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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21 – 27 December 2013 Page 1 of 9 SATURDAY 21 DECEMBER 2013 working in a multi-platform environment, watching circulation Survival of the Fittest figures plummet and the recession causing half the workforce Rosie’s company hosts a management team building course. It SAT 00:00 Simon Bovey - Cold Blood (b007jv49) to be laid off. all goes well until the murder mystery dinner, but it isn't Rosie The Antarctican At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between Maddox who makes a killing. The struggle at the South Pole continues. Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper in Simon Brett's sitcom. Having witnessed the destruction of the Ellsworth Research investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who will The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event Centre and the death of several of their colleagues, the survivors regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a story. But management company, based in Brighton. prepare to flee... they have a grudging respect for the each other as Freddy helps Rosie ...... Prunella Scales Conclusion of Simon Bovey's 5-part sci-fi thriller set in 2015 Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, Facebook and Kate ...... Arabella Weir stars Tim McMullan as Bowers, Tom Mannion as Commander podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff out the real Jo ...... Rebecca Callard Taft, Stuart McLoughlin as Max Bellingfield, Ndidi Del Fatti as story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the pragmatic editor Bob ...... Duncan Preston Anaya and Helen Longworth as Deborah. more concerned with keeping his job, and Carol, the news Tess ...... Annette Badland Director: Marc Beeby editor who believes that circulation will increase if they run Barry ...... Lee Simpson Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005. pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans and 'intelligent' skunks Alex ...... Chris Pavlo SAT 00:30 Jonathan Aycliffe - The Matrix (b01ns0y8) rather than Maddox's moral crusading diatribes. And only Dick ...... David Holt The Ceremony Masha, the Russian head of online communities, who wants to Producer: Maria Esposito "Andrew, I do not think you will ever know peace again until give away all their content because that is true democracy, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000. you know the ..." knows Freddy's secret; that he's a posh boy from Eton rather SAT 06:00 Caryl Churchill - Top Girls (b0076y00) Can student Andrew MacLeod escape the evil that stretches than a hypercool kid from the street; well that's what Freddy A dinner party with a difference - as Marlene, a modern, from North Africa to Scotland? thinks anyway. successful woman of the 1980s, entertains five guests from the The gripping conclusion of Jonathan Aycliffe's chilling novel SAT 03:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon past. abridged in ten parts by Rosemary Goring. (b00t18j1) 19th century Victorian traveller Isabella Bird, 13th century Read by Robert Paterson The Duel Japanese Courtesan Lady Nijo, Dull Gret, a character from a Producer: David Jackson Young An unfortunate duel is the catalyst for young Redmond Barry to Breughel painting, Pope Joan and, arriving late, Patient Griselda First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in 1997. leave his native Ireland and serve on the battlefields of the - Chaucer's obedient wife. SAT 00:45 A Night with a Vampire (b017mws7) Seven Years War - before a chance reunion with his long-lost All are remarkable women - all are long dead. Series 2 uncle offers a way to make their fortune at the gaming-tables of Caryl Churchill's drama - first staged in 1982 at the Royal A Lot of Mince Pies the highest courts of Europe. Court in - examines the political costs of women rising Written by Robert Swindells. William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel (1844) about the to the top. Swindells is a British author known mainly for his children's rise and fall of an Irish adventurer, set during the last half of the Starring Lesley Manville as Marlene, Deborah Findlay as books and indeed, this tale first appeared in a collection of 18th century. The action moves from rural Ireland to the courts Isabella Bird, Lesley Sharp as Dull Gret, Sarah Lam as Lady haunted tales for the young adult. But it has a macabre and of Europe to the drawing rooms of English society. Nijo, Cecily Hobbs as Pope Joan, Anna Patrick as Patient chilling undertone - set at Xmas and focussing on a group of The first of two-parts dramatised by Don McCamphill Griselda and Beth Goddard as the Waitress. carollers who visit the same cottage every year - and receive a Barry ...... Gerard McSorley Director: Hilary Norrish special treat in return..... Redmond ...... Andrew Scott First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1992. David Tennant returns with another selection of chilling Chevalier de Balibari ...... David Kelly SAT 07:30 Candlelight: The Living Flame (b00765mf) Vampire stories. Bell Barry ...... Sheila Hancock One thing we'll probably do this Christmas is light a candle. Last year in the first series we concentrated on Victorian Lord Lyndon ...... Kenneth Cranham But why? What does it mean to us and what does it symbolize? Vampire output but in these five tales we enter the 20th Sir Rumford Bumford ...... Jamie Foreman Pastors, Ministers and protestors describe the power and Century and introduce stories with a little twist from the UK Mme Fitzsimons ...... Tina Kellegher meaning of candlelight. and the USA. Fitzsimons ...... Kevin Flood Through personal story and commentary, this programme Producer: Clive Brill Captain Fagan ...... Frank O'Sullivan explores the symbolism of candlelight and the natural affinity A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. John Quin ...... Mark Lambert between candles and Christmas time; the turning point of the SAT 01:00 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home Von Potzdorff ...... Don Wycherley year at its darkest nadir and a celebration of the coming of the (b007jtdt) Ulick ...... Darragh Kelly Light of the World. Episode 6 Mick ...... Eanna MacLiam Producer: Sera Lefroy-Owen As Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den - can Inspector Nora ...... Alice Barry First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001. Purbright finally unravel the wicked web? Directed at BBC Belfast by Lawrence Jackson. SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b018j117) One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Series 7 Christopher Denys in 6 parts. SAT 04:00 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting (b01dlff5) Christmas Compilation Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Geoffrey Banks as Sleep The festive funny man's highlights from Christmases past. Mortimer Hive, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as From the mind of Chris Morris leaks onto radio in this Including legendary folk singer Odetta and soprano Renee Booker and Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime. dreamlike combination of comedy and music. Julia Davis, Fleming. Producer: Tony Cliff Kevin Eldon, David Cann, Mark Heap and Amelia Bullmore. SAT 09:00 Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Are you still lying curare-still, seeking relief in feigning dead? (b007jzvz) SAT 01:30 Falco (b007wpcl) Then welcome, oo-tazz welcome. Chris Morris is here to help Episode 1 The Silver Pigs you wallow in the melancholy, for third series of this subversive Sue Perkins gets the sherry and chocolates out to accompany 3 Episode 4 radio classic. hours of the very best vintage BBC Christmas comedy crackers: Falco battles to discover who killed Sosia - and to unmask the Immediately prior to Blue Jam's initial burst on radio, Chris * Radio Active's Christmas Turkey: plotters against the Emperor. Morris had caused a furore with Channel 4's Brass Eye. Yet The National Local Radio Station links up with Bethlehem and He also discovers that true love can cross the boundaries of the Blue Jam managed to be a total departure from his previous visits some poorly hospital patients. Stars Helen Atkinson- strict Roman class structure... work. Originally airing in the early hours on BBC Radio 1, it's a Wood, Geoffrey Perkins and Angus Deayton. From 1983. Starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco. blend of ambient music, deadpan ( sometimes brutal ) sketches * The Masterson Inheritance Christmas Special: Conclusion of Lindsey Davis's adventure set in the days of the and offbeat monologues. A whole audio landscape of the The Masterson family's ancient culture reveals some curious Roman Empire. subconscious, the ad-hoc low-fi sheen of production lending it a customs. Improvised historical saga with Paul Merton, Josie Falco …. Anton Lesser kind of verisimilitude. Lawrence, Caroline Quentin and Jim Sweeney. From 1995. Decimus …. Robert Lister In sharp contrast with the personality-led comedies of recent * Lines from My Grandfather Christmas' Forehead: Publius …. Richard Derrington years, Blue Jam makes a virtue of anonymity. Borat scribe Pater How even the best laid festive plans can go awry - and a Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater Baynham and Father Ted creator Graham Linehan are among message from your milkman. Stars , Pauline Marcia …. Helen Monks the writers. Rightly winning a clutch of Sony Awards, it remains Yates and Terence Brady. From 1971. Helena …. Fritha Goodey unique - nothing before or after was remotely like it. * Tony Hawks' Twelve Days of Christmas: Titus …. Jonathan Keeble First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in January 1999. To make his girlfriend happy, comedian Tony Hawks tries Vespasian …. Michael Tudor Barnes SAT 04:15 Old Ladies at the Zoo (b03lnyc8) collecting every item featured in the famous carol. From 2001. Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Every Monday they go to the zoo, look at the animals, talk * I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol: Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. about their lives and loves - and share a joke or two. Sometimes Humphrey Lyttelton makes for a convincing scrooge in the all- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004. Bruno's jokes are a bit too vulgar for Lily's liking. But one star Clue cast's unique interpretation of the Charles Dickens SAT 02:00 Girls Will Be Girls (b007jy1z) Monday... classic. narrates. With Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry From 23/02/1991 David Ashton's poignant, comic drama was a joint winner of Cryer, Sandi Toksvig, Linda Smith, Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Sketches and songs from Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam, the 1985 Drama Awards. Hardy, Tony Hawks and Graeme Garden. From 2003. featuring some girly gossip at the health club. Starring Liz Smith as Lily and Peggy Mount as Bruno. Producer: Sarah Wade SAT 02:30 Electric Ink (b01jrt6d) Producer: Jane Morgan. Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2010. Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. SAT 12:00 Roddy Doyle - The Snapper, Omnibus Episode 2 SAT 05:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3) (b03lzb4g) By Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson. Series 1 Barrytown 1989, and Sharon has a shocking announcement that A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. Venture Capital is about to rock the Rabbitte household. What on earth will the Maddox refuses to give up a source. Could he really face Absconding with £4,601,740.72 of someone else's money neighbours think? prison. proves more challenging than it sounds for Julius Hutch. SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007k06w) Maddox ..... John Sessions Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch. Series 3 Oliver ..... Alex Jennings Written by Collin Johnson. Tempus Fugit Freddy ..... Stephen Wight Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones Mrs Reid leads Franciscan priest Paolo Baldi and his broken Carol ..... Polly Frame Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall watch to a house of clocks where love, revenge and jealousy Masha ..... Debbie Chazen Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham make a mockery of time... Policeman ..... Henry Devas Peter Fang ...... Peter Whitman David Threlfall stars in Series 3 about the murder-solving Warder ..... Adeel Akhtar News Reader ...... Collin Johnson priest. Producer ..... Sally Avens Kate ...... Justine Midda Written by Martin Meenan. Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's satire is set in the world Producer: Andy Jordan Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as Tina of modern newspapers. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. Mahon, Owen Roe as Rynne, Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid, A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b007k0d2) David Kelly as Stanley, Niall Toibin as Frederick, Sorcha news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands of Series 1 Cusack as Aggie, Des Cave as Eddie and Pauline McLynn as Supported by .co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21 – 27 December 2013 Page 2 of 9 Deborah. killing. Could it be a ritual murder? SUN 11:00 That Reminds Me (b007jn6n) Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC stars as Julie Enfield in Nick Fisher’s Series 2 Northern Ireland. atmospheric thriller. Roy Hudd Script Editor: Gemma McMullan Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton Entertainer Roy Hudd looks back at his long and varied career Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin. Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews on stage, TV and radio, as he entertains an audience. Director: Mark Lambert Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone Featuring memories of stars he has worked with from Billy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe Dainty to Arthur Askey, plus his love of music hall. SAT 14:00 The Navy Lark (b008fj41) Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw Producer: Claire Jones Series 9 Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2000. Celebrating Their Important Anniversary Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon SUN 11:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00cyywj) The crew discover HMS Troutbridge has been afloat for 25 Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott Jenny Secombe years, so Pertwee plans some special commemorative gifts... Producer: Richard Wortley Harry Secombe's daughter chats to Sally Magnusson about First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997. growing up with her versatile, funny father - singer, actor and Stars , Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray. SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller (b011p4q4) comic. Hakan Nesser - Woman With Birthmark Producer: Mike Walker Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Episode 5 First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in August 2006. Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series Inspector Van Veeteren pieces together a woman's past to help SUN 12:00 Ladies of Letters (b00wr8st) between 1959 and 1976. understand a serial killer. Read by Michael Maloney. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN 13:15 Could Do Better (b007znr4) The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee SUNDAY 22 DECEMBER 2013 SUN 13:30 JM Barrie - The Little White Bird (b00sbcdt) The Number One ...... Stephen Murray A young boy becomes the 'son' a retired bachelor never had, so Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot SUN 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jv55) sparking the creation of . Stars Michael Siberry. Mrs Povey ...... Heather Chasen [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN 15:00 The Burkiss Way (b00gs067) Commander Bell ...... Ronnie Barker SUN 00:30 Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans (b007sw35) SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jszx) The Padre ...... Michael Bates [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b018j117) SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show Written by Lawrie Wyman. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] (b03lzj5c) SUN 02:00 Roddy Doyle - The Snapper, Omnibus Mel Giedroyc is back with highlights of the past week, Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. (b03lzb4g) including the farmer who turned his cow's mooing into a best- [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] selling ringtone and a chat with Sir . First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007k06w) SUN 17:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv8wd) 1967. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT 14:30 Harry Worth (b00rl56h) SUN 04:00 Caryl Churchill - Top Girls (b0076y00) SUN 17:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b007jvdm) Thirty Minutes Worth [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] The Burglar SUN 05:30 Meet David Sedaris (b03lnprh) SUN 18:00 The Laxian Key (b007k2m3) Cat burglar Fingers Fogerty pays Harry Worth an unwelcome [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] Episode 2 visit. SUN 06:00 Ladies of Letters (b00wr8st) London is melting, but planetary decontaminationists Arnold Starring Harry Worth. Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat and Gregor get the blame and go on the run. With Jacqueline Clarke, Roger John-Lee and Michael Robbins. Omnibus Stephen Hawking once warned us that our species could soon The amiable, woolly-minded bumbler, causes more confusion! Recipes and Christmas survival tips from the worst of pen be wiped out by plagues, asteroids and our tendency to destroy Written by Vince Powell. friends Vera and Irene. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella ourselves. The solution, he suggested, was for us to colonise Producer: Mike Craig Scales. other planets. But Chris Larner and David Gilbert's sci-fi First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988. SUN 07:15 Could Do Better (b007znr4) comedy sees the truth as a little more complicated. SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b018j117) Stephen Fry The Laxian Key shows how, as soon as Man steps onto another [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Robert Booth summons writer and comic actor Stephen Fry to planet, he promptly fouls it up just as he did earth. The heroes SAT 16:00 Caryl Churchill - Top Girls (b0076y00) his study for a quiet word about his school reports. From of this wonderfully wacky tale are two interplanetary [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] November 1987. decontaminationists. SAT 17:30 Meet David Sedaris (b03lnprh) SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00gd4sy) CAST: Series 4 Series 4 Arnold …. Chris Larner #2 to Go; Innocents Abroad Alf Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmare Gregor …. Mark Bonner One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC Radio 4 Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur Evan …. Trevor Cooper doing what he does best. Strong is an expert in everything from the world of Office …. Alex Lowe This week, in "#2 to Go", a trip to China does not work out well entertainment to the origins of the species, all false starts and Ferngraum …. Sam Dale for David - especially on the food front. nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a delicate sheen of Jo …. Christine Kavanagh The second story is called "Innocents Abroad" and tackles the bravado and self-assurance. Dolores …. Virge Gilchrist tricky tightrope of "going native" when learning a foreign After Gerry takes a tumble over a bucket mysteriously left in Virtual Newsreader …. Bethan Walker language. his cafe, Arthur steps in and offers to 'do an Alf Ramsey' by with Paul Biggin, Emma Noakes and Joseph Kloska Producer: Steve Doherty running the cafe in Gerry's absence. Culinary experimentation, Music by Mark Stevens and Chris Larner A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. customer service... Arthur's a natural. Or is he...? Producer: Peter Kavanagh SAT 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jv55) With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield and Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February Series 1 Alastair Kerr. 2007. A Day at the Dentist A Komedia Entertainment/Smooth Operations production for SUN 18:30 A Short History of Vampires (b00yqqs8) Why is a dentist set on a dreadful revenge against an BBC Radio 4. Hero Dust By Kristine Kathryn Rusch unsuspecting patient? Stars John Castle and the Man in Black, SUN 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b00gs067) The ultimate killing machines. Edward De Souza. Series 2 Natalie Haynes introduces another dark story, as she examines SAT 18:30 Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu Plan Christmas Schedules the Burkiss Way why the vampire - an iconic figure in horror-fiction - continues (b007sw35) The team mock TV and radio's festive line-up. Stars Nigel to exert such a powerful hold on our imaginations... 2. The Deal Rees, Jo Kendall, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris. From David Horovitch reads Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s tale: Vampire The ghoulish Vanderhausen seals his deal with Rose's uncle who December 1976. slayer Bram is getting old and tired so starts the search for his is unaware that his pupil Godfrey Schalken is in love with her... SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jszx) successor. Ian McDiarmid concludes the unabridged reading of Sheridan Series 8 Producer: Gemma Jenkins Le Fanu's supernatural tale. The Kid Makes History Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2011. Producer: Lawrence Jackson The schoolboy is in trouble for not doing his homework, so SUN 19:00 That Reminds Me (b007jn6n) Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Alfie is forced to help. Starring Jimmy Clitheroe. From [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] First broadcast in June 2005. December 1964. SUN 19:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00cyywj) SAT 19:00 Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking SUN 09:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv8wd) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] (b007jzvz) Letting Your Hair Down SUN 20:00 The Burkiss Way (b00gs067) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] When her parents separate, Kate is sent to stay with her strict [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT 22:00 4 Extra Stands Up (b03lzcph) Aunt Austeria. Modern retelling of a Brothers Grimm tale, with SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jszx) 4 Extra Stands Up Jane Danson. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Episode 4 SUN 09:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b007jvdm) SUN 21:00 Revisited (b03lzh0x) Host Janey Godley introduces the acts on stage at The Stand Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Comedy Club in Edinburgh: The Calculus Affair, part 2 SUN 21:45 Charles Dickens (b00pdkdp) * Tony Law takes us on a trip through space and time Not only is Professor Calculus still missing, but his long- [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] * Hari Sriskantha keeps his science background based in fact distance ultrasonic weapon has been stolen too. Stars Richard SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00gd4sy) * Gavin Webster and David Kay show off their cultural Pearce. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] heritages SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03lzh0x) SUN 22:30 The Richest Man in Britain (b00nw3wq) * Julia Sutherland celebrates Glasgow's modern art scene. The Good Life The Kidnap * Marcel Lucont offers nuanced insight Sitcom by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith about an ageing rock * Joe Heenan proposes a second university boat race 4 Extra Debut. From Verdi to Mozart, the Good Life star offers star and his search for fulfilment. Producer: Richard Melvin his second castaway selection. With Sue Lawley. From Trillionnaire rocker Dave Mabbutt finds the perfect excuse to Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Dabster Productions and first December 2000. get rid of shed-loads of cash when his mum is taken hostage. broadcast in 2013. SUN 10:45 Charles Dickens (b00pdkdp) Dave Mabbutt ...... Mark Williams SAT 23:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nnhx) The Signalman Dom ...... Russell Tovey Leaves of the Dead The famous spine-chilling tale about a railway worker haunted Mr Green the Banker ...... Geoff McGivern 3. Welcome To The Nightmare by a spectre, warning him of danger on the rails. Read by Dimitri the Kidnapper ...... Phil Cornwell Feisty detective superintendent Julie Enfield probes a third Emlyn Williams. Sophie/Waiter ...... Matt Addis. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21 – 27 December 2013 Page 3 of 9 SUN 23:00 King Cutler (b008s3cc) Starring David Tennant as Daniel, Liz Carling as Lucy, Tracy- Lady Lyndon ...... Tina Kellegher King Cutler II Ann Oberman as Katie, Tony Gardner as Andy, Carla Chevalier de Balibari ...... David Kelly A succulent batch of poems, songs and stories from Phyllis Mendonca as Linda and Jonathan Aris as Steve. Bell Barry ...... Sheila Hancock King and Ivor Cutler. Producer: Liz Anstee Earl of Crabs ...... Kenneth Cranham With wood-carver's words from Craig Murray-Orr. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003. Wiggins ...... Jamie Foreman Translation by Dylan Edwards and page-turning by David MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b03lpc02) Redmond ...... Andrew Scott Lloyd. Series 60 Furniture Dealer ...... Mark Lambert Producer: Neil Cargill Episode 6 Poynings ...... Don Wycherley First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in January 1990. Back for a second week at the Milton Keynes Theatre, regulars Ulick ...... Darragh Kelly SUN 23:30 The Maltby Collection (b00mqhqt) Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are Brendan ...... Eanna MacLiam Series 3 joined on the panel by David Mitchell, with Jack Dee in the Maggie-Rose ...... Alice Barry Episode 5 chair. Piano accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell. Directed at BBC Belfast by Lawrence Jackson. The museum is due to send an exhibition of its finest artefacts Producer - Jon Naismith. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. around Europe. MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00srqjv) MON 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cvdpz) But can Walter find a suitably experienced and diplomatic Series 4 The Clangers member of staff to curate it? Episode 5 A young girl turns to her favourite TV programme to make Geoffrey Palmer and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in series 3 of David Announcer Douglas Smith is taken for a spin in 'Relatively sense of her world. Nobbs’s sitcom about a small museum of paintings and Grand Prix' - and at the Bona Male Model Agency, Julian and A powerful collection exploring identity by British born Sri sculpture. Sandy sign up some brand new talent. Lankan writer, Roshi Fernando. Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt Stars Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, and Read by Amara Karan. Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer Betty Marsden. Producer: Gemma Jenkins Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March Susie Maltby ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith London. Announcer: Douglas Smith 2012. Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b03m3j7d) Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Sting, Harry Hill, Nick Lowe, David Quantick, Orla Brady Eva Tattle ...... Juklia Deakin Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Clive finds a Message In A Bottle from singer-songwriter Sting, Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the who talks about fronting The Police and his successful solo Stelios Constantinopoulis/Van Driver ...... Chris Pavlo scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and career. He performs the title track to new album 'The Last Barman ...... Stephen Hogan. 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Ship', which draws upon his memories of growing up in the Producer: Colin Anderson catchphrases and double-entendres. shadow of the Swan Hunters Shipyard in Wallsend and explores First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009. Marty Feldman had moved on so series 4 is written by Barry the complexity of relationships, community and the passage of Took with Brian Cooke & Johnnie Mortimer and Brian time. An intimate live performance, recorded in New York Webster. 'Sting: When The Last Ship Sails' is on 22nd December at 22.55 MONDAY 23 DECEMBER 2013 Music by the Max Harris Group. on BBC One. Producer: John Simmonds Clive takes off in the Tardis with actress Orla Brady, who's MON 00:00 The Laxian Key (b007k2m3) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1968. starring in the Christmas episode of Who. Orbiting a [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON 08:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018) quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's MON 00:30 A Short History of Vampires (b00yqqs8) Series 9 deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Computerising echoes out to the stars - and amongst them, the Doctor. 'Doctor MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03lzh0x) Captain Povey hopes a fancy new communications system will Who - The Time Of The Doctor' is on Christmas Day at 19.30 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] help him keep better control of the crew aboard HMS on BBC One. MON 01:45 Charles Dickens (b00pdkdp) Troutbridge. David Quantick talks to musician and Jesus of Cool, Nick [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] Lowe. A pivotal figure in UK music, Nick has recorded a string MON 02:00 That Reminds Me (b007jn6n) Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray. of solo albums. 'Quality Street - A Seasonal Selection For All [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] The Family' is a twinkling blend of traditional hymns, forgotten MON 02:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b00cyywj) Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS gems and Lowe originals that conjure up all the nostalgia, good [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series cheer and warmth of the season. Nick also performs 'Christmas MON 03:00 The Burkiss Way (b00gs067) between 1959 and 1976. At The Airport'. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] It's Sausage Time for Clive, who has a festive mash-up with MON 03:30 JM Barrie - The Little White Bird (b00sbcdt) The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips comedian Harry Hill, now in a cinema near you with 'The Harry [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee Hill Movie'. Under the mistaken impression that his pet MON 05:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv8wd) The Number One ...... Stephen Murray hamster, Abu, is ill, matters deteriorate when Harry and his Nan [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot are wrongly informed by the Vet that Abu's days are numbered. MON 05:30 Herge - The Adventures of Tintin (b007jvdm) Second Officer McCluty ...... Heather Chasen Unbeknownst to them, the Vet is the henchman of Harry's evil [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] Policeman ...... Ronnie Barker twin brother Otto, who plans to kidnap Abu for a plastinated MON 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans hamster world he's creating in his evil lair 2. Confession of Guilt The Flag Lieutenant...... Michael Bates Producer: Sukey Firth. A woman wants to be absolved from a case of murder, but will MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00srqjv) the cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle agree? Written by Lawrie Wyman. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses MON 12:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018) psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] deducing their felonious personalities. MON 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] suffering assistant, Miss Frayle 1967. MON 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4fd) Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker MON 09:00 2525 (b007znn2) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim Episode 1 MON 14:00 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves (b007jtbl) Inspector Hood …. Phillip Wray In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive... Episode 1 Paula Webb …. Mary Law then it may sound something like this. Set 511 years in the Returning to Porthant Bay in Cornwall after 60 years. Marjorie With Maurice Sweden, Norman Wynn, Hugh Manning, Betty future, 2525 welcomes you into a world of competitive kitchen Beaumont is coming to terms with her past Lynton and Alan McLelland. appliances, robotic stand-up comedians and religions devoted to Written by Dave Sheasby. Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. the worship of the Beatles. Marjorie Beaumont ...... Elizabeth Bradley. Director: Leslie Bridgmont Cast: Mrs Nugent ...... June Barrie First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1957. Jenny Bede Mandy ...... Alison Pettitt MON 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4fd) Jamie Demetriou Tilson ...... Tristan Sturrock The Confession of Guilt Kieran Hodgson Producer: David Hunter Recalling the case of an immigrant accused of wounding near a Catriona Knox First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998. cricket ground, Horace Rumpole investigates the truth of a true Waen Shepherd MON 14:15 Puzzling Passions (b0075yb6) confession. Written by Colin Birch, Ali Crockatt and David Scott, Jason Puzzles of Space "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Hazeley and Joel Morris, Jon Hunter, Jane Lamacraft, Alex 4 Extra Debut. Marcel Berlins explores his own love of puzzles, Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Lowe, Paul Putner, John Luke Roberts and Eddie Robson. and the significance of mazes as iconography and pastime. Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Produced by Ashley Blaker. From October 2000. With Michael Maloney as Nick Rumpole and Godfrey Kenton A John Stanley production for BBC Radio 4. MON 14:30 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver (b00nm5ww) as Mr Justice Everglades and John Church as Magnus Piecan. MON 09:30 At Home With the Hardys (b00lbnyq) Mrs Miniver Comes Home; On Hampstead Heath Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Surprise Surprise Mrs Miniver first appeared in a series of articles on the Court Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- Bored Kitty's surprise birthday party exceeds everyone's page of 'The Times' newspaper in 1937, and was later by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal expectations. Stars Jeremy Hardy and Kit Hollerbach. From immortalised in the wartime movie starring Greer Garson. Court of England and Wales. May 1990. The series brings together ten of Jan Struther's original engaging Director: Ian Cotterell MON 10:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon stories about an English housewife. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. (b00t1bsd) Read by . MON 07:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b0094wj8) The Squire Producer: Sara Davies Series 3 Redmond Barry pursues and wins the widowed Lady Lyndon to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. Episode 6 take the title of Barry Lyndon and play the role of country MON 14:45 The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi Friends are getting divorced, accountants are living as cavemen squire. (b00xblgw) and 87-year-old women are having triplets. However, once arrived at the summit of his good fortune, his Episode 1 Have Daniel and Lucy finally had enough of dealing with other luck begins to change for the worse. Kenneth Cranham reads Andrew McConnell Stott's account of people's problems? Conclusion of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel the world-famous clown who became a superstar of Georgian David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and about the rise and fall of an Irish adventurer in the 18th century. panto. From December 2009. parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non- Dramatised by Don McCamphill MON 15:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon parents. Barry ...... Gerard McSorley (b00t1bsd) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21 – 27 December 2013 Page 4 of 9 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 02:30 At Home With the Hardys (b00lbnyq) TUE 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03lzxjn) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Flywheel (b007jv6w) Mel Giedroyc with Sir David Jason's atmospheric reading of TUE 03:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon Series 1 Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, plus it's the end of the (b00t1bsd) Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 1000-Mile Husky Race and we cook the perfect Christmas [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant Ravelli get cake. TUE 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cvdpz) themselves hired to guard a Rembrandt painting. MON 17:00 The World As We Know It (b00fks6k) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the Babytalk TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b03m3j7d) adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail are the last four people left [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. on Earth along with the mysterious stranger in their cellar. TUE 05:00 The World As We Know It (b00fks6k) Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio Thoughts turn to the problem of furthering the species. Patrick [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] network in the 1930s, the scripts were rediscovered in 1988. sets up a test with a baby doll, to decide who would make the TUE 05:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b0094wj8) Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts best parent. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus Sitcom by Luke Sorba. TUE 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly. Donna ...... Meera Syal 5. The Blackmailer Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Johnny ...... Toby Longworth Cantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle probes the Brisenden. Patrick ...... Luke Sorba dealings of a mysterious Spanish Count. Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. Abigail ...... Carla Mendonca Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses Producer: Dirk Maggs The Stranger ...... Simon Greenall psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990. Producer: Elizabeth Anstee deducing their felonious personalities. TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03lsn4c) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] MON 17:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b0094wj8) suffering assistant, Miss Frayle TUE 09:45 Hearing With Hegley (b0075ss5) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] MON 18:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (b018jcct) Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim TUE 10:00 Gaston Leroux - The Mystery of the Yellow The Black Cat Inspector Hood …. Phillip Wray Room (b01gyl0j) The master of horror shares a classic creepy yarn. Black Sir Clifford Forbes …. Douglas Young The door was bolted and the windows barred, so how was Mlle loom large in Edgar Allan Poe's story of feline revenge. Lady Forbes …. Madeleine Christie Sangerson shot at, knocked unconscious, and left for dead? MON 18:15 MR James (b007jtcn) Cynthia Forbes …. Ruth Trouncer Gaston Leroux's classic 'locked room' mystery, dramatised by MR James: Ghost Stories Hotel Waiter …. Haydn Jones Stephen Sheridan. Canon Alberic's Scrapbook Hotel Manager …. Humphrey Morton Joseph Rouletabille …. Nicholas Boulton A collector of antiquities finds a priceless ancient book. But Lily the Maid …. Beryl Calder Inspector Frédéric Larsan …. Geoffrey Whitehead something evil lies within its pages. Read by Benjamin Matron …. Molly Rankin Mathilde Stangerson …. Becky Hindley Whitrow. Harry Fox …. Ian Sadler Jean Sainclair …. Charles Simpson MON 18:30 Wally K Daly (b007js6f) Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. Robert Darzac …. Alastair Danson 625Y Director: Leslie Bridgmont With Hugh Dickson, Stephen Thorne and Brian Parr. 1. Discovery First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957. Director: David Blount Research scientist Kate Brown makes a dramatic discovery in TUE 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998 he r laboratory about human genes. The Dear Departed TUE 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cvkch) But when her news starts to spread, events rapidly spiral out of Rumpole recalls a fraud case based on some ghostly messages. The Turtle control... "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". A fractured family finds solace in a newly hatched egg. Stories Starring Amanda Root and Geoffrey Whitehead. Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, read by Seeta Indrani. Wally K Daly's intriguing two-part sci-fi drama. Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole TUE 11:15 Charles Dickens (b007jw8x) Kate Brown …. Amanda Root With Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Peter Pratt as The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain Professor Slingsby …. Geoffrey Whitehead Justice Venables and Preston Lockwood as Mr Pontefract. The last ever Christmas story written by Charles Dickens is a Joe Barnard …. Jon Strickland Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John vivid portrait of a man tormented by his past. Reporter …. Elizabeth Conboy Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- Stars John Moffatt as Charles Dickens, Michael Tudor Barnes Prime Minister …. Chris Tranchell by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal as Redlaw, Dilys Laye as Milly Swidger, Ronald Herdman as Minister of Defence …. Ian Masters Court of England and Wales. William Swidger, Godfrey Kenton as Philip Swidger, Timothy Major Peters …. Brett Usher Director: Ian Cotterell Carlton as George Swidger, Timothy Alcock as Adolphus Danny Flowers …. Stuart Milligan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Tetterby, Maxine Audley as Sophie Tetterby, Stuart Heath as Lab Technician …. Harry Myers TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1q4) Johnny Tetterby, Andrew Wincott as Denham, Winston Eade as Minister of Health …. Sandra Clark Episode 5 Adolphus Tetterby Jnr and Rikki Belsham as the Boy. Director: Gordon House. Edgar Finchley goes on a crusade, Master Finchley plays truant Dramatised by Jill Brookes. First broadcast as a one hour drama on BBC Radio 4 in January and a barber gets a close shave. Producer: Kay Patrick 1999. Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00srqjv) horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of Kent. TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b0080j61) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] CAST: [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 19:30 The Navy Lark (b007k018) Mr Finchley …. Richard Griffiths TUE 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Mr Blain …. John Bird Flywheel (b007jv6w) MON 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) Turk …. Peter Vaughan [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Robert Finchley …. Robert Gill TUE 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) MON 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4fd) Mr Harbottle …. Piers Gibbon [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Miss Slater …. Kate Binchy TUE 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk) MON 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cvdpz) Sir Simon Penickle …. Alan Thompson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] The Mechanic …. David Howarth TUE 14:00 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves (b007jtbt) MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b03m3j7d) Narrated by . Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman. Back in Cornwall's Porthant Bay after 60 years, Marjorie MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b03lpc02) Producer: Gareth Edwards Beaumont visits the Tate in St Ives and finds a supper [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1993. companion. MON 22:30 2525 (b007znn2) TUE 07:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03lph8r) Written by Dave Sheasby. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Series 5 Marjorie Beaumont ...... Elizabeth Bradley. MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03lsn4c) Episode 4 Mrs Nugent ...... June Barrie Series 9 A horror story for slugs; the Escalator brothers inventing the Mandy ...... Alison Pettitt Episode 7 world's first horseless staircase; and the very last programme the Tilson ...... Tristan Sturrock A satirical review of the week's news chaired by Sandi Toksvig. BBC ever does... Producer: David Hunter Featuring jokes, clips and material that you won't have heard in Offbeat sketches from the lopsided world of David Mitchell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998. this week's News Quiz. and Robert Webb. TUE 14:15 Puzzling Passions (b0075ygq) MON 23:45 Hearing With Hegley (b0075ss5) With Olivia Colman and James Bachman. Maths Series 3 Producer: Gareth Edwards Marcel Berlins looks at the value of games and playing within Episode 7 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013. maths, and at what point it becomes serious. From October John invites poet Christopher Logue and 'actor of sorts' Andrew TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b0080j61) 2000. Bailey to his house to perform the Tarantella. From March Series 6 TUE 14:30 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver (b00nm9sb) 2000. Sale of Manhattan The New Car; Guy Fawkes Day Neddie Seagoon learns that he is the rightful owner of New The engaging stories of an English housewife, created for The York and tries to reclaim his land. Times in 1937 and immortalised on film. Read by Penelope TUESDAY 24 DECEMBER 2013 Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Wilton. Milligan. TUE 14:45 The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi TUE 00:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (b018jcct) Starring: (b00xc8k8) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Peter Sellers Episode 2 TUE 00:15 MR James (b007jtcn) Harry Secombe When tragedy strikes, the young clown seeks consolation in [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday] Spike Milligan making others laugh with a new character. Read by Kenneth TUE 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007js6f) First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Cranham. From December 2009. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest TUE 15:00 Gaston Leroux - The Mystery of the Yellow TUE 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) shows weren’t kept in the archive. Room (b01gyl0j) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 01:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4fd) Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03m05bn) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Mel Giedroyc celebrates Annie Lennox's birthday, and Sophie TUE 02:00 2525 (b007znn2) Producer: Peter Eton Dahl shows us how to make the perfect Bread and Butter [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1955. Pudding. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21 – 27 December 2013 Page 5 of 9 TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00dhkzf) Geoff ..... Gordon Kennedy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013. Series 4 Councillor Campbell ..... Callum Cuthbertson WED 08:00 Brothers in Law (b007k1xl) In Custody Pete The Pict ..... Brian Pettifer Series 2 ‘We are representatives of Democracy in this benighted place, Heather ..... Hannah Donaldson Polite Notice William. We enshrine the values of liberty, tolerance and free Producer/Director: Gus Beattie Parking his car lands bungling barrister Roger in a jam. speech. By the way, why is that woman chained to the embassy A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as railings..?' TUE 23:45 Mastering the Universe (b00wstg6) Grimes, as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, Ambassador Mackenzie must tackle the delicate issue of a Series 1 David Jason as Bannister, Gerald Cross as the Judge. Briton being held hostage. Christmas Others parts by Sean Arnold and Douglas Blackwell. Series 4 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. Professor Joy Klamp explores ways to make the festive season Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson. Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter truly miserable. Stars Dawn French. From December 2005. Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by and Denis Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Stephen Greif as Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Spiro. WEDNESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2013 Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Producer: Neil Cargill Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992. WED 00:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (b018jk1f) Producer: David Hatch TUE 17:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1q4) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1971. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED 00:15 MR James (b007jtfj) WED 08:30 Doctor in the House (b007jsw0) TUE 18:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (b018jk1f) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday] St Swithin's The Man of Science WED 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007nfs5) Simon Sparrow dithers over registering to train as a doctor as St The famed horror actor recounts Jerome K Jerome's piquant [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Swithin's hospital in London. story of a doctor being hunted from beyond the grave. WED 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted TUE 18:15 MR James (b007jtfj) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] for radio by from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor MR James: Ghost Stories WED 01:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk) in the House' published in 1952. Lost Hearts [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as A young orphan is given a home by his elderly cousin. But how WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b03lsn4c) Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Erik Chitty hospitable is the old man? Read by Benjamin Whitrow. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] as the Secretary, Beth Boyd as the Sister and Michael Deacon as TUE 18:30 Wally K Daly (b007nfs5) WED 02:45 Hearing With Hegley (b0075ss5) the Padre. 625Y [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] Special guest star: John le Mesurier as The Dean 2. Elixir of Life WED 03:00 Gaston Leroux - The Mystery of the Yellow Producer: David Hatch Scientist Kate Brown's attempt to bring her dramatic new gene Room (b01gyl0j) Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London. discovery into the public domain doesn't go to plan... [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1968. Conclusion of Wally K Daly intriguing sci-fi drama. WED 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cvkch) WED 09:00 (b00krgg4) Kate Brown …. Amanda Root [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Richard Briers Professor Slingsby …. Geoffrey Whitehead WED 04:15 Charles Dickens (b007jw8x) 4 Extra Debut. Richard Briers talks to Aled Jones about his life Joe Barnard …. Jon Strickland [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] and career, with music choices including Fats Waller and Al Reporter …. Elizabeth Conboy WED 05:00 Flying the Flag (b00dhkzf) Bowlly. From May 2009. Prime Minister …. Chris Tranchell [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED 09:55 Prunella Scales Remembers Richard Briers Minister of Defence …. Ian Masters WED 05:30 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1q4) (b03m32qc) Major Peters …. Brett Usher [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Actress Prunella Scales recalls working with her co-star Richard Danny Flowers …. Stuart Milligan WED 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7) Briers in their 1960s BBC TV sitcom about a couple of newly- Lab Technician …. Harry Myers 6. Voice in the Night weds. Marriage Lines proved to be such a hit that it was later Minister of Health …. Sandra Clark After receiving sinister death threats over the telephone, an adapted for radio. To introduce the only surviving radio episode Director: Gordon House. elderly spinster calls in cantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr of in the BBC archive, Prunella explains how the show was First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. Morelle. recorded with a quick pace set by Richard. Assessing his skills TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b0080j61) Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses as an actor, Prunella also reveals how they remained close [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by friends to the end. TUE 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and deducing their felonious personalities. WED 10:05 Marriage Lines (b03m32qf) Flywheel (b007jv6w) Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] suffering assistant, Miss Frayle The Job TUE 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker Grumpy George finds keeping his new wife at home is very [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim expensive. So Kate sets off to find a job.... TUE 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4gk) Miss Nicholson …. Hester Paton Brown Starring Richard Briers as George and Prunella Scales as Kate. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Billy Boy the Dog …. Percy Edwards Richard Waring’s sitcom based on the mutual love and mistrust TUE 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cvkch) Mr Nicolson …. Alan McClelland of two newlyweds. Originating on BBC TV, it ran between [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Superintendent Denham …. Fred Yule 1963-65 and was adapted in two series for BBC radio due to its TUE 21:15 Charles Dickens (b007jw8x) Station Officer …. Alan Keith popularity. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Julian Smith/Taxi Driver …. John Baker George ...... Richard Briers TUE 22:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03lph8r) Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. Kate ...... Prunella Scales [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Director: Leslie Bridgmont Ronald ...... Terence Alexander TUE 22:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007jlx9) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957. Other parts played by Isabel Rennie, John Baddeley and Series 2 WED 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsdk) Elizabeth Morgan. Leonardo da Vinci The Gentle Art of Blackmail Producer: Charles Maxwell The radical comedian profiles the Italian artist and scholar. Was Rumpole recalls a clear case of extortion at his Oxford College, First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1965. he a genius or a hopeless absent-minded buffoon? From March St Joseph's. WED 10:30 Christmas Briers (b03m32v9) 2001. "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Relive Christmas Day morning 1978 as first heard on BBC TUE 23:00 Delve Special (b007jmq1) Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Radio 4 exactly as it happened on the day from 10.30am. Series 3 Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Having recorded his final episode of The Good Life that City Limits With Brian Sanders as the Judge, Geoffrey Bayldon as Bernard summer, Richard Briers was invited by the BBC to personally The money men may be making a killing, but are they getting Crompton and Emily Richard as Sue Galton. pluck seasonal snippets for his very own treasure trove of away with murder? Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John delights. David Lander looks at the City and in particular the Rouget- Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- Choices include: "The Great Schnoz" Jimmy Durante singing Dory Venture Capital Syndicate by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Christmas Comes But Once a Year; Joyce Grenfell trying to Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry. Court of England and Wales. keep order at the school nativity play; The Goon Show's version Studio production by Felicity Montagu, Jack Klaff and Robert Director: Ian Cotterell of A Christmas Carol. Jovial jests from , Nat King Bathurst. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Cole and Shirley Bassey, plus Christmas for Pa, Ron and Eth in Dramatic reconstructions by Harry Enfield and Mark Arden. WED 07:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k2d0) The Glums. Researched by Tony Sarchet. A Study in Starlets Produced by Jonathan James-Moore. Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer Clever sleuth Melcroft Dupont gets his comeuppance, but WED 12:00 The Briers Family Remember Richard Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later Inspector Chalker's on the case. Stars Fulton Mackay. From (b03m335l) transferred to TV as: This is David Lander. January 1987. The family of Richard Briers share their specially recorded First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1986. WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? (b03lpjy6) memories of the man himself. His widow, actress Ann Davies TUE 23:30 Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard Series 1 and their daughters, Kate and Lucy reveal memories of (b00yqvkb) The Cat Next Door childhood holidays listening to Tony Hancock with their Dad. Series 2 An actress moves in next door to the Amos household and Tales of his delightfully mischievous personality mingle with Team Building encourages Young Stephen to overcome his stage fright. memories of Richard's determination to forever escape a Written by David Kay and Gavin Smith, Mordrin McDonald is Stephen K Amos's sitcom about his teenage years, growing up precarious financial upbringing. a 2000 year old Wizard living in the modern world where black, gay and funny in 1980s South London. WED 12:15 Drama (b00z58bj) settling garden disputes and watching Countdown are just as Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. Shelley Silas - Mr Jones Goes Driving important as slaying the odd Jakonty Dragon. Himself ... Stephen K Amos Written by Shelley Silas. Johnny Jones isn't particularly old, he's This week Mordrin is convinced by Councillor Campbell to Young Stephen ... Shaquille Ali-Yebuah a regular man with a regular wife, two grown up children and a take part in a team building exercise. Stephanie Amos ... Fatou Sohna handful of grandkids. His has a good life, and for that he's Featuring and co-written by Scottish stand up David Kay, and Virginia Amos ... Ellen Thomas grateful. He accepts that growing old is just one of those things, starring Gordon Kennedy and Jack Docherty with this week's Vincent Amos ... Don Gilet and until now, he has just got on with everything that has been guest star Brian Pettifer. Mordrin McDonald mixes the magical Miss Collins ... Gemma Whelan thrown his way. He has always lived his life by getting up each with the mundane and offers a hilarious take on the life of a Fola ... Kathryn Drysdale day and getting on. However, all that is about to change. modern day Wizard. PE Teacher ... Harry Jardine Told that a series of seizures he's been having are not because Cast: Bo Bells ... Rachel Atkins of a brain tumour, but epilepsy, relief soon turns to gloom. Mordrin ..... David Kay Producer: Colin Anderson While Johnny accepts everything the doctors tell him, he cannot Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21 – 27 December 2013 Page 6 of 9 accept having to give up his driving license. For over fifty years David Sinclair, Elizabeth Mansfield, Geoffrey Matthews, Jack First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. he's driven just about everyone everywhere in his beloved Stevens, James Hall, James Taylor, Jeffrey Holland,, Jessie WED 19:55 Ed Harris Remembers Richard Briers almond Rover P6 with a V8 engine. It is his private place, Holder, Jill Graham, Luciano Macis, Lucie Fitchett, Maria (b03m37r2) where he can be alone, think alone, listen to music, or simply sit Charles, Natasha Pyne, Paul Panting, Peter Acre, Peter Kenny, Award-winner Ed Harris tells us about the thrill of working by the sea, looking out at nothing more than sand and waves. It's Peter Whitman, Sam Gordon, Simon Treves, Stefan Arestis, with Richard as a young radio writer. Richard starred in his a great big armchair of a car, with a chrome and oak interior, Tina Gray, Tom Bevan, Victoria Gunning and Victoria poignant 2009 BBC Radio 4 drama, The Moment You Feel It, a which he loves passionately. His wife, Alice hasn't driven for Wojciechowska story in which Alf (Richard Briers) struggles to come to terms years, why would she when she has Johnny to drive her Original music and songs by Jeremy Sams. with growing older. Ed tells us what it was like to meet and everywhere? While he's happy to part with many other Musicians: work with Richard. In a performance he considers to be activities, this is one he just can't give up. Now he's told he Sara Clarke, Williams Cox, Julia Findon, Nicola Hadley, Anna 'astounding' he remembers Richard becoming Alf - it was like must stop driving or face the consequences. Hemery, Juliet Leighton-Jones, Christopher O'Neal, Jane the "ringtone" of writing in his head being transformed into Every day he says tomorrow will be the last day he'll drive. Pickles, Andrew Roberts, Jeremy Sams, Jane Sebba, Kate music with a full orchestra. This is the story of the day he takes one last journey in his dark Somerby, Missak Takoussian, Keith Thompson and Christopher WED 20:05 Drama (b00jzf6b) Rover. And gradually we learn about the secrets no one else Wells Ed Harris - The Moment You Feel It knows about. Producer: David Blount The Moment You Feel It The play stars real life husband and wife Richard Briers and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994. By Ed Harris Ann Davies. WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03m36vr) Alf's memories come in flashes and great blank holes, along Mr Jones Goes Driving is about growing old but not always Gary Barlow shares his favourite song of all time, and the one with a running commentary from the voices of his past. So how gracefully. It's about facing up to things in life we don't want to. food that's the taste of the festive season for Jamie Oliver. does finding a strange coat in his kitchen, remind Alf why he It's the story of a man giving up the one thing that he has always WED 17:00 's Sunday Brunch (b00q93z4) doesn't want a bath today? A tender, sad comedy about re- loved. Richard Briers remembering your past. Cast: 4 Extra Debut. Michael Ball talks to Richard Briers about his Alf ..... Richard Briers Johnny Jones ...... Richard Briers life and career, with music choices including Ethel Merman and Young Alf ..... Rory Kinnear Alice Jones ..... Ann Davies the Beatles. From January 2010. Pru ..... Tracy Wiles Imran ..... Muzz Khan WED 17:30 Briers and the Bard (b03ncsqy) Steven ..... Hugh Ross Lizzie Gray ..... Helena Breck Richard's widow Ann Davies and Sir Marina ..... Caroline Guthrie Ian ..... Jonathan Holby remember how Richard decided to take more risks in his with Janice Acquah Patrick ..... Ben Tosh middle 50s, leading to a burst of stage creativity in Producer/Director: Jonquil Panting. Johnny's Mother ..... Stella Duffy Shakespearean roles like in and King WED 20:50 Briers on Hancock (b03m3d5j) Johnny's Grandchildren ..... Wilf and Ruby Armstrong Lear. Richard Briers is heard talking about playing one of his A documentary exploring Richard Briers lasting admiration for Ashdown greatest Shakespearean roles, Polonius in - a role that comedy legend Tony Hancock. Briers rejected the idea of Original Music composed by Lucinda Mason Brown particularly touched him where Polonius advises his son: "to recreating Hancock's Half Hour for radio. Instead, for Radio 4 Producer/Director: Gordon House thine own self be true". in 1984, Richard talked to those who worked with Hancock: his A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. WED 17:40 Drama on 3 (b01fbhlr) BBC producer Dennis Main Wilson; his writers Ray Galton and WED 13:00 Michael Chaplin on Richard Briers Vaclav Havel - Largo Desolato Alan Simpson; as well as admirers like comedy writer Denis (b03m33kw) Theatre critic Michael Billington introduces a classic play from Norden. Richard explores why Hancock continued to demand The creator of Radio 4's Two Pipe Problems and BBC TV's the archives by Czech playwright and President, Vaclav Havel, more of himself professionally, at the cost of personal Monarch of the Glen remembers working with the late actor. to mark Havel's death in December last year. friendships and family, leading up to his tragic death in 1968. WED 13:10 Drama (b0132pk9) When the death of the former President of the Czech Republic WED 21:20 Heathcote Williams - Hancock's Last Half Two Pipe Problems Vaclav Havel was announced last year, Europe lost one of its Hour (b01glrp3) The Case of the Missing Meerschaum great dissident voices. From the 1960s to the 1980s, BBC radio An imagining of the comedy legend alone in a Sydney hotel In tribute to Richard Briers, who co-starred in this series for six broadcast many new productions of Havel's plays - plays that room on the day he died, with a book of newspaper cuttings, a years. were usually banned in his then-Communist homeland because telephone and a bottle of vodka for company. In a tour de force Starring the late Richard Briers and . of the way they mocked and interrogated the absurd nature of performance Richard Briers plays his great comedy hero, Tony William and Sandy are to appear at a Sherlock Holmes totalitarian rule. Hancock, looking back over the highs and lows of his career. Convention, held at a hotel just around the corner from Baker Michael Billington, theatre-critic for for much of Heathcote Williams's play reveals a comedy genius, tormented Street. Sandy isn't keen but succumbs to William's desperate this period, introduces another chance to hear a 1987 Havel by his own desire to improve himself. A desire which need to be in the spotlight once more. Sandy finds the display black comedy called Largo Desolato in an English version by overwhelmed him, when he tragically took his own life in June of 'fandom' absurd - the packed memorabilia stalls and one , himself born in Czechoslovakia. 1968. fan's observation that he thought he'd died years before. He also Richard Briers stars as Leopold, a philosopher who has Produced by for BBC Radio 3 in 1988. finds the political infighting threatening to tear the Society apart offended the authorities in an unnamed country. He has written WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b03lpjy6) faintly ridiculous. But William is in his bombastic element, to a certain philosophical essay and anxiously each day awaits the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] such an extent that he has a very public and painful row with knock on the door. His friends, of course, expect him to act like WED 22:30 Act Your Age (b010mrzk) Sandy, who quits the convention and catches the Metropolitan a hero.... Series 3 Line back to the Old Beeches. Professor Leopold Nettles...... Richard Briers Episode 6 William occupies centre-stage at that night's dinner, flourishing Edward...... Paul Gregory Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy the Society's prized meerschaum used by Basil Rathbone in the Suzanna...... Jennifer Piercey generations to find out which is the funniest. Will it be the Up- Holmes films. After a bibulous evening, William rolls into bed First Sidney...... Philip Jackson and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be still with the precious pipe in his possession. Second Sidney...... David Goodland crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy. He wakes up the following morning and discovers that it's gone. Lucy...... Belinda Lang This week Holly Walsh is joined by Andrew Lawrence, Rufus He travels to the Old Beeches in a panic, begging Sandy to Bertram...... John Moffatt Hound teams up with Paul Foot and Ted Robbins is paired with return to the Convention to help him solve the mystery - which First Chap...... Anthony Jackson Stu Francis. he does using Holmesian precepts, and restoring their Second Chap...... Ian Thompson Devised and Produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews. friendship in the process. Marguerite...... Sue Broomfield WED 23:00 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b00pbx22) Written by Michael Chaplin Produced by Matthew Walters. Series 4 Directed by WED 18:50 Stephen Fry Remembers Richard Briers Lapland A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. (b03m37lv) He's back! But this time, he's got a computer! Budleigh WED 13:55 Remembers Richard Briers Stephen Fry explains his admiration for one of BBC Radio's Salterton's most famous citizen has been grounded by both the (b008lytv) "greatest achievements of the 1970s and 1980s", its adaptation Home Office and his father, so he's set up GWH Travvel ("2 Playwright Alan Bennett's specially recorded personal and of PG Wodehouse's and Wooster stories, starring Ms, 2 Gs, 2 Vs - bit of a mix up at the printers"). affectionate tribute to Richard Briers. Recalling when the Richard Briers as and Michael Horden as his Run from his bedroom with the help of his long-suffering National Theatre staged his adaptation of The Wind in the butler, Jeeves. Discover how they inspired Stephen's own former Primary School teacher Mr Timmis and the hindrance Willows, Alan describes how Richard went about embracing his attempts to capture Jeeves and Wooster on TV. Stephen also of his sister Charlotte, it's a one-stop Travel/Advice/Events character of Ratty. He explains that Richard did not have a reveals the impact of Richard's death on both himself and the Management/Website service, where each week his schemes star's ego. He thought of himself as a "jobbing actor and those nation. range far and wide - whether it's roaming the country lecturing are the best really". WED 19:00 PG Wodehouse (b00b41fq) would-be overlanders on how to pack a rucksack ("If in doubt, WED 14:00 - What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning put it in. And double it"), or finding someone a zebra for a (b00fyl8x) Florence Craye corporate promotion ("I'll look in the Phone Book - how hard Mole, Rat and Badger try to curb the wild ways of their friend, Trapped in the hamlet of Steeple Bumpleigh, Bertie can it be? Now, "A to D"...), GWH Travvel stays true to its Toad as they set out on their famous adventure. Wooster meets an old flame. motto - "We do it all, so you won't want to". Dramatised and narrated by Alan Bennett. PG Wodehouse's romp starring and Richard In this special episode, first broadcast at Xmas, Giles takes a Starring Richard Briers, Derek Waring, Nickolas Grace and Briers. trip to Iceland and buys some frozen food for his trip to Adrian Scarborough. Adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller. Lapland. He also learns that when hunting with shotguns, it's Alan Bennett's acclaimed version of Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern good to know the difference between an elk and an elf. Kenneth Grahame classic story first published in 1908. Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers Co-starring Catherine Tate as his long-suffering fiancee Mole ... Adrian Scarborough Florence Craye ..... Bronwen Williams Arabella and Celia Imrie as his mother-in-law-to-be - the Rat ... Richard Briers Stilton Cheesewright ..... Michael Kilgarriff woman known only as "Mrs Wells" - in a snowbound special Toad ... Nickolas Grace Salesman ..... Bruce Bennett that mixes The Wizard Of Oz, It's A Wonderful Life and The Badger ... Derek Waring Producer: Simon Brett Ice Queen in Giles's head, and serves them up with a helping of Albert ... Terence Rigby First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978. brandy butter and South Devon-style idiocy. Otter ... John Hartley WED 19:30 With Great Pleasure (b007wjc9) Starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles. Chief Weasel ... David March Richard Briers Cast: Weasel Norman ... Stephen Tompkinson Much-loved screen, stage and radio actor, Richard Briers Giles Wemmbley Hogg ..... Marcus Brigstocke Rupert ... Graham Seed chooses some of his favourite performance pieces in the Bella ..... Catherine Tate Monlca ... Allson Dowling company of his daughter Lucy Briers and his old friend Peter Mrs Wells ..... Celia Imrie Magistrate ... Leslie Phillips Egan. Mr Timmis ..... Adrian Scarborough Narrator: Alan Bennett Includes extracts from PG Wodehouse, Charlotte Wemmbley Hogg ..... Catherine Shepherd Other cast members: and Dorothy Parker. Santa ..... Ewan Bailey Amy Stanton, Belinda Baldwin, Danny Schiller, David Holt, Producer: Christine Hall Written by Marcus Brigstocke & Jeremy Salsby. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21 – 27 December 2013 Page 7 of 9 Producer: David Tyler And Russell Crowe has a bizarre fixation with sprouts. THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jp0x) A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. The Secret World is the impression show with a difference. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 23:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b007728p) With THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b011db7s) Count Arthur Strong's Christmas Special Margaret Cabourn-Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Count Arthur Strong, one-time variety star, makes his Jon Culshaw THU 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83) preparations for Christmas. From his altercation with a carol Julian Dutton [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] singer and his improvised 'reading' of the Nativity, to his show Lewis MacLeod THU 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4l3) for the elderly at Leafy Glade old people's home. What could Jess Robinson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] possibly go wrong? Stars Steve Delaney. From December 2006. Debra Stephenson THU 14:00 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves (b007jtc0) Duncan Wisbey Episode 3 Written by Bill Dare, Julian Dutton and Duncan Wisbey. Coming to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie finds local THURSDAY 26 DECEMBER 2013 Produced and created by: Bill Dare. fame and receives a mysterious visitor. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013. Written by Dave Sheasby. THU 00:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (b018jmm2) THU 07:58 Big Ben's Chimes (b01nt4q1) Marjorie Beaumont ...... Elizabeth Bradley. John Charrington's Wedding Maintaining Big Ben Mrs Nugent ...... June Barrie The master of fright shares E Nesbit's spine tingler about a Made for 4 Extra. Archive recordings and a new poem by Ian Tilson ...... Tristan Sturrock wedding that is all too literally from hell. McMillan pay tribute to the familiar tone of the chimes of Producer: David Hunter THU 00:15 MR James (b007k1gn) 'Great Uncle Ben'. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998. MR James: Ghost Stories THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jp0x) THU 14:15 Puzzling Passions (b0075yl9) A School Story Series 2 Crosswords A man recalls spooky events from 1870 involving his old The King Was in His Counting House Marcel Berlins turns his focus on crossword puzzles. Harmless teacher. What is 'the well among the yews'? Read by Benjamin When Captain Mainwaring's bank gets bombed in Walmington- pastime or a potentially consuming addiction? From October Whitrow. on-Sea, his Home Guard platoon must guard all the money. 2000. THU 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Song of the Silencer (b007jrb2) Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV THU 14:30 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver (b00nmzm7) 'We have invented God' - will the creation of the Ultimate scripts by and Michael Knowles. Married Couples; At the Dentist's Machine wreak havoc on the universe? Read by Nigel Anthony. Captain Mainwaring …. Created in The Times of 1937 and immortalised on film, the THU 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7) Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by Penelope [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn Wilton. THU 01:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsdk) Private Fraser …. John Laurie THU 14:45 The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley (b00xmvf8) THU 02:00 Kenneth Grahame - The Wind in the Willows Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Episode 3 (b00fyl8x) Private Walker …. Larry Martyn Mother Goose makes the clown a fully fledged Georgian [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] Shirley …. Wendy Richard superstar, but fame brings a downside. Read by Kenneth THU 04:00 Brothers in Law (b007k1xl) Announcer …. John Snagge Cranham. From December 2009. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Wednesday] Producer: John Dyas THU 15:00 Classic Serial (b00mf2mj) THU 04:30 Doctor in the House (b007jsw0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday] THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b011db7s) THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03m3w5w) THU 05:00 Marriage Lines (b03m32qf) From 26/11/1953 Got the family coming round for a party? Paul Hollywood tells [Repeat of broadcast at 10:05 on Wednesday] Sabotage at the BBC, and Eth dithers over home decor in The Mel Giedroyc how to rustle up the Perfect Pork Pie. THU 05:30 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k2d0) Glums. With and June Whitfield. From THU 17:00 Ballylenon (b0081m2y) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] November 1953. Series 6 THU 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83) THU 09:00 Hazelbeach (b00899mt) Episode 1 9. The Black Ruby Series 1 Phonsie's keen to send Guard Gallagher to take part in a singing The cantankerous criminal psychologist probes the authenticity Language Teacher competition in New York. of a fabled gem. Is it cursed? Nick gets a job with a dominatrix and Ronnie buys an Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956. Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses extraordinary number of sinks. Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by Caroline and David Stafford's comedy stars Jamie Forman as Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as deducing their felonious personalities. Ronnie Hazelbeach. Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- Ronnie ...... Jamie Foreman McCartney as Vivienne Hawthorne, Gerard Murphy as the suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. Nick ...... Paul Bazely Reverend Hawthorne and John Hewitt as Guard Gallagher. Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker Mrs Barlow ...... Tracy Wiles Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim James ...... John Dougall Directed at BBC Belfast by Peter Kavanagh. Guy Hampton …. Norman Woodland Senora ...... Liza Sadovy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Sonia Hampton …. Virginia Winter Producer: Marc Beeby THU 17:30 Bookcases (b00szhvl) Helen Reynolds …. Louise Gainsborough First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Bill Reynolds …. Richard Bebb THU 09:30 HR (b00tmkg9) THU 18:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (b018jpn2) Aubrey Green …. Desmond Carrington Series 2 The Man and the Snake Airline Captain/Various …. John Baker Wandering The master of terror shares Ambrose Bierce's scary story of Director: Leslie Bridgmont Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the serpents and hallucination, with a real sting in its tail. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957. misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble- THU 18:15 MR James (b007k1hw) THU 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4l3) making colleague. MR James: Ghost Stories The Rotten Apple Sam and Peter wile away retirement blues with a holiday in The Haunted Dolls' House Rumpole recalls a suspicious case of bribery in the police force. Spain. Suddenly Sam, a lifelong virgin, seems to be presented Why are the Chittendens so pleased to be rid of their rather "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". with a life-changing opportunity. splendid miniature mansion? Read by Benjamin Whitrow. Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost THU 18:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce (b007jq0p) With Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Robert Harris as Miguel ..... Sam Dale Episode 1 Justice Vosper and Brian Carroll as Erskine-Brown. Gwenda ..... Christine Kavanagh Given just days to live, a Victorian policeman is ready to make Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Director: Peter Kavanagh. his final confession Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- THU 10:00 Classic Serial (b00mf2mj) He candidly reveals his involvement in a murder case many by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson years before. As a young police constable in London, he recalls Court of England and Wales. Episode 1 how a young woman burst in with news of a gruesome killing... Director: Ian Cotterell Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography Detective story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1881. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Read by Ronald Pickup. THU 07:00 Bookcases (b00szhvl) Johnson's birth. Producer: Joanne Reardon Series 1 Young Boswell comes to London to seek out his hero. He wants Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003. The Prosser Prize to write a biography of the great man 'in scenes', with Johnson's THU 18:58 Big Ben's Chimes (b01nt4q1) London 1858: Primus is determined that Spavin and Spavin's conversation cast as dialogue. Nothing quite like this has ever [Repeat of broadcast at 07:58 today] entry should win this distinguished literary award, even if it been attempted before. THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jp0x) means seducing the sponsors. Samuel Johnson ...... Kenneth Cranham [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Martyn Wade's Victorian era comedy stars Michael Cochrane James Boswell ...... Paul Higgins THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b011db7s) and Maggie Steed. King George ...... David Hargreaves [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Primus …. Michael Cochrane Louisa ...... Lizzy Watts THU 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83) Cordelia …. Maggie Steed Joshua Reynolds ...... Matt Addis [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Edith …. Elizabeth Spriggs Oliver Goldsmith ...... Stephen Hogan THU 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4l3) Gerald …. David Horovitch Lady Di ...... Annabelle Dowler [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Simeon …. Charles Simpson Davies ...... Philip Fox THU 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cvpc2) Mrs Prosser …. Frances Jeater Directed by Claire Grove. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Prosser …. Geoffrey Whitehead THU 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cvpc2) THU 21:15 Susan Cooper - King of Shadows (b0076d8n) Thackeray …. David Antrobus Nil's Wedding [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Director: Cherry Cookson On her wedding day, Nil reflects on the meaning of home. THU 22:00 The Secret World (b03ls15z) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998. Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, read by Amara [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU 07:30 The Secret World (b03ls15z) Karan. THU 22:30 Elvenquest (b00wlgt5) Series 4 THU 11:15 Susan Cooper - King of Shadows (b0076d8n) Series 2 Episode 4 4 Extra Debut. An American boy actor comes to London, and Episode 5 The Queen hatches a plot to get Pippa Middleton out of the his Shakespearian experience turns out to be highly authentic. The Questers continue their search for the Sword of Asnagar. way. With Robert Glenister. This time they accidentally trespass upon grounds of the Ed Miliband is so keen to pally-up with some builders that he THU 11:58 Big Ben's Chimes (b01nt4q1) Emperor Jackie. ends up helping them do their work. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:58 today] Jackie claims to have the Sword of Asnagar but he'll only hand Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21 – 27 December 2013 Page 8 of 9 it over if the Questers, and particularly Penthiselea, stay with suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. Sketches and songs from Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam, him for a while. Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker featuring the Suburban Heritage Audio Tour. From March In the meantime, Lord Darkness' main evil priest, Gaydok, is Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim 1991. upset - he doesn't believe Darkness is evil anymore. In a fit of Audrey Templeton …. Sulwen Morgan FRI 09:30 Electric Ink (b01jyq9c) pique Darkness fires him. Evelyn Lambert …. Mary Law Series 2 But it's not long before he realises that keeping the faith with Edna Lambert …. Olwyn Brookes Episode 3 the evil hordes isn't as easy as he originally thought... Mrs Vezey …. Peggy Thorpe-Bates Struggling print journalist Maddox takes a moral stance with Fantasy-based sitcom set in Lower Earth written by Anil Gupta Commercial Traveller/Ames …. Trevor Martin disastrous results. and Richard Pinto. Director: Leslie Bridgmont A comic satire set in the struggling world of newspapers. Sam …. Stephen Mangan First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957. A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major Lord Darkness …. Alistair McGowan FRI 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsf6) news stories whilst grappling with the demands of a multi- Emperor Jackie …. Sanjeev Bhaskar The Man of God platform environment, as circulation figures plummet as the Dean/Kreech …. Kevin Eldon Rumpole recalls the case of a light-fingered vicar. recession means half the workforce is laid off. Vidar …. Darren Boyd "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Written by Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson. Amis – The Chosen One …. Dave Lamb Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Maddox ..... John Sessions Penthiselea …. Sophie Winkleman Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Oliver ..... Alex Jennings Producer: Sam Michell With Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, John Savident as Freddy ..... Stephen Wight First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010. Judge Bullingham and Denys Hawthorne as Judge George Carol ..... Polly Frame THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03qlhvq) Frobisher. Masha ..... Debbie Chazen For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John With Joanna Monro, Sean Baker, Adeel Akhtar,Henry Devas best laughs around. Tonight, Robin Cooper speaks to Brian Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- and Sam Dale. Butterfield. by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Producer: Sally Avens THU 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011d6rf) Court of England and Wales. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. Series 2 Director: Ian Cotterell FRI 10:00 Classic Serial (b00mjklh) 4. 'It's me or the dog' First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson "It's me or the dog!" FRI 07:00 Smelling of Roses (b007jrrq) Episode 2 "My phobias are out of control but I'm too scared to even admit Series 1 Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography it" A Good Cause of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Sarah Millican is a life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt Rosie’s company is tasked to put together a charity gala concert Johnson's birth. tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice in aid of the Afghans. Boswell visits Johnson only intermittently, but relies on him for real people. But there’s confusion over whether it’s for the people or the more and more. Johnson meets Hester Thrale, who becomes his Assisted by her very own team of experts of the heart - man of dogs? devoted friend and confidante, and the most important person the people local cabbie Terry, and self qualified counsellor Prunella Scales in Simon Brett's sitcom. in his life. Marion, The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event Samuel Johnson ...... Kenneth Cranham Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on and has a solution management company, based in Brighton. James Boswell ...... Paul Higgins for everything. Rosie ...... Prunella Scales Hester Thrale ...... Annabelle Dowler Sarah ...... Sarah Millican Kate ...... Arabella Weir David Garrick ...... David Hargreaves Marion ...... Ruth Bratt Jo ...... Rebecca Callard Mrs Desmoulins ...... Susan Jameson Terry ...... Simon Daye Bob ...... Duncan Preston Joshua Reynolds ...... Matt Addis Laura ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith Tess ...... Annette Badland Dilly ...... Stephen Hogan Barry ...... Harry Peacock Ginnie ...... Joanna Munro Wilkes ...... Philip Fox John ...... Tim Key Lady Helen ...... Celia Imrie Directed by Claire Grove. Written by Sarah Millican. Producer: Maria Esposito FRI 11:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cwpxn) Producer: Lianne Coop First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000. At the Barndance First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011 FRI 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b03m3nty) Preethi gets an unexpected glimpse of what might have been. THU 23:30 Rubbish (b00770sz) Series 4 Stories of Sri Lankan immigrants in Britain, read by Seeta Series 1 Episode 4 Indrani. Chilling One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC Radio 4 FRI 11:15 Drama (b00jm2nr) Martin is horrified to hear that certain individuals are doing doing what he does best. Shakespeare a la Carte despicable things to council waste bins. This week, the pros and cons of being grown up enough to have One of the highlights of the 2008 Brighton Festival was turned He makes the mistake of lying in-wait for them with a guest room in "Company Man", and some more extracts from into an Afternoon Play for BBC Radio 4. Shakespeare A La community ranger Matt Jessop. his hilarious diary, which he has kept nightly for over 30 years. Carte took the public by storm when it offered audiences the Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and Producer: Steve Doherty chance to order up their favourite bits of Shakespeare, together manic-depressive, Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom. A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. with coffee and croissant. Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale FRI 07:58 Big Ben's Chimes (b03m3xk5) Pippa Smith, Head of Education at the Brighton Festival had Matt ...... Robert Wilfort Big Ben Seizes Up the idea after a disappointing encounter at the Edinburgh Sarah ...... Nicola Walker Ian McMillan's new poem recalls the day the chimes kept going Festival. "I saw a flyer advertising Shakespeare for breakfast. Andrea ...... Susie Donkin 'clonk' when Big Ben seized up in the icy winter. But breakfast turned out to be stewed tea in polystyrene cups Barney ...... James Lance FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlj8) and the Shakespeare was a lame production of 'Love Labour's Barry ...... James Lance Series 3 Lost.' I came away with an entire show in my head. I knew I Producer: Claire Bartlett Two's Company could create something much classier than this - the bards best First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006. Albert introduces his new fiancee to his very surprised son, bits performed by leading talent from the RSC and National." Harold. Smith approached Richard Hahlo, Jonathan Cullen and Fiona Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. Dunn, who form the theatre company Hydrocracker. They FRIDAY 27 DECEMBER 2013 Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association devised a show where the actors, masquerading as waiters in a with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Pizza Restaurant, take over the performance when they hear FRI 00:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (b018jpn2) wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. that the real actors have been delayed driving down from [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Stratford. For the radio adaptation two extra characters played FRI 00:15 MR James (b007k1hw) Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight by Sian Webber and Richard Attlee, have been created. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday] series on TV. Says Richard Hahlo: "They frame the action for those listening FRI 00:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq0p) Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell at home. It's good that we will record it live, because what you [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Harold ...... Harry H Corbett get are big chunks of Shakespeare interwoven into the to-ing FRI 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83) Daphne ...... June Whitfield and fro-ing of these waiters trying to get these speeches [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Adapted for radio from their TV scripts by Ray Galton and organised." FRI 01:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4l3) Alan Simpson. Cast: [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Producer: Bobby Jaye Peter Quince ..... Richard Hahlo FRI 02:00 Hazelbeach (b00899mt) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1971. Nick Bottom ..... Jonathan Cullen [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv) Frances Flute ...... Fiona Dunn FRI 02:30 HR (b00tmkg9) Series 1 Hermione ..... San Webber [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] The Devil You Know Crispin ...... Richard Attlee FRI 03:00 Classic Serial (b00mf2mj) Cabinet reshuffle rumours unsettle MP Jim Hacker and Sir Producer: Karen Rose [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Humphrey A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 04:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cvpc2) Starring , Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds. FRI 11:58 Big Ben's Chimes (b03m3xk5) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom ran on BBC [Repeat of broadcast at 07:58 today] FRI 04:15 Susan Cooper - King of Shadows (b0076d8n) TV between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlj8) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 05:00 Ballylenon (b0081m2y) headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and FRI 12:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] obsequious Bernard. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 05:30 Bookcases (b00szhvl) Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington FRI 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2) Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds FRI 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsf6) 10. The Wedding Dress Annie ...... Diana Hoddinott [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Frightened bride-to-be Audrey Templeton is being spooked by Sir Arnold ...... John Nettleton FRI 14:00 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves (b007jtc7) noises in the night. Can the psychiatrist-sleuth uncover what's George ...... Arthur Cox Episode 4 going on? Waiter ...... Stuart Organ Marjorie Beaumont discovers a link to her Cornish past, but Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. still feels matters are not yet fully resolved. psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by First broadcast on Radio 4 in December 1983. Written by Dave Sheasby. deducing their felonious personalities. FRI 09:00 Girls Will Be Girls (b00dyb0r) Marjorie Beaumont ...... Elizabeth Bradley. Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- From 16/03/1991 Mrs Nugent ...... June Barrie Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21 – 27 December 2013 Page 9 of 9 Mrs Lancaster-Fry ...... Shirley Brown oddball TV smash hit without the cameras. From March 2001. Producer: David Hunter FRI 23:30 The Simon Day Show (b01j6t0s) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998. Series 2 FRI 14:15 Puzzling Passions (b0075yvk) Tommy Cockles Treasure Hunters Simon Day and his characters once again welcome listeners to Marcel Berlins examines the genuine physical pursuit of a goal. The Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. How does one deduce where a prize is buried? From October Each week one of Simon's comic characters come to perform at 2000. The Mallard while the staff struggle with rivalries, self-doubt FRI 14:30 Jan Struther - Mrs Miniver (b00nnmhy) and the new owner's vision for the theatre's future. Doing a Mole; Christmas Shopping This week popular, blazered entertainer Tommy Cockles arrives Created in The Times of 1937 and immortalised on film, the at the theatre to find it transformed. There's a new Nigerian engaging stories of an English housewife. Read by Penelope owner, soundman Goose has been replaced by an authoritarian Wilton. ex-copper and receptionist Catherine has disappeared off to FRI 14:45 The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi India to find herself. (b00xnd57) Cast list: Episode 4 Tommy Cockles ..... Simon Day The clown's lampoonery and satire take panto into new areas, Catherine ..... Catherine Shepherd but physical comedy takes its toll. Read by Kenneth Cranham. Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter From December 2009. Pat Bennet ..... Morwenna Banks FRI 15:00 Classic Serial (b00mjklh) Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Written by Simon Day FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b03m3zrc) Produced by Colin Anderson. Sir David Jason comes to the end of his colourful and atmospheric reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Plus, fed up with Christmas cake? Mary Berry has an alternative. FRI 17:00 Capital Gains (b007rq8b) Series 1 Capital Return Home at last, how will Julius Hutch come to terms with the bank that made him rich? Can he set himself up to live happily ever after? Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch. Written by Collin Johnson. Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham Peter Fang ...... Peter Whitman News Reader ...... Collin Johnson Kate ...... Justine Midda Producer: Andy Jordan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jrrq) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 18:00 Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales (b018js2l) The Monkey's Paw The master of terror shares WW Jacobs' classic tale of a sinister talisman sparking untold horror for a dear old couple. FRI 18:15 MR James (b007k1kh) MR James: Ghost Stories Rats Mr Thompson decides to explore the rooms at the inn where he is staying. Perhaps he shouldn't. Read by Benjamin Whitrow. FRI 18:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq12) Episode 2 With just days to live, a Victorian policeman continues his final confession from his death bed. With mystery still surrounding the brutal murder of John Zebedee, he recalls his determination to solve the case when the rest of the police force had given up. Detective story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1881. Concluded by Ronald Pickup Producer: Joanne Reardon Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003. FRI 18:58 Big Ben's Chimes (b03m3xk5) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:58 today] FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlj8) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jznv) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsf6) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 21:00 Roshi Fernando - Homesick (b01cwpxn) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Drama (b00jm2nr) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b03m3nty) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b014gsmn) Series 4 Frank Skinner Marcus Brigstocke invites comedian Frank Skinner to try 4 new things, including getting a spray tan and eating Jugged Hare. Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort zones. The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and creator Bill Dare had never seen the film Star Wars. Producer: Bill Dare First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011. FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b03ql75h) For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best laughs around. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Rob Newman. FRI 23:00 Little Britain (b008gh5h) Series 1 Episode 2 Back where it premiered, Matt Lucas and David Walliams' Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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