Radio 4 Extra Listings for 15 – 21 April 2017 Page 1 of 8

SATURDAY 15 APRIL 2017 responsible for the tabloid campaign against her. SAT 07:30 Tiny Tim (b0076sg9) Sound design: Eloise Whitmore CP Lee tells the story of unlikely '60s pop star Tiny Tim, who SAT 00:00 Douglas Hill ­ The Blade of the Poisoner (b007jrtt) Broadcast assistant: Kath Willgress warbled his way through a series of prewar songs such as 'Tiptoe Episode 4 Executive producer: Joby Waldman Through the Tulips', accompanying himself on ukelele. He Jarral must destroy Prince Mephtik and his knife before the full Abridged by Helen Meller married three times, once on TV before a live audience of 45 moon, or he'll die. Douglas Hill's fantasy stars Eric Allen and Produced and directed by Polly Thomas million. From June 2005. Hugh Dixon. A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b040h1d7) SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b01qm2fw) SAT 02:45 Book of the Week (b03bx81y) Dark Horse: An Alec Guinness Archive Series 15, She Moved through the Fair Olivier, Episode 5 Alistair McGowan reveals the private side of a purportedly The Irish traditional song She Moved Through The Fair is well Published when the National Theatre turned 50 in 2013, Philip 'retiring' artist ­ a man who forged one of the most stunningly loved and well recorded by many. To some it is a ghost story that Ziegler's biography, based on previously unseen letters and successful theatrical and cinematic careers of the last century with tells of unfulfilled longings and of hopes and aspirations cut short. diaries, tells the story of Laurence Olivier as he developed his intelligence, guile and a deep understanding of the creation of Sinead O' Connor and others talk about the haunting beauty of craft, focusing on his career path from early school days through image. this ancient song and of why its imagery is carved into their souls. rep theatre to Hollywood, before returning to triumph in his One of the most extraordinary aspects of the film, television, SAT 01:00 Falco (b008m17q) greatest role ever, as the first director of the National Theatre. stage and radio career that made Sir Alec the most successful Shadows in Bronze, Episode 6 Episode 5: British character actor of the 20th century was his apparent talent A final showdown for the Roman sleuth ­ but his reunion with Olivier goes to the Royal Court to star in 'The Entertainer' which, for anonymity. Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness' mentor and co­ Helena proves bittersweet. in turn, sets him on a path to the last two great loves of his life ­ star, famously described him as 'a dark horse' in a leading article Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's witty Joan Plowright and the National Theatre. in Time Magazine. detective, patrolling the streets of 1st­century Rome. Reader: Toby Jones A remarkably good mimic, Sir Alec preferred, it seemed, to With Ben Crowe as Petronius, Robert Lister as Decimus Producer: Clive Brill define himself by the roles he played. Was he really the scholarly, Camillus, Fiona Clarke as Tullia, Anna Madeley as Helena A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. unworldly artist he appeared to be? He was a diarist, raconteur, Justina, Michael Tudor Barnes as Vespasian, Christian Rodska as SAT 03:00 Home Front ­ Omnibus (b083lky7) and polished Hollywood operator, who turned self­deprecation Gordianus and Sean Connolly as Atius Pertinax, 30 January­3 February 1917 into an art­form, took pride in not being recognised and disliked Dramatised by Mary Cutler. In the week, in 1917, when America formally broke diplomatic showmanship. Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. relations with Germany, and in Tynemouth, people are making Alistair McGowan examines the many contradictions in the life of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. small steps forwards. this enigmatic man through archive of interviews with the actor SAT 01:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08m0kt1) Written by Katie Hims himself and those who knew him well. Hamlet tomorrow or next Thursday, but just not tonight! Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Producer: Frank Stirling "I'd used to trail around, waving my cloak in the air and posing Story­led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. with my sword and crying a lot, and I thought ­ I don't think that's Sound: Martha Littlehailes SAT 09:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That the thing at all." Composer: Matthew Strachan Made Us Laugh (b08mj8hq) The 1929 ­ 31 seasons at London's Old Vic established Sir John Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews Comedy in the 21st Century Gielgud as a new and exciting Shakespearean performer. With Note: Instead of guest Comedy Controllers, choosing their comedy John Miller. This is the final omnibus of this season of Home Front, which favourites, it is now the turn of those who, in their own ways, Actor and theatre director, Sir John Gielgud (1904­2000) was returns to Radio 4 on 17th April 2017. have to take the blame for many of the shows often featured on regarded as one of the greatest thespians of his generation. SAT 04:00 Who Goes There? (b00fj2bw) Radio 4 Extra. Between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Producer: John Powell Series 3, Episode 2 Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville have well over a 150 years of gut­ First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1978. Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Fred busting, side­aching woofers, gags and ­ let's be honest ­ the SAT 02:00 John Buchan ­ Sick Heart River (b00lkk0v) Housego, Amanda Foreman and Maria McErlane. occasional horrific mistimed silence. Episode 10 SAT 04:30 Tickets Please (b00p5xc2) In front of an audience in the iconic Radio Theatre in Moved by their plight, Leithen spends his last days helping the Episode 4 Broadcasting House ­ the home of British Radio comedy ­ they Canadian Indians. John Buchan's novel read by Paul Young. Will the tangled web of love and lust be unpicked before arrival reveal why they do it and what it was (and is) that made them SAT 02:15 Publishing Lives (b03xgslw) in Exeter St David's? With Alex Kelly. From December 2009. laugh. Series 2, Carmen Callil SAT 05:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007v07y) Programme 4. Comedy in the 21st Century ­ The Real Comedy Robert McCrum explores the stories of five great British Episode 2 Controllers argue whether broadcast comedy has run out of publishers. As she settles back into the pub, Nicola struggles to bond with her ideas... and asks where do we go for laughs today. Episodes Carmen Callil set out to change the world with her pioneering father Jack. Stars Michael Williams. From January 1999. featured include: feminist publishing house, Virago Press. Arriving in London from SAT 05:30 Hal (b08lgdpn) Over The Garden Wall Australia in 1960, she started as a "publicity girl", then one of the Series 2, Teenagers Norman Evans plays toothless Lancastrian housewife Fanny few publishing jobs available to women who did not want to be The second series of the sitcom with Hal Cruttenden finds the Fairbottom, later inspiring Les Dawson's homage Ada. From secretaries. hapless house husband still trying to cope with his mid­life crisis October 1948. In 1973 she founded Virago Press to "publish books by women and doubting his every move. Down The Line which celebrated women's lives, and which would, by so doing, His wife Sam (Kerry Godliman) is still a highly successful Hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy, starring Rhys Thomas, spread the message of women's liberation to the whole business woman, his two daughters Lily and Molly continue to Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson and population". Virago's first publication was Fenwomen: A Portrait grow into teenagers and find their dad just a little annoying, his Paul Whitehouse. With special guests Adil Ray and Arabella of Women in an English Village by Mary Chamberlain. This oral bitter and embittered sister Pippa (Abigail Cruttenden) has Weir. First broadcast in February 2011. history set out as Virago meant to go on, giving voice to inconveniently decided to stay with Hal alongside her angry Museum of Curiosity previously silent women. teenage son Oberon, racist neighbour Penny (Ronni Ancona) Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Sarah Millican Despite some criticism from the established literary world, Virago proves to be a major thorn in Hal's side and best mates Fergus (Ed welcome the singer, photographic playboy and failed accountant quickly became a success. In 1978, Carmen launched the hugely Byrne) and Barry (Gavin Webster) hinder rather than help Hal's Ken Dodd; Dr Hannah Fry who took up mathematical modelling influential Modern Classics series, with their distinctive green goal of finding himself. to get to grips with dating; and Greg Jenner who checks the spines, celebrating and reviving the work of hundreds of often In this first episode, eldest daughter Lily is about to introduce the historical accuracy of over 1,200 songs and sketches that make up neglected female writers. Since then, the Modern Classics series family to her new hip boyfriend, Bazman, and Hal's need to re­ Horrible Histories. First broadcast in January 2016, has become Virago's hallmark. kindle his own romantic past leads to unforeseen challenges. Hal's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Carmen left Virago to run Chatto in the 80s, and retired from sister Pippa has also come to stay unexpectedly after her husband The long­running, self­styled antidote to panel games. The Sony publishing in 1994. The company she founded over 40 years ago decided to experiment with his sexuality. Award winning, 30th Anniversary edition. First broadcast in April has evolved and changed, yet the founding principles remain the Written by Hal Cruttenden and Dominic Holland 2002. same, to publish the best of women's writing and to celebrate Produced by Paul Russell Series Producers: Paul Kobrak and Dixi Stewart women's lives thorough literature. Since 1973, women have made An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra. a significant contribution to literature, as bestsellers, as Booker SAT 06:00 Sophocles' Electra (b08mj47x) SAT 12:00 Lewis Carroll ­ The Hunting of the Snark Prize winners and as readers shaping the modern book trade. Kristin Scott Thomas stars in the Greek tragedy by Sophocles, in (b08mjbry) Featuring Carmen Callil, Ursula Owen and Lennie Goodings. a new version by Frank McGuinness. This classic tale of power Alec Guinness reads Lewis Carroll's epic nonsense poem ­ a Producer: Melissa FitzGerald and revenge was originally performed in an acclaimed run at The surreal odyssey in which a bizarre group of characters sets off in A Blakeway Production production for BBC Radio 4. Old Vic Theatre in London in Autumn 2014, with music search of an elusive and mysterious beast. SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b01nd3dy) composed by PJ Harvey. The stage production was directed by Producer: Douglas Cleverdon Heinrich Boll ­ The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, Episode 5 Ian Rickson. First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in December 1963. A brilliant exploration of the corrosive impact of tabloid Electra is bound by grief following the murder of her father SAT 12:30 Benny Hill (b08m0l8d) journalism on one young woman. The Lost Honour of Katharina Agamemnon, unwilling to forgive and consumed by a desire for Star Parade Blum is dissects the power of the press and it's impact on revenge, her anger builds. On the return of her brother Orestes, Fred Scuttle's mission to land on the Moon and how zoo monkeys individual freedom. Told in the form of an unofficial report, this Electra's fury explodes without mercy, leading to a bloody and perceive human visitors. intelligent and pacy story from the 1970s tackles issues of press terrifying conclusion. With Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, the Mike Sammes Singers and freedom, responsibility and police tactics. Electra was co­produced by The Old Vic and Sonia Friedman the Johnnie Spence Orchestra. It's based on a real incident in the author's own life, when he was Productions. Scripted by Benny Hill. publicly accused of being a terrorist sympathiser and hounded by The Servant ..... Peter Wight Producer: John Browel the German press. The subtitle of the book is "how violence Orestes ..... Jack Lowden First broadcast in 'Star Parade' on the BBC Light Programme in develops and where it can lead." Electra ..... Kristin Scott Thomas August 1963. Recorded on location in Berlin, The Lost Honour of Katharina Chorus ..... Julia Dearden SAT 13:00 Anne Tyler ­ The Amateur Marriage: Omnibus Blum also features a soundtrack of 1970s Krautrock from bands Chorus ..... Golda Rosheuvel (b08mjcgl) such as Can, Neu, La Dusseldorf and Ash Ra Tempel. Chorus ..... Thalissa Teixeia Episode 1 Heinrich Boll is a Nobel Prize winning writer, a giant of German Chrysothemis ..... Liz White An unexpected romantic encounter over first aid hails the 20th century literature. Clytemnestra ..... Diana Quick beginning of a turbulent partnership. Stars Julianna Jennings. Episode 5: Aegisthus .... Tyrone Huggins SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b08mjfh7) The fugitive Ludwig is captured and Katharina is proved innocent Music composed by PJ Harvey Gurinder Chadha of any involvement with his crime. However, this does not deter Directed for radio by Ian Rickson Film director Gurinder Chadha chooses her dad's favourite Indian the press and their headlines grow ever more lurid, blaming her Produced for radio by Nadia Molinari film soundtrack and Labi Siffre's 'Something Inside So Strong'. for her mother's death. At last, she cracks under the pressure and First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2015. SAT 14:15 Pam Ayres' Open Road (b007kdf0) reveals exactly how and why she shot Totges, the journalist Gloucestershire

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Back in her home county on the last leg of her journey, poet Pam SUN 05:30 Tiny Tim (b0076sg9) Logan as Greyfriars Bobby, Paul Young as John Gray. Kenny Ayres learns about wig curlers, celebrity longhorn steers and [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] Blythe as Aeneas Cairncross, Simon Tait as Lachlan Cairncross 'legging it'. SUN 06:00 The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum: Omnibus and Gayanne Potter as Bridie. Series in which poet and raconteuse, Pam Ayres takes to the open (b01ngr9x) Produced in Glasgow by David Ian Neville. road, visiting eight places in Britain to hear tales from the people After she meets a man at a party, a young woman experiences the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. who live there. corrosive impact of tabloid journalism. By Heinrich Boll. SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b08mk6wz) Producer: Simon Elmes SUN 07:15 Jonathan Swift ­ Satirical Verse (b08mjkhx) Fine Lines ­ Tony Harrison and Sean O'Brien First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 2000. 18th century writer Jonathan Swift's poems were overshadowed BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's SAT 14:45 Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe (b007jrh2) by his biting prose. radio poetry archive with 'Fine Lines' featuring Tony Harrison Series 2, A Shufti at the Valleys Donald Wolfit reads a selection of Swift's caustic verse. and Sean O'Brien. Carter Brandon and his Uncle continue their epic journey through Selected and Introduced by DG Bridson. Poets Tony and Sean are in conversation with Christopher Cook Wales. Peter Tinniswood's adventures with Stephen Thorne. First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in January 1960. in Newcastle. SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b040h1d7) SUN 07:30 My Teenage Diary (b04vkgls) Fine Lines was a series looking at contemporary poetry, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 6, Alex Horne Producer: Susan Roberts SAT 16:00 Sophocles' Electra (b08mj47x) Comedian Alex Horne's teenage diary focuses on his 1997 gap First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] year, which he spent teaching English in China. But looking back, SUN 17:30 My Teenage Diary (b04vkgls) SAT 17:30 Tiny Tim (b0076sg9) Alex wishes he'd spent more time teaching grammar, and less [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] time worrying about girls and sampling the local nightlife. SUN 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmty) SAT 18:00 Mike Walker ­ 2025 (b00j0hbm) Produced by Harriet Jaine Not Wanted on the Voyage Episode 2 A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of the despotic Olivia and Irena take a step closer to gaining access to illegal SUN 08:00 The Frankie Howerd Variety Show (b007jr1c) Henrietta Forsythe's sway over her secretary and new husband. genetic engineering. But who can they trust? From 10/10/1978 Stars Margaret Courtenay as Henriette Forsythe, Sandor Eles as The conclusion of Mike Walker's two­part serial stars Alphonsia Titters galore as Frankie Howerd introduces stars from the world Carlos Mendoza, Henry Stamper as The Captain and Sheila Grant Emmanuel as Irena, Mona Hammond as Olivia, Daniela Nardini of entertainment ­ Sweet Substitute, Charlie Chester, Carl Wayne as Evelyn. as Dr Beth David, David Yip as Henry/Mr Li, Su­Lin Looi as and Les Dennis. Scripted by William Ingram. Anno, John Rowe as Praegar, Alastair Danson as Dr Finzey, Music from the Max Harris Orchestra Producer: John Dyas Rachel Atkins as Kate and Ravin J Ganatra as the Shopkeeper. Scripted by Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville, Laurence Marks and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983. Director: Sally Avens Maurice Gran. SUN 18:30 A Sting in the Tale (b0076jwx) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Producer: Richard Willcox Ghosting SAT 19:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1978. By Gregory Evans. Young novelist Michael ghost­writes Made Us Laugh (b08mj8hq) SUN 09:00 David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet ­ supermodel Vita's autobiography, but her life is dangerously [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Omnibus (b08mjssr) seductive. Stars Jimi Mistry. SAT 22:00 Shappi Talk (b00lk2zh) 4 Extra Debut. Thomas Dilworth's illuminating biography of SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour (b08mk2mp) Series 1, Unconventional Parents visual artist, poet and neglected Modernist, David Jones. Read by [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Comedy series in which Shappi Khorsandi examines what it is Nicholas Farrell. SUN 19:55 The Listening Project (b04pshgh) like growing up in multi­cultural families. SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks (b08mjsx3) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:55 today] Joining Shappi will be comedian John Gordillo who shares his William Boyd SUN 20:00 Howard Brenton and David Hare ­ Pravda memories of growing up in a Spanish family with a very forceful Screenwriter and novelist William Boyd inherits 'Nature Boy' by (b08mkbtx) father. Shappi also chats with another 'related' guest­ and also to Nat King Cole and passes on 'Beautiful' by Stephen Sondheim. Lambert Le Roux is a media tycoon of tremendous power. He's Lenny Henry 'on location' to talk about his family. SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b08mk21z) also a monster manipulating all, including Fleet Street. There'll also be a chance for Shappi to chat with the audience and Honoured Actors, Eileen Atkins Howard Brenton and David Hare's stage comedy adapted for there'll be a song from Hils Barker. 4 Extra Debut. From Schumann to the Rolling Stones. Actress radio and directed by Richard Wortley. Producer: Paul Russell Eileen Atkins makes her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. Starring Anthony Hopkins as Lambert Le Roux, Bill Nighy as An Open Mike Production for BBC Radio 4. From November 1998. Eaton Sylvester, Robert Glenister as Andrew May, Suzanne SAT 22:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01r0c5r) SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour (b08mk2mp) Burden as Rebecca Foley, Frederick Treves as Eliot Fruit Norton, Series 2, With guests Phill Jupitus and Lady Lykez Series 4, Headspace Garard Green as Sir Stamford Foley and Stephen Tompkinson as New series of the comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and his Guy Raz explores the powerful feelings of stress, depression and Bill Smiley. five piece band and specially written, original music. Guests despair, with people who challenge assumptions about emotion. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1990. across this series include Phill Jupitus, Charlie Baker, Nick A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting SUN 22:00 My Teenage Diary (b04vkgls) Mohammed, Doc Brown, Matt Lucas and Danny Baker. speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) stage. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] This second episode explores the theme of 'the body' including SUN 11:55 The Listening Project (b04pshgh) SUN 22:30 Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy (b037sdys) songs on shampoo, beards and catarrh. Guest starring Phill Mike and Philip ­ A Love of the Railway Episode 1 Jupitus who sings with the band and reads a poem, plus a rap Fi Glover introduces a conversation between two volunteers on Jo Caulfield hosts some of the best writers and comedians in the from Lady Lykez. the historic Talyllyn narrow­gauge steam railway, who compare UK as they take to the stage at The Scottish Storytelling Centre to Host .... Alex Horne notes on how working on it benefits them personally. share a true story with us. Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot Lloyd Langford tells us about his rather unusual first day at work; Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer Nathan Caton has a story about middle­class assumptions and Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier to have a conversation with someone close to them about a middle­class prejudice; Scottish playwright Keir McAllister gets Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds subject they've never discussed intimately before. The the tables turned on him by a young woman dressed in black; Jo Piano/keyboard .... Ed Sheldrake conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of tells us how a crossword puzzle nearly started a riot on a train; Guest performers .... Phill Jupitus and Lady Lykez producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate and there's a life­affirming story about love and hope from Jason Producer .... Julia McKenzie. each encounter. Every conversation ­ they're not BBC interviews, Cook. SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01p51r7) and that's an important difference ­ lasts up to an hour, and is then Created by Jo Caulfield and Kevin Anderson The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats to edited to extract the key moment of connection between the Producer: Richard Melvin Tom Allen. participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 23:00 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b08n8pr2) (b00v4x0d) of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats to Episode 6 decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Tom Allen. Welsh stand­up Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience comedy Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject SUN 23:00 The In Crowd (b06h87lz) show featuring comedy regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies Producer: Marya Burgess. Series 4, Episode 6 (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who takes a look at SUN 12:00 The Frankie Howerd Variety Show (b007jr1c) Naming children and computer dating. Manchester sketch show the last stage of Woman. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] with Kate Ward, Smug Roberts and Robin Ince. From July 2004. This final episode features live music from The Hoosiers, SUN 13:00 The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum: Omnibus SUN 23:30 Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize (b00757wk) including the hit Worried About Ray, and the guest comedian is (b01ngr9x) Episode 1 Jon Richardson. Find out what aliens know about teeth; why [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Sketches, monologues and weird soup, written and performed by young people are as annoying as a nude Elton John playing the SUN 14:15 Jonathan Swift ­ Satirical Verse (b08mjkhx) Jane Bussmann and David Quantick. With Peter Serafinowicz. vuvuzela; and what depths Rhod would sink to become a kung fu [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] From April 1998. master. SUN 14:30 Sarah Perry ­ The Essex Serpent: Omnibus (b08mk5q8) Episode 2 MONDAY 17 APRIL 2017 SUNDAY 16 APRIL 2017 Cora seeks help from her London friend, Dr Luke Garrett. Her friendship with Will is tested. Read by Ruth Gemmell. MON 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmty) SUN 00:00 Mike Walker ­ 2025 (b00j0hbm) SUN 15:45 Snapshots in the Dark (b0075qf8) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Jacob A Riis ­ Police Lodging Room, Church Street Station, 1895 MON 00:30 A Sting in the Tale (b0076jwx) SUN 01:00 Anne Tyler ­ The Amateur Marriage: Omnibus Colin Ford explains how Riis's photographs of the New York [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] (b08mjcgl) slum had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society. MON 01:00 The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum: Omnibus [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] From December 1999. (b01ngr9x) SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b08mjfh7) SUN 16:00 Ronald Frame ­ Greyfriars (b00pd7d2) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] With petty thieves at work in the high street and a gang of MON 02:15 Jonathan Swift ­ Satirical Verse (b08mjkhx) SUN 02:15 Pam Ayres' Open Road (b007kdf0) ruthless house breakers at work in both the Old and New Town [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] area of Edinburgh, new police recruits John Gray and his faithful MON 02:30 Sarah Perry ­ The Essex Serpent: Omnibus SUN 02:45 Uncle Mort's Celtic Fringe (b007jrh2) dog have their work cut out. (b08mk5q8) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Saturday] John Gray served as an Edinburgh policeman for several years in [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b040h1d7) the 1850s and, like other officers on the beat back then, he had to MON 03:45 Snapshots in the Dark (b0075qf8) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] provide his own police dog: the faithful Skye terrier that came to [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] SUN 04:00 Sophocles' Electra (b08mj47x) be known as Greyfriars Bobby. MON 04:00 Ronald Frame ­ Greyfriars (b00pd7d2) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Ronald Frame's Victorian thriller written for radio stars Crawford [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]

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MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b08mk6wz) The Skelper First published in 1964, Nigel Hawthorne reads the extraordinary [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] An outsider in Beannagreaghan instigates a poaching contest to story of how Sir Charlie Chaplin became a silent cinema comedy MON 05:30 My Teenage Diary (b04vkgls) ingratiate himself with town locals. Read by Adrian Dunbar. legend renowned for his on­screen slapstick. Abridged in ten parts [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b0090rcf) by Donald Bancroft. MON 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jprs) Kathryn Simmonds ­ Poetry for Beginners Producer: Gerry Jones Series 1, A Case of Making Good Comedy drama by Kathryn Simmonds. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989. A rich woman receives a mysterious parcel of tenners and the past During a residential writing course deep in the Shropshire MON 15:00 Herman Melville ­ Bartleby the Scrivener unfolds like a flower. Can redundant pitman turned discrete countryside, poetry gives rise to lustful urges, ruthless artistic (b007jx95) private investigator, Stephen J Blackburn solve the case? ambition and simmering rivalries. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] One of five cases for the ex­pitman turned investigator and his Celia ...... Joanna Tope MON 16:00 Booked (b08mkkxr) government scheme­funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Fran ...... Emma Currie [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Yorkshire town that's seen better days. William ...... Crawford Logan MON 16:30 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt) Starring Fine Time Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Flynn Moira ...... Ann Scott Jones [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] as Tracey Duggan. Nick ...... Nick Farr MON 17:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k0zf) With Rita May, Vanessa Rosenthal, Lorraine Peters, Lucia Directed by David Jackson Young. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Laratonda and Robin Polley. MON 12:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08mkkrz) MON 17:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b08lgq9j) Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Directed for BBC North East by Dave Sheasby MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jmp0) MON 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076ph0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1989. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Gas MON 06:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mkjbp) MON 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jprs) "Katherine felt tired and cold. It was only nine o'clock. The Time For Everything [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] dentist entered silently, breathing an antiseptic welcome ..." "I think the English are so good at practical jokes, or they used to MON 13:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mkjbp) An eerie journey on the way home from the dentist. Read by be ­ of course, the Edwardians were mad about practical jokes." [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Tamara Kennedy. Harley Granville­Barker and Gordon Terry were directors who MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b03lpc0d) The Scottish author Dorothy K Haynes (1918­1987) was a left a lasting impression on the actor. Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, A Typical Man about Town prolific writer of short stories who specialised in the supernatural Sir John Gielgud talks to John Miller about his distinguished Blake Ritson reads a classic Jeeves and Wooster story from P G and the unsettling. acting career. Wodehouse, one of the masters of comic fiction. The first of five readings taken from her award­winning Actor and theatre director, Sir John Gielgud (1904­2000) was 'Mr Wooster,' he said, 'you are a typical young man about town.' collection, Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch ­ first published in regarded as one of the greatest thespians of his generation. He 'Oh thanks,' I responded, for it sounded like a compliment, and 1949 with illustrations by Mervyn Peake. played every major Shakespearean role, including King Lear, one always likes to say the civil thing. Produced by David Jackson Young Hamlet, Richard II and Prospero. His Hollywood supporting role Bertie Wooster has been overdoing the metropolitan life a little, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. as a butler in 'Arthur' won him his only Oscar in 1982. so on doctor's orders, finds himself retiring to the quiet hamlet of MON 18:15 15 Minute Drama (b037gxxv) Producer: John Powell Maiden Eggesford to 'sleep the sleep of the just and lead the quiet Chronicles of Ait ­ The Lotos Effect, Episode 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1978. Martini­less life'. Only the presence of his irrepressible Aunt In The Lotos Effect, Linus Scott is a General Practitioner dealing MON 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k0zf) Dahlia shatters the rustic peace as an imbroglio develops ­ with the normal range of ailments when he is called to the home Episode 2 destined to be famous down the long years as the 'Maiden of a young woman struggling with a recurring nightmare. But In deepest Kent, Edgar meets an unlikely teller of salty tales. And Eggesford Horror' or 'The Case Of The Cat Which Kept Popping after a second teenager independently reports the same dream, could someone be following him? Stars Richard Griffiths. Up When Least Expected' ­ which involves a stolen cat, an over­ something happens which moves events into a more sinister MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b08lgq9j) sensitive racehorse, and some star­crossed lovers. Wooster's dimension. Series 18, Episode 2 quick­thinking butler Jeeves, as always, comes to the rescue. A man called Linus Scott, a woman called Alice Pyper and a David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are In the first episode: 'A typical man about town' ­ on discovering remote East Coast village called Ait ­ these are the only encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see some alarming spots, Bertie Wooster heads off to his quack, but ingredients of this returning series which remain constant. In all how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their on the way bumps into a former fiancee turned firebrand, her other respects, each story from the Chronicles of Ait is discrete opponents. jealous paramour, and a very unwelcome adversary from the past. from the others, though the prevailing mood is always one of John Finnemore, Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders and Miles Jupp the The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, mystery. panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, Cast: varied as names, Germany, secrets and nudity. P G Wodehouse was born in 1881 in Guildford, Surrey. He was Linus Scott...... Greg Wise Produced by Jon Naismith created a Knight of the British Empire in 1975 and died on St. Alice Pyper...... Amanda Drew A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Valentine's Day in the same year at the age of ninety­three. Jeeves Maggie...... Susan Wooldridge MON 08:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08mkkrz) and Wooster were perhaps his best­known creations; 'Aunts Mrs Wright...... Suzanne Burden Series 2, Country Style Aren't Gentlemen' was published in 1974, and was the last novel Stella Wright...... Gina Abolins The Corner family are excited to learn that their home may to feature the literary duo. Mrs Warren/Sue...... Poppy Miller become famous... Reader: Blake Ritson is an acclaimed stage an screen actor, who Charlene Warren.....India Harl Starring Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, Francis Matthews as first gained recognition for his role in Tom Stoppards 'Arcadia', Matt...... Joe Claflin Henry Corner, Wallas Eaton as Mr Widdicombe, Bettina Dickson and more recently for his TV roles in 'Emma', 'Upstairs Len/Paul...... Richard Hope as Mrs Everett, Dave Tate as Mr Manners, Eva Haddon as Miss Downstairs' and 'Mansfield Park'. Written by Michael Butt Girling and Martin Friend as Mr Prentice. Abridger: Richard Hamilton Produced and Directed by John Taylor The second series of comedy mishaps of the Corner family: Producer: Justine Willett. A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4. Jennifer and Henry and their three children Trudi, Amanda and MON 14:15 Our Dreams: Our Selves (b03bddcr) MON 18:30 A Good Read (b0076jf0) Robin. Not in Front of the Children originally ran for four series Morpheus Descending: Gods and Ghosts in the Ancient World Stephen Frears and Sarah Waters from 1967 to 1970 on BBC TV. Richard Waring adapted his own Puzzling over the nightly drama of our dreams is one of the most Sue MacGregor and her guests ­ film director, Stephen Frears and scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original enduring of all human endeavours. We suspect that our dreams novelist, Sarah Waters ­ discuss books by Angela Carter, Arthur reel­to­reel tapes. are meaningless, and yet we can't resist the urge to interpret the Ransome and Roddy Doyle. From 2003. Wendy Craig won a Best Actress BAFTA award for the TV most vivid, transporting or troubling of them. The way dreams The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter version of Not in Front of the Children in 1969. This was the first have been understood tells us a great deal, both about long dead Publisher: Vintage of several housewife roles that Wendy Craig was to play on dreamers, and the worlds in which they lived. Swallows And Amazons by Arthur Ransome television. Later series included And Mother Makes Three/Five Over the course of this week, Lucy Powell explores the history of Publisher: Red Fox and Butterflies. dreams and what we think they mean, a hundred years after The Snapper by Roddy Doyle Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst Sigmund Freud's great work 'The Interpretation of Dreams' Publisher: Vintage. Producer: Trafford Whitelock. appeared in English. MON 19:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08mkkrz) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1970. She'll be exploring medieval mystics, renaissance dreamers, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jmp0) Romantic nightmares and the latest findings in neuroscience, but MON 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jmp0) Series 2, Don't Forget the Diver today she returns to the gods and ghosts of the ancient Greeks. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Enlisting the additional services of a bird warbler, a scarecrow Freud described psychoanalysis as a kind of archaeology of the MON 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jprs) and a flock of sheep, Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard platoon mind, a search for buried pieces of the past that the analyst must [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] carefully retrieve, pull up to the light, and unlock to reveal their mount a river attack on Captain Square's HQ. MON 20:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mkjbp) hidden meanings. And on Freud's desk, in his north London Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Ian Lavender study, are real archaeological treasures: figures from ancient MON 21:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r746w) as Private Pike, John Laurie as Private Frazer and Arnold Ridley Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia, part of the collection of over [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] as Godfrey. 2000 antiquities he collected during his lifetime ­ statues and MON 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b0090rcf) Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts frescos and strange, goggle­eyed gargoyles. He called them his [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. 'old and grubby gods' who aided him in his work. They make of Freud's study a strange kind of dream­scape, filled with fragments MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b08lgq9j) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1975. of the past. Because in seeking to forge a new theory of dreams, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 09:00 Booked (b08mkkxr) Freud reached right back to the earliest dreams in Western 22:30 The Consultants (b007k32d) Series 5, Episode 3 history. Series 3, Episode 1 Ian McMillan chairs the literary quiz with Helen Lederer, Roger Producer: Jane Greenwood. Chesney fixes the alphabet, which has a leaky 'e'. Cerebral sketch McGough, Miles Kington and David Stafford. From December A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. show with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. From December 1998. MON 14:30 Edith Wharton ­ The Reef (b00b2grv) 2004. MON MON 09:30 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt) Episode 1 23:00 The Now Show (b08lk546) Donna's Leaving Do An unexpected obstacle sparks a beguiling adventure for diplomat Series 50, 14/04/2017 Will the housemates finally discover what caused the end of the George Darrow. Stars Jodhi May, Sian Thomas and Ben Miles. Steve Punt presents the week in news through stand­up and world? Stars Meera Syal and Simon Greenall. From June 1999. MON 14:45 Charles Chaplin ­ My Autobiography (b08mkprs) sketches. MON MON 10:00 Herman Melville ­ Bartleby the Scrivener Episode 1 23:30 A­Z of the British Countryside (b007k38g) Award­winning comics Howard Read and Josie Long are joined (b007jx95) Charlie Chaplin (1889­1975) rose from a destitute childhood to by Chris Chantler on a 'road movie for radio.' From March 2007. A law firm's copyist 'prefers' not to do parts of his job, but then become perhaps the greatest comedian and filmmakers of them his list of things to avoid turns sinister. Stars Ian Holm. all. MON 11:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r746w) At the start of his story, however, a sad fate awaits...

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TUESDAY 18 APRIL 2017 With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates. Pianist: Gordon Sigmund Freud's great work 'The Interpretation of Dreams' Langford. appeared in English. TUE 00:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076ph0) Written by John Graham, David Nobbs, David McKellar and As well as investigating the impact of that book, she'll be [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Peter Vincent, Donald Monat and June Dixon, Miles Rudge and exploring renaissance dreamers, Romantic nightmares, and the TUE 00:15 15 Minute Drama (b037gxxv) Ted Dicks, Pete Spence, Alan Scott and Chris Bryant, and Gerald latest findings in neuroscience, but today she returns to the great [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday] Wiley. mystical dreamers of the Middle Ages. TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b0076jf0) Producer John Fawcett­Wilson At no time in Western history have dreams been so divinely [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1971. inspired, or as highly revered as in the Middle Ages. Our earliest TUE 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jprs) TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry (b00y2xmy) literature is studded with transcendent, celestial dreams. They had [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] French Cricket the power to precipitate wars and reroute the fate of nations. They could confer extraordinary freedoms on ordinary medieval TUE 01:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mkjbp) The hapless duo set out to sell the national game overseas. people. But they could also precipitate what seem to us [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] A weekly tribute to all those who work in government offices and to all the others who spend their days there as well. intolerable physical restrictions. TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b03lpc0d) Stars Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch. Lucy visits the cell of Julian of Norwich, who chose to spend her [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] With Norma Ronald, Roy Dotrice, David Graham and Betty life bound by four walls, contemplating the meaning of her TUE 02:15 Our Dreams: Our Selves (b03bddcr) Marsden. divinely­inspired dreams. But while Julian's visions drove her to [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] Written and produced by Edward Taylor. the complete seclusion of a contemplative, her Norfolk TUE 02:30 Edith Wharton ­ The Reef (b00b2grv) 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and contemporary Margery Kempe, was propelled across the globe by [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde­White from 1966. her visions of Christ. TUE 02:45 Charles Chaplin ­ My Autobiography (b08mkprs) Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the Producer: Jane Greenwood. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] BBC's Transcription Service re­recorded 14 shows in 1980 ­ A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. TUE 03:00 Herman Melville ­ Bartleby the Scrivener never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 TUE 14:30 Edith Wharton ­ The Reef (b00b2qv8) (b007jx95) Extra. Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1962. Diplomat George Darrow is determined to give Sophie a few days TUE 04:00 Booked (b08mkkxr) TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b08lk546) of happiness in Paris. Stars Jodhi May, Sian Thomas and Ben [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Miles. TUE 04:30 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt) TUE 09:30 Tracy Aston ­ Mad Man Blue (b0113060) TUE 14:45 Charles Chaplin ­ My Autobiography (b08mnr8r) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Roy Hudd's comic monologue as the unassuming but irrepressible Episode 2 TUE 05:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k0zf) Bloomer. Will a feud with his neighbour leave him unscathed? Charlie Chaplin explains how he became a cinema legend. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE 10:00 Saturday Drama (b00kwfbd) Surviving a school for destitute children. Read by Nigel TUE 05:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b08lgq9j) Hattie Naylor ­ J'Accuse Hawthorne. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] By Hattie Naylor. Dramatisation inspired by a newspaper article TUE 15:00 Saturday Drama (b00kwfbd) TUE 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jps6) written by Emile Zola in response to the Dreyfus Affair of the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Series 1, A Case of Parma Violets 1890s, when a Jewish army officer was persecuted and wrongly TUE 16:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b007jrcc) Trailing a distinctive perfume, Betty Shuttleworth turns to private imprisoned by the French military and judicial establishment. Episode 1 investigator Stephen J Blackburn when she suspects her husband's Louis Gregori gives a right­wing and nationalistic perspective on It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, having an affair... the events that led him to believe that the murder of the guiltless but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC One of five cases for the ex­pitman turned investigator and his Dreyfus was the correct and only action. radio. government scheme­funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Louis ...... Mark Heap Yorkshire town that's seen better days. Dominique ...... Kathryn Hunt When it began in January 1988, this show adopted a format with Starring Fine Time Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Flynn Arnaud ...... Graeme Hawley two regular team captains ­ Fry and Sessions and two guests each as Tracey Duggan. Zola ...... Conrad Nelson week, with Colin Sell at the piano. With Rita May, Christine Cox, Gerry Kersey and Anne Rye. Eugene/Dreyfus ...... Paul Mundell Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby Gustav ...... Jonathan Keeble In this first edition of the pioneering series, John Sessions, Dawn Directed for BBC North East by Dave Sheasby Directed by Pauline Harris. French, Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry are tasked to improvise by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1989. TUE 11:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r7bm7) series chairman Clive Anderson. TUE 06:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mnjz6) My True Kinsman Alarums and Excursions Tom Burke's surprise encounter with his garrulous, forbidden Rounds include ghastly guests at a party and Goldilocks and the "He was very set on playing Malvolio in his particular way, grandfather sparks an unexpected connection. Read by Adrian Three Bears performed as never before. which was very amusing but to me a little bit extravagant." Dunbar. Memories of directing Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in a TUE 11:15 Peter Wolf ­ Ghost on the Moor (b00sr5qc) Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by production that "didn't work". Haunted by a painful break­up, moors recluse Graham begins an Martin Booth. The actor in conversation with John Miller. unexpected relationship. Romantic drama starring Robert Actor and theatre director, Sir John Gielgud (1904­2000) was Glenister. Producer: Dan Patterson. regarded as one of the greatest thespians of his generation. TUE 12:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead TUE 16:30 Tracy Aston ­ Mad Man Blue (b0113060) Producer: John Powell (b00h4lnm) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Decemberr 1978. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 17:00 Control Group Six (b08mnkyz) TUE 07:00 Control Group Six (b08mnkyz) TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry (b00y2xmy) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Series 2, Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 17:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08lh7dg) Can Heaven find a wife soon enough to satisfy a suspicious TUE 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jps6) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Bishop? And if he does, will she smell enough like his mother? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076phk) The second series of the bizarre four­part comedy ­ half sketch TUE 13:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mnjz6) The Gay Goshawk show and half psychological thriller. Written and performed by [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] An injured knight hopes for help from his trained hawk. From Richard Bean, Andrew Clifford, Clive Coleman and Colin Swash. TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b03lph96) Dorothy K Haynes' 1949 story collection. Read by Finlay Welsh. With Geraldine Fitzgerald. Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, The Quiet, Martini­less Life TUE 18:15 15 Minute Drama (b037jpc2) Producer: Jon Rolph Blake Ritson reads a classic Jeeves and Wooster story from P G Chronicles of Ait ­ The Lotos Effect, Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Wodehouse, one of the masters of comic fiction. In The Lotos Effect, Linus Scott is a General Practitioner dealing TUE 07:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08lh7dg) 'Mr Wooster,' he said, 'you are a typical young man about town.' with the normal range of ailments when he is called to the home The Three Sons 'Oh thanks,' I responded, for it sounded like a compliment, and of a young woman struggling with a recurring nightmare. But The Missing Hancocks recreates those episodes of the classic one always likes to say the civil thing. after a second teenager independently reports the same dream, Radio Show Hancock's Half Hour that have been wiped or lost Bertie Wooster has been overdoing the metropolitan life a little, something happens which moves events into a more sinister from the archive. Not heard since then, this is a real piece of so on doctor's orders, finds himself retiring to the quiet hamlet of dimension. comedy history. Maiden Eggesford to 'sleep the sleep of the just and lead the quiet A man called Linus Scott, a woman called Alice Pyper and a The first modern sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour made stars of Tony Martini­less life'. Only the presence of his irrepressible Aunt remote East Coast village called Ait ­ these are the only Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams and launched Ray Dahlia shatters the rustic peace as an imbroglio develops ­ ingredients of this returning series which remain constant. In all Galton and Alan Simpson on one of the most successful comedy­ destined to be famous down the long years as the 'Maiden other respects, each story from the Chronicles of Ait is discrete writing partnerships in history. But 20 episodes of the show are Eggesford Horror' or 'The Case Of The Cat Which Kept Popping from the others, though the prevailing mood is always one of missing from the BBC archives. Now, after two highly successful Up When Least Expected' ­ which involves a stolen cat, an over­ mystery. series, another five of those episodes have been lovingly re­ sensitive racehorse, and some star­crossed lovers. Wooster's Episode 2: recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre. quick­thinking butler Jeeves, as always, comes to the rescue. Linus Scott begins to investigate the circumstances surrounding Tonight's episode: The Three Sons. This modern morality tale Today: 'The quiet, Martini­less life' ­ man­about­town Wooster Charlene's mysterious death. tells the story of old Ebidiah Hancock and his three sons, all of finds himself, on doctor's orders, sampling the quiet life in the Written by Michael Butt whom are played by Hancock sleepy village of Maiden Eggesford. But then, best laid plans.... Produced and Directed by John Taylor Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and with the classic The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4. score newly recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, the show Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, TUE 18:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jt2k) stars Andy Secombe, Kevin Eldon, Simon Greenall, Robin P G Wodehouse was born in 1881 in Guildford, Surrey, in 1881. Series 3, Norman Evans Sebastian and Susy Kane. The Three Sons was first broadcast on He was created a Knight of the British Empire in 1975 and died Mark Radcliffe looks back at the life and career of northern comic the 21st June, 1955. the same year at the age of ninety­three. Jeeves and Wooster were Norman Evans, famed for his sketches over the garden wall. Produced by Neil Pearson & Paul Sheehan. perhaps his best­known creations; 'Aunts Aren't Gentlemen' was TUE 19:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead Written by Ray Galton & Simpson published in 1974, and was the last novel to feature the literary (b00h4lnm) Music recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by duo. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Levon Parikian. Reader: Blake Ritson TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry (b00y2xmy) A BBC Studios Production. Abridger: Richard Hamilton [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 08:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead Producer: Justine Willett. TUE 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jps6) (b00h4lnm) TUE 14:15 Our Dreams: Our Selves (b03bds40) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] From 05/04/1971 Mystics and Melancholia: Radical Dreamers in the Middle Ages TUE 20:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mnjz6) An odd romantic tryst and the life of a great Englishman. Over the course of this week, Lucy Powell explores the history of [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker. dreams and what we think they mean, a hundred years after

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TUE 21:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r7bm7) tries to be a good role model for his younger brother Tyree. Bulldog is 82 when a new visitor inspires memories of his death­ [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Written by Nathan Caton and James Kettle defying flights and exotic love affairs. Stars Maurice Denham. TUE 21:15 Peter Wolf ­ Ghost on the Moor (b00sr5qc) Producer: Katie Tyrrell WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007jnz5) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing is a series about young, up­and­ [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 22:00 The Missing Hancocks (b08lh7dg) coming comedian Nathan Caton, who after becoming the first in WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007yntz) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] his family to graduate from University, opted not to use his [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 22:30 Cowards (b0079nt1) architecture degree but instead to try his hand at being a full­time WED 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpsn) Series 1, Episode 3 stand­up comedian, much to his family's horror and disgust. They [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Packing cases and breaking vows in the bizarre world of Tom desperately want him to get a 'proper job.' WED 13:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mnzyf) Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. From Each episode illustrates the criticism, interference and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] May 2007. rollercoaster ride that Nathan endures from his disapproving WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b03lrzjt) TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b08n8pr6) family as he tries to prove himself. Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, Has He Brought It Yet? The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Jon Holmes chats to The series is a mix of Nathan's stand­up intercut with scenes from A classic Jeeves and Wooster story from P G Wodehouse, one of Katy Brand. his family life. the masters of comic fiction. Janet a.k.a. Mum is probably the kindest and most lenient of the TUE 23:00 Concrete Cow (b0076k1x) 'Mr Wooster,' he said, 'you are a typical young man about town.' disappointed family members. At the end of the day she just Series 1, Episode 6 'Oh thanks,' I responded, for it sounded like a compliment, and wants the best for her son. However, she'd also love to brag and Email problems in ancient Rome, in this sketch comedy starring one always likes to say the civil thing. show her son off to her friends, but with Nathan only telling jokes Robert Webb, Olivia Colman and Sally Hawkins. From Bertie Wooster has been overdoing the metropolitan life a little, for a living that's kind of hard to do. September 2002. so on doctor's orders, finds himself retiring to the quiet hamlet of Martin a.k.a. Dad works in the construction industry and was TUE 23:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b01bm0pr) Maiden Eggesford to 'sleep the sleep of the just and lead the quiet looking forward to his son getting a degree so the two of them Series 4, Episode 1 Martini­less life'. Only the presence of his irrepressible Aunt could work together in the same field. But now Nathan has blown Comedian­activist Mark Thomas and his studio audience consider Dahlia shatters the rustic peace as an imbroglio develops ­ that dream out of the window. Martin is clumsy and hard­headed policy proposals for a People's Manifesto. destined to be famous down the long years as the 'Maiden and leaves running the house to his wife (she wouldn't allow it to This week's agenda: Eggesford Horror' or 'The Case Of The Cat Which Kept Popping be any other way). 1) Excluding Non­Doms from free access to the NHS Up When Least Expected' ­ which involves a stolen cat, an over­ Shirley a.k.a. Grandma cannot believe Nathan turned down 2) Every citizen to be given £10,000 in quantitative easing sensitive racehorse, and some star­crossed lovers. Wooster's architecture for comedy. She can't believe she left the paradise in vouchers, to be spent in the next 6 months quick­thinking butler Jeeves, as always, comes to the rescue. the West Indies and came to the freezing United Kingdom for a And Today: 'Has he brought it yet?' ­ the tribulations of the star­ better life so that years later her grandson could 'tell jokes!' How 3) Proportional voting rights for MPs based on the size of their crossed lovers and a disappearing cat are tempting Bertie away can her grandson go on stage and use foul language and filthy majorities from the quiet, Martini­less life. material... it's not the good Christian way! "Any Other Business" policies are also taken from the studio The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, So with all this going on in the household what will Nathan do? audience throughout the show. Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, Will he persevere and follow his dreams? Or will he give in to his Written and presented by Mark Thomas P G Wodehouse was born in 1881 in Guildford, Surrey, in 1881. family's interference? Or will he finally leave home?! Produced by Colin Anderson. He was created a Knight of the British Empire in 1975 and died WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007jnz5) the same year at the age of ninety­three. Jeeves and Wooster were The Case of the HGM Mark 5 perhaps his best­known creations; 'Aunts Aren't Gentlemen' was Senior officers aboard HMS Troutbridge fear the worst when WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL 2017 published in 1974, and was the last novel to feature the literary they're summoned to the Admiralty. duo. Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub­Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the WED Reader: Blake Ritson 00:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076phk) Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Commanding Officer, [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Abridger: Richard Hamilton Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Rita, Producer: Justine Willett. WED 00:15 15 Minute Drama (b037jpc2) Tenniel Evans as Bonzo, Michael Bates as the Admiral, April [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday] WED 14:15 Our Dreams: Our Selves (b03bdw8k) Walker as Wren Barrett and Pete Murray as Himself. Renaissance Dreamers: Witches, Demons and the Troubles of WED 00:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jt2k) Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Eros Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series Over the course of this week, Lucy Powell explores the history of WED 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jps6) between 1959 and 1976. dreams and what we think they mean, a hundred years after [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] Scripted by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans. Sigmund Freud's great work 'The Interpretation of Dreams' WED 01:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mnjz6) Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. appeared in English. She traces the shadowy, circuitous and often [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1976. surprising history of dreams, from the oldest works of Western WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b03lph96) WED 08:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007yntz) literature to the very forefront of neuroscience, and finds out [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] Series 5, The Male Suffragettes where dreams have taken us in the past, and where they might WED 02:15 Our Dreams: Our Selves (b03bds40) The lad says women are holding men back, so he forms a group transport us next. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] to re­establish male superiority. In this programme, she explores the dreams of the Renaissance. WED 02:30 Edith Wharton ­ The Reef (b00b2qv8) Stars Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Nowhere do we feel as safe and shielded from the world as in our [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] Jacques and Kenneth Williams. beds. They are witness to the most significant events of our lives, WED 02:45 Charles Chaplin ­ My Autobiography (b08mnr8r) Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. from birth to death. And our beds are also the theatres in which [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. the nightly drama of our dreams plays out. But for the people of WED 03:00 Saturday Drama (b00kwfbd) Producer: Tom Ronald the Renaissance, the bed and the dreams that arrived in them were [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1958. also sites of very real danger. WED 04:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b007jrcc) WED 09:00 Dilemma (b03w0j4d) Lucy eavesdrops on Renaissance dreamers including Oliver [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] Series 3, Episode 4 Cromwell's grandmother and Samuel Pepys, to uncover the WED 04:30 Tracy Aston ­ Mad Man Blue (b0113060) Sue Perkins presents a third series of Dilemma, the panel show potential dangers of the erotic and the political dream. And she [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] where she puts four guests through the moral and ethical wringer visits the great house of Knole in Kent to find out how WED 05:00 Control Group Six (b08mnkyz) by posing a series of finely­balanced dilemmas and then cross­ Shakespeare used the dream to disguise dangerous statements [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] examining them on their answers. about power and politics in Renaissance England. This week, Sue is joined by comedians Nick Doody and Angela WED 05:30 The Missing Hancocks (b08lh7dg) Producer: Jane Greenwood. Barnes, who confront issues regarding horses and awkward [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. family situations; award­winning actor Cush Jumbo reveals a WED 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpsn) WED 14:30 Edith Wharton ­ The Reef (b00b32bz) real­life dilemma about identity; and journalist Dominic Lawson Series 1, A Case of Brotherly Love Episode 3 helps an audience member with affairs of the heart. Private investigator Stephen J Blackburn hunts for a Canadian's George Darrow arrives at Givre in his pursuit of Anna, but they're The show was devised by the actor and award­winning comedian long­lost brother, decades after their cruel separation.... soon quibbling. Stars Jodhi May and Julian Ovenden. Danielle Ward. One of five cases for the ex­pitman turned investigator and his WED 14:45 Charles Chaplin ­ My Autobiography (b08mp415) "A non­irritating, hilarious panel show" (Radio Times) government scheme­funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Episode 3 Presenter ... Sue Perkins Yorkshire town that's seen better days. Charlie Chaplin explains how he became a cinema legend. His Devised by ... Danielle Ward Starring Fine Time Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Flynn actor father is forced to take care of him. Read by Nigel Producer ... Ed Morrish. as Tracey Duggan. Hawthorne. WED 09:30 Up the Garden Path (b0082g3d) With John Graham Davies, Norman Mills, Ray Ashcroft and Bill WED 15:00 Susan Hill ­ Chances (b08mp2kf) Series 2, On the Side of the Angels Rodgers. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Izzy faces confusion when fiance Charles takes her to home to the Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby WED 16:00 Dilemma (b03w0j4d) family mansion. Stars Imelda Staunton. From November 1988. Directed for BBC North East by Dave Sheasby [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED 10:00 Susan Hill ­ Chances (b08mp2kf) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1989. WED 16:30 Up the Garden Path (b0082g3d) Dame Judi Dench and Dame Peggy Ashcroft perform two­ WED 06:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mnzyf) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] interlinked monologues by Susan Hill. Juliet in a Pink Bath WED 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3rr) In 'The Girl' with Judi Dench ­ a practical Irish maid ponders her "It was the only time I've ever appeared in a music­hall." [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] life at a seaside hotel ­ sharing her thoughts on the people she Sir John Gielgud tells John Miller about important collaborations WED meets, the bible and her life... 17:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b04jm36p) with gifted performers like Dame Peggy Ashcroft. In 'The Woman' with Peggy Ashcroft ­ a guest remembers better [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Actor and theatre director, Sir John Gielgud (1904­2000) was days and higher standards at the same hotel ­ and sadly looks WED 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pj7) regarded as one of the greatest thespians of his generation. back over the way her life has turned out... Pentecost ­ a Flashback Producer: John Powell Producer: Richard Wortley Series of 5 stories by Scottish author Dorothy K Haynes, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1978. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1981. originally published in 1949. 3: Pentecost ­ a Flashback. A prayer WED 07:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3rr) WED 11:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r7ml8) meeting in wartime Glasgow is rudely interrupted, and the life of Series 3, Crime Wave Everything Neat and Tidy the hall caretaker is changed forever. Read by Tamara Kennedy. It all begins with a disappearing car and a little old lady. Stars Driving his mother­in­law to the clinic each week allows Johnny WED 18:15 15 Minute Drama (b037jbtg) Tracy­Ann Oberman and David De Keyser. From March 2002. Barr to grieve for the ambitions of his youth, while Mrs Mac Chronicles of Ait ­ The Lotos Effect, Episode 3 WED 07:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b04jm36p) struggles to escape her own grief. In The Lotos Effect, Linus Scott is a General Practitioner dealing Series 3, About Bad Boys WED 11:15 Peter Tinniswood (b036y49b) with the normal range of ailments when he is called to the home ABOUT BAD BOYS The Sitter of a young woman struggling with a recurring nightmare. But In a mix of stand­up and re­enacted family life ­ Nathan Caton after a second teenager independently reports the same dream,

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In all Richard Briers and Prunella Scales star as newlyweds, in the other respects, each story from the Chronicles of Ait is discrete 1960's BBC comedy that brought the pair to prominence. from the others, though the prevailing mood is always one of THURSDAY 20 APRIL 2017 Originating on BBC TV, it was adapted for radio version due to mystery. its popularity. The sitcom charts their domestic and relationship Episode Three: THU 00:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pj7) trials, tribulations and stresses, in addition to George's troubles at After Len's son Matt appears to have had the same nightmare as [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] the office and their first baby. the dead Charlene, Linus makes a disturbing discovery about THU 00:15 15 Minute Drama (b037jbtg) In this opening episode the young, newly­married couple Kate Alice Pyper. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Wednesday] and George Starling return to their first home together. Written by Michael Butt THU 00:30 Off the Page (b00wlgjc) A decade later, Richard Briers went on to play Tom Good in The Produced and Directed by John Taylor [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Good Life and Prunella Scales went on to star as Sybil in Fawlty A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4. THU 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpsn) Towers. They remained friends until Richard Briers' death in WED 18:30 Off the Page (b00wlgjc) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] 2013. I Don't Know THU 01:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mnzyf) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965. "I don't know" ­ three little words so hard to say nowadays. Doubt [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU 08:30 Benny Hill (b08mpbg5) and uncertainty are out, confident assertions are in. Opinions, THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b03lrzjt) Benny Hill Time even received ones, are the order of the day. The temptation is [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] The master of double entendre goes Down Your Way and Fred always to bluff our way with some kind of response, however Scuttle turns film director ­ with a Russian twist. THU 02:15 Our Dreams: Our Selves (b03bdw8k) little we know about the subject in hand. Phil Hammond is a With Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Anthony Sharp, the Mike [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] doctor and Kathy Sykes is a science professor. John Harris is a Sammes Singers and the Johnnie Spence Orchestra. THU 02:30 Edith Wharton ­ The Reef (b00b32bz) journalist whose job is to express opinions. Are they able simply Scripted by Benny Hill. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] to admit: "I don't know"? Dominic Arkwright presides over new Producer: John Browel THU writing and straight­to­the­point discussion. 02:45 Charles Chaplin ­ My Autobiography (b08mp415) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1964. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] Producer Beth O'Dea. THU 09:00 Guess What? (b063r9k0) THU WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007jnz5) 03:00 Susan Hill ­ Chances (b08mp2kf) Episode 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Animal, vegetable or mineral? Barry Took's revised 20 questions. WED 19:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007yntz) THU 04:00 Dilemma (b03w0j4d) With Geoffrey Durham and Hattie Hayridge. From May 1998. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU 09:30 Such Rotten Luck (b01nm0f2) WED 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpsn) THU 04:30 Up the Garden Path (b0082g3d) Series 1, The Little Grey Man [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] The ups and downs of a second­class writer. Comedy drama WED 20:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mnzyf) THU 05:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3rr) starring Tim Pigott­Smith and Zoe Wanamaker. From September [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] 1989. WED 21:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r7ml8) THU 05:30 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b04jm36p) THU 10:00 Saturday Drama (b02xxvcv) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] Mark Lawson ­ Suspicion for 10 Voices WED 21:15 Peter Tinniswood (b036y49b) THU 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpt3) Written by Mark Lawson. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Series 1, A Case of Plagiarism During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England was a protestant WED 22:00 Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing (b04jm36p) Private investigator Stephen J Blackburn is called in when writer country standing alone against formidable European and papal [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Hartley J Newton is convinced his TV script has been pinched... enemies. Fear of a Roman Catholic fifth column was rife. But One of five cases for the ex­pitman turned investigator and his WED 22:30 Births, Deaths and Marriages (b037smxl) when William Byrd, Elizabeth's favourite composer, is arrested government scheme­funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Series 2, The Safe Room and charged with placing secret papist messages within the music Yorkshire town that's seen better days. Births, Deaths and Marriages ­ returning for a second series ­ is of the Chapel Royal, the court is shocked and panic takes hold Starring Fine Time Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Flynn the sitcom set in a Local Authority Register Office where the staff among the recusant community. as Tracey Duggan. deal with the three greatest events in anybody's life. Byrd's dense polyphony is dissected and decoded and it seems With Gerry Kersey, Christine Cox, Peter Bell and James Written by David Schneider (The Day Today, I'm Alan sedition is undeniable. But the composer has a powerful protector Tomlinson. Partridge), he stars as chief registrar Malcolm Fox who is a ­ one whom not even Walsingham dare countermand. Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby stickler for rules and would be willing to interrupt any wedding Starring Simon Russell Beale as Byrd and Anton Lesser as Directed for BBC North East by Dave Sheasby service if the width of the bride infringes health and safety. He's Walsingham. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1989. single but why does he need to be married? He's married Musical Director: Neil Brand THU thousands of women. 06:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mp88b) Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan Alongside him are rival and divorcee Lorna who has been Speak the Speech A Big Fish production for BBC Radio 4. parachuted in from Car Parks to drag the office (and Malcolm) "Taxi­drivers can never understand me and I gabble tremendously THU 11:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r80ry) into the 21st century. To her, marriage isn't just about love and off the stage". The Gold in the Sea romance, it's got to be about making a profit in our new age of Sir John Gielgud talks to John Miller about his approach to Old farmer Con's fishing trip off the Donegal coast sparks a story austerity. learning lines which differed from Noel Coward's. of a sunken ship and elusive treasure. Read by Adrian Dunbar. There's also the ever spiky Mary, geeky Luke who's worried he'll Actor and theatre director, Sir John Gielgud (1904­2000) was THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b01h6463) end up like Malcolm one day, and ditzy Anita who may get her regarded as one of the greatest thespians of his generation. Roy Smiles ­ Dear Arthur, Love John words and names mixed up occasionally but, as the only parent in Producer: John Powell A comedy drama by Roy Smiles, writer of previous Afternoon the office, is a mother to them all. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1978. Dramas Ying Tong, Good Evening and Pythonesque. In the fourth episode, Malcolm's unhappy that a change in the THU 07:00 In the Chair (b007jq8n) It's often assumed that it was Dad's Army that made John Le law, allowing marriages to take place out of office hours, means Episode 6 Mesurier and Arthur Lowe well known. This is not so. Arthur he has to do a late night Halloween themed wedding. Lorna is Maverick hack George Cragge is certain he knows the killer's Lowe had come to national attention, after a long apprenticeship delighted as it means more business for the office and she's also identity. Meanwhile, who will be the BBC's next director­ in theatre, as the uptight church warden Mr Swindley in agreed to do a birth registration at a charity power walk for her general? Coronation Street. John had made many films and found success new flat mate. Mary is teasing Luke who is being superstitious Mark Tavener's six­part satirical comedy thriller stars Michael as the diffident Colonel in the popular sitcom George And The about Halloween, while Anita tries hard to be more decisive. Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as DCI Frank Jefferson, Dragon. But it was Dad's Army, late in their lives, that brought Producer: Simon Jacobs Hugh Laurie as the Prime Minister, Richard Griffiths as Crichton­ them fame, fortune and the oddest of friendships. A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. Potter, John Bird as Martin, Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss, For these were strange bedfellows: Arthur was a grammar school WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b08n8prb) Rebecca Front as Marcia Mallon, Kenneth Cranham as Jim boy made good, John a public schoolboy who'd shamed his The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Jon Holmes chats to Hardie, Geoffrey Whitehead as Director of Personnel, Simon family by going into showbusiness; Arthur was a high Tory, John Katy Brand. Greehall as the Chancellor, Jonathan Keeble as John and Susie a life­long fluffy liberal; Arthur had a happy and stable marriage, Brann as Caroline. WED 23:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b03ny89d) John notoriously difficult ones ­ his first wife (Hattie Jacques) had Music by Paul Mottram. Series 3, Creators left him for a shifty car­dealer, his second wife (Joan) had left Producer: Paul Schlesinger Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to him for doomed comedian Tony Hancock. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. determine Wales's ultimate heroes, aided by Nadia Kamil and In 1982 John writes to Arthur to say how much he misses him THU Benjamin Partridge. 07:30 Reluctant Persuaders (b08ljxcc) and, as he does, we flashback to Dad's Army: the first read Series 2, Just Do It WED 23:30 The Rita Rudner Show (b01rl5r6) through; the reaction to getting 21 million viewers; Lowe's hatred Starring Nigel Havers, Mathew Baynton and Josie Lawrence. Are We There Yet? of being recognised by the public; the rivalry between John Welcome back to Hardacre's, the worst advertising agency in American comedian Rita Rudner stars as herself in a new four­ Laurie and Arnold Ridley; Lowe's hostility to Clive Dunn and London, for the second series of Edward Rowett's award­winning part sitcom where she returns to the UK with her husband, played socialism; the affection Le Mesurier had for them all, particularly sitcom. by Martin Trenaman. Jimmy Beck; and how, after initial snobbery about the show, the This week, the team are unexpectedly in demand. The marketing The series has been written by Rita and her real life husband cast came to realise it was the best time of their lives. manager of nutrition company Protein Team (guest star Richard Martin Bergman. As she tries to re­establish herself in the UK, Producer: Liz Anstee Goulding) enlists their services for a huge poster campaign, things go from bad to worse as she's joined by a group of A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4. aimed at selling protein shakes to women. colleagues who try and make her return as successful as possible. THU 12:00 Marriage Lines (b04krq1d) Yet no sooner is their ad up ­ featuring a slender woman, and an Not helped by her inept management, her eccentric hotel owner [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] even more slender bikini ­ than Hardacre's find themselves at the and her bizarre cockney comedy opening act ­ her visit doesn't go THU 12:30 Benny Hill (b08mpbg5) centre of a media storm over misogyny, body­shaming, and the to plan! [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] evils of advertising. In this opening episode, Rita and her husband Martin have an THU 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpt3) Wracked with guilt and determined to make amends, Joe unexpectedly lengthy flight to London and find the hotel they're [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] (Mathew Baynton) clashes with his older and more cynical staying in is unusual to say the least ­ encapsulated by it's odd THU 13:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mp88b) creative director Rupert Hardacre (Nigel Havers) and accounts owner Mrs Harrison (the wonderful Phyllida Law). They realise [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] manager Amanda (Josie Lawrence), who are convinced that sex their UK management haven't quite realised who Rita is and she THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b03ls16c) sells and all publicity is good publicity. But in an age of Twitter is forced to work with a failing comedian who's been chosen as Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, I Can Explain Everything storms and third­wave feminism, are they behind the times? her support act. Blake Ritson reads a classic Jeeves and Wooster story from P G An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4. With a supporting cast that includes Michael Fenton Stevens, co­ Wodehouse, one of the masters of comic fiction.

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'Mr Wooster,' he said, 'you are a typical young man about town.' audience. FRI 06:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08msh8s) 'Oh thanks,' I responded, for it sounded like a compliment, and Producer: Bill Worsley Life in the Movies one always likes to say the civil thing. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1963. "I always wanted to play the old king in Henry IV" Bertie Wooster has been overdoing the metropolitan life a tad, so THU 19:00 Marriage Lines (b04krq1d) Sir John Gielgud talks to John Miller about the growth of the film on doctor's orders, finds himself retiring to the quiet hamlet of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] industry and working with Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles. Maiden Eggesford to 'sleep the sleep of the just and lead the quiet THU 19:30 Benny Hill (b08mpbg5) Actor and theatre director, Sir John Gielgud (1904­2000) was Martini­less life'. Only the presence of his irrepressible Aunt [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] regarded as one of the greatest thespians of his generation. Dahlia shatters the rustic peace as an imbroglio develops, THU 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpt3) Producer: John Powell involving a stolen cat, an over­sensitive racehorse, and some star­ [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1978. crossed lovers. Wooster's quick­thinking butler Jeeves, as always, THU 20:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mp88b) FRI 07:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007vmbx) comes to the rescue. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Episode 3 Today: 'I can explain everything' ­ Bertie finds himself THU 21:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r80ry) Nicola is on the verge of romance, while pub customer Andy unexpectedly betrothed, and in receipt of a missing cat. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] faces being found out. Stars Michael Williams. From January The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b01h6463) 1999. Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 07:30 Hal (b08m9flm) P G Wodehouse was born in 1881 in Guildford, Surrey, in 1881. THU 22:00 Reluctant Persuaders (b08ljxcc) Series 2, Racists He was created a Knight of the British Empire in 1975 and died [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] The second series of the sitcom with Hal Cruttenden finds the the same year at the age of ninety­three. Jeeves and Wooster were THU 22:30 Clare in the Community (b03q98yj) hapless house husband still trying to cope with his mid­life crisis perhaps his best­known creations; 'Aunts Aren't Gentlemen' was and doubting his every move. published in 1974, and was the last novel to feature the literary Series 9, Away Day Wey Hey Episode Three ­ Away Day Wey Hey His wife Sam (Kerry Godliman) is still a highly successful duo. business woman, his two daughters Lily and Molly continue to Reader: Blake Ritson Clare and the rest of the Sparrowhawk team are forced to take part in a team­building away day, much to Clare's disapproval. grow into teenagers and find their dad just a little annoying, his Abridger: Richard Hamilton bitter and embittered sister Pippa (Abigail Cruttenden) has Producer: Justine Willett. Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but never a practical solution. inconveniently decided to stay with Hal alongside her angry THU 14:15 Our Dreams: Our Selves (b03bfsz2) A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in other teenage son Oberon, racist neighbour Penny (Ronni Ancona) Dark Romantics and Opium Dreams people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Clare is proves to be a major thorn in Hal's side and best mates Fergus (Ed Over the course of this week, Lucy Powell explores the history of in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which Byrne) and Barry (Gavin Webster) hinder rather than help Hal's dreams and what we think they mean, a hundred years after are occasional causes of discomfort to her. goal of finding himself. Sigmund Freud's great work 'The Interpretation of Dreams' Each week we join Clare in her continued struggle to control both In this second episode, as his wife is nominated for Business appeared in English. She traces the shadowy, circuitous and often her professional and private life In today's Big Society there are Woman of the Year, Hal is interviewed on local news and surprising history of dreams, from the oldest works of western plenty of challenges out there for an involved, caring social inadvertently becomes an internet sensation. literature to the very forefront of neuroscience, and finds out worker. Or even Clare. Written by Hal Cruttenden and Dominic Holland where dreams have taken us in the past, and where they might Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden Produced by Paul Russell transport us next. Producer Alexandra Smith. An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. In this programme, she explores the dreams of the eighteenth and THU FRI 08:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00rfqxx) nineteenth centuries. In this new, Enlightened era, the age­old 23:00 Elastic Planet (b007k399) The Objects Series 3, Episode 1 notion that dreams might be divine emissaries or the dark Swinging London cockney­style ­ and some incredible ears. nocturnal work of devilish spirits, would no longer hold cultural What do shipwrecked objects have in common? Caron Keating features in the cosmic comedy of connections. From June 1995. Sketches and songs with John Cleese, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke­ currency. All the demons that our dreams revealed would be our Taylor, David Hatch and Jo Kendall. Music from Dave Lee and THU 23:15 The Shuttleworths (b00smbj9) own. And yet, the Enlightenment also precipitated a scientific his band. Series 5, How's Your Nan revolution that would see extremely powerful, psychomorphic Now fully restored for repeat on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Having recently enjoyed some of Ken's takeaway pompadom drugs being routinely prescribed for a whole host of ailments. Produced by Humphrey Barclay. (sic), John decides to go for his first curry, but he's reserving the Crucially for dreamers, one of these was opium, which bore very First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966. right to order an omelette if the food is too hot and is wearing a particular, poetic fruits. From Coleridge's Kubla Khan to the FRI leisure shirt for easy washing as curry sauce can stain. 08:30 The Goon Show (b00kjh64) nightmares of de Quincey and the dream which led to The Silver Doubloons Frankenstein, dreams in this era proved to be both creatively John is created and performed by Graham Fellows, and the series is produced by Dawn Ellis. Neddie Seagoon must plunder a sunken Spanish galleon. Stars inspiring and personally terrifying. Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. From January THU 23:30 The Penny Dreadfuls Present (b00gpbcx) Producer: Jane Greenwood. 1960. More Brothers Faversham, Marcus Faversham A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 09:00 Who Goes There? (b00fks6r) THU 14:30 Edith Wharton ­ The Reef (b00b3gv2) The comedy trio's swashbuckling family romp reaches the story of Victorian Britain's greatest actor. From October 2008. Series 3, Episode 3 Episode 4 Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Carol Just as Anna's life looks set to begin with George, a surprise Sarler, Fred Housego and Rachel Holmes. From January 2000. awaits him. Stars Jodhi May, Sian Thomas and Ben Miles. FRI FRIDAY 21 APRIL 2017 09:30 No Commitments (b00776j7) THU 14:45 Charles Chaplin ­ My Autobiography (b08mp7yq) Series 13, Age Difference Episode 4 Can Charlotte make it as a model? And why isn't Victoria happier FRI 00:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pjr) Charlie Chaplin explains how he became a cinema legend. Early about Emily's pregnancy? With Rosemary Leach. From April [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] success and failure on the stage. Read by Nigel Hawthorne. 2007. FRI 00:15 15 Minute Drama (b037jfml) THU 15:00 Saturday Drama (b02xxvcv) FRI 10:00 Geoffrey Parkinson ­ The Annunciation [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] (b06h1nmk) FRI 00:30 A Good Bit of Howerd (b08msgkv) THU 16:00 Guess What? (b063r9k0) Are mysterious messages foretelling the Second Coming? [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Starring Michael Gambon as Graham, Eva Stuart as Myra and FRI 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpt3) THU 16:30 Such Rotten Luck (b01nm0f2) Peter Howell as the Vicar. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Graham and Myra are a childless couple in early middle­age, FRI THU 17:00 In the Chair (b007jq8n) 01:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08mp88b) living a quiet, uninspiring life in a London suburb. Until one day [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] a series of curious events commence that make Myra begin to THU 17:30 Reluctant Persuaders (b08ljxcc) FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b03ls16c) believe that she's been chosen for something special ­ by God. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Written by Geoffrey Parkinson. THU 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pjr) FRI 02:15 Our Dreams: Our Selves (b03bfsz2) Directed by Cherry Cookson. The Memory [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. A child is convinced that she witnessed an execution. From FRI 02:30 Edith Wharton ­ The Reef (b00b3gv2) FRI 11:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r81tx) Dorothy K Haynes' 1949 collection. Read by Tamara Kennedy. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] The Death of a Scientific Humanist THU 18:15 15 Minute Drama (b037jfml) FRI 02:45 Charles Chaplin ­ My Autobiography (b08mp7yq) When her brother Cormac is refused burial on consecrated Chronicles of Ait ­ The Lotos Effect, Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] ground, Angela Cassidy must make other plans. Read by Adrian In The Lotos Effect, Linus Scott is a General Practitioner dealing FRI 03:00 Saturday Drama (b02xxvcv) Dunbar. with the normal range of ailments when he is called to the home [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI 11:15 Frances Byrnes ­ An Unchoreographed World of a young woman struggling with a recurring nightmare. But FRI 04:00 Guess What? (b063r9k0) (b01pr7s5) after a second teenager independently reports the same dream, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Dancer Margot Fonteyn and her lover are trapped in Holland something happens which moves events into a more sinister FRI 04:30 Such Rotten Luck (b01nm0f2) during the German invasion of May 1940. Stars Sophie Jerrold. dimension. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI 12:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00rfqxx) A man called Linus Scott, a woman called Alice Pyper and a FRI 05:00 In the Chair (b007jq8n) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] remote East Coast village called Ait ­ these are the only [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b00kjh64) ingredients of this returning series which remain constant. In all FRI 05:30 Reluctant Persuaders (b08ljxcc) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] other respects, each story from the Chronicles of Ait is discrete [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jptk) from the others, though the prevailing mood is always one of FRI 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jptk) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] mystery. Series 1, A Case of Haddock and Plaice FRI 13:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08msh8s) Episode Four: An elderly couple's time­share cash con sparks private [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Linus finds that Alice and young Stella have become inexplicably investigator Stephen J Blackburn's first case abroad. FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b03lsdh5) close, and old Maggie Sandlin is the source of new revelations. The last of five cases for the ex­pitman turned investigator and his Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, Trying to Brazen It Out Written by Michael Butt government scheme­funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South A classic Jeeves and Wooster story from P G Wodehouse, one of Produced and Directed by John Taylor Yorkshire town that's seen better days. the masters of comic fiction, read by Blake Ritson. A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4. Starring Fine Time Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Flynn 'Mr Wooster,' he said, 'you are a typical young man about town.' THU 18:30 A Good Bit of Howerd (b08msgkv) as Tracey Duggan. 'Oh thanks,' I responded, for it sounded like a compliment, and The king of titters, Frankie Howerd is telling all to DJ Pete With Gerry Kersey, Lorraine Peters, Norman Mills, Lucia one always likes to say the civil thing. Murray ­ with generous excerpts from some of Frankie's Laratonda and James Tomlinson. Bertie Wooster has been rather overdoing the metropolitan life, so broadcasts. Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby on doctor's orders, finds himself retiring to the quiet hamlet of Describing himself as "the sex kitten of the BBC" ­ Frankie Directed for BBC North East by Dave Sheasby Maiden Eggesford to 'sleep the sleep of the just and lead the quiet reveals why he never ad­libs, the importance of good writers, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1989. Martini­less life'. Only the presence of his irrepressible Aunt assesses his singing abilities and thoughts about performing to an Dahlia shatters the rustic peace as an imbroglio develops, Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 15 – 21 April 2017 Page 8 of 8 involving a stolen cat, an over­sensitive racehorse, and some star­ FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b00kjh64) crossed lovers. Wooster's quick­thinking butler Jeeves, as always, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] comes to the rescue. FRI 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jptk) Today: 'Trying to brazen it out' ­ Bertie is still trying to extricate [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] himself from a very unwelcome betrothal, while avoiding the FRI 20:30 John Gielgud ­ An Actor in His Time (b08msh8s) terrifying Pop Cook. Must he rely again on his quick­thinking [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] butler, Jeeves? FRI 21:00 Brian Friel Stories (b01r81tx) The author of almost a hundred books and the creator of Jeeves, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Blandings Castle, Psmith, Ukridge, Uncle Fred and Mr Mulliner, FRI 21:15 Frances Byrnes ­ An Unchoreographed World P G Wodehouse was born in 1881 in Guildford, Surrey, in 1881. (b01pr7s5) He was created a Knight of the British Empire in 1975 and died [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] the same year at the age of ninety­three. Jeeves and Wooster were FRI 22:00 Hal (b08m9flm) perhaps his best­known creations; 'Aunts Aren't Gentlemen' was [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] published in 1974, and was the last novel to feature the literary FRI duo. 22:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03kqg03) Reader: Blake Ritson Series 5, Episode 3 Abridger: Richard Hamilton Pedantic 'Gardener's Question Time' and an enchanted stationery Producer: Justine Willett. cupboard. Stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. From December 2013. FRI 14:15 Our Dreams: Our Selves (b03bg4vr) FRI Science and Psychoanalysis: the Recurring Dream of Sigmund 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b08n8prj) Freud The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats to Lucy Powell explores the history of dreams and what we think Tony Law. they mean, a hundred years after Sigmund Freud's great work FRI 23:00 Bleak Expectations (b00d3rm9) 'The Interpretation of Dreams' appeared in English. She traces the Series 1, An Adolescence Utterly Trashed shadowy, circuitous and often surprising history of dreams, from Young Pip aims to escape school, with a crone's help. Mark the oldest works of western literature to the very forefront of Evans' Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From August neuroscience, and finds out where dreams have taken us in the 2007. past, and where they might transport us next. FRI 23:30 Little Britain (b008m9f5) It's hard to imagine now just how radical 'The Interpretation of Series 2, Episode 1 Dreams' was a century ago. For his contemporaries, dreams were Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' just froth ­ 'trauma sind schaume'. But Freud accorded them oddball TV smash hit, without the cameras. From February 2002. meaning. The men and women who once lay on his couch came to Freud with disturbing symptoms that mainstream medical science couldn't cure. He decided to look, not at their bodies for the source of their malaise, but at their minds. In particular, he delved into the darkest reaches of their dreams. Freud's extraordinary claim was that dreams are 'the royal road to the unconscious'. Lucy explores Freud's greatest work, and talks to Mark Solms, a neuroscientist at the cutting edge of research into dreams. She asks if Freud was right. Producer: Jane Greenwood. A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 14:30 Edith Wharton ­ The Reef (b00b3zz3) Episode 5 George Darrow tries persuading Sophie to leave Givre, but complications set in. Stars Jodhi May and Sian Thomas and Ben Miles. FRI 14:45 Charles Chaplin ­ My Autobiography (b08msmq3) Episode 5 Charlie Chaplin explains how he became a cinema legend. The fate of his father. Read by Nigel Hawthorne. FRI 15:00 Geoffrey Parkinson ­ The Annunciation (b06h1nmk) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI 16:00 Who Goes There? (b00fks6r) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI 16:30 No Commitments (b00776j7) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI 17:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007vmbx) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 17:30 Hal (b08m9flm) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pkb) Windfall A woman sells her trinkets to a passing salesman. From Dorothy K Haynes' 1949 collection. Read by Mark McDonnell. FRI 18:15 15 Minute Drama (b037jn88) Chronicles of Ait ­ The Lotos Effect, Episode 5 In The Lotos Effect, Linus Scott is a General Practitioner dealing with the normal range of ailments when he is called to the home of a young woman struggling with a recurring nightmare. But after a second teenager independently reports the same dream, something happens which moves events into a more sinister dimension. A man called Linus Scott, a woman called Alice Pyper and a remote East Coast village called Ait ­ these are the only ingredients of this returning series which remain constant. In all other respects, each story from the Chronicles of Ait is discrete from the others, though the prevailing mood is always one of mystery. Episode Five: Linus's fears for Alice's safety become intense when, after Charlene's funeral, he is unable to find her. Written by Michael Butt Produced and Directed by John Taylor A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 18:30 Richard Baker Compares Notes (b08msn9v) Patrick Moore talks about his musical life with Richard Baker. Patrick Moore (1923­2012) was a well­known as an astronomer and long­term TV presenter of the BBC's 'The Sky at Night'. But he was also a pianist, a virtuoso xylophonist and the composer of two operas, and once accompanied the violin­ playing of Albert Einstein. Producer: Michael Emery First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in 1989. FRI 19:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00rfqxx) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]

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