Radio 4 Extra Listings for 10 – 16 August 2013 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2013 Masha ...... Debbie Chazen Music from the Max Harris Orchestra Freddy ...... Ben Willbond Scripted by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville, Laurence Marks SAT 00:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses Announcer ...... Matt Addis and Maurice Gran, (b007k4rp) With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. Producer: Richard Willcox Episode 2 Director: Sally Avens First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1978. Afer discovering she's able to see things that others can't, Marda First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009. SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007k3ck) West fears for her survival in this dangerous new world. SAT 03:00 Don Haworth - Challenged (b0075s00) 1990s The conclusion of Daphne du Maurier's two-part fantasy thriller Set in a remote part of the Pennines, a widowed mother and her Episode 2 exploring the darker aspects of human nature. son battle to come to terms with the passage of time when hired Barry Cryer presents Week Ending, People Like Us, The Very Read by Emma Fielding. worker, Tom arrives. World of Milton Jones, Children's Hour with Armstrong and Produced and abridged by Gemma Jenkins. Son Harry, who has learning difficulties, is described by his Miller, The Mark Steel Solution and Knowing Me, Knowing Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007. school as 'challenged'. You. SAT 00:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope With Tom's encouragement he finds new confidence, but this SAT 12:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus (b03853pt) Hodgson (b007wxhs) creates fresh conflict for the trio. 1667 4. The Wound Atmospheric drama by Don Haworth. On New Year's Day 1667, Samuel Pepys awakes to find the Back from his voyage, the narrator sees a sinister green hand at Anne ...... Brigit Forsyth Thames covered in ice, while some parts of London still his window... Tom ...... Paul Copley smoulder from last year's Great Fire. Stars Kris Marshall. First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy Harry ...... Matthew Booth SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007k01n) novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. Producer: Pauline Harris Series 2 Concluded by Jim Norton. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000. Scratching the Surface Abridged by Doreen Estall. SAT 04:00 The Greengrocer's Apostrophe (b01gnp4v) The priest-cum-sleuth gets embroiled in mystery and death on a Producer: Lawrence Jackson Alice, Hanging in There pot-holing expedition. Stars David Threlfall and Tina Kellegher. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Comic tales inspired by those hand-written signs offering SAT 14:00 Dad's Army (b007jm92) First broadcast in September 2007. "Apple's and Banana's" which can be found in every town in Series 1 SAT 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx) Britain. Sorry Wrong Number A Caribbean Mystery When Alice is cast aside from her high-flying career she finds a A downed German plane sees the Home Guard platoon Episode 5 novel way to occupy her time. Armed only with a balaclava and attempting to employ Captain Mainwaring's phone box drill... After two murders and an attempted suicide, amateur sleuth a pot of paint, she starts to vent her anger on sloppy Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC Miss Marple is battling to find a link. punctuation. TV, these specially adapted radio versions began recording with The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June A story by Ronald Frame, read by Tracy Wiles. the original cast. Whitfield as Miss Marple. Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Miss Marple …. June Whitfield SAT 04:15 Dave Sheasby - Showing Promise (b007m6tg) Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Ian Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper With her creative writing course threatened financially, Lavender as Private Pike, John Laurie as Private Frazer, Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe Marjorie's glad to see a new face arrive - even if Harry lacks Graham Stark as Private Walker, Bill Pertwee as the ARP Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit some of the graces she's accustomed to... Warden, Pearl Hackney as Mrs Pike, Avril Angers as the Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell Dave Sheasby’s drama stars Heather Stoney as Marjorie, Gerry Telephonist and John Forrest as the Lieutenant. With John Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones Kersey as Brian, John Branwell as John, Lorraine Peters as Snagge as the announcer. Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright Jean, Daphne Oxenford as Florence and Graham Roberts as Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman Harry. scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad. Jackson …. Andrew Wincott Director: Tony Cliff Producer: John Dyas Canon Prescott …. David King First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in May 1974. Dr Graham .... John Rowe SAT 05:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0085j96) SAT 14:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rlb08) Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Series 1 Series 1 Director: Enyd Williams Episode 6 65 Today First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. The First Attempt To Reach The Moon - and a slice of Albert Steptoe's 65th birthday outing turns into a disaster for his SAT 01:30 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b65bw) Edwardian life. son Harold. Burning End Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. Fed up caring for her mother-in-law, Linda is worried when a Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton. Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association glass vase seems to have caused a fire. Read by Sue Johnston. Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson SAT 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. Diamonds (b037xng7) great deal of modern humour. The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Episode 20 Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series As romance blossoms between two of Dick Barton's friends, Announcer: Brian Perkins on TV. they finally confront their main target in Bristol. Producer: Harry Thompson Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989. Harold ...... Harry H Corbett as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of SAT 05:30 The Right Time (b00c34ks) With Ian Burford and David Charlesworth criminal masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. Series 3 Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon Episode 4 Gale Pedrick. Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between A country house weekend, friends reunited and a dinner party Producer: Bobby Jaye 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. surprise... First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re- The sketch comedy for people growing older disgracefully. SAT 15:00 The Frankie Howerd Variety Show (b008hvt4) recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Clive Swift, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] and music, which was made for international distribution. Roger Blake and Paula Wilcox. SAT 16:00 Saturday Drama (b00g1rvd) Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the Written by Colin Bostock Smith, John Dowie, Graeme Garden, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Jan Etherington, Mike Haskins, Ged Parsons, David Spicer and SAT 17:30 Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy (b037sdys) Australia. Peter Usher. Episode 1 Script by Geoffrey Webb. Script Editor: Ged Parsons. Jo Caulfield hosts some of the best writers and comedians in the Producer: Morris West Music by Ronnie & The Rex and Neil Innes. UK as they take to the stage at The Scottish Storytelling Centre First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. Producer: Claire Jones to share a true story with us. SAT 02:00 King Street Junior (b007jnq3) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. Lloyd Langford tells us about his rather unusual first day at Series 10 SAT 06:00 Saturday Drama (b00g1rvd) work; Nathan Caton has a story about middle-class assumptions The Rivals Nicholas Wright - Mrs Klein and middle-class prejudice; Scottish playwright Keir McAllister In the red corner, Mr Sims and in the blue - Mr Long! Seconds Nicholas Wright's dramatisation of the troubled relationship gets the tables turned on him by a young woman dressed in out as they compete for a job. between influential child psychoanalyst Melanie Klein and her black; Jo tells us how a crossword puzzle nearly started a riot on Created and written by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy own children. a train; and there's a life-affirming story about love and hope about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Faced with coming to terms with the news of the death of her from Jason Cook. Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. son, Mrs Klein decides against going to his funeral. Frustrated Created by Jo Caulfield and Kevin Anderson Written by Andy Rashleigh. with her mother's behaviour, Klein's daughter Melitta confronts Producer: Richard Melvin Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the her with some home truths. A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4. Headmaster, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Margaret John as Mrs Klein ...... Janet Suzman SAT 18:00 The Scarifyers (b00hwyq1) Mrs Stone, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Deirdre Costello as Mrs Melitta ...... Eve Best For King and Country Patterson, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Tom Watson as Mr Paula ...... Clare Corbett Episode 2 Holliday, Janine Wood as Kathy Jackson and Fiona Taylor as Directed by Alison Hindell. MI-13's Lionheart and Dunning are after the Faraday Murderer. Miranda. SAT 07:30 The Original (b00bz4ch) What's the link to ghost hunter Price? Stars Nicholas Courtney. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Alkarim Jivani asks why we value originality, from Roman SAT 18:25 The Fanthorpe Investigations (b038f1zl) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998. villas to so-called original features beloved of estate agents. He The Monk and the Coin SAT 02:30 Electric Ink (b0116gvm) visits Warsaw to discuss the beautiful fake that is the town The case of the ghostly monk who once haunted ancient Series 1 centre, flattened by the Germans in the Second World War and Norwich Cathedral. Episode 1 painstakingly reconstructed in the 1950s. But should the Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a Maddox is an old school journalist struggling to keep up with reconstruction have taken the form of the 18th-century original, story from the world of the strange and unexplained. new technology. the 19th or even the 1939 version? Along the way, Jivani Producer: Paul Arnold He feels the art of finding stories is being forgotten and he is considers homage, tributes, remakes, restorations and Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2013. not about to let that happen. renovations. SAT 18:30 Kurt Vonnegut - Thanasphere (b007jqzb) Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the SAT 08:00 The Frankie Howerd Variety Show (b008hvt4) Major Allen Rice is the first American astronaut in space. His changing world of the newspaper industry. From 21/11/1978 military mission is to report back weather conditions over Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay Titters abounding as Frankie Howerd answers more problems - enemy terrain. Lift off goes well and the spaceship settles into Oliver ...... Alex Jennings and will he get a knighthood? its orbit, with regular radio reports coming back to base. Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington Plus stars from the world of entertainment - Roy Walker, Pattie But then, somehow the major hears a child crying. What Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar Boulaye, Peter Goodwright and The Wurzels. happens next takes this pioneering mission in a direction no-one Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 10 – 16 August 2013 Page 2 of 8 could have predicted... Series 5 SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b012b8hx) American writer, Kurt Vonnuegut's delicious piece of sci-fi Anger Management [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] philosophy from the 1950's is read by Kerry Shale. Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show Producer: Joanne Lafferty After a run-in with the Head of Stakeholder Communications (b03858yq) Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004. Engagement at a local council meeting, Ed finds himself in The pick of the week's 4 O'Clock Show, with Mel Giedroyc. SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats (b007k3ck) anger management classes. Could he turn over a new leaf and SUN 17:00 Travelling Light (b03857fc) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] become a gentler person? [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT 22:00 Lee Mack and Friends at the Fringe (b007kltt) Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas SUN 17:30 LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables Episode 1 Sue Fishpool ...... Rachel Atkins (b00rw8p3) BAFTA award-winning Lee Mack introduces a top line-up of Olive ...... Stephanie Cole [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] fellow comics Dara Ó Briain, Alan Carr, Rhod Gilbert and Tim Felix ...... John Fortune SUN 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b01294pm) Minchin. Pearl ...... Rita May There Was an Old Woman Recorded at The Edinburgh Fringe. Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy Five men with a wicker basket arrive at Tildy's house, but not to Producer: Will Saunders Steve Williams ...... Tom Price do her shopping. Ray Bradbury's comic-horror tale stars Ruth First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in August 2005. Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead. Hale. SAT 22:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00rbnmk) SUN 08:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00p1hnz) SUN 18:30 James Follett - Rules of Asylum (b007k18v) Series 4 'Ail and Hearty Episode 2 Travel Mogul The family worries when Joe Huggett is spotted calling in at the Considered a threat to the state because of an unpublished In this episode, Milton's a world-famous Travel Entrepreneur doctor's surgery. manuscript, political prisoner Jan Valeri has escaped from the who builds the world's most Extreme Sports Hotel and crosses Starring Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison. Sanatorium. The police have just picked him up... the Atlantic in a rather unusual way... So if you like bungee Popular working-class family, the Huggetts first hit the cinema Starring James Beattie. ropes, grizzly bears, bright blue aliens and mosquito nets screen with a series of Gainsborough films between 1947 and James Follett's exploration of dissention and danger in a designed to keep the mosquitoes in, then you might just want to 1949. Their subsequent BBC radio series ran from 1953 to repressive state in the Eastern Bloc. catch yourself "Another Case Of Milton Jones" 1962. Jan Valery …. James Beattie He's joined in his endeavours by his co-stars Tom Goodman- Joe ...... Jack Warner Suskin …. Vernon Joyner Hill ("Camelot"), Dan Tetsell ("Mongrels") and Lucy Ethel ...... Kathleen Harrison Secretary/ Librarian …. Betty Huntley-Wright Montgomery ("Down The Line"). Jane ...... Alanna Boyce Guard/Alex/Student …. Neville Jason Britain's funniest Milton and the king of the one-liner returns Bobby ...... Malcolm Ranson Governor …. Manning Wilson with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new jokes for a Fred Stebbings ...... Charles Leno Suskin's Chief …. Brian Haines series of daffy comedy adventures With Bill Pertwee and Ralph Hallett. Anna …. Caroline John Each week, Milton is a complete and utter expert at something - Written by Eddie Maguire. Zoe/1st Girl …. Rosalyn Slater Top Gun aviator, Weatherman, Billy Elliot-style dancer, World- Producer: Jacques Brown Woman in Sanatorium/2nd Girl …. Diana Bishop beating cyclist, mathematical genius and Extreme Travel First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1961. Danski …. Cyril Shaps Entrepreneur ... SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b012b8hx) Nero …. Francis de Wolff ... and each week, with absolutely no ability or competence, he Fowl Play Interrogator …. John Challis plunges into a big adventure with utterly funny results. The blundering bureaucrats learn not to put all their eggs in one Restaurant Manager …. Godfrey Kenton "Milton Jones is one of Britain's best gagsmiths with a flair for in-tray. The original audio was lost from the BBC archive, so our thanks creating daft yet perfect one-liners" - The Guardian. A weekly tribute to all those who work in government to James Follett for the donation from his personal collection. "King of the surreal one-liners" - The Times departments. Producer: Margaret Hall "If you haven't caught up with Jones yet - do so!" - The Daily Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma First broadcast as a 90 minute drama on BBC Radio 4 in Mail Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham. November 1973. Written by Milton with James Cary ("Think The Unthinkable", Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. SUN 19:00 Elastic Planet (b007k3h0) "Miranda") 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Produced & directed by David Tyler and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra (b03858yn) A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] SAT 23:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b0084sb1) however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows SUN 19:45 Journey Into Language (b00dk921) When in Rome in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] 1970s Rome. Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn is incognito and Radio 4 Extra. SUN 20:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00p1hnz) on the trail of a vast drugs syndicate - and some exceptionally Producer: Edward Taylor [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] unsavoury blackmail. First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in August 1972. SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b012b8hx) But he hasn't reckoned on murder... SUN 09:00 Travelling Light (b03857fc) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Another tale of Dame Ngaio Marsh’s gentleman detective. Maria's Story SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03857ff) CDI Alleyn …. Jeremy Clyde Chrissie falls deeper under Catharsis's spell, while Ecky hacks [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Nigel Bathgate …. Nick Waring into the cult's computer. Stars Heather Jones and Robert SUN 21:45 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00pbv14) Sonia, Lady Bracely …. Pauline Jameson Glenister. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] Kenneth Dorne …. Tom George SUN 09:30 LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00dz8ls) Baron Van der Veghel …. David Swift (b00rw8p3) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Baroness Van der Veghel …. Paula Jacobs Episode 2 SUN 22:30 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Sophy Jason …. Annabelle Dowler The Cuthberts send the feisty girl off to school, but trouble lies Fringe (b0385bzm) Barnaby Grant …. Sean Arnold ahead. Stars Barbara Barnes, Susan Engel and Sean Baker. 2013 Major Sweet …. Derek Waring SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03857ff) Episode 4 Sebastian Mailer …. Matthew Devereaux Edinburgh Winners ...Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013. Comedy from the world- Father Denys …. James Greene Stephen Fry famous festival. Episode 4 of 18. Valdarno …. Stephen Critchlow From Mozart to Meat Loaf. Actor, comic and writer Stephen SUN 22:35 Ivor Cutler - A Wet Handle (b00cmjvc) Violetta/Receptionist …. Carolyn Jones Fry shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From Episode 3 Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. November 1988. Runaway teaspoons and the spelling of 'marmalade'. Director: Enyd Williams SUN 10:45 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00pbv14) Songs, stories and poems from humourist Ivor Cutler, with First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. A Slip Up Craig Murray-Orr,and Alison O'Kill. Exiled in England, a retired Irishman sustains himself by Producer: Neil Cargill imagining working the farm he lost back home. Read by Sean First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 1997. SUNDAY 11 AUGUST 2013 McGinley. SUN 22:50 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival SUN 11:00 Elastic Planet (b007k3h0) Fringe (b0385dvb) SUN 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00hwyq1) The Hair 2013 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] A documentary maker films endangered hairstyles. Episode 5 SUN 00:25 The Fanthorpe Investigations (b038f1zl) Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben ...Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013. Comedy from the world- [Repeat of broadcast at 18:25 on Saturday] Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections. famous festival. Episode 5 of 18. SUN 00:30 Kurt Vonnegut - Thanasphere (b007jqzb) With Dan Strauss, Doon Mackichan, Kerry Shale, Michael SUN 22:55 The Maltby Collection (b00xj161) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Troughton, Ben Moor and Alexander Armstrong. Series 2 SUN 01:00 The Frankie Howerd Variety Show (b008hvt4) Producer: Jon Naismith Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995. At the museum's first children's day, the dog counting SUN 02:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus (b03853pt) SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra (b03858yn) competition is not going well. Stars Geoffrey Palmer. From [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Series 5 - Omnibus June 2008. SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007k01n) Episode 6 SUN 23:25 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] Matt is still in St Petersburg, and Lilian is getting worried. Fringe (b0385dvd) SUN 04:00 Saturday Drama (b00g1rvd) SUN 11:45 Journey Into Language (b00dk921) 2013 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Listening to Lorca Episode 6 SUN 05:30 Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy (b037sdys) Renowned linguist Professor Eric Hawkins recalls studying in ...Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013. Comedy from the world- [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] France and Germany during the 1930s rise of fascism. famous festival. Episode 6 of 18. SUN 06:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island Omnibus SUN 12:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island Omnibus SUN 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007s7x4) (b0081qx0) (b0081qx0) Dave Podmore's World of Cricket Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 2 Arriving from Jamaica, Hortense discovers post-war England is SUN 13:15 The People of the British Museum (b009nqfw) The player battles a case of libel based on an alleged encounter cold and dreary. She gets to know her landlady Queenie. With [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] in a portable loo. Nadine Marshall. SUN 13:30 Alan Ayckbourn - Love in the Mist (b007jrxl) Sitcom about the exploits of talentless, amateurish, smug, inept SUN 07:15 The People of the British Museum (b009nqfw) Miles takes Sylvie for a weekend away, but his wife intervenes. and self-deluding English cricketer Dave Podmore. Heavenly Houses Part of Ayckbourn's Intimate Exchanges series, starring Robin Starring Chris Douglas and Andrew Nickolds with Chris Pavlo Danny Danziger meets the long-serving curator of clocks and Herford and Lavinia Bertram. and Nicola Sanderson. watches, David Thompson, and tours the beautiful collections. SUN 15:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00p1hnz) Written by Chris Douglas, Andrew Nickolds and Nick SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b00dz8ls) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Newman. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 10 – 16 August 2013 Page 3 of 8 Producer: Richard Wilson Will barrister Roger manage to make up with girlfriend Sally? Simpson, Me and My Friends First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002 Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Nikki takes The Psychopath Test with gonzo journalist and Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Jean Anderson as Mrs author Jon Ronson. Fascinated by strange behaviour and the Thursby, Norman Bird as Brigstocke, John Gabriel as human mind, Jon has spent years exploring mysterious events. MONDAY 12 AUGUST 2013 Lowthwaite, Francis de Wolff as Mr Justice and Peter His latest book 'Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries' is a Tuddenham as the Lord Justice. collection of his best adventures; from meeting a man who tried MON 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b01294pm) Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson. to split the atom in his kitchen to interviewing a robot. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Nikki has plenty to talk about with actress Hattie Morahan, MON 00:30 James Follett - Rules of Asylum (b007k18v) Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis who's starring in Ibsen's 1879 play 'A Doll's House' about the [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard breakdown of a seemingly happy marriage. Ibsen was a fearless MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b03857ff) Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer analyst of human relationships and the controversy that erupted [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972. around the play has never died down: is it an attack on MON 01:45 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00pbv14) Producer: David Hatch. marriage? Is it proto-feminist? And if not, then how are people [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1971. to live? It's at the Duke of York's Theatre, London until 26th MON 02:00 Elastic Planet (b007k3h0) MON 09:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b0386j1j) October. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Episode 2 Robin Ince is joined by Prodigal Son Martin Simpson, whose MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b03858yn) Paul Sinha is proudly British. He also loves a quiz. So you folk music career is now into it's fifth decade! Encouraged by [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] would have thought that the UK Citizenship Test, which his neighbour Richard Hawley, Martin recorded solo album MON 02:45 Journey Into Language (b00dk921) newcomers to this country must pass to become citizens, would 'Vagrant Stanzas', capturing the atmosphere of evenings spent [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] have been right up his street. But the questions in the 2012 and swapping songs across the kitchen table. He performs 'Jackie MON 03:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00p1hnz) 2013 Home Office guides seem either bizarrely easy - "Where and Murphy' in the studio. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] is Welsh most widely spoken?" - or infuriatingly vague - "What Nikki has a check-up with GP and comedian Paul Sinha, who's MON 03:30 Alan Ayckbourn - Love in the Mist (b007jrxl) happened in the First World War?". proudly British and loves a quiz. So the UK Citizenship Test [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] So Paul has created his own test, to better reflect the things that should be right up his street. But the questions in the Home MON 05:00 Travelling Light (b03857fc) aspiring migrants should understand before they can call Office guides seem easy, so Paul's created his own, testing the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] themselves British. In this second episode he deals with the studio audience on their knowledge, with those answering MON 05:30 LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables health of the nation - our diet, our drinking habits and our incorrectly being 'deported'! 'Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test' is on (b00rw8p3) athletic prowess. And he tests the studio audience on their 12th August at 22.30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] knowledge, with those that answer incorrectly being deported. With more music from Afrobeat folk quartet Me and My MON 06:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades The series intertwines the sort of comedy Paul has become Friends, who perform 'A Penguin Samba' from their album (b0076r6c) known for on The Now Show, The News Quiz, and Fighting 'Beneath A Level Head'. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown Talk, as well as his own Radio 4 shows The Sinha Test and The Producer: Debbie Kilbride. Major Brown finds himself threatened by a flowerbed. Sinha Games, and the command of facts and figures he MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50) Retired KC Basil Grant, his brother Rupert and colleague demonstrates on the ITV quiz show The Chase, with a dash of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Charlie Swinburne receive a visit from Major Brown at Basil's the patriotism that has seen him banned from the bar at the MON 12:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84) garrett in Lambeth. The retired soldier recounts a tale which United Nations. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] begins with a most disturbing discovery. While taking his daily Written and performed by Paul Sinha. MON 13:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades constitutional his attention is directed to a marvellous display of Producer: Ed Morrish. (b0076r6c) yellow pansies that spell out the chilling slogan: "Death to MON 09:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cb5k4) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Major Brown". What follows is possibly the most extraordinary Series 1 MON 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mb2qn) tale of all time. Abu Dhabi [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Stars David Warner as Basil Grant, Martin Freeman as Rupert Stephanie Cole, Benedict Cumberbatch and Roger Allam star in MON 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081ry7) Grant, Geoffrey McGivern as Charlie Swinburne, Geoffrey the sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no Episode 11 Whitehead as Major Brown, Vicki Pepperdine as The Lady and job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. Written Queenie's soldier husband Bernard explains how Indian Martin Hyder as the Gardener. by John Finnemore, writer for The News Quiz, The Now Show, independence is spelling the end of the Empire. Stars Stephen GK Chesterton stories dramatised by Simon Littlefield and That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Tompkinson. Producer: Simon Nicholls In this week’s episode, the town of Bristol, a cat and a MON 14:15 Foreign Bodies (b01mnz97) First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2005. thermostat combine to present Martin with a career-breaking Series 1 MON 06:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mb2qn) crisis. Sweden - Kurt Wallander and Lisbeth Salander Wasted Years Cast: If the Martin Beck novels of Sjöwall and Wahlöö set the Episode 1 Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole template for the social commentary found in Scandinavian The jazz-loving cop sees parallels to the 1960s after a spate of 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam crime fiction - Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and armed robberies. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller. Capt. Martin Crieff...... Benedict Cumberbatch Steig Larsson's Millennium Trilogy have both used the form to MON 07:00 Married (b00804fg) Arthur Shappey...... John Finnemore focus on racist attitudes in modern Sweden. Series 2 ATC Fitton...... Ewen Henning Mankell, Kenneth Branagh, Liza Marklund, Camilla Serenity MacIntosh Läckberg and Eva Gabrielsson - Stieg Larsson's partner, share It's been a taxing few months for Robin in his new universe, but Written by John Finnemore their views about whether the Swedish state can still be held up at last he seems to have tapped into that well of inner peace. Produced and directed by David Tyler as an ideal as Mark Lawson continues his series about the way Or is there a more obvious explanation? A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 modern European history is reflected through the pages of Hugh Bonneville stars in Tony Bagley's comedy. MON 10:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm85) crime fiction. Robin .... Hugh Bonneville Episode 1 Producer Robyn Read. Lesley .... Josie Lawrence Shipwrecked literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued MON 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx6r) Dirk .... Stephen Frost by Wolf Larsen, demonic skipper of the seal-hunting schooner The Return Ned .... Sam Bradley Ghost. After finishing school, Grace Melbury returns to her small Maxine .... Ann Gosling Jack London's 1904 psychological adventure novel telling of woodland village, where her childhood sweetheart Giles Producer: Claire Jones heroism, survival and love on the high seas. Winterbourne is waiting for her... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000. Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury, First published in 1887, Thomas Hardy's classic tale of thwarted MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b037sz5k) Dramatised in four parts by Ed Thomason love and ambition set amongst the woodsmen and women of Series 59 Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff Little Hintock. Episode 6 Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale Read by Juliet Stevenson. Back for a second week at Leicester's De Montfort Hall, Mugridge ...... Ian Dury Producer: Di Speirs regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor Johnson ...... Jeffrey Gear First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. are joined on the panel by semi-regular Rob Brydon, with Jack Leach ...... Scott Farrell MON 14:45 Michael Holroyd - Basil Street Blues Dee in the chair. Piano accompaniment is provided by Colin Charley ...... David Bannerman (b0075p9n) Sell. Owen ...... Terence Edmond Episode 1 Producer - Jon Naismith. Kelly ...... Norman Jonesy 4 Extra Debut. The biographer looks at his own family, having MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50) Louis ...... Nigel Anthony previously been more interested in other people's. Abridged by Series 3 Svenson ...... Brett Usher Elizabeth Bradbury, read by the author. Episode 6 Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson MON 15:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm85) Kenneth Horne heads a Bohemian Paris romp and Julian and Harrison ...... Richard Pearce [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Sandy report on the latest bona goings on for the Daily Polari. Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0387tnh) With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Horner ...... Clarence Smith Mel Giedroyc gets carried away by the inventor of a real-life Pertwee. Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott magic carpet, and introduces the first part of this week's story, Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, Ferry Passenger ...... William Roberts A Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz. London. Announcer: Douglas Smith Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2) Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Singer: Sarah Connolly Series 2 comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Director: Adrian Bean Submarine Diplomacy Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991. Telexes are arriving from London; awkward questions are being Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the MON 11:00 The Greengrocer's Apostrophe (b01h2cfr) asked in the House; the spirit of the Armada is in dire peril of scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and The Sweet Possessive reasserting itself. 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Comic tales inspired by those hand-written signs offering All in a day's overwork for the British Ambassador and his catchphrases and double-entendres. "Apple's and Banana's" which can be found in every town in staff. Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Britain. Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. Hayes Four. Distracted by an apostrophe obsession, a woman fails to notice Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Producer: John Simmonds that her lover is not all that he seems. Monica Gibb reads a Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967. short story by Diana Hendry. Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov, David Goodland as MON 08:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84) Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. Captain Warner and Stephen Greif as the US Ambassador. Series 2 MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b0381jd6) Producer: Pete Atkin Keeping It Warm Jon Ronson, Hattie Morahan, Paul Sinha, Robin Ince, Martin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 10 – 16 August 2013 Page 4 of 8 MON 17:30 Married (b00804fg) Narrated by James Villiers. She decides to buy a bed. A 'lit bateau'; a boat bed, which she [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Adapted for radio by Andy and Eric Merriman. hoped was going to be a metaphor for the fantastic voyage the MON 18:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b018j2fs) Producer: Gareth Edwards two of them were about to embark on together. Escape Velocity First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1994. Sure enough, nine months later, the sound of Boris's piano Before Blake and the Seven's rebellion, the origins of the TUE 07:30 It's Not What You Know (b037tnxt) playing is punctuated by the patter of feet across the parquet Liberator's mysterious synthetic intelligence Zen are explored Series 2 floor. Well, they are paws to be precise, belonging to an Italian through a troubled pilot. Stars Zoe Tapper. Episode 5 greyhound that Andria found on the street. They name her MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50) What is Masterchef finalist Kirsty Wark's signature dish? What Mimi. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] is Andrew Maxwell's best character trait? What is Francis Boris's passion for his art, once the very thing that attracted MON 19:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84) Wheen's greatest fear? Andria, is becoming a source of friction. That intensity that was [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] All these questions, and more, will be answered in the show once directed to her is now being poured into his music. He's MON 20:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well playing piano at 4am in the morning, Andria is angry and Mimi (b0076r6c) they know their nearest and dearest. is confused. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producer: Sam Michell After one particularly blazing row, Andria wakes to the MON 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mb2qn) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013. realisation that her bed that was once so symbolic of the dreams [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b012bz13) she held for their future, now resembled the raft of the Medusa. MON 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b0387v9m) Series 5 Things can't go on - but what about poor Mimi? Beds, pianos, 2013 The Booted Gorilla (Found?) dogs and shipwrecks as Rebecca Front reads Andria's story. Episode 5 A trap must be laid on an African jungle safari, and Bluebottle Producer: Sarah Langan. Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from gets a surprise. TUE 11:15 Eric Pringle - Hard Row to Porlock (b007jyff) the Edinburgh Festival. Based on the events of 1899, this is the story of how the MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b037sz5k) Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Lynmouth lifeboat went to sea, via the heights of Exmoor. With [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Milligan. John Rowe. MON 22:30 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b0386j1j) TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b012bz13) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Starring: [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b0387v9p) TUE 12:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Series 8 Peter Sellers (b007jrk2) Episode 7 Harry Secombe [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Extended satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Spike Milligan TUE 13:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Toksvig. Featuring jokes, clips and material that you won't have (b0076r9p) heard in this week's News Quiz. First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON 23:45 Spats (b007jzp6) recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest TUE 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbbfh) Mankind v Nature shows weren’t kept in the archive. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Are we with Mother Nature - or against her? TUE 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081syl) Luke Roberts tackles the big arguments and solves them using With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Episode 12 light entertainment. Bernard is demobbed, but an indiscretion leads him to fear for Producer: Ed Morrish Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. his life and postpone his homecoming. Stars Stephen Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2006 Tompkinson. Announcer: Wallace Greenslade TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b0387z35) Series 5 TUESDAY 13 AUGUST 2013 Producer: Peter Eton Episode 13 Matt is doggedly following his lead, while Brenda is discovering TUE 00:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b018j2fs) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954. the truth. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE 08:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? TUE 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx6z) TUE 01:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades (b007jrk2) Reunited? (b0076r6c) I'll Never Forget Whatshername Giles Winterbourne is reunited with his childhood sweetheart [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Bob asks his fiancee Thelma to fix Terry up with a date. Grace, but will she return his love? Read by Juliet Stevenson. TUE 01:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mb2qn) Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob TUE 14:45 Michael Holroyd - Basil Street Blues (b0075pbb) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Lois Episode 2 TUE 02:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b0386j1j) Daine and Lorna Wilde. The biographer tells of his grandfather's exploits, Lalique glass [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La and a young woman called Agnes. Abridged by Elizabeth TUE 02:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cb5k4) Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley. Bradbury, read by the author. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Producer: John Browell TUE 15:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm8h) TUE 03:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm85) Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in a [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] BBC Treasure Hunt. TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0387z5x) TUE 04:00 The Greengrocer's Apostrophe (b01h2cfr) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1975. Mel Giedroyc meets a really wild chef, goes in search of [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b0387v9p) dragons, and presents the second part of this week's story, A TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b0381jd6) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE 09:45 Spats (b007jzp6) TUE 17:00 For Better or for Worse (b00tr28d) TUE 05:00 Flying the Flag (b007jxj2) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE 10:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm8h) Episode 1 TUE 05:30 Married (b00804fg) Episode 2 Bernard's jealous dad is caught with both his guard and his [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] The seal-hunting schooner Ghost journeys on to the herds with trousers down. Stars Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye. From TUE 06:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades ruthless captain, Wolf Larsen at the helm. January 1996. (b0076r9p) Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival on the high TUE 17:30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007jzhn) The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation seas, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Retired KC, Basil Grant, his brother Rupert and colleague Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury, TUE 18:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b018sh0k) Charlie Swinburne are travelling on the top deck of a tramcar Dramatised by Ed Thomason Point of No Return through the "squalid eternity" of North London. Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff On the eve of a tense election, Major Travis is given an In the midst of a sea of cadgers, pickpockets and hooligans, Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale unexpected assignment. But can he trust the evidence? With Basil spies one Mr Wimpole - who he claims is the wickedest Mugridge ...... Ian Dury Craig Kelly. man in England. Johnson ...... Jeffrey Gear TUE 18:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00cb1ts) At Charlie's reasonable demands for proof, Basil throws them Leach ...... Scott Farrell Arthur Conan Doyle - The Captain of the Polestar into a frantic chase across London... Owen ...... Terence Edmond As a Dundee whaling ship becomes trapped in the Artic, strange Stars David Warner as Basil Grant, Martin Freeman as Rupert Kelly ...... Norman Jones cries sound across the ice at night and a figure is glimpsed on Grant, Geoffrey McGivern as Charlie Swinburne, Nicholas Louis ...... Nigel Anthony the floes. Farrell as Drummond, Richard Griffiths as Sir Walter Chumley, Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson Is it the Captain's lost love come to reclaim him? Justin Edwards as Wimpole, Alice Lowe as Muriel and Harrison ...... Richard Pearce Series of 3 Scottish 19th century tales of terror and mystery. Geoffrey Whitehead as Lord Beaumont. Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and dramatised by Marty GK Chesterton stories dramatised by Simon Littlefield Horner ...... Clarence Smith Ross. Producer: Simon Nicholls Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott Craigie ...... Alec Heggie First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2005. Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson Milne ...... James Bryce TUE 06:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbbfh) Louis ...... Nigel Anthony Doctor ...... Nick Underwood Wasted Years Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Williamson ...... John Buick Episode 2 Singer: Sarah Connolly. McLeod ...... Brian Pettifer Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick's search for armed robbers Director: Adrian Bean. Producer: Bruce Young gathers pace. But will they strike again? Philip Jackson reads First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. John Harvey's thriller. TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00tmmb6) TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b012bz13) TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007jzhn) Susie Maguire - I Got the Dog [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 2 Andria's Story TUE 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? After a contretemps with a haddock, the shy solicitor's clerk Susie Maguire's trilogy of comic stories about the fallout from a (b007jrk2) gains a guide and makes a move. break up. Who gets left with what? Music, water, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Richard Griffiths stars as Edgar Finchley. transportation, arithmetic...possessions, separations...and Love. TUE 20:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Written by Victor Canning. Rebecca Front reads Andria's story. (b0076r9p) Lawrence Hume ...... Piers Gibbon Andria fell hook, line and sinker for the enigmatic and brooding [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Marie Peters ...... Serena Evans Russian pianist, Boris. They met at a street market and the TUE 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbbfh) Robert Gillespie ...... James Cohen attraction was instant. He posted a little Russian doll through [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Madame Mignard ...... Jacqueline Tong her letterbox with his phone number attached. How could she TUE 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b0387zrr) Waiter ...... Keith Anderson resist? 2013 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 10 – 16 August 2013 Page 5 of 8 Episode 6 The armed robbers are planning a return visit, but this time they Kelly ...... Norman Jones Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from vow not to fail. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller. Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson the Edinburgh Festival. WED 07:00 North East of Eden (b01flnpj) Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones TUE 22:00 It's Not What You Know (b037tnxt) Cod Comfort Horner ...... Clarence Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] With submarine manoeuvres offshore and troubles with EEC Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott TUE 22:30 Deep Trouble (b00tfqq4) fish quotas for the fishermen, Marcia tries to adjust to a quieter Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson Series 2 lifestyle. Telefson ...... Charles Millham Episode 4 And a man from the ministry man is snooping about... Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott As Christmas nears, the submarine crew stages a nativity with a Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. realistic twist. Stars Jim Field Smith. From June 2007. about a GP living on Paradise Island off the coast of Singer: Sarah Connolly. TUE 23:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b017gntm) Northumbria. Director: Adrian Bean. Series 3 Doctor Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991. Late Review Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00tmmyn) Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur Hjorst …. Niall Ashdown Susie Maguire - I Got the Dog Strong is an expert in everything from the world of Joseph Gates …. James Garbutt Boris's Story entertainment to the origins of the species, all false starts and Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern Boris is an artist - a pianist. When he's working on a piece, time nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a delicate sheen of William …. Sammy Johnson becomes meaningless; he will play all through the night and not bravado and self-assurance. Ralph Gates …. Stephen Thirkeld notice. That enigmatic passion, once the very thing that Arthur misplaces his book for the review taking place later that Other Roles …. Peter Kerry attracted Andria to him, eventually caused their break up.Boris day. Arthur and Geoffrey are sent in pursuit of it. A couple of Producer: Kathy Smith left, taking his piano and their dog Mimi with him. glasses of wine in the green room prior to the radio show help First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997. Things begin to look up for him when he starts seeing another him review the book in his own unique manner. WED 07:30 Sketchorama: Absolutely Special (b037v4g6) artist Chiara. Surely she will understand the creative drive? With Steve Delaney, Sue Perkins, Dave Mounfield and Alastair Following the audience response to classic sketch group Chiara is a performance artist. When she asks Boris to compose Kerr. Absolutely's guest appearance on the second series of Radio 4's a piece of music for her next 'project', it seems that perhaps TUE 23:30 Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard Sketchorama, this special edition is devoted to the reunion they are kindred spirits. (b00qprmm) performance and features further, previously unheard material He's also pleased that Chiara is getting along very well with Series 1 from the recording held in April 2013 at the Oran Mor venue in Mimi, until one he's shocked to discover that Mimi has been co- Market Magic Glasgow. opted into Chiara's performance! Tensions mount further as Comedy by David Kay and Gavin Smith. The much-loved sketch group - consisting of Pete Baikie, Boris's obsessive drive to work takes over, and poor Mimi is Mordrin is a 2,000-year-old wizard living in the modern world, Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John caught in the cross-fire again. Who'll get the dog this time? where regular bin collections and watching Countdown are just Sparkes - recorded almost 45 minutes of material so this full John McGlynn reads Boris's story as important as slaying dragons. half-hour show offers the opportunity to hear even more from Producer: Sarah Langan. With Gordon Kennedy, Jack Docherty, Cora Bissett and David Stoneybridge and Calum Gilhooley, as well as new sketches WED 11:15 Drama (b00qvnj9) Kay. from other Absolutely characters such as Frank Hovis and The Charlotte Grieg - Against the Grain A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. Old Lady Artist. Gemma, a promising young journalist, is sent to interview TUE 23:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00sr30b) Producer: Gus Beattie. former restaurateur, Milo Markhov, whose glossy new cookery Series 2 A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. book, Against the Grain, is the latest publishing sensation. Milo Normal Things WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4v4) has retired to the Perigord where he spends his time preparing Cartoonist Steven has a very removing experience when an Series 4 experimental dishes in his search for the most pleasurable taste expert de-clutters his house. The Income Tax Demand sensations. Gemma's disturbing experiences at the house of the Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably With a tax bill looming, the lad consults crooked chartered reclusive chef lead her to contemplate a whole new way life. By describes as "insights into normal, everyday life". accountant Sid. Charlotte Greig. With: Starring Tony Hancock. Gemma ..... Jasmine Hyde Rosalind Paul With Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. Milo ..... Robert Harper Ewan Bailey Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Herve .... Felix Callens Nigel Betts Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Ruth ..... Nickie Rainsford Rachel Atkins Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Producer: Kate McAll Written by Steven Appleby Rabinowitz. A BBC Cymru Wales Production. Producer: Toby Swift Producer: Dennis Main Wilson WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4v4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003 First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1956. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zvcmn) WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zvcmn) Series 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST 2013 Episode 13 WED 13:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades J Arthur Bile recalls the golden age of the silver-screen with the (b0076rdw) WED 00:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b018sh0k) spotlight on cinema. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, WED 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbfm9) WED 00:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00cb1ts) David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. WED 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081vcg) WED 01:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue Episode 13 (b0076r9p) 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and Hortense is forced to face up to the prejudice of 1940s Britain [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] quickly developed a cult following. when she attempts to get a job. Stars Nadine Marshall. WED 01:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbbfh) Music and songs by Liam Cohen and Bill Oddie. WED 14:15 Foreign Bodies (b01mnz9h) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge Series 1 WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b0387v9p) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in July 1968. Norway - Harry Hole [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED 09:00 Crowned Hudds (b00pytdz) Jo Nesbø's novels, featuring detective Harry Hole top best seller WED 02:45 Spats (b007jzp6) VR in Charge lists across the world - the latest example of the boom in [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] Will Queen Victoria be amused? Roy Hudd's historical royal Scandinavian crime fiction. WED 03:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jm8h) romp, with June Whitfield and Chris Emmett. From August Mark Lawson talks to Nesbø, Liza Marklund and Gunnar [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] 1995. Staalesen about the impact of Norwegian oil on the economy, WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00tmmb6) WED 09:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b016r51y) the divisions caused by the Second World War and the effect of [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Series 2 random acts of violence in Sweden and Norway with the WED 04:15 Eric Pringle - Hard Row to Porlock (b007jyff) Dr Chaotica and the Rise of the Atomic Man-Bees assassination of politicians and the killing spree on Utøya [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] A BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the island. WED 05:00 For Better or for Worse (b00tr28d) unimaginably futuristic world of 2008. Producer Robyn Read. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] Suspicious deaths provoke mixed reactions. WED 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx73) WED 05:30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007jzhn) Series two of Christopher William Hill's sitcom set in 1962. Doubts [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles Grace Melbury's timber merchant father starts doubting WED 06:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell woodsman Giles's suitability for his daughter. Read by Juliet (b0076rdw) Godfrey Winnard ..... John Fortune Stevenson. The Awful Reason of the Vicar's Visit Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn WED 14:45 Michael Holroyd - Basil Street Blues The Awful Reason of the Vicar's Visit is a mystery, especially Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska (b0075pc0) when that most distressed reverend gentleman begins his tale of Douglas Bennings ...... Jon Glover Episode 3 a monstrous outrage committed against him. Keith Wood ...... Sam Pamphilon The biographer grapples with unhappy marriages and the morals However, when Basil leaps at the cleric and demands to see him Mrs Tinkler ...... Rachel Atkins of revealing his aunt's love letters. Abridged by Elizabeth "without his whiskers!", both Charlie and Rupert believe he has Graham Tinkler ...... Lloyd Thomas Bradbury, read by the author. finally taken leave of his peculiar senses! Delivery Boy ...... Alex Lamipekun WED 15:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmc9) Or is there a method to the vicar's mad tale that may link him to Producer: Liz Webb [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] the Club of Queer Trades... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008. WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0388fcf) Stars David Warner as Basil Grant, Martin Freeman as Rupert WED 10:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmc9) Mel Giedroyc celebrates summer holidays and hears the Grant, Geoffrey McGivern as Charlie Swinburne, Richard Episode 3 Inheritance Books of author Ali Sparkes. Plus there's the third Griffiths as Reverend Shorter, Alexei Sayle as James, Neil With Maud Brewster aboard, the real danger on the schooner's part of current story, A Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz. Edmond as Mowbray, Matthew Holness as Brett and Martin voyage is yet to begin... WED 17:00 No Commitments (b0388ffj) Hyder as the Constable. Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival on the high Series 12 GK Chesterton stories dramatised by Simon Littlefield seas. Upstaging Producer: Simon Nicholls Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury. Charlotte and Victoria's daughters take centre stage in the First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2005. Dramatised by Ed Thomason sisters' one-upmanship. Stars Angela Thorne. From May 2006. WED 06:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbfm9) Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff WED 17:30 North East of Eden (b01flnpj) Wasted Years Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Episode 3 Mugridge ...... Ian Dury WED 18:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b018zlls) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 10 – 16 August 2013 Page 6 of 8 Flag and Flame THU 02:00 Crowned Hudds (b00pytdz) Producer: Martin Fisher Auronar flight team clone Merrin faces a bleak future, when [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987. her twin Cally is sent on a one-way mission. Stars Susannah THU 02:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b016r51y) THU 09:30 Life in London (b011q9fw) Doyle. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] High and Low Life WED 18:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00cft28) THU 03:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmc9) Pierce Egan is reduced to pawning himself. Robert Louis Stevenson - Olalla [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] He talks his way out of this bind by relating the adventures of During the Peninsular War in Spain a wounded Scottish soldier THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00tmmyn) Tom, Bob and Jerry as they drink with the lower orders in the is sent to stay in a remote house in the hills. The soldier falls in [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] East End, dance with high society up West and attend a love with the daughter of the house, but the family harbour a THU 04:15 Drama (b00qvnj9) masquerade, where Jerry is smitten by a serial seductress... terrible secret... [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] Starring Greg Wise and Mark Gatiss. Series of 3 Scottish 19th century tales of terror and mystery. THU 05:00 No Commitments (b0388ffj) Pierce Egan’s 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson and dramatised by Marty [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern Ross. THU 05:30 North East of Eden (b01flnpj) Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise Alec ...... Paul Blair [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Pickpocket .... Neil Edmond Olalla ...... Roxanna Pope THU 06:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss Felipe ...... Richard Conlon (b0076rj6) With James Bachman, Neil Edmond, Morwenna Banks, Giles Senora ...... Carol Ann Crawford The Singular Speculation of the House Agent Taylor and Alys Torrance. Carrido ...... Richard Greenwood Rupert believes mad military adventurer, Lieutenant Original music by Ben Walker The Padre ...... Simon Tait Drummond Keith is a rogue, and insists they follow him. Producer: Tilusha Ghelani Producer: Bruce Young En route they witness a disturbing incident with the lieutenant's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. sword-stick and meet a house-agent with a fondness for ferrets. THU 10:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmcl) WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4v4) But Keith gives them the slip amidst the trees of Buxton Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Common. Humphrey and Maud dash for freedom from cruel captain, WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zvcmn) Charlie and Rupert remain stumped but Basil's powers of Wolf Larsen, but Japan is 600 miles away... [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] detection reach new heights in their search... Conclusion od Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival WED 20:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Stars David Warner as Basil Grant, Martin Freeman as Rupert on the high seas. (b0076rdw) Grant, Geoffrey McGivern as Charlie Swinburne, Jeff Harding Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Shelley Thompson.. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] as Lieutenant Keith, Simon Jones as Montmorency and Martin Dramatised by Ed Thomason WED 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbfm9) Hyder as the Constable. Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] GK Chesterton stories dramatised by Simon Littlefield Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale WED 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b0388fx2) Producer: Simon Nicholls Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson 2013 First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2005. Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Episode 7 THU 06:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbl3m) Director: Adrian Bean. Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from Wasted Years First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991. the Edinburgh Festival. Episode 4 THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00tmmyj) WED 22:00 Sketchorama: Absolutely Special (b037v4g6) Inspired by the success of another gang, Darren decides it's time Susie Maguire - I Got the Dog [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] to get serious. Philip Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller. Chiara's Story WED 22:30 Mr Blue Sky (b011j7v3) THU 07:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b9k9l) Susie Maguire's trilogy of comic stories about the fallout from a Series 1 Series 2 break up. Who gets left with what? Music, water, dogs, Birthday Greetings Episode 3 arithmetic, possessions... and love. Vicki Pepperdine reads Harvey Easter (played by Mark Benton), 46, is the eternal The host presents a selection of classic comic songs with special Chiara's story. optimist. He is able to see the good in every situation, the silver guest comedian Howard Read. From October 2006. Chiara is a performance artist. She does a little bit of dance, lining within every cloud, the bright side to every bit of bad THU 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b01n9whw) singing, theatre and mime. news. Series 3 Boris was her first Russian. Dimitri was her second, although he This, however, is his downfall. Someone for whom the glass is Memory Lapse; If I Ruled the World was more Hampstead than St Petersburg. always half-full can be difficult to live with, as his wife of 19 The multi-award winning American essayist brings more of his All she has left from these relationships is a selection of battle years, Jacqui or "Jax" (played by Rebecca Front), knows all too wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 with a series of audience scars. Surely she can salvage something from this? Never one to well. readings. This week, the stories include childhood memories of under-analyse the events in her life, she convinces herself that In this episode Harvey and Sean's jobs are put in the firing line competitive parenting in "Memory Lapse", and a character she can create something from this mess: "Yes," she decides, "I whilst Robbie discovers a new love of birds...for the time-being. monologue imagining what life would be like "If I Ruled The can workshop this." Pretty quickly she's mapped out an entire Cast: World!" performance project complete with Rimsky Korsakov, some Harvey Easter...Mark Benton Producer: Steve Doherty 'Eugene Onegin-y' type music, with Boris represented by a Jacqui Easter.....Rebecca Front A Boom Pictures Cymru production for BBC Radio 4. Nosferatu figure, whilst Andria and Dimitri are played by a pair Charlie Easter....Antonia Campbell-Hughes THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jmd5) of coats and hats. With references to film noir, Dali and Robbie Easter....Joe Tracini Series 1 Eisenstein all chucked into the melting pot for luck. Rakesh Rathi....Navin Chowdhry The Bullet Is Not for Firing Will Chiara's creativity bring her salvation? And what happened Ray Marsh....Justin Edwards The Home Guard platoon faces an inquiry after shots are fired to the dog? Sean Cahoun....Michael Legge at a low-flying German aeroplane. Vicki Pepperdine reads Chiara's story Mr Bolt....Simon Day Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC Producer: Sarah Langan. Writer ..... Andrew Collins TV, these specially adapted radio versions were recorded with THU 11:15 Niall Ashdown - Hungarian Birdsong Title Music performer/arranger ..... Jim Bob the original cast, with Graham Stark replacing James Beck in (b00768yt) Producer/Director ..... Anna Madley 1973. When Niall and his father visit Hungary on a bird-watching trip, An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. CAST: some interesting facts about their relationship are revealed. One- WED 23:00 The Mel and Sue Thing (b0076b3z) Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe man show, directed by Sally Avens. Episode 5 Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jmd5) Virginia Wade and Tim Henman talk politics, Sweet Fanny Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Adams talks, well, sweetly, and Lovejoy and Bergerac talk Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley THU 12:30 Hello Cheeky (b007jnx4) nonsense. Private Walker …. Graham Stark [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Plus the penultimate episode of Jane Austen's lost novella, The Vicar …. Frank Williams THU 13:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Sweet Fanny Adams, still cruelly ignored by the critics as a Captain Pringle …. Michael Knowles (b0076rj6) work of minor importance Captain Marsh …. Timothy Bateson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] More mayhem from Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. Choir Members …. John Whitehall THU 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbl3m) With Paul Chahidi The Announcer …. John Snagge [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Written by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV THU 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081w1h) Producer: Elizabeth Freestone. scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad. Episode 14 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002. Producer: John Dyas Queenie gives birth to a beautiful baby boy, but who is the WED 23:30 Masala FM (b007jz5q) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in May 1974. father? Stars Lyndsey Marshal and Stephen Tompkinson. Episode 5 THU 08:30 Hello Cheeky (b007jnx4) THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b0388wdk) When the Asian radio station's boss gets religion, the on-air From 14/04/1973 Series 5 result is far from heavenly. What do you get when you fall in love? And bizarre events at Episode 14 Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal Crewe Junction. Lilian seeks out Matt in London, while Brenda asks Dmitry Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and what's going on. Wadia. starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor. THU 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx78) Music by Nitin Sawhney. With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio. The Doctor Producer: Liz Anstee Producer: David Hatch Ambition and attraction coincide when Grace Melbury First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1973. encounters young Doctor Fitzpiers. Read by Juliet Stevenson. THU 09:00 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008klgb) THU 14:45 Michael Holroyd - Basil Street Blues (b0075pcs) Up the Pole Episode 4 THURSDAY 15 AUGUST 2013 When Harold Perkins befriends the Carnival Queen, the The biographer turns the spotlight on himself as National workmates plot a little sabotage. Service beckons and he craves a literary career. Abridged by THU 00:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b018zlls) Six anarchic tales from those demob days “when we was going Elizabeth Bradbury, read by the author. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned THU 15:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmcl) THU 00:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00cft28) lax and sour”. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Stars Norman Rossington as Big Jim, Roland Curram as Harold THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b0388wl7) THU 01:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Perkins, Harold Goodwin as Old Ned, David John as Nimrod, Mel Giedroyc introduces a tour of the Bank of England, (b0076rdw) Sylvester McCoy as Turps, David Beckett as Chick, Steven celebrates the bravery of army animals and presents the fourth [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Harrold as Harry and Carol Hawkins as Miss James. part of current story, A Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz. THU 01:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbfm9) Narrated by Bernard Cribbins. THU 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00tvqmr) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Written by Ted Walker. Series 2 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 10 – 16 August 2013 Page 7 of 8 Space Perception FRI 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00tvqmr) about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Desperate to sell up and move to the country, Stella tries [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. burying the hatchet with the neighbours. FRI 05:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b9k9l) Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the Series 2 of Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy- [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Headmaster, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Margaret John as turvy family life. FRI 06:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Mrs Stone, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Deirdre Costello as Mrs Stars Duncan Preston as Patrick, Penny Downie as Stella, (b0076rmh) Patterson, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Tom Watson as Mr Claudie Blakley as Alison, Bruce MacKinnon as Rick, The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd Holliday, Jacqueline Beatty as Miss Reed, Mark Straker as Mr Catherine Shepherd as Xanthe, Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg and The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd is apparent to Stewart and Susan Tordoff as Mrs Stewart. Roise Armstrong as the Fitness Instructor. everyone who calls at the home of the noted ethnologist. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Producer: Elizabeth Freestone However, his three sisters become alarmed when he suddenly First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004. refuses to speak. The sisters waste no time in summoning the FRI 09:30 Electric Ink (b011f3pc) THU 17:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b9k9l) Professor's equally eccentric acquaintance, Basil Grant. Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Can Basil save the highly respected Professor from his madness Episode 2 THU 18:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b00sm8xy) and the wrath of his employers at the British Museum? And just Circulation is going through the roof. When Vila Met Gan why does Professor Chadd insist on shaking his leg in the Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the Liberator stalwarts Vila and Gan recall how their odyssey began manner of a bee? changing world of the newspaper industry. - in the exotic location of Croydon. Stars Michael Keating. Stars David Warner as Basil Grant, Martin Freeman as Rupert Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay THU 18:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00ck4fs) Grant, Geoffrey McGivern as Charlie Swinburne, Amelia Oliver ...... Alex Jennings James Hogg - The Brownie of the Black Haggs Bullmore as Christina, Chris Douglas as Bingham, Martin Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington Lady Wheelhope has a reputation as a violent mistress to those Hyder as Dr Colman, Felicity Montagu as Adeleide and John Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar under her power. Yet when desire for a mysterious servant Nettleton as Professor Chadd. Masha ...... Debbie Chazen overwhelms her, it's her own soul she yields to terrible risk... GK Chesterton stories dramatised by Simon Littlefield Freddy ...... Ben Willbond Series of 3 Scottish 19th Century tales of terror and mystery. Producer: Simon Nicholls Announcer ...... Matt Addis Written by James Hogg and dramatised by Marty Ross. First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2005. With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. Lady Wheelhope ...... Irene MacDougall FRI 06:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbmh4) Director: Sally Avens The Laird ...... Paul Young Wasted Years First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009. Merodach ...... James Chisholm Episode 5 FRI 10:00 Annie Caulfield - Almost Always African Bessie ...... Mary Riggans A spate of armed robberies has DI Charlie Resnick recalling his (b007k30r) Wattie ...... James Bryce 1980s nemesis, the soon-to-be-paroled John Prior. Philip "Music may go or come but almost always it is African." Adam ...... Alec Heggie Jackson reads John Harvey's thriller. Gambian musician, Moses Biama is invited to London to make Producer: Bruce Young FRI 07:00 The Right Time (b00c5snp) an album with fading English rock star, Frank. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. Series 3 But the recording doesn't work out the way Frank has planned... THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jmd5) Episode 5 Annie Caulfield's comedy drama about cultural cross purposes [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Time-share shock, home shopping revenge - and the perils of and the Music Industry. THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b007jnx4) redundancy... Starring Lenny Henry as Moses, Bill Nighy as Frank, Curtis [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The sketch comedy for people growing older disgracefully. Walker as Moses' brother, Joy Elias-Rilwan as Binta, Donna THU 20:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Clive Swift, Croll as Fatima, Joanna Myers as Tara, James Greene as Jack (b0076rj6) Roger Blake and Paula Wilcox. and Mark Straker as the Journalist. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Written by Nicholas Barber and Glenn Dakin, Mike Coleman, Music composed by Dominique Le Gendre. THU 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbl3m) Jan Etherington, Graeme Garden, Mike Haskins, Ged Parsons, Hit single by Neil Arthur and Joe Hagan. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Bob Sinfield, Chris Thompson and Pete Reynolds. Director: Paul Schlesinger THU 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b0388wnc) Script Editor: Ged Parsons. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. 2013 Music by Ronnie & The Rex and Neil Innes. FRI 11:00 Vincent McInerney - Bringing Home a Budgie Episode 8 Producer: Claire Jones for Mum (b0389s5c) Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. A young sailor's loyalty to his family is tested after his mother the Edinburgh Festival. FRI 07:30 Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy (b0381lzj) makes a seemingly innocent request. THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b01n9whw) Episode 2 Keith Drinkel reads Vincent McInerney’s short story. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Comedian Jo Caulfield invites best selling authors, comedians Producer: Pam Fraser Solomon THU 22:30 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b01j8byl) and a man who played with Pink Floyd to tell true stories from First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1996. Series 3 their lives. The results are revealing, hilarious and hugely FRI 11:15 Tanika Gupta - The Whispering Tree (b007jy9f) Haiti entertaining. A year after her mother's death, 14 year old Sharmila prefers to The gap-year student arrives to help rebuild a village, and tries The performers are all recorded live at the historic Scottish escape into a world of Hindu myths and legends - rather than out some voodoo. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From February Story Telling centre in Edinburgh. confront her guilt and pain... 2005. This week Ian Rankin tells us why not to get on the wrong side Tanika Gupta's family drama stars Parminder K Nagra as THU 23:00 The Wilson Dixon Line (b00kjh14) of a crime writer, Boothby Graffoe shares a gruesome tale Sharmila, Souad Faress as Madhu, Lyndam Gregory as Ranjeet, Sweet Home Colorado about the world's worst serial killer and Janey Godley and Pink Amanda Gordon as Danny and Akbar Kurtha as Sunil. Cowboy philosopher Wilson Dixon reminisces about his Floyd's Guy Pratt share with us moments they'd rather forget. Producer: Pam Fraser Solomon dysfunctional family and his upbringing in Cripple Creek. Created by Jo Caulfield and Kevin Anderson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Continuing his affectionate tribute to the philosophy of country A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rq30b) music, Wilson shares more of his viewpoints through songs and FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rq30b) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] anecdotes. Series 1 FRI 12:30 Life With The Lyons (b012qrpv) Introduced by Johnnie Walker. The Stepmother [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Saddled up with sidekick Snake Wizzelteats, his observations Harold's not too happy to meet his dad Albert's new girlfriend. FRI 13:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades on everyday life draw the audience into world full of larger than Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. (b0076rmh) life characters and situations. Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Written and performed by Jesse Griffin. with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson FRI 13:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbmh4) Sidekick Snake Wizzelteats is performed by Jesse Budd. wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Recorded with an audience at BBC Maida Vale, London. The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert FRI 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081wmy) Producer: Lianne Coop Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series Episode 15 First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 2009. on TV. Confronted by the consequences of her actions, Queenie makes THU 23:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b00fm3lj) Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell the most difficult decision of her life. Stars Lyndsey Marshal. Series 1 Harold …. Harry H. Corbett FRI 14:15 Foreign Bodies (b01mnzb2) Episode 1 Emma …. Joan Lovell Series 1 The renowned comedian and activist attempts to piece together Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Russia and Ukraine - Erast Fandorin working policies with the aid of you, the people. From June Gale Pedrick. Boris Akunin sets his Erast Fandorin novels in nineteenth 2009. Produced by Bobby Jaye century Russia whilst Andrey Kurkov describes twenty first First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. century Ukraine. FRI 08:30 Life With The Lyons (b012qrpv) Mark Lawson looks at the influence of Bulgakov and FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 Time Marches Back Dostoevsky on Russian crime fiction and compares the inside Ben needs jokes for his big speech at the Festival of Britain - view with those created by outsiders including Martin Cruz FRI 00:00 Blake's 7: The Early Years (b00sm8xy) can the family help? Smith and Tom Rob Smith. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Producer Robyn Read. FRI 00:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00ck4fs) Daniels and their children, Richard and Barbara. FRI 14:30 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007k0t1) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] With Doris Rogers as Florrie, Molly Weir as Aggie, Horace Midsummer Evening FRI 01:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades Percival as Mr Wimple, Ian Sadler and David Enders. Doctor Fitzpiers and Grace Melbury's paths cross on (b0076rj6) Life With The Lyons was one the BBC's most popular radio Midsummer's Eve in Little Hintock. Read by Juliet Stevenson. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] sitcoms between1950 and 1961. It was also adapted for BBC FRI 14:45 Michael Holroyd - Basil Street Blues (b0075pdj) FRI 01:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbl3m) Television. Episode 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Bill Harding. The biographer confronts ageing and death in his family and FRI 02:00 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008klgb) BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Robert Busby discovers a 'poisoned chalice'. Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Incidental music by Arthur Wilkinson read by the author. FRI 02:30 Life in London (b011q9fw) Producer: Tom Ronald FRI 15:00 Annie Caulfield - Almost Always African [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1951. (b007k30r) FRI 03:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmcl) FRI 09:00 King Street Junior (b007jnql) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Series 10 FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b038b4b4) FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00tmmyj) Accusations Mel Giedroyc is in the mood for movies as she asks, what [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] The spread of damaging rumours creates a nightmare classroom makes a great cinema ending? Plus there's the final part of this FRI 04:15 Niall Ashdown - Hungarian Birdsong (b00768yt) scenario for Mr Sims. week's story, A Handful of Magic by Stephen Elboz. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Created and written by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00l6gf2) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 10 – 16 August 2013 Page 8 of 8 Series 4 Unhappy Returns Bill makes a flying return visit from his new job in Germany. It’s the ideal opportunity for a quiet weekend with Faith but interventions from Hannah and Liza ensures the weekend is anything but romantic.... Sitcom about the battles of married life for ex-divorcees Bill and Faith, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and Faith's teenage children. Stars James Bolam as Bill, Lynda Bellingham as Faith, Belinda Lang as Liza, Julia Sawalha as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Geoffrey Whitehead as Richard and David Learner as Kevin. Series three of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. Producer: Paul Schlesinger First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992. FRI 17:30 The Right Time (b00c5snp) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 18:00 Blake's 7 (b008hscc) Rebel The Galactic Federation thinks it has seen the last of space outlaw Roj Blake, when he is framed and exiled. Stars Derek Riddell. FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rq30b) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 Life With The Lyons (b012qrpv) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 20:00 GK Chesterton - The Club of Queer Trades (b0076rmh) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 20:30 Inspector Resnick (b00mbmh4) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 21:00 Vincent McInerney - Bringing Home a Budgie for Mum (b0389s5c) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Tanika Gupta - The Whispering Tree (b007jy9f) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 Where Did It All Go Wrong? (b0076gqv) Series 1 Blakey 'Blake' Blakeson Simon Munnery debunks the image of one of England's forgotten folk heroes. From August 2003. FRI 22:15 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (b038b8x6) 2013 Episode 7 Arthur Smith eats canvas when Max and Ivan take him wrestling. FRI 22:20 Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy (b0381lzj) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 22:50 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (b038b8x8) 2013 Episode 8 The excitable Pattie Brewster gives us her unique guide to the Fringe. FRI 22:55 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b00rms97) Series 3 Ardal O'Hanlon Marcus Brigstocke invites his guest Ardal O'Hanlon to try five things he's never done before including bell ringing. 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 Star Wars. Producer: Bill Dare. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010. FRI 23:25 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (b038b8xb) 2013 Episode 9 Arthur Smith tries to find the truth amongst the lies from Alex Horne. FRI 23:30 Flight of the Conchords (b00dnlkz) The Fans Proposition The Kiwi band face fan propositions Improvised comedy from the satirical pop pair, as they align with established comics to poke fun at all aspects of pop music. Rob Brydon narrates the musical odyssey.. Starring New Zealand musical comedy duo, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. With: Rhys Darby Nina Conti Neil Finn Jimmy Carr Additional Material by Joel Morris. Musicians: David Catlin-Birch and Mark Allis. Producer: Will Saunders First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2005.

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