Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25 – 31 May 2013 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 25 MAY 2013 Series 2 the actress Coral Browne assumes he is with the embassy. Richard and Gregory Severin But, if so, why are his trousers out at the knees? And what does SAT 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b0120vy9) Written by Andrew McGibbon. he want with her face-powder? Night Call, Collect It is the late forties and Gregory and Richard Severin, soon to Starring Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton. A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. head off to university, become entranced by the in-vogue Alan Bennett based this drama on a real incident in Moscow Finally at age 80, his phone rings. Ray Bradbury's thriller stars teachings of Lenin, Marx, Engels and Trotsky and the Soviet involving the spy Guy Burgess in 1958. Morgan White. experiment. Guy Burgess ...... Michael Gambon SAT 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids In a bid to save himself from being bored to death by their Coral Browne ...... Penelope Wilton (b007jrhp) endless Spartist dogma, Pickerskill uses a detention with them Mrs Burgess ...... Lala Lloyd Episode 5 to say that he is secretly one of them - a communist, and that Claudius ...... John Baddeley With the carnivorous plants on the rampage, Josella is they must remain silent until he gives them the signal to join Tolya/Hamlet ...... Michael Higgs devastated when she returns to her home with Bill. Cult novel him in the vanguard of the great British workers proletarian Adapted from BBC TV's 1983 film and directed by Hilary read by Roger May. rebellion. Unfortunately, his false pledge of allegiance is Norrish. SAT 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y) overheard by the cook of Castlereagh House who happens to be First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1994. Sad Cypress the daughter of a murdered White Russian anti-communist. SAT 14:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show Episode 5 Cast: (b01sjj1t) As Elinor Carlisle stands accused of murder, Belgian sleuth Dr Henry Pickerskill ...... Ian McDiarmid From 01/05/1978 Hercule Poirot uncovers evidence of greed and deceit. Richard Severin ...... Tom Kane Chips connoisseurs - and Ern hires a French au pair, in the The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunnit starring John Gregory Severin ...... James Rowland legendary comic duo's final show for the BBC. Moffatt as Hercule Poirot. A.R.F. Somerset Stephenson ...... Mike Sarne With Anne Hamilton and Allan Cuthbertson and a song from Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt Mrs Stroove ...... Mia Soteriou The Nolan Sisters. Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding Cartwright/Dawson ...... Toby Longworth Written and adapted by Eddie Braben. Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts The Colonel/Pyotr Stroove ...... Andrew McGibbon Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra. Dr Lord ...... David McAlister Producers: Nick Romero and Andrew McGibbon Producer: Bobby Jaye Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson Directed by Andrew McGibbon First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1978. Sir Edwin Bulmer ...... David King A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 14:30 Jim the Great (b01sjjwr) Sir Samuel Atterbury ...... Peter Penry-Jones SAT 06:00 Bill Naughton - Derby Day (b007ylvj) Series 1 Dr Garcia/Clerk ...... John Church Off to a Flying Start The March of Democracy Inspector Brill ...... Eric Allan The miners are on strike, as the town of Bolton awakes to the King Jim is duped into holding an election. But surely he's a Judge ...... Alan Cullen big race day of 1921. Stars Barrie Rutter and Stephanie Turner. shoe-in for the throne? Mr Wargrave ...... Jonathan Adams SAT 07:30 Rebels (b01sljqb) Historical regal romp starring Jimmy Edwards. Mr Littledale ...... Gordon Reid Guy Burgess With Julian Orchard, John Baddeley, Andrew Palmer, Ronald Amelia Sedley ...... Ann Windsor Guy Burgess betrayed the British establishment and ended his Baddiley, Jon Glover and Chris Emmett. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. days in lonely isolation in Moscow. Jim The Great ran for 2 series on BBC Radio 2 between 1976 - Director: Enyd Williams However to the end he remained a lover of England. He said, "I 1979. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992. didn't spy for Russia. I was just working for peace." Producer: Edward Taylor SAT 01:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? Hugh Sykes considers the price he paid for this act of rebellion. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1977. (b007jq12) Guy Burgess died aged 52 in 1963. SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y) Episode 2 Featuring interviews with Guy's brother, Nigel Burgess, and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] With just days to live, a Victorian policeman continues his final with university friends and BBC colleagues. SAT 16:00 Bill Naughton - Derby Day (b007ylvj) confession from his death bed. Producer: Gaynor Shutte [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] With mystery still surrounding the brutal murder of John First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984. SAT 17:30 The Write Stuff (b01shsv6) Zebedee, he recalls his determination to solve the case when the SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y) Series 16 rest of the police force had given up. Series 6 Mark Twain Detective story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1881. Episode 27 Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with Concluded by Ronald Pickup From the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, the team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests John Producer: Joanne Reardon American funny man is joined by The Wailin' Jennys and O'Farrell and Jane Thynne. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003. Andra Suchy. From 2010. Produced by Alexandra Smith. SAT 02:00 Clare in the Community (b00fyvqy) SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007k0ly) SAT 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jq0d) Series 2 The 1950s Series 4 Meet the Press Episode 1 Playing God International stardom beckons when the social worker appears Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest The Man in Black reveals how homeless people face falling on the radio. Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005. and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC. prey to unscrupulous operators. SAT 02:30 The Brothers (b00pm1nv) With his hair in a quiff, our King of Skiffle rock 'n'rolls his way Another in a series of nerve-tinglers from Fear on 4. Series 3 back to the 1950s. Barry's first comedy six-pack is plucked Starring Melanie Hudson as Alma and Edward de Souza as the Gothic from the schedules of the BBC Light Programme and BBC Man in Black. Nigel is haunted, while Michael thinks he is Bruce Willis. Stars Home Service: With Nicholas Murchie as Tom, Ann Windsor as Hilary, Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From February 2007. * Life With The Lyons: Margaret Heery as Mrs Drewitt, Peter Gunn as the Police SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens (b019fx2g) Series 5 (7/25) - A Crooner In the House Sergeant, Melinda Walker as the Sister, David Bannerman as Mrs Lirriper Daughter Barbara is in love with singer Ronnie Harris and PC Crambles, John Church as the Doctor and Eric Allen as Episode 1 father Ben's not happy. Stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. From Ralph. Meet the formidable and huge-hearted Mrs Lirriper and the January 1955. Written by Denise Sims. eccentric collection of lodgers who rent rooms from her - one * In All Directions: Producer: Martin Jenkins of whom leaves behind more than anyone could have expected 06/01/56 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. Charles Dickens's neglected classic dramatised and produced by American President Eisenhower fields questions and life in the SAT 18:30 Philip K Dick - We Can Remember It for You Ellen Dryden. BBC's Public Relations Office. Sketches galore scripted by and Wholesale (b007jpky) Starring Julia McKenzie as Mrs Lirriper, John Fortune as the starring Peter Ustinov and Peter Jones. From January 1956 Episode 1 Major, Jordan Clarke as Jemmy, Alison Skilbeck as Miss * The Al Read Show: The story behind Total Recall by sci-fi master Philip K Dick. Wozenham and Jonathan Dryden Taylor as Mr Edson. Northern Variety Parade Hidden beneath false memories, a disturbing truth is revealed. Made by First Writes Radio for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast The wonders of modern cafeterias and the cheesy chat-up lines Read by William Hootkins. in 2007. of men with motor cars. SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats (b007k0ly) SAT 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh) Starring the Salford sausage maker turned monarch of the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] The Two Mrs Reeds monologue. From November 1955. SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Definite Article (b007jvtj) Two women with the same name convalesce in a maternity * A Life of Bliss: Episode 1 ward. Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story. Finding a Girlfriend The inimitable comedian entertains an audience with his stream SAT 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012h806) Matchmakers galore target shy bachelor David Bliss. Stars of consciousness at London's Shaftesbury Theatre. From 1995. Series 2 George Cole, Petula Clark and Percy Edwards as Pysche the SAT 23:00 Saturday Drama (b00vklng) Silver Ribbon dog. From October1954. Tim Krabbe - The Vanishing Roller-skating chef Warwick challenges bike-riding son Jack to * Take It From Here: Tim Krabbe's cult novella dramatised by Oliver Emanuel. a race to the cathedral door. Stars Trevor Peacock and Sam Series 10 (8/20) Rex and Saskia stop at a petrol station. Saskia goes in to buy Dale. Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley worry over BBC cuts in drinks and is never seen again. SAT 05:00 Second Thoughts (b00k89mf) sound radio - and how Ron and Eth first met in 'The Glums'. Eight years later, Rex is so haunted by her disappearance that he Series 3 With June Whitfield. From February 1957. sets out to discover what happened to her, regardless of the cost. Foreign Exchange * The Goon Show: A chilling love story that takes us to the heart of the perfect With his sister Hannah away at university, why is Faith's son Series 8 (10/26) - King Solomon's Mines crime. Joe so keen to have an Italian student to stay with them? Neddie Seagoon loses at roulette, so heads off in search of Cast: Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith beginning legendary African riches. Stars Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe Rex ... Samuel West married life, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and Peter Sellers. With Wallace Greenslade. From December Saskia ... Melody Grove and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe. 1957. Lieneke ... Ruth Gemmell Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Emma Produced and scripted by Peter Reed Lemorne ... Liam Brennan Gregory as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe and Danielle Allan as Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2003. Denise...Natasha Watson Gina. SAT 12:00 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (b01sljpw) Cashier/Woman ... Claire Knight Series three of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, Episode 1 Jean-Pierre Gallo/Manager ... Robin Laing husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. Omnibus. Made for 4 Extra. The truthful and universal Directed by Kirsty Williams A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran scrapbook of the lives of the troubled Tull family of Baltimore. Producer Kirsty Williams. for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. With Lorelei King and Ben Crowe. Producer: Paul Schlesinger SAT 13:15 Alan Bennett - An Englishman Abroad First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991. (b007jyxz) SUNDAY 26 MAY 2013 SAT 05:30 The Pickerskill Reports (b01381nf) When a mysterious Englishman appears in her dressing-room, Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25 – 31 May 2013 Page 2 of 8 SUN 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jq0d) Professor Brian Cox SUN 22:45 Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] 4 Extra Debut. From Bowie to Joel, science presenter Professor Monologues (b00dshmq) SUN 00:30 Philip K Dick - We Can Remember It for You Brian Cox shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From Alice Springs Wholesale (b007jpky) December 2011. Country music icon and 2008 presidential hopeful Tina C looks [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN 10:45 Fay Weldon Stories (b007jtk9) at the Australian obsession with country music and the SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y) A Knife for Cutting Mangoes relationship with the indigenous owners of the land. Tina visits [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] A tale of relationships and the insecurity that one woman feels the little people of this vast continent which is damn big and SUN 02:00 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (b01sljpw) when she replaces another. Read by Louise Jameson. kinda empty. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN 11:00 Sounds Natural (b01slst0) Written and performed by Christopher Green SUN 03:15 Alan Bennett - An Englishman Abroad Peter Cushing Additional voices by Julia Morris (b007jyxz) Award-winning actor Peter Cushing takes a break from making Music production by Duncan Walsh Atkins. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] horror films to discuss his enthusiasm for the British Director Claire Grove. SUN 04:00 Bill Naughton - Derby Day (b007ylvj) countryside and its wildlife - aided by recordings from the BBC First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Sound Archive. SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wv05m) SUN 05:30 The Write Stuff (b01shsv6) Peter tells Derek Jones how he used to spend hours with his late For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] wife Helen watching wild birds from their home on the estuary best laughs around. Plus more from Arthur Smith's chat with SUN 06:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) at Whitstable in Kent. Gina Yashere. (b00ct1wf) Peter Cushing, OBE: born 1913 - died 1994. SUN 23:00 Vent (b00szjy0) Episode 1 Producer: John Burton. Series 1 Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Charles Bovary. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1972. Wouldn't You Like to Get Away He's happy for the first time in his life - unlike Emma, who's SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? (b00f670x) Mary and Mum have a break when Ben's unconscious body gets distraught that her marriage lacks the passion and excitement of Series 3 driven to a medical conference in Birmingham. But they can't her fantasies. Harry Worth quite bring themselves to leave the hospital. A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first Harry Worth worked as a miner in Barnsley before his talent Meanwhile, Ben's mind also takes a trip. Unfortunately, it's a great novel of adultery. for comedy came to the fore during the Second World War. trip back to the hotel in Paris, where he had the most miserable Starring John Hurt as the narrator, Conrad Nelson as Charles, On seeing his act as a less-than-convincing ventriloquist, Stan night of his life. Sarah Smart as Emma and Brigit Forsyth as Madame Bovary Laurel advised him to "ditch the dummy". Harry never looked Dark sitcom written by Nigel Smith. Snr. back. His gently dithering characterisations charmed the nation CAST: Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from on both radio and TV. Ben …. Neil Pearson a translation by Margaret Mauldon. Mark Radcliffe looks back at the life and career of Harry Jean/Mum …. Josie Lawrence Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes. Worth. Mary …. Fiona Allen Producer: Pauline Harris Series exploring the tradition of influential northern comedians Blitzkrieg …. Leslie Ash First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006. of the past, with Dave Lamb, Mark Perry, Jo Martin, Hils Barker, Giles SUN 07:15 The Science of DIY (b008wmws) Producer: Libby Cross New, Lucy Montgomery, Scarlett Milburn-Smith and Elizabeth A Chip off the Old Block First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Bell. The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow SUN 12:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (Omnibus) Producer: Gareth Edwards experts reveal how to sharpen and use your tools properly. (b00ct1wf) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006. SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b008dsfd) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN 23:30 Listen Against (b00fq2sw) Series 4 SUN 13:15 The Science of DIY (b008wmws) Series 2 The Old Boys Network [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] Episode 3 Ed's fortunes take an upward turn as he is commissioned to SUN 13:30 Julian Mitchell - Another Country (b01sltd2) Radio 4's new drama 'Peston', 'Thought for the Day' for write a book about the history of an old and very wealthy 4 Extra Debut. Spies in the making - the schooldays of young Satanists and why is Jeremy Vine so charming in person but so schoolfriend's house in France. Guy Bennett could well have a major impact on his adulthood. tetchy on Radio 2? SUN 08:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s) With Tom Hiddleston. The show that look backs in amplitude at rearranged and Archie in Australia SUN 15:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s) downright fictional snippets from BBC radio. A rare Australian outing for schoolboy Archie Andrews and his [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Written by and starring Jon Holmes, mentor Peter Brough. SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnrc) With Alice Arnold. Radio ventriloquism recorded in Sydney. With Ronald Chesney, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Producer: Sam Bryant Reg Quartley, Ray Barrett, Betty Parker, June Salter, Wendy SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008. Blacklock and Reginald Goldsworthy (b01sltd4) Running from 1950-1958, Educating Archie introduced a Mel Giedroyc with the pick of the week's shows, including the number of soon-to-be household names to listeners, including Kangaroo Man, the singing mobile library man, and a man with MONDAY 27 MAY 2013 Tony Hancock, Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Dick Emery, very dirty feet, aka The Barefoot Walker. Hattie Jacques, Bruce Forsyth and Max Bygraves - all taking a SUN 17:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00d05bj) MON 00:00 Mike Walker - Alpha (b0080p6l) turn in tutoring Archie. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Music by from the ABC Dance Band SUN 17:30 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010gls9) MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01slsq4) Producer: Harry Freeman [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] From a series made by ABC in Australia and also first SUN 18:00 Mike Walker - Alpha (b0080p6l) MON 01:45 Fay Weldon Stories (b007jtk9) broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1957. An all-knowing computer appears to have an independent life [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnrc) of its own - an abomination for those who believe in a supreme MON 02:00 Sounds Natural (b01slst0) Bill Stickers Is Innocent creator. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] The bumbling civil servants scale new heights for grumpy Sir Father Marquez is sent to interrogate ‘Alpha’ to decide whether MON 02:30 How Tickled Am I? (b00f670x) Gregory's latest poster campaign. or not it can be allowed to exist. During their conversations, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] A weekly tribute to all those who work in government Marquez finds out far more than he expects about both Alpha MON 03:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s) departments. and - much more disturbingly - himself... [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Mike Walker’s chilling drama won Gold at the Sony Radio MON 03:30 Julian Mitchell - Another Country (b01sltd2) Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and Jo Manning Wilson. Academy Awards 2001. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. Stars David Calder as Father Marquez, Sarah-Jane Holm as MON 05:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00d05bj) 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 Alpha, John Moffatt as Cardinal Correlli, Ana Sofrenovia as [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from Katerina, Daniel O'Grady as Tom and Lexi Ross as Sophia. MON 05:30 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010gls9) 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, Original music composed and played by David Chilton. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows Producer: Gordon House MON 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b01073s1) in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2001. Peril at End House Radio 4 Extra. SUN 19:00 Sounds Natural (b01slst0) Episode 1 Producer: Edward Taylor [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is on holiday in Cornwall when a First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1970. SUN 19:30 How Tickled Am I? (b00f670x) bullet lands at his feet at the Majestic Hotel... SUN 09:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00d05bj) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot The Spring Running SUN 20:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s) From the book first published in 1932 and dramatised in five Mowgli leads the attack, but realises he must soon make a [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] parts by Michael Bakewell decision. Stars Nisha K Nayar, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones. SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jnrc) Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt SUN 09:30 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010gls9) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams Episode 2 SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01slsq4) Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders Roland finds himself in the dying land of Elidor. His brothers [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton and sister have disappeared into the Mound of Vandwy, but the SUN 21:45 Fay Weldon Stories (b007jtk9) George Challenger …. Andrew Wincott wounded King Malebron can do nothing for them. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] Director: Enyd Williams Only Roland can rescue them and find the four Treasures - a SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b008dsfd) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000. spear, a sword, a cauldron and a stone, which have the power to [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk) save Elidor. SUN 22:30 Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop (b00txj0l) Terminus Alan Garner's classic fantasy adventure dramatised in four-parts Responsibility 1. Corpse by Don Webb. Ida Barr is a music hall singer who has embraced hip hop and When a horrifically mutilated corpse is found on the railway Stars Mossie Cassidy as Roland, Raffey Cassidy as Helen, rap, reflecting the cultural diversity of London's East End, track near the terminus, DS Julie Enfield's hardest job is to William Rush as Nicholas, Stephen Hoyle as David, Toby where she has been living in retirement for several decades. identify the victim. Hadoke as Malebron, Fiona Clarke as Mrs Watson and Gerard With her genuine love of talking to people, Ida sets out Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Fletcher as the Foreman. investigate a new topic in each episode, creating a unique brand Enfield Original music composed by Ian Williams of music-hall, hip-hop fusion with beat boxer Shlomo. Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. Directed at BBC Manchester by Charlotte Riches. Ida’s first topic is "Responsibility". Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2011. Written by and starring Christopher Green as Ida Barr. Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01slsq4) Producer: Claire Grove Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards TV Experts First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010. Dominic Letts ..... Terminus Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25 – 31 May 2013 Page 3 of 8 Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father A Komedia Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4. expanding. David Jarvis ..... Jim Stevens MON 09:30 Artists (b00xlxm5) A recent twist to this tale came in the year 2000, when Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah Series 1 estimates of the rate of the expansion revealed that the most Paul Panting ..... Victim Love's Banquet distant galaxies are accelerating. The only way to explain this John Evitts ..... Train Driver Tamsin is infuriated by Josef's lack of commitment, and Nisha was by a force called dark energy - in effect, a cosmological Rachel Atkins ..... Passenger is up to something fishy. Stars Graham Crowden. From April constant. Tom Bevan ..... Police Constable 2003. Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt Producer: Richard Wortley MON 10:00 Charles Dickens (b019jw02) and John Palmer. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994. Mrs Lirriper MON 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b020vmkm) MON 07:00 Married (b007wqdc) How the Parlours Added a Few Words Episode 1 Series 1 Tales told by Edmund Yates, Amelia Edwards and Elizabeth 4 Extra Debut. The Florentine philosopher's tour-de-force, Episode 6 Gaskell. introduced by the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson and Robin is accused of murdering his "new" family. With Jemmy away at school, Mrs Lirriper's lodgers join forces read by Peter Firth. Two small questions: how is he going to win his "new" wife to tell and send him their favourite stories such as the surprising MON 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down back and how is he going to avoid the death penalty? adventures of the snobbish Mr Mortiboy, the haunting of James (b007701d) Hugh Bonneville stars in the conclusion of series one of Tony Murray, and Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling tale of love, loss and Episode 1 Bagley's comedy. obsession. 4 Extra Debut. Spies in scandal - two people meet at the Robin ...... Hugh Bonneville Charles Dickens's neglected classic dramatised and produced by Chelsea Arts Club Ball. Written by John Profumo's son David. Lesley ...... Josie Lawrence Ellen Dryden. Read by Robert Glenister. Dirk ...... Steve Frost Starring Julia McKenzie as Mrs Lirriper, John Fortune as the MON 15:00 Charles Dickens (b019jw02) Julia ...... Barbara Murray Major, Alison Skilbeck as Victorine, Caroline John as Madam [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Elaine ...... Janet Ellis Hawtry/Elizabeth Gaskell, Michael Harbour as Morgan/Old MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01snv04) DS Cotton ...... Simon Roberts Gentleman/Sir Mark and Victoria Woodward as Ellen/Theresa. Mel Giedroyc introduces part six of Charlie and the Chocolate Murdo ...... Lewis MacLeod Made by First Writes Radio for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast Factory, plus more brilliant short stories chosen as some of the Maxine ...... Ann Gosling in 2007. top 50 from this year's 500 WORDS competition. Ned ...... Sam Bradley MON 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019jw4n) MON 17:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00td6mm) Producer Claire Jones Diving Belles Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999. An abandoned wife sets out to fetch her husband back from the Episode 1 MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b01shwkx) watery spirits who lured him away. Read by Amanda Lawrence. The Italian priest is confronted by the local communist party, Series 66 MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01slmct) and a gunman. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From June Episode 1 Emma Freud, Tricky, Richard Bacon, Maria Friedman, Stephen 2002. Nicholas Parsons hosts the linguistically challenging panel Woolley, Nikki Bedi, Blue Rose Code MON 17:30 Married (b007wqdc) game, with panellists Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Kevin Eldon Emma's stitched up by broadcaster Richard Bacon, whose new [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] and Graham Norton. book 'A Series of Unrelated Events' hilariously reveals how he MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010ns71) MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jrw6) once managed to upset a band with a slip of the tongue on a live Night Watch Series 2 TV show and ruined a dinner party by transforming everything Episode 1 Episode 8 alcoholic into water. If you ever find yourself sobbing on top of Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. Kenneth Horne is on the mystery trail of a giant mouse - and a box of gherkins in the stockroom of a Mansfield McDonald's, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch falls through time down the end of the pier, it's the amazing Gruntfuttock and Richard can advise. He's made the mistakes so that you don't and arrives in the city of his youth. Julian and Sandy being telepathic. have to. Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised in five parts by With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Emma talks All That Jazz with actress Maria Friedman, who's Robin Brooks. Pertwee. starred in many a West End musical, including 'Chicago' and Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, 'Ragtime'. Maria's currently directing Stephen Sondheim's Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Peter Marinker as Willikins, Clare London. Announcer: Douglas Smith 'Merrily We Roll Along', which charts the turbulent relationship Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Fred Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio between three friends, set over three decades in the Lawn and Matt Addis as Sergeant Knock. comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric entertainment business. It's at London's Harold Pinter Theatre Director: Claire Grove Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, until Saturday 27th July. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Another addition to this week's Wild Bunch is Angel With A MON 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Dirty Face and Knowle West Boy, Tricky. Nikki Bedi talks to (b007jrj5) 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, the Bristolian Trip-Hop pioneer about the phenomenal success Episode 6 catchphrases and double-entendres. of his Mercury nominated debut solo album 'Maxinquaye', his As they battle to avoid the deadly plants and the blinded Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser trademark Sprechgesang vocal style, his Hollywood acting population, Bill gets to know Josella better. Hayes Four. career and life in Paris. Tricky's back with tenth album 'False Roger May continues a 17-part unabridged reading of John Producer: John Simmonds Idols' and performs new single 'Nothing Matters'. Wyndham's cult sci-fi novel - an unsettlingly vivid and First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1966. Stephen Woolley knows all there is to know about The Crying thrillingly realised tale of ecological apocalypse. MON 08:30 Brothers in Law (b007k0y6) Game... he produced the Oscar winning film of the same name. Producer: Susan Carson Series 2 New film 'Byzantium' is the story of two mysterious women Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast Look It Up seeking refuge in a run‐down coastal resort. Born 200 years ago in 2004. Newly qualified lawyer Roger Thursby annoys his girlfriend and surviving on human blood, knowledge of their secret MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jrw6) Sally over a dispute involving a husband and wife. spreads and their past catches up on them with deathly [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Terence Alexander consequence. At UK cinemas from 31st May. MON 19:30 Brothers in Law (b007k0y6) as Henry Blagrove, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood With more music from Edinburgh-born singer/songwriter Blue [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] as Sally, Ronald Adam as the Chairman and Arthur Mullard as Rose Code, who performs 'Whitechapel' from his album 'North MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b01073s1) Briggs. All other parts by Sean Arnold, Douglas Blackwell and Ten'. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Patrick Tull. Producer: Sukey Firth. MON 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk) Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson. MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jrw6) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019jw4n) Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis MON 12:30 Brothers in Law (b007k0y6) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01slmct) Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b01073s1) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b01shwkx) Producer: David Hatch. MON 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1971. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON 22:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00wlf1c) MON 09:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00wlf1c) MON 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ct506) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Series 6 The Affairs MON 23:00 The Now Show (b01sjn5y) Citizens' Advice Beautiful Emma Bovary is planning to elope with her lover, Series 40 Count Arthur Strong - one-time Variety Star and now sole Rodolphe. Episode 2 proprietor and owner of Doncaster's Academy of Performance - A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first A Brit blasts off, the French sound-off and the grassroots are is a show-business legend, raconteur and lecturer extraordinaire. great novel of adultery starring John Hurt.. brassed-off. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Bridget In each episode of this sixth series we hear, as ever, a confused, Narrator ...... John Hurt Christie, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn. Produced by Colin muddled and often challenging day-in-the-life of Count Arthur Charles ...... Conrad Nelson Anderson. - with his mixed-up delivery of words and forthright self- Emma ...... Sarah Smart MON 23:30 And Now in Colour (b007yrwf) delusion. Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike Series 2 When Arthur attempts to return an item of clothing to a local Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth Colourthon shop, things don't quite go to plan - leading him to take some Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill The sketch show team attempt their own radio charity 'legal' advice at the Citizen's Advice Bureau. With an ever- Felicite ...... Sarah Jane Hallworth fundraiser. increasing list of complaints, plus the possibility of having to Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de acquire a puppy (or puppies) to boot, Arthur's day doesn't go a translation by Margaret Mauldon. Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck. quite as he'd hoped. Producer: Pauline Harris Producer: Lissa Evans The occasion does give him a chance to take a trip down First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1991. memory lane however, re-living an acting moment in a legal TV MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c3h8m) drama - which of course enables Arthur to give some sound Einstein's Biggest Blunder advice of his own! Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 Cast: In 1915, Albert Einstein found that he had to introduce a new Count Arthur Strong ..... Steve Delaney factor into his equations of gravity to prevent the stars from TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010ns71) Announcer, Shop Worker, Mr Smith & Wilf ..... Alastair Kerr falling in on one another. He called it the cosmological constant. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Geoffrey, Jack, Person and Advisor ..... Dave Mounfield But then, astronomers discovered that the light from galaxies TUE 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids Sally, Brillo and Receptionist ..... Mel Giedroyc was stretched in a way that could only be explained if the (b007jrj5) Producers: Richard Daws, Mark Radcliffe and John Leonard galaxies were flying apart from each other and the universe was [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25 – 31 May 2013 Page 4 of 8 TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b01073s1) It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden Cambridge astronomer Fred Hoyle thought this so ridiculous [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] on a deadly mission that he disparagingly called it the big bang. The name stuck and TUE 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk) there followed intense arguments between supporters of the big [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike bang theory and Fred Hoyle and his colleagues, who favoured a TUE 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00wlf1c) Milligan. steady state universe. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] A decisive blow to the latter theory came from a radio telescope TUE 02:30 Artists (b00xlxm5) Starring: in New Jersey in the early 1960s that detected a gentle [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] background glow at microwave radio frequencies that theorists TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens (b019jw02) Peter Sellers had predicted as the dying embers of the big bang itself. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Harry Secombe Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt TUE 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019jw4n) Spike Milligan and John Palmer. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b02x8z64) TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01slmct) First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest Is it better to be loved or feared? Renaissance political insights TUE 05:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00td6mm) shows weren’t kept in the archive. introduced by Nick Robinson and read by Peter Firth. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down TUE 05:30 Married (b007wqdc) With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. (b007701x) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Episode 2 TUE 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b0107wtp) Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Spies in scandal - the glamorous couple finally tie the knot. Peril at End House Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert Episode 2 Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Glenister. The Belgian sleuth and Captain Hastings attend Maggie TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens (b019lw3y) Buckley's dinner party and make a startling discovery. Producer: Peter Eton [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01st7wf) Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954. Mel introduces some more stories which made the top 50 in this Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams TUE 08:30 Jim the Great (b01spd8m) year's Chris Evans 500 WORDS competition. Plus, exploring Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders Series 1 science in your kitchen with Dick and Dom. Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton The Great Celtic Arms Race TUE 17:00 For Better or for Worse (b00td6mp) Mr Croft …. Terence Edmond King Jim is bested by King Cedric. Then he acquires a new toy Series 2 Mrs Croft …. Richenda Carey - a 'thunderlog'. Episode 2 Charles Vyse …. Stephen Critchlow Historical regal romp starring Jimmy Edwards. When the boss's daughter ties the knot, can Bernard get her to Maggie Buckley …. Elizabeth Conboy With Julian Orchard, John Baddeley, Andrew Palmer, Ronald the church on time? Stars Gorden Kaye. From December 1994. Jimmy Lazarus …. Sean Arnold Baddiley, Jon Glover, Joan Sanderson and Kenneth Connor. TUE 17:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k2yt) Dramatist: Michael Bakewell Jim The Great ran for 2 series on BBC Radio 2 between 1976 - [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Director: Enyd Williams 1979. TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010nyk4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000. Producer: Edward Taylor Night Watch TUE 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1977. Episode 2 Terminus TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01sjn5y) Chasing a villain called Carcer, Commander Sam Vimes of the 2. Busker [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] City Watch has been thrown back in time. The Old Watch are a The "Lucky Charm" murders mount up. Shelley, the Irish TUE 09:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management lack-lustre bunch and they've taken him prisoner. busker, is under suspicion for the murders, but DS Richards is (b00g3dcp) Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks. convinced she's "a nice kid". Episode 2 Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Comedy series in which comedian Will Smith seeks help and Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Peter Marinker as Tilden, Clare Enfield. advice - primarily from his godfather Peter - on coping with the Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. onset of middle age. Peter invites Fashion presenter Kathy to Lawn and Matt Addis as Knock. Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield help Will dress better. Director: Claire Grove Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley With Roger Allam, Morwenna Banks, Janice Acquah, Jill First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards Cardo, Gunnar Cauthery, Lobo Chan, Donnla Hughes, Dan TUE 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids Dominic Letts ..... Terminus Starkey, Tom Wu. (b007jrjm) Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens (b019lw3y) Episode 7 Neville Jason ..... Timothy Lynham Mrs Lirriper Bill and Josella join the University group and discover how the Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley Mrs Lirriper's Legacy new community expects to survive. Cult novel read by Roger Tina Grey ..... Mrs Winterton Jemmy returns from school for the holidays just in time to join May. Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah Mrs Lirriper and the Major on a trip to France in search of a TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007k370) David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer mysterious benefactor. When they eventually track him down, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Margaret John ..... Bag Lady he turns out to be the last person anyone could have expected. TUE 19:30 Jim the Great (b01spd8m) Producer: Richard Wortley Charles Dickens's neglected classic dramatised and produced by [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994. Ellen Dryden. TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b0107wtp) TUE 07:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k2yt) Starring Julia McKenzie as Mrs Lirriper, John Fortune as the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Series 4 Major, Jordan Clarke as Jemmy, Alison Skilbeck as Miss TUE 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz) Episode 1 Wozenham and Gus Brown as Mr Buffle/Consul. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] A Page 3 girl reveals all, and a message from Mikhail Made by First Writes Radio for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast TUE 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lwzx) Gorbachev. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. in 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] From March 1989. TUE 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lwzx) TUE 21:15 Blunt Speaking (b00764qp) TUE 07:30 Kerry's List (b01shw0r) Of Mothers and Little People [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Series 1 A pot of shimmering eye shadow leads to a magical revelation. TUE 22:00 Kerry's List (b01shw0r) Episode 4 Amanda Lawrence reads Cornish writer Lucy Wood's story. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] A four-part sketch show co-written by and starring comedian TUE 11:15 Blunt Speaking (b00764qp) TUE 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b00h8q28) and actress Kerry Godliman. Losing his knighthood in 1979, Sir Anthony Blunt reflects on Series 3 Kerry is a married mother of two, a stand up comedian and has his life and shame of his exposure. Written and performed by And the Winner Is... two children. Her life can only properly function with her daily Corin Redgrave. It's Awards Night! list - if she didn't compile this vital list, her life would simply TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007k370) Can the Crayon Museum beat off the challenger, the World of fall apart. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Pencils? Each week, this series looks at a different list and delves into TUE 12:30 Jim the Great (b01spd8m) Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins Kerry's madcap world by looking at various elements of that [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] and Dan Tetsell. week's list in sketches, narrative and stand up. TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b0107wtp) With Lucy Montgomery. In this final episode, Kerry's List involves changing sheets, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker. buying a kids book on where babies come from, getting her TUE 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz) Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor roots done, learning to knit, not drifting off, reading a classic [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006. and dusting the plants. TUE 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctjz2) TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wv7qc) Joining Kerry is her husband Ben (played by her real husband An Unexpected Turn For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the Ben Abell) and her five year old daughter Elsie (played by As part of her convalescence, Charles takes Emma to the best laughs around. Plus Sara Pascoe is joined by comedian Lou Melissa Bury) together with a range of bizarre characters - theatre in Rouen and life takes an unexpected turn. Sanders. including an enthusiastic council environment worker, some A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first TUE 23:00 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00qj1qq) disgruntled satsumas, a bored therapist, a Fairy Jeanmother and great novel of adultery starring John Hurt.. Series 3 a very keen gym instructor. Narrator ...... John Hurt Jack Black's Black Jacks Any busy parent who's ever compiled a list of their own will Charles ...... Conrad Nelson Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald relate to Kerry Godliman's incident filled world. Emma ...... Sarah Smart McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop. The cast includes David Pusey (who co-wrote the series), Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman Sanjay finds a girlfriend and embraces the arts, much to Bridget Christie, Lucy Briers, Rosie Cavaliero and Nicholas Le Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy Ramesh and Dave's amusement. Prevost. Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kolhi Kerry Godliman is fast establishing herself as a highly skilful a translation by Margaret Mauldon. Dave ...... Donald McLeary stand up comic and actress, from her recent appearances on Producer: Pauline Harris Sanjay ...... Omar Raza Live at The Apollo (BBC 1), Derek (C4) and Our Girl (BBC 1). First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Alok ...... Susheel Kumar Producer: Paul Russell TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c3hvl) Kayla ...... Eleanor Bird An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. How the Universe Began Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k370) Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. Ted ...... Gavin Mitchell Series 4 The discovery that the universe is expanding led cosmologists to Keenan's Mum ...... Maureen Carr The Silent Bugler suggest that its origin lay in a compact, dense, hot fireball. Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25 – 31 May 2013 Page 5 of 8 Mr Hepworth ...... Tom Urie it won't stop growing! broadcasts from the skies. A new science was born and radio A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. Starring Tony Hancock. astronomers started to build giant dishes to listen in to the TUE 23:30 Pleased to Meet You (b007k35j) With Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Andree Melly and Kenneth cosmos, including the great radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, Series 1 Williams. brainchild of Bernard Lovell. Episode 3 Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. In 1967, a field near Cambridge saw a strange new sort of 90-something good-time girl Dora Dale spills the beans spills Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. telescope, consisting of 1,000 wooden posts and 120 miles of the beans on the Rat Pack, John and Yoko - and the subtext of Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry wire. It was with this that Jocelyn Bell discovered a regular Right Said Fred sung by Bernard Cribbins. Rabinowitz. cosmic heartbeat, a regular radio pulse. Researchers initially Betraying confidences and breaking unwritten rules galore, the Producer: Dennis Main Wilson surmised that it might be a signal from an alien civilisation, but friend of the stars reveals some surprising and salacious secrets. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955. it was later found to emanate from an extremely dense spinning Written by and starring Martin Kelner and Jake Yapp. WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00cylbh) neutron star, the collapsed core of an exploded star or Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in August 2006. Series 6 supernova. Soon dozens of these pulsars were known, taking Episode 1 physics to a new level. Radio's Dave the Rave - and The Legend of Bunny and Claude. Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt WEDNESDAY 29 MAY 2013 Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, and John Palmer. David Hatch, Bill Oddie and Jo Kendall. WED 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b020vmzc) WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010nyk4) Written by Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden. Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue In times of peace, make preparations for war. Renaissance WED 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and political insight introduced by Nick Robinson and read by Peter (b007jrjm) quickly developed a cult following. Firth. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Music and songs by Leon Cohen and Bill Oddie. WED 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b0107wtp) Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge (b007702c) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1968. Episode 3 WED 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz) WED 09:00 After Henry (b007t59f) Spies in scandal - the news breaks and a young boy is baffled. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Series 4 Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01sjn5y) Keeping Faith Glenister. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] "Anyone brought up on the Bible would automatically know WED 15:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame WED 02:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management that it's wrong to have a milk bottle on the table." (b00wdlfz) (b00g3dcp) When Clare revokes her faith in God, her mother and granny [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] are none too pleased. WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01xprbg) WED 03:00 Charles Dickens (b019lw3y) Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - Mel teams up with Michael Rosen to explore Roald Dahl's [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who home village, and find out how the local sights and sounds WED 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lwzx) never quite manage to see eye to eye. inspired some of his best-known stories. Plus, why do we sulk? [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Sarah …. Prunella Scales WED 17:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k4ks) WED 04:15 Blunt Speaking (b00764qp) Eleanor …. Joan Sanderson Royal Agricultural Show, Stoneleigh [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Russell …. Benjamin Whitrow How do sheep sleep? Can Ambridge survive Higgs's first WED 05:00 For Better or for Worse (b00td6mp) Clare …. Gerry Cowper words? Is it safe to shake hands with Christopher Timothy? [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] . Ricahrd Stilgoe is at the Royal Agricultural Show in Stoneleigh, WED 05:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k2yt) Producer: Pete Atkin revealing the secrets of farmyard life. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989. Songs, poems, stories and music by Charles Colingwood, WED 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b01084hc) WED 09:30 In the Chair (b007jssr) Belinda Lang, Peter Blake, Francesca Brill and Kathryn Tickell. Peril at End House Episode 2 Written by Richard Stilgoe. Episode 3 Maverick BBC hack George Cragge probes New Labour links Producer: Neil Cargill Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot discovers the identity of the body to the murders. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1989. - and then turns his attention to some old letters. Mark Tavener's six-part satirical comedy thriller stars Michael WED 17:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as DCI Frank Overcoat (b00nm9sg) Poirot. Jefferson, Hugh Laurie as the Prime Minister, Richard Griffiths [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt as Crichton-Potter, John Bird as Martin, Stephen Fry as Charles WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010tzfb) Captain Hasting …. Simon Williams Prentiss, Rebecca Front as Marcia Mallon, Kenneth Cranham as Night Watch Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders Jim Hardie, Geoffrey Whitehead as Director of Personnel, Episode 3 Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton Simon Greehall as the Chancellor, Jonathan Keeble as John and Thrown back in time, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Ellen …. Hilda Schroder Susie Brann as Caroline. Watch is training his young self in the art of policing - then runs George Challenger …. Andrew Wincott Music by Paul Mottram. into his old enemy, Carcer. Police Inspector …. David Thorpe Producer: Paul Schlesinger Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks. Dramatist: Michael Bakewell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Director: Enyd Williams WED 10:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000. (b00wdlfz) Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Peter Marinker as Tilden WED 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3) Episode 1 and Rachel Atkins as Lady Meserole. Terminus Victor Hugo's gothic classic, in a BBC collaboration with Director: Claire Grove 3. Playing Games Graeae, a dynamic disabled-led theatre troupe. Stars David First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. Timothy Lineham, MP, is the 'Lucky Charm' killer's third Bower. WED 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids victim. A drugs or terrorist connection seems likely. Events take WED 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lypl) (b007jrk3) a bizarre turn for DS Julie Enfield. The Giant's Boneyard Episode 8 Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie 12-year-old Gog struggles over feelings for best friend The University group with Bill and Josella are ready to begin a Enfield Sunshine, and his mum insisting that he is part giant. Read by new life together, but some have other ideas. Cult novel read by Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. Zac Fox. Roger May. Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield WED 11:15 After the Break (b00769l5) WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j1wj3) Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley Triple spy George Blake's daring defection made headlines. But [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards what about life behind the Iron Curtain? Stars Jack Klaff. WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00cylbh) Dominic Letts ..... Terminus WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j1wj3) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b01084hc) Tina Grey ..... Mrs Winterton WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00cylbh) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3) Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b01084hc) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lypl) Tom Bevan ..... The Beggar WED 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Producer: Richard Wortley [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 21:15 After the Break (b00769l5) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994. WED 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctlgz) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED 07:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Torment WED 22:00 Down the Line (b01sjhj0) Overcoat (b00nm9sg) Emma's sweet murmurs and kisses ravish Léon's soul, but there [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt seems to Leon something shadowy and ominous slipping WED 22:30 Les Kelly's Britain (b017mws9) Home from military service, Ivan finds his aunt's efforts to between them. Episode 4 marry him off intolerable. With Griff Rhys Jones. From April A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first Les Kelly (Kevin Bishop) hosts a magazine show from hell. Les 2002. great novel of adultery starring John Hurt.. is a cross between Jeremy Kyle and a slap in the face. He claims WED 07:30 Down the Line (b01sjhj0) Narrator ...... John Hurt this is the only radio show for 'normal, decent people'. 'If you Series 5 Charles ...... Conrad Nelson aren't normal or decent, this is not the show for you,' says Les. Episode 4 Emma ...... Sarah Smart This week Les talks to Britain's only male nun, a man who only The ground-breaking Radio 4 phone-in show, hosted by the Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman speaks using sound fx and answers the question: what is the legendary Gary Bellamy and brought to you by the creators of Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy world coming to? The Fast Show. Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill Written by Bill Dare with Julian Dutton. Starring Rhys Thomas, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Justin ...... Sam Curtis WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wvc2b) Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, Adil Ray, Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the Robert Popper and Paul Whitehouse. a translation by Margaret Mauldon. best laughs around. Plus more from Sara Pascoe's chat with Lou Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse Producer: Pauline Harris Sanders. A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. WED 23:00 Buy Me Up TV (b009p9f3) WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j1wj3) WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c50x2) Episode 4 Series 3 Broadcasts from the Cosmos Another chance to hear the comedy series inspired by every The Pet Dog Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. shopping channel you've ever seen and every product you've The lad buys Andree a puppy for her birthday, but to his alarm - Second World War radar research led to the discovery of radio never wanted to buy. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25 – 31 May 2013 Page 6 of 8 Starring Justin Edwards, Colin Hoult, Katherine Jakeways, Episode 2 stars of the art and museum world, and whose most famous Ewen MacIntosh, Alex MacQueen, Greg Proops and this week's Can hack journalist Roy impress his former English teacher, Director was the fourth man in the infamous Cambridge spy special guests, Brian Blessed, Aled Jones and Terry Wogan. Jane by joining a green pressure group? ring. WED 23:30 Knocker (b008j006) Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist. On the 15th November 1979, Anthony Blunt was exposed as a Profitch Starring Zoe Wanamaker as Miss Callaghan, Martin Clunes as Soviet spy. The former Cambridge don was at the peak of his Market researcher Ian Dunn suffers a shocking epiphany. Stars Roy Hitchcock, Toyah Wilcox as Elsa, David Troughton as Mr career as an art historian - he was Surveyor of the Queen's Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007. Say, Nicky Henson as Chad, Sue Roderick as Wyn, Steve Pictures, had received a knighthood, and as director of the WED 23:45 Fabulous (b00hhrhm) Hodson as Pavarotti, David Holt as Yeats, Melanie Hudson as Courtauld Institute, had made it one of the most prestigious Series 1 Helen and Geoff McGivern as Dick. centres for the study of art history. Episode 1 Producer: Paul Schlesinger: The news was greeted with outcry by the public for whom Blunt Faye is anxious. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993. represented elitism and sordid decadence. Blunt was stripped of She knows today's women are fabulous: they have the job, the THU 07:30 Heresy (b01sjjyf) his knighthood, hounded by the press, and never returned to the house, the colour co-ordinated capsule wardrobe. Series 9 Institute he had dedicated his life to. But to his students, Blunt They cope with singledom, marriage and having kids with Episode 2 was a remarkable tutor who had given them their careers, many nothing more than a copy of Prima and a poem by Pam Ayres Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show as staff at the Institute. to guide them. which dares to commit heresy. Joining Sue around the table is: Booker-prize winning author So why can't she pull it off? Her guests this week are comedians David Mitchell and Alex and past tutor at the Institute, Anita Brookner; Director of the Daisy Haggard stars as Faye in Lucy Clarke’s sitcom about a Horne, and writer and broadcaster Germaine Greer. Together British Museum, Neil MacGregor; travel-writer Michael Jacobs; woman who wants to be fabulous but can't cope. they have fun exposing the wrong-headedness of received founder of the Art Newspaper, Anna Somers Cocks, and the art With: wisdom and challenging knee-jerk public reaction to events. critic who was a close personal friend of Blunt's, Brian Sewell. Olivia Colman Topics up for discussion are videogames, outer space and horse Producer: Katherine Godfrey Adam Buxton lasagne. Series Producer: David Prest Katy Brand Produced by Victoria Coren Mitchell and Daisy Knight A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4. Matthew Holness An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4. THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jlfs) Laura Solon THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jlfs) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Joanna Scanlan Series 1 THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b01b1s9l) Music by Osymyso. The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Producer: Simon Nicholls Summer, 1940: Convinced a German invasion has begun, THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b010928t) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007. Captain Mainwaring and his men mount a gun placement at [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Godfrey's cottage. THU 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf) Chaos, inevitably, ensues... [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THURSDAY 30 MAY 2013 The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard THU 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00ctvhj) platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. Misfortune THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010tzfb) Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV By dint of buying on credit and never paying, by constantly [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. trying to fill the void in her inner life, Emma finds herself in THU 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe serious trouble... (b007jrk3) Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn great novel of adultery starring John Hurt.. THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b01084hc) Private Walker …. James Beck Narrator ...... John Hurt [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Emma ...... Sarah Smart THU 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3) Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Private Frazer …. John Laurie Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy THU 02:00 After Henry (b007t59f) Cissie Godfrey …. Nan Brawnton Monsieur Lheureux ...... Seamus O'Neill [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Percy the Parrot …. Percy Edwards Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike THU 02:30 In the Chair (b007jssr) Announcer …. John Snagge Felicite ...... Sarah Jane Hallworth [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Producer: John Dyas Maitre Guillaumin ...... Russell Dixon THU 03:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974. Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from (b00wdlfz) THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b01b1s9l) a translation by Margaret Mauldon. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] From 26/03/1958 Producer: Pauline Harris THU 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019lypl) The 10th anniversary Show, with a 'Pygmalion' spoof and The First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Operatic Weather Forecast. THU 14:15 Lost, Stolen or Shredded (b0076y5w) THU 04:15 After the Break (b00769l5) Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] Whitfield. The Lost Archive of Kim Philby THU 05:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k4ks) Music from Wallace Eaton and the Keynotes and the BBC Spies pursued - Following the death of Britain's most famous [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. spy, Rick Gekoski attempts to acquire Philby's diaries and THU 05:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Scripted by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. effects. Are they as elusive as their former owner? Overcoat (b00nm9sg) Producer: Charles Maxwell THU 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b020vmzl) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1958. Episode 4 THU 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b010928t) THU 09:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0mg) Using 'good' cruelty and bad to gain power. Renaissance Peril at End House The Unquiet American political insight introduced by Nick Robinson and read by Peter Episode 4 An exciting new engine could soon be running on the quiet rural Firth. Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings head to railway - but there's a big catch. How can the staff make THU 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down London to meet up with Chief Inspector Japp. Oglethorpe look like a busy, modern station? (b007702t) Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Peter Davison and Michael Williams star in Peter Morfoot's Episode 4 Poirot. railway sitcom. Spies in scandal - the press pursue, the family goes to ground. Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt David ...... Peter Davison Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams Rocket ...... Michael Williams Glenister. Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton June ...... Rosemary Martin THU 15:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame George Challenger …. Andrew Wincott Points ...... Phillippa Wilson (b00wdlgc) Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders Hattie ...... Madge Hindle [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Mr Croft …. Terence Edmond Sodd ...... Chris Emmett THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01xq8xs) Mrs Croft …. Richenda Carey York ...... Don Fellows Mel Giedroyc introduces the remaining top fifty 500 WORDS Charles Vyse …. Stephen Critchlow Producer: Gareth Edwards stories, plus a visit to Roald Dahl's garden and the man taking Doctor …. Mark Holloway First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1995. on the literal abuse of the English language. Chief Inspector Japp …. Bryan Pringle THU 09:30 Whispers (b00c6rnk) THU 17:00 King Street Junior (b0b3tw45) Dramatist: Michael Bakewell Series 2 Series 9 Director: Enyd Williams Episode 5 With Love First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000. Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind Mr Sims is very unhappy in class, while Mrs Rudd thinks she's THU 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf) and slander at its heart. the victim of a prank. Terminus Lynne Truss and Michelle Brown join team captains Lucy Created by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy about a 4. Fury Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip. junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Now that her friend, DS Kevin Richards, has been found Producer: Elizabeth Freestone Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. murdered, Enfield is full of extra anger. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004. Written by Jim Eldridge. Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. THU 10:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie (b00wdlgc) Headmaster, Deirdre Costello as Mrs Patterson, Paul Copley as Enfield. Episode 2 Mr Long, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Margaret John as Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley Captain Phoebus is dead. Watching from his tower, Quasimodo Mrs Stone, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Tom Watson as Mr Dominic Letts ..... Terminus rings his bells. BBC collaboration with Graeae. Stars David Holliday,Cheryl Hall as Mrs Pearce and Ben Reynolds as Tony. Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father) Bower. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley THU 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m333) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1997. Paul Panting ..... Tim Johnson Countless Stones THU 17:30 The Older Woman (b01xpy74) Peter Whitman ..... Stan Rickman Questioning her past decisions, Rita sees her future bound to [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah the standing stones above her village. Read by Amanda THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v3d7) Teresa Gallagher ..... Di Lawrence. Night Watch David JarvisStation ..... Announcer THU 11:15 The Reunion (b0134z00) Episode 4 Producer: Richard Wortley The Courtauld Institute Thrown back in time, Commander Sam Vimes of the City First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. In this edition of The Reunion, Sue MacGregor reunites five Watch relives the glorious revolution of his youth. But he must THU 07:00 The Older Woman (b01xpy74) past pupils of London's Courtauld Institute of Art, which also protect his younger self from arch-enemy Carcer. Series 1 pioneered the teaching of art history, has produced countless Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25 – 31 May 2013 Page 7 of 8 Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders Invited to sit and have her portrait painted, Jennifer Jones Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Mr Croft …. Terence Edmond wonders if the canvas will reveal a new truth about her inner- Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Joseph Kloska as Reg Shoe Mrs Croft …. Richenda Carey self... and Peter Marinker as Major Clive. Charles Vyse …. Stephen Critchlow Rachel Joyce's dark tale of self-discovery stars Lindsay Duncan Director: Claire Grove Chief Inspector Japp …. Bryan Pringle as Jennifer Jones, James Laurenson as Iain Jones and David First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. Jimmy Lazarus …. Sean Arnold Antrobus as Tom. THU 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids Dramatist: Michael Bakewell Director: Jeremy Mortimer (b007jrl5) Director: Enyd Williams First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998. Episode 9 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000. FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007vkkg) Bill Masen tries his best to support his blind group, but some FRI 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxtt) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] problems prove to be insurmountable. Cult novel read by Roger Terminus FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jjq7x) May. 5. Clue [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jlfs) The "Lucky Charm" killer has claimed 4 lives. DS Enfield now FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b0109byt) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] believes the murderer is female. Then someone sends her a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b01b1s9l) photograph... FRI 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxtt) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Conclusion of Nick Fisher's atmospheric thriller. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b010928t) Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie FRI 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cvbj4) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Enfield. Mounting Debts THU 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf) Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley Emma has tried and exhausted every effort to repay her debts, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Dominic Letts ..... Terminus but feels that she's left with only one course of action... THU 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m333) Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father Gripping conclusion of the French masterpiece of betrayal and [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah wantonness. THU 21:15 The Reunion (b0134z00) Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley Narrator ...... John Hurt [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Claire Russell ..... Rachel Emma ...... Sarah Smart THU 22:00 Heresy (b01sjjyf) David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer CharlesConrad Nelson [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Producer: Richard Wortley Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman THU 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b00j7vtm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. Berthe Bovary ...... Daisy Jones Series 7 FRI 07:00 Radio Active (b00gl83m) Victor Lariviere ...... Martin Reeve Episode 6 Series 7 Justin ...... Sam Curtis Satan has worked how to return baby Patrick to Earth behind Probe Round the Back Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from God's back. Nigel Pry leads the hunt for the Fifth Man, the Whitehall Mole, a translation by Margaret Mauldon. But God is all-seeing and knows what Satan is up to. And now the Moscow Sleeper and the Gentlemen's Toilet - as the radio Producer: Pauline Harris God is pretty angry. team asks the question "MI5 - Friend, foe or motorway?". First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Stars Andy Hamilton as Satan, Annette Crosbie as Edith, Starring Morwenna Banks, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins, FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c843k) Robert Duncan as Scumspawn, Jimmy Mulville as Thomas and Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens. Squashed Stars and Black Holes Timothy West as God. Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown. Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. Other roles played by Mike Fenton Stevens, Philip Pope and Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins. As long ago as 1783, the rector of a small Yorkshire church Felicity Montagu. Producer: David Tyler suggested that the gravity of a very massive star might be strong Written by Andy Hamilton. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1987. enough to pull its light back and prevent it from shining. It was Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer FRI 07:30 The Write Stuff (b01slrsw) not until the 1930s, however, that Subramanyan Chandrasekhar First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009. Series 16 suggested a mechanism through which such a star might form, THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wvgtw) Greek Tragedy and even then he was ridiculed by his peers. But the concept For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with slowly gained ground, and in the late 1960s the first x-ray best laughs around. Plus Sara Pascoe has more from her chat team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests telescope in space pinpointed the first black hole to be with Lou Sanders. Mark Billingham and Natalie Haynes. discovered in orbit around a normal star. THU 23:00 The Secret World (b0125n5t) Produced by Alexandra Smith. A black hole seems to defy notions of common sense and even Series 2 FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007vkkg) of normal physics. Light, information and travellers would have Episode 1 Series 8 no escape from its gravity. At its heart, matter and even space From Al Pacino to Keith Harris and Orville, Jon Culshaw and Drifting Through and time would be squashed out of existence. Yet there is a friends probe the private lives of the famous. From July 2010. The senior crew of HMS Troutbridge head for the breakers small theoretical chance that someone entering a spinning black THU 23:30 The Big Booth (b007k2ww) yard aboard Number One's first command. hole might survive to emerge in another universe. Series 2: The Big Booth Too Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt Episode 1 Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, and John Palmer. Boothby Graffoe returns with a series of guitar-flavoured songs Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, FRI 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince (b020vmzn) and surreal laughs. Ronnie Barker as Able-Seaman Johnson and Michael Bates as Episode 5 From the Pieasance Cabaret Bar at the Edinburgh Festival. the Admiral’s Flag Lieutenant . Choosing advisors, not flatterers. Renaissance political insight With Stephen Frost, Kevin Eldon, Big Al, Vivienne Soan and Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS introduced by Nick Robinson and read by Peter Firth. Antonio Forcione. Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen FRI 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down Written by Boothby Graffoe and Dave Thompson. series between 1959 and 1976. (b007703c) Producer: Julia McKenzie Scripted by Lawrie Wyman Episode 5 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. Incidental Music by Tommy Riley and James Moody. Spies in scandal - a school library offers the answers sought. Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1966. Glenister. FRIDAY 31 MAY 2013 FRI 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jjq7x) FRI 15:00 The Archive Hour (b00f90yf) From 05/02/1984 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v3d7) Michael Bentine stars as Dame Nellie Drongo, the Boy Scout FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01xt4vh) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Movement of India and a prehistoric Caveman.. Highlights from this year's 500 WORDS competition final from FRI 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids The ultimate one man show written and performed by the host. the Hay Festival with Chris Evans, plus the closing chapter of (b007jrl5) Producer: Jamie Rix Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1984. FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00kf4ny) FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b010928t) FRI 09:00 Clare in the Community (b00g27lm) Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Series 2 Laugh and Marriage FRI 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf) Brian Come Home Bill wants Richard and Liza to cool their ardour, while Faith is [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Can couples counselling calm the ultra-PC social worker's stoking the fires. FRI 02:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0mg) constant criticism of her boyfriend Brian? Stars Sally Phillips. Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith beginning [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] From November 2005. married life, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza FRI 02:30 Whispers (b00c6rnk) FRI 09:30 The Brothers (b00pm21g) and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Series 3 Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia FRI 03:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Oonagh's Dream Imrie as Hilary, Belinda Lang as Liza, Geoffrey Whitehead as (b00wdlgc) Nigel and Michael are forced to help run a street party, and Richard, Mark Denham as Joe, Jo Kendall as Marjorie and [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Oonagh is stuck up a tree. Stars Adam Godley. From March Mark Straker as Alex. FRI 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m333) 2007. Series three of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI 10:00 The Archive Hour (b00f90yf) husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. FRI 04:15 The Reunion (b0134z00) Stella Rimington A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Former head of MI5 Dame Stella Rimington uses the BBC for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. FRI 05:00 King Street Junior (b0b3tw45) archives to examine the impact of the 'Cambridge spies' on the Producer: Paul Schlesinger [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] British establishment, and on her own life. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991. FRI 05:30 The Older Woman (b01xpy74) She listens to rare recordings of Donald Maclean, of friends of FRI 17:30 Radio Active (b00gl83m) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Burgess reminiscing about him, and of key moments in the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b0109byt) unfolding of the story, such as the day Mrs Thatcher revealed FRI 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v5f8) Peril at End House 'Fourth Man' Anthony Blunt's identity. She explores how their Night Watch Episode 5 treachery continued to reverberate throughout her own time in Episode 5 Hercule Poirot summons everyone to End House. Can the the security service, and finds out more about Burgess's time Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch, thrown back into Belgian sleuth finally unmask the murderer? working as a producer at the BBC. his own past, has little time left there to undo the harm done by Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot FRI 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m52y) his arch-enemy Carcer, before coming back to his present... Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt Notes From the House Spirits The conclusion of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams A chronicle of the happenings and lives of the neglectful by Robin Brooks. Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton inhabitants of a Cornish house. Read by Amanda Lawrence. Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young George Challenger …. Andrew Wincott FRI 11:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones (b007jtd2) Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25 – 31 May 2013 Page 8 of 8 Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Joseph Kloska as Reg Shoe, Peter Marinker as Major Clive and Rachel Atkins as Lady Mesarole. Director: Claire Grove First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. FRI 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (b007jrll) Episode 10 With most of the population blinded, Bill Masen is determined to find Josella. But where does he start? Cult novel read by Roger May. FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007vkkg) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jjq7x) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b0109byt) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxtt) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles (b019m52y) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones (b007jtd2) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b00jj0mx) Series 1 Walsall Comedian Mark Steel presents a show from the magnificent Town Hall of Walsall in the West Midlands and celebrates the accent, the hippo and why the town has nothing to do with Birmingham. From April 2009.

Producer - Julia McKenzie. FRI 22:30 The Consultants (b0076pvy) Series 2 Episode 4 Taking register at stunt school, Tarzan learns the alphabet and meet Buck Stark, known to millions as naked superhero Captain Buff. The Consultants are Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. Producer: Will Saunders First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2003. FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wvmjl) For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Plus Arthur Smith speaks to comedian Alfie Brown. FRI 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth (b00yz8v4) Episode 4 The urban warrior asks do you rave or rock? More undeniable truths to a nation crying out for direction and guidance. Comedy-music mix written by and starring Simon Munnery. With Peter Serafinowicz. Producer: Aled Evans First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in March 1995.

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