17 July, 2015

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18/07/2015 - 24/07/2015

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SAT SATURDAY 18 JULY 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pkvk9 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Unending SAT Notting Hill's Carnival sees the potential end of the worlds SAT and new weirdness. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex SAT Tregear. SAT SAT 00:30 Fry's English Delight b00tgd1b (Listen) SAT Series 3, Accentuate the Negative SAT Contradiction is an addiction - from philosophical dialectic SAT to the verification of scientific and mathematical SAT hypotheses, and from religious controversy to traditional SAT pantomime exchanges with the audience. Oh No It Isn't, you SAT may think. Oh, yes, it very much is. SAT Stephen Fry examines various aspects of the subject with SAT language expert Professor David Crystal, theologian Melissa SAT Raphael-Levine, philosopher Anthony Grayling, and Oliver SAT Double, who has made a special study of comedy double-acts, SAT and will reveal just how vital contradiction is not only for SAT cross-patter partners but for the whole of comedy. SAT We learn about the Square of Opposition and about how there SAT is more than one way to be wrong. We find out just how the SAT law of double negatives work, and how beguiling and SAT sometimes surprising the oxymoron can be - that little SAT combination of a couple of words that cancel each other out SAT in some way. Well, it's only common sense, isn't it? SAT We also hear how those who claim to spot contradictions in SAT the Bible, or the Talmud, or the Koran are essentially SAT misguided, and we hear about a current development in SAT English that threatens to change one of the things that has SAT so far made the language different to French or German. SAT All of that, together with a lesson in when "No" does not SAT necessarily mean no - and when "Yes" doesn't really mean SAT yes, either. SAT Producer: Ian Gardhouse SAT ATestbed production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Nick Baker SAT SAT 01:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzt (Listen) SAT Carnage at Sea SAT The 1930s heroic agent takes on the law to pursue his arch SAT enemy in the heart of New York. SAT Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace SAT Powers. With Rachel Power and William Hootkins SAT Adapted for radio by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip SAT created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by SAT King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996. SAT Originally agent X-9 had no name, but opted to call himself SAT "Dexter" in the opening tale. SAT Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective SAT novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while SAT cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero SAT Flash Gordon. SAT Produced by Chris Wallis. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. SAT SAT 01:30 The Keskidee b00k4fv9 (Listen) SAT Oral Historian Alan Dein pieces together the remarkable and SAT pioneering story of the Keskidee, Britain's first arts SAT centre for the black community. Founded in the early 1970's SAT and tucked away in a church hall in the backstreets of SAT Islington, London, it forged new ground for a generation of SAT black British poets, actors, artists and directors. Today a SAT plaque is being unveiled by Islington Council in recognition SAT of the cultural importance of the Keskidee, whose story was SAT first told when this programme was originally broadcast in SAT 2009. SAT Dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson was the educational officer at SAT the Keskidee and Bob Marley shot the music video for 'Is SAT This Love?' there. It had its own drama company, artists in SAT residence and was a hub for African and Afro-Caribbean SAT politics and arts, as well as a creative nursery for SAT home-grown talent. It also catered for the needs of local SAT youth and gave a generation of black teenagers a space of SAT their own. But this massively influential cultural centre SAT also has a fascinating earlier history, when it served as a SAT progressive mission hall with a musical pastor and a SAT legendary silver band. Today the building has reverted to SAT being a religious base, housing an African church and a SAT devout and joyous congregation. Dein joins up the hidden SAT history of Gifford Hall which has played host to three SAT different communities, but which, curiously, have much in SAT common. SAT Producer: Neil McCarthy. SAT SAT 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01kng10 (Listen) SAT Freya North - Rumours, Episode 5 SAT Lady Lydia reveals the true reason behind why she's selling SAT Longbridge, and Stella has a brainwave. Read by Naomi SAT Frederick. SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00y2x5k (Listen) SAT MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 5 SAT M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana SAT Ahmad. Ash takes up his post with the Guides in Mardan, but SAT his relationship with Belinda is increasingly troubled. SAT Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi SAT Ash ..... Blake Ritson SAT Gulbaz ..... Kaleem Janjua SAT Zarin ..... Chris Simpson SAT Colonel ..... Sam Dale SAT Khoda-Daad ..... Sam Dastor SAT Battye ..... Jude Akuwudike SAT Belinda ..... Leah Brotherhead SAT George ..... Lloyd Thomas SAT Mrs Harlowe ..... Christine Kavanagh SAT Major Harlowe ..... Sean Baker SAT Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Jessica Dromgoole SAT Producer: Marc Beeby SAT SAT 02:45 Book of the Week b00t6fcj (Listen) SAT Lynn Schooler - Walking Home, Episode 5 SAT To have any hope of reaching the Wilderness Swift to sail SAT back to Juneau, Lynn must first outrun or outwit the grizzly SAT bear on his trail. But this bear is like no other he has SAT seen. And it is circling him. SAT With his back to the surf, and armed only with a SAT pepper-spray, Lynn is running quickly out of options. SAT Lynn Schooler is the critically acclaimed author of The Blue SAT Bear (2003) and The Last Shot (2006). He has lived in Alaska SAT for almost forty years, working as a commercial fisherman, SAT shipwright, wilderness guide, and an award-winning wildlife SAT photographer. SAT Abridged by Jeremy Osborne SAT Reader: Colin Stinton. SAT Producer: Rosalynd Ward SAT A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 03:00 John Buchan - The Three Hostages b00lgn64 (Listen) SAT I Make the Acquaintance of a Popular Man SAT Some years after his 39 Steps mission, Richard Hannay SAT encounters a global criminal gang. Stars David Robb and SAT Haydn Gwynne. SAT SAT 04:00 All the Way From Memphis b00m0mb4 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 1 SAT James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, SAT Tracey MacLeod, Dave Gorman and Mary Anne Hobbs. From May SAT 2006. SAT SAT 04:30 Sneakiepeeks b00pqn27 (Listen) SAT Two of Our Spies Are Missing SAT When Bill meets the most able but least sane assassin, SAT Sharla and Mark must locate them. Stars Nina Conti. From SAT January 2010. SAT SAT 05:00 Little Blighty on the Down b00tx3dp (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 5 SAT When an opera star visits, council leader John shows his SAT true colours. Political satire with John Baddeley. From SAT August 1991. SAT SAT 05:30 Don't Need the Sunshine b061pr48 (Listen) SAT John Osbourne returns to Radio 4 with autobiographical SAT stories from four seasides that hold a special place in his SAT heart. SAT SAT 06:00 Leigh Jackson - Legacy b062n0lr (Listen) SAT A film producer takes his ex-girlfriend on a nostalgia trip SAT to a beautiful house in the country where he once made a SAT film. He's hoping that the atmosphere of the place will help SAT to resurrect their relationship. SAT The house is advertised for sale and other prospective SAT purchasers begin to arrive. But as the day proceeds, an SAT element of mystery surrounds the house and its past ... SAT Starring David Buck as Warren, Rosalind Ayres as Ella, SAT Stuart Milligan as Ashley and Alex Jennings as the SAT Policeman. SAT Recorded on location at Waterplace Farm, near Ware, SAT Hertfordshire and at various locations on the Buxton Estate, SAT Easneye, Ware - including Widfordbury Farm, Widford. SAT Written by Leigh Jackson. SAT Directed by Cherry Cookson. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1982. SAT SAT 07:30 Fabulous Flops b013zbph (Listen) SAT More Fabulous Flops, Episode 3 SAT Paul Roseby surveys DJ Mike Read's one-night musical about SAT Oscar Wilde, and the Broadway frustrations of Stephen SAT Sondheim. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b01q7g6n (Listen) SAT Spoken Like a Woman SAT In the earliest days of radio, women commented on 'household SAT matters', talked about their garden or their travels - SAT writers Vita Sackville-West and Rebecca West were regulars - SAT and became Children's Hour 'Aunts'; but certainly never read SAT the news. On the other hand, the young BBC employed a number SAT of brilliant young women behind the microphone who shaped SAT the earliest days of programme-making. SAT But when they finally broke into the male bastion of SAT mainstream broadcasting, largely as a result of the second SAT world war, women's particular affinity with the microphone SAT was quickly recognised, notably on the World Service where SAT the female voice was soon found to be more effective at SAT reaching listeners at the other end of the Empire than that SAT of their male counterparts. SAT In this programme, Anne Karpf explores, with the help of the SAT sound archive, the way women's voices have shaped the sound SAT of British radio, from Auntie Kathleen of Children's Hour SAT and those formal talks of the early BBC, via the forces' SAT sweethearts like Jean Metcalfe and Marjorie Anderson, to SAT today's topliners like Martha Kearney and Bridget Kendall. SAT Producer Simon Elmes. SAT SAT 09:00 Arthur Bostrom's Summer Holiday b062n3n0 (Listen) SAT Arthur Bostrom fishes out his old bucket and spade and takes SAT a sunny stroll through the radio archives celebrating the SAT Summer holiday season. On his travels we hear new SAT contributions from Su Pollard, Melvyn Hayes, Julie SAT Hesmondhalgh and Zeb Soanes. His selection includes: SAT * "Fun and Laughter on a Summer Holiday" SAT Arthur Bostrom unpacks a suitcase of music, mirth and SAT memories as he searches for the perfect summer holiday. SAT * Life With The Lyons: Back in the Autumn SAT The Lyons family is planning their summer holiday, but will SAT it be plain sailing? Stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. From SAT May 1954 SAT * Steptoe and Son: Homes Fit For Heroes SAT Harold makes holiday plans to sail around the world with a SAT group of young adventurers, but what does he do with Albert? SAT Stars Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett SAT * All Gas And Gaiters: The Bishop Takes A Holiday SAT A clerical outing to a dwindling community parish causes SAT chaos. Adapted from TV with Derek Nimmo and William Mervyn. SAT From July 1972 SAT * Hancock's Half Hour: Back From Holiday SAT After a disastrous break, the lad discovers Sid's rented his SAT house out. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. From October SAT 1956. SAT SAT 12:00 The Navy Lark b007wwf0 (Listen) SAT 50th Show: Mr Murray's Houseboat SAT The Commander entrusts Uncle Ebeneezer with his new SAT purchase, but disaster isn't faraway. SAT The 50th show in the series stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief SAT Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, SAT Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as Able SAT Seaman Johnson and Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey. SAT Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS SAT Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen SAT series between 1959 and 1976 SAT Scripted by Lawrie Wyman SAT Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. SAT First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1960. SAT SAT 12:30 Marriage Lines b061ygcr (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 5 SAT George and Kate get in a tizzy showing-off baby Helen. SAT Richard Briers and Prunella Scales star in their second SAT series based on the mutual love and mistrust of a young SAT married couple. SAT Originating on BBC TV, it was adapted for radio due to its SAT popularity by Richard Waring from his own TV scripts. SAT A decade later, Richard Briers was starring as Tom Good in SAT The Good Life whilst Prunella Scales starred as Sybil in SAT Fawlty Towers. They remained friends until Richard Briers' SAT death in 2013. SAT Producer: Charles Maxwell SAT Recorded at the BBC Paris Studio in London. SAT First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967. SAT SAT 13:00 Appiness - Omnibus b062n3n2 (Listen) SAT Just imagine - a dating app that lets you swipe from one SAT partner to another, instantly! Stars Katy Wix and Karl SAT Theobald. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b04cb4nj (Listen) SAT Graham Fellows SAT Graham Fellows - aka John Shuttleworth - shares his SAT Inheritance Tracks. SAT SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0075nd0 (Listen) SAT Dame Barbara Cartland SAT Romantic fiction writer Dame Barbara Cartland talks to Dr SAT Anthony Clare about her career and strongly held beliefs. SAT Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with SAT prominent people from different walks of life. Born in SAT Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a SAT master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal SAT College of Psychiatrists. SAT After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in SAT the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and SAT earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair. SAT Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also SAT transferred to TV. SAT Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b01q7g6n (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Leigh Jackson - Legacy b062n0lr (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Fabulous Flops b013zbph (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 Afternoon Drama b012fbw8 (Listen) SAT Torchwood: The Lost Files, The Devil and Miss Carew SAT Martin Jarvis and Juliet Mills join the regular cast for SAT this latest Torchwood adventure by Rupert Laight. SAT When Rhys's elderly Uncle Bryn has a heart attack while SAT listening to the shipping forecast, it seems like another SAT routine death at Ivyday Nursing Home. But when Rhys and Gwen SAT go to collect the old man's effects, Gwen's suspicions are SAT roused by another elderly resident. The conversation is cut SAT short, though, by a fire alarm, one of many consequences of SAT the mysterious power cuts that are sweeping the nation. Gwen SAT has a hunch that something is wrong and her search leads her SAT to Miss Carew, a suspiciously fit and strong octogenarian SAT who, despite having supposedly terminal heart disease, has SAT left Ivyday and gone back to work at the Computer firm she SAT used to run. Miss Carew has been offered a deal by Fitzroy, SAT a wandering alien with an aversion to electricity who is SAT looking for a home. It's a deal that Miss Carew can't SAT refuse. But the consequences for planet Earth are SAT unthinkable. SAT Rupert Laight is one of the writers of The Sarah Jane SAT Adventures SAT Recorded at The Invisible Studios, by Mark Holden and mixed SAT at BBC Wales by Nigel Lewis. SAT A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. SAT Credits SAT Captain Jack Harkness: John Barrowman SAT Gwen Cooper: Eve Myles SAT Ianto Jones: Gareth David-Lloyd SAT Rhys Williams: Kai Owen SAT Fitzroy: Martin Jarvis SAT Miss Carew: Juliet Mills SAT Sian: Hayley J Williams SAT Uncle Bryn: James Walsh SAT Old Lady: Shelley Rees SAT Writer: Rupert Laight SAT Producer: Kate McAll SAT Director: Kate McAll SAT SAT 18:45 Brave New Worlds b01n6yj3 (Listen) SAT Marionettes, Inc SAT By Ray Bradbury. Written 50 years ago, anticipating virtual SAT lives and avatars. From 2012's Cheltenham Literary Festival. SAT Read by Jon Strickland. SAT SAT 19:00 Arthur Bostrom's Summer Holiday b062n3n0 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Hardeep at The Stand b01r1313 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 3 SAT Join Hardeep Singh Kohli for some hilarious stand up comedy SAT from a selection of the best comedians working in the world SAT right now. Hardeep At The Stand captures the entire comedy SAT experience, there's backstage revelations, jokes, anecdotes SAT and lots and lots of laughter. Three of the biggest names in SAT UK comedy grace the stage for this episode and an exciting SAT newcomer: Lucy Porter, Brendon Burns, Patrick Monahan and SAT Hari Sriskantha. SAT SAT 22:15 The Problem With Adam Bloom b00gl4t1 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Insecurity SAT The stand-up comedian talks about paranoia, obsessions, an SAT aversion to therapy and getting a round in. With Stefano SAT Paolini. From November 2004. SAT SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive b007yyqd (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 6 SAT The ringmaster throws the news up into the air and plays SAT catch with Jack Dee, Rich Hall and Phill Jupitus. From SAT September 2007. SAT SAT 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth b00ysfh6 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT The urban warrior's comedy-music mix, with the full lowdown SAT on fashion. Stars Simon Munnery. From March 1995. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 19 JULY 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Afternoon Drama b012fbw8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:45 Brave New Worlds b01n6yj3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Appiness - Omnibus b062n3n2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b04cb4nj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0075nd0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b01q7g6n (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Leigh Jackson - Legacy b062n0lr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Fabulous Flops b013zbph (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions b062n97p (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Made for 4 Extra. After the Indian mutiny of 1857, English SUN orphan Ashton's destiny is set - disguised as his ayah's SUN son. Epic drama with Vineeta Rishi. SUN SUN 07:15 Allen Saddler - I Should Say So b01kjtfx (Listen) SUN Series 1, The Poltergeist SUN Michael Williams stars as legendary 1940s radio star and SUN all-round pessimist Robb Wilton. How would he find life in SUN 1986? SUN SUN 07:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b0138xmh (Listen) SUN Series 5, Lorry Driver SUN Milton Jones is the king of the world of refrigerated SUN haulage with his very own fleet of iced lorries. But his SUN 1000th lorry contains a secret more deadly than one of his SUN mum's famous all-day breakfasts.. SUN He's joined in his endeavours by his co-stars Tom SUN Goodman-Hill ("Camelot"), Dave Lamb ("Come Dine With Me") SUN and Lucy Montgomery ("Down The Line"). SUN Milton Jones returns to BBC Radio Four for an amazing 9th SUN series - which means he's been running for longer than SUN Gardeners' Question Time and answered more questions on SUN gardening as well. SUN Britain's funniest Milton and the king of the one-liner SUN returns with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new SUN jokes for a series of daffy comedy adventures SUN Each week, Milton is a complete and utter expert at SUN something - brilliant Mathematician, World-Class Cyclist, SUN Aviator, Championship Jockey... SUN ... and each week, with absolutely no ability or competence, SUN he plunges into a big adventure with utterly funny SUN results... SUN "Milton Jones is one of Britain's best gagsmiths with a SUN flair for creating daft yet perfect one-liners" - The SUN Guardian. SUN "King of the surreal one-liners" - The Times SUN "If you haven't caught up with Jones yet - do so!" - The SUN Daily Mail SUN Written by Milton with James Cary ("Think The Unthinkable", SUN "Miranda"), the man they call "Britain's funniest Milton," SUN returns to the radio with a fully-working cast and a SUN shipload of new jokes. SUN The cast includes regulars Tom Goodman-Hill ( "Spamalot"), SUN Lucy Montgomery ("Down The Line"), Dave Lamb ("Come Dine SUN With Me") and Ben Willbond ("Horrible Histories") SUN David Tyler's radio credits include Armando Iannucci's Charm SUN Offensive, Cabin Pressure, Bigipedia, Another Case Of Milton SUN Jones, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, Giles Wemmbley SUN Hogg Goes Off, The 99p Challenge, The Castle, The 3rd Degree SUN and even, going back a bit, Radio Active. His TV credits SUN include Paul Merton - The Series, Spitting Image, SUN Absolutely, The Paul & Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's SUN Run, The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon and exec producing Victoria SUN Wood's dinnerladies. SUN Produced & directed by David Tyler SUN A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 08:00 Ray's a Laugh b007js9f (Listen) SUN From 01/04/1954 SUN Ted and wife Kitty wrestle with finding a new cleaner. Stars SUN Ted Ray, Kitty Bluett and Peter Sellers. From April 1954. SUN SUN 08:30 Whack-O! b062n97r (Listen) SUN From 11/07/1961 SUN Professor Jimmy Edwards' elevation to PhD status comes at a SUN cost - to someone else! With June Whitfield. SUN Starting life on BBC TV before transferring to radio, SUN Chiselbury School is run "for the sons of gentlefolk". SUN Headmaster, Professor James Edwards, M.A. never misses a SUN trick when it comes to exploiting the students and their SUN parents. Sports pitches are given over to growing SUN vegetables, which the boys nurture for their head to sell. SUN Classes never exceed 95 pupils - 50 if private tuition is SUN paid for at five guineas extra. It's only thanks to the SUN efforts of the devoted deputy head, Mr Pettigrew, that the SUN school exists at all. SUN Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden and adapted for radio SUN by David Climie. SUN Producer: Edward Taylor SUN First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1961. SUN SUN 09:00 Malachy Tallack - Sixty Degrees North Omnibus SUN b062nhq8 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. Malachy Tallack journeys from Shetland around SUN the 60th Parallel, which crosses from Canada to Russia. Read SUN by Sandy Grierson. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b010gj9c (Listen) SUN Andrea Levy SUN The author inherits 'Magic Moments' by Perry Como and passes SUN on 'London Is the Place for Me' by Lord Kitchener. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b010gm0d (Listen) SUN Children's Writers, Jacqueline Wilson SUN From Queen to Beethoven, the award-winning children's author SUN discusses her castaway choices. With Sue Lawley. From SUN October 2005. SUN SUN 11:00 Mystery Theater b062nhqb (Listen) SUN Drive In: Judy Garland SUN 1946: "There are a lot of things that can happen at a SUN drive-in that aren't on the menu". SUN Legendary Hollywood actress and singer, Judy Garland stars SUN in this thrilling episode from CBS Radio's Suspense series. SUN Star of film classics The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Meet Me in SUN St Louis (1944), this drama sees Judy in far more peril than SUN we're used to - as single, star-struck waitress Mildred SUN working in a Hollywood drive-in diner. SUN One night she attends to a very late customer, but never can SUN she have expected such a terrifyingly dangerous encounter. SUN Earlier in 1946, aged 24, Judy Garland had given birth to SUN her daughter Liza Minnelli. SUN First broadcast in the USA on the Columbia Broadcasting SUN System. SUN SUN 11:30 Ken Bruce Profiles Judy Garland b062nhqd (Listen) SUN Ken Bruce traces the career of Hollywood legend Judy SUN Garland, who first appeared on stage as Frances Ethel Gumm SUN aged just two years old. SUN Includes a recording of Judy singing 'Over the Rainbow' aged SUN 17. SUN First broadcast during Friday Night is Music Night on BBC SUN Radio 2 in 2001. SUN SUN 11:45 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life b00pdxrt (Listen) SUN Somewhere Over the Rainbow SUN How The Wizard of Oz sparked a lifelong passion for the SUN Hollywood star in Lucian Freud's daughter. Read by Tamsin SUN Greig. SUN SUN 12:00 Ray's a Laugh b007js9f (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Whack-O! b062n97r (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions b062n97p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 Allen Saddler - I Should Say So b01kjtfx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train b062nhqg (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Three women, three men, connected through marriage or SUN infidelity. Each is to blame for something. Taut SUN psychological thriller stars Sally Hawkins, Lyndsey Marshall SUN and Zoe Tapper. SUN SUN 15:45 Afternoon Reading b011vdv3 (Listen) SUN Alexandros Papadiamandis - The Boundless Garden, Black Scarf SUN Rock SUN Mark Williams reads from an anthology of 19th century Greek SUN short stories. Yannios, an old fisherman, saves a boy from SUN drowning in the shadow of the mysterious Black Scarf Rock. SUN Alexandros Papadiamandis (1851 - 1911) was born on the SUN western Aegean island of Skiathos, where many of his short SUN stories are set. He has been compared to Dostoyevsky and SUN Hardy and, shares with them similar qualities in the great SUN European tradition of story-telling. His reflections on, and SUN observations of, Greek life - particularly on his native SUN Skiathos - define the Greek experience at the turn of the SUN last century in a way unattained by any of his (now SUN forgotten) contemporaries. SUN In these stories he explores the souls of ordinary men and SUN women as they succumb to, or struggle against, the power of SUN evil, and try to deal with life's ambiguities. Aware of the SUN way in which the past breathes life into the present, SUN Papadiamandis also delves into Greek mythology, as it SUN survived through people's belief in supernatural wonders on SUN both land and sea. SUN Mark Williams is well known as one of the stars of BBC TV's SUN The Fast Show ("Suits you, sir..!!") and for the role of Ron SUN Weasley's father in the Harry Potter films. SUN Translated by Liadain Sherrard SUN Abridged by Roy Apps SUN Producer: David Blount SUN A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 16:00 Neville Watchurst - A Vital Flaw b00mj27x (Listen) SUN A German doctor faces a dilemma as his wartime patient SUN Heinrich Himmler grows dependent upon him. With Martin SUN Jarvis and John Duttine. SUN SUN 17:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b0138xmh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 b007jwfl (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN With human spare-part surgery the norm, marketing expert SUN Eleanor visits the cloning HQ in Abbottsville. Stars David SUN Birrell. SUN SUN 18:30 Algernon Blackwood - Ancient Sorceries b007jvxh (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN A timid commuter meets the cat-like residents of a French SUN village. Algernon Henry Blackwood's dark tale, read by SUN Philip Madoc. SUN SUN 19:00 Mystery Theater b062nhqb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 Ken Bruce Profiles Judy Garland b062nhqd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 19:45 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life b00pdxrt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Malachy Tallack - Sixty Degrees North Omnibus SUN b062nhq8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b010gj9c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b010gm0d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones b0138xmh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Cowards b007h55q (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 5 SUN Unusual pets and shock elections in the bizarre world of Tom SUN Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. From SUN May 2007. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b063zf05 (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Tom Wrigglesworth chats to SUN Stephen Carlin. SUN SUN 23:00 Mastering the Universe b00sjw5l (Listen) SUN Series 1, Party On Down SUN Professor Joy Klamp explores the miserable world of SUN partying. Stars Dawn French and Christopher Douglas. From SUN November 2005. SUN SUN 23:15 The Shuttleworths b01ncg5h (Listen) SUN Series 4, Hello, Hello, Hello SUN John Shuttleworth enters the age of the mobile phone, but is SUN he fully future-prepared? Stars Graham Fellows. From March SUN 2003. SUN SUN 23:30 Inside Alan Francis b00hv1rj (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN Comedy series in which comedian Alan Francis explores the SUN workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends SUN and long-suffering girlfriend Jane. SUN Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors. SUN With Julian Dutton, Barnaby Power, Kali Peacock. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 20 JULY 2015 MON MON 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 b007jwfl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Algernon Blackwood - Ancient Sorceries b007jvxh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions b062n97p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 Allen Saddler - I Should Say So b01kjtfx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train b062nhqg (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Afternoon Reading b011vdv3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Neville Watchurst - A Vital Flaw b00mj27x (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b0138xmh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq0q (Listen) MON The Powers That Be MON The all-American hero battles to save gold bullion and solve MON Evelyn's disappearance. MON Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace MON Powers. With Rachel Power and William Hootkins MON The heroic agent's 4-part adventure was adapted for radio by MON Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell MON Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it MON ran from 1934 to 1996. MON Originally agent X-9 had no name, but opted to call himself MON "Dexter" in the opening tale. MON Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective MON novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while MON cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero MON Flash Gordon. MON Produced by Chris Wallis. MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. MON MON 06:30 Dreaming of Toad Hall b00dnjd8 (Listen) MON A hundred years after the publication of Kenneth Grahame's MON The Wind in the Willows, John O'Farrell returns to the MON Berkshire riverbank of Grahame's childhood to explore the MON relationship between the author and his son Alastair and MON some of the themes and imagery of this classic tale. MON MON 07:00 The World As We Know It b00fj2bt (Listen) MON The Election MON The last five people left on Earth try to elect a head of MON the household. Stars Meera Syal and Simon Greenall. From May MON 1999. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b061qht5 (Listen) MON Series 63, Episode 1 MON The 63rd series of Radio 4's multi award-winning 'antidote MON to panel games' promises yet more quality, desk-based MON entertainment for all the family. The series starts its run MON at the White Rock Theatre in Hastings where regulars Barry MON Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the MON panel by Miles Jupp, with Jack Dee as the programme's MON reluctant chairman. Regular listeners will know to expect MON inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the MON piano. Producer - Jon Naismith. It is a BBC Radio Comedy MON production. MON Credits MON Presenter: Jack Dee MON Panellist: Barry Cryer MON Panellist: Graeme Garden MON Panellist: Tim Brooke-Taylor MON Panellist: Miles Jupp MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b00q9gk2 (Listen) MON Series 2, Uninvited Guests MON Calamity strikes when the Home Guard and ARP wardens share MON the church hall. MON Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier MON as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John MON Laurie as Private Frazer, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, MON Arnold Ridley as Godfrey and Bill Pertwee as Hodges. MON Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV MON scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. MON Producer: John Dyas MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1975. MON MON 08:30 Marriage Lines b062nldl (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 6 MON George and Kate's first night out since baby arrived doesn't MON go well. MON Richard Briers and Prunella Scales star in their second MON series based on the mutual love and mistrust of a young MON married couple. MON Originating on BBC TV, it was adapted for radio due to its MON popularity by Richard Waring from his own TV scripts. MON A decade later, Richard Briers was starring as Tom Good in MON The Good Life whilst Prunella Scales starred as Sybil in MON Fawlty Towers. They remained friends until Richard Briers' MON death in 2013. MON Producer: Charles Maxwell MON Recorded at the BBC Paris Studio in London. MON First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967. MON MON 09:00 Genius b008h570 (Listen) MON Series 1, Richard Madeley MON Dave Gorman asks Richard Madeley to select the public's best MON loopy idea, from mini-elephants to food on tap. From MON November 2005. MON MON 09:30 Sketchorama b062nrxn (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 3 MON Actress and comedian Isy Suttie presents three up-and-coming MON sketch groups from the live UK comedy circuit. MON MON 10:00 John Buchan - The Three Hostages b00lh0tl (Listen) MON I Visit the Fields of Eden MON Battling international kidnappers, agent Richard Hannay MON takes on a sinister adversary. Stars David Robb and Clive MON Merrison. MON MON 11:00 Book at Bedtime b00xhdx4 (Listen) MON Julian Barnes Stories, Complicity, part 1 MON Written by Julian Barnes. First part of his story MON 'Complicity'. A gentle love story which also explores the MON connections we make and how we communicate them. MON Reader: Julian Barnes MON Producer: Jill Waters MON A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:15 Clare Bayley - The Secret Place b01r2vh1 (Listen) MON Andy is marrying Safi, but there will be no wedding night MON for them, since Andy is serving a life sentence for murder. MON Stars Paul Hilton. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b00q9gk2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Marriage Lines b062nldl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq0q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Dreaming of Toad Hall b00dnjd8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01k9wlr (Listen) MON Marina Lewycka - Various Pets Alive and Dead, Episode 1 MON Doro's three children break free of ideals from their MON unconventional upbringing in a left-wing commune. Marina MON Lewycka's novel is a witty and astute take on modern values. MON When Doro and Marcus brought up their children they were MON committed members of a left-wing commune in Doncaster where MON radical politics, lentils and domestic chaos were the order MON of the day. Their children, Serge, Clara and Oolie Anna, who MON has Down's Syndrome, aspire to a different way of life. MON Serge is pretending to do a PhD in maths at Cambridge, but MON is in fact earning ninety grand a year in an investment MON bank, a betrayal of all that Doro and Marcus hold dear. MON Clara has more of a social conscience than her brother and MON has turned to teaching, while Oolie Anna is desperate to MON leave home and live in her own flat. When secrets are MON uncovered and truths revealed the consequences are MON unexpected. MON Read by Sam Alexander, Susie Riddell and Christine Absalom. MON Abridged by Julian Wilkinson. MON Produced by Elizabeth Allard. MON Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra. First broadcast in 2012. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y5htk (Listen) MON MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 6 MON M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana MON Ahmad. Ash returns to camp with the stolen carbines and is MON given a new mission which will transform his life. MON Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi MON Ash ..... Blake Ritson MON Gulbaz ..... Kaleem Janjua MON Jhoti ..... Joseph Samrai MON Kaka-Ji Rao ..... Paul Bhattacharjee MON Biju Ram ..... Inam Mirza MON Colonel ..... Sam Dale MON Battye ..... Jude Akuwudike MON Ambrose ..... Iain Batchelor MON Clerk ..... Adeel Akhtar MON Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. MON Credits MON Producer: Jessica Dromgoole MON Producer: Marc Beeby MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b00td5jq (Listen) MON Stuart Kelly - Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation, MON Episode 1 MON His name, image and influence can be seen everywhere; from MON Scottish banknotes to place names across the globe. Sir MON Walter Scott invented the modern novel, began Scotland's MON tourist industry and was the first celebrity author - a MON heady mix of JK Rowling and Dan Brown long before the age of MON mass media hype. Lauded by contemporary critics as well as MON his massive readership in the 19th century, he's hardly read MON - and even more rarely enjoyed - today. MON Stuart Kelly examines the contradictory legacy of Sir Walter MON Scott; bestselling bankrupt, iconic unknown and the Tory MON defender of the Union who fought to save Scotland's banking MON independence. Kelly considers the influential images of his MON own country created by Scott - the stereotype of the kilted MON native dwelling within rugged, romantic landscapes - images MON which haunt Scotland to this day. MON Stuart Kelly was born and brought up in the Scottish MON Borders. He studied English at Oxford and is the Literary MON Editor of Scotland on Sunday. MON Reader: Robin Laing MON Abridger: Laurence Wareing MON Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. MON MON 15:00 John Buchan - The Three Hostages b00lh0tl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 Genius b008h570 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b007k1xx (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 3 MON Competitive capitalism engulfs the CyberPass Bistro as Merv MON creates an internal market. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May MON 2003. MON MON 17:00 The World As We Know It b00fj2bt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b061qht5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Weird Tales b01nrd24 (Listen) MON Series 3, Original Features MON by Christopher William Hill. The first in a new series of MON chilling plays for winter nights. MON When Carl and Rob buy a flat in a nineteenth century house, MON it seems they've found their perfect home. With Carl away on MON business, Rob throws himself into restoring the flat, but he MON ends up with more of the original features than he had MON anticipated. MON Cast: MON Carl ..... Martin Hutson MON Rob ..... Carl Prekopp MON Jess ..... Adjoa Andoh MON Girl ..... Francine Chamberlain MON Answerphone ..... Tracy Wiles MON Woman ..... Alex Rivers MON Man ..... Christopher Webster MON directed by Mary Peate. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075t8n (Listen) MON Baroness Margaret Jay and Ekow Eshun MON Louise Doughty and her guests Baroness Margaret Jay and MON journalist Ekow Eshun talk about favourite paperbacks by MON Douglas Coupland, Colm Toibin and Philip Larkin. From 2000. MON Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland MON Publisher: Flamingo MON High Windows by Philip Larkin MON Publishe: Faber & Faber MON Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin MON Publisher: Picador/McMillan. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b00q9gk2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Marriage Lines b062nldl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq0q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Dreaming of Toad Hall b00dnjd8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Book at Bedtime b00xhdx4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Clare Bayley - The Secret Place b01r2vh1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b061qht5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Sketchorama b062nrxn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b061tqvh (Listen) MON Series 46, Episode 3 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with Freya Parker and Mitch Benn MON present the week's news through stand-up and sketches. This MON week the cast are joined by Sarah Kendall, Andy Zaltzman and MON film critic Peter Bradshaw. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Hugh Dennis MON Performer: Sarah Kendall MON Performer: Andy Zaltzman MON Performer: Peter Bradshaw MON MON 23:30 Pick Ups b00ngzck (Listen) MON Series 2, Stags and Bucks MON Sitcom by Ian Kershaw, set around a Manchester taxi company. MON An old school friend rocks Dave's world, while Mike gets MON involved in a gay stag night - on the straight side of town. MON Mike ...... Paul Loughran MON Lind ...... Lesley Sharp MON Dave ...... Phil Rowson MON Shelly ...... Naomi Radcliffe MON Ashley ...... Jonathan Mayor MON Darren ...... Chris Hoyle. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 21 JULY 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Weird Tales b01nrd24 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b0075t8n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq0q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Dreaming of Toad Hall b00dnjd8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01k9wlr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00y5htk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Book of the Week b00td5jq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 John Buchan - The Three Hostages b00lh0tl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Genius b008h570 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b007k1xx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The World As We Know It b00fj2bt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b061qht5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq13 (Listen) TUE You're the Top TUE The 1930s action hero finally confronts his nemesis at the TUE top of a New York landmark. TUE Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace TUE Powers. With Rachel Power and William Hootkins TUE Adapted for radio by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip TUE created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by TUE King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996. TUE Originally agent X-9 had no name, but opted to call himself TUE "Dexter" in the opening tale. TUE Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective TUE novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while TUE cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero TUE Flash Gordon. TUE Produced by Chris Wallis. TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. TUE TUE 06:30 The Race to Dover b00kpw1z (Listen) TUE BBC cricket correspondent and keen pilot Jonathan Agnew TUE tells the story of the competition held in July 1909 to TUE become the first pilot to fly across the English Channel. TUE Louis Bleriot, a 37-year-old engineer with a badly burned TUE foot, took the prize offered by Lord Northcliffe, owner of TUE the Daily Mail. Jonathan finds out what happened to the TUE favourite, the young international playboy and sportsman TUE Hubert Latham, and climbs into the cockpit of the first TUE flying machine to make the crossing, the Bleriot XI. TUE TUE 07:00 Two Doors Down b0076h2y (Listen) TUE Series 3, Give the Dog a Bone TUE Miss Black's new lodger is a successful actor, but he is not TUE who she was hoping for. Stars Frances Tomelty. From TUE September 2003. TUE TUE 07:30 It's Not What You Know b061qzx0 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 3 TUE Who would play Romesh Ranganathan in a film of his life? TUE What's Christoper Biggins' proudest moment of his career? TUE What would Katherine Ryan do if she was Beyonce for a day? TUE All these burning questions, and more, will be answered in TUE the show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested TUE on how well they know their nearest and dearest. TUE In this case, comedian Katherine Ryan picks her best friend, TUE comedian Romesh Ranganathan picks his brother, and TUE Christopher Biggins picks an old showbiz pal. TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Miles Jupp TUE Panellist: Katherine Ryan TUE Panellist: Christopher Biggins TUE Panellist: Romesh Ranganathan TUE Producer: Matt Stronge TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b007jrj3 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 4 TUE The World Cup's gone missing! MI5's Disguise Department run TUE by Julian and Sandy provide a bona disguise for Master Spy TUE Kenneth Horne. TUE With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill TUE Pertwee. TUE Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, TUE London. Announcer: Douglas Smith TUE Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio TUE comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric TUE Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, TUE Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the TUE scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and TUE 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, TUE catchphrases and double-entendres. TUE Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser TUE Hayes Four. TUE Producer: John Simmonds TUE First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966. TUE TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way b007jsnb (Listen) TUE Series 5, Settle Out of Court the Burkiss Way TUE Find out What's My Gender, plus a galactic Panorama. With Jo TUE Kendall, Nigel Rees and Fred Harris. From November 1980. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b061tqvh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Romantic Friction b00764j4 (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE Romance writer Anna is blissfully happy, and it looks as if TUE her romance is spilling over into her prose. Stars Samantha TUE Bond and Hugh Bonneville. From October 2001. TUE TUE 10:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr51 (Listen) TUE A Friendship Betrayed TUE A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by his TUE Roman soldier friend. Epic tale starring Jamie Glover and TUE Samuel West. TUE TUE 11:00 Book at Bedtime b00xn8lk (Listen) TUE Julian Barnes Stories, Complicity, part 2 TUE Written by Julian Barnes. TUE Julian Barnes reads the second part of 'Complicity'; which TUE reveals the unspoken dialogue between two people as they get TUE to know each other. TUE Producer: Jill Waters TUE A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00hv1dz (Listen) TUE Iain M Banks - The State of the Art TUE The State of The Art TUE By Iain M. Banks TUE Dramatised by Paul Cornell TUE The Culture ship Arbitrary arrives on Earth in 1977 and TUE finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'property' TUE and 'money' and on the edge of self-destruction. When Agent TUE Dervley Linter, decides to go native can Diziet Sma change TUE his mind? TUE The Ship ...... Antony Sher TUE Diziet Sma ...... Nina Sosanya TUE Dervley Linter ...... Paterson Joseph TUE Li ...... Graeme Hawley TUE Tel ...... Brigit Forsyth TUE Sodel ...... Conrad Nelson TUE Directed by Nadia Molinari. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b007jrj3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Burkiss Way b007jsnb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq13 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 The Race to Dover b00kpw1z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01kbhwz (Listen) TUE Marina Lewycka - Various Pets Alive and Dead, Episode 2 TUE As three children break free of a left-wing communal TUE upbringing, a vegetable carving demo goes wrong. Family TUE farce read by Christine Absalom. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y8tzs (Listen) TUE MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 7 TUE M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana TUE Ahmad. The wedding party continues its journey. Ash finds TUE that once again, he is saving the life of a Karidkote TUE prince. TUE Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi TUE Ash ..... Blake Ritson TUE Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker TUE Gulbaz ..... Kaleem Janjua TUE Jhoti ..... Joseph Samrai TUE Kaka-Ji Rao ..... Paul Bhattacharjee TUE Biju Ram ..... Inam Mirza TUE Shushila ..... Deeivya Meir TUE Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Jessica Dromgoole TUE Producer: Marc Beeby TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b00tdllt (Listen) TUE Stuart Kelly - Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation, TUE Episode 2 TUE His name, image and influence can be seen everywhere; from TUE Scottish banknotes to place names across the globe. Sir TUE Walter Scott invented the modern novel, began Scotland's TUE tourist industry and was the first celebrity author - a TUE heady mix of JK Rowling and Dan Brown long before the age of TUE mass media hype. Lauded by contemporary critics as well as TUE his massive readership in the 19th century, he's hardly read TUE - and even more rarely enjoyed - today. TUE As Walter Scott immortalised his native country in poetry TUE and prose, so the author is commemorated by countless TUE memorials across Scotland. Stuart Kelly examines Scott's TUE images of Scotland and how they haunt the country still - TUE from Brigadoon to Braveheart. TUE Stuart Kelly was born and brought up in the Scottish TUE Borders. He studied English at Oxford and is the Literary TUE Editor of Scotland on Sunday. TUE Reader: Robin Laing TUE Abridger: Laurence Wareing TUE Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. TUE TUE 15:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr51 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Who Goes There? b00769x9 (Listen) TUE Series 6, Episode 1 TUE Martin Young presents the biographical quiz show. Team TUE captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego are joined by TUE novelist Lynne Truss and biographer Anthony Holden. From TUE October 2002. TUE TUE 16:30 Romantic Friction b00764j4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 Two Doors Down b0076h2y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 It's Not What You Know b061qzx0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Weird Tales b01nrrbs (Listen) TUE Series 3, The Burial of Tom Nobody TUE By Richard Vincent. The second in a series of chilling plays TUE for winter nights. TUE The Reverend Braiden is forced to embark on a TUE through-the-night road trip by a mysterious trio who TUE threaten him with a terrifying test of faith at its end. TUE Peter ..... Geoffrey Streatfeild TUE Silas ..... James Lailey TUE Sarah ..... Lynne Verrall TUE Michael ..... Simon Bubb TUE Eleanor ..... Tracy Wiles TUE Police Officer .. Paul Moriarty TUE Director: Gemma Jenkins TUE THE WRITER TUE Richard Vincent has written widely for television, including TUE Casualty, Shaun The Sheep and Messiah. His radio work TUE includes Project Purple for BBC Radio 4 Extra's Man In Black TUE series and the psychological horror, The House on Pale TUE Avenue, for BBC Radio 4. Richard has also worked as a script TUE consultant on a number of films, including The Lake, for Luc TUE Besson's EuropaCorp, and Fragile, starring Calista TUE Flockhart. His stage play, Real Estate, was adapted for TUE screen by Granada Film and he is currently working on a TUE trilogy of horror films for Artifice Pictures. TUE TUE 18:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b00mzw55 (Listen) TUE Anthony Bygraves TUE Max Bygraves' son chats to Sally Magnusson about growing up TUE with a famous showbiz father. From September 2006. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b007jrj3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way b007jsnb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq13 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 The Race to Dover b00kpw1z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Book at Bedtime b00xn8lk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00hv1dz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 It's Not What You Know b061qzx0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Boosh b007jxrs (Listen) TUE Hitcher TUE Howard and Vince take Tony the Prawn to a zoo for animal TUE offenders. Stars Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. From TUE November 2001. TUE TUE 23:00 Delve Special b007jmq1 (Listen) TUE Series 3, City Limits TUE David Lander probes shady shenanigans in London's Square TUE Mile. Stars Stephen Fry and Harry Enfield. From September TUE 1986. TUE TUE 23:30 Vent b01dw7cx (Listen) TUE Series 3, Loneliness Is a Crowded Head TUE Comedy series by Nigel Smith about a man in a coma, TUE travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own TUE unconscious mind. TUE Ben's life is full of well-meaning people trying to do TUE everything for him. Everything, that is, except leave him TUE alone. He begins to wonder if Robinson Crusoe might have TUE been on to a good thing. TUE Ben ...... Neil Pearson TUE Mary ...... Fiona Allen TUE Mum ...... Josie Lawrence TUE Blitz ...... Leslie Ash TUE Nurse ...... Jo Martin TUE Derek ...... Stephen Frost TUE Marley ...... Spencer Brown TUE Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith TUE Castaway ...... John Kay-Steel TUE Waiter ...... Bruce Alexander TUE Directed by Nigel Smith. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 22 JULY 2015 WED WED 00:00 Weird Tales b01nrrbs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b00mzw55 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jq13 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 The Race to Dover b00kpw1z (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01kbhwz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00y8tzs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Book of the Week b00tdllt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr51 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Who Goes There? b00769x9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Romantic Friction b00764j4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Two Doors Down b0076h2y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 It's Not What You Know b061qzx0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq36 (Listen) WED Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Episode 1 WED Attending one of Lady Windermere's regular Thursday evening WED society parties, the dashing Lord Arthur Savile offers his WED hand for a reading by the dastardly palmist, Podgers. He's WED shocked when his murderous fate is revealed... WED Michael Maloney reads Oscar Wilde's mystery written in 1891. WED Produced in Manchester by Katherine Beacon. WED Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003. WED WED 06:30 Hairspray and Harmonies b00hr5kt (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Kit Hesketh-Harvey follows the Birmingham-based ladies WED barbershop chorus Second City Sound as it prepares to WED compete in the Ladies Association of British Barbershop WED Singers in Harrogate. WED Kit attends rehearsals in Birmingham, where he meets the WED 60-strong chorus of singers - and they put him through his WED musical paces. WED WED 07:00 Winston b007k4k4 (Listen) WED Series 1, Weaving the Spells WED Thrown out by his wife, the cordon bleu scoundrel moves into WED Nancy's house uninvited. Stars Maurice Denham. From May WED 1989. WED WED 07:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b061t68k (Listen) WED Series 2, Tobacco WED Comedian Simon Evans returns with a new series about the WED economics of some of the goods - or bads - we are addicted WED to. WED If you crave your daily coffee, can't get by without a WED cigarette, feel that mid-afternoon slump without your WED sugar-fix, or can't face an evening without a glass of wine, WED you are definitely not alone. But have you ever thought WED about the economics that has made your addiction possible? WED Who does it profit? And would you want to make some canny WED investments that take advantage of our human weaknesses? WED In this series, Simon Evans looks at the economics, history WED and health issues behind these oh-so-addictive commodities. WED This week it's tobacco. It's been called the single biggest WED avoidable cause of death in the world today yet it has WED remained an investment goldmine, with a single pound WED invested in tobacco stocks in 1900 now being worth over 6 WED million pounds. WED Simon speaks to Robert West, Professor of Health Psychology WED and Director of Tobacco Studios at University College London WED about current global trends in smoking. He is also joined by WED economics guru, More Or Less host Tim Harford and the Queen WED of investment know-how, Merryn Somerset-Webb, as he walks us WED around the economics of these very familiar commodities and WED pokes fun at our relationship with them. WED Presented by Simon Evans, with Professor Robert West, Tim WED Harford and Merryn Somerset-Webb. WED Written by Simon Evans, Benjamin Partridge and Andy Wolton. WED Produced by Claire Jones. WED Credits WED Presenter: Simon Evans WED Interviewed Guest: Tim Harford WED Interviewed Guest: Merryn Somerset Webb WED Interviewed Guest: Robert West WED Writer: Simon Evans WED Writer: Benjamin Partridge WED Writer: Andy Wolton WED Producer: Claire Jones WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b007xwmb (Listen) WED Johnson's Birthday WED 'Fatso' Johnson is in hiding on his birthday, but the crew's WED attention is diverted when they find a treasure map. The WED show was recorded before an audience crew of real sailors. WED Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie WED Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number WED One, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson and Richard WED Caldicote as Captain Povey. WED Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS WED Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen WED series between 1959 and 1976 WED Scripted by Lawrie Wyman WED Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1960. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00whw3w (Listen) WED Series 5, Episode 11 WED A stockingless thief, and Shakespeare from Bard to Verse. WED Songs and sketches with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From WED June 1967. WED WED 09:00 Counterpoint b062qvq5 (Listen) WED 1998, Semi-final 1 WED Ned Sherrin hosts the music quiz with Harvey Goodman of WED Nottingham, Rona Topaz from London and Bill McKaig of WED Glasgow. From March 1998. WED WED 09:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins b007jz3j (Listen) WED August - Harvest Home WED Megan Jones snubs the Carnival Queen contest and heads off WED to see Nana. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead. From September 2000. WED WED 10:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr5g (Listen) WED Son of Arrius WED Freed from slavery, the prince encounters his old enemy WED Messala. Stars Jamie Glover, Samuel West and Michael Gambon. WED WED 11:00 Book at Bedtime b00xn8l7 (Listen) WED Julian Barnes Stories, Trespass WED Written by Julian Barnes. A dedicated hillwalker shows his WED new girlfriend the delights of the Peak District but she is WED less certain about having everything mapped out for her. WED Reader: David Holt WED Producer: Jill Waters WED A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 11:15 Martyn Wade - Another Shakespeare b0080hlv (Listen) WED Drama inspired by the true life story of an 18th-century WED forger of the Bard. Starring Julian Rhind-Tutt and James WED Grout. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b007xwmb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00whw3w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq36 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Hairspray and Harmonies b00hr5kt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01kblxj (Listen) WED Marina Lewycka - Various Pets Alive and Dead, Episode 3 WED As Doro's children break free of an unconventional WED upbringing in a left-wing commune, Serge takes a risk. WED Family farce read by Susie Riddell. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y8vb6 (Listen) WED MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 8 WED M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana WED Ahmad. As the journey continues, and Ash and Anjuli's love WED grows, they dread their imminent arrival in Bhithor. WED Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi WED Ash ..... Blake Ritson WED Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker WED Gulbaz ..... Kaleem Janjua WED Biju Ram ..... Inam Mirza WED Jhoti ..... Joseph Samrai WED Kaka-Ji Rao ..... Paul Bhattacharjee WED Shushila ..... Deeivya Meir WED Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. WED Credits WED Producer: Jessica Dromgoole WED Producer: Marc Beeby WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b00tdllm (Listen) WED Stuart Kelly - Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation, WED Episode 3 WED His name, image and influence can be seen everywhere; from WED Scottish banknotes to place names across the globe. Sir WED Walter Scott invented the modern novel, began Scotland's WED tourist industry and was the first celebrity author - a WED heady mix of JK Rowling and Dan Brown long before the age of WED mass media hype. Lauded by contemporary critics as well as WED his massive readership in the 19th century, he's hardly read WED - and even more rarely enjoyed - today. WED Stuart Kelly reveals how Queen Victoria and Prince Albert WED were inspired to create their own influential version of WED 'Scottishness' at Balmoral by the novels of Walter Scott. WED Stuart Kelly was born and brought up in the Scottish WED Borders. He studied English at Oxford and is the Literary WED Editor of Scotland on Sunday. WED Reader: Robin Laing WED Abridger: Laurence Wareing WED Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. WED WED 15:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr5g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Counterpoint b062qvq5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins b007jz3j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Winston b007k4k4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b061t68k (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Weird Tales b01ns0yb (Listen) WED Series 3, Louisa's WED By Amanda Whittington. WED When a stranger walks into Louisa's café, the juke box which WED hasn't played a record for years whirrs into action, the WED lights start flashing and Louisa is thrown into a world WED where her past challenges life as she knows it. WED Part of a series of chilling plays for winter nights. WED Cast WED Louisa ... Sara Poyzer WED Pete ... Paul Rider WED Joe ... Gerard McDermott WED Producer, Jessica Brown WED The Writer WED Amanda Whittington has been described as Britain's 'most WED consistently popular female dramatist' (the Guardian). WED Her plays include BE MY BABY, (Soho Theatre), AMATEUR GIRL WED (Hull Truck), an adaptation of SATURDAY NIGHT & SUNDAY WED MORNING (New Perspectives), SATIN 'N' STEEL (Nottingham WED Playhouse/ Bolton Octagon), BOLLYWOOD JANE (Leicester WED Haymarket/West Yorkshire Playhouse) and THE WILLS' GIRLS WED (Tobacco Factory, Bristol). WED Amanda has four plays published by Nick Hern Books and WED writes regularly for BBC Radio 4, contributing to the WED Woman's Hour serial and Afternoon Play slots. Her radio work WED includes adaptations of LADIES DAY, THE WILLS' GIRLS and BE WED MY BABY as well as original plays including NINE DAYS QUEEN. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076qn0 (Listen) WED Too Clever by Half WED Matthew Parris, Toby Young, Louise Welsh and Arabella Weir WED discuss the dangers of being a smarty-pants. From February WED 2005. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b007xwmb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00whw3w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq36 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Hairspray and Harmonies b00hr5kt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Book at Bedtime b00xn8l7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Martyn Wade - Another Shakespeare b0080hlv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market b061t68k (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Cabin Pressure b012r99d (Listen) WED Series 3, Rotterdam WED Written by John Finnemore. WED It's Lifejacket, Camera, Action as stardom beckons for one WED of the crew of MJN Air. But who will get to blow the final WED whistle? And will they look good in a vest? WED Cast: WED Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole WED 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam WED Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch WED Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore WED Capt. Herc Shipwright ..... Anthony Head WED Martin Davenport ..... Gus Brown WED Produced and directed by David Tyler WED A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:00 Revolting People b00fkx2m (Listen) WED Series 2, Some More Trying Times WED McGurk turns spy, Samuel enters showbiz and Ezekiel gets WED stuck. 1770 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From WED February 2001. WED WED 23:30 1966 and All That b0100q4y (Listen) WED The 1920s and 30s WED Marge Simpson marries royalty and John Yogi Bear invents TV. WED Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain. From September WED 2006. WED WED THU THURSDAY 23 JULY 2015 THU THU 00:00 Weird Tales b01ns0yb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b0076qn0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq36 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Hairspray and Harmonies b00hr5kt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01kblxj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00y8vb6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Book of the Week b00tdllm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr5g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Counterpoint b062qvq5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins b007jz3j (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Winston b007k4k4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b061t68k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq3l (Listen) THU Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Episode 2 THU Acting on palmist Podger's chilling prediction, the dapper THU Lord Arthur is in for a fresh shock. THU Michael Maloney reads Oscar Wilde's mystery written in 1891. THU Produced in Manchester by Katherine Beacon. THU Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003. THU THU 06:30 Hairspray and Harmonies b00hv33b (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Kit Hesketh-Harvey follows the Birmingham-based ladies THU barbershop chorus Second City Sound. THU Kit meets up with the group in Harrogate as it prepares to THU compete in the Ladies Association of British Barbershop THU Singers. THU THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007jvz6 (Listen) THU Pearls Mean Tears THU When Aunt Agatha sparks uproar, can Bertie Wooster's valet THU save the day? PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and THU Michael Hordern. THU THU 07:30 It's a Fair Cop b061tk9d (Listen) THU Series 2, Harassment THU After a successful first series on Radio 4 and a sold-out THU run at the Edinburgh Festival, policeman turned comic, Alfie THU Moore, returns with the series that forces his audience to THU make the policing decisions as he takes them through a real THU life crime scenario. This week he takes the audience through THU a case he handled, about harassment. When does harassment THU become stalking and what can you do about it? THU Written and performed by Alfie Moore, THU Script Editor ..... Will Ing, THU Producer..... Alison Vernon-Smith. THU Credits THU Performer: Alfie Moore THU Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith THU Writer: Alfie Moore THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b00shdzy (Listen) THU Series 1, The Bonds That Bind Us THU After a win on the premium bonds, Albert starts splashing THU the cash and brings home a young gold digger. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as THU Harold and Yootha Joyce as Madge. THU Following the conclusion of their hugely successful THU association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan THU Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in THU 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, THU featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and THU his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series THU for TV. THU Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by THU Gale Pedrick. THU Produced by Bobby Jaye THU First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September THU 1966. THU THU 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01jt0yr (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 3 THU Ernie takes Eric to a wig boutique and the BBC's offering THU Ern a lucrative new contract - but what about Eric? THU Special singing guest: Anita Harris. THU Written by Eddie Braben THU With Ann Hamilton and Arthur Tolcher. THU Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra. THU Producer: John Browell THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1975. THU THU 09:00 Guess What? b062r3z9 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Animal, vegetable or mineral? Barry Took's revised 20 THU questions. With Geoffrey Durham, Neil Innes and Jan Ravens. THU From April 1998. THU THU 09:30 Radio Active b0084s34 (Listen) THU Series 2, Charity Radiothon THU Only £300,000 to go! Can the station reach their charity THU target in half an hour? Stars Angus Deayton. From August THU 1982. THU THU 10:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr5x (Listen) THU The Chariot Race THU The prince and his former friend Messala try to exact brutal THU revenge on each other. Stars Jamie Glover and Samuel West. THU THU 11:00 Book at Bedtime b00xn8l9 (Listen) THU Julian Barnes Stories, The Fruit Cage, pt 1 THU Julian Barnes reads the first half of a story from his last THU collection 'The Lemon Table'. THU The narrator visits his retired parents, both keen THU gardeners, but not everything is as quiet and contented as THU it seems. THU Producer: Jill Waters THU A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00g6g7q (Listen) THU Rony Robinson - 43 Letters THU By Rony Robinson THU Julia and David work together in the family archives. One THU day a mysterious envelope arrives for David, with letters THU from 43 women, all answering a lonely hearts advert he THU didn't place. THU Cast List THU David...............David Calder THU Julia.................Barbara Marten THU Miranda..........Helen Flanagan THU Ruskin............Sacha Dhawan THU Directed by Pauline Harris. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b00shdzy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01jt0yr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq3l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Hairspray and Harmonies b00hv33b (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01kbqk3 (Listen) THU Marina Lewycka - Various Pets Alive and Dead, Episode 4 THU With Doro's children breaking away from their left-wing THU commune's ideals, the allotment is threatened. Family farce, THU read by Christine Absalom. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y8vb8 (Listen) THU MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 9 THU M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana THU Ahmad. On the last leg of the journey, Ash confronts an old THU enemy. Once in Bhithor, he has a new battle to fight. THU Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi THU Ash ..... Blake Ritson THU Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker THU Gulbaz ..... Kaleem Janjua THU Jhoti ..... Joseph Samrai THU Kaka-Ji Rao ..... Paul Bhattacharjee THU Biju Ram ..... Inam Mirza THU Emissary ..... Lloyd Thomas THU Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. THU Credits THU Producer: Jessica Dromgoole THU Producer: Marc Beeby THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b00tdllp (Listen) THU Stuart Kelly - Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation, THU Episode 4 THU His name, image and influence can be seen everywhere; from THU Scottish banknotes to place names across the globe. Sir THU Walter Scott invented the modern novel, began Scotland's THU tourist industry and was the first celebrity author - a THU heady mix of JK Rowling and Dan Brown long before the age of THU mass media hype. Lauded by contemporary critics as well as THU his massive readership in the 19th century, he's hardly read THU - and even more rarely enjoyed - today. THU Stuart Kelly turns his attention to Walter Scott's influence THU on British politics. A lifelong Tory, Scott was brought in THU to stage manage the first visit of King George IV to THU Edinburgh. The pageant he created would cement the Union THU between Scotland and England and have lasting effects on THU Scottish customs by promoting the kilt as national dress. THU Stuart Kelly was born and brought up in the Scottish THU Borders. He studied English at Oxford and is the Literary THU Editor of Scotland on Sunday. THU Reader: Robin Laing THU Abridger: Laurence Wareing THU Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. THU THU 15:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr5x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Guess What? b062r3z9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 Radio Active b0084s34 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007jvz6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 It's a Fair Cop b061tk9d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Weird Tales b01nt0s0 (Listen) THU Series 3, Night Terrors THU by Lizzie Nunnery THU The pressure's getting too much for clever clogs Victoria. THU She can't sleep at night. She has nightmares. But it's okay THU because they're just bad dreams. Until one day the dreams THU become real. Eddie Marsan stars in the final terrifying THU episode from a series of chilling plays for winter nights. THU Cast THU Dad ... Eddie Marsan THU Victoria ... Katie Angelou THU Laura ... Georgia Groome THU Mum ... Sally Orrock THU Jane ... Francine Chamberlain THU Produced by Helen Perry THU The Writer THU Lizzie is a talented young playwright whose new play THE THU SWALLOWING DARK was a finalist for The Susan Smith Blackburn THU Prize 2010. She was one of the writers of the critically THU acclaimed UNPROTECTED, which was awarded the Amnesty THU International Award for Freedom of Expression. Lizzie has THU also had numerous radio plays broadcast including PRINTS: THU POSTCARDS FROM A CATACLYSM, THE SINGER, TINY CHAOS,DEATH IN THU UPPER DUKE STREET and an adaptation of a Dick Clement and THU Ian le Frenais script for Radio 4's DECADES season. She is THU currently under commission with the Druid Theatre and is THU Writer in Residence at Liverpool Hope University. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076nrp (Listen) THU Series 5, Leonard Woolf THU 4 Extra Debut. Jilly Goolden nominates writer and political THU thinker Leonard Woolf, joined by biographer Victoria THU Glendinning and host Humphrey Carpenter. From October 2004. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b00shdzy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01jt0yr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq3l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Hairspray and Harmonies b00hv33b (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Book at Bedtime b00xn8l9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00g6g7q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 It's a Fair Cop b061tk9d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Bleak Expectations b00d7b5x (Listen) THU Series 2, An Already Bad Life Made Worse but Sort of on THU Purpose THU By Mark Evans THU Volume Two, Chapter the Fifth: An Already Bad Life Made THU Worse But Sort Of On Purpose. THU The comic Victorian epic sees Pip reach his lowest ebb in THU the worst place in the world, the East End of London in the THU first half of the nineteenth century. Full of self-loathing THU Pip drinks some very strong gin, finds he is really quite THU keen on opium, and falls in with a gang of thieving boys. THU But is their leader, Mr Abraham Bagel, a Roman Catholic THU ne'er-do-well, all he seems? THU Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson THU Mr Benevolent........................Anthony Head THU Young Pip..................................Tom Allen THU Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman THU Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead THU Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland THU Mr Parsimonious...............Laurence Howarth THU Pippa........................................Susy Kane THU Mr Scrunge...............................Mark Evans THU Produced by Gareth Edwards. THU THU 23:00 The Party Party b007wwh3 (Listen) THU Episode 5 THU The town of Microcosm is set for revenge, greed and THU attempted murder. Stars Hugh Laurie and Clive Mantle. From THU June 1987. THU THU 23:30 Miranda Hart's Joke Shop b00mr30m (Listen) THU What a Wife THU The tall, life-embracing shopkeeper is overlooked when Gary THU needs a pretend other half. With Tom Ellis. From September THU 2008. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 24 JULY 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Weird Tales b01nt0s0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076nrp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq3l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Hairspray and Harmonies b00hv33b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01kbqk3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00y8vb8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Book of the Week b00tdllp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr5x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Guess What? b062r3z9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 Radio Active b0084s34 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007jvz6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq42 (Listen) FRI Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Episode 3 FRI Still thwarted in trying to fulfil his predicted dark FRI destiny, Lord Arthur Savile decides to change his tactics. FRI Michael Maloney concludes Oscar Wilde's mystery written in FRI 1891. FRI Produced in Manchester by Katherine Beacon. FRI Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003. FRI FRI 06:30 Still Points, Turning Worlds b00sj5z5 (Listen) FRI When WH Davies wrote his celebrated poem 'Leisure' a century FRI ago, the myriad stimuli assaulting people's senses now and FRI the demands that sap humanity's powers of concentration in FRI the digital age were unimaginable. But he rightly gauged the FRI detrimental impacts to the human spirit of failing to find FRI moments of peace in a busy world: 'a poor life this, if, FRI full of care, we have no time to stand and stare'. FRI In this 'composed feature', producer Alan Hall embroiders FRI together the experiences of a range of people for whom still FRI points and daydreaming provide an escape from the FRI increasingly invasive nature of the turning world about us FRI and offer a foundation for reflection, rejuvenation and FRI creativity. FRI Hearing from Canon Lucy Winkett of St Paul's in the heart of FRI the City of London, an installer of 'energy pods' that offer FRI 'corporate fatigue solutions', an hypnotherapist, staff and FRI pupils from a school that champions 'the Pause' and Kieran FRI MacFeely, a singer-songwriter from the world of pop music FRI (or 'high-end racket') who sought out the peace of the FRI countryside. FRI 'Still Points, Turning Worlds' relishes moments of reverie FRI in an attempt to reclaim the powers of concentration. FRI Producer: Alan Hall FRI A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Alan Hall FRI FRI 07:00 Rent b062r9w7 (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 1 FRI 4 Extra Debut. Paul and Ruby have moved out of the Reynolds' FRI house, but not too far away. Stars Dave Lamb and Barbara FRI Flynn. From May 1998. FRI FRI 07:30 The Kindness of Strangers b062j2xy (Listen) FRI Inspired by a random act of kindness, author and poet John FRI Osborne wrestles with the idea of donating one of his FRI kidneys to a virtual stranger in this autobiographical tale. FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007tdvy (Listen) FRI The Wild Man of the Woods FRI The lad announces that he is rejecting society to go and FRI live a truly rural life. Stars Tony Hancock. From January FRI 1957. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b007k4sy (Listen) FRI The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved) FRI Grytpype-Thynne needs a crew to discover the true fate of FRI the mysterious brigantine. Stars Peter Sellers. From FRI November 1954. FRI FRI 09:00 All the Way From Memphis b00m52xh (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 2 FRI James Walton hosts the pop music history quiz with Andrew FRI Collins, Tracey MacLeod, David Quantick and Stewart Lee. FRI From May 2006. FRI FRI 09:30 Boogie Up the River b007jv65 (Listen) FRI I'll See You on Tower Pier at 11 FRI Mark Wallington and hellish hound Boogie quest to find the FRI source of the Thames. Stars Timothy Spall. From December FRI 1992. FRI FRI 10:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr6d (Listen) FRI The King Comes into His Kingdom FRI After the prince's victory in the chariot race, news arrives FRI of his mother and sister. Stars Jamie Glover and Michael FRI Gambon. FRI FRI 11:00 Book at Bedtime b00xn8lc (Listen) FRI Julian Barnes Stories, The Fruit Cage, pt 2 FRI Julian Barnes concludes his reading of 'The Fruit Cage': FRI after the startling discovery an announcement is made. FRI Abridged by Jill Waters FRI Producer: Jill Waters FRI A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:15 Matthew Solon - The Man Who Came Back b01hmv4r (Listen) FRI The heroic Norwegian seamen and their vital wartime FRI 'Shetland Bus' lifeline. Based on real-life events. With FRI John Rowe. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007tdvy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b007k4sy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq42 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Still Points, Turning Worlds b00sj5z5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01kbz4v (Listen) FRI Marina Lewycka - Various Pets Alive and Dead, Episode 5 FRI As Doro's children reflect on their unconventional lives in FRI a left-wing commune, truths are revealed. Family farce read FRI by Patrick Brennan. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y8vbb (Listen) FRI MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 10 FRI M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana FRI Ahmad. Ash is caught in a dilemma. He cannot bear the FRI thought of losing Anjuli, and yet must negotiate her wedding FRI price. FRI Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi FRI Ash ..... Blake Ritson FRI Anjuli ..... Ayesha Dharker FRI Jhoti ..... Joseph Samrai FRI Kaka-Ji Rao ..... Paul Bhattacharjee FRI Guard ..... Adeel Akhtar FRI Rana ..... Kaleem Janjua FRI Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Jessica Dromgoole FRI Producer: Marc Beeby FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b00tdllr (Listen) FRI Stuart Kelly - Scott-land: The Man Who Invented a Nation, FRI Episode 5 FRI His name, image and influence can be seen everywhere; from FRI Scottish banknotes to place names across the globe. Sir FRI Walter Scott invented the modern novel, began Scotland's FRI tourist industry and was the first celebrity author - a FRI heady mix of JK Rowling and Dan Brown long before the age of FRI mass media hype. Lauded by contemporary critics as well as FRI his massive readership in the 19th century, he's hardly read FRI - and even more rarely enjoyed - today. FRI Stuart Kelly considers the backlash which hit Scott's work FRI after the prolific author's death. Although his critical FRI reputation would never recover, the images of Scotland which FRI Walter Scott created - the romantic landscapes populated by FRI isolated, kilted natives - haunt Scotland to this day. FRI Stuart Kelly was born and brought up in the Scottish FRI Borders. He studied English at Oxford and is the Literary FRI Editor of Scotland on Sunday. FRI Reader: Robin Laing FRI Abridger: Laurence Wareing FRI Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. FRI FRI 15:00 Lew Wallace - Ben Hur b007jr6d (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 All the Way From Memphis b00m52xh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 Boogie Up the River b007jv65 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Rent b062r9w7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 The Kindness of Strangers b062j2xy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Kurt Vonnegut - The Euphio Question b0088zh5 (Listen) FRI Kurt Vonnegut's tale of the dilemmas facing scientists over FRI discovering how to manufacture happiness. Read by Stuart FRI Milligan. FRI FRI 18:30 Fry's English Delight b00tjf52 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Future Conditional FRI Stephen Fry on the future of English. FRI As English continues to grow and spread, the influences of FRI the places around the world where it has been adopted are FRI being reimported. As Stephen puts it, "we exported brown FRI Windsor soup and re-imported mulligatawny. We exported clogs FRI - back came tap dancing". The McDonald's slogan "I'm Loving FRI it" is an example. So is the youth-speak Jafaican. FRI This continual process means we can predict some changes in FRI the way we use language. Dr David Crystal, a world FRI authority, thinks the sound "th" might disappear. The very FRI rhythms of our speech might change, and our vocabulary FRI certainly will. FRI The other huge influence on the way English will change FRI relates to technology. The programme features computer FRI programmes that "read" text. They do this not just to show FRI off. The London School of Economics employs a computer FRI programme to read text in the service of research. So FRI computers will, in some sense, join the swelling billions FRI who use English. FRI But will they - can they - ever "understand" English well FRI enough for them to read and understand a novel? Professor FRI Margaret Boden, a leader in the field is doubtful. She and FRI Microsoft search engineer Ron Kaplan discuss a test for FRI computers, in the shape of this sentence: "Is the duck ready FRI to eat?" FRI Nobody knows exactly how English will change, or whether we FRI might, as time travellers, recognise it 200 years hence. But FRI speculating about it is endless fun. FRI Producer: Nick Baker FRI A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Nick Baker FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007tdvy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b007k4sy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Oscar Wilde b007jq42 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Still Points, Turning Worlds b00sj5z5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Book at Bedtime b00xn8lc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Matthew Solon - The Man Who Came Back b01hmv4r (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 The Kindness of Strangers b062j2xy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Absolute Power b007nf8w (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 2 FRI Spin doctors Prentiss and McCabe attempt to relaunch the Sun FRI newspaper. Stars Stephen Fry and John Bird. From January FRI 2000. FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b064fks3 (Listen) FRI The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith is FRI joined by Dane Baptiste. FRI FRI 23:00 The Consultants b007jwvr (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 6 FRI Inoculation against old age leads to unusual results. Neil FRI Edmond and James Rawlings' cerebral sketches. From November FRI 2005. FRI FRI 23:30 Down the Line b0100241 (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 4 FRI The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by FRI the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators FRI of The Fast Show. FRI Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Amelia FRI Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy FRI Montgomery, and Paul Whitehouse. FRI Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Robert Popper, Adil Ray FRI and Louis Vause. FRI Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse FRI A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. FRI