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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 January 2021 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 09 JANUARY 2021 Episode 2 Dramatised for radio by Michael Bakewell. Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife, The Fall) and Rebecca Front CAST: SAT 00:00 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids (War and Peace, Dr Thorne) star with Clare Perkins in this Adam Verne Smith …. Andrew Wincott (m0006fx1) much-loved gothic treat. Rufus Fletcher …. Matthew Morgan 5. World Narrowing 'It's only an accident that I'm not you, and you're not me.' Zosie …. Siriol Jenkins 'The utter loneliness was beginning to get on my nerves.' A Little Princess starts with a schoolgirl. But it's not a school Shiva …. Tariq Alibai Killer plants are on the rampage across the countryside. Bill sets- story. Frances Hodgson Burnett's tough tale shows us a London Vivien …. Mia Soteriou off in search of Josella but finds a new companion... full of foreign wealth and child poverty. That's why for over a Mary Gage …. Alison Reid First published in 1951, John Wyndham's classic sci-fi novel century, its shocking story and unforgettable young characters Anne …. Mary Chater dramatised by Giles Cooper. have influenced everything from Angela Carter to anime. Lili …. Rita Wolf Gary Watson …. Bill Masen And Kate Clanchy's radical new dramatisation discovers the Marigold …. Theresa Streatfield Barbara Shelley …. Josella Playton Indian heart of Sara Crewe. When Sara is rich, she is treated Alec Chipstead …. Terence Edmond Jill Cary …. Susan just the same as other girls. But when she is not rich - exactly Meg Chipstead/Mrs Beecham …. Joanna Wake Freda Dowie …. Mary who is she? And why has she been brought to England? WPC/Supermarket PA/Nurse/Radio Announcer …. Emma David Brierley …. Dennis Sara Crewe ..... Archie Panjabi Fielding Margaret Robertson …. Joyce Becky Perkins ..... Clare Perkins Inspector Winder …. Jonathan Adams Music composed by David Cain. Miss Minchin ..... Rebecca Front Sgt Fuller …. Neil Roberts Producer: John Powell. Young Sara ..... Nishi Malde Lewis …. Tim Seely First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968. Young Becky ..... Polly Allen Beryl …. Ann Windsor SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b00ctl6y) Ram Dass ..... Sagar Radia Gardner/Porter/Antique Dealer …. Ronald Herdman Making Your Mind Up Mr Carrisford ..... James Lailey Tatian/Pearson …. Steve Hodson Dominic Arkwright, Dr David Lewis, Christine Webber and Mr O’Neill ..... Nick Underwood Director: Jane Morgan Michael Blastland discuss our decision-making process. From Miss Amelia ..... Adie Allen First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991. June 2008. Mrs Brown ..... Elizabeth Bennett SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b06vkdz3) SAT 01:00 John Fletcher - Some Mother's Son (m000qz19) Lavinia ..... Rebecca Hamilton Series 38 6. The End? Ermengarde ..... Lucy Hutchinson Susan Calman on Molly Weir Ecology journalist Andy Smith is now entirely in Sir Jack Anne ..... Kirsty Oswald Matthew Parris invites his guests to nominate the person who Watson's power - can he escape? Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting. they feel is a great life. Comedian Susan Calman chooses the Starring Nick Chilvers, a thriller in six parts, taking in global First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2017. Scottish actress Molly Weir who began her long career on radio power struggles, smuggling and the dangers of uranium, written SAT 04:00 The Personality Test (b007tckc) before moving into television and becoming one of the first by John Fletcher. Series 3 Scottish female voices on national media in the 1950s. Andy ... Nick Chilvers Edwina Currie Producer: Maggie Ayre & Perminder Khatkar. Sir Jack ... Conrad Phillips Ex-MP, novelist and broadcaster Edwina Currie tests a panel SAT 08:00 All the Way from Memphis (b00mjktm) Stanley ... Nick Brimble about herself. With Sue Perkins and Robin Ince. From July Series 2 Anderson ... Trevor Nichols 2007. Episode 5 Anne ... Caroline Blakiston SAT 04:30 Ballylenon (b00gddtk) James Walton tests and tickles the knowledge of industry Shirley ... Diane Fletcher Series 2 pundits and people passionate about pop music. Directed by Brian Miller. Episode 4 Team captains Tracey MacLeod and Andrew Collins are joined First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987. After "overhearing" that Reverend Hawthorne is leaving by Stewart Lee and David Quantick to be put through their SAT 01:30 Dick Francis (b007qg3v) Ballylenon for a larger congregation, telephone operator Vera musical paces Bolt McConkey loses no time in communicating the good news to Reader: Beth Chalmers 5. Nemesis for Two the local newspaper, The Vindicator. Written and researched by James Walton. Champion jockey Kit Fielding gets wind that Henri de Brescou Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in Producer: Dawn Ellis plans to kill more horses. Kit is determined to put a stop to this 1954, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. needless slaughter. every home. SAT 08:30 Rent (b05pb40g) Conclusion of Dick Francis's racing thriller. Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Series 3 Kit Fielding ...... Eric Allan Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Episode 2 Princess Casilia ...... Sian Phillips Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine Maria needs a day out, so Paul has to look after the baby - but Danielle ...... Elizabeth MacGovern McCartney as Vivienne Boal, John Hewitt as Guard Gallagher, can he be trusted? Roland ...... Simon Carter Charlie Bonnar as Packy McGoldrick, Ciara McKeown as Josie Series 3 of Lucy Flannery's award-winning sitcom about Maria Wykeham ...... William Eedle Doherty and Gerard Murphy as Rev Samuel Hawthorne. and Richard Reynolds and their lodgers. Prince Litsi ...... Sam Dastor Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. Stars Barbara Flynn as Maria, Patrick Barlow as Richard, Linda Henri ...... John Bull Director: Eoin O'Callaghan Polan as Amy, Vivienne Rochester as Ruby, Dave Lamb as Greening ...... Jack May First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. Paul, Sally Grace as the Mother and Sarah Parkinson as the Thomas ...... Steve Hodson SAT 05:00 Dot (b0714033) Checkout Girl. Beatrice Bunt ...... Margaret Robertson Series 1 Producer: Liz Anstee. Allardeck ...... Bill Wallis The Astonishing Adventures of Agent Whiff-Whaff First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1997. Dramatised by John Ashe. Comic adventures with Dot and the gals from personnel who SAT 09:00 Comedy Connections (m000r32x) Directed by Shaun MacLoughlin at BBC Pebble Mill. are getting squiffy over Agent Bertie Whiff-Whaff. Simon Brett clambers through the family tree of British comedy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1994. Bertie wants Dot promoted, but can Dot handle life on the other making connections along the way from Bandwaggon SAT 02:00 Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson side of the hallway? (30/09/39) to Much Binding In The Marsh (24/05/50), Beyond (b007jvch) Rollicking wartime comedy by Ed Harris - set in the personnel Our Ken (12/08/58), Hancock's Half Hour - Michelangelo 5. The Chase department of the Cabinet War Rooms. 'Ancock (18/11/56) and Paradise Street (27/04/54). As the otter basks in the sun, a pack of hounds catch his scent, Dot ..... Fenella Woolgar SAT 12:00 Genius (b008jdzb) sparking a great chase. Myrtle ..... Kate O'Flynn Series 2 Nicholas Farrell reads Henry Williamson's classic tale of otter Peg ..... Freya Parker Sid Waddell life, first published in 1927. Millicent ..... Jane Slavin Perforated bread and counselling with a twist. Abridged in five episodes by Sally Marmion. Peabody ..... David Acton Dave Gorman asks Darts commentator Sid Waddell to choose Producer: Elizabeth Allard Agent Bertie Whiff-Whaff ..... Adie Allen the public's best loopy idea. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. Director: Jessica Mitic Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest SAT 02:15 Gregory Evans - Blood and Milk (b07pjkhm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015. chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius Series 1 SAT 05:30 Big Broadcast (m000qlqd) inventions, schemes and policies of the public. Episode 5 Series 4 Producer: Simon Nicholls To save both her brother and the family's dairy business Meg Sex First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006. must risk everything and confront the dangerous Moses Lipski. Neil Brand's musical caper set in a Chicago radio station in SAT 12:30 Drama (m0001mv2) Thriller set in 1890s Whitechapel. 1937. When the station is threatened with closure by the League Looking for Oil Drum Lane Megan Evans ….. Bettrys Jones of Decency, Katharine Hepburn responds in style. A dramatisation of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's comedy Samuel Singer ….. David Horovitch Cast writing partnership - from Tony Hancock's departure to striking Luc Evans ….. Trystan Gravelle Katharine Hepburn ..... Susannah Fielding gold with Steptoe and Son. Starring Marc Wootton, Phil Moses Lipski ….. Brian Protheroe Cary Grant ..... Ian Conningham Cornwell, Barry Castagnola, James Hurn and Toby Longworth. Annie Riley ….. Alice Haig Arthur Clarke ..... Neil McCaul Weaving comedy archive and newly written scenes, the show by Gregory Evans Barbara Meek ..... Bettrys Jones follows the tortuous search for Oil Drum Lane, the fictional Directed by Marc Beeby. Ramona Fairfax ..... Heather Craney address of Steptoe and Son. The programme commemorates the In 1900 over half London's milk came from Welsh dairies. One Jerry Soundguy ..... Hasan Dixon passing of Ray Galton in October 2018. of those dairies, on the Commercial Road, was owned and run Preston Lanister ..... Clive Hayward Ray Galton and Alan Simpson met in a tuberculosis sanatorium by the writer’s family. Danny Folly ..... Franchi Webb in 1948. They became friends through a shared passion for First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016. Singer ..... Helen Neeves radio comedy. To amuse themselves, they broadcast their own SAT 02:30 Take Two - Joan Baez (b007mhw0) Singer ..... Nancy Cole sketches over the hospital radio.