Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 July 2021 Page 1 of 11 SATURDAY 24 JULY 2021 Dramatised by Christopher Reason. Episode 3 Director: Gary Brown On day 10 of the walk, they spot a narrow boat that reminds SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrts) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017. Laura of the Rosie and Jim boat she remembers from the The World in Peril SAT 02:30 The French East End (b01j5nw4) children's TV show. Episode 10 On a head count, the British capital has long been the sixth But when the owner invites them aboard, it doesn't all go quite The enigmatic Paddy Flynn reveals more about the hierarchy of biggest French city, boasting more French people than Nantes, as they might have expected. asteroid crews. Strasbourg or Bordeaux. Comedy drama written by Katherine Jakeways with Felicity Completing the sci-fi trilogy of the adventures of Captain Jet London's French community is racially and culturally diverse. It Montagu and Olivia Nixon. Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy. has grown far beyond the bourgeois confines of 'Frog Valley' in A mother and daughter are undertaking a two week sponsored Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds well-heeled South Kensington. Lucy Ash meets some of the walk along The Thames Path to raise money for the dead Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp new Gallic Eastenders and asks what their stories can tells us father's charity. Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter about the current state of France and her former colonies. But the mother and father divorced nine years ago and he'd re- Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass The East End's French connection goes back to the 17th married, so relationships between them all have been strained. Other Parts …. Pat Campbell Century when Charles II offered sanctuary to tens of thousands Things come to a head at any mention of the French Oak gable Other Parts and Announcer …. David Jacobs of persecuted French Protestants. Lucy visits Spitalfields, where table that Ros and her now dead ex bought together in Camden. Music composed by Van Phillips many of the Huguenots settled. This has somehow ended up in the stepmother's house, much to Written and produced by Charles Chilton. The Huguenots came to the UK to escape prejudice at home - Ros's annoyance: "I mean she sits at it! It's my table and she sits First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November so are there any modern day parallels? One unlikely Gallic at it." 1955. outpost is New VIc in Newham, London's biggest 6th form Ros ...... Felicity Montagu SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b00vy37b) college. It can't really compete with the Lycee Charles de Laura ...... Olivia Nixon Luck Gaulle in Kensington but it does have a high number of Stepmother ...... Katherine Jakeways Are some people just born lucky, or can we control our fate ? Francophone pupils and the demographics are very different. Boat Owner ...... Juliet Cowan Professor Richard Wiseman claims to have begun scientifically These are mainly non-white students from France's Overseas Producer: Jane Berthoud to investigate the concept of luck. In this programme, he writes Departments or former colonies, places like Reunion, A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in about his interviews with over a thousand so-called lucky and Guadeloupe and Algeria. They crossed the channel partly July 2016. unlucky people, and reveals why resilience and not the because they hope learning English will improve their chances SAT 05:30 Stand-Up Specials (m000xzjl) supernatural is what affects us all. of getting a job and partly because of perceived racial Alun Cochrane: Centrist Dad? Playwright Annie Caulfield describes a brush with voodoo in prejudices in the French system. “A Centrist Dad takes his children to feed the ducks, a west Africa; while sports writer Matthew Syed explains why his The head teacher Eddie Playfair is a pragmatic Brit with a Conservative Dad takes his children duck shooting, a Socialist own sporting success was due in part to growing up in a lucky background in Corsica. He says that finding a job in France is Dad takes his children to a Solidarity With Ducks rally.” Reading postcode. often tough, as payroll taxes and bureaucracy make employers Centrist Dads have a bad reputation. They’re “entirely Presenter: Dominic Arkwright wary of taking on new staff. For non-white applicants it is even responsible for Labour’s Election defeat”, “aggressively Producer: Miles Warde. worse. condescending” and they “like Top Gear too much”. And yet, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010. Lucy discovers another group of young French people in Alun Cochrane is fine with being one (albeit one who hasn’t SAT 01:00 Find The Lady (m000f6cv) Hackney. Most of them are designers, artists or work in cutting actually watched Top Gear). 7. In Which Andrew Marsh Finds the Truth edge digital media outfits. Malika Favre, who has just done a Recorded in front of a virtual audience from Salford, this show Andrew Marsh finally deduces who is behind him being framed cover for the Penguin edition of the Kama Sutra, says she finds is Alun’s quest for the centre ground, an area bizarrely for both cheque book fraud - and murder. London a more creative environment and she find English underpopulated in the comedy world. Comedians should poke Starring Noel Johnson. 'hypocrisy' is good for business. fun at all hypocrisy no matter whether it emerges from the right Conclusion of the murder mystery thriller serial by David Ellis. Producer: Lucy Ash or the left, so why are so few stand-ups apparently adept at Andrew Marsh …. Noel Johnson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012. sniping from the middle? Joyce Marsh …. Madi Hedd SAT 03:00 Margaret Steward - Running Out of Sky Alun investigates whether his politics have changed or if it's the Roger Sherwin …. Douglas Blackwell (b01mny05) world that has changed around him and left a reasonable man Peter Lloyd …. Michael Deacon The 'present day' finds two men, unaware of each other, feeling like an extremist. He is pretty sure he isn’t an actual Detective Sergeant Rankin …. Henry Stamper retracing their steps through the Lincolnshire countryside. baddie. He spends his days writing jokes in ‘Where’s Wally?’ Detective Inspector Adams …. John Bentley An American Second World War airman and an English doctor pyjamas alongside his gluten-free dog. Does that sound like an Alf Jenkins …. Brian Haines find memories of unfinished relationships and ghosts from the extremist to you? Judy Randall …. Eva Haddon past. Written and performed by Alun Cochrane Producer: Betty Davies. Stars William Gaunt and Garrick Hagon. Production co-ordinator: Mabel Wright First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1969. Margaret Steward’s haunting drama. Sound engineer: Michael Smith SAT 01:30 Cordoba (m000y1j1) Tom Mason ... William Gaunt Producer: Richard Morris 1. Written Off Earl Grant .... Garrick Hagon Photo credit: Matt Stronge DT Mitchell 's life is dogged by alcohol, divorce and a dull job Young Tom .... Tom Wright A BBC Studios Production on a newspaper in Swansea. Mrs Mason ... Sunny Ormonde SAT 06:00 HG Wells (m00041c8) But her cynicism evaporates when she stumbles on a chain of Jenny .... Jenny Lee The Island of Dr Moreau murders. Janet Grant ....Elizabeth Kelly A shipwreck leads a young naturalist to Dr Moreau’s secretive Starring Alison Steadman. Eddie .... David Bannerman island, the site of a hideous scientific experiment. Nigel Baldwin’s six part thriller set in south Wales. Johnnie .... Angus Wright First published in 1896, HG Wells' classic adventure story. DT Mitchell …. Alison Steadman Bob .... Paul Downing Dramatised by David Calcutt. Conrad De’Ath …. Bill Stewart Jim .... Andrew Wincott Montgomery ....... Kenneth Colley Thomas …. Alan Towner Director: Sue Wilson Prentice ....... Kim Wall Geraint …. Robin Griffith First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991. Prentice's Nephew ....... Neal Foster Ieuan …. Robert Pugh SAT 04:00 It's Not What You Know (b0375sfk) Dr Moreau ....... Garard Green Alex …. Leslie Rooney Series 2 Captain Jones ....... Peter Meakin Turner …. Tony Leader Episode 3 Helmar ....... Richard Mitchley Jenny …. Ruth Jones Justin Moorhouse, Bridget Christie and Ainsley Harriott each M'Ling ....... Terry Molloy Charlene …. Louise Holland nominate someone they know well to answer a series of Constans ....... Danny Schiller Richard …. Ian Targett questions and they than have to second guess how they Nurse ....... Janet Dale Coastguard …. Rhodri Hugh answered. Various ....... Alex Jones Directed at BBC Wales by Jane Dauncey. Host Miles Jupp tests Bridget on how well she knows her best Director: Nigel Bryant. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992. friend Rebecca Sewell, Ainsley his best friend, pitch doctor First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1990. SAT 02:00 Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore (b08h0g52) Paul Boross, and Justin his former radio producer Sean Gibson. SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b08b7wd1) Episode 5 What is the one thing that DJ Justin does not like talking about? Series 41 Lizzie is missing her mother dreadfully and troubled by Diner's What is Bridget's worst fear? And who is Ainsley's worst habit? Chris Patten on Pope John XXIII behaviour. She goes to visit Hannah for her reassurance and has All answers and more will be revealed. Chris Patten, Lord Patten of Barnes, nominates a great life who an unexpected encounter. Producer: Sam Michell was born a peasant and became a Pope. News also come from France of the King's trial. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013. Pope John XXIII did well at school but was no star.