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SAT SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 SAT SAT 00:00 Dangerous Visions b02x9f4n (Listen) SAT The Testament of Jessie Lamb, Episode 5 SAT Jane Rogers won the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2012 with her SAT novel set in a future where a deadly virus causing pregnant SAT women to die in their millions. Jessie becomes increasingly SAT certain that sacrificing her own life for a healthy baby is SAT the most important thing she can do. But her plan to become SAT a Sleeping Beauty hits an obstacle. SAT Directed by Nadia Molinari SAT Dangerous Visions Season: SAT The adjective Ballardian refers to the writer 'JG Ballard's SAT fearful imaginings of what the near future might be like. SAT Even though the master creator of dystopian futures died SAT four years ago, his vision of SAT what our future might become feels as relevant, satirical SAT and as scary as ever. Radio 4's Dangerous Visions is a SAT season of dramas that explore contemporary takes on future SAT dystopias. Dramatisations of Ballard's seminal works, SAT Drowned World and Concrete Island, straddle the season, and SAT we have asked five leading radio writers - Nick Perry, Ed SAT Harris, Michael Symmonds Roberts, Michael Butt and Philip SAT Palmer - to imagine what life might be like in the near SAT future if everything goes wrong - SAT and their Dangerous Visions form the bedrock of the series: SAT clever, imaginative and disturbing takes on just what might SAT happen. What happens if sleep is outlawed? If cloning SAT becomes a matter of course, and your loved ones are capable SAT of being cloned? If North London declares UDI on South SAT London, which has become a wasteland? If human sacrifice SAT becomes a part of society? We are also running a 5 part SAT dramatisation of Jane Roger's award winning terrifying novel SAT The Testament of Jessie Lamb, dramatised by the author. SAT Dangerous Visions - you will be disturbed as you see the SAT present reflected in the glass of an uneasy future. SAT Credits SAT Jessie: Holliday Grainger SAT Joe: Mark Jordon SAT Cath: Joanne Mitchell SAT Sal: Rebecca Ryan SAT Director: Nadia Molinari SAT Author: Jane Rogers SAT SAT 00:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium SAT b007jqnc (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT As architect Stephen Rix builds his cathedral, he makes SAT dramatic decision about his life. Read by David Horovitch. SAT SAT 00:30 Sounds Natural b07l1167 (Listen) SAT Roger Whittaker SAT From the Wildebeest to the Paradise Flycatcher. Singer Roger SAT Whittaker shares his fascination for the wildlife of East SAT Africa and Wales with Derek Jones - aided by recordings from SAT the BBC Sound Archive. SAT Producer: John Burton. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973. SAT SAT 01:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds SAT b036ybrp (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Jock manages to infiltrate the ground crew in a risky SAT gambit, while Dick Barton and his chums get more than they SAT bargained for. SAT The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas SAT Kelly as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling SAT tale of criminal masterminds, espionage and daring SAT adventure. SAT Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon SAT Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between SAT 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings SAT survive. SAT With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding SAT re-recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original SAT scripts and music, which was made for international SAT distribution. Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, SAT lurking in the vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive SAT in Canberra, Australia. SAT Script by Geoffrey Webb. SAT Producer: Morris West SAT First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. SAT SAT 01:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012llpk (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Confusion reigns. If Lorna isn't an addict, why does she SAT seem to have a well-used syringe in her possession? Read by SAT Danny Webb. SAT SAT 01:30 The I Love You Bridge b01302s4 (Listen) SAT A quest for the original lovers of the 'I Love You Bridge' - SAT a fabulously incongruous message painted on a footbridge on SAT a hollowed-out housing estate in Sheffield. SAT Presented by feature film maker, opera director and SAT screenwriter, Penny Woolcock, in her first radio SAT documentary. SAT Perhaps you quietly ask yourself "How do they live like SAT this." / Then out of nowhere the answer / "I love you"/ SAT scrawled on the highest bridge." (Rowan Blair Colver). Funny SAT how graffiti can transform cement. How a simple love message SAT scrawled on a bridge between two empty flanks of Brutalist SAT flats can lift our hearts. That's what happened when SAT somebody, somehow, leaned over the perilous edge of this SAT narrow footbridge on Norwich Row at Park Hill flats, high SAT above Sheffield's train station, and painted: SAT Clare Middleton I love you will u marry me SAT We call it The I Love You Bridge. It's visible for miles, SAT from town. When we set off on this journey we don't know who SAT wrote it or when, or even if it all went up at once. We SAT don't know whether she said 'Yes' or what happened next. SAT Nobody knows, not even the people who've worked on the SAT Estate for years - caretaker, needle exchange worker, SAT decorator, or the few (like writer, Rowan, above) who still SAT live there; not even the local builders who are regenerating SAT the first flank that the bridge links. SAT In this programme we follow up all kinds of rumours in the SAT hope of sourcing the graffiti and its lovers. SAT Producer: Frances Byrnes SAT A Rockethouse Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 02:00 Maggie O'Farrell - The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox SAT b00770tg (Listen) SAT Episode 10 SAT After 61 years, Esme knows the truth and confronts her SAT sister, Kitty. Concluded by Hannah Gordon, Frances Grey and SAT Eleanor Bron. SAT SAT 02:15 The Invention of Childhood b00sm8nf (Listen) SAT Charlie Chaplin Went to France to Teach Ladies How to Dance SAT Michael Morpurgo discovers new forms of entertainment SAT available for children in the first half of the 20th SAT century. SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b01pgjyc (Listen) SAT A Little Twist of Dahl, The Neck SAT A series of stories by Roald Dahl SAT Episode 5: Neck SAT Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane Storyteller in SAT dramatisations of five classic tales by Roald Dahl. Bizarre SAT and amusing by turns, these black comedies are justly famous SAT for their surprise endings. SAT The stories show Dahl at the height of his powers as a SAT writer of adult fiction. They are stylishly plotted, vividly SAT characterised and made unforgettable by their breezy SAT cynicism, presenting as they do, a hilariously bleak view of SAT family life. Their satisfying conclusions invariably leave SAT bullies, schemers, adulterers and frauds soundly punished. SAT In Neck, Sir Basil Turton, a wealthy newspaper magnate, has SAT recently taken a young wife. Bossy and openly adulterous, SAT the new Lady Turton is despised by Jelks, Sir Basil's SAT butler, for her cruel treatment of his master. One morning SAT she is openly frolicking with her latest lover in the SAT grounds of the estate, when, for a joke, she sticks her head SAT through a hole in one of Sir Basil's priceless Henry Moore SAT sculptures. When she finds she is stuck, Sir Basil with SAT Jelks' assistance, must decide on a course of action. SAT Produced and directed by David Blount SAT A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Storyteller: Charles Dance SAT Lionel Sturridge: Jamie Glover SAT Sir Basil Turton: Chris Emmett SAT Lady Turton: Katie Scarfe SAT Jelks: David Ryall SAT Major Haddock: Mark Heap SAT Writer: Stephen Sheridan SAT Director: David Blount SAT Producer: David Blount SAT SAT 02:45 Book of the Week b013xn65 (Listen) SAT All Made Up, Episode 5 SAT Award-winning author Janice Galloway reads an extract from SAT her new memoir. Teenaged Janice is about to leave the SAT security of Ardrossan Academy for university, a SAT long-cherished dream of her downtrodden mother. SAT Read by the author and abridged by Sian Preece. SAT Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. SAT SAT 03:00 Thomas Hardy - The Return of the Native b0076sfh (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Clym and Eustacia are married, but her unhappiness and SAT renewed passion for Wildeve threatens all of them. Stars SAT David Calder. SAT SAT 04:00 Whispers b007k358 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 4 SAT Gyles Brandreth chairs the scandals quiz with Lucy Moore, SAT Anthony Holden, Penny Junor and Julian Fellowes. From SAT October 2005. SAT SAT 04:30 No Commitments b01mmrh8 (Listen) SAT Series 10, A Bride Too Far SAT Victoria and Emily battle it out over the wedding, while SAT Charlotte is feeling left out. Stars Celia Imrie. From SAT February 2004. SAT SAT 05:00 Winston in Europe b007tzt5 (Listen) SAT An Educated Woman SAT Arriving in France, the old rogue's talk of Flaubert, SAT Baudelaire and Renoir baffles Nancy. Stars Bill Wallis. From SAT March 1992. SAT SAT 05:30 Rumblings from the Rafters b07jwt65 (Listen) SAT Edible Dormouse and Peacock Butterfly SAT An Edible Dormouse played by Hugh Dennis and a Peacock SAT Butterfly played by Amanda Abbington reveal the truth about SAT life in an old attic in a house in Amersham in the last of SAT three very funny tales, written and introduced by Lynne SAT Truss, with additional sound recordings by Chris Watson. SAT The Edible Dormouse is no Common Dormouse. He is Russian and SAT extremely serious-minded. He is obsessed with answering the SAT question, "Why are we here?" both the philosophical question SAT and the literal one. No answer satisfies him. So he has SAT reached his own conclusion, which involves secret agents and SAT a submarine. "I may be rare, cute-looking, and of SAT indisputable foreign origin, but I am not stupid." He is SAT planning a meeting with his fellow Edible Dormice to discuss SAT their next move. He knows this won't be easy. The others SAT think he is mad. Top of the agenda is what they should call SAT themselves. "Imagine how it feels to be one of the only SAT zoological species in existence whose very name says, "Have SAT you ever thought of eating me?" SAT The Peacock Butterfly is youthful, intelligent, and ever so SAT concerned with being brave and sensible about mortality. SAT Having been born the previous year, she is re-visiting the SAT attic before dying. "I remember when I first came in, I SAT thought hello, this wouldn't be a bad place to pop off, when SAT the time comes." But trying to be brave about her inevitable SAT end is much harder than she expects, "Well, I'm sorry to say SAT that for some completely inexplicable reason I totally lost SAT it at the sycamore! I mean what's wrong with me? " But as SAT she settles down to die, a sudden thought changes everything SAT ... SAT Edible Dormouse: Hugh Dennis SAT Peacock Butterfly: Amanda Abbington SAT Written and introduced by Lynne Truss SAT Wildlife sound recordings Chris Watson SAT Producer Sarah Blunt. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Lynne Truss SAT Edible Dormouse: Hugh Dennis SAT Peacock Butterfly: Amanda Abbington SAT Producer: Sarah Blunt SAT Writer: Lynne Truss SAT SAT 06:00 Noel Coward - Blithe Spirit b01ghlgw (Listen) SAT When writer Charles Condomine invites a medium to hold a SAT séance at his country house, he anticipates little more than SAT some harmless fakery and a lot of good material for his new SAT novel. Instead, he gets a ghostly visitation from his dead SAT first wife, rather to the chagrin of his very much alive SAT second one... SAT Noël Coward's classic comedy stars Roger Allam as Charles SAT and Maggie Steed as Madame Arcati. SAT Adapted for radio by Bert Coules. Director Philip Franks. SAT Producer Patrick Rayner. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. SAT SAT 07:30 The RSC at 50 b010dp0l (Listen) SAT The New Theatre SAT James Naughtie explores the history of the Royal Shakespeare SAT Company as it marks its 50th birthday and reopens its main SAT Stratford theatre. Part 3. The new theatre. SAT The struggle to create a new theatre in Stratford, fit for SAT the diverse work of the Royal Shakespeare Company in the SAT 21st Century, goes right back to its founding in 1961. In SAT the final episode of his three-part series, James Naughtie SAT speaks with the key players about the problems with the SAT Elisabeth Scott Shakespeare Memorial Theatre built in 1932, SAT the triumphant experiments at The Other Place and The Swan, SAT and - built within the original walls - the brand new SAT theatre with its thrust stage which will open with Michael SAT Boyd's production of Macbeth in April 2011. SAT Former Artistic Directors Trevor Nunn, Terry Hands and SAT Adrian Noble tell Jim about their times with the company SAT while Judi Dench recalls the terror and hilarity of SAT performing with Ian McKellen in Nunn's famously intense SAT production of Macbeth at The Other Place in 1976. Architect SAT Rab Bennetts and current Artistic Director Michael Boyd SAT explain the challenge of creating the new space while the SAT series culminates in an examination of why performing SAT Shakespeare matters to the artistic well-being of the SAT nation. SAT As Peter Brook says to Jim in a rare interview: "This is SAT Shakespeare. Not "Shakespeare Memorial" but this is SAT Shakespeare as the real, living example that there is SAT something more". SAT The series as a whole features an exclusive breadth of SAT interviews with the key players of the past half century. SAT With all five artistic directors Peter Hall, Trevor Nunn, SAT Terry Hands, Adrian Noble and Michael Boyd; luminaries such SAT as Peter Brook, Cicely Berry, Greg Doran, Judi Dench, SAT Patrick Stewart and David Tennant; and backstage artists, SAT technicians and craftspeople, James Naughtie explores both SAT the history of the company and the reasons why its work SAT matters to the wider British cultural scene. SAT Producer: Beaty Rubens. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Beaty Rubens SAT Presenter: James Naughtie SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b03ddnfm (Listen) SAT Not Enough Hours in the Day SAT In this Archive on Four Claudia Hammond traces the history SAT of the time use survey.She explores how social change has SAT transformed the way people use their time, with more women SAT working outside the home and the rise of supposedly SAT labour-saving devices. These days men have an average of 5 SAT hours and 48 minutes spare and women have 5 hours and 23 SAT minutes, far more time than most people realise. Going back SAT to the BBC archives and others such as those at Sussex SAT University Claudia compares now with the past. SAT Eighty years ago the BBC conducted Britain's first ever SAT survey of time use. Its aim was to discover whether anyone SAT would have time to take up a brand new leisure activity - SAT watching TV. In fact last year's time use survey in the US SAT tells us that if people gain any unexpected spare time they SAT spend it watching TV. SAT But we are unreliable chroniclers of our time: even in the SAT last fortnight we remember only between nine and fifteen SAT things we have done. SAT The programme will trace the history of the time-use surveys SAT and why they are much harder to conduct than you might SAT think. People hate filling them in. Lawyers have to account SAT for every six minutes of their time in order to charge the SAT right clients, so they're experts on time use, but they SAT detest doing it because it reminds them how fast time goes. SAT Using the BBC written archives and first-hand accounts of SAT time-use from the Mass Observation Archive at Sussex SAT University Claudia follows the changes in the way time-use SAT has been measured. SAT We'll also learn hear the idiosyncratic stories of the SAT individuals who recorded their own time use. The Reverend SAT Robert Shields has written what is thought to be the longest SAT diary in the world. It's 30 times longer than Pepys' diary SAT and it fills 91 cardboard boxes. Using six typewriters he SAT noted down everything he did, describing everything from his SAT dreams to his urination. He died in 2007 and won't allow SAT most of it to be read until 2057, but a few pages are SAT available. Then there's Gordon Bell who works for Microsoft SAT and is chronicling every 20 seconds of his life with a SAT photograph and employs people to scan every page he reads SAT from books, so that there's a complete digital record of his SAT life. SAT SAT 09:00 Sondheim - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet SAT Street b07l53b8 (Listen) SAT Dennis Quilley and Julia McKenzie star in an exclusive BBC SAT recording of the Royal National Theatre's hit 1993 revival SAT of Stephen Sondheim 's musical thriller. Introduced by SAT Sheridan Morley. SAT A half-mad barber returns home after escaping from an unjust SAT imprisonment, to take vengeance on the judge who sentenced SAT him, ravished his wife and now plans to marry his daughter. SAT However, Sweeney doesn't limit himself to one victim, he SAT takes revenge against the whole world for his and his SAT daughter's suffering by slitting the throats of his SAT customers, whose corpses are then made into meat pies by his SAT enterprising accomplice, Mrs Lovett. SAT Music and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim based on Hugh SAT Wheeler's book, adapted by Christopher Bond. SAT Starring Dennis Quilley as Sweeney Todd, Julia McKenzie as SAT Mrs Lovett, Adrian Lester as Anthony Hope, Sheila Reid as SAT Beggar Woman/Lucy, Carol Starks as Johanna, Philip Curtis as SAT the Bird Seller, Christopher Benjamin as Judge Turpin, Barry SAT James as Beadle Bamford, Adriana Lewis Morgan as Tobias SAT Ragg, Nick Holder as Adolfo Pirelli and Stephen Hanley as SAT Fogg. SAT The ensemble players: Di Botcher, Megan Kelly, Mandy Moore, SAT Martin Nelson, Peter Prentice, Ernestina Quarcoo and Rhashan SAT Stone. SAT Musicians: Colin Wray [trumpet], Dean Foley [horn], Emma SAT Fowler [clarinet], Rachel Edmunds [bassoon], Julia SAT Leighton-Jones [violin], Judith Herbert [cello], David Berry SAT [double-bass] and Philip Hopkins [percussion]. SAT Associate Music Director: Mark Dorrell and Production Music SAT Direct: Paddy Cunneen. SAT Director: Declan Donnellan SAT For the BBC: Recording Engineer: Mike Robinson, Sound SAT Balancer: Tim Durham and Producer: John Langridge. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1994. SAT SAT 11:35 Stephen Sondheim in Conversation b07l56k2 (Listen) SAT Legendary composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim in SAT conversation with Mark Lawson. SAT With a string of award-winning shows to his name - including SAT A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, SAT Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods SAT and Passion - Stephen discusses his career and shares his SAT views on musical theatre. SAT Recorded with an audience at the 2010 Cheltenham Literary SAT Festival when Stephen was on a UK book tour, coinciding with SAT his 80th birthday. SAT First broadcast in Front Row on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. SAT SAT 12:00 Spangles 'n' Tights b04ndrcb (Listen) SAT Pursued by a Bear SAT The struggles of a Dublin theatrical costumier. The local SAT nun's drama group offers hope. With Doreen Keogh. From SAT September 1998. SAT SAT 12:30 J Kingston Platt b01rr6y0 (Listen) SAT Romance SAT The showbusiness survivor shares a touching tale of SAT unexpected romance. Written and read by Peter Jones. From SAT September 1993. SAT SAT 13:00 Life Lines: Omnibus b07l57yt (Listen) SAT An ambulance call handler's own life is fast becoming as SAT much of an emergency as the calls she takes. Stars Sarah SAT Ridgeway. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b07l58fp (Listen) SAT Steve Earle SAT Singer Steve Earle chooses 'Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan SAT Dowdy' and 'I Am a Patriot' by Little Steven & The Disciples SAT of Soul. SAT SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b007516l (Listen) SAT Stephen Fry SAT The actor and writer opens up to Professor Anthony Clare SAT about love, self-loathing and contemplating suicide. From SAT June 1997. SAT Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with SAT prominent people from different walks of life. SAT Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, SAT a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the SAT Royal College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on SAT BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became SAT Britain's best-known psychiatrist and earned his own SAT vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair. Starting in 1982, this SAT series ran until 2001 and also transferred to TV. Series SAT highlights include conversations with Bob Monkhouse, Cecil SAT Parkinson and Gerry Adams. SAT Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b03ddnfm (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Noel Coward - Blithe Spirit b01ghlgw (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 The RSC at 50 b010dp0l (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 The Real George Orwell b01qldly (Listen) SAT Nineteen Eighty-Four, Episode 2 SAT Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway SAT Winston Smith has found love and comfort with Julia, and now SAT they are determined to join the Brotherhood, a secret, SAT counter-revolutionary organisation pledged to destroy The SAT Party. But for The Party's enemies, deep in the Ministry of SAT Love, there is the threat of Room 101. SAT Directed by Jeremy Mortimer. SAT Credits SAT Winston Smith: Christopher Eccleston SAT Julia: Pippa Nixon SAT O'Brien: Tim Pigott-Smith SAT Parsons: Kim Wall SAT Charrington: Robert Blythe SAT Actor: Christine Absalom SAT Actor: Sam Alexander SAT Actor: Don Gilet SAT Actor: Susie Riddell SAT Actor: Joe Sims SAT Actor: Joshua Swinney SAT Director: Jeremy Mortimer SAT Writer: Jonathan Holloway SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats b007k42m (Listen) SAT The Noughties, Episode 2 SAT Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest SAT and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC. SAT Yo! From the 21st century of radio comedy, Baz presents SAT another six-pack of noughties favourites: SAT * Absolute Power SAT Series 3 (3/6) SAT Roguish Martin enters the Lords, as Charles takes on a Big SAT Brother 'star'. Stars Stephen Fry and John Bird. From 2002. SAT * Fags, Mags and Bags SAT Series 1 (1/6) Raising Keenan SAT Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary's Glasgow corner shop SAT sitcom. Owner Ramesh tackles a young tearaway. From 2007. SAT * The Sunday Format SAT Series 3 (1/4) SAT Celebrity eaters choose 'Desert Island Biscs'. Radio's posh SAT paper tells all. With Alexander Armstrong, Emma Kennedy and SAT Tracy-Ann Oberman. From 2001. SAT * Chain Reaction SAT Series 1 (2/6) Jimmy Carr interviews Matt Lucas SAT The deadpan funny man and the 'Little Britain' star in the SAT tag talk show, where the guest is next interviewer. From SAT 2005. SAT * Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting SAT Series 1 (2/6) SAT Linda Smith gets her neighbour's Jack the Ripper letters SAT authenticated and falls foul of the mafia. With Jeremy Hardy SAT and Don Estelle. From 2001. SAT * Dead Ringers SAT Series 6 (5/5) SAT More celeb sound-alikes as Thora Hird instructs James Bond SAT and Zippy imitates Cherie Blair. Topical impressions with SAT Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens and Kevin Connelly. From 2002. SAT Produced and scripted by Peter Reed SAT First broadcast on BBC 7 in 2003. SAT SAT 22:00 Buy Me Up TV b009jcxh (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Another chance to hear the comedy series inspired by every SAT shopping channel you've ever seen and every product you've SAT never wanted to buy. SAT Starring Justin Edwards, Colin Hoult, Katherine Jakeways, SAT Ewen MacIntosh, Alex MacQueen, Greg Proops and this week's SAT special guest, Rich Hall. SAT SAT 22:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b07ls9h7 (Listen) SAT The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Fred SAT MacAulay. SAT SAT 22:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You b007jvc2 (Listen) SAT Episode 6 SAT Cheesy host Alan Partridge meets BBC TV's Commissioning SAT Director and a maverick Lord. Stars Steve Coogan. From SAT January 1993. SAT SAT 23:00 The Mary Whitehouse Experience b043bldw (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 1 SAT Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Rob Newman and David Baddiel SAT scrutinise horse racing and party conferences. From October SAT 1990. SAT SAT 23:30 2525 b007znn2 (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can SAT survive... then it may sound something like this. Set 511 SAT years in the future, 2525 welcomes you into a world of SAT competitive kitchen appliances, robotic stand-up comedians SAT and religions devoted to the worship of The Beatles. SAT Cast: SAT Jenny Bede SAT Jamie Demetriou SAT Kieran Hodgson SAT Catriona Knox SAT Waen Shepherd SAT Written by Colin Birch, Ali Crockatt and David Scott, Jason SAT Hazeley and Joel Morris, Jon Hunter, Jane Lamacraft, Alex SAT Lowe, Paul Putner, John Luke Roberts and Eddie Robson. SAT Produced by Ashley Blaker SAT A John Stanley production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Performer: Jenny Bede SAT Performer: Jamie Demetriou SAT Performer: Kieran Hodgson SAT Performer: Catriona Knox SAT Performer: Waen Shepherd SAT Writer: Colin Birch SAT Writer: Ali Crockatt SAT Writer: Jason Hazeley SAT Writer: Joel Morris SAT Writer: Jon Hunter SAT Writer: Jane Lamacraft SAT Writer: Alex Lowe SAT Writer: Paul Putner SAT Writer: John-Luke Roberts SAT Writer: Eddie Robson SAT Producer: Ashley Blaker SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 17 JULY 2016 SUN SUN 00:00 The Real George Orwell b01qldly (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Life Lines: Omnibus b07l57yt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b07l58fp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b007516l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b03ddnfm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Noel Coward - Blithe Spirit b01ghlgw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 The RSC at 50 b010dp0l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 A Little Twist of Dahl: Omnibus b01phj36 (Listen) SUN Five darkly comic tales by the master of the bizarre - Roald SUN Dahl. With Charles Dance as the storyteller. SUN SUN 07:15 Out of Armenia b04w0jxm (Listen) SUN Venice SUN Guided by an earnest novice monk from the bells of Santa SUN Croce to the Armenian monastery-island of San Lazzaro, SUN Charles Emmerson continues to Venice on his journey through SUN the Armenian diaspora of Europe. SUN Armenian traders have been in Venice for centuries. Tall SUN tales of Armenians fighting with Venetians at Troy still SUN circulate. But when the island of San Lazzaro, a former SUN leper colony, was turned into an Armenian monastery in the SUN early 18th century, it became a new magnet for Armenians in SUN the city. SUN Over the years, San Lazzaro developed into a sacred citadel SUN of Armenian culture. The monks collected together SUN manuscripts and books of the Armenian world even as they SUN turned to dust elsewhere. We hear the Armenian religious SUN singing which the monks kept alive, and share the wonder of SUN the Venetian Armenians who first heard it when they were SUN young. SUN San Lazzaro's reputation spread - it's claimed Byron visited SUN the island to learn the Armenian language by swimming all SUN the way from the Venice shore. Charles learns of the very SUN spot on the island where Byron came to meditate after trying SUN to master the twists and turns of the semi-mystical Armenian SUN alphabet. SUN Speaking with the monks today, Charles discovers the links SUN which tie the monastery to the outside world, even as it SUN becomes harder and harder to make up a football team for the SUN island's meagre football pitch. SUN The gardener reveals the monastery's culinary secrets - SUN rose-petal jam, and copious supplies of dairy products from SUN the Lido. And as the mist draws in, and vespers end, the SUN abbot takes out the monastery speedboat to return his SUN visitors to the city. The island falls back into the SUN protective silence of the night. SUN Produced by Cicely Fell SUN An Above The Title production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01dsy7d (Listen) SUN Series 1, Isy Suttie SUN Comedian Alex Horne is joined by his own 5 piece jazz band SUN for a brand new series of music and comedy. This time they SUN make music on the subject of 'hard water'; shine a spotlight SUN on the troubled life of the double bassist and reveal the SUN haunting sound of the 'ocarina'. The band are joined by SUN guest comedian Isy Suttie who persuades Alex to sing in a SUN duet... SUN Producer .... Julia McKenzie. SUN Credits SUN Presenter: Alex Horne SUN Performer: Joe Auckland SUN Performer: Mark Brown SUN Performer: Will Collier SUN Performer: Ben Reynolds SUN Performer: Joe Stilgoe SUN Performer: Isy Suttie SUN Producer: Julia McKenzie SUN SUN 08:00 We're in Business b007jydp (Listen) SUN Dudley's Granny SUN Dudley and Harry end up at the mercy of a devious criminal. SUN Stars Peter Jones as Dudley, Harry Worth as Harry and Irene SUN Handl as Granny. With Paddy Edwards, Wallas Eaton and John SUN Graham. SUN Peter Jones is small-time businessman, Dudley Grosvenor SUN who's always out to make a fast buck - usually at the SUN expense of his side-kick, Harry Worth. SUN Written by Peter Jones, George Wadmore and George Evans. SUN A selection of surviving episodes from two series broadcast SUN between 1959-1960. SUN Producer: Charles Maxwell. SUN First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June 1959. SUN SUN 08:30 Meet the Huggetts b00ncgg1 (Listen) SUN No Fear SUN Huggett family chaos reigns when young Bobby sets out to SUN play the hero. SUN Stars Jack Warner as Joe, Kathleen Harrison as Ethel, George SUN Howell as Bobby, Marion Collins as Jane, Charles Leno as SUN Fred Stebbings and Kenneth Connor as Charlie. SUN Popular working-class family, the Huggetts first hit the SUN cinema screen with a series of Gainsborough films between SUN 1947 and 1949. Their subsequent BBC radio series ran from SUN 1953 to 1962. SUN Scripted by Eddie Maguire. SUN Producer: Jacques Brown SUN First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September SUN 1957. SUN SUN 09:00 Channel Shore - Omnibus b05x26xr (Listen) SUN Tom Fort travels from the white cliffs of Dover to Land's SUN End in search of maritime tales. Read by Jonathan Coy. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b07l5ftn (Listen) SUN Maria Friedman SUN Actress-singer Maria Friedman chooses 'Peter and the Wolf' SUN by Prokofiev and 'Bess, You is My Woman Now' by George SUN Gershwin. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b07l5ftq (Listen) SUN Conductors, Marin Alsop SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Aretha Franklin to Gustav Mahler, SUN conductor Marin Alsop shares her castaway choices with SUN Kirsty Young. From September 2014. SUN SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour b07l5g62 (Listen) SUN Series 3, Live from Dublin SUN True stories told live in Ireland: Dan Kennedy introduces SUN stories about being different, identification and survival. SUN The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organisation SUN dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling based in the SUN USA. Since 1997, it has celebrated both the raconteur and SUN the storytelling novice, who has lived through something SUN extraordinary and yearns to share it. Originally formed by SUN the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of SUN friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in SUN through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New SUN York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to produce SUN immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around New SUN York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts SUN of the world. SUN The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live SUN and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. SUN The Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year. SUN Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, SUN from the humorous to the heart-breaking. SUN The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic SUN Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed SUN by the Public Radio Exchange. SUN SUN 12:00 We're in Business b007jydp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Meet the Huggetts b00ncgg1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 A Little Twist of Dahl: Omnibus b01phj36 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 Out of Armenia b04w0jxm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Jessie Burton - The Muse: Omnibus b07l5gk3 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN 1967: An exhibition of Lawrie's newly discovered Robles is SUN mooted. Read by Martina Laird and Jessica Raine. SUN Credits SUN Reader: Rachel Shelley SUN Author: Kazuo Ishiguro SUN Abridger: Lauris Morgan-Griffiths SUN Producer: Mair Bosworth SUN SUN 15:45 RK Narayan Stories b01d9164 (Listen) SUN Engine Trouble SUN At a raffle in India, a poor local man wins an unusual SUN prize. But how to get it home? Read by Zia Mohyeddin. SUN SUN 16:00 Saturday Drama b00jgv1s (Listen) SUN Lambeth Palace SUN Dark comedy by Christopher William Hill imagining the SUN politics behind the scenes in the run-up to the selection of SUN a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury. How far will an SUN ultra-Establishment conservative and a barely-believing SUN liberal go to win the top job in the Church of England? SUN Michael Lombard ...... Alex Jennings SUN David Channing ...... Geoffrey Whitehead SUN Grace Lombard ...... Phoebe Nicholls SUN Patrick Latimer ...... Murray Melvin SUN Alicia Latham ...... Susan Jameson SUN Simon Brooker ...... Philip Fox SUN Anthony Taylor ...... Sam Dale SUN Russell Graves ...... Stephen Hogan SUN Claudia ...... Caroline Guthrie SUN Robin ...... Jonathan Tafler SUN Cardinal Daeneker ...... Malcolm Tierney SUN Seb ...... Benjamin Askew SUN Jade ...... Lizzy Watts SUN With Kirsty Wark and Jonathan Dimbleby as themselves. SUN Other parts played by Janice Acquah, Matt Addis and Paul SUN Rider. SUN Directed by Mary Peate. SUN SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra b07l5hhr (Listen) SUN Tales from Ovid: Semele; Peleus and Thetis; Pygmalion; The SUN Birth of Hercules SUN BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the SUN BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Tales of Ovid'. SUN Poet Ted Hughes continues reading from his award-winning SUN reworking of Ovid's Metamorphoses - stories of the teeming SUN underworld and overworld of Romanised Greek myth and legend. SUN Featuring 'Semele', 'Peleus and Thetis' and 'Pygmalion and SUN the Birth of Hercules', this highly praised collection won SUN the 1997 Whitbread prize for poetry and WH Smith Literary SUN Award. SUN Ted Hughes: born: 1930 and died: 1998. SUN Producer: Susan Roberts SUN First broadcast in two-parts on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. SUN SUN 17:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01dsy7d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God b007jwl8 (Listen) SUN Blowback SUN Nick battles to find the person responsible for his lover SUN Belinda's death. Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Dyktynski. SUN SUN 18:30 Algernon Blackwood - The Willows b007jvdr (Listen) SUN Episode 4 SUN The Swede offers his opinion on the island's evil forces, SUN and the necessity of offering them a sacrifice. Read by SUN Roger Allam. SUN SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour b07l5g62 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Channel Shore - Omnibus b05x26xr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b07l5ftn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b07l5ftq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01dsy7d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b07ls9r4 (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith is joined SUN again by Fred MacAulay. SUN SUN 22:30 Fabulous b00hs90r (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 3 SUN Faye's cooker is beeping, work deadlines are looming and SUN flat-hunting sucks. Stars Daisy Haggard and Adam Buxton. SUN From May 2007. SUN SUN 22:45 Peter Bradshaw - For One Horrible Moment b008756f (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN Darkly comic memoirs of growing up in the 1970s. Will SUN father's lecture on sex dampen our hero's ardour? With Peter SUN Bradshaw. SUN SUN 23:00 The Secret World b01mqpgm (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 2 SUN From Al Pacino to Paul McCartney - Jon Culshaw and friends SUN imagine the private lives of the famous. From September SUN 2012. SUN SUN 23:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00773xs (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 5 SUN The award-winning comic brings us the torrid tale of SUN Justine's jeans and the sad story of a second gap year. From SUN February 2007. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 18 JULY 2016 MON MON 00:00 Simon Bovey - The Voice of God b007jwl8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Algernon Blackwood - The Willows b007jvdr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 A Little Twist of Dahl: Omnibus b01phj36 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 Out of Armenia b04w0jxm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Jessie Burton - The Muse: Omnibus b07l5gk3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 RK Narayan Stories b01d9164 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Saturday Drama b00jgv1s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Poetry Extra b07l5hhr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01dsy7d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds MON b03790m8 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON The pursuit does not let up, as special agent, Dick Barton MON and Freddie track an alluring foe and see the true face of MON the enemy. MON The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas MON Kelly as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling MON tale of criminal masterminds, espionage and daring MON adventure. MON Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon MON Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between MON 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings MON survive. MON With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding MON re-recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original MON scripts and music, which was made for international MON distribution. Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, MON lurking in the vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive MON in Canberra, Australia. MON Script by Geoffrey Webb. MON Producer: Morris West MON First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. MON MON 06:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012r6vn (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Elk and Bray quiz a suspect. Is he "Thomas"? Quigley gets a MON tip-off, as the master criminal sets to work. Read by Danny MON Webb. MON Who is White Face? The "Devil of Tidal Basin" - they called MON him. Out of the slums and filth of London slunk this MON marauder, dealing death and striking terror into all hearts MON and confounding the clearest brains of Scotland Yard. MON All the ingredients of a great mystery are here - a MON beautiful young girl, a handsome and romantic stranger from MON South Africa; a keen crime-reporter from London's Fleet MON Street in love with the girl; the dull witted inspector of MON Police countered by the brilliant Superintendent from MON Scotland Yard. MON It's a hunt to expose an arch blackmailer - bent on MON destroying the lives of his victims..... MON Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific MON British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote MON 175 novels - including the Four Just Men and Mr JG Reeder MON series - 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and MON journals. He co-created the movie monster 'King Kong', MON writing the film's early screenplay. Over 160 films have MON been made of his novels. MON Edgar Wallace's novel abridged by Robin Brooks. MON Producer: Clive Brill MON Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions and MON first broadcast in 2011. MON MON 06:30 House Beautiful b00zm1l1 (Listen) MON To tie in with the V&A's exhibition The Cult of Beauty, MON Laurence Llewelyn Bowen considers the effect of the MON Aesthetic movement on the home in Britain. MON Many artists and craftsmen were repelled by the ugly mass MON produced goods on show at the 1851 Exhibition. A reactive MON movement started that made BEAUTY the focus and ambition, MON not only of art but of all things including household goods MON and furnishings. MON Laurence starts at Leighton House in London, the opulent MON studio-home of the painter Frederic Lord Leighton, which was MON open for the public to admire and emulate. Rossetti, MON Whistler and Wilde also had houses which became hugely MON fashionable for their muted colour, their harmonious MON furnishings and their refined collection of art and objects, MON many from Japan and the Middle East. MON Laurence traces the style to the very heart of middle class MON suburbia where all things 'artistic' became an obsession. MON And we hear how much we owe to that movement today - how our MON glassy home magazines are descendants of the Victorian 'home MON hints', how the tiles and wallpapers we choose, the idea of MON lifestyle' and of 'good taste' can be attributed to what MON happened during the 1870s. MON Prodcuer: Susan Marling MON A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels b00v2pbf (Listen) MON Series 2, Awards MON 18th century smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny wants to win "Peasants MON Personality of The Year". Stars Sheridan Smith. From April MON 2004. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b07jyrdj (Listen) MON Series 65, Episode 3 MON The nation's favourite wireless entertainment pays a visit MON to Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre. Old-timers Barry Cryer and MON Tony Hawks are joined on the panel by locals Susan Calman MON and Fred Macaulay with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell MON provides piano accompaniment. MON Producer - Jon Naismith. MON It is a BBC Studios production. MON Credits MON Presenter: Jack Dee MON Panellist: Barry Cryer MON Panellist: Tony Hawks MON Panellist: Susan Calman MON Panellist: Fred MacAulay MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Parsley Sidings b007jp4z (Listen) MON Series 2, The Entente Cordiale MON Cross-channel harmony hits the buffers, when the station is MON twinned with one in France. MON Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Kenneth Connor as Valentine MON /Bradshaw/Head of French Rail, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Ian MON Lavender as Bert and Roger Delgado as Dupont. MON Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway MON station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station MON for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, MON hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. MON Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but MON on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria MON Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an MON archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, MON Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in MON equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas MON Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop MON down the line. MON Producer: Edward Taylor MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1973. MON MON 08:30 J Kingston Platt b01rtzx7 (Listen) MON Ronnie Melcombe and his Surprising Wife MON The showbiz veteran relates a startling tale of a wife MON addicted to shock. Written and read by Peter Jones. From MON September 1993. MON MON 09:00 The Write Stuff b00v1qkl (Listen) MON Series 14, PG Wodehouse MON More literary challenges will be set as another series of MON The Write Stuff starts, seeing the return of host, James MON Walton, along with novelists, John Walsh and Sebastian MON Faulks as team captains. MON Each episode features an "Author of the Week" whose life and MON work provide a focus for the questions as well as the basis MON for the pastiches at the end of the show. This series the MON following writers will be "Authors of the Week": MON - Episode 1: P.G. Wodehouse MON - Episode 2: Tennessee Williams MON - Episode 3: Marcel Proust MON - Episode 4: The Beats (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs) MON - Episode 5: Stephenie Meyer (author of the Twilight series) MON - Episode 6: Edgar Allan Poe MON As ever, the team captains will be joined by guest MON panellists from the literary world and this series the MON guests will include best-selling crime writer, Mark MON Billingham; Horrid Henry author, Francesca Simon; poet, Ian MON McMillan; children's author, Sue Limb and journalist and MON broadcaster, Francis Wheen. MON The guest panellists for Episode 1 will be Francis Wheen and MON Ian McMillan and the show will finish, as ever, with each MON panellist reading out a pastiche of the "Author of the MON Week"'s work - this week they imagine how Wodehouse might MON have tackled historical fiction. MON MON 09:30 King Street Junior b007jnc6 (Listen) MON Series 7, Taking the Rap MON School trouble is brewing over a pupil playing truant and a MON strict disciplinarian on the staff. With Dilys Laye. From MON May 1992. MON MON 10:00 Charles Dickens b007jzxk (Listen) MON The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Orphans MON The arrival in Cloisterham of Neville and Helena Landless , MON twins from Ceylon, sets in motion a chain of events which MON leads to murder.... MON Charles Dickens's unfinished book completed by Leon Garfield MON and dramatised for radio in 5-parts by David Buck. MON Starring Ian Holm as John Jasper, Mark Payton as Edwin MON Drood, Gareth Thomas as the Reverend Crisparkle, Simon MON Treves as Neville, Helena Breck as Helena, Susan Sheridan as MON Deputy and Mary Wimbush as Princess Puffer. MON Pianist: Nicholas Kok MON Director: Gordon House MON A BBC Radio 4/BBC World Service co-production first MON broadcast in 1990. MON MON 11:00 Patrick O'Brian - Little Death b04t7kjc (Listen) MON Haunted by World War Two and vowing not to kill again, an MON ex-fighter pilot is invited to shoot pigeons. Read by Liam MON O'Callaghan. MON MON 11:15 Afternoon Drama b013852k (Listen) MON Rightfully Mine MON Ella Hickson is one of the brightest young stars of the MON British new writing scene. She is currently Pearson MON playwright in residence at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. MON Of Ella's second stage play 'Precious Little Talent' the MON Sunday Times commented: MON 'Of the young female playwrights sparkling in the West End, MON Ella Hickson shines the brightest... this fresh, ardent play MON suggests that it's writer, Ella Hickson, has a wide-open MON future'. MON In 'Rightfully Mine', Ella Hickson explores the relationship MON between a mother and a daughter and asks what rights raising MON a child gives you - do the things you do for your children MON really come for free? MON 'I suddenly wonder whether the best thing you can ever do MON for your child is not to sacrifice anything for them, to MON live, almost in spite of them - that way you'll never hold MON it against them - you'll never feel that they owe you MON anything...' MON Twenty six year old Amy is desperate to have her own child, MON but a teenage illness and subsequent operation has made it MON impossible for her to bear her own. Her last resort is to MON ask her fifty year-old mother, Celia, to act as surrogate. A MON favour which Celia gives freely, and Amy is afraid to MON receive. MON Celia: Kath Howden MON Amy: Shauna MacDonald MON Paul: John Paul Hurley MON Written by Ella Hickson MON Directed by Lu Kemp. MON MON 12:00 Parsley Sidings b007jp4z (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 J Kingston Platt b01rtzx7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds MON b03790m8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012r6vn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] MON MON 13:30 House Beautiful b00zm1l1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01k9qrm (Listen) MON Michael Palin - The Truth, Episode 1 MON Written by Michael Palin. MON Keith Mabbut has completed his book on the Sullom Voe oil MON terminal but feels decidedly unfulfilled. Returning home to MON London he is determined to embark on a novel. MON Keith is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the MON opportunity of a lifetime - to write the biography of the MON elusive Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and MON humanitarian - he seizes the chance to write something MON meaningful. MON His search to find out the real story behind the legend MON takes him to the lush landscapes and environmental hotspots MON of India. The more he discovers about Melville, the more he MON admires him - and the more he connects with an idealist who MON wanted to make a difference. MON But is his quarry genuinely who he claims to be? Is he MON really a Gandhi-like leader of the people, a political mover MON and shaker, an enigma? These are the question Keith must ask MON himself. But as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever MON we make it. MON Read by Alex Jennings MON Abridged by Libby Spurrier MON Producer: Joanna Green MON A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:15 The Invention of Childhood b00snq94 (Listen) MON The Kiddy and the Pork Chop MON Michael Morpurgo looks at the impact of economic MON improvements on children in the second half of the 20th MON century. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b012wdjr (Listen) MON Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms, Episode 1 MON Ernest Hemingway's novel, dramatised by Stephen Keyworth. MON 1/10 Frederic Henry, an American ambulance driver for the MON Italian army, plays courtship games with Catherine Barkley, MON a British nurse. MON Cast MON Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy MON Catherine ..... Morven Christie MON Rinaldi ..... Carl Prekopp MON Ferguson ..... Alex Tregear MON Manera ..... Jonathan Forbes MON Directed by Jessica Dromgoole MON As part of the BBC Year of the Book, Radio Four presents MON Ernest Hemingway's greatest love story set in the Italian MON conflict in the First World War, where American ambulance MON driver Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley MON are serving. Despite themselves, they find life and passion MON beneath the numbness of war and death. MON A dramatisation by Steven Keyworth, with Patrick Kennedy MON (Atonement, War Horse) as Frederic, and Morven Christie MON (Lost in Austen, The Sinking of the Laconia) as Catherine. MON Credits MON Visual Editor: Toby Swift MON Producer: Jessica Dromgoole MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b014f9pz (Listen) MON Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 1 MON Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century MON more than the quest to discover the source of the White MON Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize MON coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six MON larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted MON the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, MON Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, MON Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and MON Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in MON the fierce competition. MON Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new MON research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark MON Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well MON as malicious tactics of the explorers. On multiple forays MON launched into east and central Africa, the travellers passed MON through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages MON of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear MON wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and MON Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the MON kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. MON Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines MON the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still MON casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. MON Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of MON Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a MON Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the MON Washington Post. He lives in London. MON Reader: Alex Jennings MON Abridger: Libby Spurrier MON Producer: Joanna Green MON A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Charles Dickens b007jzxk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The Write Stuff b00v1qkl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 King Street Junior b007jnc6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 Elephants to Catch Eels b00v2pbf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b07jyrdj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 15 Minute Drama b03vd7cs (Listen) MON Ed Harris - The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B, MON Episode 1 MON Ambassador B should be inspecting minor planets of far-away MON suns for the peaceful Interplanetary Commonwealth. Instead, MON her recorded reports reveal that she is veering off-course, MON pursuing a vendetta and bringing anything but peace. MON Mind-bending, interstellar fun and adventure from Sony MON Gold-winning writer Ed Harris. MON 1/5 Ambassador B inspects a planet which encourages free MON speech. But where no one has a word to say about her MON predecessor, Ambassador A. MON Produced and Directed by Jonquil Panting. MON Credits MON Ambassador B: Fenella Woolgar MON Minister Lung: Carolyn Pickles MON Stone: Clive Hayward MON Supervisor Lobe: Michael Bertenshaw MON Complainant 1: Steve Toussaint MON Complainant 2: Cassie Layton MON Rib: Matthew Watson MON Ambassador A: Priyanga Burford MON Director: Jonquil Panting MON Producer: Jonquil Panting MON Writer: Ed Harris MON MON 18:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium MON b007jqp7 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Architect Stephen Rix brings back evidence that his MON cathedral vision really does exist. Read by David Horovitch. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b00767sz (Listen) MON Dolly Dhingra & Tony Wheeler MON Matthew Parris and his guests, journalist Dolly Dhingra and MON founder of the Lonely Planet guides Tony Wheeler, discuss MON books by Amitav Ghosh, Vikram Seth, Douglas Adams and Mark MON Carwardine. From 2002. MON The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh MON Publisher: Harper Collins MON Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine MON Publisher: Pan MON The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth MON Publisher: Faber. MON MON 19:00 Parsley Sidings b007jp4z (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 J Kingston Platt b01rtzx7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds MON b03790m8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012r6vn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] MON MON 20:30 House Beautiful b00zm1l1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Patrick O'Brian - Little Death b04t7kjc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Afternoon Drama b013852k (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b07jyrdj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b00m6bhh (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 1 MON How to talk to an emperor and inventing Saturday night TV MON shows. Stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. From August MON 2009. MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b07lscfx (Listen) MON The best in contemporary comedy. Thom Tuck talks to Danish MON comedian Sofie Hagen. MON MON 23:00 Dead Ringers b07k0k56 (Listen) MON Series 16, Episode 5 MON It's a momentous week for Theresa May as she makes her first MON appearance on Dead Ringers as Prime Minister. MON Ministers sacked, the Labour party in meltdown, Brexit fears MON remain unabated this is a fabulous time for Laura MON Kuenssberg, Andrew Neil, Robert Peston, Jon Snow, Andrew MON Marr, Kirsty Wark , Hugh Edwards, all feeding off the trough MON of political failure. MON Starring: Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens and Lewis Macleod. MON Written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, MON Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, James Bugg, Laura Major, Sarah MON Campbell, Max Davies, Jack Bernhardt, Liam Beirne, Alex MON Harvey and Sara Gibbs. MON Produced and created by Bill Dare. MON BBC Studios Production. MON Credits MON Performer: Jon Culshaw MON Performer: Jan Ravens MON Performer: Lewis Macleod MON Writer: Nev Fountain MON Writer: Tom Jamieson MON Writer: Laurence Howarth MON Writer: Ed Amsden MON Writer: Tom Coles MON Writer: James Bugg MON Writer: Laura Major MON Writer: Sarah Campbell MON Writer: Max Davies MON Writer: Jack Bernhardt MON Writer: Liam Beirne MON Writer: Alex Harvey MON Writer: Sara Gibbs MON Producer: Bill Dare MON MON 23:30 Elvenquest b01r0gjg (Listen) MON Series 4, The Underworld MON The Questers are forced into the Underworld where they must MON find Penthiselea's mum to ask her an all important question MON that could finally lead them to the Sword of Asnagar. MON Meanwhile, Lord Darkness faces a testing time too, when he MON tries to raise an army of the dead. MON Starring: MON Darren Boyd as Vidar MON Louise Delamere as Penthiselea's mother MON Kevin Eldon as Dean/Kreech MON Dave Lamb as Amis/The Gatekeeper MON Stephen Mangan as Sam MON Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness MON and MON Ingrid Oliver as Penthiselea MON Written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto. MON Producer: Sam Michell. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 TUE TUE 00:00 15 Minute Drama b03vd7cs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium TUE b007jqp7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b00767sz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds TUE b03790m8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012r6vn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 House Beautiful b00zm1l1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01k9qrm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 The Invention of Childhood b00snq94 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama b012wdjr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Book of the Week b014f9pz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens b007jzxk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff b00v1qkl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 King Street Junior b007jnc6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Elephants to Catch Eels b00v2pbf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b07jyrdj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds TUE b03799x2 (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE After a tip-off courtesy of a cat, Dick and Freddie find TUE themselves confronting knife-wielding apes. TUE The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas TUE Kelly as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling TUE tale of criminal masterminds, espionage and daring TUE adventure. TUE Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon TUE Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between TUE 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings TUE survive. TUE With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding TUE re-recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original TUE scripts and music, which was made for international TUE distribution. Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, TUE lurking in the vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive TUE in Canberra, Australia. TUE Script by Geoffrey Webb. TUE Producer: Morris West TUE First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. TUE TUE 06:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012r9tz (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE As more emerges about Bateman's presence in England, crime TUE reporter Quigley gets a lead from a crazy man. Read by Danny TUE Webb. TUE TUE 06:30 Edward the Black Prince b00ss2cn (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, was known as the Black TUE Prince. Peter and Dan Snow follow in his footsteps to trace TUE the start of the 100 Years' War between England and France, TUE and to find out more about this great figure in 14th century TUE chivalry. TUE Starting at his tomb in Canterbury they follow his footsteps TUE to Normandy, where he was knighted at 16 and took part in TUE the siege of Caen and the Battle of Crecy. In this great TUE English victory, he commanded the English army, while his TUE father Edward III looked on. TUE With the help of medieval historians Mark Ormrod and Craig TUE Taylor, and the words of the chroniclers, Peter and Dan TUE discover fascinating details about life in the middle ages TUE at times of war, and about the early life of this great TUE military commander. TUE Producer: Alyn Shipton TUE A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 07:00 Spangles 'n' Tights b04nv8v5 (Listen) TUE The Ambassador TUE The Dublin theatrical costumiers have to create a special TUE cloak for Sir Walter Raleigh. With Sylvia Syms. From October TUE 1998. TUE TUE 07:30 The Missing Hancocks b04ly3xv (Listen) TUE The Matador TUE Between 1954 and 1959, BBC Radio recorded 102 episodes of TUE Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's comedy classic Hancock's Half TUE Hour. The first modern sitcom, it made stars of Tony TUE Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Galton TUE and Simpson on one of the most successful comedy-writing TUE partnerships in history. But 20 episodes of the show are TUE missing from the BBC archives, and have not been heard since TUE their original transmission nearly sixty years ago. Now, TUE five of those episodes have been lovingly re-recorded in TUE front of a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre, featuring TUE a stellar cast led by Kevin McNally as The Lad Himself. TUE Tonight's episode: The Matador. Tony uses Sid's travel TUE agency to book a holiday in Spain, little knowing that Sid TUE also runs a bullfighting business.... TUE Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and with the classic TUE score newly recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, the show TUE stars Kevin McNally, Kevin Eldon, Simon Greenall, Robin TUE Sebastian and Susy Kane. The Matador was last broadcast in TUE October 1955. TUE Produced by Ed Morrish and Neil Pearson. TUE Credits TUE Hancock: Kevin McNally TUE Actor: Kevin Eldon TUE Actor: Simon Greenall TUE Actor: Robin Sebastian TUE Actor: Susy Kane TUE Writer: Ray Galton TUE Writer: Alan Simpson TUE Producer: Ed Morrish TUE Producer: Neil Pearson TUE TUE 08:00 Steptoe and Son b00rq30b (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Stepmother TUE Harold's not too happy to meet dad Albert's new girlfriend. TUE Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as TUE Harold and Joan Lovell as Emma. TUE Following the conclusion of their hugely successful TUE association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan TUE Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in TUE 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, TUE featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and TUE his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series TUE for TV. TUE Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by TUE Gale Pedrick. TUE Produced by Bobby Jaye TUE First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. TUE TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry b017071h (Listen) TUE Wool Over Their Eyes TUE The bungling bureaucrats get sheepish over their latest TUE muddle. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From June TUE 1975. TUE TUE 09:00 Dead Ringers b07k0k56 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 King of Bath b0482wzg (Listen) TUE Suffer Little Children TUE Ambrose needs Uncle Beau's support when he steals some TUE orphans to start a school. Stars David Bamber. From March TUE 1999. TUE TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens b007jzyx (Listen) TUE The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Disappearance TUE Edwin and Neville attend a dinner hosted by Edwin's guardian TUE Jasper, a meeting destined to be their last. Stars Mark TUE Payton. TUE TUE 11:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Stag at Bay b04t922f (Listen) TUE He is writing an article on marriage. She has retreated to TUE her mother's. And the horned beast? Read by Sean Barrett. TUE TUE 11:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book b007jw2l (Listen) TUE Sophia recalls the holidays spent with her grandmother on an TUE island in the Gulf of Finland. Stars Phyllida Law and Sophie TUE Thompson. TUE TUE 12:00 Steptoe and Son b00rq30b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry b017071h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds TUE b03799x2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012r9tz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Edward the Black Prince b00ss2cn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01kcyz3 (Listen) TUE Michael Palin - The Truth, Episode 2 TUE Written by Michael Palin. TUE Keith Mabbut's ex-wife asks him to meet her new man, his TUE daughter Jay falls in love with an Iranian refugee and TUE Keith's agent Silla telephones with a mysterious offer of TUE work. TUE Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is TUE offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to write the TUE biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a highly TUE influential activist and humanitarian - he seizes the chance TUE to write something meaningful. TUE His search to find out the real story behind the legend TUE takes Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental TUE hotspots of India. The more he discovers about Melville, the TUE more he admires him - and the more he connects with an TUE idealist who wanted to make a difference. But is his quarry TUE genuinely who he claims to be? Is he really a Gandhi-like TUE leader of the people, a political mover and shaker, an TUE enigma? These are the question Keith must ask himself. But TUE as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever we make it. TUE Read by Alex Jennings TUE Abridged by Libby Spurrier TUE Producer: Joanna Green TUE A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:15 The Invention of Childhood b00sny0z (Listen) TUE A Prison or a Garden TUE Michael Morpurgo presents the story of the fight for TUE children's rights in the second half of the 20th century. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b012wg2n (Listen) TUE Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms, Episode 2 TUE Ernest Hemingway's novel, dramatised by Steven Keyworth. TUE 2/10 Frederic is injured while seeing to the suppers of his TUE fellow ambulance drivers TUE Cast TUE Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy TUE Rinaldi ..... Carl Prekopp TUE Manera ..... Jonathan Forbes TUE Gavuzzi ..... James Lailey TUE Passini ..... Daniel Rabin TUE Driver ..... Simon Bubb TUE Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. TUE Credits TUE Visual Editor: Toby Swift TUE Producer: Jessica Dromgoole TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b014m7t5 (Listen) TUE Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 2 TUE Burton and Speke are searching for the source of the Nile. TUE But with Burton too ill to travel, Speke goes it alone TUE Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century TUE more than the quest to discover the source of the White TUE Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize TUE coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six TUE larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted TUE the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, TUE Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, TUE Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and TUE Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in TUE the fierce competition. TUE Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new TUE research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark TUE Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well TUE as malicious tactics of the explorers. TUE Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines TUE the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still TUE casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. TUE Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of TUE Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a TUE Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the TUE Washington Post. He lives in London. TUE Reader: Alex Jennings TUE Abridger: Libby Spurrier TUE Producer: Joanna Green TUE A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens b007jzyx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Counterpoint b00fnm9y (Listen) TUE 2005, Final TUE Ned Sherrin hosts the final with Brian Clements of TUE Chelmsford, Lincoln's John Taylor and Christopher TUE Moore-Bridger of Oswestry. TUE TUE 16:30 King of Bath b0482wzg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 Spangles 'n' Tights b04nv8v5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 The Missing Hancocks b04ly3xv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 15 Minute Drama b03vgd9l (Listen) TUE Ed Harris - The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B, TUE Episode 2 TUE Ambassador B should be inspecting minor planets of far-away TUE suns for the peaceful Interplanetary Commonwealth. Instead, TUE her recorded reports reveal that she is veering off-course, TUE pursuing a vendetta and bringing anything but peace. TUE Mind-bending, interstellar fun and adventure from Sony TUE Gold-winning writer Ed Harris. TUE 2/5 Pursuing her missing sister into the uncharted planets TUE of the Tundra, Ambassador B finds a world of constant war. TUE Produced and Directed by Jonquil Panting. TUE Credits TUE Ambassador B: Fenella Woolgar TUE Cook: Ewan Bailey TUE Soldier 1: Georgie Fuller TUE Soldier 2: Carys Eleri TUE Topper: David Cann TUE Sergeant: Wilf Scolding TUE Director: Jonquil Panting TUE Producer: Jonquil Panting TUE Writer: Ed Harris TUE TUE 18:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium TUE b007jqpm (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Architect Stephen Rix must face the doubts of his family and TUE others about his plan to build a cathedral. Read by David TUE Horovitch. TUE TUE 18:30 The Tingle Factor b07l69t1 (Listen) TUE Bryan Forbes TUE Film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist Bryan Forbes TUE talks to Robin Ray about the music that moves him. TUE Recalling his life and career highlights, Bryan's selection TUE includes the work of Puccini, John Barry and Elton John. TUE Producer: Emma Kingsley TUE Bryan Forbes CBE was born: 1926 and died 2013. TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. TUE TUE 19:00 Steptoe and Son b00rq30b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry b017071h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds TUE b03799x2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012r9tz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Edward the Black Prince b00ss2cn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Patrick O'Brian - The Stag at Bay b04t922f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book b007jw2l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 The Missing Hancocks b04ly3xv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b07lscnj (Listen) TUE The best in contemporary comedy. Thom Tuck talks again to TUE Danish comedian Sofie Hagen. TUE TUE 22:30 The Maltby Collection b00cnclw (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 1 TUE The new deputy museum curator gets a shock. Reginald Perrin TUE writer David Nobbs's sitcom with Julian Rhind-Tutt. From TUE June 2007. TUE TUE 23:00 Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation b0174hvv (Listen) TUE Intelligence TUE Mark Watson continues his quest to improve the world, nimbly TUE assisted by Tim Key and Tom Basden. TUE As broadcast live in November 2011 - Mark invites the TUE audience join in via tweets and messages to work out how we TUE can all make the world a better place. TUE Mark asks the big questions that are crucial to our TUE understanding of ourselves and society - in a dynamic and TUE thought provoking new format he opens the floor to the live TUE audience and asks them to jump into the conversation via TUE tweets and messages to work out how we can all make the TUE world a better place. TUE This week Mark looks at "Intelligence" - A certain amount of TUE intelligence is pretty useful. Without the ability to TUE reflect and calculate, we would all be setting fire to our TUE shoes and buying those novels about women who shop and have TUE relationship issues. Yet intelligence has been something of TUE a curse to many. Galileo was tortured for knowing more about TUE science than the church leaders, and Paxman sighs an awful TUE lot when he's hosting University Challenge. TUE We all know the phrase 'a little learning is a dangerous TUE thing, but then so is a lot of learning, but then again you TUE wouldn't want none at all. So... oh dear, we're basically TUE ruined. We'd better knock down all our schools and TUE universities.' Are we sometimes too smart for our own good? TUE Mark Watson is a multi-award winning comedian, including the TUE inaugural If.Comedy Panel Prize 2006. He is assisted by Tim TUE Key, winner of Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2009 and Tom Basden TUE who won the the If.Comedy Award for Best Newcomer 2007. TUE Produced by Lianne Coop. TUE First broadcast live on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011. TUE TUE 23:30 Danny Robins Music Therapy b00ft476 (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE Danny Robins harnesses the power of music to improve the TUE world and solve listeners' problems. TUE Danny campaigns for bagpipes to be celebrated rather than TUE reviled and tries his hand at writing a 'Winterval' No 1 hit TUE single. With Isy Suttie and special musical guest rapper Doc TUE Brown. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 20 JULY 2016 WED WED 00:00 15 Minute Drama b03vgd9l (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium WED b007jqpm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 The Tingle Factor b07l69t1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds WED b03799x2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012r9tz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Edward the Black Prince b00ss2cn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01kcyz3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 The Invention of Childhood b00sny0z (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama b012wg2n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Book of the Week b014m7t5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Charles Dickens b007jzyx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Counterpoint b00fnm9y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 King of Bath b0482wzg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Spangles 'n' Tights b04nv8v5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Missing Hancocks b04ly3xv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds WED b0379lbh (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Dick and Freddie strike lucky when they discover the WED smugglers' secret stash. But their luck doesn't last. WED The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas WED Kelly as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling WED tale of criminal masterminds, espionage and daring WED adventure. WED Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon WED Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between WED 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings WED survive. WED With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding WED re-recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original WED scripts and music, which was made for international WED distribution. Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, WED lurking in the vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive WED in Canberra, Australia. WED Script by Geoffrey Webb. WED Producer: Morris West WED First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. WED WED 06:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012rdgm (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED With White Face on the run, Mason tries to get through to WED Lorna. But what is wrong with Gregory Wicks? Read by Danny WED Webb. WED WED 06:30 Edward the Black Prince b00sv5pd (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, was known as the Black WED Prince. Peter and Dan Snow follow his career from the time WED of his first great victory at Crecy to his triumphal years WED as ruler of all the English possessions in France. WED From historians and chroniclers, they hear about the ravages WED of the Black Death and how Edward then re-established his WED military supremacy in France with armed raids known as WED "chevauchees", and a second decisive victory at Poitiers, WED where he took the French king prisoner. WED Edward went on to further military success, but illness and WED poor decisions cost him much of the territory he had won. WED Finally he predeceased his father Edward III, having never WED consolidated his position as the greatest soldier of the age WED to become King of England himself. WED Producer: Alyn Shipton WED A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 07:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b007jrz3 (Listen) WED Series 1, A Fete Worse than Death WED The duo's plan for a model village son et lumiere display WED goes awry. Stars Simon Greenall and Kay Stonham. From WED January 2002. WED WED 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b04xp4wx (Listen) WED Series 6, Rebecca Front WED Marcus Brigstocke persuades his guests to try new WED experiences: things they really ought to have done by now. WED Some experiences are loved, some are loathed, in this show WED all about embracing the new. WED This week, Rebecca Front, a self-confessed scaredy cat, is WED persuaded to take her first ride on a motorbike and read her WED first book about science. But how much of it did she WED understand? WED Credits WED Presenter: Marcus Brigstocke WED Interviewed Guest: Rebecca Front WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b014tpqj (Listen) WED Let Loose with a Chopper WED Ordered on to a Nato exercise, the crew of HMS Troutbridge WED find themselves up in the air. WED Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as WED the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, WED Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as WED Heather, Ronnie Barker as Lieutenant Parfitt, Michael Bates WED as Lieutenant Dingle and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral. 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 August 1965. WED WED 08:30 Hancock's Half Hour b007jyyw (Listen) WED Cinderella Hancock WED Bill bans the lad from the National Film Ball, but then WED there's a knock at the door. WED Starring Tony Hancock. With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney WED James, Dora Bryan, Paul Carpenter and Kenneth Williams. WED Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. WED Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded WED by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. WED Producer: Dennis Main Wilson WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955. WED WED 09:00 Dilemma b017lfd5 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED Sue Perkins puts four guests through the moral and ethical WED wringer in this show show in which there are no "right" WED answers - but there are some deeply damning ones. WED This edition features comedians Shappi Khorsandi and Simon WED Munnery, broadcaster Fi Glover, and journalist Hugo Rifkind. WED They attempt to justify the murder of a pet and the theft of WED a girlfriend. The show was devised by award-winning stand-up WED and writer Danielle Ward (The News Quiz, Newswipe, Mock The WED Week). WED Producer: Ed Morrish. WED Credits WED Presenter: Sue Perkins WED Panellist: Shappi Khorsandi WED Panellist: Simon Munnery WED Panellist: Fi Glover WED Panellist: Hugo Rifkind WED Producer: Ed Morrish WED WED 09:30 Rent b04g484m (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 6 WED Richard and Paul are entering a half-marathon, but Maria and WED Ruby are off down the pub. Stars Patrick Barlow. From June WED 1993. WED WED 10:00 Charles Dickens b007k006 (Listen) WED The Mystery of Edwin Drood, An Arrival WED Jasper is convinced his nephew Edwin has been murdered by WED Neville Landless. But a stranger seems to disagree. Stars WED Ian Holm. WED WED 11:00 Stan Barstow - One Wednesday Afternoon b07l6fp2 (Listen) WED 4 Extra Debut. A man's existence is shaken to the core when WED his wife suffers a nasty accident in her workplace. Read by WED Paul Copley. WED WED 11:15 John McGahern - Parachutes b0075x70 (Listen) WED Dumped by his girlfriend, a man tries to drown his sorrows WED in the pubs of 1950s Dublin. With Brendan Gleeson and WED Pauline McLynn. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b014tpqj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour b007jyyw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds WED b0379lbh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012rdgm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] WED WED 13:30 Edward the Black Prince b00sv5pd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01kcztc (Listen) WED Michael Palin - The Truth, Episode 3 WED Written by Michael Palin. WED Publisher Ron Latham has offered Mabbut a very handsome fee WED to write the true story of the elusive humanitarian and WED activist Hamish Melville. But Keith is wary. The offer just WED seems too good to be true. WED Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is WED offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to write the WED biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a highly WED influential activist and humanitarian - he seizes the chance WED to write something meaningful. WED His search to find out the real story behind the legend WED takes Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental WED hotspots of India. The more he discovers about Melville, the WED more he admires him - and the more he connects with an WED idealist who wanted to make a difference. But is his quarry WED genuinely who he claims to be? Is he really a Gandhi-like WED leader of the people, a political mover and shaker, an WED enigma? These are the question Keith must ask himself. But WED as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever we make it. WED Read by Alex Jennings WED Abridged by Libby Spurrier WED Producer: Joanna Green WED A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:15 The Invention of Childhood b00sp3dv (Listen) WED The Disappearance of Childhood WED Michael Morpurgo examines how the media and marketing have WED encroached on the lives of children. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b012ww6m (Listen) WED Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms, Episode 3 WED Ernest Hemingway's greatest love story, set on the Italian WED front in the Great War, dramatised by Stephen Keyworth. WED 3/10 Frederic and Catherine are reunited in a Milan hospital WED Cast WED Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy WED Catherine ..... Morven Christie WED Gage ..... Susie Riddell WED Dr Varella ..... Jonathan Forbes WED Dr. Valentini ..... James Lailey WED House Doctor ..... Carl Prekopp WED Porter ..... Daniel Rabin WED Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. WED Credits WED Visual Editor: Toby Swift WED Producer: Jessica Dromgoole WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b014m7ty (Listen) WED Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 3 WED Samuel Baker and his mistress, Florence, leave Gondokoro, in WED search of Lake Albert WED Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century WED more than the quest to discover the source of the White WED Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize WED coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six WED larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted WED the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, WED Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, WED Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and WED Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in WED the fierce competition. WED Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new WED research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark WED Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well WED as malicious tactics of the explorers. WED Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines WED the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still WED casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. WED Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of WED Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a WED Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the WED Washington Post. He lives in London. WED Reader: Alex Jennings WED Abridger: Libby Spurrier WED Producer: Joanna Green WED A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 Charles Dickens b007k006 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Dilemma b017lfd5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 Rent b04g484m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b007jrz3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b04xp4wx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 15 Minute Drama b03vgf43 (Listen) WED Ed Harris - The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B, WED Episode 3 WED Ambassador B should be inspecting minor planets of far-away WED suns for the peaceful Interplanetary Commonwealth. Instead, WED her recorded reports reveal that she is veering off-course, WED pursuing a vendetta and bringing anything but peace. WED Mind-bending, interstellar fun and adventure from Sony WED Gold-winning writer Ed Harris. WED 3/5 She may have hired a gun-slinging companion, but WED Ambassador B is about to be disarmed in a way she never WED dreamed of. WED Produced and Directed by Jonquil Panting. WED Credits WED Ambassador B: Fenella Woolgar WED Cook: Ewan Bailey WED Cloth: Michael Bertenshaw WED Calms: Matthew Watson WED Ambassador A: Priyanga Burford WED Siren: Cassie Layton WED Director: Jonquil Panting WED Producer: Jonquil Panting WED Writer: Ed Harris WED WED 18:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium WED b007jqpz (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Can architect Stephen Rix and his developer get planning WED permission for their cathedral? Read by David Horovitch. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b00cb5x6 (Listen) WED Nanny Wouldn't Like It WED Dominic Arkwright presents a discussion on nannies, with WED columnist Guy Browning; author of The Victorian Governess, WED Kathryn Hughes; and Anna Raeburn. Browning considers the WED nanny as the queen of arrested development, while Hughes WED volunteers a long list of men who have fallen for the WED nanny's charms. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b014tpqj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 Hancock's Half Hour b007jyyw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds WED b0379lbh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012rdgm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] WED WED 20:30 Edward the Black Prince b00sv5pd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Stan Barstow - One Wednesday Afternoon b07l6fp2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 John McGahern - Parachutes b0075x70 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars b04xp4wx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 The Castle b01hllj1 (Listen) WED Series 4, Tender Is the Knight WED Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, WED starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley"), Neil Dudgeon WED ("Life Of Riley"), Martha Howe-Douglas ("Horrible WED Histories") & Ingrid Oliver WED Sir John fills his castle with wounded soldiers and De WED Warenne fills his trousers with ice. Plus a new valet WED arrives hotfoot from somewhere called Downton Abbey... WED Written by Kim Fuller & Paul Alexander WED Music by Guy Jackson WED Produced and directed by David Tyler WED A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. WED Credits WED Sir John Woodstock: James Fleet WED Sir William De Warenne: Neil Dudgeon WED Lady Anne Woodstock: Martha Howe-Douglas WED Cardinal Duncan: Jonathan Kydd WED Lady Charlotte: Ingrid Oliver WED Master Henry Woodstock: Steven Kynman WED Bates: Lewis Macleod WED Writer: Paul Alexander WED Writer: Kim Fuller WED Producer: David Tyler WED Director: David Tyler WED WED 23:00 The Mel and Sue Thing b0076b72 (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED There is a shocking loss on Leather Island, and Fanny gets a WED break. Sketches with duo Giedroyc and Perkins. From October WED 2002. WED WED 23:30 The Museum of Everything b00h3h6c (Listen) WED Series 3, The Thing WED Learn about medieval cooking, and view the most precious WED exhibit. Stars Marcus Brigstocke and Danny Robins. From WED August 2006. WED WED THU THURSDAY 21 JULY 2016 THU THU 00:00 15 Minute Drama b03vgf43 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium THU b007jqpz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b00cb5x6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds THU b0379lbh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012rdgm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Edward the Black Prince b00sv5pd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01kcztc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 The Invention of Childhood b00sp3dv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama b012ww6m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Book of the Week b014m7ty (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Charles Dickens b007k006 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Dilemma b017lfd5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 Rent b04g484m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b007jrz3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b04xp4wx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds THU b037bbfq (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Dick and Freddie are recovering, but that doesn't stop their THU dogged pursuit of their female adversary. THU The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas THU Kelly as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling THU tale of criminal masterminds, espionage and daring THU adventure. THU Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon THU Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between THU 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings THU survive. THU With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding THU re-recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original THU scripts and music, which was made for international THU distribution. Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, THU lurking in the vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive THU in Canberra, Australia. THU Script by Geoffrey Webb. THU Producer: Morris West THU First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. THU THU 06:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012rxzy (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU As the law finally catches up with the mysterious master THU criminal, his shocking true identity is revealed. Read by THU Danny Webb. THU THU 06:30 Sylvie Simmons: The Rock Chick b010dd43 (Listen) THU Sylvie Simmons left Islington as a teenager in the seventies THU to freelance as a rock correspondent for the likes of NME, THU Sounds and Melody Maker. Music journalists were rare on the THU West Coast back then, female ones even rarer. THU Sylvie talks to Nick Barraclough about how it was her THU dislike of English traditional folk music that drove her THU from her London home to California, where she encountered a THU burgeoning music scene. They received her, initially, with THU scepticism. Her love of the music, though, and her thorough THU understanding and encyclopaedic knowledge of the scene soon THU won her respect and affection from musicians and editors THU alike. THU Sylvie recalls the trickier encounters she has had over the THU years; the blues player who expected more than just a review THU from her, a shy Michael Jackson who needed an interpreter, THU an ailing Johnny Cash, awkward but ultimately chummy Donald THU Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan and a ticking off from THU Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks. THU She reflects on the pros and cons of being a female in what THU is predominately a male world; the relief of some female THU stars that they can talk to one who understands, and the THU fact that of all the genres, heavy rock has the most THU courteous interviewees, sensitive singer-songwriters not so THU good, new romantics the worst. THU Sylvie also shows Nick her new passion; her impressive THU ukulele collection and we're treated to an impromptu duet. THU Producer: Nick Barraclough THU A Smooth Operations production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Producer: John Leonard THU THU 07:00 All the Young Dudes b01c7rsl (Listen) THU Series 2, Communication Breakdown THU The couples need to talk, but is a cosy chat really what's THU on the agenda? With Jim Sweeney and Stephen Frost. From THU October 2002. THU THU 07:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show b07k08xb (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU A new show from the internationally acclaimed master of the THU one-liner Tim Vine sees Tim interview members of his live THU audience as he embarks on a quest to hear the life stories THU of the Great British public while simultaneously showcasing THU his trademark gleeful wordplay and preposterous songs. THU This week, a job interview for Tim and an encounter with an THU anaconda. THU Producer: Richard Morris THU A BBC Studios Production. THU Credits THU Presenter: Tim Vine THU Producer: Richard Morris THU THU 08:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter THU b008h45n (Listen) THU Series 4, The Villa THU Headed abroad, author Gerald is not keen to visit his wife THU Diana's friend. THU The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring THU Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as THU his wife, Diana. THU With Lolly Cockerell, Jane Knowles, Brian Haines and Michael THU Spice. THU Written by Basil Boothroyd. THU Producer: Bobby Jaye THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1981. THU THU 08:30 Radio Active b007jvv0 (Listen) THU Series 6, The Fit and Fat Show THU Anna Daptor presents her very personal radio guide to THU staying fit and healthy. THU Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey THU Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens. THU Music by Philip Pope, Steve Brown and Michael THU Fenton-Stevens. THU Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins with John THU Canter. THU Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986. THU THU 09:00 Booked b07llch7 (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 6 THU Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary quiz with Dillie THU Keane, Miles Kington, Roger McGough and Mark Thomas. From THU August 1998. THU THU 09:30 Tanika Gupta - Pankhiraj b07lp4lr (Listen) THU The Wedding THU Dida is a storyteller with an unpredictable brand of magic. THU In Tanika Gupta's four-part comedy, three generations of THU women collide at a family wedding. THU Starring Charubala Chokshi as Dida, Souad Faress as THU Sripurna, Meera Syal as Malati, Vinny Dhillon as Rehana and THU Geoffrey Beevers as Geoffrey. THU Director: Claire Grove THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994. THU THU 10:00 Charles Dickens b007k01g (Listen) THU The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Performance THU Hunting for proof that his nephew Edwin was murdered by THU Neville Landless, Jasper finds it in the most tragic way. THU Stars Ian Holm. THU THU 11:00 Deborah Moggach - Suspicion b07lnn86 (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU 4 Extra Debut. Velda's new boyfriend is handsome and THU charming. But why is she increasingly suspicious of him? THU Read by Barbara Flynn. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b0076x19 (Listen) THU Rani Moorthy - Curry Tales THU By Rani Moorthy. THU Four cooks share their secrets. The stories include mood THU fusion curries for New Delhi society, a grandmother's legacy THU in Malaysia, and an accountant's egg curry in London. THU With Rani Moorthy, Pik-Sen Lim, Rina Mahoney, Liz THU Sutherland. THU Director Shabina Aslam. THU THU 12:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter THU b008h45n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Radio Active b007jvv0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds THU b037bbfq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012rxzy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] THU THU 13:30 Sylvie Simmons: The Rock Chick b010dd43 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01kd08w (Listen) THU Michael Palin - The Truth, Episode 4 THU Written by Michael Palin. THU Mabbut accepts Ron Latham's offer and uses his contacts to THU establish Melville's whereabouts. It transpires Melville is THU working on a project in India and Mabbut heads for THU Bhubaneswar in search of his elusive subject. THU Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is THU offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to write the THU biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a highly THU influential activist and humanitarian - he seizes the chance THU to write something meaningful. THU His search to find out the real story behind the legend THU takes Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental THU hotspots of India. The more he discovers about Melville, the THU more he admires him - and the more he connects with an THU idealist who wanted to make a difference. But is his quarry THU genuinely who he claims to be? Is he really a Gandhi-like THU leader of the people, a political mover and shaker, an THU enigma? These are the question Keith must ask himself. But THU as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever we make it. THU Read by Alex Jennings THU Abridged by Libby Spurrier THU Producer: Joanna Green THU A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:15 The Invention of Childhood b00spnnw (Listen) THU Calling a Hit a Smack THU Michael Morpurgo examines how children have fallen between THU the family and the state, sometimes with tragic results. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b012wzfg (Listen) THU Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms, Episode 4 THU Ernest Hemingway's greatest novel of love and war, THU dramatised by Stephen Keyworth. 4/10 Frederic has to go back THU to the war, and Catherine gives him some parting news. THU Cast THU Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy THU Catherine ..... Morven Christie THU Major ..... James Lailey THU Gage ..... Susie Riddell THU Van Campen ..... Jane Whittenshaw THU Ettore ..... Simon Bubb THU Shopkeeper ..... Alex Tregear THU Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. THU Credits THU Visual Editor: Toby Swift THU Producer: Jessica Dromgoole THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b014m912 (Listen) THU Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 4 THU Following in the footsteps of Burton, Speke and Baker, Dr THU Livingstone aims to solve the Nile mystery once and for all. THU Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century THU more than the quest to discover the source of the White THU Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize THU coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six THU larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted THU the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, THU Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, THU Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and THU Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in THU the fierce competition. THU Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new THU research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark THU Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well THU as malicious tactics of the explorers. THU Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines THU the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still THU casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. THU Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of THU Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a THU Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the THU Washington Post. He lives in London. THU Reader: Alex Jennings THU Abridger: Libby Spurrier THU Producer: Joanna Green THU A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 Charles Dickens b007k01g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Booked b07llch7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 Tanika Gupta - Pankhiraj b07lp4lr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 All the Young Dudes b01c7rsl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show b07k08xb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 15 Minute Drama b03vgq1x (Listen) THU Ed Harris - The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B, THU Episode 4 THU Ambassador B should be inspecting minor planets of far-away THU suns for the peaceful Interplanetary Commonwealth. Instead, THU her recorded reports reveal that she is veering off-course, THU pursuing a vendetta and bringing anything but peace. THU Mind-bending, interstellar fun and adventure from Sony THU Gold-winning writer Ed Harris. THU 4/5 Landing on an unknown rock, Ambassador B gets a cheery THU welcome, dinner and even a movie. Too bad the armrests have THU handcuffs. THU Produced and Directed by Jonquil Panting. THU Credits THU Ambassador B: Fenella Woolgar THU Cook: Ewan Bailey THU Frost: Steve Toussaint THU Emperor Vent 4th: Kasper Hilton-Hille THU Actor: Wilf Scolding THU Actor: Michael Bertenshaw THU Actor: David Cann THU Actor: Carolyn Pickles THU Director: Jonquil Panting THU Producer: Jonquil Panting THU Writer: Ed Harris THU THU 18:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium THU b007jqq8 (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU With his cathedral vision still in mind, architect Stephen THU Rix undertakes a dangerous journey. Read by David Horovitch. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0079n8m (Listen) THU Series 12, Billie Holiday THU Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. THU 5/9. Pauline Black, lead singer with The Selecter, nominates THU Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz singers of all THU time. Pauline played Billie in an award-winning stage role THU in 1990. Guest is Julia Blackburn, whose book With Billie THU was based on the observations of people who knew her. THU THU 19:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter THU b008h45n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Radio Active b007jvv0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds THU b037bbfq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012rxzy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] THU THU 20:30 Sylvie Simmons: The Rock Chick b010dd43 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Deborah Moggach - Suspicion b07lnn86 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b0076x19 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 The Tim Vine Chat Show b07k08xb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b07lscr8 (Listen) THU The best in contemporary comedy. Thom Tuck talks again to THU Danish comedian Sofie Hagen. THU THU 22:30 The Music Teacher b03c49xt (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 6 THU Richie Webb returns as multi-instrumentalist music teacher THU Nigel Penny. THU As the local church's bicentennial concert bears down on all THU at the Arts Centre, Nigel finds himself with an interesting THU offer from Belinda and a room gradually filling with THU instruments to boot. THU Audio production by Matt Katz THU Directed by Nick Walker THU Written and produced by Richie Webb THU A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Nigel Penny: Richie Webb THU Belinda: Vicki Pepperdine THU Clive: Dave Lamb THU Lenny: Adrian Decosta THU Guy: Jim North THU Rachel: Jess Robinson THU Elliot: Ben Katz THU Director: Nick Walker THU Producer: Richie Webb THU Writer: Richie Webb THU THU 22:45 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing b02147zz (Listen) THU Series 2, About Difficult Dads THU EPISODE SIX: ABOUT DIFFICULT DADS THU Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing - tells the story of young, THU up-and-coming comedian Nathan Caton, who after becoming the THU first in his family to graduate from University, opted not THU to use his architecture degree but instead to try his hand THU at being a full-time stand-up comedian, much to his family's THU annoyance who desperately want him to get a 'proper job.' THU The series is a mix of Nathan's stand-up intercut with THU scenes from his family life. THU Janet a.k.a. Mum - loves Nathan, but she aint looking THU embarrassed for nobody! THU Martin a.k.a. Dad - turning 50 and doesn't want to. THU Shirley a.k.a. Grandma - can't believe she left the paradise THU in the West Indies and came to the freezing United Kingdom THU for a better life so that years later her grandson could THU 'tell jokes!' How can her grandson go on stage and use foul THU language and filthy material... it's not the good Christian THU way! THU Each episode illustrates the criticism, interference and THU rollercoaster ride that Nathan endures from his disapproving THU family as he tries to pursue his chosen career. THU About Difficult Dads THU Nathan's Dad celebrates his 50th birthday but resents being THU made to feel middle-aged by his son. So, he challenges him THU to see who is The Man of the House. THU Written by Nathan Caton and James Kettle THU Additional Material by Ola and Maff Brown THU Producer: Katie Tyrrell. THU Credits THU Nathan: Nathan Caton THU Mum: Adjoa Andoh THU Dad: Curtis Walker THU Grandma: Mona Hammond THU Girl: Chizzy Akudolu THU Reverend Williams: Don Gilet THU Comedy Club Promoter: Ola THU Producer: Katie Tyrrell THU Writer: Nathan Caton THU Writer: James Kettle THU Writer: Ola THU Writer: Maff Brown THU THU 23:00 The Mark Steel Revolution b00ft5lb (Listen) THU The Russian Revolution THU The radical comedian re-assesses the historical forces and THU key players. With Carla Mendonca and Martin Hyder. From July THU 1998. THU THU 23:30 Polyoaks b01p3ntd (Listen) THU Series 2, The Shaky Shaky Hip THU In the NHS satire by Dr Phil Hammond and David Spicer, a THU general practice somewhere in Bristol is faced with THU challenges and opportunities in equal measure as they adjust THU to another 'biggest shake-up of the NHS in a lifetime'. THU Of all the doctors at Polyoaks, Hugh is the committed THU political mover and shaker. To get on politically in the NHS THU it helps to play squash. And to play squash it helps if your THU hip is working. Dr Hugh's isn't - and he hates going to see THU the doctor. THU Cast: THU Dr Roy Thornton...........................Nigel Planer THU Dr Hugh Thornton.........................Simon Greenall THU TV's Dr. Jeremy............................David Westhead THU Nurse Vera Duplessis....................Polly Frame THU Mr. Devlin.....................................Phil Cornwell THU Robert..........................................Lewis McLeod THU Written by Dr Phil Hammond and David Spicer THU Directed by Frank Stirling THU Producer: David Spicer THU A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 FRI FRI 00:00 15 Minute Drama b03vgq1x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium FRI b007jqq8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0079n8m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds FRI b037bbfq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012rxzy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Sylvie Simmons: The Rock Chick b010dd43 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01kd08w (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:15 The Invention of Childhood b00spnnw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama b012wzfg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Book of the Week b014m912 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Charles Dickens b007k01g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Booked b07llch7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 Tanika Gupta - Pankhiraj b07lp4lr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 All the Young Dudes b01c7rsl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show b07k08xb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds FRI b037bh90 (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Going to Jean's aid, Dick and Freddie find the distinction FRI between friends and enemies is becoming blurred. FRI The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas FRI Kelly as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling FRI tale of criminal masterminds, espionage and daring FRI adventure. FRI Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon FRI Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between FRI 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings FRI survive. FRI With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding FRI re-recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original FRI scripts and music, which was made for international FRI distribution. Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, FRI lurking in the vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive FRI in Canberra, Australia. FRI Script by Geoffrey Webb. FRI Producer: Morris West FRI First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. FRI FRI 06:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012s2g9 (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI The master criminal tells all about his humble origins and FRI rise to prominence, and seals his fate. Concluded by Danny FRI Webb. FRI FRI 06:30 Green Ears b0122t6q (Listen) FRI Many of us think of our gardens, parks and green urban FRI spaces as retreats and oases of calm from our busy lives, FRI others think of them as places for fun, socialising and FRI play, whereas there are some who think of them as just hard FRI work. Whatever we think, we usually think of them in terms FRI of what they look like, even maybe what they smell like. But FRI in Green Ears, Professor Trevor Cox explores what they sound FRI like. FRI Acoustics play a massive part in our sense of space. With FRI loud noises like traffic or industrial works actually FRI causing us harm. The right sorts of sounds, at the right FRI volume and pitch though can really help to enhance our sense FRI of tranquillity. FRI So what are the sounds we most like to hear in our gardens? FRI Water tricking, birds singing, bees buzzing, wind rustling FRI leaves and children playing (quietly or from a distance!) FRI can be as calming as beautiful planting and clever layout. FRI But it has to be the right trickle of water, get it wrong FRI and you may find you want to rush to the loo! too loud and FRI the sense of Niagara Falls in your small back yard can feel FRI threatening. Trevor talks to the scientists who have put it FRI to the test and found the water sound we all seem to enjoy. FRI He talks to garden designers who not only think about FRI harmonising colours and textures of plants, but think about FRI how they'll attract birds and insects into the garden as FRI well as creating cocooned quiet spaces and introducing FRI natural noises. FRI Plants can also be used to block out or distract you from FRI unwanted sounds. Green walls not only reflect sounds, but FRI they can also absorb them. Again water can be used to FRI distract you from a busy motorway - and these have all been FRI used to varying effect by urban planners aiming to create FRI pockets of peace and calm in busy cities. FRI Trevor also explores the use of artificial sounds in our FRI green spaces and finds out how a garden in Florence is being FRI used as a sound laboratory to test cutting edge sonic FRI devices to see if they can increase the harmony of the FRI garden. FRI FRI 07:00 Winston in Europe b007vcn9 (Listen) FRI Where Are We Now? FRI The old rogue challenges Nancy's intelligence, and Father FRI sings the praises of Crewe toilets. Starring Maurice Denham. FRI FRI 07:30 Dave Podmore's Big Bake Off Bash b07kp5gj (Listen) FRI England's sleaziest cricketer Dave Podmore says there's more FRI to cricket than stuffing yourself with cakes and sandwiches FRI half-way through the game, but he can't remember what. Pod's FRI at rock bottom, crying into his cold beans, until he thinks FRI there could be "some light at the end of the doldrum" when FRI he hits on a plan to create the best cricket tea that ever FRI graced a Cath Kidston tablecloth or clogged an English FRI artery, and to do it on the biggest stage of all: The Great FRI British Bake Off. FRI Logging every glorious calorie along the way is Andy Hamer FRI of Radio One County's ever popular "Triglyceride Watch". FRI It's oven gloves off as Pod battles through the rounds, but FRI will his unorthodox kebab cake rise to the occasion? Let's FRI see how the public votes. FRI FRI 08:00 Something to Shout About b07lp1tz (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 3 FRI Brave Michael volunteers to shed some pounds for the team's FRI ad campaign for slimmer's bread. FRI Starring Michael Medwin as Michael, Fenella Fielding as FRI Janet, Joan Sims as Mavis, Eleanor Summerfield as Maggie, FRI Nicholas Phipps as Adrian and Warren Mitchell as the FRI Doctor/Mr Morris . FRI "A light-hearted exposé of the advertising world!". Set in a FRI London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, FRI Blythe, Giddy & Partners', Something To Shout About ran to FRI 54 episodes over three series FRI Written by Myles Rudge with Ronnie Wolfe. FRI Music by The Jingle Belles and The Bernie Fenton Quartet, FRI under the direction of Cliff Adams. FRI Producer: John Simmonds FRI First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1960. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b00cb8ls (Listen) FRI Spon FRI A certain brown terror awaits Dick Emery, who is filling FRI Harry Secombe's shoes, but not his trousers. From September FRI 1957. FRI FRI 09:00 Whispers b007k3bv (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 5 FRI Gyles Brandreth hosts the scandals quiz with Lucy Moore, FRI Anthony Holden, Richard Herring and Louise Doughty. From FRI November 2005. FRI FRI 09:30 No Commitments b01mtn2p (Listen) FRI Series 10, A Marriage of Inconvenience FRI Victoria is livid when her daughter's wedding plans are FRI upstaged by her sister Charlotte. Stars Bill Nighy. From FRI February 2004. FRI FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens b007k02r (Listen) FRI The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Redress FRI Neville Landless, whom Jasper thinks killed Edwin, has been FRI found stabbed to death. But Datchery has a plan. Stars John FRI Moffatt. FRI FRI 11:00 Deborah Moggach - Suspicion b07lp1v1 (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI When Velda's boyfriend Kenneth disappears from her flat, she FRI traces him to an unexpected destination. Read by Barbara FRI Flynn. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00rdwrh (Listen) FRI Judith Somerville - Listening to Time FRI By Judith Somerville. Hans and Anna meet by chance when FRI visiting one of the remote Aran Islands, the extraordinary FRI beauty of which leads to them developing an unexpected and FRI intense bond. For Hans, it is part of a journey of emotional FRI recovery. FRI Anna ...... Kate Buffery FRI Hans ...... David Troughton FRI Mrs O'Flaherty ...... Joanna Monro FRI German voices ...... Michael Shelford FRI Directed by Cherry Cookson. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Cherry Cookson FRI FRI 12:00 Something to Shout About b07lp1tz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b00cb8ls (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds FRI b037bh90 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012s2g9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Green Ears b0122t6q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01kd0wq (Listen) FRI Michael Palin - The Truth, Episode 5 FRI Written by Michael Palin. FRI Mabbut has been commissioned to write a book about the FRI elusive activist Hamish Melville. He heads to India in FRI search of his subject but, as he begins to unravel the full FRI story, Mabbut finds himself in deep trouble. FRI Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is FRI offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to write the FRI biography of the elusive Hamish Melville, a highly FRI influential activist and humanitarian - he seizes the chance FRI to write something meaningful. FRI His search to find out the real story behind the legend FRI takes Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental FRI hotspots of India. The more he discovers about Melville, the FRI more he admires him - and the more he connects with an FRI idealist who wanted to make a difference. But is his quarry FRI genuinely who he claims to be? Is he really a Gandhi-like FRI leader of the people, a political mover and shaker, an FRI enigma? These are the question Keith must ask himself. But FRI as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever we make it. FRI Read by Alex Jennings FRI Abridged by Libby Spurrier FRI Producer: Joanna Green FRI A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:15 The Invention of Childhood b00sprf9 (Listen) FRI Reinventing Childhood FRI Michael Morpurgo recalls the impact of adults on childhood FRI down the centuries up to the present day. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b012x129 (Listen) FRI Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms, Episode 5 FRI Ernest Hemingway's beautiful novel of love and war, FRI dramatised by Stephen Keyworth. 5/10 Frederic takes up with FRI a new ambulance unit, and takes part in the great Italian FRI retreat. FRI Cast FRI Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy FRI Catherine ..... Morven Christie FRI Bonello ..... Carl Prekopp FRI Girl ..... Alex Tregear FRI Bartolomeo ..... Jonathan Forbes FRI Sergeant ..... James Lailey FRI Medical Officer ..... Simon Bubb FRI Piani ..... Daniel Rabin FRI Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. FRI Credits FRI Visual Editor: Toby Swift FRI Producer: Jessica Dromgoole FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b014m93d (Listen) FRI Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 5 FRI Having found Dr Livingstone, Stanley is determined to FRI continue the doctor's quest to find the source of the Nile FRI Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century FRI more than the quest to discover the source of the White FRI Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize FRI coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six FRI larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted FRI the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, FRI Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, FRI Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and FRI Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in FRI the fierce competition. FRI Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new FRI research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark FRI Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well FRI as malicious tactics of the explorers. FRI Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines FRI the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still FRI casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. FRI Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of FRI Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a FRI Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the FRI Washington Post. He lives in London. FRI Reader: Alex Jennings FRI Abridger: Libby Spurrier FRI Producer: Joanna Green FRI A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 Charles Dickens b007k02r (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 Whispers b007k3bv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 No Commitments b01mtn2p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Winston in Europe b007vcn9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 Dave Podmore's Big Bake Off Bash b07kp5gj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 15 Minute Drama b03vh0c6 (Listen) FRI Ed Harris - The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B, FRI Episode 5 FRI Ambassador B should be inspecting minor planets of far-away FRI suns for the peaceful Interplanetary Commonwealth. Instead, FRI her recorded reports reveal that she is veering off-course, FRI pursuing a vendetta and bringing anything but peace. FRI Mind-bending, interstellar fun and adventure from Sony FRI Gold-winning writer Ed Harris. FRI 5/5 Ambassador B decides to turn in her badge on the next FRI planet she finds. But when she gets there, there's no one to FRI surrender to. FRI Produced and Directed by Jonquil Panting. FRI Credits FRI Ambassador B: Fenella Woolgar FRI Man in Message: David Cann FRI Woman 1: Carolyn Pickles FRI Woman 2: Cassie Layton FRI Man in Forest: Matthew Watson FRI Ambassador A: Priyanga Burford FRI Actor: Michael Bertenshaw FRI Actor: Steve Toussaint FRI Actor: Wilf Scolding FRI Director: Jonquil Panting FRI Producer: Jonquil Panting FRI Writer: Ed Harris FRI FRI 18:15 Brian Appleyard - First Church of the New Millennium FRI b007jqqm (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Architect Stephen Rix's cathedral has finally been built. FRI But what has been the true cost? Concluded by David FRI Horovitch. FRI FRI 18:30 Sounds Natural b07lp1v3 (Listen) FRI Derek Nimmo FRI From the Bar-Tailed Godwit to the Natterjack Toad. Actor, FRI producer, author and Just A Minute panellist, Derek Nimmo FRI talks to Derek Jones about his love of wildlife photography FRI and filming, plus his recent trip to Australia - aided by FRI recordings from the BBC Sound Archive. FRI Derek Nimmo: born 1930 - died 1999. FRI Producer: John Burton. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973. FRI FRI 19:00 Something to Shout About b07lp1tz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b00cb8ls (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Diamonds FRI b037bh90 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:15 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012s2g9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Green Ears b0122t6q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Deborah Moggach - Suspicion b07lp1v1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00rdwrh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Dave Podmore's Big Bake Off Bash b07kp5gj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 BBC Radio New Comedy Award b07lp1v5 (Listen) FRI 2016, Heat 6 - Cardiff FRI Ten new comedians perform in the sixth heat from The Glee FRI Club, Cardiff with host Mae Martin. FRI FRI 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b07lsdgn (Listen) FRI The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats to FRI Andrew Maxwell. FRI FRI 23:30 Ross Noble Goes Global b01cvr0t (Listen) FRI Series 2, Egypt FRI The comedian entertains bewildered Bedouins in the desert FRI and ponders the merits of doing a wildlife show. From May FRI 2003. FRI
15 July, 2016
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 16/07/2016 - 22/07/2016
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