Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 September 2015 Page 1 of 9 SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2015 away from Dexter and his drug-fuelled lifestyle. Can their Clips from the archive span 9/11, life as a minister, small town friendship bridge the difference between their worlds? life, the death of a child, the Watergate scandal, working in SAT 00:00 Haunted (b01qyntg) A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. New York, the seltzer delivery man, OJ Simpson, the Iraq War, Which One? by R Chetwynd-Hayes SAT 03:00 Caesar! (b00ctml6) a tribute to Mary Tyler Moore, struggling with obesity and 1940: A fire warden team are put to the severest test during a Series 1 many more. bombing raid. Will they all survive? Peeling Figs for Julius SAT 09:00 4 Extra at Bletchley Park (b03g8lxl) R Chetwynd-Hayes's creepy tale dramatised by Patricia Mays. His name is now a byword for depravity, but growing up in Maggie Philbin traces the remarkable history of IT through the Drayton ..... Reginald Marsh Tiberius's court, how evil was Emperor Caligula? Stars David BBC sound archives from the birthplace of the world's first Hughes ..... Garrard Green Tennant. electronic computer, Bletchley Park. Raymond ..... Robert Glenister SAT 04:00 The 99p Challenge (b007js7q) When Maggie joined the BBC's Tomorrow's World team in the Smithers ..... Adrian Egan Series 3 early 1980s, there wasn't a single computer in the office. Today, Jackson ..... Nigel Graham Episode 3 along with the internet, they've reshaped the way we live, work, David ..... Graham Conway. Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, communicate and play. Her selection features: Director: Derek Hoddinott Armando Iannucci, Ben Moor and Nick Frost. * Magic Moments - Computers: First broadcast on the BBC World Service in July 1984. The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer 1994 was incredibly, a year when there were still only 623 SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b0075zjv) than when they came in. websites in the world. This is a potted history of computers as Series 1 Written by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley. seen 20 years ago. Bridge Over Troubled Water Producer: David Tyler * Mothers of Invention: Ada Lovelace: An anthem of love and support, Bridge over Troubled Water A Pozzitive production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Jerome Vincent's short drama from 2002 about the Victorian was released in 1970 and instantly became a hit on both sides of August 2001. technology visionaries Lovelace and Charles Babbage. the Atlantic. SAT 04:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009m38r) * Electronic Brains: LEO the Lyons Computer: But for the Simon and Garfunkel partnership things were The Quest for the Holy Spectacles Famed for it's "nippy" waitresses - how catering company J becoming less harmonious. John discovers that Jesus wore glasses, but whatever happened Lyons became Britain's unlikely post-war teashop IT pioneers. Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of to them? And John and Tony travel to Glastonbury and Loch From 2001. our necks. Ness. * The Levin Interview Producer: Sara Conkey Another comic journey in which John and his best friend Tony Bernard Levin interrogates Sir Clive Sinclair, the man who First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000. search for happiness, love, the meaning of life ... and glasses. brought computers into our homes. From 1984. SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b00s6r7j) Written by John Hegley * Electric Journeys: Five Red Herrings Starring John Hegley, Simon Munnery, Terry Malloy, Sunny Tim Berners-Lee, a revealing portrait of the man credited with 5. Alibis Ormonde and John Korne. creating the World Wide Web. From 2001 Lord Peter Wimsey battles to verify the whereabouts of key Original music by Nigel Piper. * I Was a Teenage Dot Com Millionaire: suspects in the murder of unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Director: Anne Edyvean A classic tale of dot com boom and bust. From 2010. Campbell. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999. Three denizens of the digital world - authors Aleks Krotoski Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic SAT 05:00 Bookcases (b00svc1m) and Tom Chatfield, plus Chris Monk from the National amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. Series 1 Museum of Computing join Maggie at Bletchley Park. There's Dramatised by Chris Miller. Gone for a Burton also a peek behind the scenes with authors Michael Smith and Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael London 1855: Primus's latest publishing coup is the explorer Joel Greenburg revealing how the Buckinghamshire site could Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham Richard Burton, but drink and other substances seem to have have been the UK's very own Silicon Valley. Strachan ...... Gordon Clyde destroyed Burton's sense of direction. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. Mrs Smith-Le Mesurier ...... Sheila Mitchell Martyn Wade's Victorian era comedy stars Michael Cochrane First broadcast in November 2013. Waters ...... Bill Wallace and Maggie Steed. SAT 12:00 The Navy Lark (b0082hrc) Mrs Faron ...... Frances Jeater Primus …. Michael Cochrane Series 3 Faron ...... Gordon Gardner Cordelia …. Maggie Steed The Hitch-Hiking Counterfeiter Producer: Simon Brett Edith …. Elizabeth Spriggs A retired 'Major' cadges a lift on HMS Troutbridge, but the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. Gerald …. David Horovitch crew soon pay the price. SAT 01:30 The Hull Truck Story (b00jts6p) Katie Joiner …. Frances Jeater Charting the build-up to the move of the Hull Truck Theatre Richard Burton …. Norman Rodway Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as company from its intimate home in a former chapel to a new Waiter …. David Antrobus the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, and larger, purpose-built venue in the centre of Hull. Director: Cherry Cookson Ronnie Barker as Major Piecraft and Richard Caldicote as The programme also tells the story of how the company and its First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998. Captain Povey. creative director, playwright John Godber, have come to occupy SAT 05:30 The Absolutely Radio Show (b068sp4g) a special place in the hearts of many theatregoers. Series 1 Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS SAT 02:00 BBC National Short Story Award (b01mw08q) Episode 1 Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen BBC International Short Story Award 2012 Cast members of Channel 4's hugely popular TV sketch show series between 1959 and 1976. East of the West Absolutely reunite. The next of the ten shortlisted short stories in contention for the Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy Scripted by Lawrie Wyman BBC International Short Story Award 2012. In East of the West and John Sparkes revisit some much-loved sketch characters, by Miroslav Penkov the division between East and West is the with some newcomers.. Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. backdrop for this story about a broken hearted man reflecting This opening episode features The Stoneybridge Town Council on love and loss. attempting to adapt to today's technology, Denzil and Gwynedd First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1961. The BBC Short Story Award is well established as one of the discussing Gwynedd's plan to enter the Miss Swansea SAT 12:30 Marriage Lines (b068r53p) most prestigious for a single short story. The Award is competition, The Little Girl's very personal take on Divorce and Series 2 celebrating the Olympic year by going global, and for one year Calum Gilhooley getting some customer feedback of his own. Episode 13 only it reflects the richness and versatility of the short story Plus sketches about Facebook's downside, the dangers of It's baby's christening day and George is packing for Africa. internationally, with a shortlist of ten rather than the usual five. watching TV in middle age, vague War memories from people Richard Briers and Prunella Scales star in their second series The winner and the runner-up will be announced live on Front who were almost there and the perils of having to look after based on the mutual love and mistrust of a young married Row on Tuesday, 2nd October. The story will be available as a your own, ageing parents. couple. free download following broadcast. In 2013, the group got back together for Radio 4's With Edward De Souza and Joan Sanderson. Read by Paul Hilton Sketchorama: Absolutely Special, which won a BBC Audio Originating on BBC TV, it was adapted for radio due to its Abridged by Viv Beeby Drama Award in the Best Live Scripted Comedy category. popularity by Richard Waring from his own TV scripts. Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Producers: Gus Beattie and Gordon Kennedy A decade later, Richard Briers was starring as Tom Good in SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b011pppc) A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in The Good Life whilst Prunella Scales starred as Sybil in Fawlty Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper September 2015. Towers. They remained friends until Richard Briers' death in Episode 5 SAT 06:00 Allen Saddler - Man of the People (b069njqy) 2013. Tom has fled to London where he and Jenny the Elephant are Horatio Bottomley is something of what would nowadays be Producer: Charles Maxwell working in a seedy Menagerie. A country boy, he is shocked by called a 'wide-boy'. But, in the jingoistic atmosphere of the First Recorded at the BBC Paris Studio in London. the poverty and filth of the city. Then one day he thinks he sees World War Britain, he found himself raised up as a super- First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1967. his old sweetheart, Lizzie, in the streets and follows her. We patriot, even being voted in as a Member of Parliament. Even SAT 13:00 Jennifer Clement - Prayers for the Stolen soon see what this woman has become but for Tom in his for lucky Horatio, however, all good things must come to an Omnibus (b069njrd) loneliness and isolation, this is love. In this final episode of our end.... Mexican 15-year-old Ladydi Martinez hides in ground holes to adaptation of Christopher Nicolson's novel, Tom begins to Based on true events and written by Allen Saddler. avoid the drug cartels who are looking for girls to steal. Stars hatch a plan to take the elephant back to her former home, the Horatio Bottomley was born: 23rd March 1860 and died: 26th Gabriela Montaraz. Indies. At last, he has hope of escape - of escaping England, his May 1933. SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b069njs4) position in the class system, and all the violence and abuse - Starring Patrick Mower as Horatio Bottomley. With Edward de Benedict Allen thanks to the elephant. Souza, David Garth and Maggie Tarver. Writer and adventurer Benedict Allen chooses the theme to The Adapted for radio by Elizabeth Burke Producer: Brian Miller Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and Ian Taylor's Four Strong Tom ... Stuart McLoughlin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986. Winds. Lizzie ... Sarah Ovens SAT 07:30 Lucinda Lambton's Elevations and Revelations SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b0075p1q) Lord Bidborough ... John Rowe (b0075xc8) Sir Peter Hall Mrs Harrington ... Claire Cage Claydon House Acclaimed theatre director Sir Peter Hall tells Professor Charles Singleton ... Matthew Gravelle 4 Extra Debut. A singing staircase and fantasy tearoom. The Anthony Clare of the impact of shyness and obsession on his Producer: Kate McAll architectural historian tours the 18th-century house in life. BBC Cymru Wales. Aylesbury Vale. From August 2000. Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with SAT 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00ksjyy) SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b0076vcz) prominent people from different walks of life. Born in Dublin, David Nicholls - One Day The Sound of America: The Story of NPR author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a master's degree Episode 5 The Sound of America: The Story of NPR in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal College of Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David Commentator and satirist Joe Queenan takes a look at the past Psychiatrists. Nicholls. 35 years of American history through the news reports and After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in Emma has bought a flat with her boyfriend Ian, and is drifting documentaries produced by National Public Radio. the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 September 2015 Page 2 of 9 earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair. (b0075xc8) one that raises the bar higher than the rest. Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also transferred [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural to TV. SUN 06:00 Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper histories of creatures and plants from around the world. Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007. Omnibus (b011tsc7) Producer: Julian Hector First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1990. Tom is a groom on a country estate, but his life is changed First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009. SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b0076vcz) when his master buys two half-dead elephants. Stars Stuart SUN 12:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] McLoughlin. (b00h4lnm) SAT 16:00 Allen Saddler - Man of the People (b069njqy) SUN 07:15 In Drovers' Boots (b069njs8) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 4 SUN 12:30 Whack-O! (b069njsq) SAT 17:30 Lucinda Lambton's Elevations and Revelations Huw Williams continues through Wiltshire and Gloucestershire [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] (b0075xc8) along the cattle-herding routes of the 17th century. From June SUN 13:00 Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] 2004. Omnibus (b011tsc7) SAT 18:00 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jp39) SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00gd4sy) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] 6. Sacrifice Series 4 SUN 14:15 In Drovers' Boots (b069njs8) Oblivio is in the grip of an Ice Age. Alf Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmare [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] When the UME spaceship lands on the surface, Norman and Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur SUN 14:30 Tessa Hadley - The Past (b069npc6) Max make a sacrifice... Strong is an expert in everything from the world of Omnibus Conclusion of Colin Swash’s sci-fi comedy about two space-age entertainment to the origins of the species, all false starts and Sian Thomas reads Tessa Hadley's powerful and haunting novel, humans stranded on a friendly alien planet. nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a delicate sheen of a beautifully observed portrait of a family and the change Norman ...... Tony Robinson bravado and self-assurance. wrought by time across the generations. Max ...... David Haig After Gerry takes a tumble over a bucket mysteriously left in Three middle-aged sisters and a brother meet up in their Stella ...... Louise Lombard his cafe, Arthur steps in and offers to 'do an Alf Ramsey' by grandparents' old house for three long, hot summer weeks. Macari ...... Michael Troughton running the cafe in Gerry's absence. Culinary experimentation, Under the idyllic surface, there are immediate tensions. Secrets, Suzy ...... Carla Mendonca customer service... Arthur's a natural. Or is he...? misunderstandings and passion play out as the characters shift Louise ...... Ronni Ancona With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield and and reappraise and a way of life - bourgeois, literate, ritualised - Ume ...... Lorelei King Alastair Kerr. winds down to its inevitable end. Vince ...... Daniel Main A Komedia Entertainment/Smooth Operations production for While the siblings circle each other, and the adolescents Producer: Richard Wilson BBC Radio 4. approach each other, the children watch and come to their own First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. SUN 08:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead conclusions. SAT 18:30 Atomic Tales (b007jx7x) (b00h4lnm) Tessa Hadley is one of Britain's finest writers, an acute observer Night of the Cicadas From 05/04/1971 of character, time and place and the most published short story Small and usually friendly, chirruping insects suddenly grow An odd romantic tryst and the life of a great Englishman. writer in the New Yorker in recent years. huge - turning nasty and developing a taste for human flesh... A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker. Abridged by Sally Marmion. 1950s American sci-fi spoof. With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates. Producer: Di Speirs Starring the talents of: Pianist: Gordon Langford. First broadcast in 2015. John Guerrasio Written by John Graham, David Nobbs, David McKellar and SUN 15:45 Katherine Mansfield - The Montana Stories Jeff Harding Peter Vincent, Donald Monat and June Dixon, Miles Rudge and (b007647w) Allison Warnyca Ted Dicks, Pete Spence, Alan Scott and Chris Bryant, and Marriage a la Mode Lewis McLeod Gerald Wiley. Isobel has a happy marriage until she falls in with a racy set and Colin Stinton Producer John Fawcett-Wilson begins to neglect her adoring husband. Read by Emilia Fox. Liza Ross First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1971. SUN 16:00 Stephen MacDonald - In the Summer of 1918 Written by Adam Tandy and Nat Sones. SUN 08:30 Whack-O! (b069njsq) (b069npc8) Producer: Adam Bromley. The Burglary An idealistic Captain says he must return to the Front. The gulf Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in August 2006. A local burglary turns into a Whitehall farce for Chiselbury separating soldiers from people at home proves shatteringly SAT 19:00 4 Extra at Bletchley Park (b03g8lxl) School. wide. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards. Stephen MacDonald's First World War drama about love and SAT 22:00 Sabotage (b03k3c7y) Harry Locke as Bailey politics. Series 1 Roddy Maude-Roxby as Mr. Potter Starring Maria Aitken as Lady Eleanor Lambert, John Duttine Episode 2 Frederick Treves as Alfred Tennyson as Captain Simon Sherwood and Hugh Dickson as Robert Mark Talbot hosts Sabotage's exciting comedy night featuring a Fred Yule as Inspector Matthews Sutherland. mix of TV stars and rising comedy talent. With Kevin Eldon John Graham as Mr. Barlow Producer: Stewart Conn (star of various TV hits, including his own BBC2 show "It's Roger Shepherd as Lumley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989. Kevin"); BBC Radio New Comedy Award winner Lucy David Lott as Taplow SUN 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00gd4sy) Beaumont; Chortle Best Newcomer nominee Stuart Hudson; Starting life on BBC TV before transferring to radio, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] and the rising comedic talents of Benny Boot and Jamie Chiselbury School is run "for the sons of gentlefolk". SUN 18:00 Saturday Drama (b0076sr6) Demetriou. Headmaster, Professor James Edwards, M.A. never misses a Trevor Hoyle - Haunted Hospital From London's historic Hoxton Hall in Hackney. trick when it comes to exploiting the students and their parents. Haunted Hospital Producer: Anna Silver Sports pitches are given over to growing vegetables, which the A ghost story set in a hospital in Rochdale featuring two parallel Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Hat Trick Productions. boys nurture for their head to sell. Classes never exceed 95 storylines, one contemporary and the other set in the late 1800s, First broadcast in January 2014. pupils - 50 if private tuition is paid for at five guineas extra. It's the latter drawing on real historical events. SAT 23:00 4 at the Store (b007jqn6) only thanks to the efforts of the devoted deputy head, Mr Julia/Lizzie ...... Jo-Anne Knowles Series 1 Pettigrew, that the school exists at all. Steve/Daniel ...... Michael Begley Episode 4 Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden and adapted for radio Sam ...... Elianne Byrne Stand-up at London's Comedy Store with host Simon Bligh, by David Climie. Josiah Ogden ...... David Fleeshman Matt Wellcome, Veronica McKenzie and Sean Meo. From Producer: Edward Taylor Jacob Pinch ...... Mark Chatterton December 1998. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September Mrs Cragge ...... Barbara Marten SAT 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b06cnhnv) 1961. Mr Cragge ...... James Quinn The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats SUN 09:00 Michael Coveney - Maggie Smith: A Biography Irish Woman ...... Martine Harry-Davis to Steve Bennett. Omnibus (b069njss) Directed by Liz Leonard. SAT 23:30 Chain Reaction (b00tjsjf) How Dame Maggie Smith got the acting bug. Peter Firth reads SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour (b069nll4) Series 6 Michael Coveney's biography of one Britain's best-loved actors. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Ruby Wax interviews Harry Shearer SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks (b069njsy) SUN 19:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf) The new series of the tag team talk show continues as last Bridget Christie [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] week's guest, the UK's favourite sharp tongued American, Ruby Comedian Bridget Christie chooses 'Have You Ever Seen the SUN 20:00 Michael Coveney - Maggie Smith: A Biography Wax takes the microphone to interview voice of The Simpsons, Rain' by Creedence Clearwater Revival and the theme to Omnibus (b069njss) face of Derek Smalls and political satirist Harry Shearer. Steptoe and Son. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Ruby asks Harry to delve into some of his Simpsons characters, SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b069nll2) SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks (b069njsy) where he found the inspiration for Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap Coding [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] and who his favourite political target has been over the years. Martha Lane Fox SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b069nll2) 4 Extra Debut. From Judy Garland to Verdi, entrepreneur [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Martha Lane Fox shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00gd4sy) SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2015 From January 2004. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour (b069nll4) SUN 22:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b0194mxx) SUN 00:00 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jp39) Series 2 Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Framing the Story Wigan SUN 00:30 Atomic Tales (b007jx7x) A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting In this third series comedian Mark Steel visits 6 more UK towns [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) to discover what makes them and their inhabitants distinctive. SUN 01:00 Jennifer Clement - Prayers for the Stolen stage. Omnibus (b069njrd) Guy Raz investigates the power of stories - and whether they He creates a bespoke stand-up show for that town and performs [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] have the power to transform our perceptions of the world. the show in front of a local audience. SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b069njs4) With Andrew Stanton, Tracy Chevalier, Chip Kidd, [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] Chimamanda Adichie and Andrew Stanton. As well as shedding light on the less visited areas of Britain, SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b0075p1q) First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio. Mark uncovers stories and experiences that resonate with us all [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN 11:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lj1nf) as we recognise the quirkiness of the British way of life and the SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b0076vcz) Series 1 rich tapestry of remarkable events and people who have shaped [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Bowerbirds where we live. SUN 04:00 Allen Saddler - Man of the People (b069njqy) One of the most extraordinary structures in the animal world is [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] constructed by a Bower Bird. During the series 'Mark Steel's In Town' Mark will visit SUN 05:30 Lucinda Lambton's Elevations and Revelations Sir David tells the life story of the Vogelkopf Bower Bird, the Berwick-Upon Tweed, Holyhead, Basingstoke, Douglas (Isle of Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 September 2015 Page 3 of 9 Man), Bungay and Wigan. Clive Swift and Roger Blake. MON 10:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg) Written by Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Julie Balloo, Ramone Series 2 Episode 6 - In this episode Mark performs a show for the Towers, Trevor Walker, John Dowie, Colin Bostock-Smith and The Best of Mothers residents of Wigan, where he talks about entering pie eating John Pidgeon. The murderous tale of Emperor Nero and his interfering mother competitions, living under floorboards, and the radicalism of Music by Ronnie & The Rex. Agrippina. Stars Jonathan Forbes and Frances Barber. George Formby. From January 2012. Producer: Helen Williams MON 11:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002. Than You (b069r3rg) Written and performed by Mark Steel with additional material MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b068tsvn) The Swim Team by Pete Sinclair. Series 15 Belvedere used to have a swim team. Though it didn't have a Produced by Sam Bryant. Episode 3 pool. SUN 23:00 Newsjack (b068xzhh) David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians Miranda July's critically acclaimed debut story collection. Series 13 are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to Introduced by Miranda July. Read by Bryony Hannah Episode 1 see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their Intimate and original, dark, quirky and tender, award-winning This week's stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into opponents. filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July brings her sketches, one-liners and vox-pops by the public. Trying to make Lloyd Langford, Henning Wehn, Sara Pascoe and Miles Jupp extraordinary imagination to the page to produce her first sense of it all is our host, Nish Kumar. are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on collection of short stories. When first published in 2007, David SUN 23:30 Tina C (b0076q33) subjects as varied as zoos, theft, phones and hands. Eggers wrote; Tina C's Tiny Island Tour The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the "these stories are incredibly charming, beautifully written, England team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and even, a dozen or so times, The country singer and global activist brings her unique brand Produced by Jon Naismith profound." of gingham-flavoured repartee to explore the US and UK's A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. David Byrne said; "Miranda July's is a beautiful, odd, original special relationship. Stars Christopher Green. From Jan 2005 MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jp0x) voice - seductive, sometimes erotic and a little creepy too." SUN 23:45 2000 Years of Radio (b069npj8) Series 2 The collection was winner of the Frank O'Connor 2007 Series 2 The King Was in His Counting House International Short Story Award. Tempest FM When Captain Mainwaring's bank gets bombed in Walmington- Miranda July's first feature-length film, 'Me You and Everyone It's 23rd April 1616 (approximately) - the day William on-Sea, his Home Guard platoon must guard all the money. We Know', which opened in 2005, won The Caméra d'Or prize Shakespeare died. Follow events unfold as the nation mourns Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV in Cannes; the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival; the playwright. scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. Best First Feature at the Philadelphia Film Festival; Feature DJ Suzanne Canker talks to and annoys his widow Ann Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe Audience Award for Best Narrative at the San Francisco Hathaway. Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier International Film Festival; and the Audience Award for Best Bard-Beard' sales rocket, Grayson Spey tries his hand at that Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival. sonnet-writing thing, plus more easy listening with mad Bessie, Private Fraser …. John Laurie July's first novel The First Bad Man was published in January psycho Bob and pervert Archie. Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley 2015. Series tapping into the radio archive of a bygone age. Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Producer: Karen Rose Written and performed by Claire Downes, Hazel Grian, Al Private Walker …. Larry Martyn Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. Holloway, Ben Kozo, Stuart Lane and Patrick McNamara. Shirley …. Wendy Richard MON 11:15 Arthur (b0076p7x) Producer: Sean Grundy Announcer …. John Snagge The Last Battle First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002. Producer: John Dyas By Steve May. The lovers are in prison and Ossa heads to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975. Camelot. Is there still time for Arthur to learn the truth? Stars MON 08:30 As Time Goes By (b007k9fq) Philip Glenister. MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2015 Series 3 MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jp0x) Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 00:00 Saturday Drama (b0076sr6) Lionel gets a surprise from Alistair, while Jean interviews a MON 12:30 As Time Goes By (b007k9fq) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] manager for the new branch of her agency. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON 01:00 Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper Starring Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel. MON 13:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2) Omnibus (b011tsc7) With Moira Brooker as Judith and Philip Bretherton as Alistair. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] A six-part adaptation by Bob Larbey of series three of his MON 13:30 Dancing With the Devil (b00sp452) MON 02:15 In Drovers' Boots (b069njs8) popular BBC TV sitcom. Two former lovers Jean and Lionel [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] have been reunited unexpectedly after losing contact for 38 MON 14:00 BBC National Short Story Award (b03bddd0) MON 02:30 Tessa Hadley - The Past (b069npc6) years. BBC National Short Story Award 2013 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] After falling in love in the early 1950s, army officer Lionel was Mrs Fox MON 03:45 Katherine Mansfield - The Montana Stories sent to Korea, but they lost touch after a letter he sent to her Andrea Riseborough reads this earthy, sensual fable by Sarah (b007647w) never arrived. Both assumed the other had lost interest, but their Hall. A husband is shocked out of his complacency when his [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] paths have crossed again on his return to England. wife undergoes a remarkable transformation. MON 04:00 Stephen MacDonald - In the Summer of 1918 Producer: Martin Fisher Written by Sarah Hall (b069npc8) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1999. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON 09:00 The Write Stuff (b00776g7) Produced by Gemma Jenkins MON 05:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00gd4sy) Series 10 The BBC National Short Story Award is one of the most [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] F Scott Fitzgerald prestigious and established awards for a single short story. The MON 06:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2) James Walton chairs the literary quiz with John Walsh, 2013 shortlist reveals the strength and depth of the current short Five Red Herrings Sebastian Faulks, Jane Thynne and Wendy Holden. Reader is story scene, with five very different but equally beguiling 6. Evidence of a Commercial Traveller Beth Chalmers. From April 2007. stories vying for the top position and the £15,000 Award. From Who killed unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy Campbell? Lord MON 09:30 Electric Ink (b01jjtn5) the pens of writers both hugely acclaimed and very new, come Peter Wimsey and Inspector McPherson are weighing up the Series 2 tales that range from the magical to the all too real. Surprising alibis of suspects Episode 1 twists, quiet grief and vivid imagination are hallmarks of this Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic Maddox has lost the job of news editor and now faces being year's bumper crop. amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. sued. The readers include Hattie Morahan, Andrea Riseborough and Dramatised by Chris Miller. Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's comic satire set in the Claire Skinner. Running across the week (and with the authors Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael struggling world of newspapers. . interviewed on Front Row the previous evening) listeners can Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham Maddox ..... John Sessions enjoy a literary treat at 15.30 each afternoon from Monday, Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green Oliver ..... Alex Jennings 23rd September and maybe choose their own favourites. The Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp Freddy ..... Stephen Wight winner and the runner-up will be announced live on Front Row Waters ...... Bill Wallace Carol ..... Polly Frame on Tuesday, 8th October. The stories will be available as a free Strachan...... Gordon Clyde Masha ..... Debbie Chazen download following broadcast, and in an anthology published by Jock Graham ...... Christopher Scoular Keith ..... Sam Dale Comma Press. Clarence Gordon ...... Gordon Faith Producer ..... Sally Avens MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b01cjm4k) Producer Simon Brett A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major Christopher William Hill - Angarrack First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. news stories at the same time as grappling with the demands of Autumn MON 06:30 Dancing With the Devil (b00sp452) working in a multi-platform environment, watching circulation Christopher William Hill's black comedy revolves around the Rachel Johnson talks to women, now in their 90s, who as part figures plummet and the recession causing half the workforce future of a crumbling Cornish ancestral estate in the immediate of their cultural education, visited Germany in the 1930s. A few to be laid off. aftermath of the Second World War. Sir Richard Penwerris went to Hitler rallies, remembering the sound of metalled boots At the heart of the comedy is the relationship between Maddox (Richard Johnson), mired in debt, wishes to bequeath it to the on specially metalled roads. One was a member of the Hitler Bradley, a journalist who mourns the day of proper National Trust, much to the fury of his wife, Lady Helen (Lia youth, and recalls how all the boys she was at school with investigative journalism, and Freddy, the online editor who will Williams) who plans to drag the estate, kicking and screaming, perished in the war. One was questioned by the Gestapo for regurgitate a press release quite happily and call it a story. But into the 20th century. Matters are complicated further by the boasting about British military supremacy in the street. Another they have a grudging respect for the each other as Freddy helps sudden emergence of an heir to the estate, Rafe Penwerris visited a dark and dingy beer cellar, to have drinks with Unity Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, Facebook and (Henry Hadden-Paton), whom his father believed to have died Mitford, Rudolf Hess and Adolf Hitler. Their experiences in podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to sniff out the real in the war. A clash of Titans ensues - with only one winner. Germany in the years building up to the war give a unique story. Both are at the mercy of Oliver, the pragmatic editor Cast: insight into the rise of Nazism from the point of view of more concerned with keeping his job, and Carol, the news Sir Richard Penwerris ..... Richard Johnson artistocratic teenage girls. editor who believes that circulation will increase if they run Lady Helen ...... Lia Williams MON 07:00 The Right Time (b00fv9t1) pieces on Big Mac eating orang-utans and 'intelligent' skunks Rafe ...... Harry Hadden-Paton Series 2 rather than Maddox's moral crusading diatribes. And only Tregunna ...... Tony Haygarth Episode 4 Masha, the Russian head of online communities, who wants to Ralston ...... Nicholas Boulton How to get home from the pub - and a ruined holiday in give away all their content because that is true democracy, Incidental Music: composed by David Chilton Barbados. knows Freddy's secret; that he's a posh boy from Eton rather Producer: Gordon House Sketch show for people growing older disgracefully. Written than a hyper-cool kid from the street; well that's what Freddy A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. and performed by people who've lived a bit. thinks anyway. MON 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kwqtr) Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paula Wilcox, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010. David Nicholls - One Day Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 September 2015 Page 4 of 9 Episode 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] (chosen as one of the ten top soundtracks ever by Time Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b068tsvn) magazine), A.R. Rahman's prolific output has transformed and Nicholls. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] reinvigorated Indian film music, effortlessly introducing fusion It is now 1996 and the two friends have not spoken to each MON 22:30 The In Crowd (b0085jl5) elements from all over the world. other since a painfully acrimonious evening the previous Series 4 He has become the highest-earning music composer in India. summer when Emma found herself admitting that she no longer Episode 2 The soundtracks are launched ahead of the films and become liked Dexter very much. In the meantime her teaching career is A tricky restaurant customer and a confused football manager. instant dance hits. Often his soundtracks have become chart- surging ahead while Dexter is being edged into the graveyard Comedy sketch show from Manchester. toppers even when the films flopped, selling out within hours of slots of TV presenting. Starring Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate their release. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. Ward. In the week that he completes an ambitious world tour at MON 15:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg) Producer: Graham Frost Wembley Arena, we discover what lies behind his success. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. Producer: Mukti Jain Campion MON 16:00 The Write Stuff (b00776g7) MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b06cxtjr) A Culturewise production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club TUE 07:00 HR (b00txgsc) MON 16:30 Electric Ink (b01jjtn5) has two hours of comedy. Plus Thom Tuck chats to John Henry Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Falle aka The Story Beast. Consulting MON 17:00 The Right Time (b00fv9t1) MON 23:00 Dead Ringers (b068yf8s) Having nursed Peter through retirement blues, Sam himself [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Series 15 succumbs to the dreaded sense of purposelessness. Then Peter MON 17:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b068tsvn) Episode 5 gets an ad looking for experienced consultants. They're made! [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Drone attacks, the queen's record breaking reign and the labour Nigel Williams' comedy drama series charting the misfortunes MON 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jl9p) leadership contest are all given the Dead Ringers treatment. of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague. Earthsearch I MON 23:30 Craig Brown's Lost Diaries (b00vkw57) Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce 1. Planetfall September and October Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost The starship Challenger is on a 115-year-long mission exploring September and October. Autumn brings gloom for Sylvia Plath, Waiter ..... Sam Dale other galaxies for suitable Earth-like planets to colonise. Thomas Hardy and Max Clifford. Director: Peter Kavanagh. The current four crew members were born on-board and have A second chance to hear satirist Craig Brown dip into the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010 never left the ship. From birth they've been looked after by two private lives of public figures from the 1960's to the present TUE 07:30 Mitch Benn Specials (b068xdrj) 'Angels' - voices surrounding and guiding their every move. Any day. Mitch Benn Has Left the Building advice is followed without question. A dangerous situation, Voiced by Jan Ravens, Alistair McGowan, Lewis McLeod, Elvis is one of the most impersonated men in history. But it's a perhaps, if the Angels aren't that angelic after all... Ewan Bailey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Dolly Wells. surprising complex persona to inhabit. Starring Sean Arnold. Written by Craig Brown. Mitch Benn explores the man behind the phenomenon called James Follett's ten-part adventure serial in time and space. Produced by Victoria Lloyd. 'Elvis'... Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. Humble Southern boy or bejewelled megalomaniac emperor? Sharna …. Amanda Murray Fearless rebel or gormless yes-man? Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt Pioneer and innovator or showbiz sell-out? Darv …. Haydn Wood TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2015 Rock and roll's greatest triumph or its most tragic waste? Angel One …. Sonia Fraser From the early rock and roll years, to Mr. Presley post-army; Angel Two …. Gordon Reid TUE 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jl9p) food addiction; and his Las Vegas residency in THE Christopher Scott …. Sinclair [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] SUIT...With a glorious mix of musical parodies and trivia, Director: Glyn Dearman TUE 00:30 The Turing Solution (b01jqjl5) Mitch Benn is going to find out. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Written by and starring Mitch Benn. MON 18:30 The Turing Solution (b01jqjl5) TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2) Producer: Alexandra Smith/Ed Morrish Alan Turing, born June 23 1912, is famous for his key role in [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015. breaking German codes in World War 2. But for TUE 01:30 Dancing With the Devil (b00sp452) TUE 08:00 Round the Horne (b00l2mcd) mathematicians, his greatest work was on the invention of the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Series 2 computer. TUE 02:00 BBC National Short Story Award (b03bddd0) Episode 12 Alan Turing's brilliance at maths was spectacular. Aged 22, just [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] A deadly doctor returns, Rambling Syd Rumpo sings of a year after his graduation, he was elected a fellow of King's TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b01cjm4k) courting, while celebrity wannabe Kenneth Horne gets some College Cambridge. And it was just a year after that, that he [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] bona advice from Julian and Sandy. turned his attention to problems in the foundations of TUE 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kwqtr) With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill mathematics and ended up showing that a simple machine, set [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] Pertwee. up to read and write numbers and to run a few basic functions, TUE 03:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg) Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, could in principle do all the things that are do-able in [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] London. Announcer: Douglas Smith mathematics. His 'universal' machine was just a concept - a TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff (b00776g7) Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio paper tape that could be read, interpreted and acted on [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric robotically. But the concept was profound. TUE 04:30 Electric Ink (b01jjtn5) Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, World War II shortly afterwards took Turing's talents into other [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the directions, but even while designing machines at Bletchley Park TUE 05:00 The Right Time (b00fv9t1) scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and to break the German Enigma codes, he was wondering how [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, much more a computing machine might do - play chess for TUE 05:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b068tsvn) catchphrases and double-entendres. example. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser And although the war work might have delayed Turing's TUE 06:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql) Hayes Four. academic work, it greatly accelerated progress in electronics, so Five Red Herrings Producer: John Simmonds that in 1945 he returned to his first love, creating a complete 7. Council of War First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1966. design for what he expected to be the world's first fully As the investigation into the mysterious death of Scottish artist TUE 08:30 Hello Cheeky (b00dy523) programmable computer, the National Physical Laboratory's Sandy Campbell continues, Lord Peter Wimsey listens to all the From 09/06/1973 ACE - the Automatic Computing Engine. In the end, beset by various theories and pronounces that they are all wrong. Brought to you from a phone box in Slough and featuring 'The hesitation and bureaucratic delays, the ACE was overtaken by a Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic Gang that stole Michael Aspel'. rival team in Manchester, whose Small Scale Experimental amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and Machine first ran on June 21 1948. But the Manchester Baby, Dramatised by Chris Miller. starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor. as it became known, fulfilled the requirements laid down in Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael Special guest: Michael Aspel. Turing's seminal 1936 paper, and in a handful of instructions Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio. had the power to do any kind of maths, or data processing, like Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green Producer: David Hatch a computer of today does. Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1973. Turing soon joined the Manchester team, and again with PC Ross ...... Gordon Kane TUE 09:00 Dead Ringers (b068yf8s) remarkable prescience started work on artificial intelligence, PC Duncan ...... David Strong [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] wondering whether electronic machines could programmed not Campbell/Dr Cameron ...... Trevor Martin TUE 09:30 Mad Man Blue (b0113060) just to do maths, but to think in the way human minds do - a hot The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar Unassuming but irrepressible Bloomer gets involved in a feud topic of debate even now. Producer: Simon Brett with his neighbour. Those explorations were cut short by his suicide in 1954, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. Will he escape his suburban nightmare unscathed? following prosecution for his homosexuality. His death at a time TUE 06:30 A Legend Before Slumdog (b00smp1n) Roy Hudd stars in Tracy Aston's comic monologue. when official secrecy still hid his code-breaking work, and When A.R. Rahman won two Oscars for the film score of Producer: Jocelyn Boxall when the history of computing was already being written meant Slumdog Millionaire it shot him to international recognition. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. that few appreciated his central role in today's dominant But the man dubbed 'The Mozart of Madras' had been a TUE 10:00 Caesar! (b00cvbk1) industry. But some enthusiasts hope they can write him back in phenomenally successful composer long before that. He has Series 2 where he belongs. been a massive celebrity in India for the past 20 years, yet The Glass Ball Game Presenter, Standup Mathematician Matt Parker. remains a shy and modest man who attributes his success to his The story of Emperor Hadrian and his relationship with MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jp0x) Sufi faith. Antinous, who died in mysterious circumstances. Stars Andrew [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Presenter Navid Akhtar meets A.R.Rahman and explores the Garfield. MON 19:30 As Time Goes By (b007k9fq) role that spirituality and technology have played in his long TUE 11:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] career. Than You (b069r66g) MON 20:00 Wimsey (b00s7ql2) Still only in his early 40s, Rahman has produced chart-topping Birthmark [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] music for over 500 movies, countless catchy advertising jingles Two thousand dollars for the removal of a birthmark. She MON 20:30 Dancing With the Devil (b00sp452) and even a West End musical Bombay Dreams, whose producer wouldn't have bothered if she hadn't been what people called [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Andrew Lloyd Webber describes him as the 'most talented "very beautiful except for..." MON 21:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More melodist of our time'. Miranda July's critically acclaimed debut story collection. Than You (b069r3rg) Now he's being increasingly sought out by international film Introduced by Miranda July. Read by Bryony Hannah [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] directors. Intimate and original, dark, quirky and tender, award-winning MON 21:15 Arthur (b0076p7x) Since his spectacular debut as a film composer on Roja in 1992 filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July brings her Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 September 2015 Page 5 of 9 extraordinary imagination to the page to produce her first Martin Booth. Marber and Doon Mackichan. collection of short stories. When first published in 2007, David Producer: Dan Patterson Written by Chris Morris, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, Eggers wrote; First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988. Andrew Glover, David Quantick and Stewart Lee. "these stories are incredibly charming, beautifully written, TUE 16:30 Mad Man Blue (b0113060) Editor: Armando lannucci frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and even, a dozen or so times, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991. profound." TUE 17:00 HR (b00txgsc) TUE 23:30 Radio 9 (b041yb36) David Byrne said; "Miranda July's is a beautiful, odd, original [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Series 1 voice - seductive, sometimes erotic and a little creepy too." TUE 17:30 Mitch Benn Specials (b068xdrj) Episode 4 The collection was winner of the Frank O'Connor 2007 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Dull Dave gets down with the kids, and a drastic diet inspired International Short Story Award. TUE 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlb2) by the suffragettes. Miranda July's first feature-length film, 'Me You and Everyone Earthsearch I Delve into the recesses of a twisted comedy brain. We Know', which opened in 2005, won The Caméra d'Or prize 2. First Footprint City Written and performed by Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. in Cannes; the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival; As the starship Challenger returns to its solar system after a With Sarah Walton, John Stevenson, Stefan Frank, Janice Vee, Best First Feature at the Philadelphia Film Festival; Feature 115-year-long search for a planet suitable for colonisation - it's Matt Wilkinson and Michelle Gomez. Audience Award for Best Narrative at the San Francisco a home that the crew have never known. Producers: Johnny Daukes and Katie Marsden International Film Festival; and the Audience Award for Best Born aboard the craft, the four-strong space crew must come to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival. terms with some shocking news... July's first novel The First Bad Man was published in January Starring Sean Arnold. 2015. James Follett's adventure serial in time and space. WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2015 Producer: Karen Rose Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. Sharna …. Amanda Murray WED 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlb2) TUE 11:15 Drama (b00qc0jp) Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Pat Davis - The Right Ingredients Darv …. Haydn Wood WED 00:30 That Reminds Me (b007jmv2) When her world falls to pieces, Lisa resorts to using other Angel One …. Sonia Fraser [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] people's shopping lists as a means of structuring her life. Her Angel Two …. Gordon Reid WED 01:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql) hope is that she will eventually get all the right ingredients for Sentinel …. Alexander John [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] the cake she needs to bake. A delicate and beautiful story of a Simon …. David Bradshawe WED 01:30 A Legend Before Slumdog (b00smp1n) woman coming to terms with a heart-breaking bereavement. Director: Glyn Dearman [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Lisa ...... Jasmine Hyde First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. WED 02:00 BBC National Short Story Award (b04hywtg) Jake ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me (b007jmv2) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] Ella ...... Helen Longworth Series 1 WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b01cqrsn) Mum ...... Kate Layden Nicholas Parsons [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] Directed by Tracey Neale. TV and radio host Nicholas Parsons reminisces as he entertains WED 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kwqqj) TUE 12:00 Round the Horne (b00l2mcd) an audience. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Featuring tales of his career up to the start of chairing Radio 4’s WED 03:00 Caesar! (b00cvbk1) TUE 12:30 Hello Cheeky (b00dy523) 'Just a Minute' and as quizmaster for Anglia TV’s 'Sale of the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Century'. WED 04:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008pbnv) TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql) Producer: Claire Jones [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999. WED 04:30 Mad Man Blue (b0113060) TUE 13:30 A Legend Before Slumdog (b00smp1n) TUE 19:00 Round the Horne (b00l2mcd) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 05:00 HR (b00txgsc) TUE 14:00 BBC National Short Story Award (b04hywtg) TUE 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b00dy523) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] BBC National Short Story Award 2014 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 05:30 Mitch Benn Specials (b068xdrj) Kilifi Creek TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b00s7tql) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Lionel Shriver's winning story for this prestigious award for a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 06:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv) single short story is about a naïve, young woman who makes her TUE 20:30 A Legend Before Slumdog (b00smp1n) Five Red Herrings first trip abroad and finds herself in peril. Nancy Crane is the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Reconstruction reader. TUE 21:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Lord Peter Wimsey and his cohorts battle to solve the Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard. Than You (b069r66g) mysterious death of Scottish artist Sandy Campbell - as they TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b01cqrsn) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] piece together his final hours. Christopher William Hill - Angarrack TUE 21:15 Drama (b00qc0jp) Ian Carmichael stars as Lord Peter Wimsey – the aristocratic Winter [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] amateur sleuth created by Dorothy L Sayers. Lady Helen is dismayed at the arrival of a man from the TUE 22:00 Mitch Benn Specials (b068xdrj) Dramatised by Chris Miller. National Trust, to whom her husband wishes to bequeath the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Lord Peter Wimsey ...... Ian Carmichael estate. A visit from her stepson, Rafe, is more intriguing. TUE 22:30 Bigipedia (b012qtwd) Sgt Dalziel ...... John Graham Christopher William Hill's black comedy revolves around the Series 2 Sir Maxwell Jameson ...... Garard Green future of a crumbling Cornish ancestral estate in the immediate BigiBuzz! Insp MacPherson ...... Don McKillopp aftermath of the Second World War. This episode premiers the latest social networking add-on, The Procurator Fiscal ...... John Dunbar Sir Richard Penwerris (Richard Jonson), mired in debt, wishes BigiBuzz - find out the things that are popular so you can be one Ferguson ...... Iain Blair to bequeath it to the National Trust, much to the fury of his of them! Saunders ...... Alaric Cotter wife, Lady Helen (Lia Williams) who plans to drag the estate, At last, the long-awaited release of Bigipedia 2.0 - the infallible, Miss Madden ...... Nicolette McKenzie kicking and screaming, into the 20th century. Matters are ever-present cyberfriend is back. Now with all errors and Producer: Simon Brett complicated further by the sudden emergence of an heir to the mistakes. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. estate, Rafe Penwerris (Henry Hadden-Paton), whom his father In this episode, Britain's least-haunted house is visited by WED 06:30 Find Me a New York Jewish Princess believed to have died in the war. A clash of Titans ensues - with terrified ghost-hunter Felix Richard and we find out the true (b00nqf4s) only one winner. meaning of pilk and pleather. A light-hearted look at the New York Jewish dating scene Cast: Bigipedia was conceived by Nick Doody, and written by Nick through the eyes of presenter Tim Samuels, a London-based Sir Richard Penwerris ..... Richard Johnson Doody, Matt Kirshen and Sarah Morgan, with Carey Marx. It single Jew desperate to find the girl of his dreams. Lady Helen ...... Lia Williams features Ewan Bailey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Nick Doody, Tim has always thought he would settle down with a nice Jewish Rafe ...... Harry Hadden-Paton Neil Edmond, Pippa Evans, Martha Howe-Douglas, Lewis girl in Britain, but with his single Jewish friends taking the Tregunna ...... Tony Haygarth Macleod & Jess Robinson. Occasionally you can hear Matt plunge one after another and no sign of love in his life, Tim, at Ralston ...... Nicholas Boulton Kirshen. 33, takes decisive action. He is heading for the bright lights of Jepson ...... Peter Cadwell Guy Jackson has done some music and that. New York City. He wants to find a Jewish princess with that Incidental Music: composed by David Chilton Bigipedia is a Pozzitive production, produced by David Tyler. NY get-up-and-go, someone who will get British humour - and Producer: Gordon House His radio credits include Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive, still have lovely teeth (think Cheryl David from Curb Your A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. Cabin Pressure, Another Case Of Milton Jones, Jeremy Hardy Enthusiasm or comic Sarah Silverman). TUE 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kwqqj) Speaks To The Nation, Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off, The He puts the word out on the NY Jewish singles circuit by way of David Nicholls - One Day 99p Challenge, The Castle, The 3rd Degree and even, going an advert announcing that he is coming over for a week on an Episode 7 back a bit, Radio Active. His TV credits include Paul Merton - intense dating mission. He scrambles around for something Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David The Series, Spitting Image, Absolutely, The Paul and Pauline impressive to say in the advert, before setting off for a week of Nicholls. Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run, The Tony Ferrino power-dates. Will he find a New York girl who isn't averse to Dexter has fallen in love, a fact which he feels compensates for Phenomenon and Executive Producer of Victoria Wood's rainy weekends and watching soccer on the box? his almost negligible career in television. Meanwhile his old Dinnerladies. WED 07:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage (b01p40h7) friend Emma has quit her teaching job and secured a small Produced and directed by David Tyler Series 7 advance to write her first book. Their friendship has A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. Secret Science deteriorated to a functional acquaintanceship. TUE 22:55 Inheritance Tracks (b04prn2x) Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined on stage by comedian A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. Rebecca Front Dave Gorman, author and Enigma Machine owner Simon Singh TUE 15:00 Caesar! (b00cvbk1) The Thick of It actress shares her love of 'They All Laughed at and Bletchley Park enthusiast Dr Sue Black as they discuss [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Christopher Columbus' and why she will pass on Bach's secret science, code-breaking and the extraordinary TUE 16:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b008pbnv) concerto. achievements of the team working at Bletchley during WWII. Episode 4 TUE 23:00 On the Hour (b008pcbq) WED 07:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03k0s5j) Clive Anderson and the famed improvisation game with Series 1 Series 5 Stephen Fry, John Sessions, Kate Robbins and Griff Rhys- Episode 2 Episode 2 Jones. Tackling dangerous dogs, TV evangelism probe - and a The real point of owning a cat and a culture clash at the Proms. It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, surprising new role for Margaret Thatcher. Comedy from the lopsided world of David Mitchell and Robert but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC All the news as it happens, if it happens – plus sport from Alan Webb. radio. Partridge. With Olivia Colman and James Bachman. With Colin Sell at the piano. Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris. Producer: Gareth Edwards Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 September 2015 Page 6 of 9 WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b0084rjh) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] 3. Sands of Kyros Series 3 WED 14:00 Afternoon Reading (b014q005) The Challenger's crew has returned to its solar system to Commodore Goldstein Face It discover that a million years has passed on Earth while only 115 Hard up Able Seaman 'Taffy' finds himself mistakenly Together years had passed on their starship. promoted aboard HMS Troutbridge. The first of three short story commissions on the theme of After their devastating news, the four-strong crew face peril social networking. from a once benign force... Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as Together by Naomi Alderman walks the line between science Starring Sean Arnold. the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, fiction and our own near future, in a love story involving eight James Follett's adventure serial in time and space. Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman 'Fatso' Johnson, Richard loosely-networked friends. Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold Caldicote as Captain Povey, Teniel Evans as LS Goldstein and Read by Dan Stevens Sharna …. Amanda Murray Heather Chasen as WREN Chasen. Produced by Robert Howells Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt Naomi Alderman won the Orange New Writers Award for her Darv …. Haydn Wood Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS first novel Disobedience and has subsequently been named as Angel One …. Sonia Fraser Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. She has published Angel Two …. Gordon Reid series between 1959 and 1976. prize-winning short fiction in Prospect, Woman and Home, the Sentinel …. Alexander John Sunday Express and a number of anthologies and in 2009 was George …. John McAndrew Scripted by Lawrie Wyman shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. From 2004 Director: Glyn Dearman to 2007 Naomi was lead writer on the BAFTA-shortlisted First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. alternative reality game Perplex City. WED 18:30 Off the Page (b0076t2d) WED 14:15 Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life The Power of the Voice First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1961. (b0375byp) Matthew Parris and his guests Peggy Reynolds, Pauline Black WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00db5l4) The Beginnings of the Modern Office and Stewart Pearce discuss how your voice can shape your Series 6 Writer and satirist Lucy Kellaway traces the origins of today's everyday life. From August 2005. Episode 5 corporate culture WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b0084rjh) A multimillion pound loan - and the entire history of mankind. In today's Britain, more of us spend more time at an office than [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, ever before. It dominates our lives. It's made more of us middle WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00db5l4) David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. class, transformed the lot of women, raised standards in [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Alan education and been the reason for many technological advances. WED 20:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv) Hutchison, Bill Oddie and David Tate. But the office itself seems to have no history. We accept [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue without question the way we work now. We endure the charade WED 20:30 Find Me a New York Jewish Princess 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and of the annual appraisal. We gawp at endless PowerPoint (b00nqf4s) quickly developed a cult following. presentations in interminable meetings. We work in open plan [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Music and songs by Liam Cohen, Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. offices where we can overhear our colleagues phone calls to WED 21:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge their plumber. That's how things are done. But why? Than You (b069rpkx) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in May 1968. For the last twenty years, writer Lucy Kellaway has been an [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED 09:00 Puzzle Panel (b00y26mr) observer of the peculiarities of corporate culture in her column WED 21:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jz06) Episode 5 for the Financial Times. In this series, she looks back at the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Paul Lamford, history of office life. How did it end up like this? WED 22:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03k0s5j) Professor Angela Newing and Robert Eastaway. From July In this episode, Lucy looks at essayist Charles Lamb's account [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] 1998. of life at the East India Company in the early 1800s. WED 22:30 Meanwhile, It's Will & Greg (b018xwtk) WED 09:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn08) From its headquarters in Leadenhall street in the city of Episode 1 Timeless Time London, the East India Company created a complex Comedy performers William Andrews and Greg McHugh Follwing his enforced retirement, grumpy Victor Meldrew's bureaucracy to enable the governing of empire. Charles Lamb explore the surreal and the absurd through characters and insomnia keeps Margaret awake. worked there for over thirty years and left a rich account of the everyday situations in their first sketch show for BBC Radio 4. Richard Wilson stars as Victor and Annette Crosbie as his long- frustrations and consolations of office life. With Huw Bowen of Along with live sketches recorded in front of an appreciative suffering wife Margaret. Swansea University. Glasgow audience, the show also features studio based sketches Adapted for radio by David Renwick from his BBC TV script. Readings by Richard Katz, Sasha Pick, Adam Rojko and Kerry with Will & Greg as "themselves" exploring a particular Victor Meldrew ...... Richard Wilson Shale scenario and utilizing their hilarious relationship with each Margaret Meldrew ...... Annette Crosbie Historical Consultant: Michael Heller other and their trademark skew-whiff logic. The studio based Winning numerous awards, six series were made for TV plus Producer: Russell Finch sketches allows them to play with sound and atmosphere of the numerous specials on BBC ONE from 1990 to 2000. A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. radio sketch form and blend them with the live audience Producer: Diane Messias WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b01cqvcz) material. First broadcast in January 1995 on BBC Radio 2. Christopher William Hill - Angarrack Together with brand new regulars and one-off sketches, the WED 10:00 Caesar! (b00cylb9) Spring series explores the bizarrely familiar, the recognisably odd and Series 2 Lady Helen is growing increasingly attached to her stepson Rafe the upbeat offbeat way of life that only exists when the planet is Citizens in a Great City - a welcome distraction as she battles her husband Richard for touched by Will and Greg. The story of Septimus Severus and how he came to the brink of control of Angarrack, the Penwerris ancestral home. Stars William Andrews and Greg McHugh with Gavin Mitchell becoming Emperor. Stars Ronald Pickup and Ray Fearon. Christopher William Hill's black comedy revolves around the and Kirsten Mclean. WED 11:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More future of a crumbling Cornish ancestral estate in the immediate Director: Iain Davidson Than You (b069rpkx) aftermath of the Second World War. Sir Richard Penwerris Script editor: Chris Grady The Boy From Lam Kien (Richard Jonson), mired in debt, wishes to bequeath it to the Original music by Alex Attwood. An agoraphobe meets a young boy - twenty-seven steps from National Trust, much to the fury of his wife, Lady Helen (Lia Producer: Gus Beattie her house. Williams) who plans to drag the estate, kicking and screaming, A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. Miranda July's critically acclaimed debut story collection. into the 20th century. Matters are complicated further by the WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b06cxtsc) Intimate and original, dark, quirky and tender, award-winning sudden emergence of an heir to the estate, Rafe Penwerris From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July brings her (Henry Hadden-Paton), whom his father believed to have died has two hours of comedy. Plus Thom Tuck chats again to John extraordinary imagination to the page to produce her first in the war. A clash of Titans ensues - with only one winner. Henry Falle aka The Story Beast. collection of short stories. When first published in 2007, David Cast: WED 23:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b01pjp4n) Eggers wrote; Sir Richard Penwerris ...... Richard Johnson Series 2 "these stories are incredibly charming, beautifully written, Lady Helen ...... Lia Williams Communication frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and even, a dozen or so times, Rafe ...... Harry Hadden-Paton Pryce Pryce-Jones, Richard Trevithick and Guglielmo Marconi. profound." Tregunna ...... Tony Haygarth Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to David Byrne said; "Miranda July's is a beautiful, odd, original Ralston ...... Nicholas Boulton determine the ultimate heroes of Wales. voice - seductive, sometimes erotic and a little creepy too." Jepson ...... Peter Cadwell With Ben Partridge and Nadia Kamil. The collection was winner of the Frank O'Connor 2007 Incidental Music: composed by David Chilton Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge. International Short Story Award. Producer: Gordon House Producer: Sharif Shahwan Miranda July's first feature-length film, 'Me You and Everyone A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in January 2013. We Know', which opened in 2005, won The Caméra d'Or prize WED 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kwqql) WED 23:30 Hut 33 (b01k6hfc) in Cannes; the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival; David Nicholls - One Day Series 3 Best First Feature at the Philadelphia Film Festival; Feature Episode 8 Unlucky for Some Audience Award for Best Narrative at the San Francisco Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David 1942: It's unlucky for some of the code breakers at Bletchley International Film Festival; and the Audience Award for Best Nicholls. when they're forced to move into spooky Hut 13. Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Dexter and Sylvie have got married and embarked on their new James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home July's first novel The First Bad Man was published in January life together, and Emma is quietly becoming a success in the of the Second World War codebreakers. 2015. world of children's fiction. They are back in touch but their Professor Charles Gardner …. Robert Bathurst Producer: Karen Rose worlds are miles apart. Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. Gordon ...... Fergus Craig WED 11:15 Peter Tinniswood (b007jz06) WED 15:00 Caesar! (b00cylb9) 3rd Lieutenant Joshua Featherstonhaugh-Marshall …. Alex Dorothy, a Manager's Wife [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MacQueen A resentful soccer spouse rants about the game and her football WED 16:00 Puzzle Panel (b00y26mr) Minka …. Olivia Coleman manager husband. Stars Pauline Collins and Timothy West. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b0084rjh) WED 16:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn08) Producer: Adam Bromley [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009. WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00db5l4) WED 17:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage (b01p40h7) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED 13:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv) WED 17:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03k0s5j) THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2015 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED 13:30 Find Me a New York Jewish Princess WED 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbf) THU 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbf) (b00nqf4s) Earthsearch I [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 September 2015 Page 7 of 9 THU 00:30 Off the Page (b0076t2d) - Matt Parker, who left Australia to teach maths in the UK Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] before joining the Festival of the Spoken Nerd comedy group. Clare ...... Gerry Cowper THU 01:00 Wimsey (b00s8fxv) He is a regular on Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage, presents Vernon ...... Frederick Treves [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] the Discovery Channel's You Have Been Warned and has Gary ...... Ian Michie THU 01:30 Find Me a New York Jewish Princess shown off his Rubik's Cube skills on CBBC's How to Be Epic at Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV (b00nqf4s) Everything. His latest book Things to Make and Do in the - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Fourth Dimension explores such topics as the fairest way to cut network. THU 02:00 Afternoon Reading (b014q005) a pizza and the most efficient way to tie your shoelaces. Matt's Producer: Pete Atkin [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] favourite numbers are 496, 3,435 and 2,025. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989. THU 02:15 Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life - Eben Upton, who in 2006 conceived the idea of the Raspberry THU 10:00 Classic Serial (b01hw63c) (b0375byp) Pi, a credit-card sized fully-programmable computer that went Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] on sale in 2011 and has since sold more than 5 million, From Breakfast to Luncheon THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b01cqvcz) becoming the fastest-selling British personal computer in Dramatised by Michelene Wandor [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] history. MIT has since named him one of the world's top 35 Virginia Woolf's classic novel set on a single day in June. Lives THU 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kwqql) innovators under the age of 35 and he has been awarded the interweave on the streets of London as Clarissa Dalloway makes [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal. her final preparations for an important party. THU 03:00 Caesar! (b00cylb9) - Sydney Padua, a Canadian graphic novelist and animator and 1 of 2: From breakfast to luncheon [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] who has worked on blockbuster movies such as The Illusionist, Mrs Dalloway ..... Fenella Woolgar THU 04:00 Puzzle Panel (b00y26mr) Clash of the Titans and John Carter as well as teaching at the Richard ..... Sam Dale [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Animation Workshop in Denmark and at the University of Septimus ..... Paul Ready THU 04:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn08) Middlesex. Most recently she has written and illustrated The Rezia ..... Susie Riddell [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, a New York Peter ..... Scott Handy THU 05:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage (b01p40h7) Times bestselling graphic novel in which 19th century computer Sally ..... Liza Sadovy [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] pioneers Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage build a vast Elizabeth ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan THU 05:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b03k0s5j) mechanical computer - and use it to fight crime for Queen Lucy ..... Amaka Okafor [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] Victoria. Hugh ..... Patrick Brennan, THU 06:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young Researchers: Anne Miller and Stevyn Colgan of QI. Dr Holmes ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer, (b007jn17) Producers: Richard Turner and James Harkin Miss Brush ..... Christine Absalom Episode 1 A BBC Radio Comedy production first broadcast on BBC Miss Pym ..... Tracy Wiles When Kim Drake's fiance is killed on their wedding day, the Radio 4 in September 2015. Directed by Marc Beeby authorities agree on suicide. But why would computer expert THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlg5) Mrs Dalloway is one of Virginia Woolf's most approachable Mike kill himself on his wedding day? Could it be connected to Series 2 novels. It's apparently simple structure - taking place over a his decision to walk out of his sensitive job at Peregrine Crossed Swords single day and dovetailing two very different stories - belies its Communications Systems? After a major find out on his rag and bone round, excited rich textures and the complexity of its beautifully drawn Shaun Prendergast's techno thriller in six-parts. Harold lets greed get the better of him. characters. Clarissa Dalloway's party, the climax of the story, is CAST: Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. eagerly awaited by all and resolves both stories with wisdom Kim Drake …. Siriol Jenkins Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association and poignancy. Mike Fisher …. Neil Roberts with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson THU 11:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Anne …. Kate Binchy wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. Than You (b069rvbs) Frank …. Shaun Prendergast The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert This Person and The Man on the Stairs Miss Gee …. Ann Davies Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight Two stories, by turns funny, unsettling and dark, from Miranda Stone …. Kenneth Cranham series on TV. July's critically acclaimed story collection. Todd …. Jack Klaff Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell Read by Bryony Hannah DI Dear …. Eric Alan Harold ...... Harry H Corbett Intimate and original, dark, quirky and tender, award-winning DS Love …. Jonathan Tafler Shop Assistant ...... Derek Nimmo filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July brings her John Maschler …. Terence Edmond Auctioneer ...... Michael MacLean extraordinary imagination to the page to produce her first Emma/Nurse Lewis …. Caroline Strong Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by collection of short stories. When first published in 2007, David Mary/WPC …. Nicola Boyce Gale Pedrick. Eggers wrote; Directed by Adrian Bean Producer: Bobby Jaye "these stories are incredibly charming, beautifully written, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967. frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and even, a dozen or so times, THU 06:30 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9y) THU 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and profound." Series 2 Flywheel (b007zgqw) David Byrne said; "Miranda July's is a beautiful, odd, original The Wisdom of Miss Marple Series 1 voice - seductive, sometimes erotic and a little creepy too." Examining the continual appeal of Agatha Christie's shrewd Episode 5 The collection was winner of the Frank O'Connor 2007 detective, Miss Jane Marple. Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel tries to swing a prize fight. International Short Story Award. "A fluffy old dear with a dreadful hat." Discovering the Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the Miranda July's first feature-length film, 'Me You and Everyone inspiration and progression of St. Mary Mead's ever acute adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his We Know', which opened in 2005, won The Caméra d'Or prize observer of deadly events. assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors in Cannes; the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival; Presented by Cultural historian Jeffrey Richards. With June on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were Best First Feature at the Philadelphia Film Festival; Feature Whitfield and Simon Brett. rediscovered in 1988. Audience Award for Best Narrative at the San Francisco Producer: Helen Williams Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts International Film Festival; and the Audience Award for Best First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival. THU 07:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00ss2cq) With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly. July's first novel The First Bad Man was published in January Series 1 Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark 2015. Episode 2 Brisenden. Producer: Karen Rose Sheila Hancock heads a stunning cast including Mackenzie Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon. Producer: Dirk Maggs THU 11:15 Drama (b00tdltn) This is a clever, funny and touching series about a small town in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990. Michael Butt - Unauthorised History: The Killing the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a talent night. THU 09:00 It's Not What You Know (b01ckr46) By Michael Butt. Written by and also starring Katherine Jakeways. Series 1 In May 1593, the playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed. Rehearsals for the town talent night are well underway, with Episode 2 Apparently, it was because of an argument over a bill. Michael some of the worst acts ever seen on stage. "The Thick Of It" star, Rebecca Front, Fast Show actor and Butt's innovative drama dons the cloak of documentary to re- Recently divorced Jan has a surprise visit from neighbour and comedian, Simon Day, and award-winning Geordie comic, examine the unsolved case. ex-teacher Mary and finds they have more than an untidy hedge Jason Cook nominate one of their intimate circle to answer Cast: in common. questions about their relationship, to try and prove how well Narrator . . . . . Paul Rhys Jan's ex, Frank, thinks his new love Angela may be eating too they know them. Thomas Walsingham . . . . . Blake Ritson many peanuts. With Miles Jupp chairing – if the panel can predict the Thomas Kyd . . . . . Harry Lloyd Esther knocks Jan to the floor in her self-defence class but wait responses their nominees gave, they get points. Robert Poley . . . . . Burn Gorman - could this be Jonathan coming to Jan's rescue? Rebecca thinks she knows her father, Charles Front, a retired Lord Cecil . . . . . Tim McMullan And meanwhile supermarket manager Rod (Mackenzie Crook) illustrator and calligrapher, pretty well. Simon examines his Mrs Bull . . . . . Christine Kavanagh gets trapped in an upturned shopping trolley. relationship with best friend, Conrad Butlin, a stylist from Ingram Frizer . . . . . Tony Bell Narrator ...... Sheila Hancock Notting Hill in London. And Jason plumps for his mother, Pat, Richard Baines . . . . . Sam Dale Rod ...... Mackenzie Crook a recruitment consultant from Hebburn in Newcastle - and, it Cambridge Porter . . . . . Sean Baker Mary ...... Penelope Wilton turns out, something of a Loose Women fan... Drew Woodleff . . . . . Lloyd Thomas Jan ...... Felicity Montagu Producer: Sam Michell. Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. Jonathan ...... Kevin Eldon First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012. THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlg5) Esther ...... Katherine Jakeways THU 09:30 After Henry (b007jqqj) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Keith ...... John Biggins Series 4 THU 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Frank ...... Rufus Wright Little Women Flywheel (b007zgqw) Angela ...... Lizzie Roper "'I don't know which of the two masculine approaches is the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Producer: Claire Jones. more offensive - Gary's straight boorishness or Vernon's THU 13:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010. patronising, undervaluing gallantry". (b007jn17) THU 07:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b068xwm7) Trying to put up a new shelf, Sarah goes to war in the battle of [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Coding Special the sexes. THU 13:30 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9y) The Museum's Steering Committee discusses computers made Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] with dominoes, praises the mother of all computer programs struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who THU 14:00 Afternoon Reading (b014qsws) and reveals that the first computer bug was actually a moth. never quite manage to see eye to eye. Face It Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his newest new curator Sarah ...... Prunella Scales The Deletion Sarah Millican welcome: Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson The second of three short story commissions on the theme of Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 September 2015 Page 8 of 9 social networking. Angel One …. Sonia Fraser [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] "It soon becomes apparent that I don't need to even see Emma Angel Two …. Gordon Reid FRI 06:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young White's account because she's sprawled all over my ex's page Thale …. Graham Faulkner (b007jzf9) like spilt bleach. I decide my next move is self-deletion." Helan …. Judy Franklin Episode 2 The Deletion, by Laura Dockrill, shows how reliant people are Thorden …. John Bott Kim Drake is retracing her dead boyfriend's journey across becoming on social networks and makes us wonder whether, Spegal …. Stephen Garlick Europe in an attempt to discover why he apparently killed after setting up an account, it's ever possible to truly quit. Director: Glyn Dearman himself on their wedding day. In the tough city of Hamburg she Read by Laura Dockrill First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. discovers that Mike had been economical with the truth ... Produced by Robert Howells THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076rcy) Stars Siriol Jenkins as Kim Drake, Neil Roberts as Mike Fisher, Laura Dockrill is a poet and illustrator from South London. A Series 7 Kate Binchy as Anne, Shaun Prendergast as Otto/Burns and graduate of The Brit School of Performing Arts, twenty-two Charles M Schulz Kenneth Cranham as Stone. year old Laura was named one of the top ten literary stars of Journalist and biographer Valerie Grove chooses Charles M Shaun Prendergast's techno thriller in six parts. 2008 according to The Times and voted Elle's top face to look Schulz, creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip. Schulz's widow Directed by Adrian Bean out for in 2009. Jeannie provides biographical insights and Anita O'Brien, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. THU 14:15 Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life curator of the Cartoon Art Trust, puts the cartoon in its FRI 06:30 The FAE Sonata (b00sjbsx) (b0375qtg) historical context. Frei Aber Einsam - 'free but lonely' - was the motto of the great Getting a Job: Nepotism or Meritocracy? THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlg5) 19th century violinist Joseph Joachim. It's also the name of a Writer and satirist Lucy Kellaway traces the origins of today's [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Violin Sonata played by Joachim, accompanied by Clara corporate culture. THU 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Schumann, that resulted from a collaboration between the Flywheel (b007zgqw) composer Robert Schumann and two of his pupils, Johannes In this episode, Lucy reveals how hiring the 'best man for the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Brahms and Albert Dietrich. job' wasn't always the way it was done. THU 20:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young On the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth, Tom Robinson (b007jn17) examines the complex relationships between these romantic In the 19th century, office jobs were often obtained by [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] artists through the prism of this piece of music. Schumann's patronage rather than qualifications. In the Northcote-Trevelyan THU 20:30 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9y) passionate love for his wife Clara is matched only by Brahms' report of 1853, Sir Charles Trevelyan campaigned to introduce [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] devotion to her during and following Schumann's decline into meritocratic recruitment to the civil service. But his ideas were THU 21:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More mental illness. met with hostility in many quarters. Lucy visits the Houses of Than You (b069rvbs) Brahms was also a close champion of Joachim, until the Parliament and speaks to John Greenaway of East Anglia [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] violinist's divorce, when they fell out over the composer's University THU 21:15 Drama (b00tdltn) support for Joachims' wife. And the FAE Sonata itself was [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] neglected - an innocent victim - until long after Brahms' death. THU 22:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b068xwm7) Tom unpicks the romantic and turbulent story of a musical Readings by Richard Katz, Sasha Pick, Adam Rojko and Kerry [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] collaboration with the help of pianist and Schumann champion Shale THU 22:30 Newsjack (b069nrnn) Lucy Parham, violinist Tasmin Little, Robert John Godfrey of Historical Consultant: Michael Heller Series 13 'The Enid' and Radio 3's Andrew McGregor. Episode 2 Producer: Alan Hall Producer: Russell Finch This week's stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4. A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. sketches, one-liners and vox-pops by the public. Trying to make FRI 07:00 Bookcases (b00sxt6h) THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b01cqwsx) sense of it all is our host, Nish Kumar. Series 1 Christopher William Hill - Angarrack THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007k1fk) The Man in White Summer Series 1 London 1858: A little bored by Gerald, Cordelia is having fun Lady Helen's relationship with her stepson Rafe is growing Rebellion with the novelist Wilkie Collins, who’s having a spell of writer's dangerously out of control - a fact viewed with considerable Gary leads a demon rebellion against the Prince of Darkness. block with The Woman in White. suspicion by Angarrack's long-serving butler Tregunna. Meanwhile Satan ponders the meaning of happiness - and Elvis Primus has the answer...or does he? Christopher William Hill's black comedy revolves around the Presley gets locked in a crate... Martyn Wade's Victorian era comedy stars Michael Cochrane future of a crumbling Cornish ancestral estate in the immediate Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell. and Maggie Steed. aftermath of the Second World War. Sir Richard Penwerris Satan ...... Andy Hamilton Primus …. Michael Cochrane (Richard Jonson), mired in debt, wishes to bequeath it to the The Professor ...... James Grout Cordelia …. Maggie Steed National Trust, much to the fury of his wife, Lady Helen (Lia Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville Edith …. Elizabeth Spriggs Williams) who plans to drag the estate, kicking and screaming, Gary, The Demon ...... Steven O'Donnell Gerald …. David Horovitch into the 20th century. Matters are complicated further by the Other characters played by Philip Pope, Penelope Nice, Wilkie Collins …. David Timson sudden emergence of an heir to the estate, Rafe Penwerris Michael Fenton Stevens and Nigel Pegram. Simeon …. Charles Simpson (Henry Hadden-Paton), whom his father believed to have died Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer George Eliot …. David Antrobus in the war. A clash of Titans ensues - with only one winner. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1995. Director: Cherry Cookson Cast: THU 23:30 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4cn) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998. Sir Richard Penwerris ..... Richard Johnson 3. The Meaning of Life FRI 07:30 The Absolutely Radio Show (b069h77m) Lady Helen ...... Lia Williams Roger McGough's poetic reflections on 'the meaning of life' Series 1 Rafe ...... Harry Hadden-Paton With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Episode 2 Tregunna ...... Tony Haygarth Andy Roberts. Cast members of Channel 4's hugely popular TV sketch show Ralston ...... Nicholas Boulton Recorded at the Bath Festival. Absolutely reunite to revisit much-loved sketch characters, with Jepson ...... Peter Cadwell Producer: Sara Davies some newcomers. Prideaux ...... Geoffrey Whitehead First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000. Starring Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter, Gordon Incidental Music: composed by David Chilton THU 23:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k24g) Kennedy and John Sparkes. Producer: Gordon House Series 1 The Stoneybridge Town Council attempt to cover up a possible A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. How... bribery scandal, Denzil and Gwynned discuss son Codfyl's THU 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kwqqn) Sheffield's John Shuttleworth offers tips on how to cope with starring role in a nativity play, the Little Girl's very personal David Nicholls - One Day divorce and washing-up. Stars Graham Fellows. From October take on having her Tonsils out and Calum Gilhooley tries to get Episode 9 1993. an appointment with a doctor for something "quite urgent". Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David Mr Muzak sings about the joys of being alone with your Nicholls. computer and the Commissionaire very nearly undergoes an Emma and Dexter have surrendered to their desire to be FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2015 appendectomy. There's more from Talking Facebook and the together, and while ostensibly maintaining separate flats they People's War, with stories from those who were nearly there. are living at Dexter's old bachelor pad, trying for a baby and FRI 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbs) Producers: Gus Beattie and Gordon Kennedy house hunting. The pressure is on. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b0076rcy) September 2015. THU 15:00 Classic Serial (b01hw63c) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnf8) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI 01:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young Series 5 THU 16:00 It's Not What You Know (b01ckr46) (b007jn17) The Insurance Policy [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Shrewd Miss Pugh urges the lad to get insured. But is Sid's THU 16:30 After Henry (b007jqqj) FRI 01:30 The Radio Detectives (b007jp9y) policy such a wise buy? [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Stars Tony Hancock. THU 17:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00ss2cq) FRI 02:00 Afternoon Reading (b014qsws) With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Williams. THU 17:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b068xwm7) FRI 02:15 Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] (b0375qtg) Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. THU 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbs) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] Producer: Tom Ronald Earthsearch I FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b01cqwsx) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1958. 4. The Solaric Empire [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b007jscs) Searching for Earth - which has mysteriously vanished from the FRI 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kwqqn) Series 5 solar system - two of the crew of the starship Challenger have [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] Under Two Floorboards landed on neighbouring planet, Kyros. FRI 03:00 Classic Serial (b01hw63c) In true Beau Geste style, Neddie Seagoon joins the foreign At first it appears to be uninhabited, but Astra and Darv soon [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] legion in disgrace. discover otherwise... FRI 04:00 It's Not What You Know (b01ckr46) Starring Sean Arnold. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike James Follett's adventure serial in time and space. FRI 04:30 After Henry (b007jqqj) Milligan. Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Sharna …. Amanda Murray FRI 05:00 North by Northamptonshire (b00ss2cq) Starring: Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Darv …. Haydn Wood FRI 05:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b068xwm7) Peter Sellers Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 September 2015 Page 9 of 9 Harry Secombe the much-loved author of hundreds of stage, radio and TV 5. The Pools of Time Spike Milligan dramas including The Beiderbecke Affair, The Last of the Darv and Astra, two of the starship's crew, are in grave danger Blonde Bombshells, Close the Coalhouse Door, The Pallisers, Z after being taken prisoner by the inhabitants of Zelda 5. First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Cars and Lewis. His work for radio includes adapting his own Their crew mates Telson and Sharna are in hot pursuit aboard recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest autobiography, Stories For Another Day, and the original drama the Challenger... shows weren’t kept in the archive. series The Devil's Music. Starring Sean Arnold. Director: Alison Hindell James Follett's adventure serial in time and space. With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009. Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnf8) Sharna …. Amanda Murray Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jscs) Darv …. Haydn Wood Announcer: Wallace Greenslade [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Angel One …. Sonia Fraser FRI 13:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young Angel Two …. Gordon Reid Producer: Peter Eton (b007jzf9) Helan …. Judy Franklin [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Thorden …. John Bott First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in January 1955. FRI 13:30 The FAE Sonata (b00sjbsx) Spegal …. Stephen Garlick FRI 09:00 The 99p Challenge (b007js9y) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Custodian of the Past …. Eve Karpf Series 3 FRI 14:00 Afternoon Reading (b014qt0b) Old Man …. Godfrey Kenton Episode 4 Face It Director: Glyn Dearman Crazy panel show capers as host Sue Perkins grills Tom Binns, Confirm/Ignore First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981. Peter Serafinowicz, Nick Frost and Marcus Brigstocke. The third of three short story commissions on the theme of FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b0075znq) The game where someone stands to leave the studio 99p richer social networking. Series 1 than when they came in. Confirm/Ignore, by Nikesh Shukla, is a moving story about The Last Post Written by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley. coping with grief in the age of social media. The Last Post was the final bugle call for the armed forces Producer: David Tyler Read by Nikesh Shukla before lights out at night. A Pozzitive production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Produced by Robert Howells Over the years it has become inextricably linked with death and August 2001. Nikesh Shukla is a London-based author and poet. His first the act of remembrance. FRI 09:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009pn8p) book, 'Coconut Unlimited' was shortlisted for the Costa First This programme includes Officer AD Bridges describing how The Total Hotel Experience Book Award 2010. he prepared the 12 buglers for the year 2000's Remembrance John and his best friend Tony find themselves taking part in a FRI 14:15 Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life Day service and John Wyatt, a Japanese Prisoner of War talks seaside hotel's murder-mystery weekend. (b0376jy0) of his memories of the piece. John just wants to play dominoes, but amongst the guests is a The Career Ladder Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of woman from his past - with her potatoes. Writer and satirist Lucy Kellaway traces the origins of today's our necks. Written by John Hegley corporate culture. Producer: Rosie Boulton Starring John Hegley, Simon Munnery, Terry Malloy, Sunny First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000. Ormonde and Andy Hockley. In this episode, Lucy charts the emergence of the career ladder FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jnf8) Original music by Nigel Piper. as a way to motivate staff. The late 19th century saw a huge [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Director: Anne Edyvean growth in office clerks. With the increase in staff, came the FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b007jscs) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999. concept of a career ladder as a way to make up for the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 10:00 Classic Serial (b01j2ff2) drudgery. Lucy looks at the Scottish banks and their early FRI 20:00 Shaun Prendergast - Only the Good Die Young Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway version of the annual appraisal, which often included strikingly (b007jzf9) From Afternoon to Nightfall personal comments. With Alan McKinlay of Newcastle [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Dramatised by Michelene Wandor University FRI 20:30 The FAE Sonata (b00sjbsx) Virginia Woolf's classic novel set on a single day in June. As [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Clarissa Dalloway makes her final preparations for an important Readings by Richard Katz, Sasha Pick, Adam Rojko and Kerry FRI 21:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Than party, Septimus visits another doctor and becomes increasingly Shale You (b069rydl) troubled. Historical Consultant: Michael Heller [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] 2 of 2: From afternoon to nightfall FRI 21:15 Alan Plater - The Gallery (b01p98gb) Mrs Dalloway ..... Fenella Woolgar Producer: Russell Finch [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Richard ..... Sam Dale A Somethin' Else production for Radio 4. FRI 22:00 The Absolutely Radio Show (b069h77m) Septimus ..... Paul Ready FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b01cqx0h) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Rezia ..... Susie Riddell Christopher William Hill - Angarrack FRI 22:30 BBC New Comedy Awards (b069nrpm) Peter ..... Scott Handy Autumn 2015 Sally ..... Liza Sadovy Sir Richard is dead, and a fire has destroyed Angarrack's Heat three Elizabeth ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan library. But are the two events connected - and will Lady Helen The next heat in comedy's most prestigious new talent Lucy ..... Amaka Okafor be able to use them to her advantage? competition from The Komedia in Bath. Sir William ..... Patrick Brennan, Christopher William Hill's black comedy revolves around the Our host, Elis James presents some of the best new comedians Miss Kilman ..... Christine Absalom future of a crumbling Cornish ancestral estate in the immediate from across the UK. Dr Holmes ..... Peter Hamilton Dyer, aftermath of the Second World War. Sir Richard Penwerris Judges for this heat are comedian Lucy Porter, BBC Comedy Directed by Marc Beeby. (Richard Jonson), mired in debt, wishes to bequeath it to the Producer Sam Bryant and editor of comedy website Chortle, FRI 11:00 Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Than National Trust, much to the fury of his wife, Lady Helen (Lia Steve Bennett You (b069rydl) Williams) who plans to drag the estate, kicking and screaming, Produced by Lyndsay Fenner and Kerry McCarthy. It Was Romance into the 20th century. Matters are complicated further by the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in September 2015. Can a new age self-help workshop teach women to become sudden emergence of an heir to the estate, Rafe Penwerris FRI 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007k1z6) more romantic? (Henry Hadden-Paton), whom his father believed to have died Greenwich Read by Bryony Hannah in the war. A clash of Titans ensues - with only one winner. Driving instructors, pornography and a surprise from Intimate and original, dark, quirky and tender, award-winning Cast: Supermarket Sweep's TV host, Dale Winton. filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July brings her Sir Richard Penwerris ...... Richard Johnson From Greenwich University, London. extraordinary imagination to the page to produce her first Lady Helen ...... Lia Williams Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and collection of short stories. When first published in 2007, David Rafe ...... Harry Hadden-Paton situations, stand up topical gags and banter. Eggers wrote; Tregunna ...... Tony Haygarth With Peter Baynham, Rebecca Front and John Thomson. "these stories are incredibly charming, beautifully written, Ralston ...... Nicholas Boulton Special guest: Dale Winton frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and even, a dozen or so times, Jepson ...... Peter Cadwell Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV profound." Prideaux ...... Geoffrey Whitehead transfer to BBC Two in 1995. David Byrne said; "Miranda July's is a beautiful, odd, original Incidental Music: composed by David Chilton Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in November 1993. voice - seductive, sometimes erotic and a little creepy too." Producer: Gordon House The collection was winner of the Frank O'Connor 2007 A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. International Short Story Award. FRI 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kwqqq) Miranda July's first feature-length film, 'Me You and Everyone David Nicholls - One Day We Know', which opened in 2005, won The Caméra d'Or prize Episode 10 in Cannes; the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival; Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David Best First Feature at the Philadelphia Film Festival; Feature Nicholls. Audience Award for Best Narrative at the San Francisco Seventeen years after the one night they spent together in 1988, International Film Festival; and the Audience Award for Best memories of that fateful day are still strong - perhaps even Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival. stronger, given the events that have shaped and changed their July's first novel The First Bad Man was published in January lives for ever. 2015. A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. Producer: Karen Rose FRI 15:00 Classic Serial (b01j2ff2) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI 11:15 Alan Plater - The Gallery (b01p98gb) FRI 16:00 The 99p Challenge (b007js9y) The opening night of a new Tyneside art gallery is thrown into [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] jeopardy by the well-meaning but ill-trained staff. Dodgy FRI 16:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009pn8p) wiring, an over-zealous cleaner and a retired greyhound add to [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] the comic mix. FRI 17:00 Bookcases (b00sxt6h) Alan Plater's final play for radio stars Joe Caffrey as Trevor, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Janice Acquah as Liz, Deka Walmsley as Michael, Caroline FRI 17:30 The Absolutely Radio Show (b069h77m) Guthrie as Heather, Phillipa Wilson as Julie and Chris Connel [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] as Neville. FRI 18:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007s19b) Playwright and screenwriter, Alan Plater CBE (1935-2010) was Earthsearch I Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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