Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 May 2015 Page 1 of 9 SATURDAY 23 MAY 2015 1990's and the first ever recreation of the female soul on radio. fictional London suburb of Ditcham. Stars Russell Boulter. Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by John Hear why the critics at the time weren't too impressed. SAT 00:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jqbs) Ramm, and performed by Patrick and John in front of an [04/07/1991] Four years later and the end is nigh for the Episode 6 audience at the Bush Hall in London, this latest addition to the residents of Ditcham with shock news of a kidnapping. 388 Is Shazir the real enemy? Can Arcos and his hero friends escape Brent canon will be as essential and massive a contribution to episodes of Citizens were broadcast twice a week until 25th the Palace of Memory? the current artistic life of this country as the rest of their work. July 1991. Conclusion of the fantasy-adventure by Peter Thomson and And, of course it will be very funny. * WESTWAY Jamie Thomson. Director: Patrick Barlow [21/08/1999] This was the BBC World Service's very own soap Arcos ..... Francis Thomson Producer: Liz Anstee which ran for 8 years - branding it " a slice of contemporary Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4. London life" set in a health centre. Vanna ..... Liz Whiting SAT 04:30 On Baby Street (b00dyhd1) In this episode, the matriarch and heart of Westway Health Shazir ..... Crawford Logan Series 1 Centre, Dr Margaret Sampson is coming to terms with the death Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey Episode 3 of her husband Mike - and his unconventional plans for his own Va ..... Melanie Hudson Expectant mum Geraldine is angry, Shona is upset and Yvette funeral. Alviza ..... Emma Fielding feels queasy. Stars Keith Allen and Kathy Burke. From January * THE ARCHERS Rashiq ..... Theresa Streatfeild 1996. [23/09/1955] Essential drama from the heart of the country. Xander ...... Robert Portal SAT 05:00 Lucky Heather (b0075s45) The world's longest running soap opera began in 1951 on the Producer: Peter Hutchings The Searchers BBC Home Service and is still going strong on BBC Radio 4. In First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in October 1991. Emma thinks that her mother is having an affair and asks this classic melodramatic episode, Grace Archer - recently SAT 00:30 My Life in Five Songs (b01bwgvv) Heather to investigate... married to Phil - gets trapped in a stable fire. Will she survive? Series 4 Just this side of nosey, Heather is western movie-mad. She's Will she manage to wreck the opening of Associated- The Proclaimers also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate. Rediffusion as ITV was launched London? With hits including 'Letter From America', Craig and Charlie Sue Teddern's six-part comedy series star Lindsey Coulson as [14/05/1978] Its back to Brian's early days of marriage to Reid from the Proclaimers select songs for Phil Cunningham. Heather. (Carol Jackson in BBC TV's EastEnders until 2015) Jennifer and a blonde siren called Eva was their German au From February 2012. With Abigail Hart as Natalie, Ben Crowe as Ryan and Kelly pair. SAT 01:00 Dick Francis (b007qg3v) Wright as Emma and Zeina Harding-Roots as Gill. Produced by Jayne Gibson. Bolt Director: David Hunter SAT 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rq30b) 5. Nemesis for Two First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000. Series 1 Champion jockey Kit Fielding gets wind that Henri de Brescou SAT 05:30 Boswell's Lives (b05vh1p4) The Stepmother plans to kill more horses. Kit is determined to put a stop to this Series 1 Harold's not too happy to meet his dad Albert's new girlfriend. needless slaughter. Boswell's Life of Johnson Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. Conclusion of Dick Francis's racing thriller. by Jon Canter Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association Kit Fielding ...... Eric Allan Comedy as James Boswell, Dr Johnson's celebrated biographer, with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Princess Casilia ...... Sian Phillips pursues other legends to immortalise. Today he attempts to wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. Danielle ...... Elizabeth MacGovern write a biography of another famous Johnson - Boris - when he The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Roland ...... Simon Carter is Mayor of London , but finds him a fiendish opponent Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series Wykeham ...... William Eedle especially on the whiff-whaff table. on TV. Prince Litsi ...... Sam Dastor Directed by Sally Avens. Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell Henri ...... John Bull SAT 06:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Just Between Ourselves Harold …. Harry H. Corbett Greening ...... Jack May (b007jss4) Emma …. Joan Lovell Thomas ...... Steve Hodson Bittersweet couples comedy about cheery Dennis and poorly Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Beatrice Bunt ...... Margaret Robertson Vera, and the arrival of duo Neil and Pam. Stars Peter Vaughan. Gale Pedrick. Allardeck ...... Bill Wallis SAT 07:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester Produced by Bobby Jaye Dramatised by John Ashe. (b01jhyd5) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin at BBC Pebble Mill. The Reluctant Jester SAT 12:30 The Goon Show (b007k31h) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1994. The Reluctant Jester Series 4 SAT 01:30 Hip-Hop China-Style (b009jg3c) Spanning life, laughter and the paranormal - founding member The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System Hip-hop artists in Beijing are unearthing forgotten parts of the of The Goon Show and one of the foremost comic minds of his Captain Seagoon investigates a mustard-and-cress-flavoured Chinese language and traditional instruments. Stephen generation - Michael Bentine shares stories of his incredible mystery at Clapham Junction station. Armstrong explores this very distinctive fusion of East and career in show business. West and examines the different generational responses to this Michael Bentine CBE was born in 1922 and died in 1996. Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike music. Producer: Andy Aliffe Milligan. SAT 02:00 Thomas Hardy - The Woodlanders (b007jx8b) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1993. Desperation SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b0075qjt) Starring: Reconciliation is on the cards, with the recognition of unspoken Some Like It Hot devotion. Concluded by Juliet Stevenson. Cleo Laine revisits the golden age of the all-girl swing band in Peter Sellers SAT 02:15 The Making of Music (b007qd02) the UK and America. Harry Secombe Series 1 From Ivy Benson to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Spike Milligan Bach in Leipzig she explores the careers of professional women musicians in the James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical 1940s in their own words. First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were influences that affected the course of classical music. Cleo speaks to musicians Sheila Tracey, Gracie Cole, Elsie recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest 15/30. Bach in Leipzig Ford, Helen Wood, Carline Ray, Maxine Kneper, Rosa Bellamy shows weren’t kept in the archive. From a bustling town in Germany, a civic employee produced and Viola Smith - plus historians Sally Placksin and Sherrie some of the most sublime church music ever written. Despite Tucker. With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. being frequently at loggerheads with his employers, Johann Producer: Virginia Crompton Sebastian Bach continued to compose at a prolific rate. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. SAT 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmmy) SAT 09:00 Radio Soaps (b007jpk5) Episode 5 Tim Bentinck - aka the dependable David Archer from BBC Announcer: Wallace Greenslade The Mayor of Montreuil reveals his true identity, while Fantine Radio 4's The Archers - brings you all the dramas in the history lies dangerously ill. Victor Hugo's epic stars Joss Ackland. of BBC radio soaps. Brace yourself to re-live the all daily Producer: Peter Eton SAT 02:45 Jasper Rees - I Found My Horn (b00zn5ch) goings on from serials past and present: Episode 5 * MRS DALE'S DIARY First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954. The day of the big performance arrives, but is a year of [05/01/1948] "I'm rather worried about Jim". The catchphrase SAT 13:00 A Small Town Murder (Omnibus) (b05wckvp) endeavour enough to impress Jasper's peers? Read by Nicholas of doctor's wife Mary Dale is still fondly remembered from the Series 7 Boulton. serial that run for 21 years based on her daily diary of life with Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. The SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b05n1m96) husband Jim and children, Bob and Gwen. Starring Ellis Powell. body of Abi Hudson, daughter of 60s singer Connie Hudson, 23-27 March 1915 In the very first episode from 5th January 1948 at 4pm on the has been found floating in the local botanical gardens. Amid appeals for more women to join the workforce, Marshalls BBC Light Programme, the Dales are preparing to move to SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b05wcl3w) loses two of its best employees. Parkwood Hill. Stephen Fry [01/11/1960] Senator Kennedy has just been elected President The actor and raconteur chooses the Overture to Tannhauser by Written by Sarah Daniels of the USA. Great Aunt Hester arrives from Canada - and she's Richard Wagner, and 'The Spanish Flea' by Herb Alpert and Story-led by Shaun McKenna brought with her a rather strange sounding family... Tijuana Brass. Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews * WAGGONER'S WALK SAT 14:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s5tv) Music: Matthew Strachan [28/04/1969] 'Moving Pictures' This was BBC Radio 2's Series 1 Sound: Martha Littlehailes replacement for The Dales (as Mrs Dale's Diary was later South of the Border Directed and produced by Lucy Collingwood called) In this very first episode from 28th April 1969 at 4.4 Daunt and Dervish have established their detective agency and Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. 5pm - Sixties London is still swinging with three women there's a steady flow of business, in the days just after the end SAT 04:00 The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons sharing a flat in Hampstead. Sisters Lyn and Tracy find their of the Second World War. (b00tbhbf) new flatmate Barbara a bit square - and there's drama over a But their lives really become exciting when they rescue a Tracey Emin and How She Done the Bed painting. woman from drowning, discover she is not at all what she The multi award winning National Theatre of Brent's Artistic [21/02/1977] Eight years later and it's the year of the Queen's seems, and find themselves involved in the more shady side of Director; Desmond Olivier Dingle and the entire acting Silver Jubilee. Lyn has managed to marry and divorce her first life at the race track. company (Raymond Box) returns triumphantly to Radio 4 in the husband and is on husband number two. Sister Tracy married an Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as second of an occasional series celebrating the rare but rarefied American and has a child. Tackling some tough storylines, Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Bill Nighy as beings deemed in Desmond's expert view to be Iconic Icons. Waggoner's Walk ran for 11 years until it was rapidly axed in Ted Sharping. The second Iconic Icon is Tracey Emin. 1980 after a BBC economy drive Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Desmond and Raymond enact the controversial story of Tracey * CITIZENS Meredith. Emin and her ground breaking, but unmade, Bed. They also [27/10/1987] The very first episode of BBC Radio 4's soap Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker. chuck in the entire history of modern art, popular culture in the opera charting the lives of the residents of Limerick Road in the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 May 2015 Page 2 of 9 SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b0075qjt) SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b0075qjt) footsteps of his childhood hero George Leigh Mallory and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] climb Mount Everest wearing 1920s clothes. SAT 16:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Just Between Ourselves SUN 04:00 Alan Ayckbourn - Just Between Ourselves In 1990, aged 53, Brian recreated the legendary expedition of (b007jss4) (b007jss4) Mallory and Irvine, who disappeared near the summit of Mount [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Everest in 1924, for the award-winning documentary film SAT 17:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester SUN 05:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester 'Galahad of Everest'. (b01jhyd5) (b01jhyd5) Recorded on tour in November 1996, Brian also tells hilarious [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] anecdotes about his roles in the TV show 'Z Cars', the musical SAT 18:00 Doctor Who (b05wcly7) SUN 06:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus 'Cats', and the film 'Flash Gordon', and recalls his experiences The Renaissance Man (b007jtrc) working with actors such as John Gielgud, Kenneth Branagh, To continue Leela's education, the Doctor promises to take her Episode 1 Kevin Costner, John Hurt and others. to the famous Morovanian Museum. But the TARDIS lands France 1815: Jean Valjean - sentenced to 19 years hard labour SUN 12:00 Ray's a Laugh (b01hl2g5) instead in a quiet English village, where they meet the enigmatic for stealing a loaf of bread - is finally released from prison. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] collector Harcourt and his family. Given shelter by the kind-hearted Bishop of Digne, he's SUN 12:30 Harry Worth (b00r2jxk) When people start to die, reality doesn't appear quite what it tempted to carry out one more criminal act. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] was. There's something sinister going on within the walls of Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 SUN 13:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus Harcourt's manor, and the stakes are higher than they can episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan. (b007jtrc) imagine. Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] The Doctor is about to discover that a little knowledge can be a Hugo, David Schofield as Inspector Javert and David De Keyser SUN 14:15 The Old Road (b0075qz9) dangerous thing. as Bishop Myriel. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] Tom Baker is the Fourth Doctor, with his ancient warrior Producer: Jeremy Mortimer SUN 14:30 Sarah Hall - Wolf Border Omnibus (b05wcz1b) companion, Leela, played by Louise Jameson. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. Episode 1 Written by Justin Richards and directed by Ken Bentley for Big SUN 07:15 The Old Road (b0075qz9) Tough but wary Rachel Caine is a wolf expert. Hattie Morahan Finish. A Small Detour reads Sarah Hall's tale of wilderness, family, power and love. A Big Finish production. Patrick Muirhead retraces Hilaire Belloc's 1899 walk from SUN 15:45 Afternoon Reading (b011bz6k) SAT 19:00 Radio Soaps (b007jpk5) Winchester to Canterbury. Today he visits Belloc's house. From The Pocket AA Milne [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] December 1999. Little Plays for Amateurs SAT 22:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b0183rh7) A.A. Milne relives the agony and ecstasy of amateur dramatics Better (b00k3n96) Series 3 during a country-house weekend. Series 1 The Advert A hundred years ago, A.A. Milne was honing his writing skills Greed/Gluttony The ex-variety star is convinced he can play Malcolm's grandpa as Assistant Editor of Punch with his regular humorous columns Welsh comedian Mark Watson sets out on his quest to free us in a toffee commercial. Stars Steve Delaney. From January and essays. Perfect gems of the form, his stories not only from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy. 2008. delight in the spirit of the age, they also transcend the years It's greed and gluttony for starters. SUN 08:00 Ray's a Laugh (b01hl2g5) with their insights. Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and From 25/10/1949 Parodying the country-house weekend, with its uncomfortable distractions. Ted's horoscope is astoundingly accurate and George tries to joys of evening games such as "Definitions", "The Complete Producer: Katie Marsden solve a mystery. Kitchen" and "High Jinks at Happy-Thought Hall", Milne First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007. Starring Ted Ray. captures the absurdity and vacuousness of characters in SAT 22:30 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (b01nq3p1) With Kitty Bluett, Peter Sellers, Patricia Hayes, Fred Yule and transition from idle youth to the tedium of adulthood. Series 1 Leslie Perrins. Of course, no country house weekend would have been Episode 1 Ray's A Laugh - the successor to ITMA - follows the comedy complete without "the little play for amateurs", perfectly John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds to entertain an exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well formed examples of which Milne supplies in read-aloud form. audience: as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949-1961. When he re-published this collection of his humorous stories Richie Webb & Vicki Pepperdine Scripted by Eddie Maguire and Ted Ray. much later in his career, he observed that for years his younger Jason Manford Music from Bob & Alf Pearson and The Beaux and The Belles. self was "a model to which I was failing to live up... in fact he Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis BBC Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black. became, as one's past is bound to become, both a rival and a Josie Long Producer: George Inns millstone." His talent for comic observation that was to become Ed Byrne First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1949. evident in his tales of Winnie-the-Pooh is obvious in these Matt Holt SUN 08:30 Harry Worth (b00r2jxk) essays. Nick Mohammed Thirty Minutes Worth As he wrote himself by way of introduction: Phil Nichol The Holiday "This little book contains the best of what my rival was writing Matt Kirshen Harry Worth's doctor prescribes him a sunshine holiday. thirty years ago. I contemplate him now with detachment. I Lemn Sissay Starring Harry Worth. have grown to appreciate his quality. So impartial am I become, The Cowards With Jacqueline Clarke, Charles Collingwood, Julie Higginson that I am torn between a desire to tell him how very, very good Jason John Whitehead and Milton Johns. he is, and a desire to re-write his book for him. But I shall do Howard Read Script by Vince Powell. neither, leaving him to speak for himself." Janey Godley Producer: Mike Craig Read by Ian McNeice Count Arthur Strong First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988. Abridged and Produced by Neil Cargill Al Pitcher SUN 09:00 Gold Fever Omnibus (b05wcw1x) A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. Martin White Made for 4 Extra. In 2013, Steve Boggan packed his bags and SUN 16:00 Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice (b00y8vw6) Edward Aczel flew to San Francisco to join a 21st-century gold rush, and he In 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft eloped with her lover Percy Marcus Birdman was not alone. Shelley to the shores of Lake Geneva. Tom Price SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks (b05wcwsk) They moved into a villa close to Lord Byron and turned their John Bishop Julian Clary hands to writing ghostly tales. The Consultants Camp comic Julian Clary chooses Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture A tale of the creation of Frankenstein by Liz Lochhead. Sue Vale and 'If Love Were All' by Noel Coward, as sung by Ian Shaw. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley …. Gerda Stevenson Miles Jupp SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b05wcxj6) Percy Bysshe Shelley …. Stephen Boxer Stefano Paolini Eurovision Lord Byron …. Jack Klaff Rhod Gilbert Graham Norton Claire Clairmont …. Stella Gonet Seymour Mace From Grace Jones to his duet with Dolly Parton. Elise …. Tilly Vosburgh Nicholas Parsons TV presenter and comedian, Graham Norton shares his The Creature …. Peter Kelly Producers: Rohan Acharya and Ed Morrish castaway choices with Sue Lawley. Music composed and played by Robert Pettigrew. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006 Graham was once voted the most powerful man in comedy with Director: Marilyn Imrie SAT 23:00 The Lee Mack Show (b00bbnvy) four BAFTAs and an international Emmy under his belt. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990. Tony Hadley He's best known for his TV chat shows for Channel 4 and the SUN 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b0183rh7) Tony Hadley joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, sketches BBC, as well as the annoying Father Noel in Father Ted. He's [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] and music. With Angela McHale and Trevor Crook. From compared the two channels to the difference between a night SUN 18:00 Drama (b015zq4p) March 2005. out with your friends or a family Christmas lunch. Media critics All the Dark Corners SAT 23:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01g7nry) pondered how his camp brand of adult humour would translate Something in the Water Series 2 to mainstream TV. Graham went on to host a weekly show for All the Dark Corners: Something in the Water by Paul Cornell. Holidays BBC Radio 2, before switching to Virgin Radio. The second in our chilling series All the Dark Corners. Award-winning comedian Jason Byrne tackles the stress of Originally born Graham Walker in Dublin in 1963, he was When crusading scientist and committed atheist James going on holiday. brought up in the small town of Bandon in West Cork. As a Woolmer is sacked from his job as a columnist, he decides to Stand up and sketches with Laurence Howarth and Daisy child he loved TV describing it as a 'window to life' and a world up sticks and move his family to the country to get away from it Haggard. he wanted to be part of. all. What he finds is a village gripped by hysteria and fear and a Producer: Julia McKenzie He began an English and French degree at University College lucrative tourist industry surrounding Standlake's resident lake First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009. Cork but dropped out after his first year and went to America monster, Lachey. Despite the weird skin abrasions and the where he lived in a hippy commune in San Francisco. He rumbling in the pipes James is utterly sceptical, until he sees eventually returned and enrolled at the Central School of something in the water. SUNDAY 24 MAY 2015 Speech and Drama in London with the ambition of becoming James.....James Nickerson an actor. Erica.....Zara Turner SUN 00:00 Doctor Who (b05wcly7) He changed his name to Norton - as the actor's union Equity Ben.....Joel Davies [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] infomed him they already had another Graham Walker on their Ruskin.....Conrad Nelson SUN 01:00 A Small Town Murder (Omnibus) (b05wckvp) books. Peter.....Jonathan Keeble [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. Batley.....Stephen Hoyle SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b05wcl3w) SUN 11:00 An Hour With... (b00ssn7d) Helen.....Ruth Alexander Rubin [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] Brian Blessed directed by Nadia Molinari. SUN 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s5tv) Actor and author Brian Blessed looks back at his stage and TV SUN 18:45 Afternoon Reading (b013835j) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] career and describes his extraordinary attempt to follow in the Summer Ghosts Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 May 2015 Page 3 of 9 The Queen of Craigielee (b007jtrc) Godfrey, Bill Pertwee as ARP Warden Hodges, Joan Cooper as "Yes, the ghosts you see at night, they're the souls - the auras, if [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] Miss Barker and Timothy Bateson as Mr Blewitt. With John you like - of good people who didn't deserve to die. That's why MON 02:15 The Old Road (b0075qz9) Snagge as the announcer. they're full of regret, and frightening. Ghosts we see in broad [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV daylight are the ones whose death were right and fair - they've MON 02:30 Sarah Hall - Wolf Border Omnibus (b05wcz1b) scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad. been redeemed by death. They were evil while alive..." [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] Producer: John Dyas In this series of commissioned stories the aim is to present MON 03:45 Afternoon Reading (b011bz6k) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in June 1974. ghosts or ghostly happenings in the cold light of day. Will [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON 08:30 As Time Goes By (b007k7gr) something 'unexplained' be as scary in a light that is... well, MON 04:00 Liz Lochhead - Blood And Ice (b00y8vw6) Series 2 reliable to the eye! [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] Episode 4 2. The Queen of Craigielee by Louise Welsh MON 05:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b0183rh7) As Jean's sister-in-law and husband visit, Lionel acts like a Photographing the deserted tower block means going to its [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] psychiatrist. thirtieth floor, which isn't really the place to be... MON 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk) Starring Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel. Reader Tracy Wiles Terminus With Moira Brooker as Judith and Philip Bretherton as Alistair. Producer Duncan Minshull. 1. Corpse A six-part adaptation by Bob Larbey of series two of his SUN 19:00 An Hour With... (b00ssn7d) When a horrifically mutilated corpse is found on the railway popular BBC TV sitcom. Two former lovers Jean and Lionel [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] track near the terminus, DS Julie Enfield's hardest job is to have been reunited unexpectedly after losing contact for 38 SUN 20:00 Gold Fever Omnibus (b05wcw1x) identify the victim. years. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie After falling in love in the early 1950s, army officer Lionel was SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks (b05wcwsk) Enfield sent to Korea, but they lost touch after a letter he sent to her [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. never arrived. Both assumed the other had lost interest, but their SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b05wcxj6) Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield paths have crossed again on his return to England. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley Producer: Martin Fisher SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b0183rh7) Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1998. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Dominic Letts ..... Terminus MON 09:00 Booked (b007549n) SUN 22:30 Very Old Pretenders (b014gghc) Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father Series 1 The Patriots David Jarvis ..... Jim Stevens Episode 6 Written by multi award-winning writer Carl Gorham, creator of Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah Dr Faustus brews up with Willy Wonka, and Ma Larkin bares cult TV animation show "Stressed Eric", the series explores Paul Panting ..... Victim all to the butler from Remains of the Day. what happens when two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 are found John Evitts ..... Train Driver For the last time in this series, Miles Kington, Mark Thomas, alive and well in a cave in Perthshire and have to be integrated Rachel Atkins ..... Passenger Roger McGough and Dillie Keane deliver their wicked thoughts into modern Scottish society by English academic Andrew Tom Bevan ..... Police Constable in the irreverent literary game. Merron. Producer: Richard Wortley Chaired by Ian McMillan. Anthropologist Andrew Merron attempts to introduce two First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994. Producer: Marc Jobst Jacobite soldiers to modern notions of Scottishness. This week, MON 06:30 Soho Stories (b00lqz82) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995. in pursuit of patriotism, he takes them to a tartan shop on the A Thousand Flowers MON 09:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007zn0h) Royal Mile. There, a chance encounter with a key ring brings Thirty years ago, virtually every home-grown programme on Series 1 back memories of the golden days and unlocks a great well of British Television was made by either the BBC or ITV. Today, Episode 1 nationalistic feeling. But when they attend a football World Cup the biggest and most successful, from Big Brother and Spooks Ex-lovers turned cafe-bar owners Pam and Merv discuss love, qualifier with Scotland taking on the tiny Dickson Isles, it all to The Apprentice and X-Factor, are made by independent life and a revamp. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From November 2001. turns horribly sour. producers. Television executive, programme maker and MON 10:00 Katie Hims - The Earthquake Girl (b05wh9n4) Cast: broadcaster Paul Jackson goes behind some of these multi- Edie works in a library and is terrified of causing a world Andrew Merron...... David Haig million pound success stories to chart the rise and rise of catastrophe. Denise Merron...... Rebecca Front independent producers - from the isolated minnows of the early Edie's sister-in-law, Lila, thinks she should go out and find a Rab ...... Jack Docherty 1980's to the global monoliths of today. man, but she’d rather stay in to write a gothic romance, in fact, Macdonald...... Gordon Kennedy It is this transformation over the course of just over quarter of a Edie would be a library if she could... Commentator 2 / Train Announcer ...... Jack Docherty century that Paul Jackson explores in this three part series, Katie Hims’ award-winning play stars Saskia Reeves. Shuggy McNeil / Commentator 1.... Moray Hunter aided and abetted by some of those who made the transition Edie …. Saskia Reeves Tess McNair ...... Morwenna Banks from troublesome outsiders into possibly the most influential, Lila/Aunt Ameila …. Jane Hollowood Producer: Gordon Kennedy and powerful, players in the industry today responsible for Mrs Penny …. Jean Alexander An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4. making and supplying as much as 50% of what is broadcast in Erroll Maroon …. Burt Caesar SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b05y0x1x) the UK. People like Simon Cowell (the man behind X-Factor The Hero …. Philip Rham The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats and Britain's Got Talent and star of an American show that Library Supervisor …. Barbara Marten to Pierre Novellie. reportedly drives 60% of the revenue of the Fox Network), Directed at BBC Manchester by Kate Rowland SUN 23:00 All the World's a Globe (b007k4cp) Jimmy Mulville (Co-founder and Managing Director of Hat First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997. 3. The Fall of Troy. The Rise of Greece Trick Productions), Paul Smith (the now millionaire behind MON 11:00 The Interview (b00770d8) The Fall of Troy and the Rise of Greece Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and Slumdog Millionaire), The Nut House The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second Peter Bazalgette (who brought Big Brother to the UK and A gunman walks into a vegetarian restaurant in Edinburgh. World War. helped sell it the world over), and Sir David Frost (one of the Short story written and read by comedian Ian MacPherson. Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - earliest independent producers, responsible for such shows From October 2006. Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker. from The Two Ronnies to The Nixon Interviews). MON 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days With guest star Juliet Stevenson. Also taking part Sir Paul Fox, Lord Griffiths, Paul Bonner, (b00xh3kt) Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Lorraine Heggessey, Simon Shaps and Peter Salmon. Episode 1 Broadbent and Martin Duncan. With plot twists worthy of Ashes To Ashes, as much tension as It's 1918, and soldier Davy Powlett-Jones, invalided out of the With thanks to Britain's Got Talent and a payday to rival Who Wants To Be A trenches, must face a new start in life. Patrick Barlow Millionaire?, Paul Jackson draws on his own experiences in the RF Delderfield's classic novel of life between the wars. Jim Broadbent television industry to trace the development of a sector that Dramatised in five parts by Shaun McKenna. Martin Duncan earns the country almost half a billion pounds a year in exports Stars Oliver Milburn as Davy Powlett-Jones, John Wood as Producer: Lissa Evans alone. Algy Herries, John Rowe as Howarth, Anthony Calf as Carter, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990. Producer: Paul Kobrak. Alison Pettitt as Beth, Delroy Brown as the Guard, Josh SUN 23:15 This Is Craig Brown (b00f41tk) MON 07:00 The Right Time (b007zhn2) Freeborn as "Nipper" Shawe, Steven Williams as "Chad" Boyer Travel Series 1 and Steven Roberts as Briarley. The Pedants' Association takes a trip to the seaside. The satirist Episode 5 Director: Marc Beeby pokes fun with Edward Fox and Rory Bremner. From March The sketch show about modern life with people who have lived First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. 2004. a bit of it. Stars Eleanor Bron and Clive Swift. From September MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007q93v) SUN 23:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea 2001. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] (b007k1wk) MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b05v7tl2) MON 12:30 As Time Goes By (b007k7gr) Series 2 Series 72 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The Monster in the Loch Episode 1 MON 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk) The elderly Scotsmen have a monstrous encounter in the great Nicholas Parsons returns to host a new series of the popular [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] outdoors. Stars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Alison panel game, recorded at the Shaw Theatre in London. He is MON 13:30 Soho Stories (b00lqz82) Steadman. From March 2004. joined by panellists Paul Merton, Tim Rice, Liza Tarbuck and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] SUN 23:45 One (b00771sh) Graham Norton who will attempt to talk without deviation, MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00t3tfq) Series 1 hesitation or repetition on such diverse topics as English Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers Episode 5 Sparkling Wine and Crows Feet. Episode 1 The sketch show where no sketch features more than one voice. Hayley Sterling blows the whistle. Poet, journalist and dancer, Tishani Doshi, has a Welsh mother Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie Produced by Victoria Lloyd and a Gujurati father. This twin inheritance is at the heart of Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, A BBC Comedy Production. her comic, lyrical and tenderly written first novel about four Dan Antopolski, Simon Greenall and Kate Gielgud, with Bill MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007q93v) generations of the Patel-Joneses, who live in a little house with Oddie and Jeremy Clarkson as themselves. Series 1 orange and black gates next door to the Punjab Women's No Spring for Frazer Association in Madras. It's an epic story full of vividly drawn When Private Frazer loses a Lewis gun's butterfly spring, he characters, whose private lives are played out against the MONDAY 25 MAY 2015 must track down a coffin. backdrop of the public events of the twentieth century, as the Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC family wrestles with what it means to call somewhere home. MON 00:00 Drama (b015zq4p) TV, these specially adapted radio versions began recording with This first episode begins in August 1968 when Babo, eldest son [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] the original cast. of Prem Kumar, becomes the first member of the Patel family MON 00:45 Afternoon Reading (b013835j) Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le to leave Madras and fly to London to further his education. On [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, the night before the flight his father has a terrible premonition MON 01:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus John Laurie as Private Fraser, Arnold Ridley as Private of trouble, in the form of a dream in which all his family is lost. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 May 2015 Page 4 of 9 Babo's mother, meanwhile, has more practical worries on her Wainwright and Niall Williams. From 1999. Tina Grey ..... Mrs Winterton mind and gives strict instructions to her son about his Four Letters Of Love by Niall Williams Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah obligations as a vegan and a follower of the Jain religion. Babo Publisher: Picador David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer must resist the temptations of meat, alcohol and, most Northern Fells by Alfred Wainwright Margaret John ..... Bag Lady importantly, women. Publisher: Michael Joseph Producer: Richard Wortley How shocked his parents would be, then, to see their son, four Scoop by Evelyn Waugh First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994. months later, drinking Peppermint Schnapps, eating poached Publisher: Penguin. TUE 06:30 Soho Stories (b00ltl6n) eggs and making love to Sian Jones, a cream-skinned girl from MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007q93v) Lifestyle or Business? Wales, with whom Babo falls head over heels in love with, from [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] In 1993, the Sir Alan Sugar of his day, Sir John Harvey Jones the moment he sees the twirl of red ribbon in her hair. MON 19:30 As Time Goes By (b007k7gr) stood up at the Edinburgh Television Festival and declared that The reader is Indira Varma, who appeared recently in the 6 part [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] the independent production sector was less of a business and BBC drama Luther. Indira's previous television and film roles MON 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk) more of a lifestyle; more like mice running in a large wheel and include Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in 1997, and Bride and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] less something people should invest in. Prejudice in 2004. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in MON 20:30 Soho Stories (b00lqz82) In the second programme of his series on the history of Torchwood. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] independent production, Paul Jackson looks at how the Abridged and Directed by Nigel Lewis MON 21:00 The Interview (b00770d8) foundations were laid for a viable business model. With the Produced by Kate McAll. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] help of activist Michael Darlow and head of Margaret MON 14:15 The Making of Music (b007qw8b) MON 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days Thatcher's policy unit in No 10, Brian (now Lord) Griffiths, he Series 1 (b00xh3kt) explains how the indies were able to persuade the government Bach's St Matthew Passion [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] that both the BBC and ITV should be compelled to take a James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b05v7tl2) proportion of programmes from independent producers. The influences that affected the course of classical music. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] 25% quota campaign was later described as the most successful 16/30. Bach's St Matthew Passion MON 22:30 Hearing With Hegley (b0075ss5) political lobby in British modern history. Johann Sebastian's recurring choral theme, inherited from his Series 3 And Peter Bazalgette (Ready Steady Cook & Groundforce), Lutheran predecessors, had a profound effect on the history of Episode 7 Paul Smith (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), Jimmy music. John invites poet Christopher Logue and 'actor of sorts' Andrew Mulville (Have I Got News For You), Jon Thoday (Fantasy MON 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmnw) Bailey to his house to perform the Tarantella. From March Football), David Frank (Wife Swap) and Henry Normal Episode 6 2000. (Marion & Geoff and The Mighty Boosh) are all on hand to Jean Valjean is determined to rescue Fantine's child from a life MON 22:45 What to Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else describe the artistic and business opportunities that presented of misery with the Thernadier family. (b00tq0p4) themselves (or they were able to carve out) during the 1990's. Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 Series 1 With plot twists worthy of Ashes To Ashes, as much tension as episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan. Work Britain's Got Talent and a payday to rival Who Wants To Be A Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor Andrew Lawrence explores the pressure we all face to do a full- Millionaire?, Paul Jackson draws on his own experiences in the Hugo, Henry Goodman as Thenardier, Jane Whittenshaw as time job and earn sufficient money to live a respectable life. television industry to trace the development of a sector that Mme Thenardier, Sophie Shad as Cosette, Connie Gurie as A four part mini-series of short comedic monologues taking a today earns the country almost half a billion pounds a year in Eponine, Ewan Bailey as Drinker 1 / Tradesman 1 and Peter light-hearted look at various aspects of conventional living and exports alone. Darney as Drinker 2 / Tradesman 2. the pressure we feel to conform to social norms and ideals. Producer: Paul Kobrak. Producer: Sally Avens From the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. TUE 07:00 Dry Slopes (b00ly7c2) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. Written by Andrew Lawrence. Series 1 MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b00t17d2) Producer: Jane Berthoud Dry Wit Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010. Friendless, jobless Angus writes a requiem to himself. He is Episode 1 MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b05wj6vj) really a genius, you know It was the imminent birth of her son that prompted the poet and Series 14 Nick Ball’s sitcom about the unemployed son of a high-flying novelist Jackie Kay to try and trace the parents who had given Episode 2 mother. her up for adoption in the 1960s. A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Angus Dry ...... Nick Ball Her own childhood had been a profoundly happy one with open Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guests Hugo Mum ...... Louisa Rix and loving parents . They had always made it clear to her that Rifkind, Mark Steel and Holly Walsh. With Robert Harley, Toby Longworth and Julie Gibbs. she and her elder brother, both mixed race, were 'special' MON 23:45 Creme de la Crime (b007jr3j) Producer: Gareth Edwards because they had been 'chosen'. But Scotland and indeed Britain Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995. was not always an easy place to be, particularly in those early The Cheese Killer TUE 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b05vcxkc) years, if your skin colour happened to be several shades darker Michael Feydeau and David Pershore review the murderous Series 6 than everybody else's. case of Charles Sparrow. Stars Punt and Dennis. From Fleetwood The casual offensiveness of the oft-phrased question "where are September 2001. "Welcome to Fleetwood - Where Breastfeeding Is Always you from?" - which looked beyond her obviously Scottish Welcome" accent and saw only her non-white skin - provoked a defiant Mark Steel returns with a sixth series of the award winning assertion: "Here." School lessons about Africa were always an TUESDAY 26 MAY 2015 show that travels around the country, researching the history, uncomfortable experience as classmates trotted out the dancing, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common drumming, mud-hut cliches. TUE 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00tvk9s) but their uniqueness, and performs a bespoke evening of Eventually, with the solid support of her family and her partner [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] comedy for the local residents. and friends, Kay decided that she needed to know the story of TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b0075q46) In the first programme, Mark visits the Lancashire Seaside where she was from, and embarked on the complex emotional [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Town of Fleetwood, the first planned town of the Victorian era. and physical journey. TUE 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b00th9yk) Home of Fisherman's Friend lozenges, the first female Her Mum was a great storyteller and had often shared [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] professional boxer Jane Couch, and trams. Originally built as a imaginings of a tragic romance broken off by an arranged TUE 01:30 Soho Stories (b00lqz82) port to be the main stop off point between London and Scotland betrothal, a princely heritage and a Sidney Poitier-like figure [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] before railway engineers spoilt all that by building a line for a father. The truth, as Kay discovers, never quite matches TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b00t3tfq) through the lake district. Mark discovers a proud town full of the fantasies - sometimes it outdoes them. As for the jigsaw [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] optimistic people, that is, until you mention Blackpool. puzzle of heritage, family and identity, assembling the pieces TUE 02:15 The Making of Music (b007qw8b) Written and performed by ... Mark Steel doesn't always provide answers. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair Read by the author. TUE 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmnw) Production co-ordinator ... Hayley Stirling Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] Producer ... Carl Cooper A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. TUE 02:45 Book of the Week (b00t17d2) A BBC Radio Comedy Production for BBC Radio 4 first MON 15:00 Katie Hims - The Earthquake Girl (b05wh9n4) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] broadcast in 2015. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 03:00 Katie Hims - The Earthquake Girl (b05wh9n4) TUE 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x3) MON 16:00 Booked (b007549n) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 04:00 Booked (b007549n) The Man with the Golden Thunderball MON 16:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007zn0h) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Kenneth Horne, Master Spy probes a robot plot, while Julian [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007zn0h) and Sandy tackle his patio courtesy of Bona Homes and Fabe MON 17:00 The Right Time (b007zhn2) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Gardens. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 05:00 The Right Time (b007zhn2) With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill MON 17:30 Just a Minute (b05v7tl2) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Pertwee. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE 05:30 Just a Minute (b05v7tl2) Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, MON 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00tvk9s) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] London. Announcer: Douglas Smith 1. Pursuit TUE 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz) Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Opening in 1920s Manhattan, Edwardian dandy and secret Terminus comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric agent, Lucifer Box is in hot pursuit of the dodgy dealer 2. Busker Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, responsible for an influx of cheap cocaine to the city. The "Lucky Charm" murders mount up. Shelley, the Irish Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Mark Gatiss reads his novel abridged in five parts by David busker, is under suspicion for the murders, but DS Richards is scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Jackson Young. convinced she's "a nice kid". 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Dashing hero, Lucifer Box is an assassin, spy and sometime Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie catchphrases and double-entendres. portrait painter. Enfield. Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. Hayes Four. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield Producer: John Simmonds broadcast in 2010. Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965. MON 18:30 A Good Read (b0075q46) Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards TUE 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b05wjsdf) John Sergeant and Hunter Davies Dominic Letts ..... Terminus From 24/8/1975 Bel Mooney and her guests John Sergeant ( then the BBC's Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father Professor Chuckabutty lectures on great leaders and inventors - Chief Political Correspondent) and author Hunter Davies Neville Jason ..... Timothy Lynham and Laurel's got a surprise for Hardy. discuss their favourite paperbacks by Evelyn Waugh, Alfred Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley Starring Ken Dodd. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 May 2015 Page 5 of 9 With Jo Manning Wilson, Miriam Margolyes, Talfryn Thomas, tracking down her birth father. Whistleblower Chris Emmett and Michael McClain. Read by the author. Martin Christmas is reporter Adam Monk's local government Devised and written by Ken Dodd with Dave Dutton, David Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters whistleblower, so he's horrified to learn of the existence of a McKellar, Norman Beadle and Terry Ravenscroft. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. rival mystery whistleblower Doddy's Diddy Orchestra conducted by Geoff Alderson. TUE 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited This one has told Adam that it was none other than Martin who Producer: Bobby Jaye (b007k2ms) ordered the notorious "Dalek of Death" compost bins! First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in August 1975. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Suddenly local government is a very threatening place. TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b05wj6vj) TUE 16:00 Whispers (b00cbszf) Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Series 2 manic-depressive, Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom. TUE 09:45 Creme de la Crime (b007jr3j) Episode 6 Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind Adam ...... Paul Reynolds TUE 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited and slander at its heart. Roger ...... Paul Copley (b007k2ms) Charles Collingwood and Simon Fanshawe join team captains Scott ...... Kevin Eldon Beginnings Lucy Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip. Sarah ...... Nicola Walker Midway through the war, a disillusioned Captain Charles Ryder Producer: Elizabeth Freestone Alan ...... Mike Walling finds himself posted to a remote country retreat. It's Brideshead First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2004. Barney ...... James Lance Castle, scene of the happiest years of his young, impressionable TUE 16:30 Electric Ink (b0116gvm) Speaker 1 ...... Mark Maier life and the beginnings of his friendship with Sebastian Flyte - Series 1 Producer: Claire Bartlett whose presence will forever haunt him. Episode 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006. Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in Evelyn Waugh's most Maddox is an old school journalist struggling to keep up with TUE 23:30 Pick Ups (b008xh46) famous novel of life, love and a forgotten era. new technology. Series 1 Dramatised in four parts by Jeremy Front. He feels the art of finding stories is being forgotten and he is Episode 6 Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles not about to let that happen. Mike thinks his number may be well and truly up when he is Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the forced to drive Pat to the cemetery in a final bid for freedom. Julia ...... Anne-Marie Duff changing world of the newspaper industry. Dave's warm generosity unwittingly saves the day, with the help Cordelia ...... Abby Ford Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay of Dame Julie Andrews. Sitcom by Ian Kershaw, set around a Brideshead ...... Toby Jones Oliver ...... Alex Jennings Manchester taxi company. With John Thomson, Sally Lindsay, Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington Ash Tandon, Phil Rowson. Nanny Hawkins ...... Ann Beach Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar Jasper ...... Martin Hyder Masha ...... Debbie Chazen Anthony Blanche ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild Freddy ...... Ben Willbond WEDNESDAY 27 MAY 2015 Hooper ...... Andrew Wincott Announcer ...... Matt Addis Collins ...... Scott Brooksbank With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. WED 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00tz24d) Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow Director: Sally Avens [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Music by Neil Brand First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009. WED 00:30 Frankly Speaking (b05wk1bm) Director: Marion Nancarrow TUE 17:00 Dry Slopes (b00ly7c2) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz) TUE 11:00 The Interview (b00770ds) TUE 17:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b05vcxkc) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] The Last Comeback [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED 01:30 Soho Stories (b00ltl6n) An aging diva is about to be interviewed by her occasional TUE 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00tz24d) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] lover. But he's indisposed. Sian Preece short story read by 2. Accused WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b00t5kkw) Joanna Tope. From October 2006. Probing a Fascist cult in 1920s New York, Edwardian dandy [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] TUE 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days and secret agent, Lucifer Box's plans to infiltrate nasty Fascist WED 02:15 The Making of Music (b007r035) (b00xhck3) cult F.A.U.S.T. have gone awry. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] Episode 2 Mark Gatiss reads from his own novel. WED 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmpb) Despite clashing with the science master in 1920, Davy settles Dashing hero, Lucifer Box is an assassin, spy and sometime [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] into school life and his wife is expecting. Stars Oliver Milburn. portrait painter. WED 02:45 Book of the Week (b00t3cyy) TUE 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x3) Abridged by David Jackson Young. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. WED 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited TUE 12:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b05wjsdf) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first (b007k2ms) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] broadcast in 2010. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] TUE 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz) TUE 18:30 Frankly Speaking (b05wk1bm) WED 04:00 Whispers (b00cbszf) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Danny Blanchflower [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] TUE 13:30 Soho Stories (b00ltl6n) Danny Blanchflower, Captain of Tottenham Hotspur and of WED 04:30 Electric Ink (b0116gvm) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Northern Ireland talks to 4 minute miler Roger Bannister and [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00t5kkw) writer Brian Glanville about himself and way of life. WED 05:00 Dry Slopes (b00ly7c2) Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers In 1961, Danny Blanchflower, 35, was about to approach one of [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Episode 2 the highlights of his career in the season in which Tottenham WED 05:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b05vcxkc) Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations of won their first 11 matches and when the north London club [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujurati became the first since Victorian times to achieve the coveted WED 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3) background. League and FA Cup double. Terminus Babo has left his family behind in Madras to go to London to Danny answers questions about his early years and love of 3. Playing Games further his studies. Despite being a vegan and a teetotaller, he football. Known for his strong views about the game, he Timothy Lineham, MP, is the 'Lucky Charm' killer's third has eaten meat and drunk Peppermint Schnapps - worse than describes the system as too restrictive for footballers to have victim. A drugs or terrorist connection seems likely. Events take both of these things though, in his mother's eyes, he's fallen in freedom to play and develop. In 1961 British footballers earned a bizarre turn for DS Julie Enfield. love - with a Welsh girl. At home in Madras, in the house with much less than their counterparts in Spain and Italy Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie orange and black gates, and still unaware of this news, Trishala Launched in 1952, Frankly Speaking was a completely novel Enfield worries about her son all those thousands of miles away in and ground breaking BBC series. Initially there were three Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. England. Meanwhile, in London, Babo and Sian's secret interviewers and the series was both unrehearsed and Imelda Staunton ..... DS Julie Enfield relationship grows stronger and more passionate every day. unscripted. Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley Then, on a trip out, they bump into some old friends of Babo's First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1961. Charles Simpson ..... DS Kevin Richards parents who decide that it's time for the Patels learn about their TUE 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x3) Dominic Letts ..... Terminus son's deception. A telegram is sent. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father The reader is Indira Varma who appeared recently in the 6 part TUE 19:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b05wjsdf) Tina Grey ..... Mrs Winterton BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley Torchwood. TUE 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wvwz) Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer Produced by Kate McAll. TUE 20:30 Soho Stories (b00ltl6n) Tom Bevan ..... The Beggar TUE 14:15 The Making of Music (b007r035) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Producer: Richard Wortley Series 1 TUE 21:00 The Interview (b00770ds) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1994. Handel [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED 06:30 Soho Stories (b00lxsqf) James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical TUE 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days Mergers and Acquisitions and Megabucks influences that affected the course of classical music. (b00xhck3) A mere seven years ago, there were some in the industry who 17/30. Handel [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] dismissed the independent production sector as unsustainable. German-born composer George Frideric Handel made English TUE 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b05vcxkc) However following government intervention in 2003, it is now music great. He invented English oratorio and his Messiah [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] the envy of the world and British television has become became one of the foundation stones of the English choral TUE 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b00rms97) responsible for some 53% of all format hours on the planet. tradition. Series 3 However, with the emergence of a worldwide digital market, its TUE 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmpb) Ardal O'Hanlon future is once more uncertain. In the final programme of the Episode 7 Marcus Brigstocke invites his guest Ardal O'Hanlon to try five series, Paul Jackson is joined by the likes of Simon Cowell (X- Jean Valjean and Cosette arrive in Paris to start a new life, but things he's never done before including bell ringing. Factor and Britain's Got Talent), Peter Bazalgette (Big Brother Valjean's past catches up with him. Starring Joss Ackland. Whether the experiences are banal or profound, the show is and Deal Or No Deal), Lorraine Heggessey (The Apprentice TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b00t3cyy) about embracing the new and getting out of our comfort zones. and The Bill), Paul Smith (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road The title comes from the fact that the show's producer and and Slumdog Millionaire), Jimmy Mulville (Have I Got News Episode 2 creator Bill Dare had never seen Star Wars. For You and Outnumbered), Steve Morrison (Skins and George Acclaimed Scottish poet Jackie Kay traces her biological Producer: Bill Dare. Gently), David Frank (Wife Swap and Faking It) and Henry parents in a journey from Scotland to Lagos. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010. Normal (The Mighty Boosh and Gavin & Stacey) to follow the Jackie continues her journey in search of her roots. Today she TUE 23:00 Rubbish (b00770kq) changing fortunes of their industry during the 2000s and to meets her birth mother for the first time, and comes closer to Series 1 discuss what is needed to maintain our artistic and business Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 May 2015 Page 6 of 9 supremacy in the future. The Prisoner Acclaimed poet Jackie Kay traces her biological parents in a With plot twists worthy of Ashes To Ashes, as much tension as Tony Hardstaff has made contact with his former true love, the journey from Scotland to Lagos. Britain's Got Talent and a payday to rival Who Wants To Be A beautiful but mad Emily Earnshaw. Nigeria: Jackie finally meets her birth father, an encounter full Millionaire?, Paul Jackson draws on his own experiences in the On the day of his mother's funeral, can she save him from the of memorable moments and some curiously personal questions. television industry to trace the development of a sector that hostility of his own family? And will the spirit of his mother Read by the author. today earns the country almost half a billion pounds a year in Alice return to haunt him? Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters exports alone. Nick Revell 's epic comedy saga continues. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. Producer: Paul Kobrak. Tony ...... Nick Revell WED 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited WED 07:00 The Older Woman (b03bsg2p) Jane ...... Alison Steadman (b007k2nx) Series 2 Emily ...... Claire Skinner [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Episode 6 Obadiah ...... David Swift WED 16:00 Counterpoint (b05wn859) After his TV documentary, Roy Hitchcock has, at last, achieved Alice ...... Maggie Steed [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] recognition, but at what price? Mrs Womersley ...... Joanna Brooks WED 16:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007jv9c) Reputations and relationships are put on the line and some Joanna ...... Natalie Walter [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] extreme weather conditions seem to be contributing towards an Jeff ...... Peter Gunn WED 17:00 The Older Woman (b03bsg2p) ending of apocalyptic proportions. The Narrator ...... Peter Serafinowcz [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] The final episode of Tony Bagley’s romantic comedy drama Music composed by Paul Mottram. WED 17:30 Clare in the Community (b03s754k) serial mixing fantasy with reality. Producer: Paul Schlesinger [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Starring Martin Clunes as Roy Hitchcock, Geraldine James as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997. WED 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00v7b52) Jane Gallaghan, Nicky Henson as Chad Mann, David Troughton WED 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited 3. Aboard as Colin, Rebecca Front as Mrs Churchill and Tilly Vosburgh as (b007k2nx) Falsely accused of murder, Lucifer Box has fled the USA Marina New Vistas aboard a leaky tub bound for England. Other parts played by Alistair McGowan, Melanie Hudson, Friendship with the ebullient Sebastian Flyte continues to open He's spent the journey trying to discover what links a silken Peter Serafinowcz and Paul Panting. up new vistas for Charles. But for Sebastian, the family is fragment of an ancient heathen prayer to the Convent of St Producer: Paul Schlesinger: closing in. Bede. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1994. Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in Evelyn Waugh's most A comely cabin girl provides welcome distraction. WED 07:30 Clare in the Community (b03s754k) famous novel of life, love and a forgotten era. Mark Gatiss continues his own novel. Series 9 Dramatised by Jeremy Front. Abridged by David Jackson Young. Driven to Extremes Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles Producer: Kirsteen Cameron Clare is facing a disciplinary tribunal after a seemingly Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first straightforward job goes awry. Can she convince the panel of Cordelia ...... Abby Ford broadcast in 2010. her professionalism? At home, Brian tries to cheer up a Brideshead ...... Toby Jones WED 18:30 Off the Page (b0076n97) despondent Nali. Lady Marchmain ...... Eleanor Bron Malingering Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the Rex Mottram ...... William Hope Matthew Parris pulls a sickie with guests Patrick Neate, Guy right jargon but never a practical solution. Lord Marchmain ...... Edward Petherbridge Browning and Dr Len Fisher. From September 2004. A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in Cara ...... Liza Sadovy WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b0109dss) other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all Mr Samgrass ...... Thomas Arnold WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00v8nk9) of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her. Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Clare continually struggles to control both her professional and Nanny Hawkins ...... Ann Beach WED 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3) private life Sergeant ...... Martin Hyder [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there Death's Head ...... Emma Woolliams WED 20:30 Soho Stories (b00lxsqf) for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. Sickly Child ...... Laura Doddington [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden. Music by Neil Brand WED 21:00 The Interview (b00770fb) Clare ...... Sally Phillips Director: Marion Nancarrow [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Brian ...... Alex Lowe First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. WED 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days Nali ...... Nina Conti WED 11:00 The Interview (b00770fb) (b00xhz7c) Mr Byrne ...... Richard Lumsden Scissors, Paper, Stone [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Ms Mellor ...... Liza Tarbuck A man with a passion for stones falls foul of a ruthless WED 22:00 Clare in the Community (b03s754k) Mr Plummer ...... Andrew Wincott authority. Shiromi Pinto's short story read by Vicki Liddelle. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Joan ...... Sarah Thom From October 2006. WED 22:30 Will Smith Presents the Tao of Bergerac Hannah ...... Alex Tregear WED 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days (b007tz8w) Dermott ...... Arthur Hughes (b00xhz7c) Episode 1 Producer: Alexandra Smith. Episode 3 Jersey-born comedian Will Smith is obsessed with 1980s BBC First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014. Devastated Davy buries himself in school life in1926, and in TV detective series Bergerac. WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b0109dss) writing the book Beth urged him to write. Stars Oliver Milburn. So when he found an audio book of John Nettles reading the Series 3 WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b0109dss) ancient Chinese text of the Tao, it's become a guiding force to In Portsmouth for a Refit [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] navigate the minefield of his life. The crew of HMS Troutbridge are all at sea when the island WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00v8nk9) For starters, Will is seeking justice. base is closed. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] With Adam Buxton, Matt Holness, Simon Greenall, Dan Tetsell WED 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3) and John Nettles. Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Written by Will Smith and Roger Drew. the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, WED 13:30 Soho Stories (b00lxsqf) Producer: Tilusha Ghelani Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as Lt [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2007. Commander Stanton, Heather Chasen as Heather and Tenniel WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00t5kls) WED 23:00 Revolting People (b007jrqj) Evans as AS Goldstein. Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers Series 1 Episode 3 Storm Clouds Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations of The year is 1770 and Baltimore shopkeeper, Samuel Oliphant Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujarati has much to worry about. series between 1959 and 1976. background. Historical sitcom written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses. For a long time Sian dreamed of leaving the village in North Stars Jay Tarses as Samuel Oliphant, Andy Hamilton as Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. Wales where she was born, and where she, her parents and all Sergeant McGurk, Sophie Thompson as Mary Oliphant, James her aunties all live in the same street. So she went to London Fleet as Captain Brimshaw, Hugh Dennis as Ezekiel Spriggs, Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. and promptly fell in love with a man from India. Now she has to Felicity Montagu as Cora Oliphant, Tony Maudsley as Joshua tell her parents that she's off to Madras, to marry a man she has Oliphant, Susie Blake as Mrs Arbuthnot. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November known for only six months. With Penelope Nice and Michael Fenton Stevens. 1960. The reader is Indira Varma. Indira appeared recently in the 6 Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00v8nk9) part BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Series 5 Torchwood. WED 23:30 The Harpoon (b00b3gv0) Episode 3 Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis Series 1 An estate agent bully - and 'The Legend of William Tell'. Produced by Kate McAll. Episode 3 More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and WED 14:15 The Making of Music (b007r036) 'Laughing through the Depression' - with a slightly budget issue parodies. Series 1 of your nostalgic bumper golden weekly. Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall Rameau and the Philosophes With Julian Dutton, Peter Baynham, Alistair McGowan, Mary and Bill Oddie. James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical Elliot-Nelson and Bryonie Pritchard. Written by Graeme Garden, Eric Idle and Bill Oddie. influences that affected the course of classical music. Producer: Sarah Smith Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 17/30. Rameau and the Philosophes. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991. 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and Paris during the 1750s was the centre of a clash of cultural quickly developed a cult following. ideas, with music at the forefront. The Paris Opera House was Music and songs by Dave Lee, Leon Cohen and Bill Oddie. the centre of the Battle of the Fools, where arguments raged THURSDAY 28 MAY 2015 Producer: Humphrey Barclay about absolutism and enlightenment. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1967. WED 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmps) THU 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00v7b52) WED 09:00 Counterpoint (b05wn859) Episode 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] 1998 A plan to smuggle Jean Valjean out of the convent hits a snag. THU 00:30 Off the Page (b0076n97) Heat 2 Will he end up six feet under? With Joss Ackland as Victor [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Ned Sherrin chairs the music quiz with Pam Gulliver of Hugo. THU 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxr3) Reading, Ray Hook of Cambridge and Ronald Adlem of WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b00t3cyr) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Middlesex. From January 1998. Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road THU 01:30 Soho Stories (b00lxsqf) WED 09:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007jv9c) Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 May 2015 Page 7 of 9 THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b00t5kls) Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne Concerts and dances were regularly held in cities such as Bath [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowldes and Oxford, and playing the piano was the accomplishment of THU 02:15 The Making of Music (b007r036) Dr Cartwright …. Ian Lavender every young lady. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] Alex Andrews …. Clive Merrison THU 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmq5) THU 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmps) Civil Servant …. Peter Acre Episode 9 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] Civil Servant …. Ellen McIntosh Marius learns of his father's bravery at Waterloo and realises he THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b00t3cyr) The Man on the Train …. William Eedle has been living a lie. Stars Joss Ackland and Leslie Phillips. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00t3cyt) THU 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984. Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road (b007k2nx) THU 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b00v1nhq) Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Series 6 Acclaimed poet Jackie Kay traces her biological parents in a THU 04:00 Counterpoint (b05wn859) Episode 2 journey from Scotland to Lagos. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians In September 2009, six years after her first trip to Nigeria, THU 04:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007jv9c) are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to Jackie is invited to participate in a writers' workshop in Lagos. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their She is determined to visit her ancestral village and hopes to THU 05:00 The Older Woman (b03bsg2p) opponents. meet not only her father but also some of her half siblings. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Tony Hawks, Arthur Smith, Henning Wehn and Graeme Read by the author. THU 05:30 Clare in the Community (b03s754k) Garden are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Cake, Shoes, Nudity and A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. THU 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf) Walt Disney. THU 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited Terminus The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the (b007k2q1) 4. Fury team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Now that her friend, DS Kevin Richards, has been found Producer: Jon Naismith THU 16:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b00v1nhq) murdered, Enfield is full of extra anger. A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. THU 09:30 No Commitments (b007jn5w) THU 16:30 No Commitments (b007jn5w) Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Series 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Enfield. Surprise, Surprise THU 17:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b012n3rs) Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley Roger plans to surprise wife Victoria, but her sister Anna is not [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Dominic Letts ..... Terminus so sure. Stars Nicola Pagett and Bill Nighy. From July 1998. THU 17:30 Best Behaviour (b05vfjtm) Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father) THU 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley (b007k2q1) THU 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vc8bl) Paul Panting ..... Tim Johnson Strains 4. Rescue Peter Whitman ..... Stan Rickman With their friendship strained, Sebastian continues his drinking Dandy spy hero Lucifer Box must rescue the 'perfect victim' to Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah and Charles is lured by Paris and art. foil Olympus Mons' dastardly plan to raise the devil. Teresa Gallagher ..... Di Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in Evelyn Waugh's most Mark Gatiss continues his own novel. David JarvisStation ..... Announcer famous novel of life, love and a forgotten era. Abridged by David Jackson Young. Producer: Richard Wortley Dramatised by Jeremy Front. Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first THU 06:30 Words, Words, Words (b00vlv2c) Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber broadcast in 2010. Sue Perkins explores the London home of Dr Samuel Johnson, JuilaAnne-Marie Duff THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076h8y) pioneering author of A Dictionary of the English Language Lady Marchmain ...... Eleanor Bron Series 4 (1755). From September 2009. Rex Mottram ...... William Hope Dr Samuel Johnson THU 07:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b012n3rs) Cordelia ...... Abby Ford Poet Kit Wright chooses author and creator of the English Series 1 Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow dictionary, Dr Samuel Johnson. With Humphrey Carpenter. What Price Utopia Mr Samgrass ...... Thomas Arnold From October 2003. Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1961. A Brideshead ...... Toby Jones THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rvzks) BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the Celia ...... Eve Best [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] unimaginably futuristic world of 2006. Anthony Blanche Geoffrey Streatfeild THU 19:30 Yes Minister (b007k0fx) The government tries to use the programme for a very dark Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] purpose. Kurt ...... Carl Prekopp THU 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf) With Peter Bowles, Cheryl Campbell, John Fortune, Gary Nurse ...... Jemma Churchill [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Waldhorn. Wilcox ...... Andrew Wincott THU 20:30 Words, Words, Words (b00vlv2c) THU 07:30 Best Behaviour (b05vfjtm) Jesus ...... Richard Firth [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Episode 3 Monk ...... Martin Hyder THU 21:00 The Interview (b00770fs) Holly Walsh presents the comedy panel show that lays down the Music by Neil Brand [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] law of modern manners. Director: Marion Nancarrow THU 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days The guest panellists are comedians Richard Herring, Helen First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. (b00xj4lg) Zaltzman and Lloyd Langford, who are all pitching their ideas THU 11:00 The Interview (b00770fs) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] for new best behaviour rules to tackle modern life. Sing for Your Supper THU 22:00 Best Behaviour (b05vfjtm) In this edition, the etiquette of travel is under comic scrutiny - Shona thought she had won the lottery. But then reality kicked [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] including how to solve the phenomenon of 'man-spreading' on in. Nick Brooks short story read by Una McLean. From THU 22:30 Don't Start (b015cnz1) public transport, the need to ban emoticons from text messages, October 2006. Series 1 and the modern menace of cycling on pavements. THU 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days Text The panel also tackles the tricky etiquette problem of a member (b00xj4lg) A text sparks the first of Neil and Kim's arguments. Via a of the studio audience - 'how do I get out of nodding to the Episode 4 Greek chorus, a not eating celery pact and Sir Gawain and the stranger I walk past every day when walking to work?' Davy wants to give Bamfylde's new headmaster his full support Green Knight, the couple spectacularly fail to agree. Producer: Aled Evans in 1927, but Alcock won't make it easy for him. Stars Oliver What do long term partners really argue about? Sharp comedy A Zeppotron production for BBC Radio 4. Milburn. from Frank Skinner. A masterclass in the great art of arguing. THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rvzks) THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rvzks) Starring Frank Skinner and Katherine Parkinson. Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Well observed, clever and funny, Don't Start is a scripted The Economist THU 12:30 Yes Minister (b007k0fx) comedy with a deceptively simple premise - an argument. Each Fuming Harold decides their rag and bone business needs some [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] week, our couple fall out over another apparently trivial bite. THU 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf) flashpoint - a text from a friend, a trilby and a bad night's sleep. Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Each week, the stakes mount as Neil and Kim battle with Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association THU 13:30 Words, Words, Words (b00vlv2c) words. But these are no ordinary arguments. The two outdo with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] each other with increasingly absurd images, unexpected literary wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00t5kll) references (Androcles and the Lion pop up at one point) and The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers razor sharp analysis of their beloved's weaknesses. Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series Episode 4 THU 22:45 Warhorses of Letters (b01681l4) on TV. Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations of Series 1 Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujurati Episode 1 Harold …. Harry H. Corbett background. Deep in the British Library tucked into the slipcover of a book With Ian Burford. Sian and Babo fly to North Wales to meet Sian's family. The on the history of Blenheim Palace a packet of extraordinary Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by young man from Madras will never forget his first impressions letters has been discovered. Gale Pedrick. of the village of Nercwys and its matchbox houses. But now "Dear Marengo brackets Napoleon's horse close brackets, I've Produced by Bobby Jaye that they are married, where will they live - Wales, London or never written a letter like this before...." First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. Madras? Sian tells Babo that she's come to a decision. Thus begins the first passionate letter from Copenhagen, the THU 08:30 Yes Minister (b007k0fx) The reader is Indira Varma. Indira appeared recently in the 6 Duke of Wellington's horse, to his hero Marengo in this Series 2 part BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in epistolary equine love story. A story of two horses united by an The Skeleton in the Cupboard Torchwood. uncommon passion, cruelly divided by a brutal conflict. MP Jim Hacker gets the better of Sir Humphrey over a crisis in Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis Stephen Fry stars as Marengo, the seasoned, famous and just-a- Derbyshire. Producer: Kate McAll. little-bit-short mount of Emperor Napoleon. Daniel Rigby stars Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds. THU 14:15 The Making of Music (b007r037) as Copenhagen, the frisky young racehorse who as our story Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around Series 1 begins is about to be the new mount for the Duke of the hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service Music and Society Wellington. underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical Introduced by Tamsin Greig. and obsequious Bernard. influences that affected the course of classical music. In this opening episode, the early days of their romance and the It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. 19/30. Music and Society early days of the Peninsular Campaign, and as their love Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington By the late 1700s, music was becoming part of the social fabric. blossoms the shadow of impending combat looms over our two Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 May 2015 Page 8 of 9 heroes. He recruited an amazing cast of volunteers; the Scientist James artistic and spiritual life of this country as the rest of their work. Marengo ..... Stephen Fry Lovelock, the astronomer Lord Martin Rees and the Science And, of course it will be very funny. Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby writer Nigel Calder amongst others. Young's legacy was Desmond Olivier Dingle ..... Patrick Barlow Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig indisputably great but was this latter-day Georgian folly, born of Raymond Box ..... John Ramm Written by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips. a grandee legendary enthusiasm? Was the whole project set for Director: Patrick Barlow Director: Steven Canny failure? Could a serious British Mars Programme exemplify the Producer: Liz Anstee Producer: Gareth Edwards. spirit of the early 21st century? A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011. In this programme Toby Young talks to Lord Martin Rees, FRI 09:30 On Baby Street (b00f3c0g) THU 23:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b01bm0pr) Professor Colin Pillinger and hears from passionate advocates Series 1 Series 4 of Martian colonisation, but what was his father looking for in Episode 4 Episode 1 Space? Yvette's dad takes Kelly out. Unlike Ian, Shona adores Beatrix Comedian-activist Mark Thomas and his studio audience Produced by Barney Rowntree Potter. Stars Kathy Burke and Jenny Eclair. From January 1996. consider policy proposals for a People's Manifesto. A Somethin Else production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 10:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2r7) This week's agenda: FRI 07:00 Lucky Heather (b0075s9h) Stormy Waters 1) Excluding Non-Doms from free access to the NHS Unforgiven Charles is overwhelmed by meeting Julia again on board ship, 2) Every citizen to be given £10,000 in quantitative easing Recently widowed Denis hires Heather to trace his first love but will his relationship with the Marchmain family still prove vouchers, to be spent in the next 6 months Yvonne. to be jinxed? And Just this side of nosey, Heather is western movie-mad. She's Ben Miles and Jamie Bamber star in the conclusion of Evelyn 3) Proportional voting rights for MPs based on the size of their also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate. Waugh's novel of life, love and a forgotten era. majorities Sue Teddern's six-part comedy series star Lindsey Coulson as Charles Ryder ...... Ben Miles "Any Other Business" policies are also taken from the studio Heather. (Carol Jackson in BBC TV's EastEnders until 2015) Sebastian Flyte ...... Jamie Bamber audience throughout the show. With Abigail Hart as Natalie, Ben Crowe as Ryan, Tom George Mr Ryder ...... Benjamin Whitrow Written and presented by Mark Thomas as Craig, Beth Chalmers as Lisa and Dearbhla Molloy as Maev. Lady Marchmain ...... Eleanor Bron Produced by Colin Anderson. Director: David Hunter Rex Mottram ...... William Hope THU 23:30 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b019h88c) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000. Julia ...... Anne-Marie Duff Series 1 FRI 07:30 The Rivals (b03b2g2b) Cordelia ...... Abby Ford Religion Series 2 Mr Samgrass ...... Thomas Arnold More historical heroism - as Saint David, Saint Patrick and The Problem of the Superfluous Finger Brideshead ...... Toby Jones Gerald of Wales are put to the Totaliser Test. By Jaques Futrelle. Wilcox ...... Andrew Wincott Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to Dramatised By Chris Harrald. Celia ...... Eve Best determine the ultimate heroes of Wales. Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Anthony Blanche ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild With Ben Partridge and Nadia Kamil. Holmes stories. Now he is writing his memories and has a Boy Mulcaster ...... Tom Smith Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge. chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. He Cara ...... Liza Sadovy Producer: Sharif Shahwan begins with his collaboration with "The Thinking Machine" Nanny Hawkins ...... Ann Beach First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in January 2012 Professor SFX Van Dusen, trying to solve a strange case Lord Marchmain ...... Edward Petherbridge involving self-mutilation. Doctor ...... Sean Baker Producer: Liz Webb. Father MacKay ...... Jonathan Keeble FRIDAY 29 MAY 2015 FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007m9f5) Dramatised by Jeremy Front. Series 4 Music by Neil Brand FRI 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vc8bl) Michelangelo 'Ancock Director: Marion Nancarrow [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] The lad takes up sculpting. But when he runs out of rocks, it's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b0076h8y) Sid to the rescue. FRI 11:00 The Interview (b00770g9) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Starring Tony Hancock. The Good Shepherd FRI 01:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxsf) With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Is a new member of the congregation the answer to a cash- [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Jacques. strapped pastor's prayers? Laura Marney short story read by FRI 01:30 Words, Words, Words (b00vlv2c) Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. James Fleet. From October 2006. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. FRI 11:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b00t5kll) Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry (b00xjth7) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Rabinowitz. Episode 5 FRI 02:15 The Making of Music (b007r037) Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Davy Powlett Jones draws daggers with Bamfylde School's [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November headmaster Alcock in 1929. One of them will have to go. Stars FRI 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmq5) 1956. Oliver Milburn. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b007k370) FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007m9f5) FRI 02:45 Book of the Week (b00t3cyt) Series 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] The Silent Bugler FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b007k370) FRI 03:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] (b007k2q1) on a deadly mission FRI 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxtt) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b00v1nhq) Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike FRI 13:30 Star Wars on the South Bank (b00rtbg2) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Milligan. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 04:30 No Commitments (b007jn5w) FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00t5kln) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Starring: Tishani Doshi - The Pleasure Seekers FRI 05:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b012n3rs) Episode 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Peter Sellers Tishani Doshi's comic yet tender story of four generations of FRI 05:30 Best Behaviour (b05vfjtm) Harry Secombe the Patel-Joneses, inspired by her own Welsh-Gujarati [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] Spike Milligan background. FRI 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxtt) Babo and Sian are living happily in their own house, with Terminus First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were orange and black gates, next door to the Punjab Women's 5. Clue recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest Association. Now they have two small daughters, Mayuri and The "Lucky Charm" killer has claimed 4 lives. DS Enfield now shows weren’t kept in the archive. Bean. When Bean is taken to Grandmother Ba's house for her believes the murderer is female. Then someone sends her a naming ceremony, Ba warns the young parents that they'd better photograph... With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. stop there because Bean will keep their hands full, at which the Conclusion of Nick Fisher's atmospheric thriller. tiny baby laughs, her first proper laugh. By the time she's six, Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. she's regularly seeing ghosts. Then Sian gets a phone call - it's Enfield. bad news from Wales. Nicholas Farrell ..... DCI Michael Stanley Announcer: Wallace Greenslade The reader is Indira Varma. Indira appeared recently in the 6 Dominic Letts ..... Terminus part BBC drama Luther. In 2006 she played Suzie Costello in Geoffrey Matthews ..... Julie Enfield's Father Producer: Peter Eton Torchwood. Maggie McCarthy ..... Sarah Abridged and directed by Nigel Lewis Elaine Claxton ..... Shelley First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954. Producer: Kate McAll. Claire Russell ..... Rachel FRI 09:00 The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons FRI 14:15 The Making of Music (b007r038) David Jarvis ..... Station Announcer (b0132l7g) Series 1 Producer: Richard Wortley The Dalai Lama, or How the West Was Won Haydn and the Esterhazys First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. The multi award winning National Theatre of Brent - Artistic James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical FRI 06:30 Star Wars on the South Bank (b00rtbg2) Director Desmond Olivier Dingle and the entire acting influences that affected the course of classical music. Almost thirty years ago serious plans were made to simulate a company (Raymond Box) - returns triumphantly to Radio 4 in 20/30. Haydn and the Esterhazys Mars colony on the Southbank of the River Thames. Such an the last of an occasional series celebrating the rare but rarefied Employed by the hugely wealthy Esterhazy family, Joseph outrageous idea would be dismissed outright if it wasn't dreamt beings deemed in Desmond's expert view to be Iconic Icons. Haydn lived mainly in their isolated palace and produced music up by one of Britain's greatest social reformers - Michael Previous celebratees include Bob Dylan and Tracey Emin. on demand. Of his prolific output, Haydn himself admitted that Young. The final and climactic iconic icon is his holiness the Dalai he was cut off from the outside world and forced to become Lord Young of Dartington, who died in 2002, was committed to Lama. Desmond and Raymond trace his journey from two year original. building institutions dedicated to social improvement. He old yak boy to disaffected teenage Dalai to the mature Lama, FRI 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmqj) initiated or played a major role in creating the Consumers' exiled from his country, separated from his people, but Episode 10 Association, the Open University, as well as Labour's 1945 spiritually at one with himself and the world, and possessor of a Marius finds student life is both happy and harsh. Valjean and manifesto - Let us face the future. But then in 1984 he launched top twinkly smile. They also present Buddhism in a Nutshell. Cosette have a tough decision to make. With Roger Allam. the Argo Venture, a collective of Britain's finest scientists, Written and performed by the National Theatre of Brent, who FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00t3cyw) thinkers and space experts who were calling for the planting of are Patrick Barlow and John Ramm, in front of an audience at Jackie Kay - Red Dust Road human colonies in space. His son, the author and journalist the Bush Hall in London, this latest addition to the Brent canon Episode 5 Toby Young, asks was the Argo Venture an idea too far? will be as essential and massive a contribution to the current Acclaimed poet Jackie Kay traces her biological parents in a Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 May 2015 Page 9 of 9 journey from Scotland to Lagos. Series 2 Jackie reads the final extract from her memoir, including an Speeches emotional conclusion to her Nigerian odyssey. Sir Ralph hosts a literary lunch at Salford's Munchbox Producer/Abridger: Jill Waters Cafeteria, but there's another poet in town... A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. Written by and starring James Quinn. FRI 15:00 Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited (b007k2r7) With: [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Judy Flynn FRI 16:00 The National Theatre of Brent's Iconic Icons Alison Darling (b0132l7g) Mark Chatterton [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Stephen Hoyle FRI 16:30 On Baby Street (b00f3c0g) Jemma Thompson [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Carol Ann Duffy FRI 17:00 Lucky Heather (b0075s9h) Produced in Manchester by Graham Frost [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003. FRI 17:30 The Rivals (b03b2g2b) FRI 23:45 I, Regress (b01blj2g) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Series 1 FRI 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vfjsh) Episode 6 5. Desperation A dark, David Lynch-ian comedy, ideally suited for an Will spy hero Lucifer Box reach cult leader Olympus Mons' unsettling and surreal late night listen. 'I, Regress' sees Matt Satanic lair, deep beneath the Swiss Alps, in time to prevent the Berry (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Snuff sacrifice of the "perfect victim"? Box) playing a corrupt and bizarre hypnotherapist taking Mark Gatiss concludes his own fiendishly gripping adventure. unsuspecting clients on twisted, misleading journeys through Abridged by David Jackson Young. their subconscious. Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Each episode sees the doctor dealing with a different client who Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first has come to him for a different problem (quitting smoking, fear broadcast in 2010. of water, etc). As the patient is put under hypnosis, we 'enter' FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Songs (b01d2fq2) their mind, and all the various situations the hypnotherapist Series 4 takes them through are played out for us to hear. The result is a Kate Rusby dream- (or nightmare-) like trip through the patient's mind, as Kate Rusby's been described as one of the most talented folk funny as it is disturbing. singers of her generation. Ep 6: Dr Berry treats some intimidating east-ender twins with Headlining at many national folk festivals and touring widely unexpected past lives. Can he pull off the double? she's built a loyal following of fans and is one of our best The cast across the series include Katherine Parkinson (IT known contemporary folk singers. Crowd), Morgana Robinson (The Morgana Show), Simon Her unwavering love of folk music hasn't stopped her Greenall (I'm Alan Partridge), Jack Klaff (Star Wars, For Your collaborating with other well-known musicians and singers Eyes Only), Tara Flynn (The Impressions Show, Stewart Lee's including Eddi Reader, Roddie Woomble and Ronan Keating. Comedy Vehicle), Alex Lowe (Barry From Watford, The Peter Kate's recording of the Ray Davis song The Village Green Serafinowicz Show), and Derek Griffiths (Playschool, Bod, and Preservation Society was used as the theme tune for the The Royal Exchange). successful TV series Jam and Jerusalem. A compelling late night listen: tune in and occupy someone Kate tells Phil Cunningham about her five special songs and else's head! reveals a newly found skill. She's a dab hand at stripping Produced by Sam Bryant. wallpaper and painting having recently restored a house in her First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012. home village which is now her family home. Phil starts with Kate's song 'I Courted a Sailor' and Kate goes on to pick these five songs. 1: Nic Jones - Little Pot Stove 2: Hot Rize- Won't You Come and Sing For Me 3: The Cardigans- Lead Me into the Night 4: Aberfeldy- Slow Me Down 5: Damien O'Kane- Summer Hill. FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007m9f5) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b007k370) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jxtt) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 20:30 Star Wars on the South Bank (b00rtbg2) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 21:00 The Interview (b00770g9) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 RF Delderfield - To Serve Them All My Days (b00xjth7) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 The Rivals (b03b2g2b) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 22:30 Victor Lewis-Smith (b05wpkw3) Episode 4 Victor has a tiff with his weighing machine, orders a Chinese and advertises 'cremagrams'. The darkly comic world of Victor Lewis-Smith. Award-winning controversial comedy surfaced on BBC Radio 1 in 1990 in the shape of Victor Lewis-Smith. The writer and producer took a comedy cudgel to the self-satisfied, mid- Atlantic style of the very network he was appearing on - with hoax phone calls, sketches, plus comic takedowns of high profile celebs. It's all deliciously sandwiched between the original jangly Radio 1 jingles made by JAM Creative Productions in Dallas, USA. Winner of the British Comedy Awards 1990 for Best Radio Comedy. After making a series of late night programmes for Radio 1, Victor took aim at TV in 1993 with BBC TWO's Inside Victor Lewis Smith, before sparking another stir on Channel 4 in 1998 with TV Offal. Written by Victor Lewis Smith and Paul Sparks Produced by Victor Lewis Smith First heard on BBC Radio 1 in April 1990. FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b05xv6x0) The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith is joined by Jamali Maddix. FRI 23:00 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b007k0lj) Series 2 Episode 4 The comedy guru's radio drop-in centre examines prison overcrowding. With Clive Anderson and Jo Caulfield. From June 2006. FRI 23:30 Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford (b0076fcx) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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