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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 17 – 23 September 2011 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2011 The Mercury, Ivor, Mobo and Olivier nominated songwriter and SAT 12:00 Giant Ladies That Changed the World - composer, Nitin Sawhney will be performing two live tracks, Omnibus (b014qt9q) SAT 00:00 Stanislaw Lem - Solaris (b00pf4xk) 'Sunset' and 'The Devil and Midnight'. Having just composed The National Theatre of Brent, aka Desmond Olivier Dingle Episode 2 for the BBC Human Planet series and a new pipe organ piece and Raymond Box, present the entire epic struggle of the Psychologist Kris is falling in love with his replica wife and for his Royal Albert Hall concert in May 2011, Nitin now Suffragettes, or the Giant Ladies as they were also known. wants to take her back to Earth with him. His colleagues are releases his ninth studio album, 'Last Days of Meaning'. SAT 13:10 Two Minute Tales (b014gmf5) simultaneously plotting to destroy the planet. Producer: Cathie Mahoney. Aphrodite's Sorrow Stanislaw Lem's famous modern sci-fi classic, dramatised by SAT 03:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea In Nick McCarty's story, a woman sits under an olive tree, Hattie Naylor. (b007k0x6) pondering the aftermath of invasion. Read by Helen Longworth. Starring Ron Cook as Kris, Stuart Richman as Sartoris, Tim Series 2 SAT 13:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jsh0) McMullan as Snow and Joanne Froggatt as Rheya. The Vampire of the Glen Murder West One Music by Alice Trueman Suspicions are alerted when the laird asks the duo to dig a hole 1. A Cure for Death Sound Design: Steve Brooke big enough to fit a coffin-shaped wardrobe. The discovery of a dumped body sparks another mystery for Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden star as the two Scotsmen feisty Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. famed for their appearances on BBC Radio’s I'm Sorry I She undertakes an investigation of Harley Street doctors and SAT 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jpmw) Haven't A Clue. cutting-edge medicine of a very non-Hippocratic variety... Death on the Nile With Alison Steadman as their cleaning-lady-cum-housekeeper, Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Episode 5 Mrs Naughtie, and Jeremy Hardy as the local Laird. Enfield Hercule Poirot's holiday has become a hideous nightmare. Can Hamish ...... Barry Cryer Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. he finally fathom out the murderous events afloat? Dougal ...... Graeme Garden Imelda Staunton ,,,,,, DS Julie Enfield The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Mrs Naughtie ...... Alison Steadman Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews Moffatt as Poirot The Laird ...... Jeremy Hardy DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt Producer: Jon Naismith Dr Jameson ...... David Collings Colonel Race …. Donald Sinden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004. Andy Roberts ...... Harry Myers Mrs Allerton …. Rosemary Leach SAT 04:00 Peter Tinniswood (b007jx5l) Jenny ...... Tilly Gaunt Pennington …. Stratford Johns The House Swap Ken ...... Ben Crowe Linnet Ridgeway …. Elaine Pyke Sid Fiedelman, a hard-drinking, award-winning American Mary Stone ...... Elizabeth Conboy Simon Doyle …. Robert Daws cartoonist, is sent by his editor to cast a satirical eye on Britain Gordon Wiseacre ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Tim Allerton …. Nicholas Boulton at the end of the millennium. Dr Soames ...... Giles Fagan Jacqueline de Bellefort …. Amanda Barton-Chapple But Sid and his world-weary wife Alma are unprepared for Director: Richard Wortley Mrs Otterbourne …. Shirley Dixon what the small English village of Winterleaf Gunner has to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. Rosalie Otterbourne …. Emma Woodvine offer... SAT 14:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00h38dy) Joanna Southwood …. Joanna Monro Penelope Wilton, Peter Vaughan and William Hootkins stars in Series 8 Monsieur Blondin …. Sean Baker Peter Tinniswood’s drama. Episode 11 Rockford …. Ed Bishop Alma ...... Penelope Wilton Serving up teapot hysteria and the pun-tastic '20,000 Leaks Fanthorp …. Robert May Sid ...... William Hootkins. Under the Sea'. Miss Van Schuyler …. Irene Sutcliffe Ferns ...... Peter Vaughan Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Dr Bessner …. Keith Drinkel Edgar ...... John Hartley David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. Thomas Cook Agent …. Timothy Alcock Henry ...... Nigel Carrington Sketches written by Graeme Garden, Peter Kemp and Bill Waiter …. Chris Pavlo Director: Gordon House Oddie. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999. Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue Director: Enyd Williams SAT 05:00 Mind Your Own Business! (b009pr6l) 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997. Points of Disagreement quickly developed a cult following. SAT 01:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice (b00h9t28) Whiz-kid Jimmy Bright has run out of Whizz. So staid Music and songs by Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee. Episode 5 accountant Russell Farrow grabs the reins, and ends up in a Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge Fuelled by unremitting vengeance, the aristocratic English prickly situation... First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1970. hero's personal war with the Third Reich finally comes to an Bernard Cribbins and Frank Thornton star in Andrew Palmer’s SAT 14:30 Trivia Test Match (b014j422) end. sitcom [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 today] Conclusion of 5 parts read by Michael Jayston. Jimmy Bright ...... Bernard Cribbins SAT 15:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b007jwfp) Geoffrey Household's sequel to his acclaimed British thriller Russell Farrow ...... Frank Thornton [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Rogue Male was published over 40 years later in 1982. Nan Forbes ...... Annette Crosbie SAT 16:00 Noel Coward - This Happy Breed (b0081qyf) Abridged by Patricia Hannah. Sue Plant ...... Annee Blott [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producer: David Jackson Young With Dennis Ramsden. SAT 17:30 Bicycle Music (b00x87by) Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2009. Written by Andrew Palmer. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT 02:00 After Henry (b007k1rb) Producer: Edward Taylor SAT 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00r67jz) Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1988. Nation The Spectre at the Feast SAT 05:30 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t9xp6) Episode 6 Widow Sarah is wary of matchmakers - and her mother Series 1 Mau, Daphne and Ataba have found a golden door deep in a Eleanor's interference. Episode 4 cave. South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - Two grand openings bring Church and State rivalry to a head Norfolk. struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who for the village priest. Stars Alun Armstrong. From April 2001. SAT 18:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope never quite manage to see eye to eye. SAT 06:00 Noel Coward - This Happy Breed (b0081qyf) Hodgson (b007wznx) Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, The inter-war life of the Gibbons family in their new suburban 2. The Siege Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and home. After beginning to read the ragged manuscript purporting to be Mark Kingston as Chris. Starring John Moffatt, Rosemary Leach and Doris Hare. written by an old recluse, the narrator and his sister face the Four radio series were made, but instead of then moving to Noel Coward's play covers a 20-year period from June 1919, swine-like supernatural creatures' terrifying siege... BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the when the Gibbons family move in to their new home near Read by Jim Norton. ITV network. London’s Clapham Common, to when they moved out in June First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy Producer: Pete Atkin 1939. novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1985. Frank Gibbons …. John Moffatt Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. SAT 02:30 Trivia Test Match (b014j422) Ethel …. Rosemary Leach Producer: Lawrence Jackson Brian Johnston bowls questions galore to Willie Rushton, Mrs Flint …. Doris Hare Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. William Franklyn, Tim Rice and Paul Merton. From October Queenie …. Alice Arnold First broadcast in September 2007. 1992. Bob …. Robert Lang SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller (b007k49q) SAT 03:00 Loose Ends (b014f394) Sylvia …. Anna Cropper [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, Billy …. Michael Maloney SAT 22:00 Saturday Stand-Up (b010x8rp) music and comedy. Vi …. Julia Swift Milton Jones - Live The combination of Sir Tim Rice, Elton John and Disney was Phyllis …. Elizabeth Mansfield Life in the Arctic and coin conversations. The master of the one- always going to be a winning one. And next week The Lion Reg …. John McAndrew liner in front of an Edinburgh Festival audience. From 1998. King, the musical that brought those three together is Sam …. Simon Treves SAT 22:45 Sarah at the Stand (b014qt9s) celebrating its 5000th show in London's West End. Tim will be Written in 1939, This Happy Breed was not staged until 1942. It Episode 4 talking to Clive about this lyrical success and, of course, the was adapted as a film in 1944 directed by David Lean and Sarah Millican is in Edinburgh for stand-up and backstage chat multitude of other shows that he has written for such as Jesus starring Robert Newton, Celia Johnson and John Mills. with Stephen Carlin and Jim Jefferies. From October 2010.