theories to the test. THU A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01ksc5x (Listen) THU The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 5, Episode 4 THU Sam's affair with Mrs Lane continues, even after he is THU introduced to her husband. On the way home he is tempted by THU the whores on Fleet Street but manages to resist. He visits THU Llewellyn who has a new baby and Sam's childlessness is THU discussed by the ladies present - they offer various THU remedies from lying upside down in bed and eating toast, to THU drinking sage juice. THU Cast: Samuel Pepys - Kris Marshall, Elizabeth Pepys - THU Katherine Jakeways, Mrs Lane - Eiry Thomas, Llewellyn - THU Matthew Gravelle, Mrs Bagwell - Bethan Walker THU Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While You 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 A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. THU Credits THU Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall THU Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways THU Mrs Lane: Eiry Thomas THU Llewellyn: Matthew Gravelle THU Mrs Bagwell: Bethan Walker THU Director: Kate McAll THU THU 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74z (Listen) THU Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 9 THU Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. THU Tempers flare at the rabbit house. THU Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. THU A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 Classic Serial b01n0vh4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04gnvc0 (Listen) THU Journey to the centre of the Earth THU Mel is going underground as she visits a salt mine and takes THU a journey to the centre of the Earth. And above ground, Dick THU and Dom are in da bedroom. THU THU 17:00 No Commitments b007jmvh (Listen) THU Series 2, The Big Break THU Charlotte is keen to show off her new TV director boyfriend THU Dan, who has got her a job. Stars Josie Lawrence. From THU August 1993. THU Credits THU Actor: Ann Jobson THU THU 17:30 Ayres on the Air b00m19m6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Too Much Information b00n88d3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b00768rf (Listen) THU Tom Spring THU 4 Extra Debut. Sports journalist Frank Keating talks about THU 19th-century bare-knuckle boxer Tom Spring. With Humphrey THU Carpenter. From July 2002. 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 Parsley Sidings b007jpb9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b01bw857 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Paul Temple b007jqqg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 A Nasty Case of the Vapours b0082dzp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfyp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00pcl7n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Susan Calman Is Convicted b01qwc92 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Radio 9 b04gnvtq (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 4 THU It's back to groovy 1960s London and a doctor obsessed with THU Womble songs. Stars Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. From July THU 2005. THU THU 23:00 The News at Bedtime b00nvyj4 (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU Twin presenters John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee present THU in-depth news analysis covering the latest stories happening THU this 'once upon a time'. THU The scandal of Jack and his genetically-modified beanstalk. THU With Jack Dee, Peter Capaldi, Chris Addison, Lewis MacLeod, THU Lucy Montgomery, Vicki Pepperdine, Dan Tetsell. THU Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. THU THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable b01n2tnx (Listen) THU Series 4, Barrington General THU The wacky management consultants try nursing an ailing THU hospital back to rude health. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From THU October 2005. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2014 FRI FRI 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00wv8m3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved FRI b00mkx4q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01ksc5x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Too Much Information b00n88d3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b00768rf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Paul Temple b007jqqg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 A Nasty Case of the Vapours b0082dzp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Classic Serial b01n0vh4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfyp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00pcl7n (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 No Commitments b007jmvh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Ayres on the Air b00m19m6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Paul Temple b007jqqt (Listen) FRI Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, A Dry Martini FRI The stylish detective and his wife are advised to drop their FRI enquiries and to avoid Captain Smith. Stars Peter Coke. From FRI March 1959. FRI FRI 06:30 Inside Intuition b007w2w3 (Listen) FRI Neuroscientist and intuition sceptic Dr Mark Lythgoe FRI attempts to find out what constitutes intuition and when we FRI should use it. His journey takes him to a Nottinghamshire FRI farmers' market for a jam-tasting experiment and into a FRI London wine bar for an evening of speed dating. FRI FRI 07:00 Bangers and Mash b0075h5q (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Juan Jose's declaration of love has thrown Martina into FRI confusion. Is she falling in love with him too? Stars Roger FRI May and Jane Whittenshaw. From February 1999. FRI FRI 07:30 Chain Reaction b01390bf (Listen) FRI Series 7, John Cooper Clarke interviews Kevin Eldon 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 This week, the punk poet laureate John Cooper Clarke FRI interviews the comedian Kevin Eldon. Kevin Eldon is a writer FRI and actor for whom it would probably be quicker to list the FRI brilliant programmes he's not been in than those he has - FRI which include Brass Eye, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, Look FRI Around You, Black Books, Big Train, World of Pub, Jam, I'm FRI Alan Partridge and Attention Scum!. He also wrote and FRI starred in Radio 4's Poets' Tree, in character as the FRI Islington poet Paul Hamilton, and is the lead singer in FRI Beergut 100. John talks to him about spoof poetry, real FRI poetry, bring a polymath, and the benefits of not being the FRI star. FRI FRI 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007ncw8 (Listen) FRI Series 3, From 18/12/1977 FRI The much-loved comedy duo celebrate Britain's 'greatest FRI living writer' - Ernie. With Marion Montgomery. From FRI February 1976. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b01pp3rs (Listen) FRI The Big Rocket FRI The civil servants bungle in Britain's space race with a FRI mix-up over Mildred. Stars Wilfred Hyde-White. From November FRI 1962. FRI FRI 09:00 The 99p Challenge b00njx8l (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 3 FRI Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, FRI Tom Binns, Peter Baynham and David Schneider. From July FRI 2000. FRI FRI 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport b00n490f (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 1 FRI Andy Hamilton's comedy series about Trevor the sports agent FRI and his brave attempts to swim safely through the shark tank FRI of life. FRI 1/6. Trevor ends up in court, trying very hard not to lie. FRI Trevor ...... Neil Pearson FRI Sammy ...... Paul Reynolds FRI Ralph ...... Michael Fenton Stevens FRI Theresa ...... Rosalind Ayres FRI Heidrun ...... Cosima Shaw FRI Barry ...... Abdul Salis FRI Meryl ...... Claire Skinner FRI Mr Harcourt ...... Robert Duncan FRI Brock ...... Geoffrey Whitehead. FRI FRI 10:00 Classic Serial b01n606d (Listen) FRI Far from the Madding Crowd, A Successful Rival FRI By Thomas Hardy, adapted by Graham White. 3/3 - one man FRI proves constant in his love for Bathsheba, while she gives FRI up on all hopes of happiness. FRI Musicians ... Colin Guthrie, Chris Davies, Lauren Swift FRI Directed by Jessica Dromgoole FRI This episode will be available to listen to until 14th FRI October 2012. FRI Credits FRI Bathsheba: Alex Tregear FRI Gabriel Oak: Shaun Dooley FRI Boldwood: Toby Jones FRI Troy: Patrick Kennedy FRI Liddy: Lizzy Watts FRI Fanny: Hannah John-Kamen FRI Maltster: Robert Blythe FRI Jan: Joe Sims FRI Joseph: Sam Alexander FRI Henery: Patrick Brennan FRI Billy: Don Gilet FRI Cain: Harry Livingstone FRI Maryann: Amaka Okafor FRI Director: Jessica Dromgoole FRI Writer: Graham White FRI FRI 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfyr (Listen) FRI Nick Walker - The Further Adventures of the First King of FRI Mars, Take Me to Your Leader FRI To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik FRI we commissioned Nick Walker to write the sci-fi adventure FRI 'The First King Of Mars'. Now in five thrilling FRI action-packed episodes we continue the story where it left FRI off. FRI Our intrepid crew fear that they are not alone on the Red FRI Planet. FRI Nick Walker's theatre work has been presented extensively in FRI the UK as well as Europe, and the USA. His plays and short FRI stories are often featured on BBC Radio 4 and 3 series of FRI the late-night show The Bigger Issues. He is the author of FRI two critically acclaimed novels Blackbox and Helloland, FRI published in the UK, US, Australia, Japan and across Europe. FRI Performed by Peter Capaldi FRI Producer: Karen Rose FRI A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00pd18h (Listen) FRI Joan Aiken - Black Hearts in Battersea, Episode 2 FRI By Joan Aiken, dramatised by Lin Coghlan FRI Part Two (of two) FRI To save the King from Hanoverian plotters Simon and Sophie FRI must first suffer shipwreck, attacks by wolves and a narrow FRI escape from an exploding castle in hot air balloon. FRI SIMON ..... Joe Dempsie FRI DIDO ..... Nicola Miles-Wildin FRI SOPHIE ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan FRI DUKE ..... John Rowe FRI DUCHESS ..... Sheila Reid FRI COBBE ..... Ben Crowe FRI MRS COBBE ..... Annabelle Dowler FRI MR TWITE ..... Rhys Jennings FRI MRS TWITE ..... Tessa Nicholson FRI JUSTIN ..... Sam Pamphilon FRI BUCKLE ..... Nigel Hastings FRI DR FURNEAUX ..... Bruce Alexander FRI DR FIELD ..... Ewan Hooper FRI MRS BUCKLE ..... Kate Layden FRI MOGG ..... John Biggins FRI GUS ..... Joseph Cohen Cole FRI JABWING ..... Piers Wehner FRI Directed by Marc Beeby. FRI FRI 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007ncw8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry b01pp3rs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Paul Temple b007jqqt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Inside Intuition b007w2w3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00wv8ql (Listen) FRI Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 5 FRI Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. FRI Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths FRI Tamsin Greig reads the fifth episode of Daphne Du Maurier's FRI dark and intriguing gothic tale. FRI Mary has found a confidant in the vicar Francis Davey, but FRI he's advised her that any accusations against her uncle are FRI unlikely to hold up in court. In this episode Mary's FRI friendship with Jem deepens and when her uncle Joss embarks FRI on a drinking binge she learns the true nature of his FRI business. FRI Producer: Alison Crawford. FRI FRI 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved FRI b00mkx4s (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the FRI Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this FRI mysterious area. FRI Tom's scepticism is challenged by a pilot whose experience FRI in the Triangle suggests that something strange may, in FRI fact, be out there. FRI A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01kt6qt (Listen) FRI The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 5, Episode 5 FRI Pepys and his household rise early to go and see the King FRI launch the Royal Catherine. Sam begins another affair and FRI his current mistress, Mrs Lane, begs for his help. The year FRI ends badly when Sam and Elizabeth have a bitter row that FRI ends in violence. FRI Cast: Samuel Pepys - Kris Marshall, Elizabeth Pepys - FRI Katherine Jakeways, Bessie - Sarah Ovens, Will - John FRI Biddle, King Charles and his brother the Duke of York - Ewan FRI Bailey, Mrs Bagwell - Bethan Walker, Llewellyn - Matthew FRI Gravelle, Mrs Lane - Eiry Thomas. FRI Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While You 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 A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. FRI Credits FRI Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall FRI Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways FRI Bessie: Sarah Ovens FRI Will: John Biddle FRI King Charles: Ewan Bailey FRI Duke of York: Ewan Bailey FRI Mrs Bagwell: Bethan Walker FRI Llewellyn: Matthew Gravelle FRI Mrs Lane: Eiry Thomas FRI Director: Kate McAll FRI FRI 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk751 (Listen) FRI Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 10 FRI Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. FRI Mats asks Anna and Katri to view the finished boat. But as FRI spring comes, who has been the true deceiver? FRI Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. FRI A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 Classic Serial b01n606d (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04gr1xf (Listen) FRI Michelle Paver, Bernard Cribbins and fake warships FRI Mel hears the story of the dummy warships of World War One, FRI and author Michelle Paver shares her Inheritance Books. FRI FRI 17:00 After Henry b007jnsf (Listen) FRI Series 2, The Married Man FRI Clare's latest love affair proves difficult to keep secret FRI from granny Eleanor. Stars Prunella Scales. From September FRI 1986. FRI FRI 17:30 Bangers and Mash b0075h5q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 The 99p Challenge b00njx8l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 Pioneers b00xh8hq (Listen) FRI Series 1, Kim Cotton FRI Kim Cotton talks about the emotional impact after becoming FRI the UK's first surrogate. She explains to Clare English FRI about how this supposedly wonderful experience was quickly FRI overshadowed by not only a media circus, but also by public FRI criticism. FRI She describes how she received very little support from the FRI surrogate agency which left her feeling completely isolated FRI and mentally unprepared for when it came time to hand over FRI baby Cotton. FRI FRI 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007ncw8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry b01pp3rs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Paul Temple b007jqqt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Inside Intuition b007w2w3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfyr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00pd18h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Chain Reaction b01390bf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 BBC Radio New Comedy Award b04gr546 (Listen) FRI 2014, Heat one FRI The first heat of the 2014 BBC Radio New Comedy Award, FRI recorded at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Susan Calman FRI hosts this opening heat, as ten new comedians try to win a FRI place in the semi-finals. Guest judge Jason Byrne is part of FRI the judging panel. FRI Jack Barry, Njambi McGrath, Matthew Courtnell, Lucy FRI Frederick, John Tansey, Lost Voice Guy, Paul Jones, Ed FRI Caruana, Abigoliah Schamaun, Sean Hegarty. FRI Judges: Alison Vernon-Smith, Steve Bennett, Jason Byrne. FRI FRI 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me b01p4sgr (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 3 FRI The Kapoors tee-off on the golf course, and the Delhi FRI students take a train to Southend-on-Sea. Stars Meera Syal. FRI From June 1998. FRI
05 September, 2014
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