Radio 4 Extra Listings for 3 – 9 August 2013 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 03 AUGUST 2013 Loving and Losing Music from the Max Harris Orchestra Despite the continuing feud between their families Philip has a Scripted by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville, Peter Gruner, SAT 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00r2hhf) plan that he believes will restore happiness to Maggie Tulliver. Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran Nation Starring Michael Fitzgerald and Sylvestra Le Touzel. Producer: Richard Willcox Episode 5 The conclusion of George Eliot’s 19th century novel. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1978. Mau is in the grips of god of death Locaha. Can Daphne save Maggie ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b007k35z) him? South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Tom ...... Richard Pearce 1990s Norfolk. Philip ...... Michael Fitzgerald Episode 1 SAT 00:30 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js93) Stephen ...... Nicholas Gilbrook Decade by decade, Barry Cryer showcases some of the funniest Episode 5 Mrs Tulliver ...... Tina Gray and finest shows ever broadcast by the BBC. Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing home. Dr Wakem ...... Roger Hume Yo! Well wicked Baz presents six fave shows plucked from the Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - Bob ...... Paul Downing 1990s schedules of BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5:- and under - Bath. Lucy Dean ...... Moir Leslie * A Look Back At The Nineties Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd Dr Cairn ...... Simon Carter (2/5) 1996: Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd Pianist: Harold Rich Recorded in 1993 - Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris Freddie Jones .... The Scribe Dramatised by Michelene Wandor. Barrie "look back" at the decade that was yet to happen. Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Philip Martin. * Hair in the Gate Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1991. Series 1 (3/6) Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst SAT 04:00 Anton Chekhov (b00qbb8r) Camilla revamps the TV arts show to keep her cutting edge Katy Carmichael .... Tracky Stories by Anton Chekhov lover. Stars Harriet Thorpe and Alistair McGowan. From 1993. Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria Bad Weather * The Now Show Bill Bellamy .... Leaflet Man Or to put it another way, what has the husband been up to in Series 3 (4/13) Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. Moscow? Alistair McGowan reads Constance Garnett's Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis poke fun at events of 1999 via Music realised by Robin Lever. translation. From January 1998. sketches, songs and stand-up. With Bert Tyler-Moore, George Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) SAT 04:15 Drama (b01jwk66) Jeffrie, Mitch Benn and Marcus Brigstocke. Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan Ben Lewis - Tiny * Goodness Gracious Me First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. This is the story of a legend in the making. Series 3 (6/6) SAT 01:00 Craddock and Co (b007jsw5) A nervous young man lives at the dead end of a dead-end town. 'The Archers' and 'The Waltons' with a twist and The Minx My Dear Isabelle On his eighteenth birthday he comes into his inheritance. With Twins tackle feminism. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Spring, 1900: The reappearance of a woman from his past a little help from an old teacher, he finds it equips him to Nina Wadia and Kulvinder Ghir. From 1998. persuades Victorian private investigator Charles Craddock to broadcast over the internet. * On The Town With The League of Gentlemen help find her kidnapped husband in France, but niece Lucy Living in a house where rolling news is a constant presence, he (4/6) Gunpowder, Treason and Plot realises there are hidden perils. does what comes naturally - he fires up his computer and The eccentric locals of the town of Spent get an unusual new Chris Thompson's mystery stars Martin Jarvis as Charles presents the news. But his news is different. It puts a spring in guy for the bonfire. Pre-TV sitcom with Steve Pemberton, Craddock, Emma Tate as Lucy Greenwood, Struan Rodgers as its audience's step. That is, until his grandma starts to grow Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith. From 1997. Grout, Frances Jeater as Isabelle Vallance and Stephen Thorne suspicious about what this boy is getting up to, nightly in his * On The Hour as Leopold Kransky. bedroom, and tries to put a stop to the broadcasts completely. Series 2 (5/6) Directed by Chris Thompson. A quirky comedy about a teenager who becomes an internet Ireland hits the headlines, as the programme celebrates its 33rd Producer: John Taylor phenomenon by Ben Lewis. birthday. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. With Steve First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993. SAT 05:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0084hyx) Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan and SAT 01:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dld10) Series 1 Patrick Marber. From 1992. Episode 5 Episode 5 Produced and scripted by Peter Reed Despite Stern magazine trying to keep the diary scoop a secret, Lady Cabstanleigh holds a party, Mrs McGurgle gets into an Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in July 2003. word gets out, intriguing an historian. Read by Nigel Anthony. argument, Chief Inspector Blunderton follows up a few leads, SAT 12:00 Michael Butt - Chronicles of Ait (b037s25y) SAT 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin and Justice Cocklecarrot has to contend with the antics of the The Lotos Effect - Omnibus Diamonds (b037k47d) Filthistan trio. Made for 4 Extra. Two teenagers in an East Coast village Episode 15 Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia experience the same recurring nightmares. Starring Greg Wise. Special agent, Dick Barton's disguise succeeds in garnering Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton. SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007jlnl) clues, but when he's rumbled, someone pays a high price. Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s Series 2 The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a Not for Life as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of great deal of modern humour. A young girl's suicide sends the priestly sleuth on an internet criminal masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. murder trail. Starring David Threlfall and Robert Bathurst. Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon Announcer: Brian Perkins SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4d6) Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between Producer: Harry Thompson Series 4 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989 Back From Holiday With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re- SAT 05:30 The Right Time (b00c0btz) On his return from a disastrous break, the lad discovers that recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts Series 3 Sid's rented his house out. and music, which was made for international distribution. Episode 3 Starring Tony Hancock. Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the Vengeful parents, school day memories - and an unusual police With Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, stop and check... Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Australia. The sketch comedy for people growing older disgracefully. Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Script by Geoffrey Webb. Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Clive Swift, Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Producer: Morris West Roger Blake and Paula Wilcox. Rabinowitz. First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. Written by Tony Bagley, Julie Baloo, Colin Bostock Smith, Jan Producer: Dennis Main Wilson SAT 02:00 King Street Junior (b007jnp1) Etherington, Graeme Garden, Mike Haskins, Emma Kennedy, First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1956. Series 10 Bob Sinfield, David Spicer, Peter Usher, Chris Thompson and SAT 14:30 Take It From Here (b01f9slt) Proposals Pete Reynolds. From 19/02/1959 A new school year brings campaigning teachers - and Script Editor: Jed Parsons. The fall and rise of a Punch & Judy show - and Ron and Eth are congratulations may be in order... Music by Ronnie & The Rex and Neil Innes. planning their honeymoon in 'The Glums'. Created and written by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy Producer: Claire Jones Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. Whitfield. Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. SAT 06:00 Rose Tremain (b0075nk4) Announcer: Brian Matthew Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the The End of Love Music from Wallace Eaton and the Keynotes and the BBC Headmaster, Margaret John as Mrs Stone, Paul Copley as Mr Olga and Bertie's 30-year-old daughter Lottie wishes to marry Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. Long, Deirdre Costello as Mrs Patterson, Vivienne Martin as her Irish poet boyfriend Michael. But he’s a dreamer and fearful Scripted by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. Mrs Rudd, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Jacqueline Beatty of commitment. Producer: Charles Maxwell as Miss Read, Tom Watson as Mr Holliday and Ritu Jutla as He reminds Olga of the love of her life - a Polish pianist. Their First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1959. Rowena love was not enough: why should Lottie's fare any better? SAT 15:00 The Frankie Howerd Variety Show (b007jr6r) Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Miriam Margolyes stars in Rose Tremain's drama. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998. Olga ... Miriam Margolyes SAT 16:00 Rose Tremain (b0075nk4) SAT 02:30 Spending My Inheritance (b00g2xfz) Bertie ... Nigel Anthony [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Just One Night Lottie ...Eleanor Tremain SAT 17:00 Nick Warburton - The Toad Squad (b0076k00) Sitcom by Clive Coleman, starring Kris Marshall as cash- Michael ... Kieran Cunningham [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] strapped forty-something Harry, who has to watch from the with Becky Hindley and Tessa Worsley SAT 17:30 Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart (b037gt60) sidelines as his newly retired parents start spending their hard- Director: Gordon House UnCrank earned cash on themselves. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999. Richard Tyrone Jones, healthy, gym-going poet, man about When faced with domestic disaster, Harry and Jo turn to his SAT 07:00 Nick Warburton - The Toad Squad (b0076k00) town and aspirant womaniser, finds himself, on his thirtieth parents to put them up for a night. However, despite their Redundant Reg is lacking meaning in his life. Could birthday, stricken by an unexpected present: heart failure. recent equity release, it seems that they are as tight as ever. amphibians provide the answer? With Philip Jackson and Confined to hospital with a a dilated, literally-big heart, Harry ...... Kris Marshall Amanda Root. surrounded by old men, stuck on drugs and drips and forced to Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy SAT 07:30 One Way to Necropolis (b00y35ys) cope with curious medical procedures and even curiouser fellow Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham Waterloo to Woking - Alan Dein examines the history of the patients, will he die, or worse, be doomed to life in a mobility Liz ...... Judy Parfitt 'dead line', where trains took the departed to their final station. scooter at home with his parents in Dudley? Jess ...... Antonia Thomas SAT 08:00 The Frankie Howerd Variety Show (b007jr6r) Can he pull through, with the help of Poetry, cod philosophy, Amanda ...... Manjeet Mann From 07/11/1978 and friends - nihilistic Sophia, who tries to cheer his spirits with Boguslaw ...... Stephen Critchlow Titters aplenty as Frankie Howerd turns agony uncle and has books by Houellebecq and Lovecraft, and his dour Welsh Pizza Boy ...... Inam Mirza terrible trouble with his announcer. publisher / solicitor Jacob, who is in charge of his will, but Directed by Sam Hoyle. Plus stars from the world of entertainment - Anita Harris, might actually sell more books if he dies? And will having a Big SAT 03:00 George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss (b00gszmm) Aidan J Harvey, George Roper and Bill McGuffie. Heart shrink his romantic possibilities? Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 3 – 9 August 2013 Page 2 of 8 Based on Richard's Wellcome Trust supported solo show, which Series 5 SUN 15:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nvyzd) toured in 2012, each episode illuminates a different aspect of The CV of Dorian Gray [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] the experience of illness and facing your own mortality with a Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b0124y9s) sense of humour. Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Richard Tyrone Jones is a poet and writer and director of master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a world SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show 'Utter!" spoken word, and director of spoken word at the where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying charlatans. (b037skt9) Edinburgh Festival Free Fringe. It's time for Ed to drag out the old jeans, buy a mobile phone Mel Giedroyc remembers the best of this week's 4 O'Clock It was written by Richard Tyrone Jones and cut ten years off the CV as the new Head of New Media Shows, including her night in an Iron Age barn, knitting a With additional material by Richard Sandling Development is a genuine 12 year old. sculpture, and some of author Philip Ardagh's favourite books. Studio Engineer and editor - Matt Katz Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas SUN 17:00 Travelling Light (b037sj08) Produced by Nick Walker Olive ...... Stephanie Cole [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4. Felix ...... John Fortune SUN 17:30 LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables SAT 18:00 The Scarifyers (b00hv5wb) George ...... Simon Greenall (b00rvxz8) For King and Country Copper ...... Martin Hyder [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Episode 1 Jaz ...... Philip Jackson SUN 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b0124qyz) MI-13's Lionheart investigates a series of murders involving Pearl ...... Rita May The Veldt electrical appliances. Stars Nicholas Courtney and Terry Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy Wealthy parents worry when their holographic nursery will only Molloy. Market Researcher ...... Nicola Sanderson show an African plain filled with savage lions. Ray Bradbury's SAT 18:25 The Fanthorpe Investigations (b038bfcn) Marcus ...... Richard Smith thriller stars Ivan Croswell. The Moving Coffins of Barbados Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead. SUN 18:30 James Follett - Rules of Asylum (b007k17k) The curious case of the moving coffins in a vault in a Barbados SUN 08:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nvyzd) Episode 1 cemetery. Clean Linen "This is the first escape from one of our maximum security Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a A mix-up at the launderette sparks a whole pile of sanatoriums. And there might be another.... Are all the story from the world of the strange and unexplained. embarrassment for Joe and Ethel Huggett. prisoners housed in this block?" Producer: Paul Arnold Stars Jack Warner as Joe, Kathleen Harrison as Ethel, James "We prefer to call them patients." Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2013. Langley as Bobby, Alanna Boyce as Jane, Charles Leno as Fred Starring James Beattie. SAT 18:30 The Female Ghost (b00njx8j) Stebbings and Alan Keith as the Detective. James Follett's political thriller explores dissention and danger Afterward Popular working-class family, the Huggetts first hit the cinema in a repressive state in the Eastern Bloc. After an unexpected windfall on their American mine, Ned and screen with a series of Gainsborough films between 1947 and Jan Valery …. James Beattie Mary move to a dream home in England, but their past is 1949. Their subsequent BBC radio series ran from 1953 to Suskin …. Vernon Joyner catching up with them... 1962. Secretary/ Librarian …. Betty Huntley-Wright A series of ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher Scripted by Eddie Maguire. Guard/Alex/Student …. Neville Jason Hawes. Producer: Jacques Brown Governor …. Manning Wilson Edith Wharton's eerie tale stars Buffy Davis as Edith Wharton, First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1959. Suskin's Chief …. Brian Haines Carolyn Jones as Alida, John Guerrasio as Ned, Barbara Barnes SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b0124y9s) Anna …. Caroline John as Mary, Sean Baker as Parvis, Rachel Atkins as Trimmle, How Now Brown Cow Zoe/1st Girl …. Rosalyn Slater Christopher Scott as Peters and Alex Lowe as Robert Elwell. The bumbling bureaucrats spark a right royal mix-up when they Woman in Sanatorium/2nd Girl …. Diana Bishop Producer: Marion Nancarrow act on the hoof. Danski …. Cyril Shaps First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997. A weekly tribute to all those who work in government Nero …. Francis de Wolff SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats (b007k35z) departments. Interrogator …. John Challis [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Restaurant Manager …. Godfrey Kenton SAT 22:00 Meera Syal's Asian Comedy Night (b037sf5k) Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham. The original audio was lost from the BBC archive, so our thanks Episode 2 Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. to James Follett for the donation from his personal collection of Hosts, Meera Syal and Tommy Sandhu continue a special 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 his first radio play. celebration of British Asian stand up comedy from the BBC and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from Producer: Margaret Hall Radio Theatre in London. 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, First broadcast as a 90 minute drama on BBC Radio 4 in With the Asian Provocateurs, Mickey Sharma, Shazia Mirza, however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows November 1973. Imran Yusuf, Humza Badman, Kulvinder Ghir, Hyde Panesar in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC SUN 19:00 Elastic Planet (b007k399) and Sami Shah. Radio 4 Extra. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Producer: Jon Holmes Producer: Edward Taylor SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra (b037sjy6) Made for the BBC Asian Network by Tonic Productions and First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in July 1972. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] first broadcast in July 2012. SUN 09:00 Travelling Light (b037sj08) SUN 19:45 Journey Into Language (b00dk3vs) SAT 22:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b00r7n2p) Simon's Story [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] Series 4 The Sutherland family witnesses the methods of Catharsis. Can SUN 20:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nvyzd) Brilliant Mathematician Ecky and Carmen help? Stars John Hasler and Robert Glenister. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Milton Jones bestrides the globe as an expert in his field, with SUN 09:30 LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b0124y9s) no ability whatsoever. (b00rvxz8) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Milton is a mathematical whiz-kid who gets tied up in knots and Episode 1 SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b037sj80) rings trying to solve the equation of the mysteriously A couple expects to adopt an orphan boy, not an impetuous red- [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] disappearing geniuses. headed girl. LM Montgomery dramatisation stars Barbara SUN 21:45 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00p84px) With Tom Goodman-Hill, Lucy Montgomery, Ben Willbond. Barnes. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b037sj80) SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00dv2p1) SAT 23:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b0084rlw) Cricketers [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Opening Night Ian Botham SUN 22:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00d3rvq) Gentleman detective, Inspector Alleyn probes a top actor's From the Rolling Stones to Beethoven, cricket's all-rounder Role Playing mysterious death. Jeremy Clyde stars in Dame Ngaio Marsh's shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From November Special edition of Steve Delaney's comedy vehicle, recorded at thriller. 1989. the Edinburgh Festival. SUN 10:45 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00p84px) Arthur's attempts to find a bargain in the classifieds doesn't Sierra Leone, part 2 quite go to plan, as his ever-ringing doorbell leads to confusion SUNDAY 04 AUGUST 2013 Thanks to his tangled lovelife, a young man assesses his on all fronts. But Count Arthur Strong will be able to gather his capacity for commitment. Conclusion read by Sean McGinley. thoughts in time for his role-playing engagement at the hospital, SUN 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00hv5wb) SUN 11:00 Elastic Planet (b007k399) won't he? [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] The Objects With Steve Delaney, Sue Perkins, Alastair Kerr, David SUN 00:25 The Fanthorpe Investigations (b038bfcn) Revealing the links between the art of siren writing, the Mounfield. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:25 on Saturday] discovery of pants, the Church of England motorcycle display SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b037zv5z) SUN 00:30 The Female Ghost (b00njx8j) team and the flamenco guitar. For two hours, six nights a week, Arthur Smith presents the best [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben comedy around. Plus tonight, Ray Peacock chats to the SUN 01:00 The Frankie Howerd Variety Show (b007jr6r) Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections. legendary Neil Innes. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] With Rebecca Front, Dan Strauss, Kerry Shale, Geoff SUN 23:00 The Maltby Collection (b00xn9fp) SUN 02:00 Michael Butt - Chronicles of Ait (b037s25y) McGivern, Ben Moor, Raymond Baxter and Caron Keating. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Producer: Jon Naismith Episode 3 SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007jlnl) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995 Will the museum's first ever Sunday opening run smoothly? [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra (b037sjy6) Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt and Geoffrey Palmer. From June 2008. SUN 04:00 Rose Tremain (b0075nk4) Series 5 - Omnibus SUN 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007rkg1) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Episode 5 Dave Podmore's World of Cricket SUN 05:00 Nick Warburton - The Toad Squad (b0076k00) Matt's hopes are shattered, and Brenda begins to wonder. Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Saturday] SUN 11:45 Journey Into Language (b00dk3vs) Eat the Dream. Pod makes a bid to run the opening ceremony SUN 05:30 Richard Tyrone Jones's Big Heart (b037gt60) The Journey Begins of the 2003 Cricket World Cup - on the cheap, of course. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] Linguistics teaching pioneer Professor Eric Hawkins recalls Sitcom about the exploits of talentless, amateurish, smug, inept SUN 06:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island Omnibus how his path of learning started out in 1920s Liverpool. and self-deluding English cricketer Dave Podmore. (b008141d) SUN 12:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island Omnibus Starring Chris Douglas and Andrew Nickolds with Chris Pavlo Episode 1 (b008141d) and Nicola Sanderson. Jamaican Hortense Roberts emigrates to London. Enthralling [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Written by Chris Douglas, Andrew Nickolds and Nick exploration of empire, prejudice, war and love. SUN 13:15 The People of the British Museum (b009nlxx) Newman. SUN 07:15 The People of the British Museum (b009nlxx) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] Producer: Richard Wilson Storehouse of Knowledge SUN 13:30 Alan Ayckbourn - A Pageant (b007jrtq) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002. Danny Danziger visits the cuneiform tablet collection to meet Marital tensions and midlife crises erupt for Toby and Celia. Dr Irving Finkel, who can decipher the ancient inscriptions. Part of Alan Ayckbourn's Intimate Exchanges multi-play SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b00dv2p1) project, stars Robin Herford and Lavinia Bertram. MONDAY 05 AUGUST 2013 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 3 – 9 August 2013 Page 3 of 8 MON 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b0124qyz) Kenneth Horne heads a gangster romp 'How The Bullet Proof Esmeralda .....Sophie Winkleman [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Vest Was Won' - and can Julian and Sandy find him a Bona Carolyn Seymour, Julian Holloway, Oliver Dillon, JD MON 00:30 James Follett - Rules of Asylum (b007k17k) Soulmate? Cullum,Kenneth Danziger, [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Darren Richardson, Simon Templeman, Alan Shearman, MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b037sj80) Pertwee. Matthew Wolf, Daisy Hydon. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, Sound design: Mark Holden MON 01:45 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00p84px) London. Announcer: Douglas Smith Producer: Rosalind Ayres [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Director: Martin Jarvis MON 02:00 Elastic Planet (b007k399) comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00j4d29) MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b037sjy6) Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the In Her Element [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Skomer Log MON 02:45 Journey Into Language (b00dk3vs) 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, A series in which three women writers describe their personal [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] catchphrases and double-entendres. connection with the Welsh landscape and how their encounter MON 03:00 Meet the Huggetts (b00nvyzd) Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser with nature has shaped their lives. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] Hayes Four. Jane Matthews recounts her sojourn with seals and puffins on a MON 03:30 Alan Ayckbourn - A Pageant (b007jrtq) Producer: John Simmonds small island off the coast of Pembrokeshire. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967. Read by Siriol Jenkins MON 05:00 Travelling Light (b037sj08) MON 08:30 Brothers in Law (b007js5z) Producer : Kate McAll [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] Series 2 Director : Nigel Lewis. MON 05:30 LM Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables A Jewel of a Husband MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b037r5dr) (b00rvxz8) There is double trouble for barrister Roger Thursby in a case of Fazer, Nina Conti, Peter Carlton, Gerald Seymour, Jon Holmes, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] bigamy. Vuvuvultures, Flash Pan Hunter MON 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt) Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Nikki has a gottle o'geer with ventriloquist and comedian Nina A Caribbean Mystery Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, Conti, who returns her sell-out show 'Dolly Mixtures' to Episode 1 Jean Anderson as Mrs Thursby, Barbara Windsor as Mrs Grant, London's Soho Theatre until 10th August. Nina introduces her Amateur sleuth Jane Marple's peaceful island break is disrupted Frank Thornton as the Judge, John Bluthal as Mr Grant and daughter, her handyman, her gran and a stray dog in a show that by a death - and a photo. Peter Tuddenham as Alec. refuses to go as rehearsed and is a thoughtful mediation on love, Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson. life and the edge of existence. Marple. Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Nikki chats to Warp Films producer Peter Carlton, whose film From the thriller first published in 1964 and dramatised in five Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis credits include 'Four Lions' and 'Tyrannosaur'. His new drama parts by Michael Bakewell. Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard series is set in the sleepy market town of Southcliffe. As dawn Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer breaks, the sound of gunshots ring out and the residents of a Major Palgrave …. Windsor Davies Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972. tight-knit community wake to discover an inconceivable horror Dr Graham .... John Rowe Producer: David Hatch. has devastated the town. 'Southcliffe' starts on Sunday 4th Canon Prescott …. David King First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1971. August at 21.00 on Channel 4. Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee MON 09:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b037vlck) Jon Holmes is on the front line with former ITN journalist, Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones Episode 1 author and Glory Boy Gerald Seymour. His new book 'The Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright Paul Sinha is proudly British. He also loves a quiz. So you Corporal's Wife' is the story of the Corporal, driver for a Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman would have thought that the UK Citizenship Test, which Brigadier in the al-Qods Brigade, who is snatched by the Secret Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr newcomers to this country must pass to become citizens, would Service. Stashed in an eerie in Europe's mountains, the Corporal Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit have been right up his street. But the questions in the 2012 and will not talk. Unless his wife is brought out of Iran to join him. Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe 2013 Home Office guides seem either bizarrely easy - "Where Nikki's in the hood with rapper Fazer, whose hugely succesful Victoria .... Amanda Gordon is Welsh most widely spoken?" - or infuriatingly vague - "What hip hop group N-Dubz have won four MOBO awards. Fazer's Jim Ellis …. Anthony Ofoegbu happened in the First World War?". collaborating with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, performing Raymond West …. Iwan Thomas So Paul has created his own test, to better reflect the things that an 'Urban Classic Prom', combining iconic classical with Director: Enyd Williams aspiring migrants should understand before they can call contemporary urban artists on 10th August at London's Royal First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997. themselves British. In episode one he deals with the history Albert Hall. A documentary about the Prom; 'Fazer's Urban MON 06:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtjps) syllabus, looking at what we know about the most important Symphony' is on BBC Three in September. Episode 6 legal document in our history; the Patron Saints of the Home With music from offbeat indie pop and rock quartet Stern is due to publish the scoop on May 5th. But doubts set in Nations; provides a guide to our twenty most important cities; Vuvuvultures, who perform 'I'll Cut You' from their album about the authenticity of the diaries. Read by Nigel Anthony. and points out a historical error in the official guide. He also 'Push / Pull'. MON 06:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin tests the studio audience on their knowledge, with those that And Brighton boho-blues boy Flash Pan Hunter performs Diamonds (b037v78c) answer incorrectly being deported. 'Overcome Love With The Devil' from his album 'Quick Way Episode 16 The series intertwines the sort of comedy Paul has become To Enemy'. Dick Barton's chums are once more endangered by the known for on The Now Show, The News Quiz, and Fighting Producer: Sukey Firth. smuggling ring. But this only spurs him onto harder pursuit. Talk, as well as his own Radio 4 shows The Sinha Test and The MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00lrv62) The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly Sinha Games, and the command of facts and figures he [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of demonstrates on the ITV quiz show The Chase. MON 12:30 Brothers in Law (b007js5z) criminal masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. Written and performed by Paul Sinha. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon Producer: Ed Morrish. MON 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt) Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between MON 09:30 Artists (b01b36ry) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. Series 2 MON 13:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtjps) With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re- Special Happy Places [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts De-cluttering his house, Gerard's friends all get gifts, leaving MON 13:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin and music, which was made for international distribution. Tamsin less than thrilled. Stars Dave Lamb. From May 2004. Diamonds (b037v78c) Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the MON 10:00 Classic Serial (b018g264) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, AG Macdonell - England, Their England MON 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b00819y4) Australia. Martin Jarvis directs a galaxy of stars in a Classic Serial one-off Episode 6 Script by Geoffrey Webb. episode. The cast is led by outstanding Scots actor Tony Curran Arriving from Jamaica, Hortense discovers post-war England is Producer: Morris West as Donald. cold and dreary. Stars Nadine Marshall and Stephen First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. In this classic 1930s comic novel, a young Scot, Donald Tompkinson. MON 07:00 Married (b007zmd4) Cameron, invalided from the Western Front in 1918, finds MON 14:15 Foreign Bodies (b01mnz8f) Series 2 himself commissioned to write a book about the eccentricities Series 1 Identity of the English - through 'a foreigner's eyes'. An enthusiastic Italy - Inspector Montalbano Robin is about to encounter the double of someone he knew innocent abroad, Donald encounters an array of richly comic Andrea Camilleri discusses the influence of both the Spanish from his old universe. characters. He attends an absurd country house weekend, enjoys writer Montalbán and Belgian author Georges Simenon on the After all this time, and one universe later, he can't still be drinks with Fleet Street hacks, attempts some book-reviewing, creation of his Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano. nursing a grudge? visits The League of Nations as an MP's private secretary and, In a conversation recorded at his home in Rome with Mark Hugh Bonneville stars in Tony Bagley's comedy. memorably, plays village cricket - the most famous fictional Lawson, he describes the way he uses his crime stories to Robin .... Hugh Bonneville cricket match in literature. comment upon the effects of both the Mafia and Berlusconi's Lesley .... Josie Lawrence The novel is dramatised by Archie Scottney ('Something Fresh', leadership on Italian society today. Dirk .... Stephen Frost 'Summer Lightning', 'Goldfinger', 'The Mysterious Mr Quin') Producer: Robyn Read Dame Jane Hyde .... Stephanie Cole and who once took 5 wickets for 36 runs. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. Philippa .... Siobhan Redmond Martin Jarvis says: 'A joy to direct. The preposterous game of MON 14:30 Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari (b007jyp5) Producer: Claire Jones cricket at its heart leaps happily onto the air waves. With Ian Episode 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000. Hislop to skipper our all-stars, I felt we had hit some kind of Perilous journeys and vivid locals from Cairo to Cape Town, in MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b037h1y8) pitch-perfection. The absurdity and blessedness of England and the writer's return to Africa. Read by William Roberts. Series 59 the English remains reassuringly, recognisable.' MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b00mztyg) Episode 5 Cast: Lynne Truss - Get Her Off the Pitch! The godfather of all panel shows pays a first visit to Leicester's Donald Cameron .....Tony Curran Episode 1 De Montfort Hall. Old-timers Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Evan Davies ..... Ioan Gruffudd Lynne Truss reads from her account of the four years she spent Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel by semi-regular Rob Mr Hodge ..... Ian Hislop as a sports reporter. Brydon, with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell accompanies on Tommy Huggins ..... Alfred Molina How does a woman of literary tastes and neither knowledge of the piano. Rupert Harcourt .. ... Rufus Sewell nor interest in sport end up covering great and not-so-great Producer - Jon Naismith. Mr Bloomer ..... Michael York events for the sports section of a national newspaper? As Lynne MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00lrv62) Sir Henry ..... Ian Ogilvy explains, it all starts over lunch... Series 3 Gwennie ..... Jill Gascoine A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. Episode 5 Pendragon ..... Lloyd Owen MON 15:00 Classic Serial (b018g264) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 3 – 9 August 2013 Page 4 of 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 02:00 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b037vlck) Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037vmx0) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Milligan and Eric Sykes. Mel Giedroyc gets her football boots on for chapter one of a TUE 02:30 Artists (b01b36ry) new story, The Defenders by Paul May. Plus the story of the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Starring: loneliest position on the pitch - the goalie. TUE 03:00 Classic Serial (b018g264) MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b007jxh2) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Peter Sellers Series 2 TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00j4d29) Harry Secombe A Taste of Democracy [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Spike Milligan It’s British week in the People's Republic – showcasing a double- TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b037r5dr) decker bus and a demonstration of clog dancing. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. TUE 05:00 Flying the Flag (b007jxh2) recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] shows weren’t kept in the archive. Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, TUE 05:30 Married (b007zmd4) Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov, Alan Dudley as [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Frank Burton, MP and Richard Tate as Gerald Calder-Brown, TUE 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb) MP. A Caribbean Mystery Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Producer: Pete Atkin Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988. After Major Palgrave's sudden death, the amateur sleuth Announcer: Wallace Greenslade MON 17:30 Married (b007zmd4) wonders whether it was murder? [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Producer: Peter Eton MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00r67jz) Marple. Nation Miss Marple …. June Whitfield First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954. Episode 6 Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper TUE 08:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Mau, Daphne and Ataba have found a golden door deep in a Dr Graham .... John Rowe (b007jrgc) cave. South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell Moving On Norfolk. Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee Bob and Terry take an eventful trip down memory lane. MON 18:30 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js9x) Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Episode 6 Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Sheila On the day of the festival, Saul and the Guardians prepare to Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit Fearn and Michael Segal. fight. Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Conclusion of Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley. thriller serial set in - and under - Bath. Victoria .... Amanda Gordon Producer: John Browell Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd Jackson …. Andrew Wincott Originally lost from the archive, the audio was provided by Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd Daventry …. David Brooks BBC producer Stan Was. Freddie Jones .... The Scribe First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1975. Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife Dramatised by Michael Bakewell TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b037vnlg) Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist Director: Enyd Williams [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. TUE 09:45 Hearing With Hegley (b00bfq19) Katy Carmichael .... Tracky TUE 06:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtrh8) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] Sam Dastor .... Karim El Hatel Episode 7 TUE 10:00 George Orwell - Keep the Aspidistra Flying June Barrie .... Chairwoman Historian Hugh Trevor-Roper is recruited to study the diaries. (b00nw25z) Zoe Hicks .... Miss Dewhurst He is convinced at first, but soon wonders. Read by Nigel In 1930s London, would-be poet Gordon Comstock tries not to Melanie Hudson .... Patricia Gwent Anthony. conform. George Orwell drama with Jonathan Tafler and Polly Geoffrey Collins .... Control TUE 06:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin James. Phillip Manikum .... Punch Diamonds (b037vq60) TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00j4d54) Paul Cresswell .... John Episode 17 In Her Element John Adams .... Guardian Trapped once more, Dick and Freddie discover something new A Horizontal View Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. about their sometime female adversary. A series in which three women writers describe their personal Music realised by Robin Lever. The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly connection with the Welsh landscape and how their encounter Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of with nature has shaped their lives. Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan criminal masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. Patricia Barrie recalls the view from her bedroom window First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon when she was confined to bed as a child with a serious illness. MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00lrv62) Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between Read by Sharon Morgan. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. Producer : Kate McAll MON 19:30 Brothers in Law (b007js5z) With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re- Director : Nigel Lewis. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts TUE 11:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book (b007jw2l) MON 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt) and music, which was made for international distribution. Sophia recalls the holidays spent with her grandmother on an [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the island in the Gulf of Finland. Stars Phyllida Law and Sophie MON 20:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtjps) vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Thompson. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Australia. TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jlsh) MON 20:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Script by Geoffrey Webb. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Diamonds (b037v78c) Producer: Morris West TUE 12:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. (b007jrgc) MON 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b037wnv4) TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b00g27dk) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 2013 Episode 1 TUE 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb) Episode 1 Mr Finchley finds himself on his way to Paris to track down a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from rather irresponsible client. TUE 13:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtrh8) the Edinburgh Festival. But before he sets off, he has an important question to put to a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b037h1y8) certain widow of his acquaintance... TUE 13:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Richard Griffiths returns as shy solicitor's clerk, Edgar Diamonds (b037vq60) MON 22:30 Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test (b037vlck) Finchley. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Series two of the adventures written by Victor Canning. TUE 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081cdy) MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b037vnlg) Mrs Crantel ...... Anna Cropper Episode 7 Series 8 Mr Sprake ...... James Grout Hortense's landlady Queenie tells of her war job, and her boring Episode 6 Lawrence Hume ...... Piers Gibbon husband. Stars Lyndsey Marhsal and Stephen Tompkinson. Extended satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Mrs Patten ...... Jill Graham TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b037vzz3) Toksvig. With guests Jeremy Hardy, Justin Moorhouse, Roisin David White ...... James Taylor Series 5 Conaty and Bob Mills. Mavis ...... Teresa Gallagher Episode 11 MON 23:45 Hearing With Hegley (b00bfq19) The Frenchman ...... Barry Gordon Matt thanks Lilian for sending a new bank card, lying that he's Series 1 Narrated by James Villiers. doing fine. Lilian wishes they could work on his deal together: Episode 6 Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman. is he ever coming home? Matt lets slip that Brenda's there The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, Producer: Gareth Edwards helping him and Lilian's angry. Matt tells Lilian to trust him. entertains an audience with his book of verse. From December First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1994. She begs Matt to let her back in to his life. Upset but concealing 1996. TUE 07:30 It's Not What You Know (b037hmyc) it Matt hangs up and sobs to himself. Series 2 Brenda and Dmitry go to meet Matt. Dmitry explains that he is Episode 4 an employee at the firm Brenda went to to find him: the woman TUESDAY 06 AUGUST 2013 Who is Nick Helm's all time hero? What is the most she spoke to must have been new so didn't know him. Dmitry's embarrassing thing Isy Suttie's mum ever did? Who would play convinced by Brenda to share with Matt what he knows about TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00r67jz) Dougie Anderson in the film of his life? Vitaly's contact Nikolai Babarin, whose name was on Matt's [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] All these questions, and more, will be answered in the show contract. He gives Matt the contact's business address, but TUE 00:30 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js9x) hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how well advises him not to go there. Matt goes and worried Brenda [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] they know their nearest and dearest. convinces Dmitry to follow him in his car. TUE 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt) Producer: Sam Michell Matt discovers a trashed office. A woman there, a secretary he [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013. presumes, nervously asks Matt to leave. She admits the last time TUE 01:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtjps) TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jlsh) she saw Nicolai he was going to the factory site. Matt leaves and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Series 5 sees Brenda and Dmitry. He's going to the site, and Brenda TUE 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin The Last Tram (from Clapham) insists on going with him. Dmitry's worried for Brenda so Diamonds (b037v78c) London's trams are no more, but boss Neddie Seagoon must reluctantly drives them. The site is a village with ramshackle [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday] pursue the one that got away. houses. Matt approaches a drunk old farmer who's reluctant to Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 3 – 9 August 2013 Page 5 of 8 talk. Dmitry translates. The man's angry that no one cares for Episode 3 Tensions start to grow on the beautiful tropical island. them and that foreigners buy the land from under them. Dmitry A submarine systems failure puts the Goliath crew at the mercy The authorities have been called in and a murder investigation explains that the whole village is terrified. Before Matt can of a drugs baron. Stars Jim Field Smith. From June 2007. is underway. glean any more, Brenda spots a black four by four at the top of TUE 23:00 Mark Thomas: My Life in Serious Organised Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss the road. Dmitry insists they leave immediately. Crime (b007760g) Marple. Cast: Stories from comedian Mark Thomas's campaign against the Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Matt Crawford ..... Kim Durham Serious Organised Crime and Policing Act that requires anyone Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones Lilian Bellamy ..... Sunny Ormonde wishing to protest around the Houses of Parliament to obtain a Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright Brenda Tucker ..... Amy Shindler police permit. Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman Dmitry ..... Basher Savage Thomas has done exactly that; hundreds and hundreds of times. Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr Arina ..... Katerina Pushkin Producer: Colin Anderson Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit Radimir ..... Boris Isarov First broadcast on Radio 4 in March 2007. Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe Writer ..... Tim Stimpson TUE 23:30 Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard Victoria …. Amanda Gordon Producer/ Director ..... Julie Beckett (b00qj274) Jim Ellis …. Anthony Ofoegbu Editor ..... Vanessa Whitburn. Series 1 Inspector Weston …. David Bannerman TUE 14:30 Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari (b007w429) Ogre Bin Laden Daventry …. David Brooks Episode 2 Written by David Kay and Gavin Smith, Mordrin McDonald is Cook …. Chris Pavlo Travel writer Paul Theroux ignores warnings and heads to a 2000 year old Wizard living in the modern world where Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Sudan, and learns a lesson in Ethiopia. Read by William regular bin collections and watching Countdown are just as Director: Enyd Williams Roberts. important as slaying the odd Jakonty Dragon. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b00n3wqs) In this episode Mordrin takes matters into his own hands to try WED 06:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtvgm) Lynne Truss - Get Her Off the Pitch! and solve his erratic bin collections, and decides to magic up a Episode 8 Episode 2 rubbish eating Ogre with disastrous consequences. Stern holds a press conference to launch the scoop, but farce Lynne Truss reads from her account of the four years she spent Featuring and written by Scottish stand up David Kay and ensues when the diaries are declared fake. Read by Nigel as a sports reporter. starring Gordon Kennedy and Jack Docherty, Mordrin Anthony. In 1999 Lynne is sent to Madison Square Garden to cover the McDonald mixes the magical with the mundane and offers a WED 06:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin fight between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis for the hilarious take on the life of a modern day Wizard. Diamonds (b037wt7d) heavyweight championship of the world. Step into the magically mundane world that is the life of 21st Episode 18 A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. century wizard Mordrin McDonald. An isolated 2000-year-old Dick Barton and the team are finally closing in on their sworn TUE 15:00 George Orwell - Keep the Aspidistra Flying sorcerer with enough power in his small finger to destroy a enemy. Will Snowy's fig addiction be useful? (b00nw25z) town, yet not even enough clout to get his bins emptied on time The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] by the local council. Even for such a skilful sorcerer modern as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037vzz5) life is rubbish! criminal masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. The Inheritance Books of some top authors visiting the Mordrin is deadpan, dry and makes delicious jams. He initially Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon Edinburgh International Book Festival. Plus, news of a new set up as a plc for income tax relief, but has found it a useful Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between exhibition of illustration coming soon at the British Library. vehicle to help him bolster his Wizard skill set and his range of 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. TUE 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cz8np) services. (Even a wizard has to diversify). He's been running With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re- Series 4 Fruity Potions from his cave for the past few years, in between recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts Episode 6 completing the odd quest as instructed by the Wizard Council. and music, which was made for international distribution. It’s Tommy and Sheila’s anniversary – 40 years in showbiz! In the past his services were to help kings in battles of good and Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the Lewis is hoping it’ll pass quietly and cheaply. But will a short evil, or as he prefers to put it, assisting with neighbour disputes. vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, hospital stay force Tommy to start taking life easier? Cast: Australia. Mike Coleman's sitcom starring Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. Mordrin: David Kay Script by Geoffrey Webb. Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr battle Geoff: Gordon Kennedy Producer: Morris West on with their second stab at fame. Heather: Cora Bissett First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd Councillor Campbell: Callum Cuthbertson WED 07:00 North East of Eden (b01f9t2c) Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield Flora: Eleanor Thom Invaders and Outsiders Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes Jim The Joiner: Grant O'Rourke Marcia leaves London when she inherits her uncle's medical Murray …. Julian Eardley Producer: Gus Beattie practice on the remote Paradise Island in Northumbria - with its Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. Wind O' Change pub and populace of slightly dodgy fisherman. Vicky Blunt/Nurse …. Emma Kennedy TUE 23:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00snqqs) Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom. Music by Frido Ruth. Series 2 Doctor Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front Producer: Steve Doherty Normal Sleep Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002. The cartoonist searches for the secret meaning of life, said to be Hjorst/The Translator …. Niall Ashdown TUE 17:30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b00g27dk) written on a sausage. Joseph Gates …. James Garbutt [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00rd4w1) describes as "insights into normal, everyday life". William …. Sammy Johnson Nation With: Ralph Gates …. Stephen Thirkeld Episode 7 Rosalind Paul Other Roles …. Peter Kerry The Nation awaits the arrival of Cox and the cannibal raiders. Ewan Bailey Producer: Kathy Smith South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Norfolk. Nigel Betts First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1997. TUE 18:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Rachel Atkins WED 07:30 The Brig Society (b037jbtz) Hodgson (b007x08g) Written by Steven Appleby Series 1 1. The Manuscript Producer: Toby Swift Railway Two friends are camping near the bleak ruins of a huge old First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003 Uh-oh - Marcus Brigstocke has been put in charge of a thing! house in a remote spot in the west of Ireland, when they Each week, Marcus finds he's volunteered to be in charge of a discover a ragged manuscript. big old thing - a hospital, the railways, British Fashion, a prison It purports to be the journal of an old recluse who once lived in WEDNESDAY 07 AUGUST 2013 - and each week he starts out by thinking "Well, it can't be that the house with his sister. The manuscript describes his difficult, surely?" and ends up with "Oh - turns out it's utterly terrifying experiences of being besieged by supernatural WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00rd4w1) difficult and complicated. Who knew...?" creatures and another dimension... [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] This week, Marcus has been given his own railway franchise to Read by Jim Norton. WED 00:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope run. Please note, this programme may be running late; change at First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy Hodgson (b007x08g) Tiverton Parkway for The Archers novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Travelling with him in the Noisy Coach are Rufus Jones Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. WED 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb) ("Hunderby", "Holy Flying Circus"), William Andrews ("Sorry Producer: Lawrence Jackson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] I've Got No Head") and Margaret Cabourn-Smith ("Miranda") Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. WED 01:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtrh8) The show is a Pozzitive production, and is produced by First broadcast in September 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Marcus's long-standing accomplice, David Tyler who also TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jlsh) WED 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin produces Marcus appearances as the inimitable as Giles [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Diamonds (b037vq60) Wemmbley Hogg. David's other radio credits include Jeremy TUE 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Tuesday] Hardy Speaks To The Nation, Cabin Pressure, Another Case Of (b007jrgc) WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b037vnlg) Milton Jones, Kevin Eldon Will See You Now, Armando [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Iannucci's Charm Offensive, The Castle, he 3rd Degree, The TUE 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb) WED 02:45 Hearing With Hegley (b00bfq19) 99p Challenge, My First Planet, Radio Active & Bigipedia. His [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TV credits include Paul Merton - The Series, Spitting Image, TUE 20:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtrh8) WED 03:00 George Orwell - Keep the Aspidistra Flying Absolutely, The Paul Calf Video Diary, Three Fights Two [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] (b00nw25z) Weddings & A Funeral, Coogan's Run, The Tony Ferrino TUE 20:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Phenomenon and exec producing Victoria Wood's Dinner Diamonds (b037vq60) WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00j4d54) Ladies. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Written by Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, TUE 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b037wp99) WED 04:15 Tove Jansson - The Summer Book (b007jw2l) Nick Doody, Steve Punt & Tom Neenan 2013 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Produced by David Tyler Episode 2 WED 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cz8np) A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4m9) the Edinburgh Festival. WED 05:30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b00g27dk) Series 4 TUE 22:00 It's Not What You Know (b037hmyc) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] The Bolshoi Ballet [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv) The lad's hopes for a night of dance at London's Covent Garden TUE 22:30 Deep Trouble (b00td8tw) A Caribbean Mystery don't quite go to plan. Series 2 Episode 3 Starring Tony Hancock. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 3 – 9 August 2013 Page 6 of 8 With Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. Lynne Truss reads from her account of the four years she spent THU 02:00 Crowned Hudds (b00psrfz) Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. as a sports reporter. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Watching sport is one thing, but playing it is quite another. THU 02:30 Says on the Tin (b00h62pp) Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Lynne describes how she developed an enduring passion for [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Rabinowitz. golf. THU 03:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwq9v) Producer: Dennis Main Wilson A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1956. WED 15:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b00j4d56) WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zn046) (b00fwq9v) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Series 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU 04:15 Drama (b00hvgbt) Episode 12 WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037wxn2) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] Arabian Desert dancers - and the bare truth of Lady Godiva. Mel Giedroyc learns how to train to become a football referee. THU 05:00 No Commitments (b037wxhs) Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Plus some favourite books from Edinburgh International Book [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. Festival authors Jeremy Strong and Chris Bradford. THU 05:30 North East of Eden (b01f9t2c) Written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. WED 17:00 No Commitments (b037wxhs) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue Series 12 THU 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc) 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and Misalliances A Caribbean Mystery quickly developed a cult following. Victoria tries to change Emily's marriage plans, while Charlotte Episode 4 Music and songs by Liam Cohen and Bill Oddie. has a new (old) lover. Stars Celia Imrie. From May 2006. With the island's murder tally now standing at two, the spinster Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge WED 17:30 North East of Eden (b01f9t2c) sleuth needs an ally. First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1968. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss WED 09:00 Crowned Hudds (b00psrfz) WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00rkm9p) Marple. Fourth Wedding and Some Funerals Nation Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Poking fun at King Henry VIII, it's Roy Hudd's historical royal Episode 8 Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper romp, with June Whitfield and Chris Emmett. From August It looks like decision time for Daphne - can she face leaving Dr Graham .... John Rowe 1995. Mau? South Seas adventure read by Matt Addis and Charlie Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee WED 09:30 Says on the Tin (b00h62pp) Norfolk. Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell Face Cream WED 18:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones Eliott and Esther are on the brink of admitting their attraction Hodgson (b007wznx) Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright when a young actress with a father fixation fixes on Eliott. 2. The Siege Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit Comedy by Christopher William Hill about an American ad After beginning to read the ragged manuscript purporting to be Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe man, forced to relocate to London. written by an old recluse, the narrator and his sister face the Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Eliott Thurber ...... Michael Brandon swine-like supernatural creatures' terrifying siege... Director: Enyd Williams Esther Finn ...... Samantha Bond Read by Jim Norton. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. Hannah Walker ...... Pippa Haywood First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy THU 06:30 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007lr7f) Pippa Walker ...... Manjeet Mann novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. The Double Crossing Zadie ...... Joannah Tincey Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. A good first day for a certain detective named Lewis. Baz ...... Inam Mirza Producer: Lawrence Jackson The creator of the inimitable Inspector Morse brings a fresh Max ...... Robert Lonsdale Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. detective tale to the airwaves. Rutter ...... Stephen Critchlow First broadcast in September 2007. Colin Dexter reads his own story. Angelique ...... Donnla Hughes WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4m9) Producer: Di Speirs Other parts played by Janice Acquah, Jill Cardo, Jonathan [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004. Tafler and Gunnar Cauthery. WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zn046) THU 06:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Producer: Liz Webb [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Diamonds (b037xdbm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009. WED 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv) Episode 19 WED 10:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Snowy's ever more bizarre methods of leaving clues yield a (b00fwq9v) WED 20:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtvgm) palpable result for Dick Barton's dogged pursuit. Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly Little boy Kay Harker sets out on a magical quest to find WED 20:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of treasure. Stars Sam Salter, Nickolas Grace and Charles Dance. Diamonds (b037wt7d) criminal masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b00j4d56) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon In Her Element WED 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b037wxy8) Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between No Refund for Clouds 2013 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. Series of three readings by women writers that describe their Episode 3 With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re- personal connections with the Welsh landscape. Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts Hilary Lloyd remembers life on a smallholding in the Welsh the Edinburgh Festival. and music, which was made for international distribution. Marches. Read by Eiry Thomas. WED 22:00 The Brig Society (b037jbtz) Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the WED 11:15 Drama (b00hvgbt) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Brett Goldstein - Success Story WED 22:30 Mr Blue Sky (b0118lkk) Australia. When Ray's low-budget film is picked up by a major studio his Series 1 Script by Geoffrey Webb. dreams of Hollywood start to become a reality. Then, holed up My Valentine Producer: Morris West in a hotel room doing endless publicity interviews, he finds the The Easter family have a couple of unwanted guests, and First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. past coming back to bite him. By Brett Goldstein. Harvey is struggling to come up with a Valentine's idea for Jax. THU 07:00 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b5tc3) Ray ..... Geoffrey Streatfeild Stars Mark Benton. From May 2011. Series 2 Tara ..... Caroline Catz WED 23:00 The Mel and Sue Thing (b0076b0y) Episode 2 Emily ..... Sasha Pick Episode 4 The comedian presents a selection of classic comic songs. With Kristen ..... Laurel Lefkow A clip from a new posh British blockbuster and plus the special guest singer-songwriter Isy Suttie. From October 2006. Directed by Toby Swift. continuing saga of Sweet Fanny Adams, Jane Austen's seminal THU 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b01n60m2) WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k4m9) work. Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] More mayhem from Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. Author Author; Front Row Centre with Thaddeus Bristol WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zn046) With Paul Chahidi The multi-award winning American essayist brings more of his [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Written by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 with a series of audience WED 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv) Producer: Elizabeth Freestone. readings. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002. This week David gives his observations of life as an author on WED 13:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtvgm) WED 23:30 Masala FM (b007zjm8) tour in "Author, Author", makes a satirical swipe at critics in [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Episode 4 "Front Row Centre with Thaddeus Bristol", and reads some WED 13:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin The station's only attracting Z-list Asian celebrities, but then a extracts from his diaries. Diamonds (b037wt7d) top member of 'royalty' phones in... Producer: Steve Doherty [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal A Boom Pictures Cymru production for BBC Radio 4. WED 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081f8j) Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jm92) Episode 8 Wadia. Series 1 Hortense's new husband Gilbert reveals how Jamaican fighters Music by Nitin Sawhney. Sorry Wrong Number face racism from Americans and the British. Stars Don Gilet. Producer: Liz Anstee A downed German plane sees the Home Guard platoon WED 14:15 Foreign Bodies (b01mnz8v) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996. attempting to employ Captain Mainwaring's phone box drill... Series 1 Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC Germany - PI Kemal Kayankaya TV, these specially adapted radio versions began recording with German author Jakob Arjouni returns periodically to write THURSDAY 08 AUGUST 2013 the original cast. fiction featuring his Turkish PI Kemal Kayankaya. Mark Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Lawson visits him in Berlin to discuss the way his crime novels THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00rkm9p) Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Ian have reflected upon events including re-unification and the war [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Lavender as Private Pike, John Laurie as Private Frazer, in Yugoslavia, and drawn on more recent debates about what THU 00:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Graham Stark as Private Walker, Bill Pertwee as the ARP view of Islam it's appropriate to show in cartoons and films. Hodgson (b007wznx) Warden, Pearl Hackney as Mrs Pike, Avril Angers as the Producer: Robyn Read. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Telephonist and John Forrest as the Lieutenant. With John WED 14:30 Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari (b007w4h4) THU 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv) Snagge as the announcer. Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV Continuing his African journey, the author ponders turning 60 THU 01:30 Robert Harris - Selling Hitler (b01dtvgm) scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad. as he returns to Uganda. Read by William Roberts. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Producer: John Dyas WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b00n3vhz) THU 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in May 1974. Lynne Truss - Get Her Off the Pitch! Diamonds (b037wt7d) THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b01fhp18) Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday] From 26/02/1959 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 3 – 9 August 2013 Page 7 of 8 Putting a hat on with a West End musical spoof, plus trouble Lynne Truss reads from her account of the four years she spent Nick and Tim de Jongh welcome Spike Milligan to the last ever over a wedding ring for 'The Glums'. as a sports reporter. BBC Radio 4 show to be recorded at the famous BBC Paris Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June To outsiders, what could be better than to be paid to attend and Studios. Whitfield. write about world-class sporting events? Well, they don't know Located in Lower Regent Street, London, they were used from Music from Wallace Eaton and the Keynotes and the BBC the half of it. 1946 to 1995 - the home of countless BBC shows from Round Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. The Horne to Just A Minute Scripted by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. THU 15:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwdlp) Skilful sketch show written and performed by Nick Golson and Producer: Charles Maxwell [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Tim de Jongh. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1959. THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037xjvs) With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc THU 09:00 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008j030) As Mel continues listening to The Defenders by Paul May, she Producer: Jon Naismith On the Line discovers the origins of the football chant. Plus, the Inheritance First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995. Harold Perkins can't get a site phone, so his workmates get him Books of authors Andy Mulligan and Claire McFall. a handset and more besides... THU 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00ttmvh) Six anarchic tales from those demob days “when we was going Series 2 FRIDAY 09 AUGUST 2013 to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned Brideshead Unvisited lax and sour”. Rick's ex-girlfriend is getting married and the whole family is FRI 00:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses Stars Norman Rossington as Big Jim, Roland Curram as Harold invited. Stella's doubts about an occasion involving the entire (b007k4jq) Perkins, Harold Goodwin as Old Ned, David John as Nimrod, Bartholomew clan prove to be justified... [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Sylvester McCoy as Turps, David Beckett as Chick, Steven Series 2 of Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy- FRI 00:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Harrold as Harry, Carol Hawkins as Miss James, Stephen turvy family life. Hodgson (b007www2) Garlick as Plonker and Karen Ascoe as the Typist. Stars Duncan Preston as Patrick, Penny Downie as Stella, [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Narrated by Bernard Cribbins. Claudie Blakley as Alison, Bruce MacKinnon as Rick, FRI 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc) Written by Ted Walker. Catherine Shepherd as Xanthe, Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Producer: Martin Fisher Terence Frisch as the photographer. FRI 01:30 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007lr7f) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987. Producer: Elizabeth Freestone [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] THU 09:30 Life in London (b011kpfk) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004. FRI 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Mr Lushington THU 17:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b5tc3) Diamonds (b037xdbm) If Pierce can't meet his deadline, how will the audience hear [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Thursday] about a visit to the slums, George IV's interior decorating, and a THU 18:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses FRI 02:00 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008j030) dog fighting a monkey? (b007k4jq) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Starring Greg Wise, Mark Gatiss and James Bachman. Episode 1 FRI 02:30 Life in London (b011kpfk) Pierce Egan’s 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell. Recovering from a serious eye operation, Marda West discovers [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern her vision has been heightened to a frighteningly new degree of FRI 03:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwdlp) Hustle .... Alex Macqueen clarity. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise It makes her fear that people she trusts the most have sinister FRI 04:00 The Greengrocer's Apostrophe (b01gnp5m) Pickpocket .... Neil Edmond designs against her... [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss Daphne du Maurier's two-part fantasy thriller explores the FRI 04:15 Katie Hims - The Disappearance of Shirley Jarvey .... Ben Graves darker aspects of human nature. McGill (b007jtf0) Bob Logic .... James Bachman Read by Emma Fielding. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Fishwife .... Laura Shavin Produced and abridged by Gemma Jenkins. FRI 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00ttmvh) Mrs Egan .... Alys Torrence Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] Corinthian Kate .... Amanda Abbington THU 18:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope FRI 05:30 The Mitch Benn Music Show (b00b5tc3) Producer: Tilusha Ghelani Hodgson (b007www2) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006. 3. The Pit FRI 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx) THU 10:00 John Masefield - The Midnight Folk (b00fwdlp) Will the narrator and his dog survive a watery entrapment? A Caribbean Mystery Episode 2 First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy Episode 5 Kay Harker must battle evil forces to capture the treasure. John novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. After two murders and an attempted suicide, amateur sleuth Masefield's yarn stars Sam Salter, Nickolas Grace and Charles Read by Jim Norton. Miss Marple is battling to find a link. Dance. Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June THU 11:00 The Greengrocer's Apostrophe (b01gnp5m) Producer: Lawrence Jackson Whitfield as Miss Marple. Penny's from Heaven Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Comic tales inspired by those hand-written signs offering First broadcast in September 2007. Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper "Apple's and Banana's" which can be found in every town in THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jm92) Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe Britain. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit James Anthony Pearson reads a quirky story about the THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b01fhp18) Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell apostrophe that ends a relationship, written by Anneliese [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones Mackintosh. THU 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc) Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman THU 11:15 Katie Hims - The Disappearance of Shirley THU 20:30 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007lr7f) Jackson …. Andrew Wincott McGill (b007jtf0) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Canon Prescott …. David King Shirley has put up with marriage to the overbearing Vernon for THU 20:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Dr Graham .... John Rowe 20 years. Her only friend is the butcher, and it's to the butcher Diamonds (b037xdbm) Dramatised by Michael Bakewell she turns when she discovers that - in spite of plenty of greens [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Director: Enyd Williams and red meat - she becomes at first translucent and then THU 21:00 MacAulay and Co (b037xk3f) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. completely invisible. 2013 FRI 06:30 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b65bw) Stars Lesley Manville as Shirley McGill, Philip Jackson as Episode 4 Burning End Vernon McGill, Shaun Dingwall as the Butcher, Emma Fred MacAulay brings you the pick of the best comedy from Fed up caring for her mother-in-law, Linda is worried when a Woolliams as the Police Officer and Scott Brooksbank as the the Edinburgh Festival. glass vase seems to have caused a fire. Read by Sue Johnston. Croupier. THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b01n60m2) FRI 06:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Written by Katie Hims. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Diamonds (b037xng7) Producer: Jeremy Mortimer. THU 22:30 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b01hxtcn) Episode 20 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Series 3 As romance blossoms between two of Dick Barton's friends, THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jm92) Russia they finally confront their main target in Bristol. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Thanks to some handy parental connections, the gap-year The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b01fhp18) buffoon goes to Moscow. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From as 'Dick Barton - Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] February 2005. criminal masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. THU 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc) THU 23:00 The Wilson Dixon Line (b00kdnj9) Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Words of Wisdom Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between THU 13:30 Colin Dexter Short Stories (b007lr7f) Cowboy philosopher Wilson Dixon shares his viewpoints on 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] life, love and relationships through songs and anecdotes. With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re- THU 13:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Introduced by Johnnie Walker. Wilson’s affectionate tribute to recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts Diamonds (b037xdbm) the philosophy of country music begins with his observations of and music, which was made for international distribution. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] society and the differences between the UK and Cripple Creek. Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the THU 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b0081k67) Saddled up with sidekick Snake Wizzelteats, his observations vaults of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Episode 9 on everyday life draw the audience into world full of larger than Australia. Jamaican serviceman Gilbert Joseph joins Queenie for a trip to life characters and situations. Script by Geoffrey Webb. the cinema, but finds the seats are segregated. Stars Don Gilet. Wilson Dixon is the creation of Jesse Griffin; an award winning Producer: Morris West THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b037xjv0) comedian, actor and founding member of the acclaimed First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. Series 5 comedy trio The 4 Noels. Since his creation, Wilson Dixon has FRI 07:00 The Right Time (b00c34ks) Episode 12 performed extensively around Australia and New Zealand as Series 3 Matt goes a step too far, and Brenda is seriously frightened. well as the UK comedy circuit. Episode 4 THU 14:30 Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari (b007w2pr) Sidekick Snake Wizzelteats is performed by Jesse Budd. A country house weekend, friends reunited and a dinner party Episode 4 Written and performed by Jesse Griffin. surprise... In his trip from Cairo to Cape Town, writer Paul Theroux Recorded with an audience at BBC Maida Vale, London. The sketch comedy for people growing older disgracefully. travels by bus to reach a troubled Zimbabwe. Read by William Producer: Lianne Coop Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Clive Swift, Roberts. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 2009. Roger Blake and Paula Wilcox. THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00n3wqv) THU 23:30 The Skivers (b0080rd1) Written by Colin Bostock Smith, John Dowie, Graeme Garden, Lynne Truss - Get Her Off the Pitch! Series 2 Jan Etherington, Mike Haskins, Ged Parsons, David Spicer and Episode 4 Spike Milligan Peter Usher. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 3 – 9 August 2013 Page 8 of 8 Script Editor: Ged Parsons. Britain. FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rlb08) Music by Ronnie & The Rex and Neil Innes. When Alice is cast aside from her high-flying career she finds a [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Claire Jones novel way to occupy her time. Armed only with a balaclava and FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00l2mcj) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. a pot of paint, she starts to vent her anger on sloppy [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 07:30 Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy (b037sdys) punctuation. FRI 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx) Episode 1 A story by Ronald Frame, read by Tracy Wiles. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Jo Caulfield hosts some of the best writers and comedians in the Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. FRI 20:30 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b65bw) UK as they take to the stage at The Scottish Storytelling Centre FRI 11:15 Dave Sheasby - Showing Promise (b007m6tg) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] to share a true story with us. With her creative writing course threatened financially, FRI 20:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin Lloyd Langford tells us about his rather unusual first day at Marjorie's glad to see a new face arrive - even if Harry lacks Diamonds (b037xng7) work; Nathan Caton has a story about middle-class assumptions some of the graces she's accustomed to... [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] and middle-class prejudice; Scottish playwright Keir McAllister Dave Sheasby’s drama stars Heather Stoney as Marjorie, Gerry FRI 21:00 The Greengrocer's Apostrophe (b01gnp4v) gets the tables turned on him by a young woman dressed in Kersey as Brian, John Branwell as John, Lorraine Peters as [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] black; Jo tells us how a crossword puzzle nearly started a riot on Jean, Daphne Oxenford as Florence and Graham Roberts as FRI 21:15 Dave Sheasby - Showing Promise (b007m6tg) a train; and there's a life-affirming story about love and hope Harry. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] from Jason Cook. Director: Tony Cliff FRI 22:00 Where Did It All Go Wrong? (b0076gmh) Created by Jo Caulfield and Kevin Anderson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. Series 1 Producer: Richard Melvin FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rlb08) The True Confessions of Sherlock Holmes A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Simon Munnery debunks the image of some iconic characters, FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rlb08) FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00l2mcj) starting with the 'science man' of Baker Street. From August Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 2003. 65 Today FRI 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx) FRI 22:15 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Albert Steptoe's 65th birthday outing turns into a disaster for his [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Fringe (b037xr34) son Harold. FRI 13:30 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b65bw) 2013 Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Episode 1 Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association FRI 13:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent: The Cabatolin ...Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013. Comedy from the world- with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Diamonds (b037xng7) famous festival. Episode 1 of 18. wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] FRI 22:20 Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy (b037sdys) The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert FRI 14:00 Andrea Levy - Small Island (b00cfwhy) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series Episode 10 FRI 22:50 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival on TV. The war ends in Europe, but Queenie's husband is still fighting Fringe (b037xr6z) Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell in the Far East. Stars Nadine Marshall and Stephen 2013 Harold ...... Harry H Corbett Tompkinson. Episode 2 With Ian Burford and David Charlesworth FRI 14:15 Foreign Bodies (b01mnz91) ...Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013. Comedy from the world- Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Series 1 famous festival. Episode 2 of 18. Gale Pedrick. Scotland - DI John Rebus FRI 22:55 Ross Noble Goes Global (b01dbgvs) Producer: Bobby Jaye Mark Lawson visits Edinburgh to meet Ian Rankin and discuss Series 2 First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. the way his novels featuring DI John Rebus reflect the building Milan FRI 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00l2mcj) of the Scottish parliament, the G8 summit and debates over The comedian discovers graffiti, beggars and lycra-clad From 27/05/1984 Scottish independence. couriers in the Italian style capital of Europe. From June 2003. From a ghost hunter to a collector of holes. Producer: Robyn Read. FRI 23:25 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Michael Bentine stars in the ultimate one man show written and FRI 14:30 Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari (b007w3f2) Fringe (b037xr71) performed by the host. Episode 5 2013 Producer: Jamie Rix Travel writer Paul Theroux's epic journey comes to an end in Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984 South Africa, his final destination. Concluded by William ...Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013. Comedy from the world- FRI 09:00 King Street Junior (b007jnq3) Roberts. famous festival. Episode 3 of 18. Series 10 FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00n3wqx) FRI 23:30 Flight of the Conchords (b00dn8cf) The Rivals Lynne Truss - Get Her Off the Pitch! Dan and the Panda In the red corner, Mr Sims and in the blue - Mr Long! Seconds Episode 5 The Kiwi parody band aim for UK fame. out as they compete for a job. Lynne Truss reads from her account of the four years she spent Improvised comedy from the satirical pop pair, as they align Created and written by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy as a sports reporter. with established comics to poke fun at all aspects of pop music. about a junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street By the autumn of 2000, Lynne has been covering sport for four Rob Brydon narrates the musical odyssey. Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. years, but a combination of events leads her to ask a very simple Starring New Zealand musical comedy duo, Bret McKenzie and Written by Andy Rashleigh. question - just how important is sport? Jemaine Clement. Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. With: Headmaster, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Margaret John as FRI 15:00 Don Haworth - Challenged (b0075s00) Rhys Darby Mrs Stone, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Deirdre Costello as Mrs [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Dan Topolski Patterson, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Tom Watson as Mr FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b037xpkw) Daniel Kitson Holliday, Janine Wood as Kathy Jackson and Fiona Taylor as The Inheritance Books of Edinburgh International Book Additional material by Joel Morris. Miranda. Festival authors Sally Gardner and Vivian French, plus the final Musicians: David Catlin-Birch and Mark Allis. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson chapter in this week's story, The Defenders by Paul May. Producer: Will Saunders First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998. FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0085j96) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2005. FRI 09:30 Electric Ink (b0116gvm) Series 1 Series 1 Episode 6 Episode 1 The First Attempt To Reach The Moon - and a slice of Maddox is an old school journalist struggling to keep up with Edwardian life. new technology. Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia He feels the art of finding stories is being forgotten and he is Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton. not about to let that happen. Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a changing world of the newspaper industry. great deal of modern humour. Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. Oliver ...... Alex Jennings Announcer: Brian Perkins Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington Producer: Harry Thompson Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989. Masha ...... Debbie Chazen FRI 17:30 The Right Time (b00c34ks) Freddy ...... Ben Willbond [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Announcer ...... Matt Addis FRI 18:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. (b007k4rp) Director: Sally Avens Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009. Afer discovering she's able to see things that others can't, Marda FRI 10:00 Don Haworth - Challenged (b0075s00) West fears for her survival in this dangerous new world. Set in a remote part of the Pennines, a widowed mother and her The conclusion of Daphne du Maurier's two-part fantasy thriller son battle to come to terms with the passage of time when hired exploring the darker aspects of human nature. worker, Tom arrives. Read by Emma Fielding. Son Harry, who has learning difficulties, is described by his Produced and abridged by Gemma Jenkins. school as 'challenged'. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007. With Tom's encouragement he finds new confidence, but this FRI 18:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope creates fresh conflict for the trio. Hodgson (b007wxhs) Atmospheric drama by Don Haworth. 4. The Wound Anne ...... Brigit Forsyth Back from his voyage, the narrator sees a sinister green hand at Tom ...... Paul Copley his window... Harry ...... Matthew Booth First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy Producer: Pauline Harris novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000. Concluded by Jim Norton. FRI 11:00 The Greengrocer's Apostrophe (b01gnp4v) Abridged by Doreen Estall. Alice, Hanging in There Producer: Lawrence Jackson Comic tales inspired by those hand-written signs offering Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. "Apple's and Banana's" which can be found in every town in First broadcast in September 2007. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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