09 January, 2015

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 10/01/2015 - 16/01/2015

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SAT SATURDAY 10 JANUARY 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in SAT Ukrainian b012brz6 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Father and his young wife Valentina argue over her visa SAT appeal, but everyone has a cunning plan. Read by Sian SAT Thomas. SAT SAT 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7ktf (Listen) SAT Two Widowers SAT Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the SAT hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on SAT first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which SAT have never been heard before. Including songs which have SAT been specially recorded for the series. SAT When we think of the history of home, the cosy experiences SAT of the nuclear family spring easiest to mind. But what of SAT those who had no family or home of their own? SAT The story of two different widowers and their desperate SAT search for a new wife, based on original material from two SAT unusual sets of diaries which Prof Vickery found in Lincoln. SAT Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly SAT and Simon Tcherniak. SAT Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen SAT Norris at the keyboard. SAT A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b719j (Listen) SAT Episode 10 SAT Anna has succumbed to desire, but can she ever know SAT happiness? Stars Sian Thomas, Ben Miles and Teresa SAT Gallagher. SAT SAT 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04wxmvg (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Edmund's attraction intensifies but Arabella seems to be SAT cooling off. Meanwhile, his absence is noted. Read by Claire SAT Skinner. SAT SAT 01:00 Jest a Minute b00fvz6t (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 1 SAT Chris Corcoran, Lloyd Langford, Rob Deering and Tom Craine SAT guest on Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from Cardiff. From SAT December 2008. SAT SAT 01:30 Meet the Parents b015cvdx (Listen) SAT Series 1, Hardeep Singh Kohli SAT 5/5 SAT Hardeep Singh Kohli speaks to his father about his decision SAT to move to Scotland from India, raising a Sikh family in SAT Glasgow in the 1970s and how being brought up and living a SAT multicultural life has impacted on both of their life paths. SAT SAT 02:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlh0 (Listen) SAT Count Your Blessings SAT Private eye Rosie Monaghan's investigations make some SAT progress, but her private life is proving tricky. Stars SAT Paula Wilcox. SAT SAT 02:30 Rocking Scots b007j27y (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT 2/2. Midge Ure returns to his native Glasgow to explore his SAT musical roots, from his tenement upbringing to joining the SAT short-lived boy band Slik in the 1970s. The 80s and 90s saw SAT a new generation of Scottish artists gain self-confidence in SAT their national identity. SAT Contributors include Jim Kerr from Simple Minds, Sharleen SAT Spiteri from Texas, Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue and SAT Proclaimers twins Charlie and Craig Reid. SAT SAT 03:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016n7y3 (Listen) SAT Titus Alive SAT As Titus Groan stumbles on through the world, could he have SAT finally found his way home? Stars David Warner and Luke SAT Treadaway. SAT SAT 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01ps9w4 (Listen) SAT Child's Play SAT Kate is not appreciated by her husband or daughter, but SAT receives affection from an unusual source. Read by Matilda SAT Ziegler. SAT SAT 04:15 Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla b016q2l5 (Listen) SAT Living in a castle in Austria, lonely Laura is captivated by SAT a beautiful visitor. Gothic vampire tale starring Anne-Marie SAT Duff. SAT SAT 05:00 After Henry b007md8k (Listen) SAT Series 3, The End of a Chapter SAT Sarah is off to Florence but worries about her mother, plus SAT there's shock news from Clare. Stars Prunella Scales. From SAT November 1987. SAT SAT 05:30 Little Blighty on the Down b007jxb9 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 1 SAT Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts wonders how to become more SAT popular. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1990. SAT Credits SAT Actor: Barry Evans SAT Actor: George Layton SAT Actor: Geoffrey Davies SAT SAT 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wrz9v (Listen) SAT The President Unleashes an Awesome Weapon SAT Our hero makes contact with Earth, and learns that there may SAT be a mighty price to pay. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial SAT starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. SAT SAT 06:00 David Ashton - The Windbear b00y1vks (Listen) SAT Taxidermist George feels closer to his work than his wife, SAT so police fear the worst when she goes missing. Stars SAT Bernard Hepton. SAT SAT 07:30 Back to Front b007k1fc (Listen) SAT Series 1, 1981 SAT The 1981 headline-makers bowled off the newspaper front SAT pages by Ian Botham. Graham Dilley and Simon Callow get SAT nostalgic. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00xgr1k (Listen) SAT Going to the Flicks, Episode 1 SAT Barry Norman is one of Britain's best loved film SAT broadcasters, but for this series he is not so much SAT interested in the films as in exploring how the experience SAT of going to the cinema in Britain has changed over the last SAT one hundred years. In fact, his first surprise is the SAT discovery that people are far more likely to recall the SAT general experience of going to the cinema than the SAT individual films they saw. SAT He draws on BBC archive as well as recordings from the SAT University of Lancaster which have never been broadcast SAT before, and also new interviews to find out how people's SAT experience of this most popular form of entertainment has SAT changed over the decades. SAT The Silent Era, it turns out, was not all that silent, with SAT plenty of chatting and tea-drinking going on, not to mention SAT children reading out the titles to their illiterate parents SAT and grandparents. Barry then moves on to hear how SAT overwhelmed many viewers were by the sheer luxury of the SAT cinemas built in the inter-war years and how these pleasure SAT palaces offered a few hours of escape from lives which were SAT harsh or sometimes simply dull. He himself recalls going to SAT the pictures in the 1950s, which was the golden age of SAT Saturday morning cinema for children. In the 1960s, with the SAT advent of television, Barry finds out about the ultimately SAT failed attempts to introduce novelties such as Cinerama and SAT The Smellies to cinema and hears confessions about just what SAT went on in the back row! SAT With contributions from film expert Annette Kuhn and SAT architectural historian Richard Gray, this first part of SAT Barry Norman's memoir of Going to the Flicks is a heady mix SAT of nostalgia and surprise. SAT Producer : Beaty Rubens. SAT SAT 09:00 It's a Painful Business: On the Hour with Eddie Mair SAT b015bf2k (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 PM presenter Eddie Mair reveals why he joined SAT the Newsroom in his celebration of the landmark radio series SAT On the Hour. SAT Featuring: SAT On the Hour Series 1 ep 4/5 SAT Chris Morris hosts the news spoof, and the sport must go on SAT for bereaved Alan Partridge. With Steve Coogan. From August SAT 1991. SAT On the Hour Series 2 ep 2/6 SAT Alan Partridge is at the Olympics. Barbara Wintergreen is in SAT America. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. From April SAT 1992 SAT On the Hour Series 2 ep 6/6 SAT An outside broadcast goes down, and a bluebottle rampages SAT across Essex. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. From May SAT 1992. SAT Knowing Me, Knowing You SAT Aha! Alan Partridge faces up to a nine-year-old prodigy, a SAT hypnotist and a bad boy lawyer. Stars Steve Coogan. From SAT December 1992. SAT Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive SAT The funny man's radio drop-in centre tackles Live 8 and SAT white-collar boxing matches. With David Mitchell. From June SAT 2005. SAT On the Hour Christmas Special SAT All the festive headlines. Chris Morris hosts the steaming SAT flambĂ©ed news spoof. With Steve Coogan. From December 1991. SAT SAT 12:00 Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections Omnibus b04xmm6t (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT In the bleak Christmas following his mother's death, the SAT young Nigel Slater sought refuge in food. Sugar mice, pink SAT wafers and mince pies helped him survive. So too did his SAT Aunt Elvie who, against the wishes of his father, encouraged SAT Nigel to cook. SAT Eating for England, the successor to his highly acclaimed SAT memoir Toast, is part food memoir, part collective memory SAT bank of a nation's taste. Using the book as source material SAT along with further conversations with Nigel, dramatist Sarah SAT Daniels has written a playful reimagining. A grown up Nigel SAT - played by Julian Rhind Tutt, looks back on his childhood SAT while caring for a now elderly, yet ever sparkling, Aunt SAT Elvie, played by Celia Imrie. SAT Rich with sounds of the kitchen and recorded on location, SAT with a cameo performance from Nigel himself. SAT What drives a cook to write about food? Why is there such a SAT powerful link between memory and what we eat? And why is SAT reading about food so irresistibly appetising? SAT SAT 13:15 Dickens Confidential b01kblxg (Listen) SAT Series 1, Railway Kings SAT Before his novels, famed writer Charles Dickens edited a SAT newspaper. How might he have covered a train crash? Stars SAT Jamie Glover. SAT SAT 14:00 The Navy Lark b007k1q5 (Listen) SAT New at the Helm SAT A jetty is demolished as Pertwee and Phillips return from SAT leave to meet Lieutenant Murray. Stars Jon Pertwee. From SAT October 1959. SAT SAT 14:30 As Time Goes By b04wjsjy (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 4 SAT Jean's daughter Judith begins to fall for Lionel. But SAT Lionel's publisher Alistair begins to fall for Jean. Stars SAT Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. From April 1997. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00xgr1k (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 David Ashton - The Windbear b00y1vks (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 The Rest Is History b04ws4hy (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of SAT it. SAT The Rest Is History is a comedy discussion show which SAT promises to help him find out more about it. SAT Along with his historian in residence Dr Kate Williams, each SAT episode sees Frank joined by a selection of celebrity SAT guests, who will help him navigate his way through the SAT annals of time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, SAT oddest, and most interesting moments in history. SAT Frank's guests in this programme are David Baddiel and Emma SAT Kennedy. SAT Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard SAT An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Frank Skinner SAT Panellist: David Baddiel SAT Panellist: Emma Kennedy SAT Producer: Dan Schreiber SAT Producer: Justin Pollard SAT SAT 18:00 Mike Walker - 2025 b00hy94c (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT A future where computers rule and artificial intelligence SAT has become a reality. Stars Alphonsia Emmanuel and Mona SAT Hammond. SAT SAT 19:00 It's a Painful Business: On the Hour with Eddie Mair SAT b015bf2k (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs b00trxr0 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Another chance to hear Rhod Gilbert's comedy show featuring SAT comedy regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies, along with SAT Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of SAT Woman. SAT This third episode features live music from Kid British, SAT including hits Lost in London, Winner and upcoming single SAT Two Out of Seven, and the guest comedian is Edinburgh Comedy SAT Award winner, Mark Watson. SAT Join Rhod for his Rant on irritating products, delve into SAT Rhods Confessions where Lloyd Langford impresses the girls SAT with his French and see if Greg Davies can tempt you with SAT his Indecent Proposal involving the Chuckle Brothers. SAT SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture b00sbcrc (Listen) SAT Series 3, Mary Shelley SAT The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the SAT life and career of the creator of Frankenstein. From October SAT 2002. SAT SAT 23:30 Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders b00j0pp8 (Listen) SAT Propriety, Plants, Grandparents and Growing Your Own SAT Award winning comedian, Josie Long (BBC New Comedy Awards, SAT if.comedy Best Newcomer 2006) presents her first radio SAT series, in which she aims to explore all of the planet's SAT wonders (in detail) over four 14 minute episodes. SAT This comedy series is all about Long's desire to better SAT herself through learning and her enjoyment of discovering SAT things in old reference books. SAT Over the series Josie is regularly joined by Irish comedian, SAT Maeve Higgins, and by a variety of comedic guests -Robin SAT Ince, Chris Neill, Daniel Harkin, Henning Wehn, Jesse Thorn SAT and Isy Suttie, plus the occasional actual expert. SAT Each episode is anchored by Josie and Maeve in the studio, SAT with Josie presenting her essay on the week's subject and SAT Maeve helping with questions, illustrations and SAT interruptions. The guests help to play extra characters or SAT to provide specialist advice. SAT This week, Josie presents a show about propriety, plants, SAT grandparents, being connected to the world around you and SAT growing your own. SAT This programme features a guest appearance from actress / SAT comedian Isy Suttie. SAT SAT 23:45 Fabulous b00j2516 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 5 SAT Things are looking up for Faye, with invites to management SAT drinks and her boss's wedding. Stars Daisy Haggard. From SAT June 2007. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 11 JANUARY 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Mike Walker - 2025 b00hy94c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b00xgr1k (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections Omnibus b04xmm6t (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Dickens Confidential b01kblxg (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 David Ashton - The Windbear b00y1vks (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 The Rest Is History b04ws4hy (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b8t5g (Listen) SUN Omnibus, part 2 SUN Anna is suspicious of diplomat George Darrow. Can either of SUN them know happiness? Stars Jodhi May, Ben Miles and Sian SUN Thomas. SUN SUN 07:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball b00fwdvz (Listen) SUN Episode 5 SUN Byron Rogers on two unlikely heroes, a witchcraft trial SUN judge and a man who gets shot out of a cannon. Read by SUN Crawford Logan. SUN SUN 07:30 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00zsc2b (Listen) SUN Series 1, Jampoa SUN Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel SUN documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit SUN after claiming to have had a number of bizarre adventures. SUN This week he travels to Jampoa where fame definitely equals SUN fortune. SUN Written by Bill Dare SUN Produced by Steven Canny SUN Brian Gulliver's Travels is a new satirical adventure story SUN from Bill Dare. The series has attracted an excellent cast SUN led by Neil Pearson and award winning Mariah Gale. Cast SUN includes fantastic actors Tamsin Greig, John Standing, Paul SUN Bhattacharjee, Christopher Douglas, Vicky Pepperdine, Phil SUN Cornwell, Jo Bobin and Katherine Jakeways. SUN For years Bill Dare wanted to create a satire about SUN different worlds exploring Kipling's idea that we travel, SUN 'not just to explore civilizations, but to better understand SUN our own'. But science fiction and space ships never SUN interested him, so he put the idea on ice. Then Brian SUN Gulliver arrived and meant that our hero could be lost in a SUN fictional world without the need for any sci-fi. SUN Satirical targets over the series: the medical profession SUN and its need to pathologize everything; the effect of SUN marriage on children; spirituality and pseudo-science; SUN compensation culture; sexism; the affect of our obsession SUN with fame. SUN Gulliver's Travels is the only book Bill Dare read at SUN university. His father, Peter Jones, narrated a similarly SUN peripatetic radio series: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the SUN Galaxy. SUN Credits SUN Brian Gulliver: Neil Pearson SUN Rachel Gulliver: Mariah Gale SUN Dr Malik: Paul Bhattacharjee SUN Steen: Dave Lamb SUN Darmy: John Nicholson SUN Hajia: Catherine Shepherd SUN Dr Reem: Christopher Douglas SUN Donya: Margaret Cabourn-Smith SUN Host: Sam Dale SUN Journo: Nyasha Hatendi SUN Gameshow Host: Brian Bowles SUN Producer: Steven Canny SUN Writer: Bill Dare SUN SUN 08:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel b01d8ny7 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN After their adventure afloat, George, Harris and J decide to SUN tour Germany by bicycle. Performed by Jeremy Nicholas. SUN SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! b00rxk55 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 8 SUN A cigarette girl's burning lust, and BBC Radio is exposed. SUN Stars Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims. From SUN June 1970. SUN SUN 09:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives b008czt5 (Listen) SUN The First Wedding SUN Amy has grand hopes for an upmarket social gathering. Sequel SUN to Little Women stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle SUN Hunnicutt. SUN SUN 09:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00cm07b (Listen) SUN The Law of the Jungle SUN As tiger Shere Khan searches for prey, an abandoned young SUN boy is found by wolves. Stars Nisha K Nayer and Eartha Kitt. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04xmrh2 (Listen) SUN Absent Friends, Bob Hoskins SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Humphrey Lyttelton to Wolfgang Amadeus SUN Mozart, actor Bob Hoskins shares his castaway choices with SUN Sue Lawley. From November 1988. SUN SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading b00zlk0f (Listen) SUN Census 2011, The Suffragette's Party SUN A new story by Beatrice Colin written to mark the national SUN census. SUN A suffragette's dedication to the cause is tested to the SUN hilt on the night of the census in 1911. Read by Melody SUN Grove. SUN Beatrice Colin is a novelist, short story writer and SUN creative writing teacher who has written plays for Radio 4 SUN and novels including The Songwriter and The Luminous Life of SUN Lilly Aphrodite. SUN SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour b04xmsf5 (Listen) SUN How We Love SUN A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by SUN riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, SUN Design) stage. SUN Guy Raz investigates the mystery of relationships. Just what SUN is it that brings people together? With Jeffrey Kluger. SUN SUN 11:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels b00ckz8b (Listen) SUN Last Train to Dog Town SUN Author Neil K is stranded with the talkative characters of SUN his unfinished Western story. Short story read by Jack SUN Davenport. SUN SUN 12:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b8t5g (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball b00fwdvz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda b01qkm4l (Listen) SUN The great swashbuckling story of the English gentleman SUN Rudolf Rassendyll and his adventures in the East European SUN province of Ruritania. Epic historical tale of subterfuge SUN and doppelgangers. SUN Starring Julian Glover as King Rudolf/Rudolf Rassendyll, SUN Nigel Stock as Colonel Sapt, Hannah Gordon as Princess SUN Flavia and Martin Jarvis as Rupert of Hentzau. SUN Adapted by Eric Maschwitz and Kay Patrick SUN Original music (1939) by Robert Chignell and Leslie Woodgate SUN Producer: Martin Jenkins SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1973. SUN SUN 15:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel b01d8ny7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! b00rxk55 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b04knxdj (Listen) SUN Quentin Blake, Darcey Bussell and chocolate factories SUN Mel picks her highlights from the past week on the 4 O'Clock SUN Show, including a drawing masterclass from Quentin Blake and SUN former ballet dancer turned Strictly star Darcey Bussell. SUN SUN 17:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives b008czt5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00cm07b (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb b007jzmv (Listen) SUN The obsessive Jervas Dudley reveals how he came to be SUN incarcerated in an asylum. HP Lovecraft's chilling tale read SUN by Ryan McCluskey. SUN SUN 18:30 The Scarifyers b01c6hvf (Listen) SUN The Magic Circle, Episode 4 SUN Lionheart's daughter Lily is in the clutches of Montague SUN Blake. Can Dunning and Crow get there in time? Stars David SUN Warner. SUN SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour b04xmsf5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels b00ckz8b (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel b01d8ny7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! b00rxk55 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04xmrh2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading b00zlk0f (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00zsc2b (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Bleak Expectations b00ddx9f (Listen) SUN Series 1, A Young Love Mercilessly Dismembered SUN Pip falls in love but great drama awaits. Mark Evans' SUN Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From September 2007. SUN SUN 23:00 The Cornwell Estate b00vy29g (Listen) SUN Series 2, Hank Zuttermilk SUN Phil Cornwell brings six edgy comic characters to life in a SUN new series of The Cornwell Estate, starring Tony Gardner SUN (Fresh Meat), Roger Lloyd Pack (Only Fools and Horses, Vicar SUN of Dibley), Simon Greenall (Alan Partridge) Daisy Haggard SUN (Psychoville) Ricky Champ (Him and Her, BBC3) Jill Halfpenny SUN (Eastenders, Legally Blonde) and Cyril Nri. SUN Written by Andrew McGibbon and Phil Cornwell SUN Hank is a Dutch long distance container driver who lives on SUN the estate with his London girlfriend Suzi. When her father SUN Ray tells Hank his daughter is pregnant, Hank is faced with SUN some troubling choices. SUN Cast: SUN Hank Zuttermilk ...... Phil Cornwell SUN Ray Faulkner ...... Ricky Champ SUN Ruud ...... Cyril Nri SUN Customs Officer 1 ...... Toby Longworth SUN Customs Officer 2 ...... Abigail Hollick SUN Producer/Director: Andrew McGibbon SUN A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 23:15 Knocker b008g2dm (Listen) SUN Confidentialitydence SUN Experimental kitchen wipes sorely test market researcher Ian SUN Dunn. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December SUN 2007. SUN SUN 23:30 Jon Ronson On b00d0yj5 (Listen) SUN Series 4, Bad News SUN Jon Ronson looks at how we take bad tidings. He talks to a SUN man who was told that he had terminal cancer and spent the SUN last six months of his life living it up, only to find out SUN that the doctors got it wrong. He also hears the story of SUN William Lobdell, the LA Times religious correspondent who SUN became an atheist. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 12 JANUARY 2015 MON MON 00:00 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb b007jzmv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 The Scarifyers b01c6hvf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04xmrh2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading b00zlk0f (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel b01d8ny7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! b00rxk55 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00zsc2b (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda b01qkm4l (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives b008czt5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00cm07b (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlhs (Listen) MON In Dreams MON Private eye Rosie Monaghan concludes her investigation, but MON will the guilty be brought to justice? Stars Paula Wilcox. MON MON 06:30 One of the Three Great Plots of All Literature MON b00804hn (Listen) MON 300 years after the author's birth, Kate Adie dissects the MON plot of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, with readings and MON discussion of the foundling motif. Contributors include Hugh MON Cunningham, Marina Warner, Jenny Uglow and Andy McNab. MON MON 07:00 North East of Eden b01g97mq (Listen) MON Episode 3 MON Marcia is bored on the island. Will joining the lifeboat MON crew help liven things up? Stars Rebecca Front. From July MON 1997. MON MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b04wth58 (Listen) MON Series 14, Episode 2 MON David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game. Ed Byrne, MON Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Richard Osman must talk with MON deliberate inaccuracy about Ireland, rules, London and MON beavers. MON Credits MON Presenter: David Mitchell MON Panellist: Ed Byrne MON Panellist: Henning Wehn MON Panellist: Holly Walsh MON Panellist: Richard Osman MON MON 08:00 Marriage Lines b04xn1vr (Listen) MON Series 1, A Nice Surprise MON Can Kate and George cope with an unexpected arrival? Stars MON Richard Briers and Prunella Scales. From August 1965. MON MON 08:30 As Time Goes By b04xn1vv (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 5 MON Complications ensue when Judith's plan to leave Lionel and MON Jean on their own goes wrong. Starring Judi Dench and MON Geoffrey Palmer. From April 1997. MON MON 09:00 The Write Stuff b00vkxj4 (Listen) MON Series 14, Stephenie Meyer MON Bestselling writer of the "Twilight" series, Stephenie MON Meyer, is this week's "Author of the Week". MON The teams set about answering questions about her life and MON work as well as solving other literary conundrums. They will MON as ever finish with one of their own pastiches of Meyer's MON work - this time imaginig what the twilight series might MON have sounded like had it been set in a typical British comp. MON Guest panellists are bestselling crime writer and "Tom MON Thorne" creator, Mark Billingham, and "Horrid Henry" author, MON Francesca Simon. MON MON 09:30 Britain Versus the World b04xntwp (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 4 MON Comedy panel game show that features a team of British MON comedians competing against a team of comics from overseas, MON overseen by mostly impartial Irishman Ed Byrne. MON Credits MON Presenter: Ed Byrne MON Panellist: Hal Cruttenden MON Panellist: Henning Wehn MON Panellist: Holly Walsh MON Panellist: Fredrick Andersson MON Producer: Ashley Blaker MON MON 10:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford b0076pv1 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON 4 Extra Debut. A beautiful and wealthy Australian marries MON into the English aristocracy, but the traditional order is MON changing. Stars Juliet Aubrey. MON MON 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfhjt (Listen) MON The Astral Plane MON A forgotten book and an email arriving out of the blue MON trigger the tipping point for a marriage. Read by Niamh MON Cusack. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b04xjfy4 (Listen) MON Arthur Smith, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Fred Wiseman, MON Chris Lynam, Shelina Janmohamed, J Mascis, Boxed In MON Hugh Fearnley-whittingstall talks to Clive about Series 2 of MON 'River Cottage Australia' and also about his latest book: MON 'River Cottage, Light & Easy'. Writer Shelina Janmohamed MON explores what it means to be young, female and Muslim today. MON She meets the Mipsterz - or Muslim Hipsters - and other MON fashionable, educated, young Muslim women confronting MON cultural stereotypes and negotiating their futures. Co-host MON Arthur Smith talks to comedian Chris Lynam - in the words of MON the New York Times, 'a brilliantly bizarre antidote to MON today's truculent society', and American filmmaker Fred MON Wiseman, recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime MON Achievement at last year's Venice International Film MON Festival, talks about his new film 'National Gallery' more MON than half a century after the he produced his first MON feature-length documentary 'The Cool World' in 1963. With MON music from J Mascis who performs ''Every Morning' from his MON album 'Tied To A Star' And from Boxed In who perform 'Foot MON Of The Hill' from their album 'Boxed In'. MON Producer Debbie Kilbride. MON Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall MON Episode two of ‘River Cottage Australia’ is on Sunday 11th MON January at 20.00 on More 4. MON ‘River Cottage Light & Easy’ is published by Bloomsbury and MON available now. MON Shelina Janmohamed MON ‘Hip In A Hijab’ is available now on BBC iPlayer. MON Chris Lynam MON ‘ErictheFred’ is at Jackson’s Lane, London at 20.00 from MON Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th January, as part of the MON London International Mime Festival which runs until 31st MON January. MON Fred Wiseman MON ‘The National Gallery’ is in cinemas from Friday 9th MON January. MON Boxed In MON ‘Boxed In’ is available on Nettwork Records on Monday 19th MON January. MON Boxed In are playing at Sticky Mikes, Brighton on Tuesday MON 10th, Start The Bus, Bristol on Wednesday 11th and MON Electrowerkz, London on Thursday 12th February. Check their MON website for further tour dates. MON J Mascis MON ‘Tied To A Star’ is available now on Sub Pop. MON J Mascis is playing The Haunt, Bristol on Saturday 9th, The MON Ruby Lounge, Manchester on Sunday 10th and Whelans, Dublin MON on 12th January. Check his website for further tour dates. MON MON MON 12:00 Marriage Lines b04xn1vr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 As Time Goes By b04xn1vv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlhs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 One of the Three Great Plots of All Literature MON b00804hn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in MON Ukrainian b012fc0q (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Vera and Nadia try to stop Valentina's plans. Marina MON Lewycka's wry portrait of a marriage of convenience. Read by MON Sian Thomas. MON MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00ndn43 (Listen) MON Magnificence MON Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the MON hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on MON first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which MON have never been heard before. Including songs which have MON been specially recorded for the series. MON These days we take it for granted that the home is a place MON of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was MON an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the MON invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in MON creating both social prestige and a successful marriage. MON The story of a celebrity divorce - a huge scandal, because MON the husband was the prime minister. The question then, as MON now, was what was the woman going to walk away with? MON Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly MON and Simon Tcherniak. MON Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen MON Norris at the keyboard. MON A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00fnxcb (Listen) MON Julian Fellowes - Snobs, Episode 1 MON Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by MON Julian Fellowes. MON On a visit to the local stately home, middle-class estate MON agent Edith meets Charles, the extremely eligible Earl. MON Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell MON Edith ...... Sophie Roberts MON Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville MON Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie MON Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley MON Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson MON David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart MON Caroline ...... Caroline Harker MON Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt MON Bella ...... Bernice Stegers MON Singer ...... David Benson. MON MON 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04xn4bt (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Edmund hides his dalliance from his wife, who has a chill. MON Anne and Arabella talk while he is at work. Read by Claire MON Skinner. Episode 6 of 10. MON MON 15:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford b0076pv1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04xnvxx (Listen) MON Jules Verne, whales and 20,000 Leagues MON Mel Giedroyc gets her feet wet with a record-breaking diver, MON hears about a search for humpback whales and presents the MON first part of new story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. MON MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00cbltk (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 6 MON Son Murray worries that tubby Tommy and Sheila have more MON rolls than roles. Stars Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. From MON June 2001. MON MON 17:30 North East of Eden b01g97mq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04xnvxz (Listen) MON Carla Awaits the End MON Earth's safety depends on our heroes on the Mud Moon. But MON can they escape themselves? MON Captain Elvis Brandenburg Kremmen is the world's most MON fabulous man. MON With an IQ of 498 and a height of 6ft 10 inches, he's a MON Supreme Athlete, a Concert Pianist, Concorde Pilot, Mountain MON Climber, Diplomat, Space Captain and Genius. MON Just like Kenny, Captain Kremmen was born in Liverpool on MON Christmas Day in 1950. MON Kenny Everett's lovingly crafted sci-fi serial made its MON debut on London's Capital Radio in 1976. MON MON 18:00 The Write Stuff b00vkxj4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b04xnvy1 (Listen) MON Simon Armitage and Sir Crispin Tickell MON Sarah LeFanu and her guests, poet Simon Armitage and MON diplomat Sir Crispin Tickell, discuss three favourite MON paperbacks. MON Life - An Unauthorised Biography, by Richard Fortey MON Publisher: Flamingo MON Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe MON Publisher: Penguin Classics MON A Far Cry From Kensington, by Muriel Spark MON Publisher: Penguin Books. MON MON 19:00 Marriage Lines b04xn1vr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 As Time Goes By b04xn1vv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlhs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 One of the Three Great Plots of All Literature MON b00804hn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfhjt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b04xjfy4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b04wth58 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Britain Versus the World b04xntwp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b050sgy2 (Listen) MON The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Tiff Stevenson MON chats to Wendy Wason. MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b04wwvnq (Listen) MON Series 45, Episode 1 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis return with a new series of The MON Now Show, looking at the week's events via topical stand-up MON and sketches with guests Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, Rich Hall MON and Vikki Stone. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Hugh Dennis MON Performer: Mitch Benn MON Performer: Laura Shavin MON Performer: Rich Hall MON Performer: Vikki Stone MON MON 23:30 As Told to Craig Brown b00b4j53 (Listen) MON Episode 3 MON Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social MON observation and nonsense. MON Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright, with John MON Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Sally MON Grace, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in TUE Ukrainian b012fc0q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00ndn43 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 15 Minute Drama b00fnxcb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04xn4bt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 The Write Stuff b00vkxj4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b04xnvy1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlhs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 One of the Three Great Plots of All Literature TUE b00804hn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford b0076pv1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfhjt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b04xjfy4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00cbltk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 North East of Eden b01g97mq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04xnvxz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011j8wn (Listen) TUE Series 2, The Curious Curate TUE When the village curate is found murdered, the retired PR TUE guru vows to bring his killer to justice. Stars Penelope TUE Keith. TUE TUE 06:30 Movie Outcasts: The Making of Easy Rider b00cqhm8 (Listen) TUE Micky Dolenz explores how two producers, hot from the TUE success of The Monkees TV series, kick-started an artistic TUE renaissance in Hollywood with their counter-culture movie TUE about two hippie bikers riding across America. TUE Contributors include Peter Tork, Jim Frawley, Steve Blauner, TUE Henry Jaglom, Karen Black, Roger McGuinn, Donn Cambern and TUE Peter Bogdanovich. TUE TUE 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four b0141xfj (Listen) TUE Choice Is Progress TUE Edward Wilson finds his job title changing with alarming TUE alacrity. Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay. From TUE April 1985. TUE TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b04wv049 (Listen) TUE Series 6, Roy Walker TUE Marcus Brigstocke persuades his guests to try new TUE experiences: things they really ought to have done by now. TUE Some experiences are loved, some are loathed, in this show TUE all about embracing the new. TUE This week, Marcus persuades Roy Walker, the comedian made TUE famous by Catchphrase, to see his first ever Shakespeare TUE play and banter with the audience for the first time. TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Marcus Brigstocke TUE Interviewed Guest: Roy Walker TUE TUE 08:00 Yes Minister b007jl60 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Open Government TUE Newly re-elected MP Jim Hacker is summoned to the PM's TUE office. Adapted from TV, starring Paul Eddington. From TUE October 1983. TUE TUE 08:30 Doctor at Large b00bb9m8 (Listen) TUE Fellowship TUE An x-ray mix-up leads Simon Sparrow's confused friends to TUE fear his end is in sight. Stars Richard Briers. From August TUE 1969. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b04wwvnq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Tickets Please b00p1nm5 (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE Confusion reigns when love blossoms among the staff of the TUE 9.27 London to Exeter. Stars Jeremy Swift. From November TUE 2009. TUE TUE 10:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford b0076py9 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE After her society marriage, Lucinda arrives in England from TUE Australia, but all is not as she expected. Stars Jonathan TUE Firth. TUE TUE 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfkzv (Listen) TUE Little Disturbances TUE A farmer avoids the doctor, aware his test results are bad. TUE Dying is no concern - it's life that makes him tremble. Read TUE by Dermot Crowley. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00rfhzz (Listen) TUE Annamaria Murphy - Scummow: Things Washed Up By the Sea TUE When a delirious Irishman arrives in a Cornish harbour, TUE baker Mary Kneebone takes him in, and soon the sick and TUE gullible are queuing at her door. A wry comedy about faith, TUE love and redemption from outstanding Cornish playwright TUE Annamaria Murphy. TUE Mary Kneebone ..... Mary Woodvine TUE Edna Lugg ..... Barbara Jefford TUE Declan Credan ..... Stephen Hogan TUE Virgin Mary ..... Alison Pettit TUE Eamon Credan ..... John O'Mahony TUE Davey Ellis ..... Charles Barnecut TUE Director ..... Claire Grove. TUE TUE 12:00 Yes Minister b007jl60 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Doctor at Large b00bb9m8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011j8wn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Movie Outcasts: The Making of Easy Rider b00cqhm8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in TUE Ukrainian b012gq0s (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Vera and Valentina come to blows, and Nadia and her father TUE celebrate their first step to freedom. Read by Sian Thomas. TUE TUE 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00ndm9q (Listen) TUE Taste TUE Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the TUE hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on TUE first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which TUE have never been heard before. Including songs which have TUE been specially recorded for the series. TUE These days we take it for granted that the home is a place TUE of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was TUE an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the TUE invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in TUE creating both social prestige and a successful marriage. TUE Taste - and the making of a marriage. The story of an TUE 18th-century couple, the Graftons - fashionable, rich, and TUE deeply in love - who spend life together doing up their TUE magnificent houses. TUE Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly TUE and Simon Tcherniak. TUE Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen TUE Norris at the keyboard. TUE A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00fnxj1 (Listen) TUE Julian Fellowes - Snobs, Episode 2 TUE Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by TUE Julian Fellowes. TUE News of Edith and Charles's romance hits the gossip columns TUE but Lady Uckfield and the rest of Edith's aristocratic TUE soon-to-be in-laws are not impressed. TUE Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell TUE Edith ...... Sophie Roberts TUE Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville TUE Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie TUE Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley TUE Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson TUE David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart TUE Caroline ...... Caroline Harker TUE Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt TUE Bella ...... Bernice Stegers TUE Singer ...... David Benson. TUE TUE 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04xn4by (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Edmund gloomily contemplates going to Greece alone, while TUE Anne and Arabella strike up a relationship. Read by Claire TUE Skinner. TUE TUE 15:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford b0076py9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04xp2dk (Listen) TUE Orlando Bloom, batolins and the Mariana Trench TUE Mel Giedroyc's birthday boy is film star Orlando Bloom, she TUE hears about life at the bottom of the ocean and there's the TUE next part of current story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. TUE TUE 17:00 Ring Around the Bath b00tnp6t (Listen) TUE Series 2, New Ways to Comb Old Gravel TUE Stella continues to dream of a life in the country, without TUE her grown-up children. Stars Duncan Preston. From November TUE 2004. TUE TUE 17:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b0141xfj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04xp2dm (Listen) TUE Penetration Imminent TUE Our heroes hatch an escape plan to head for Thargoidia and TUE disable the planet's shield. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi TUE serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. TUE TUE 18:00 The Now Show b04wwvnq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 18:30 The Tingle Factor b04xp2ml (Listen) TUE Michael Winner TUE Film director Michael Winner talks to Jeremy Nicholas about TUE the music that stirs his emotions, including Gene Kelly. TUE From June 1994. TUE TUE 19:00 Yes Minister b007jl60 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Doctor at Large b00bb9m8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011j8wn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Movie Outcasts: The Making of Easy Rider b00cqhm8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfkzv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00rfhzz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars b04wv049 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Flight of the Conchords b00dnlkz (Listen) TUE The Fans Proposition TUE The Kiwi band face fan propositions. Improvised musical TUE comedy by Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, with Rob TUE Brydon. From September 2005. TUE TUE 23:00 Scrooby Trevithick b00rp1wl (Listen) TUE Paparazzo TUE Scrooby Trevithick is a six part scripted comedy series TUE written by and starring Andy Parsons, following on from the TUE first series aired on Radio 4 18 months ago - The Lost TUE WebLog of Scrooby Trevithick. TUE This second series continues to follow the exploits of the TUE hapless character of Scrooby (Andy Parsons), an enthusiastic TUE but flawed wannabe who, having returned from his wanderings TUE is still trying to find himself by zealously posting his web TUE diaries online. TUE Each episode features him attempting to make a dent in the TUE national consciousness, and in this series, he's helped by TUE his good friend Sasha (Kerry Godliman). However, his desire TUE for success always takes him one step further than prudence TUE dictates. TUE Episode 3. Paparazzo. In this episode, Scrooby tries to TUE become a Paparazzo having taken some dubious footage on his TUE mobile phone TUE The cast features a variety of talented comedians including TUE Dara O'Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh Dennis, Russell Kane, TUE Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic Frisby, Paul Thorne, TUE Martin Coyote and Barunka O'Shaughnessy. TUE As always, listeners are encouraged to share their comments TUE with Scrooby at www.scroobytrevithick.com as he needs all TUE the advice he can get. TUE The producer is Paul Russell, and the programme is an Open TUE Mike production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Paul Russell TUE TUE 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags b01n6rrz (Listen) TUE Series 5, Effervescent Members TUE More shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, TUE courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave. TUE In this episode, the new sweetie craze of "Fizzy Limbs" has TUE Fags, Mags and Bags rocking every lunchtime with rampaging TUE kids. Local headmistress Mrs Temple (Julie T Wallace) TUE confronts Ramesh about stocking them as she feels it's TUE affecting the children's behaviour. But are such matter TUE Ramesh's concern? TUE Join the staff of Fags, Mags and Bags in their tireless TUE quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke TUE with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh TUE Mahju has built it up over the course of 30 years, and is a TUE firmly entrenched feature of the local area. Ramesh loves TUE the art of the "shop". TUE Produced by Gus Beattie TUE A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Ramesh: Sanjeev Kohli TUE Dave: Donald McLeary TUE Sanjay: Omar Raza TUE Alok: Susheel Kumar TUE Mrs Temple: Julie T Wallace TUE Lovely Sue: Julie Wilson Nimmo TUE Mrs Begg: Marj Hogarth TUE Hilly: Kate Brailsford TUE Bras Jeff: Steven McNicoll TUE Writer: Sanjeev Kohli TUE Writer: Donald McLeary TUE Producer: Gus Beattie TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 2015 WED WED 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in WED Ukrainian b012gq0s (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00ndm9q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 15 Minute Drama b00fnxj1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04xn4by (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 The Now Show b04wwvnq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 01:30 The Tingle Factor b04xp2ml (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011j8wn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Movie Outcasts: The Making of Easy Rider b00cqhm8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford b0076py9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfkzv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00rfhzz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Ring Around the Bath b00tnp6t (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b0141xfj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04xp2dm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011kpfh (Listen) WED Series 2, Duck and Cover WED With the villagers reeling from the curate's death, the fete WED goes ahead with a killer still among them. Stars Penelope WED Keith. WED WED 06:30 The Morricone Affair b00f65l8 (Listen) WED Sir Christopher Frayling presents a tribute to the renowned WED Italian film score composer Ennio Morricone, as he is set to WED turn 80. With contributions from Goldfrapp, Chris Rea, Nitin WED Sawhney, Anne Billson and Andrew Paresi. WED WED 07:00 The Older Woman b01sjngn (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 1 WED Local hack journalist Roy Hitchcock tries to win the heart WED of his former teacher. Stars Zoe Wanamaker and Martin WED Clunes. From January 1993. WED WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? b04wwgz3 (Listen) WED Series 2, All the Fun of the Affair WED Stephen K Amos' sitcom about his own teenage years, growing WED up black, gay and funny in 1980s South London. WED Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. WED Produced by Colin Anderson. WED Credits WED Stephen K Amos: Stephen K Amos WED Young Stephen: Shaquille Ali-Yebuah WED Stephanie Amos: Fatou Sohna WED Virginia Amos: Ellen Thomas WED Vincent Amos: Don Gilet WED Miss Bliss: Michelle Butterly WED Jayson Jackson: Frankie Wilson WED Producer: Colin Anderson WED Writer: Jonathan Harvey WED Writer: Stephen K Amos WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b007k1yw (Listen) WED Fatso's Box Brownie WED Johnson has a boozy birthday, while Pertwee's wine smuggling WED does not go to plan. Stars Ronnie Barker. From October 1959. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00sjp2j (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 11 WED Tales of Merrie England and an insight into showjumping. WED Sketches and songs with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From May WED 1966. WED WED 09:00 Foul Play b00zf4tf (Listen) WED Series 4, The Final Judgement WED Crime writers Jessica Mann and James Melville probe a WED distinctly 'kinky' matter. Chaired by Simon Brett. From WED September 1998. WED WED 09:30 The Atkinson People b007k1qg (Listen) WED Sir Benjamin Fletcher WED Rowan Atkinson's satirical investigation into the life of WED the fictional master orator. With Hugh Thomas. From April WED 1979. WED WED 10:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford b0076q1g (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Badly injured Hugo has refused to divorce Lucinda, leaving WED her torn between society and her own heart. Stars Juliet WED Aubrey, Jonathan Firth and Paul Rhys. WED WED 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfpj9 (Listen) WED Things I See WED A woman is haunted by an event from her past which remains WED unchallenged. Tension-laden story read by Elaine Symons. WED WED 11:15 Maggie Allen - Mister Wonderful b0076h9r (Listen) WED Widowed for two years, Clare still feels the loss of her WED husband. Is a handsome decorator the answer? Stars Julia WED McKenzie. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b007k1yw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00sjp2j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011kpfh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 The Morricone Affair b00f65l8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in WED Ukrainian b012gr6f (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Where is Valentina? Who is the mystery man outside? And WED whose version of a family's story should be believed? Read WED by Sian Thomas. WED WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00ndm9s (Listen) WED Science and Nature at Home WED Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the WED hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on WED first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which WED have never been heard before. Including songs which have WED been specially recorded for the series. WED These days we take it for granted that the home is a place WED of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was WED an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the WED invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in WED creating both social prestige and a successful marriage. WED A room constructed entirely of feathers, a hermitage in the WED garden of a Lincolnshire vicarage, Alexander Pope's grotto - WED how eccentric homes reflected wider 18th-century ideas about WED science and nature. WED Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly WED and Simon Tcherniak. WED Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen WED Norris at the keyboard. WED A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00fnxk0 (Listen) WED Julian Fellowes - Snobs, Episode 3 WED Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by WED Julian Fellowes. WED 3/5. Edith's privileged yet dull new existence is shaken up WED when a film crew arrives at Broughton Hall, among which is WED the handsome Simon Russell. WED Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell WED Edith ...... Sophie Roberts WED Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville WED Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie WED Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley WED Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson WED David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart WED Caroline ...... Caroline Harker WED Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt WED Bella ...... Bernice Stegers WED Singer ...... David Benson. WED WED 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04xn4c0 (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Anne and Arabella get to know each other rather more WED intimately than expected while Edmund is away. Read by WED Claire Skinner. WED WED 15:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford b0076q1g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04xt1pn (Listen) WED Rebecca Front, living underwater and Papua New Guinea WED Mel Giedroyc rummages around actress Rebecca Front's record WED collection, discovers why astronauts train underwater and WED there's more from Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the WED Sea. WED WED 17:00 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00s0b31 (Listen) WED The Flying Dutchman WED Sarah continues to go on a variety of internet dates with an WED assortment of highly contrasting men. All prove very WED unsatisfactory until she meets Paul, a Dutch pilot, who has WED been brought up in South Africa but now lives in Amsterdam. WED Paul is handsome, charismatic and charming and Sarah WED convinces herself that finally she has found the man of her WED dreams. But a romantic night is followed by complete silence WED from the elusive Paul. Could Sarah's Flying Dutchman be a WED lying Dutchman? WED Cast: WED Sarah ... Lia Williams WED Paul - and all Sarah's internet dates ... Henry Goodman WED Mother ... Miriam Margolyes WED Tania ... Frances Barber WED Francis Parker ... Roger Hammond WED Lucy ... Eleanor Butters WED Ellie ... Hayley Roberts WED Angie ... Elyse Blemmings WED Sound Design: Lucinda Mason Brown WED Original Music: David Chilton WED Director: Gordon House WED A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 17:30 The Older Woman b01sjngn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04xt2w2 (Listen) WED Have Weapon, Will Wreak Havoc WED Weapon in hand, our hero aims to wreak havoc against the WED deadly Thargoid menace. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial WED starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. WED WED 18:00 Foul Play b00zf4tf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076h00 (Listen) WED Africa WED Are Europe and Africa destined to misunderstand each other? WED Matthew Parris chats to three authors of African memoirs. WED From September 2003. 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 2003. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b007k1yw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00sjp2j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011kpfh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 The Morricone Affair b00f65l8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfpj9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Maggie Allen - Mister Wonderful b0076h9r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? b04wwgz3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Armando Iannucci b007vlzn (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 2 WED More anarchic humour first heard on Radio 1 in April 1993. WED With David Schneider, Rebecca Front and Peter Baynham. WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b050sgy4 (Listen) WED The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Tiff Stevenson WED chats again to Wendy Wason. WED WED 23:00 On the Hour b007jmkm (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 1 WED Pre-natal beauty therapy hits the headlines. Chris Morris WED hosts the incisive news satire. With Steve Coogan. From WED April 1992. WED WED 23:30 4 at the Store b00ddx9h (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 4 WED Stand-up at London's Comedy Store with host Simon Bligh, WED Andrew Maxwell, Pierre Hollins and Simon Evans. From January WED 2002. WED WED THU THURSDAY 15 JANUARY 2015 THU THU 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in THU Ukrainian b012gr6f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00ndm9s (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 15 Minute Drama b00fnxk0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04xn4c0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Foul Play b00zf4tf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b0076h00 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011kpfh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 The Morricone Affair b00f65l8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Martin Boyd - Lucinda Brayford b0076q1g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfpj9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Maggie Allen - Mister Wonderful b0076h9r (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00s0b31 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 The Older Woman b01sjngn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04xt2w2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011ktgc (Listen) THU Series 2, Buried Treasure THU The amateur sleuth's plan to quit smoking sparks a treasure THU hunt, humiliation and a rather nasty murder. Stars Penelope THU Keith. THU THU 06:30 Art for Schools b00dzk96 (Listen) THU Children's writer and illustrator Jackie Morris tells the THU story of how, in the late 1940s, one woman persuaded artists THU such as Picasso, Matisse and Lowry to donate prints to be THU distributed around British schools. THU Determined to help widen access to art, Brenda Rawnsley THU established the School Prints scheme, at first commissioning THU British artists such as Lowry and Henry Moore, and then THU taking a portable printing press to France to persuade some THU of the most well-known artists in the world to take part. THU Jackie Morris tells the story of the scheme and the woman THU behind it, and considers how art education has been viewed THU in Britain since. THU A White Pebble Media production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 07:00 Any Other Business b012rb49 (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU Comic electoral shocks galore in Chesbury, as it faces the THU unlikeliest of new mayors. Starring John Duttine. From May THU 1995. THU THU 07:30 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap b04wwnh8 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 1 THU Bridget Christie returns in another series of her THU multi-award winning series about modern feminism. Bridget THU thought that she'd be able to put her feet up after her last THU Radio 4 series, she expected it to bomb. Sadly it was a huge THU success and she's had to bang on about feminism ever since, THU perform two sell-out runs at the Edinburgh festival and win THU lots of awards. THU But she hasn't managed to single-handedly eradicate sexism THU so she's made a whole new four-part series about it for THU Radio 4. THU In the first episode, she asks who has the best sexism in THU the world, deconstructs a yogurt advert and looks at what THU happens when a perfectly normal woman appears on television. THU She's assisted in this by the series' token man, Fred THU MacAulay who in episode one, reveals a hitherto unsuspected THU penchant for certain kitchen cleaning products. THU The series is written and performed by Bridget Christie and THU the producers are Alison Vernon-Smith and Alexandra Smith. THU Credits THU Presenter: Bridget Christie THU Performer: Fred MacAulay THU Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith THU Producer: Alexandra Smith THU Writer: Bridget Christie THU THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq8k (Listen) THU The Pin-Up Girl THU Who can be persuaded to pose for the 'What the Butler Saw' THU machine? Dad's Army spin-off starring John Le Mesurier. From THU September 1984. THU THU 08:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jq20 (Listen) THU Communications THU David Jason gets chatty with animals and plants. With Sheila THU Steafel. Writers include Andy Hamilton. From September 1977. THU THU 09:00 Who Goes There? b00fy2r0 (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 6 THU Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Carol THU Sarler, Fred Housego and Rachel Holmes. From February 2000. THU THU 09:30 Alison and Maud b007k3lg (Listen) THU Series 2, Golf Is a Four-Letter Word THU Landlady Maud seeks solace in Test Match Special, while THU sister Alison gets in a flap. Stars Miriam Margolyes. From THU March 2004. THU THU 10:00 Classic Serial b00shgb7 (Listen) THU JB Priestley - Bright Day, Episode 1 THU By JB Priestley THU Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is staying at a THU hotel in Cornwall, finishing a script. A chance encounter in THU the bar sends him back to the lost world of his youth before THU the slaughter of the First World War when he was a 18-year THU old in Bruddersford, Yorkshire: Through rediscovering his THU past Dawson realises where his life took a wrong turn and THU where he must make amends if he is to start afresh. There is THU a glow of magic in poignant rediscovery. THU Gregory Dawson/Narrator.. Jack Shepherd THU Elizabeth Earl... Liza Sadovy THU Young Gregory... Dean Smith THU Joan Alington.. Sarah Smart THU Bridget Alington... Sarah Churm THU Eva Alington.. Lowri Evans THU Jock / Harfner.... Conrad Nelson THU Malcolm Nixey... Fred Ridgeway THU Eleanor Nixey... Janice Mckenzie THU Mr Alington... David Fleeshman THU Mr Ackworth..... Fine Time Fontayne THU Brent / Stanley Mervin... Seamus O'Neill THU Ben Kerry... Steve Marsh THU Dramatised by Diana Griffiths THU Producer/Director - Pauline Harris. THU THU 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfr26 (Listen) THU The Sewing Room THU A retiring teacher recalls how a moment of bliss sends THU ripples of disquiet into every minute of her life. Read by THU Brid Brennan. THU THU 11:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones b007jtd2 (Listen) THU Sitting for her portrait, a woman wonders if the painting THU will reveal a new truth about her inner self. Stars Lindsay THU Duncan. THU THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq8k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jq20 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011ktgc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Art for Schools b00dzk96 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in THU Ukrainian b012h98j (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Two women reveal their inner secrets. Marina Lewycka's THU tender and funny insight into life as an emigre. Read by THU Sian Thomas. THU THU 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00ndm9v (Listen) THU Courtship and Setting Up Home THU Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the THU hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on THU first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which THU have never been heard before. Including songs which have THU been specially recorded for the series. THU These days we take it for granted that the home is a place THU of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was THU an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the THU invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in THU creating both social prestige and a successful marriage. THU The story of two 18th-century marriages and how the husbands THU prepared new houses for their bride. One got it right, the THU other destroyed any chance of a happy partnership. THU Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly THU and Simon Tcherniak. THU Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen THU Norris at the keyboard. THU A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00fny8b (Listen) THU Julian Fellowes - Snobs, Episode 4 THU Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by THU Julian Fellowes. THU Simon is on sparkling form when David and Isabel Easton THU invite the Broughtons and some of the film crew out for THU dinner, not realising that they are making a dreadful faux THU pas. But the evening takes an embarrassing turn and Charles THU is forced to make an early departure. THU Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell THU Edith ...... Sophie Roberts THU Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville THU Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie THU Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley THU Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson THU David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart THU Caroline ...... Caroline Harker THU Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt THU Bella ...... Bernice Stegers THU Singer ...... David Benson. THU THU 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04xn4c9 (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU The unspoken aftermath follows. Arabella and Edmund dance. THU Impoverished, Janet struggles to cope alone. Read by Claire THU Skinner. THU THU 15:00 Classic Serial b00shgb7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04y4s4z (Listen) THU Wing-walkers, telescopes and submarines THU Mel Giedroyc hears about an amazing group of female THU wing-walkers and learns about the power of telescopes. Plus THU there's the next part of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under THU the Sea. THU THU 17:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue b007k281 (Listen) THU Raising the Dead THU Miss Tilling is getting in touch with her spiritual side, THU but vicar Timothy is not so keen. Stars James Grout. From THU March 1991. THU THU 17:30 Any Other Business b012rb49 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04y4tdj (Listen) THU Something Nasty in the Throne Room THU Our hero battles his way to the Thargoid throne room, where THU a nasty surprise awaits. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial THU starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. THU THU 18:00 Who Goes There? b00fy2r0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076dzl (Listen) THU GK Chesterson THU Richard Ingrams nominates author and journalist GK THU Chesterton for regularly being right. With Humphrey THU Carpenter. From May 2003. 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 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq8k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jq20 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011ktgc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Art for Schools b00dzk96 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfr26 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones b007jtd2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap b04wwnh8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00pcllf (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 6 THU Perrier Award-winning comedian Laura Solon presents a series THU of sketches, monologues and one-liners. THU Domestic goddess Sue Morgan offers her own take on the THU perfect Christmas, call centre demon Gwyneth finally faces THU judgement, and we gain access to the Institute for Useless THU Scientific Research. THU With Ben Moor, Rosie Cavaliero and Ben Willbond. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b050sgy6 (Listen) THU The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Tiff Stevenson THU chats again to Wendy Wason. THU THU 23:00 Nick Mohammed in Bits b00tjdnz (Listen) THU Witness Statement THU There's been a robbery, and character comedian Nick Mohammed THU (Reggie Perrin, Sorry I've Got No Head) dons a police helmet THU and takes statements. Colin Hoult and Anna Crilly (Lead THU Balloon) co-star as the unhappy couple called on to testify. THU Bits is a series of character pieces showcasing the best of THU Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic characters in a series of one THU off comic plays. THU Produced by Victoria Lloyd. THU THU 23:30 Cabin Pressure b00cdsj8 (Listen) THU Series 1, Boston THU Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom THU no job is too small and many jobs are too difficult. THU A routine flight to Boston is disrupted by a routine fire, a THU routine lawsuit and a routine corpse. THU Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole THU First Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam THU Capt Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch THU Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore THU ATC Fitton ...... Ewen MacIntosh THU Hamilton Leeman ...... Kerry Shale THU Paramedic ...... Matilda Ziegler THU Written by John Finnemore. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in FRI Ukrainian b012h98j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00ndm9v (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 15 Minute Drama b00fny8b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04xn4c9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Who Goes There? b00fy2r0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b0076dzl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011ktgc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Art for Schools b00dzk96 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Classic Serial b00shgb7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfr26 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones b007jtd2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue b007k281 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Any Other Business b012rb49 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04y4tdj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011l9l8 (Listen) FRI Series 2, The Civil War FRI Agatha and James's murder hunt leads to Oxford, as intimacy FRI beckons in a cupboard full of special books. Stars Penelope FRI Keith. FRI FRI 06:30 The Jazz Baroness b00cjk3l (Listen) FRI Film maker Hannah Rothschild tells the extraordinary story FRI of her eccentric great aunt Pannonica Rothschild, who FRI settled in New York after World War II and became famous as FRI the Baroness of the Bebop jazz revolution. Such greats as FRI Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk were beneficiaries of her FRI patronage. FRI FRI 07:00 Little Blighty on the Down b007zmx4 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 2 FRI The editor of the Bugle receives a call from the mysterious FRI Deep Throat, a secret informant at the Parish council. FRI Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1990. FRI Credits FRI Actor: Barry Evans FRI Actor: George Layton FRI Actor: Geoffrey Davies FRI FRI 07:30 The Rest Is History b04wrycv (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of FRI it. FRI The Rest Is History is a new comedy discussion show which FRI promises to help him find out more about it. FRI Along with his historian in residence Dr Kate Williams, each FRI episode sees Frank joined by a selection of celebrity FRI guests, who will help him navigate his way through the FRI annals of time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, FRI oddest, and most interesting moments in history. FRI Frank's guests in this edition of the programme are David FRI Mitchell and Steve Hall. FRI Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard FRI An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Frank Skinner FRI Panellist: David Baddiel FRI Panellist: David Mitchell FRI Panellist: Steve Hall FRI Producer: Dan Schreiber FRI Producer: Justin Pollard FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k0xt (Listen) FRI The End of the Series FRI The cast reminisce over how they all first met. Stars Tony FRI Hancock, Moira Lister, Bill Kerr and Sid James. From FRI February 1955. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b010k3jw (Listen) FRI A Bird in the Hand FRI Chaos ensues when Sir Gregory announces he's off. And FRI there's a parrot to look after. With Richard Murdoch. From FRI September 1970. FRI FRI 09:00 Jest a Minute b00fy287 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 2 FRI Markus Birdman, Lloyd Langford, Chris Corcoran and Steve FRI Williams compete in Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz in Cardiff. FRI From December 2008. FRI FRI 09:30 Gush b04y52ct (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's epic tale of bitter rivals FRI whose destinies are tragically intertwined. FRI Written by master storyteller "Archie Jeffries", this FRI six-part series is set in Durban at the Transworld Oil FRI Conference - with the world on the brink of war. FRI What could divide two close friends, the aristocratic FRI Foxwell Cravate (Martin Jarvis) and American tycoon Max FRI Pomeroy (Mac Macdonald), so far apart that their rivalry has FRI come to threaten the human race? There's only one way to FRI find out - with flashbacks - as we discover how their FRI rivalry began at Cambridge. FRI The two women in the rivals' lives are Lolanthe Diamond FRI (Caroline Quentin) and Arabella Derbyshire (Felicity FRI Montagu). Also featuring Mandy Knight, Julian Dutton and FRI Jonathan Coy. FRI Spoofing the novels of Jeffrey Archer, Private Eye editor FRI Ian Hislop originally joked that the series was adapted from FRI the blockbuster novel of the same name - aping the style of FRI the best TV mini-series of the 90s. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994. FRI FRI 10:00 Classic Serial b00sl3xz (Listen) FRI JB Priestley - Bright Day, Episode 2 FRI By JB Priestley FRI Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is remembering his FRI youth in 1912, before the slaughter of the First World War FRI when he was an 18-year old in Bruddersford, Yorkshire: Now FRI in 1946, encounters with the same characters from his past FRI unlock secret events, buried yearnings and give potential FRI for the future. FRI Gregory Dawson/Narrator.. Jack Shepherd FRI Elizabeth Earl... Liza Sadovy FRI Young Gregory... Dean Smith FRI Joan Alington.. Sarah Smart FRI Bridget Alington... Sarah Churm FRI Eva Alington.. Lowri Evans FRI Jock / Harfner.... Conrad Nelson FRI Malcolm Nixey... Fred Ridgeway FRI Eleanor Nixey... Janice Mckenzie FRI Mr Alington... David Fleeshman FRI Mr Ackworth..... Fine Time Fontayne FRI Brent / Stanley Mervin... Seamus O'Neill FRI Ben Kerry... Steve Marsh FRI Laura Blackshaw..Megan Winnard FRI Mrs Childs.. Olwen May FRI Hinchcliff... Jake Norton FRI Dramatised by Diana Griffiths FRI Producer/Director - Pauline Harris. FRI FRI 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfs6z (Listen) FRI The China Factory FRI A student regrets holding certain things back at her factory FRI holiday job to fit in with the women workers. Read by Emily FRI Taaffe. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b007729k (Listen) FRI Nicola Baldwin - Edward Alleyn's Devil FRI Edward Alleyn's Devil FRI By Nicola Baldwin. FRI London, 1605. Edward Alleyn was the most famous actor of the FRI Jacobean stage. At the height of his fame, he believed he FRI saw a devil on stage. This snowy, sparkling play FRI investigates what really happened and looks at the FRI consequences that still influence us today. FRI Edward Alleyn ...... Richard McCabe FRI William Grogan ...... Brian McCardie FRI Philip Henslowe ...... Philip Jackson FRI Fardinandoo Black ...... Desmond McNamara FRI Joan Alleyn ...... Christine Kavanagh FRI Sir Francis Calton ...... Sam Dale FRI John Pyg ...... Joe Prospero FRI Robert Shaa ...... Joseph Kloska FRI Miss Wills ...... Bethan Walker FRI Isack Shackerley ...... Paul Richard Biggin. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k0xt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry b010k3jw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011l9l8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 The Jazz Baroness b00cjk3l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in FRI Ukrainian b012hbxt (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Reconciliation and a new arrival as Nikolai prepares for the FRI next phase of a long and chequered life. Concluded by Sian FRI Thomas. FRI FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00ndm9x (Listen) FRI Neat and Not too Showy FRI Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the FRI hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on FRI first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which FRI have never been heard before. Including songs which have FRI been specially recorded for the series. FRI These days we take it for granted that the home is a place FRI of refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was FRI an invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the FRI invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in FRI creating both social prestige and a successful marriage. FRI Moving into the 19th century, Prof Vickery explores the FRI homes of people lower down the social scale and their ideas FRI about how they wanted them to look. She draws on a series of FRI funny and revealing letters which she discovered in the FRI archive of a wallpaper company. FRI Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly FRI and Simon Tcherniak. FRI Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen FRI Norris at the keyboard. FRI A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00fny8v (Listen) FRI Julian Fellowes - Snobs, Episode 5 FRI Satire on English snobbery, adapted from his own novel by FRI Julian Fellowes. FRI Edith and Simon move in together, leaving Charles FRI devastated. But life with an actor is not as glamorous as FRI Edith had hoped and, when she makes an unfortunate FRI discovery, she is forced to make a choice. FRI Narrator ...... Nicholas Farrell FRI Edith ...... Sophie Roberts FRI Charles ...... Hugh Bonneville FRI Lady Uckfield ...... Celia Imrie FRI Lord Uckfield ...... Richard Mitchley FRI Isabel ...... Sophie Thompson FRI David/Eric ...... Rupert Vansittart FRI Caroline ...... Caroline Harker FRI Simon ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt FRI Bella ...... Bernice Stegers FRI Singer ...... David Benson. FRI FRI 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04xn4dz (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Events finally come to a head as Arabella talks to Anne and FRI Edmund. Revelations and resolutions follow. Read by Claire FRI Skinner. FRI FRI 15:00 Classic Serial b00sl3xz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04y55y6 (Listen) FRI The Congo, Fingal's Cave and sharks FRI Mel Giedroyc introduces a man who faced crocodiles and FRI hippos on the Congo river, explores the magic of Fingal's FRI Cave and presents the next part of 20,000 Leagues Under the FRI Sea. FRI FRI 17:00 King Street Junior Revisited b00kk7pr (Listen) FRI Series 4, Another Year, Another Head FRI A surprise awaits the staff returning from the long summer FRI holiday. Stars Brigit Forsyth and Marlene Sidaway. FRI FRI 17:30 Little Blighty on the Down b007zmx4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04y55y8 (Listen) FRI Firing Blanks? It's Not the End of the World FRI What would you do if the universe was to end in two minutes? FRI Our hero has the answer. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial FRI starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. FRI FRI 18:00 Jest a Minute b00fy287 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 Meet the Parents b01jxxzs (Listen) FRI Series 2, Evelyn Glennie FRI 1/1 FRI Evelyn Glennie talks to her mum about life growing up in FRI Aberdeen and how her parents' musical influences led her to FRI become a musician. She also explains how she had to overcome FRI losing her hearing at the age of 12. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k0xt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry b010k3jw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 MC Beaton - Agatha Raisin b011l9l8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 The Jazz Baroness b00cjk3l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory b01qfs6z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b007729k (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 The Rest Is History b04wrycv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b050hvjc (Listen) FRI The best in contemporary comedy. Plus, Arthur Smith chats to FRI Festival of the Spoken Nerd. FRI FRI 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth b007wp4b (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 3 FRI Tony Hart visits Sheffield singer John as he tries to paint FRI the lounge for wife Mary. With Stephen Frost. From March FRI 2000. FRI FRI 23:00 Eric Idle - Radio Five b04y57sr (Listen) FRI From 19/05/1973 FRI Following his TV success with Monty Python in the 1970s, FRI Eric Idle's first solo venture - predating Rutland Weekend FRI Television by a year - was his very own hour-long music and FRI comedy shows on BBC Radio 1. FRI Ever the innovator, Idle's Radio Five pre-dated the real BBC FRI network of that name by some 18 years. FRI Eric links his eclectic choice of music (from the Beach Boys FRI to Joni Mitchell) with self-penned sketches, for which he FRI provides all of the voices. FRI Sketches include: unusual ways to join the Radio Five Club FRI and the latest headlines from The World at Radio One. A FRI weatherman can't quite manage to sign off his bulletin - and FRI a new panel game called Absolute Rubbish. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in May 1973. FRI