Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 June 2021 Page 1 of 11 SATURDAY 05 JUNE 2021 Revenge and Faith Inspired by the Icelandic Sagas
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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 June 2021 Page 1 of 11 SATURDAY 05 JUNE 2021 revenge and faith inspired by the Icelandic sagas. accounts, "a lovely girl". Gudrun ….. Kate Phillips While waiting for Andy to agree, Jeff takes him to the local SAT 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b007jmq9) Freija ….. Samantha Dakin hypermarket ostensibly for supplies, but in fact because Jeff has Wyrd Sisters Garvinicus ….. Jane Whittenshaw read in a magazine that supermarkets are the ideal place for 4. Degrees of Royalty Sigrid ….. Hollie Burgess young singles to meet. Lancre's new ruler teeters on the edge of madness. The old King Leif ….. Chris Pavlo While Jeff is wrongly detained for shoplifting, Andy runs into will be revenged. The three witches set to work! Director: Gemma Jenkins an old flame from London, Liz. She's staying with her Uncle Starring Sheila Hancock, Lynda Baron and Deborah Berlin. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2021. Frank - so this is the "lovely girl" Jeff's been banging on about! The conclusion of Terry Pratchett's popular tale. SAT 02:30 D-Day Dames (b0457rms) Can Andy rekindle the relationship with his old flame? Granny Weatherwax …. Sheila Hancock In spring 1944, American women war correspondents gathered Jeff ...... Philip Jackson Nanny Ogg …. Lynda Baron in London in anticipation of the D-Day invasion. Andy ...... Tom Palmer Magrat Garlick …. Deborah Berlin Women were not allowed to report from the front line, although Frank ...... Mark Benton Duke Felmet … Ian Masters that did not stop Martha Gellhorn. She returned to London as Corinne ...... Alison Steadman Lady Felmet …. Kristin Milward her marriage to Ernest Hemingway was ending - he had met his Joyce ...... Alison Steadman King Verence …. John Hartley next wife, also a war correspondent, in the Dorchester hotel in Liz ...... Shobna Gulati The Fool …. Andrew Branch London as he waited for the invasion to take place. Carenza ...... Shobna Gulati Vitoller …. Gavin Muir But it was Gellhorn, who hid on a hospital ship across the Alan ...... Rasmus Hardiker Hwel …. Brian Hibbard channel, who went ashore and wrote a dramatic account of it – Frank 2 ...... Rasmus Hardiker Tomjon …. Roger May she was subsequently disciplined by the authorities as she had Writers: Ian Brown and James Hendrie Dramatised by Vince Foxall. no accreditation. Director: Gordon Kennedy Director: Claire Grove Others women, such as Helen Kirkpatrick witnessed An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995. Eisenhower's return from the front as she reported from D-Day July 2016. SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b00smq83) HQ. SAT 05:30 The Confessional (m000wjfr) Entitlement After D-Day itself, women reporters gradually started going to Series 1 When did what we desire become what we feel we deserve ? In Normandy, such as Lee Miller, who filed dramatic photo- The Confession of Joan Bakewell an age when foreign holidays have become routine and over journalism accounts for British Vogue from a field hospital and Actor, comedian and broadcaster Stephen Mangan presents a 25,000 public sector workers earn £100,000 a year and more, then found herself on the frontlines of the siege of St Malo. The comedy chat show about shame and guilt. we tackle this mood of relentless entitlement with Heather women followed the troops across Europe, arriving in Paris for Each week Stephen Mangan invites a different eminent guest Brooke, whose tireless use of the Freedom of Information act its liberation in August. into his virtual confessional box to make three 'confessions'. helped to break the MPs expenses scandal; stand up Simon It was a key moment in the history of women war This is a cue for some remarkable storytelling, and surprising Evans, whose routine includes a description of his accent as correspondents. insights. exotic 'and that's because it is educated'; and Naomi Alderman Lyse Doucet recounts their stories with archive audio, readings We’re used to hearing celebrity interviews where stars are whose first novel Disobedience won the Orange Award for from their articles and letters, interviews with relatives and their persuaded to show off about their achievements and talk about Young Writers and who feels our sense of entitlement should be biographers. She explains how the work of women war their proudest moments. Stephen's not interested in that. He replaced by a purer feeling of gratitude. The presenter is correspondents has changed since then. doesn’t want to know what his guests are proud of, he wants to Dominic Arkwright and the producer is Miles Warde. Producer: Philip Reevell know what they’re ashamed of. That’s surely the way to find out SAT 01:00 Detective (b01s2xl6) A City Broadcasting production for BBC Radio 4, first what really makes a person tick. Stephen and his guest reflect Series 3 broadcast in June 2014. with empathy and humour on why we get embarrassed, where 3. Lost Without a Trace SAT 03:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1r3) our shame thresholds should be, and the value of guilt. Detectives Brook and Tully must sound out their snouts to try 4. A Great Age to Be Beginning This week, legendary broadcaster Joan Bakewell confesses to and recapture £200,000 of stolen electrical goods. Trapped at Herries with a man she cannot love, Mirabell yearns gaffes in the Big Apple, escapades in Paris and not being Starring Ray Brooks and Stephen Garlick. to be free... outspoken enough. More tough stories of crime and detection in London written by Stars Gavin Muir, Mark Bonnar and Deborah Berlin. Other guests in the series include Cariad Lloyd, Dr Phil Robert Barr Conclusion of Hugh Walpole's historical novel dramatised by Hammond, Clarke Peters, Suzi Ruffell, Marian Keyes, Phil Detective Sergeant Brook …. Ray Brooks Eric Pringle. Wang, Lucy Porter, Nigel Planer and Alastair Campbell. Detective Constable Tully …. Stephen Garlick Francis .... Gavin Muir Written and presented by Stephen Mangan Detective Sergeant Harrison …. Peter Cleall David ... Mark Bonnar With extra material by Nick Doody Chief Inspector Roach …. Stephen Yardley Mirabell ... Deborah Berlin Devised with Dave Anderson and produced by Frank Stirling Ma Gregg … Julie May Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4 Mr Hewitt …. Victor Maddern Sarah ... Becky Hindley SAT 06:00 Eric Pringle - Meeting Bea (b041th7q) Harry …. Johnny Wade Benjamin ... Chris Pavlo In 1927, children's author, Beatrix Potter was living the life of a Springer …. William Hope Reverend ... Christopher Scott recluse as Mrs Beatrix-Heelis. Other parts played by the cast. Harness ... Gerard McDermott The arrival at her Lake District home of an American publisher Producer: Martin Fisher Other parts played by Stephen Thorne, Linda Polan, Katie and an admiring Lancashire Mill-girl, sparks painful memories First broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 2 in July 1984. Clarke, Joseph Head, Carolyn Jones and George Maguire of an appalling childhood and youth. SAT 01:30 Barbara Vine - King Solomon's Carpet Director David Blount Eric Pringle's play stars Stephanie Cole and Clive Swift. (m000wlyg) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997. Beatrix ....... Stephanie Cole 4. Out of This World SAT 04:00 Counterpoint (b00scgxy) William Heelis ....... Clive Swift Axel's influence over the residents of the schoolhouse, near the Series 24 Alexander McKay ....... Ed Bishop London Underground, finally extends to Tom... 2010 Heat 9 Sally Worboys ....... Caroline Strong Conclusion of Ruth Rendell's crime mystery - written under the Paul Gambaccini chairs the ninth and last heat of the 2010 Young Beatrix ....... Federay Holmes pen name of Barbara Vine. general knowledge music quiz from Manchester. Tom Storey ....... Lloyd Johnston Dramatised by Nick Fisher. Musical extracts encompass classical composers old and Bertram ....... James Telfer Alice .... Kate Fenwick modern, jazz, rock and pop, and musical theatre. Mrs Potter ....... Irene Sutcliffe Axel .... Mark Strong The three contestants are from Scotland and the North of Matson ....... Jonathan Adams Tom .... Jonathan Cullen England: Norman Warne ....... John Church Daphne .... Linda Polan George Kerr Joseph ....... John Webb Cecilia .... Ann Beach Thomas Leeming Lancashire Girl ....... Melanie Hudson Jarvis .... Kim Wall Mike Unsworth Shopkeeper ....... Jill Graham Tina .... Alice Arnold Only one can win the last remaining place in the semi-finals. Director: Adrian Bean Jasper .... Stuart Morris Producer Paul Bajoria First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993. Bienvida .... Verity Waite First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010. SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b084x6m8) Alice's mother .... Shirley Dixon SAT 04:30 Bristow (b007vgv7) Series 41 Newsreader .... Alex Lowe Series 3 Sir Ben Kingsley on Elie Wiesel First doctor .... Christopher Scott Chapter and Verse Actor Sir Ben Kingsley tells Matthew Parris why he regards Second doctor .... Colleen Prendergast As the Chester-Perry clerk writes for the house journal, he Elie Wiesel as his great life. Musicians: Polly Hewett, Roland Robert and Christine Messiter. learns the meaning of poetic justice. A writer, a Nobel laureate, a holocaust survivor, Elie had to Director: Marion Nancarrow Michael Williams stars as Bristow. endure the worst horrors of mankind and survive the darkest of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996. Frank Dickens' sitcom is based on his famous long-running crimes. SAT 02:00 Flâneuse: Women Who Walk the Cities by newspaper cartoon strip about the Chester-Perry buying clerk. In the Holocaust he lost his mother, his father and his youngest Lauren Elkin (b07myyqx) Bristow ...... Michael Williams sister. He once said: “To forget the dead would be to akin to 5. Florence Jones ...... Rodney Bewes killing them again a second time”. Author Lauren Elkin strolls great cities, thinking about Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan Sir Ben Kingsley regards Wiesel as was one the great voices of distinguished women who did the same. Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman the holocaust and says he should never be forgotten.