Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 February 2013 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2013 Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud May 2004. Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00y38bc) SAT 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b007jmq9) Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel Series 6 Wyrd Sisters Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor Episode 11 4. Degrees of Royalty Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy From Minnesota - the American funny man welcomes Elvis Lancre's new ruler teeters on the edge of madness. The old King Fanny ...... Siriol Jenkins Costello and vocal powerhouses Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele. will be revenged. The three witches set to work! Edward ...... David Holt From 2009. Starring Sheila Hancock, Lynda Baron and Deborah Berlin. The Rev Bury ...... John Fleming SAT 09:00 Alexander Armstrong's Radio Heroes The conclusion of Terry Pratchett's popular tale. Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield (b01qdwl5) Granny Weatherwax …. Sheila Hancock Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson The X-Men? Pah! Superman? Bah! Give us Jet Morgan any day Nanny Ogg …. Lynda Baron Mr Holder ...... Eric Allan - as Alexander Armstrong celebrates those fine gentleman Magrat Garlick …. Deborah Berlin Nancy ...... Joanna Wake adventurers of the wireless Duke Felmet … Ian Masters Music by Malcolm McKee. Big screen do-gooders like the Avengers have the glam and the Lady Felmet …. Kristin Milward Producer: Sue Wilson moves, but you don't have to be superhuman to be a hero. Enjoy King Verence …. John Hartley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992. our very own British brand of intrepid adventurer, for whom The Fool …. Andrew Branch SAT 04:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Dangerous Calm (b0076h31) style, panache, wit and guile serve just as well as x-ray vision, Vitoller …. Gavin Muir Hotel du Commerce awesome strength or vivid underpants. Hwel …. Brian Hibbard An overheard argument in a French hotel exposes the fragility Guiding us through this modern pantheon is Alexander Tomjon …. Roger May of a honeymooning couple's own relationship. Armstrong - no stranger to style, panache and wit himself - Dramatised by Vince Foxall. Read by Joanna David. although he assures us his underpants are suitably subdued. Director: Claire Grove Elizabeth Taylor's collection of short stories abridged by Along the way, we'll ponder what makes these characters so First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995. Richard Hamilton enduringly heroic? - and what qualities does a hero need? SAT 00:30 David Garnett - Lady into Fox (b00cmz8m) Producer: Emma Harding Featuring: 2. Escape First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. RAFFLES: Despite Richard Tebrick's increased security for their new SAT 04:15 Kings (b007jqwr) EW Hornung's gentleman cracksman seizes a challenge. Stars home, his vixen wife escapes to begin a new family life in the Abishag, the Virgin Jeremy Clyde. woods... The monarch is dying. Bathsheba and his new wife attend him. JOURNEY INTO SPACE: David Garnett's terrifying novel of transformation is concluded Tales from the reign of biblical King David. Stars Alison Pettitt. Captain Jet Morgan in the classic 1950s sci-fi from Charles by Ben Miles. SAT 05:00 Ballylenon (b007mf83) Chilton. Stars Andrew Faulds. Abridged by Doreen Estall Series 1 SEXTON BLAKE Directed at BBC Northern Ireland by Lawrence Jackson. Episode 6 The comic strip crime fighter devised for radio in the 1960s by Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in July 2008. Will the "1000 Years" Festival mark the end of the old Philip Ridgeway. Starring William Franklyn. SAT 01:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires courthouse battle? DICK BARTON: SPECIAL AGENT: (b00t5jwn) Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in The BBC Light Programme's hugely popular radio hero revived Episode 2 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in in 1972 and starring Noel Johnson. The commander is on hand when the serial killer dubbed The every home. JUDGE DREDD: Whistler claims his fifth victim. Stars Robin Ellis. Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Gary Martin stars as the legendary law enforcement officer. SAT 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015fqpm) Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna Produced by Dirk Maggs. Episode 5 Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy THE DEVIL IN AMBER Stricken with amnesia, Albert Campion is confronted by the Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker The decadent Edwardian dandy and defender of the realm, police who suspect him of being an imposter. Roger Allam Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney Lucifer Box. Written and read by Mark Gatiss. reads Margery Allingham's mystery. Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt Produced by Martin Dempsey. SAT 01:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case Stumpy Bonnar ...... Gerard McSorley SAT 12:00 Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City (Omnibus) (b00mrhdk) Canon Friel ...... Kevin Flood (b01qdwl7) Episode 5 Aubrey Frawley ...... Dominic Letts Tales of the City News from Poona makes Dawkins think his wife was mad, but Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. A comedy of manners set in San Francisco in 1976, a warm the detective isn't so sure. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's Director: Eoin O'Callaghan portrait of an era that changed the way we live. From February mystery. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994. 2013. SAT 02:00 Bristow (b007s5dp) SAT 05:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00v2pbf) SAT 13:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vcwjv) Series 2 Series 2 Series 3 Mr Bristow Regrets Awards Surfing The Chester-Perry Dinner Dance is out of bounds to the buying 18th-century smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny wants to win the Detective Gwen Danbury investigates a headless corpse, while clerk - until he falls in with Tom Paine, troublemaker... coveted Smuggling Personality of the Year award at the annual mum Joan puts herself in danger with the internet. Stars Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the buying clerk from Frank Jethro awards. Annette Badland. Dickens' famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated It's 1793 and in the small Cornish village of Drumlin Bay, SAT 14:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter internationally, it ran for 41 years in London's Evening heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny is still running rings around (b007jykd) Standard. the customs men, assisted by her drunken father Jago. Series 3 Bristow ...... Michael Williams Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. The Leak Jones ...... Rodney Bewes Starring Sheridan Smith as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Author Gerald becomes obsessed with his wife Diana's sense of Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, smell. Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as Hobbs and Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his Hickford ...... Roger Lloyd Pack India Fisher as Mum. wife, Diana. Tom ...... Jon Glover Producer: Jan Ravens. With Edward Kelsey. Little Red ...... Simon Schatzberger First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004. Written by Basil Boothroyd. Miss Golightly ...... Lucy Akhurst SAT 06:00 Mike Walker - The Sound of Fury (b00bqm6w) Producer: Bobby Jaye Miss Peach ...... Carol Starks The life and times of rock 'n' roll singer, Billy Fury. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1979. Music composed and performed by John Whitehall. Stricken with rheumatic fever as a child, and not expected to SAT 14:30 Jim the Great (b011qgtk) Producer: Neil Cargill live beyond the age of 20, Billy Fury went on to become Series 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999. Britain's answer to Elvis Presley. But if you thought his story Chase Me, Charlemagne SAT 02:30 Ayres on the Air (b00m6f4m) started with the huge hit 'Halfway to Paradise', think again... Who is Erasmus? Why is the last King now a Chancellor? It's all Series 3 Anton Lesser stars in Mike Walker’s drama is inspired by real to do with Europe. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From September In the Doghouse events. 1979. Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry, Billy Fury …. Anton Lesser SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00y38bc) anecdotes and sketches. Larry Parnes …. Peter Whitman [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Poems include Toaster, about Pam's son's dog and its phobia; Stuart Colman …. Robert Glenister SAT 16:00 Mike Walker - The Sound of Fury (b00bqm6w) I'm the Dog Who Didn't Win a Prize, written by Pam after she Russell Harty …. Rory Bremner [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] was asked to be a judge at a competition; and Tippy Tappy Dickie Pride …. Andy Serkis SAT 17:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b01q7gz5) Feet, about the things you miss when your best friend goes to Marty Wilde …. Ian Targett Series 5 the great kennel in the sky. Joe Brown …. Alistair McGowan The Spider Pam is joined on stage by actors Geoffrey Whitehead and Jack Good …. Nicholas Boulton By Rona Munro. Felicity Montagu for sketches on what dogs talk to each other Terry …. Peter Watts At last, the true story can be told of Robert the Bruce and his about and how a new puppy can cause more excitement in some The Nurse/Donna …. Siriol Jenkins encounter with that spider on the eve of battle with the English. families than a new baby. Hugh …. Jeremy Clyde Veteran comedian Stanley Baxter plays the role of Scotland's SAT 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss The Doctor …. Richard Tate greatest monarch - portrayed in this sharply observed comedy Marjoribanks (b00l60zl) The Stage Door Man …. Ken Sharrock by award winning writer Rona Munro as self-obsessed, selfish, 1. Lucilla's Revolution The Producer …. Tom Bevan demanding, rather spoilt, and with a pretty bad case of Lucilla Marjoribanks, a large and determined girl, returns from The Interviewer …. James Taylor arachnaphobia. Hugh Ross plays the hermit who sorts the school with one purpose in life - to be a comfort to her recently The Woman in the Street …. Rachel Atkins wayward monarch out and saves the day. widowed father - and to avoid all proposals of marriage... Songs performed by Gavin Stanley. Press reviews for past series: Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs. Born Ronald Wycherley on 17th April 1940, Billy Fury died 'Brilliant.. with the veteran Baxter still hitting all the notes Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised in four-parts 28th January 1983. faultlessly. Perfect listening." - Radio Times by Elizabeth Proud. Director: Andy Jordan "Writer Rona Munro turns tragedy inside out to brilliant comic Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1994 effect." - Daily Telegraph Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon SAT 07:30 Fabulous Flops (b012kwzw) "The seemingly indestructible Glasgow funny man triumphs Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs Fabulous Flops again." - The Times Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel Episode 2 Directed by Marilyn Imrie Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield Behind the scenes of musical theatre's biggest flops like A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie Norwegian rock opera 'Which Witch'. With Paul Roseby. From SAT 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b013lwvp) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 February 2013 Page 2 of 8 The Fox and the Forest from maternity leave? SUN 13:30 Mrs Bradley - Speedy Death (b0093zq1) A couple take refuge 200 years in the past to escape a bitter Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles It's the 1920s: A rather ripping murder occurs in the bathroom war. Ray Bradbury's tale of conflict stars Neil Barth. Dickens. of an elegant country house... SAT 18:30 Oscar Wilde (b008lz2g) Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson Gladys Mitchell's 1929 whodunit stars Mary Wimbush as the The Canterville Ghost Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen sleuth extraordinaire, Mrs Lestrange Bradley. Episode 3 Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head With Leslie Phillips and Michael Cochrane Troublesome ghost of a dead nobleman, Sir Simon is Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud determined to oust the Otis family from his ancestral home. So Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead Mrs Bradley ..... Mary Wimbush his hauntings are becoming more and more elaborate... Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland Carstairs ..... Leslie Phillips First published in 1887, Oscar Wilde's novella is concluded by Pippa ..... Susy Kane Bertie Phillipson ..... Michael Cochrane Alistair McGowan. Producer: Gareth Edwards Garde Bing ..... Philip Sully Producer: Gemma Jenkins. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010. Alistair Bing .... Garard Green Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in December 2007. SUN 08:00 Doctor at Large (b009364g) Eleanor Bing ..... Rowan Suart SAT 19:00 Alexander Armstrong's Radio Heroes The SS Lotus Dorothy Clark ..... Teresa Gallagher (b01qdwl5) Simon Sparrow soon realises that life as a ship's doctor is far Mabel Cobbn ..... Lois Burgess [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] from plain sailing. Sir Joseph .... David King SAT 22:00 The Mark Steel Revolution (b007jswj) The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - Inspector Boring ..... Christopher Scott The French Revolution adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's Ferdinand Lestrange/Doctor .... Simon Treves Radical comic Mark Steele turns his analytical mind to the 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955. Parsons ..... Fraser Kerr guillotine and all things French. Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Director Sue Wilson In the first of six lectures on the theme of revolution, Mark Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Jock Hornby, Edward Cast First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1990. examines some of the major historical forces at work during as Taffy Evans and Peter Jones as Easter. SUN 15:00 Doctor at Large (b009364g) revolutions as well as holding up a mirror to our own age. Producer: David Hatch [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] With Martin Hyder and Carla Mendonca. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1969. SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jm1x) Producer: Phil Clarke SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jm1x) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998. Something About a Soldier SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show SAT 22:30 4 at the Store (b00db35n) The bumbling civil servants find a demob letter written 20 years (b01qdzgh) Series 2 before. The pick of the week's 4 O'Clock Show, with Mel Giedroyc. Episode 3 A weekly tribute to all those who work in government SUN 16:30 Anna Sewell - Black Beauty (b00mdyl3) Stand-up at London's Comedy Store with host Simon Bligh, Ian departments. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Stone, Ronnie Golden and Jo Caulfield. From January 2002. Starring Wilfrid Hyde White as Number One and Richard SUN 17:30 Freedom Pass (b00ssn7l) SAT 23:00 Ted Lewis - Jack Carter's Law (b00nybtw) Murdoch as Number Two. Episode 6 Episode 5 With Norma Ronald, Warren Mitchell, David Nettheim and Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew take the train to Southend- Things hot up for gangland enforcer Jack Carter when some David Graham. on-Sea to recall the holidays of their youth. From September Geordie yobs need to be disposed of. Read by Phil Daniels. Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Edward Taylor. 2005. SAT 23:30 The Phone (b00wqd20) 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 SUN 18:00 The Scarifyers (b019jt64) Going Dark, by Peter Jukes and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from The Secret Weapon of Doom By Peter Jukes. 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, Episode 4 A series of late night thrillers, each connected by a mysterious however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows Will the Colonel open Pandora's Box? Will the writers' mobile phone. When his daughter goes missing, Matt must in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC inventions be their downfall? Stars Nicholas Courtney, Nigel track her down by following the clues left on her mobile phone. Radio 4 Extra. Havers and Leslie Phillips. Matt . . . . . Ivan Kaye Producer: Edward Taylor, SUN 18:30 Wally K Daly (b007js6f) Paula . . . . . Christine Kavanagh First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1965. 625Y Gerry . . . . . Sean Baker SUN 09:00 Anna Sewell - Black Beauty (b00mdyl3) 1. Discovery Caitlin . . . . . Deeivya Meir A well-bred horse hits hard times and poor health due to Research scientist Kate Brown makes a dramatic discovery in Raz . . . . . Adeel Ahktar overwork. he r laboratory about human genes. Jade . . . . . Leah Brotherhead. CAST: But when her news starts to spread, events rapidly spiral out of Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. Black Beauty …. Adam Godley control... Ginger/Dolly/Servant …. Liza Sadovy Starring Amanda Root and Geoffrey Whitehead. Master/John Manley/Skinner …. Ewan Bailey Wally K Daly's intriguing two-part sci-fi drama. SUNDAY 03 FEBRUARY 2013 Langley/Reuben Smith/Mr Bond/Bob …. Jon Glover Kate Brown …. Amanda Root Doctor/Larry/Hard Face/Father …. Philip Fox Professor Slingsby …. Geoffrey Whitehead SUN 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b013lwvp) Squire Gordon/Mr Clay/Ostler/Seller …. Ioan Meredith Joe Barnard …. Jon Strickland [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Lady Gordon/Polly/Grace …. Helen Longworth Reporter …. Elizabeth Conboy SUN 00:30 Oscar Wilde (b008lz2g) Beauty's Mother/Lady Two …. Ndidi Del Fatti Prime Minister …. Chris Tranchell [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Carter/Driver/York …. Stephen Hogan Minister of Defence …. Ian Masters SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00y38bc) Joe Green/Robert/Gentleman …. Stuart McLoughlin Major Peters …. Brett Usher [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Jerry/Ned/Farrier …. Robert Hastie Danny Flowers …. Stuart Milligan SUN 02:00 Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City Merrylegs/Man …. Jason Chan Lab Technician …. Harry Myers (Omnibus) (b01qdwl7) Written by Anna Sewell and dramatised by Katie Hims. Minister of Health …. Sandra Clark [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Producer: Liz Webb. Director: Gordon House. SUN 03:15 DI Gwen Danbury - An Odd Body (b00vcwjv) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004 First broadcast as a one hour drama on BBC Radio 4 in January [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01qdywb) 1999. SUN 04:00 Mike Walker - The Sound of Fury (b00bqm6w) Film Star Winners SUN 19:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b0081rfw) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Nicole Kidman [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN 05:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b01q7gz5) 4 Extra Debut. From Elvis to Dvorak, Oscar-winning actress SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra (b01qdz70) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] Nicole Kidman shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] SUN 06:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus From November 1998. SUN 19:45 Centurions (b007jzr8) (b007jtt7) SUN 10:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008d1xh) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] Episode 2 On Guard 1/2 SUN 20:00 Doctor at Large (b009364g) Jean Valjean is determined to rescue Fantine's child from a life To remind her of him while he is abroad, a young man buys his [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] of misery with the Thernadier family. fiancee a snappy puppy called Hector. Read by Crawford SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b007jm1x) Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 Logan. From March 2003. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan. SUN 11:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b0081rfw) SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01qdywb) Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor Love and Marriage [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Hugo, Henry Goodman as Thenardier, Jane Whittenshaw as The salon is offering special two-for-one cuts. Brides and SUN 21:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008d1xh) Mme Thenardier, Sophie Shad as Cosette, Connie Gurie as grooms are queuing up for days in the hope of getting an [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] Eponine, Ewan Bailey as Drinker 1 / Tradesman 1 and Peter appointment. A childhood sweetheart of Rene's appears SUN 22:00 Bleak Expectations (b00vy38l) Darney as Drinker 2 / Tradesman 2. unexpectedly, hoping to rekindle their love. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Producer: Sally Avens Brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando chop, snip and crimp SUN 22:30 The Sofa of Time (b00hwyq7) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. their lucky clients into shape at London's finest hair salon. There's Gravy in My Locker SUN 07:15 Paper Gardens (b007k2gk) Six-part comedy written and performed by Rainer Hersch and The epic and timeless tale of two men and their quest to find The Holy Suburb - Cookham Mark Maie. With Stephen Greif and Catherine Tate. "The Sofa of Time", the most magical and powerful item of Leslie Forbes peers behind the Berkshire privet hedges in Producer: Claire Jones furniture in the entire universe. search of renowned artist Stanley Spencer's personal Eden. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999. It is said that those who sit on the sofa can be transported to SUN 07:30 Bleak Expectations (b00vy38l) SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra (b01qdz70) anywhere and anytime. Series 4 Series 4 - Omnibus Milford and Parker get sacked and as they are clearing out their A Now Spoiled Life Smashed Some More Series 4, Episodes 17-18 lockers they fall into the magical world of Gravy...there Milford Pip and Harry must journey to the Underworld to rescue Family life in the Ambridge Vicarage is under pressure. Usha is is regarded as the chosen one who has come at last to save the Ripely, but Mr Gently Benevolent has got there first and is suspicious, Alan is upset, and could Michael be lying? people from the emperor warlock Raamen Bod who plans to planning to unleash the demons of Hell on the streets of SUN 11:45 Centurions (b007jzr8) find the sofa and use it for evil purposes. London, making them even worse than usual. Meanwhile Ripely Matisse - The Red Studio Written by Nick Frost and Matt King. seems to be enjoying the company of some Greek Heroes a Patrick Heron, AS Byatt and Jack Flam discuss the creation and Matt King ...... Milford little too much. enduring significance of the famous 1911 painting. Nick Frost ...... Parker Can Pip prevent a demon invasion of the streets of London? SUN 12:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus Mark Heap ...... Marmite Can Harry win back the affections of his wife Pippa who has (b007jtt7) Peter Serafinowcz ...... Raamen Bod fallen for Benevolent's evil charms? Can anything be more [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] With Kevin Eldon, Janei Anderson and Daisy Jones terrifying the Clive the massive cake dragon? And will Mr SUN 13:15 Paper Gardens (b007k2gk) Producer: Mario Stylianides Benevolent be in trouble with the Devil when she gets back [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 February 2013 Page 3 of 8 SUN 23:00 Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop (b008zqdx) comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Fridays at 19.30. Episode 5 Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Clive talks Bach, Beethoven and Bizet with classical music Steve 'not the snooker player' Davis has tool news and talks to Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the promotor and impresario Raymond Gubbay, who presents over an American with six wives. With Gerard Foster. From June scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 600 concerts, opera and ballet performances every year. His 2000. 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, latest opera 'Carmen' is the story of the downfall of Don José, a SUN 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007k2dc) catchphrases and double-entendres. naive soldier, seduced by the wiles of a fiery gypsy. It's at the Series 1 Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Royal Albert Hall from Thursday 21st February to Sunday 3rd Cash Hayes Four. March. Writer Nick struggles for cash, while his geraniums moan about Producer: John Simmonds With music from LA-based five-piece folk-poppers Milo Christmas decorations. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1965. Greene, who turn back time to perform '1957' from their A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick MON 08:30 Jim the Great (b011vmg0) eponymously titled debut album. Revell. Series 3 And I Am Kloot's John Bramwell plays 'Masquerade' from their With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Brian Bowles, Doon The Man From the Monastery album 'Let It All In'. Mackichan and Alison Sterling. Queen Esmerelda appoints the Venerable Bede to research her Producer: Cathie Mahoney Producer: Jon Magnusson husband Jim's ancestry. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From October Addition(s):. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1992. 1979. MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wv) MON 09:00 Bleak Expectations (b00w2282) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 4 MON 12:30 Jim the Great (b011vmg0) MONDAY 04 FEBRUARY 2013 A Wretched Life Made Much, Much Sadder [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] After an embarrassing disaster involving a bridge and a train MON 13:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires MON 00:00 The Scarifyers (b019jt64) full of puppies and orphans Pip and Harry travel to America on (b007jljm) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] the SS Massive Britain, where Pip begins a reading tour. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007js6f) But all is not as it seems and Mister Benevolent lures our hero MON 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015p82f) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] into a gunfight at the "All Right I Suppose Corral" [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01qdywb) Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles MON 13:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] Dickens. (b00mtr87) MON 01:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008d1xh) Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen MON 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmrg) MON 02:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b0081rfw) Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head Episode 11 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman Marius is walking in the Luxembourg Gardens and sees Cosette. MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b01qdz70) Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead Just one glance and his life is changed forever! But Valjean is [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland nervous... MON 02:45 Centurions (b007jzr8) Pippa ..... Susy Kane Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] Producer: Gareth Edwards episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan. MON 03:00 Doctor at Large (b009364g) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010. Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5) Hugo, Lucy Whybrow as Cosette, Jonathan Forbes as Marius, MON 03:30 Mrs Bradley - Speedy Death (b0093zq1) Series 2 Carl Prekopp as Combeferre and Annette Badland as Toussaint. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] Summer Holiday Producer: Sally Avens MON 05:00 Anna Sewell - Black Beauty (b00mdyl3) An unexpected reversal for Patrick, Helen, Billy and Moira First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] brings equally unexpected joy. Stars Jim Sweeney. From MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life MON 06:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires October 2002. (b00ndn43) (b007jljm) MON 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Magnificence Episode 3 Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv) Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the Commander Dalgliesh discovers a murder victim, but The 2. Skirmishes hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand Whistler seems to be out of the frame for this one. PD James Lucilla's "Thursday" has been a success, but Mr Cavendish is accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never dramatisation stars Robin Ellis. showing an interest in Barbara Lake and that is not part of her been heard before. Including songs which have been specially MON 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015p82f) plan. Neither is the arrival of Archdeacon Beverley. recorded for the series. Episode 6 Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs. These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion wakes in hospital Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised by Elizabeth refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an accused of attacking a police officer, and suffering from acute Proud. invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both vital importance to His Majesty's government before his Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon social prestige and a successful marriage. accident. Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs The story of a celebrity divorce - a huge scandal, because the Still unable to regain his memory, Campion is on the run from Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel husband was the prime minister. The question then, as now, was the police, having knocked out the friendly local Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield what was the woman going to walk away with? superintendent. Now he and his faithful servant Lugg are about Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and to receive a most unwelcome visitor. Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green Simon Tcherniak. Roger Allam continues reading Margery Allingham's ten-part Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David classic detective story from 1941. Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor Owen Norris at the keyboard. Abridged and produced by Jane Greenwood. Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Loftus Audio and first Lydia Brown ...... Siriol Jenkins MON 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01pqhkf) broadcast in 2011. Edward ...... David Holt Episode 1 MON 06:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield 4 Extra Debut. Paris, 1785 - A young engineer from Normandy (b00mtr87) Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson waits in the Palace of Versailles to meet with the minister. Read Episode 6 Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan by John Sessions. Why did Dawkins' servant threaten the little garden boy if he Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers MON 14:45 Alan Coren - Core Coren (b007jrnm) spoke to the detective? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott Cricklewood - A Scene Setter mystery. Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman Home to potato crisps and the machine gun - humourist, writer MON 07:00 Country Matters (b00lvz52) Mr Centum ...... Peter Penry-Jones and broadcaster Alan Coren muses on his beloved part of Episode 6 Lady Richmond ...... Jill Graham London. Will Cathy finally make the break and give up city life for Music by Malcolm McKee. Abridged in five-parts, Alan Coren (1938-2007) reads from his good? Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From June 1994. Producer: Sue Wilson book A Bit on the Side first published in 1996. MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b01q8lhr) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. The son of a builder, Coren won a scholarship to Oxford, and Series 10 MON 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfhjt) also studied at Yale and the University of California. He Episode 5 The Astral Plane planned to become a professor, but his experiences in the USA David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians A forgotten book and an email arriving out of the blue trigger prompted him to take up comic writing. He was editor of are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to the tipping point for a marriage. Read by Niamh Cusack. 'Punch' magazine from 1978-1987. see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01qdp8n) Alan was also a regular panellist on BBC radio 4's The News opponents. Clive Anderson, Raymond Gubbay, Miles Jupp, Dan Mazer, Quiz and a team captain on BBC TV's Call My Bluff. Lloyd Langford, Celia Pacquola, Phill Jupitus and Marcus Matthew Fort, Ralf Little, I Am Kloot, Milo Greene Producer: Aled Evans Brigstocke are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate Grubs up for Clive, who's served a large helping of actor, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Tomatoes, Koalas, Boats author and comedian Miles Jupp. Since starring as lay-reader MON 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss and Cheese. Nigel in the much-loved 'Rev', Miles wrote and stars as cookery Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv) The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the writer Damian Trench in the second series of BBC Radio 4's [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. sitcom 'In and Out of the Kitchen'. It's on Mondays at 1130. MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nh82j) Producer - Jon Naismith. Miles is currently appearing in Alan Bennett's 'People' at Mel Giedroyc hears nasty, gruesome things about the Romans A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. London's National Theatre. from Terry Deary's brilliant Horrible Histories. And the nature MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wv) Screenwriter and director Dan Mazer's Indahouse! As Sacha series features the beautiful story of the sea swallow. Series 1 Baron Cohen's writing and production partner, Dan helped MON 17:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t1bnm) Episode 8 create Ali G, Borat and Brüno. His new romcom 'I Give It A Series 1 Who killed the Amazing Proudbasket? And Kenneth Horne Year', starring Rose Byrne and Rafe Spall lifts the veil on the Episode 1 trolls round to 'Bona Tours' - courtesy of Julian and Sandy. realities of the first year of marriage. It's released in UK Alun Armstrong stars as Giovanni Guareschi's Italian village Starring Kenneth Horne. cinemas on 8th February. priest. The communist mayor wants his child baptised. From With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Ralf Little peruses the menu with food critic Matthew Fort, March 2001. Pertwee. who's currently judging the British chefs participating in BBC MON 17:30 Country Matters (b00lvz52) Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, Two's 'Great British Menu'. Alongside fellow judges Prue Leith [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] London. and Oliver Peyton, Matthew decides who goes through to cook MON 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009l6sv) Announcer: Douglas Smith a dish at a banquet celebrating 25 years of Comic Relief on Into the Wolf's Lair Round the Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio 29th of March. 'Great British Menu' is broadcast Monday - It's 1945, and the Allies are certain to win the war. Then an Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 February 2013 Page 4 of 8 unidentified aircraft appears sparking a a dangerous mission... (b00mtr87) Producer: Sue Wilson Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. World War. TUE 02:00 Bleak Expectations (b00w2282) TUE 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfkzv) Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Little Disturbances Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as TUE 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5) A farmer avoids the doctor, aware his test results are bad. Dying Kate Richey and Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] is no concern - it's life that makes him tremble. Read by Producer: Marc Beeby TUE 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Dermot Crowley. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008. Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv) TUE 11:15 Bonnie Greer - Rosa Parks (b01qfl2m) MON 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jl9p) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] On December 1st 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks Earthsearch I TUE 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfhjt) boarded a bus and refused to give up her seat. Her arrest gave 1. Planetfall [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] birth to the American Civil Rights Movement. The starship Challenger has been on a 115-year-long mission TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01qdp8n) Bonnie Greer's drama stars Albie Parsons as Rosa Parks, Clarke exploring other galaxies for suitable Earth-like planets to [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] Peters as ED Nixon, Ray Shell as Martin Luther King, Mona colonise. TUE 05:00 The Little World of Don Camillo (b00t1bnm) Hammond as Rosa's Mother, Anthony Ofoegbu as Parks, The present four crew members were born on the Challenger [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Amanda Gordon as JoAnn Robinson, Alastair Danson as the and have never left it. From birth they've been looked after by TUE 05:30 Country Matters (b00lvz52) Judge, Iwan Thomas as the Bus Driver and Christina Chou and two 'Angels' - voices surrounding and guiding their every move. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Matthew Givens as the Children. They follow their advice without question. A dangerous TUE 06:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires Director: Claire Grove situation, perhaps, if the Angels aren't that angelic after all... (b007jlk1) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. James Follett's ten-part adventure serial in time and space. Episode 4 TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b00jctj9) CAST: Commander Dalgliesh's hunt for the Whistler seems to be over, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold so Hilary Robarts' killer is still at large. Dramatisation of PD TUE 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter Sharna …. Amanda Murray James's novel stars Robin Ellis. (b007jyt4) Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt TUE 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pbmp) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Darv …. Haydn Wood Episode 7 TUE 13:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires Angel One …. Sonia Fraser Still running from police, Campion escapes on a train, but is (b007jlk1) Angel Two …. Gordon Reid joined on board by a mysterious old man. Roger Allam reads [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Christopher Scott …. Sinclair Margery Allingham's mystery. TUE 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pbmp) Director: Glyn Dearman TUE 06:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. (b00mv1sj) TUE 13:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wv) Episode 7 (b00mv1sj) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Dawkins' servant's splendid turban - that's the problem. The [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] MON 19:30 Jim the Great (b011vmg0) detective is on track again. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's TUE 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmrx) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] mystery. Episode 12 MON 20:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires TUE 07:00 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mv1sx) Cosette is entangled in a plot hatched by the evil Thenardiers to (b007jljm) Series 3 catch Jean Valjean. Joss Ackland and David Schofield star in [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 3 Victor Hugo's tale of injustice, heroism and love. MON 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015p82f) The CyberPass cafe is shaken by Neville's shock news that his TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01qfl90) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] girlfriend has dumped him. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May Series 4 MON 20:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case 2004. Episode 19 (b00mtr87) TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01q8np2) Serious trouble is brewing in the Ambridge Vicarage and Amy [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Series 5 seems to be the only person not in complete turmoil. MON 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfhjt) Jenni Murray TUE 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01pqn8l) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Dame Jenni Murray cooks her first ever healthy meal, using Episode 2 MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01qdp8n) tofu and lentils, watches her first violent film, and samples the For the first time in daylight, Baratte visits the church and the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] delights of controversial comedian Frankie Boyle. neighbourhood of Les Innocents. Read by John Sessions. MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01q8lhr) She gives her verdicts to Marcus Brigstocke. TUE 14:45 Alan Coren - Core Coren (b007jrp1) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013. Suburban Fauna MON 22:30 Party (b011vg9k) TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00jctj9) The humorist, writer and broadcaster muses on his beloved Series 2 Series 9 London district's goldfish, geese and foxes. Prison Ain't All That Bad Who Is Pink Oboe? TUE 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss The student politicians of the new political Party use prison- Cowardly Captain Seagoon goes to war. With Peter Sellers Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l) based TV shows as inspiration for forming their policy on crime away, Graham Stark and Kenneth Connor are enlisted. From [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] and punishment. January 1959. TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nh9r3) Second series of Tom Basden's satirical comedy. TUE 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter Mel finds out just how awful Roman kings were in Terry Simon ..... Tom Basden (b007jyt4) Deary's story Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans, and she Duncan ..... Tim Key Series 3 hears the Inheritance Books of author Eoin Colfer. Jared ..... Jonny Sweet The Champagne TUE 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cbltk) Mel ..... Ann Crilly Diana must break the news to Gerald that she needs to go to Series 3 Phoebe ..... Katy Wix hospital - to see a friend. But paying a visit proves to be tricky. Episode 6 Producer: Julia McKenzie The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Murray worries that his tubby dad Tommy and Sheila have First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011. Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his more rolls than roles. MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01qfjrk) wife, Diana. Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr Series 6 Written by Basil Boothroyd. continue their second stab at fame. Episode 7 Producer: Bobby Jaye Series 3 of Mike Coleman’s showbiz sitcom. An extended edition of this week's News Quiz, chaired by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979. CAST: Sandi Toksvig. Panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01qfjrk) Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd Rebecca Front and Sue Perkins. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield MON 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jwv5) TUE 09:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jwv5) Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes 6. The Interregnum & The Age of Turmoil [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley Tales of Cromwell, Roundheads versus Cavaliers and William TUE 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted of Orange to name but a few. Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l) Naomi Shae - Tracy-Ann Oberman The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second 3. Lucilla's Luck Music by Frido Ruth. World War. Mrs Mortimer is surrounded by a mystery which Lucilla can't Producer: Steve Doherty Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - unravel. Archdeacon Beverley seems to be involved but who First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001. Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker. else? Lucilla is determined to give advice, but Mr Cavendish TUE 17:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mv1sx) Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim may not want to hear it... [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Broadbent and Martin Duncan. Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs. TUE 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009lw5f) With guest star Peter Barker. Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised by Elizabeth The Eagle's Nest With thanks to Proud. Major Barton and his team head deep behind German lines to Patrick Barlow Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher track down a terrifying new weapon... Jim Broadbent Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second Martin Duncan Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs World War. Producer: Lissa Evans Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990. Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud Kate Richey, Sam Pamphilon as Teazle and Rachel Atkins as Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green Trudi Schenk. TUESDAY 05 FEBRUARY 2013 Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel Other parts played by Simon Treves, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor Woolf. TUE 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009l6sv) Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy Producer: Marc Beeby [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Edward ...... David Holt Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008. TUE 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jl9p) Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield TUE 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlb2) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan Earthsearch I TUE 01:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers 2. First Footprint City (b007jljm) Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott As the starship Challenger returns to its solar system after a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman 115-year-long search for a planet suitable for colonisation - it's TUE 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015p82f) Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie a home that the crew have never known. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] General Travers ...... John Webb Born aboard the craft, the four-strong space crew must come to TUE 01:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case Music by Malcolm McKee. terms with some shocking news... Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 February 2013 Page 5 of 8 James Follett's ten-part adventure serial in time and space. WED 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cbltk) The white van driving Yorkshire builders come across a couple CAST: [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] of faded film stars, but all is not as it seems... Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold WED 05:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mv1sx) Shaun Dooley and Fine Time Fontayne star is series 2 of Ian Sharna …. Amanda Murray [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] McMillan and Dave Sheasby's comedy. Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt WED 06:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires Johnny Street ...... Shaun Dooley Darv …. Haydn Wood (b00tdzzj) Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne Angel One …. Sonia Fraser Episode 5 Madeleine ...... Sandra Dickinson Angel Two …. Gordon Reid Caroline Amphlet reveals her true aim and Amy realises that Charles ...... John Carlisle Sentinel …. Alexander John she is more involved than she could ever imagine. Stars Robin Producer: David Hunter Simon …. David Bradshawe Ellis. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007. Director: Glyn Dearman WED 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pdvl) WED 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. Episode 8 Marjoribanks (b00l74dw) TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b00jctj9) Having finally uncovered the mystery of '15', Campion is now 4. The Battle Lost and Won [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] in a race against time to save the country. Roger Allam reads Ten years have passed and Lucilla worries that she might have TUE 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter Margery Allingham's mystery. "gone off". (b007jyt4) WED 06:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case When the MP for Carlingford dies, it seems that the two [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] (b00mvd3w) contenders, Mr Ashburton and Mr Cavendish are not of that TUE 20:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires Episode 8 opinion. (b007jlk1) It's time for the Bombay detective to test the theory that he's Conclusion of Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel starring [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] been building for days. Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs. TUE 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pbmp) mystery. Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 07:00 Double Science (b0141zm1) Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon TUE 20:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case Forresters FM Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs (b00mv1sj) When Forresters Sixth Form College gets a temporary FM radio Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] licence, dramas are soon breaking out on the airwaves... Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield TUE 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfkzv) The turmoil continues at Forresters Sixth Form College. Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards. Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green TUE 21:15 Bonnie Greer - Rosa Parks (b01qfl2m) With Rebecca Front, Raza Jaffrey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] and Alex MacQueen. Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01q8np2) Producer: Adam Bromley Edward ...... David Holt [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008. Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield TUE 22:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking WED 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b01q8qqc) Mr Holden ...... Eric Allan (b00c1d22) Series 4 Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers Series 2 Wokingham Mr Ashburton ...... Christopher Scott Episode 4 When his Mum falls ill, Martin has to deal with a sister, a van Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie 'China Lion', pepping up your sex life and why it is not a good and a moustache. Meanwhile, Carolyn and Douglas become Mr Black ...... John Webb idea to tell lies on your CV. locked in a game that can never end. Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character Cabin Pressure is a sitcom about the wing and a prayer world of Mr Centrum ...... Peter Penry-Jones comedy series a tiny, one plane, charter airline staffed by two pilots: one on his Lady Richmond ...... Jill Graham With Rosie Cavaliero, Ben Moor and Ben Willbond. way down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether Nancy ...... Joanna Wake Written by Laura Solon. they're flying squaddies to Hamburg, metal sheets to Mr Bury ...... John Fleming With additional material by Ben Moor, Charlie Miller, Andy Mozambique, or an oil exec's cat to Abu Dhabi, no job is too Major Brown ...... Jonathan Adams Marlot, Jon Walsh and Holly Walsh. small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud. Producer: Colin Anderson Written by John Finnemore Music by Malcolm McKee. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008. Produced and directed by David Tyler Producer: Sue Wilson TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01qn3fs) A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxpn) WED 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfpj9) best comedy around. Tom Wrigglesworth is joined by Lloyd Series 6 Things I See Langford. The Impersonator A woman is haunted by an event from her past which remains TUE 23:00 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b0089c0y) When he hears his sound-alike in a TV commercial, the lad unchallenged. Tension-laden story read by Elaine Symons. Jelly Stinger heads straight to court. WED 11:15 Heathcote Williams - Hancock's Last Half Dan Freedman and Nick Romero's pun-fest, where salty talk Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Peter Hour (b01glrp3) show host Jelly Stinger meets some fishy guests. Goodwright, Ann Lancaster, Jerry Stovin, Jack Watson, Ronald An imagining of the comedy legend alone in a Sydney hotel Comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman Wilson and Wilfrid Babbage. room on the day he died, with a book of newspaper cuttings, a and Nick Romero. Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. telephone and a bottle of vodka for company. In a tour de force With Richard Coles. Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. performance Richard Briers plays his great comedy hero, Tony Music by the Gents. Producer: Tom Ronald Hancock, looking back over the highs and lows of his career. Producer: Julian Mayers First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December Heathcote Williams's play reveals a comedy genius, tormented First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1998 1959. by his own desire to improve himself. A desire which TUE 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007jtpd) WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tr6nm) overwhelmed him, when he tragically took his own life in June Series 2 Series 4 1968. The Sea Episode 13 Produced by Ned Chaillet for BBC Radio 3 in 1988. Why did Turner paint the sea so often? Was it its timeless 'The Curse of the Flying Wombat' climaxes - or does it? WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxpn) majesty, or because he couldn't draw hands properly? More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] From Liverpool University - this is the cult New Age comedy parodies. WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tr6nm) that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] their beards. and Bill Oddie. WED 13:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. Written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. (b00tdzzj) With Carla Mendonca, Armando Iannucci and the voice of Tom Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Baker. 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and WED 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pdvl) Producer: Sarah Smith quickly developed a cult following. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1993. Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. WED 13:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case Producer: Humphrey Barclay (b00mvd3w) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] WEDNESDAY 06 FEBRUARY 2013 1966. WED 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmsd) WED 09:00 After Henry (b007jq4g) Episode 13 WED 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009lw5f) Series 3 Jean Valjean is in mortal danger, but can Marius summon [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Intellectual Aspirations Inspector Javert to save him? Stars Joss Ackland and Patsy WED 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlb2) '... but he did look at you twice. So clearly you have something Palmer. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] that appeals to him other than your ability to discuss WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life WED 01:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires Schopenhauer's Weltanschauung.' (b00ndm9q) (b007jlk1) Clare's seeing graduate Julian, but his brainy parents make her Taste [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] feel inadequate. Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the WED 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pbmp) Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never WED 01:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case never quite manage to see eye to eye. been heard before. Including songs which have been specially (b00mv1sj) Sarah ...... Prunella Scales recorded for the series. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Tuesday] Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01qfjrk) Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Clare ...... Gerry Cowper invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the WED 02:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jwv5) Julian ...... Jasper Jacob invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV social prestige and a successful marriage. WED 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV Taste - and the making of a marriage. The story of an 18th- Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l) network. century couple, the Graftons - fashionable, rich, and deeply in [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Producer: Pete Atkin love - who spend life together doing up their magnificent WED 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfkzv) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1987. houses. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED 09:30 Street and Lane (b00vt5ry) Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and WED 04:15 Bonnie Greer - Rosa Parks (b01qfl2m) Series 2 Simon Tcherniak. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Fade to Black Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 February 2013 Page 6 of 8 Owen Norris at the keyboard. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] With Chris Corcoran, Lloyd Langford, Rob Deering and Tom A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. THU 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbf) Craine. WED 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01pr91l) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn. Episode 3 THU 01:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2006. Accompanied by Jeanne, the sexton's daughter, Baratte makes (b00tdzzj) THU 10:00 Guy Meredith - Spring Forward, Fall Back his first inspection of the cemetery. Read by John Sessions. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] (b0084sgw) WED 14:45 Alan Coren - Core Coren (b007jrph) THU 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pdvl) Divorcee plumber Maggie Johnson lives in a small Derbyshire Away From It All [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] village. The humorist, writer and broadcaster muses on travelling, and THU 01:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case One day a stranger arrives and changes her life. considers acting lessons for posing in holiday snaps. (b00mvd3w) Guy Meredith's romantic, bitter-sweet comedy. WED 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday] Maggie ...... Samantha Spiro Marjoribanks (b00l74dw) THU 02:00 After Henry (b007jq4g) Dennis ...... Neil Dudgeon [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Ted ...... Stephen Moore WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nht58) THU 02:30 Street and Lane (b00vt5ry) Paul ...... Jonathan Forbes Thanks to Terry Deary's Horrible Histories, Mel finds out how [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Mark ...... Andrew Harrison nasty the Romans could be with a sponge on a stick. And she THU 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Producer: Cherry Cookson has the Inheritance Tracks of 'The Voice' Sir Tom Jones. Marjoribanks (b00l74dw) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003. WED 17:00 Instant Sunshine (b00lh3hd) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfr26) From 29/08/1988 THU 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfpj9) The Sewing Room Humorous songs performed by the comedy musical cabaret [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] A retiring teacher recalls how a moment of bliss sends ripples group, Instant Sunshine: THU 04:15 Heathcote Williams - Hancock's Last Half Hour of disquiet into every minute of her life. Read by Brid Brennan. Featuring David Barlow, Peter Christie, Miles Kington and (b01glrp3) THU 11:15 Nick Warburton - Every Book in the World Alan Maryon-Davis [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] (b00td5s8) Producer: David Rayvern Allen THU 05:00 Instant Sunshine (b00lh3hd) The real-life Victorian bibliomaniac, Sir Thomas Philipps, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] aimed to own a copy of every book in the world. But his mania WED 17:30 Double Science (b0141zm1) THU 05:30 Double Science (b0141zm1) came at a price. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] A Victorian road movie, Nick Warburton's play is a study in WED 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m2ff) THU 06:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires obsession. The Tomorrow World (b00th9yh) Stars Benjamin Whitrow as Sir Thomas Philipps, Lia Williams Major Barton and his team have located the Germans' secret Episode 6 as Elizabeth Philipps and Peter Gunn as Herbert. weapon. But what exactly is it? A double death at sea appears to give the police what they're Director: Mark Smalley Simon Bovey's five-part sci-fi adventure series set during the looking for, but the Commander isn't so sure. Stars Robin Ellis. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Second World War. THU 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015psp0) THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k1sl) Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Episode 9 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Barton, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Joannah Tincey as Another bang on the head restores Campion's memory, but he THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b0153nbh) Kate Richey and Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk. finds himself in deeper trouble than ever. Roger Allam reads [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Producer: Marc Beeby Margery Allingham's mystery. THU 13:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008. THU 06:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00th9yh) WED 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbf) (b00mvqs4) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Earthsearch I Episode 9 THU 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015psp0) 3. Sands of Kyros Now that the detective has the khansamah at his mercy, what [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] The Challenger's crew has returned to its solar system to will the servant reveal? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's THU 13:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case discover that a million years has passed on Earth while only 115 mystery. (b00mvqs4) years had passed on their starship. THU 07:00 Up the Garden Path (b008f3kh) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] After their devastating news, the four-strong crew face peril Series 3 THU 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmsv) from a once benign force... Gooseberries and Fools Episode 14 James Follett's ten-part adventure serial in time and space. Can a relationship with her ex-pupil Razors be the best thing for Eponine has found out where Cosette is living, but will she tell CAST: teacher Izzy? Marius? Stars Joss Ackland, Lucy Whybrow and Patsy Palmer. Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold Imelda Staunton stars as Isabelle 'Izzy' Comyn. THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01qfr2s) Sharna …. Amanda Murray With Mike Grady as Dick, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Series 4 Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt Nicholas Le Prevost as Michael, Phyllida Nash as Louise, Rene Episode 20 Darv …. Haydn Wood Zagger as Razors, Sion Probert as Gwyn, Neil McCaul as Bill The truth will out today in the Ambridge Vicarage. Alan Angel One …. Sonia Fraser and Judith Jacob as Linda. confronts Michael and discovers uncomfortable truths about Angel Two …. Gordon Reid Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something himself, his choices and his marriage. Sentinel …. Alexander John teacher Izzy has a predilection for inappropriate men. THU 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01prccz) George …. John McAndrew A six-part radio sequel first adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 Episode 4 Director: Glyn Dearman novel. The last of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Before heading to Valenciennes to recruit labour, Baratte First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. Granada also adapted the series for ITV. spends an unusual late night with the organist. Read by John WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jxpn) Producer: Jonathan James-Moore Sessions. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1993. THU 14:45 Alan Coren - Core Coren (b007jrpx) WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00tr6nm) THU 07:30 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01q9771) Out to Lunch [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Series 2 The humorist, writer and self-proclaimed Royalist muses on a WED 20:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires Technology menu of exotic and prehistoric dishes. (b00tdzzj) Stephen K Amos is joined by stand-ups Marlon Davis, Jarlath THU 15:00 Guy Meredith - Spring Forward, Fall Back [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Reagan and Lloyd Langford to consider the pros and cons of (b0084sgw) WED 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015pdvl) living with technology. Produced by Colin Anderson. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k1sl) THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nj12b) WED 20:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case The Bank Loan In Terry Deary's Horrible Histories, Mel hears how truly (b00mvd3w) 1948: Will a visit to the pier in Frambourne-on-Sea pour cold horrible Roman Emperors could be - very nasty! And she goes [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] water on the renovation plans? hunting with an eagle in Outer Mongolia. WED 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfpj9) A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3y6) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee. Series 3 WED 21:15 Heathcote Williams - Hancock's Last Half Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier Mixed Fortunes Hour (b01glrp3) Frank Pike ...... Ian Lavender Rabbi Abraham pulls off a coup - Rabbi Su isn't so lucky. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Bert Hodges ...... Bill Pertwee Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between WED 22:00 Cabin Pressure (b01q8qqc) Miss Perkins ...... Vivienne Martin the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Guthrie ...... Glynn Edwards Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser WED 22:30 Pick Ups (b008tsjl) Mr Johnson ...... Michael Bilton Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman Series 1 After a pilot episode was made in 1981, Arthur Lowe sadly Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle Episode 4 died. So this 13-part series was revamped to feature the Dad's Melvin ...... Henry Goodman Andrew delivers a Brief Encounter themed date for Lind at the Army characters played by Pertwee and Lavender instead. The Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd office. Dave's former school bully rears his ugly head. Sitcom series was later adapted for ITV by Yorkshire TV. Su’s Mum ...... Sheila Steafel by Ian Kershaw, set around a Manchester taxi company. Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the Demelza ...... Julie Mayhew WED 23:00 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jh6jt) characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. Plumber ...... Nick Stringer Series 1 Producer: Martin Fisher Music: Max Harris. Exit, Pursued by a Bear First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1983. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson A provincial theatre company comes a cropper at the hands of a THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b0153nbh) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002. mad playwright. Stars Karl Minns. From September 2000. From 03/03/1955 THU 17:30 Up the Garden Path (b008f3kh) WED 23:30 At Home With The Snails (b007jn95) Ron Glum is emigrating, but will he get any further than the end [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Series 1 of the road? With Dick Bentley and Alma Cogan. From March THU 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m464) Episode 4 1955. This Island Earth With 2000 snails in Alex's shed, there are fears that they will THU 09:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqgp) Things can't get much worse for Major Barton and his team in take over the village. Stars Gerard Foster and Geoffrey Palmer. The Pet and the Pendulum their wartime efforts. Or can they? From July 2001. Dr Vestler's inhuman hopping skills reveal an unholy project Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second involving animals. Stars Jim Broadbent. From September 1988. World War. THU 09:30 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2) Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major THURSDAY 07 FEBRUARY 2013 Series 2 Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Episode 1 Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk and Laura THU 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m2ff) Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff. Molyneux as Slipstream. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 February 2013 Page 7 of 8 Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex FRI 05:30 Up the Garden Path (b008f3kh) Series 3 Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] On Yer Bike Producer: Marc Beeby FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvk0) Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry, Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008. Clouds of Witness anecdotes and sketches. THU 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbs) The Riddlesdale Inquest Pam is joined by Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu for Earthsearch I An aristocratic scandal erupts after Lord Peter's Wimsey's poems about French cycling holidays, the up-side to riding a 4. The Solaric Empire brother, the Duke of Denver, is arrested for murder... tandem, getting fit on gym bikes and how to banish the middle- Searching for Earth - which has mysteriously vanished from the Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as age blues by getting kitted out with a motorbike and leathers. solar system - two of the crew of the starship Challenger have Bunter, James Villiers as the Duke of Denver, Gabriel Woolf as FRI 10:00 Martyn Wade - Stepniak (b00sfby9) landed on neighbouring planet, Kyros. Inspector Parker, James Thomason as the Coroner, Maria The bitter-sweet real-life love story of Olive Garnett (sister of At first it appears to be uninhabited, but Astra and Darv soon Aitken as Lady Mary Wimsey, Nigel Lambert as Freddie the famous Russian Translator, Constance) who meets and falls discover otherwise... Arbuthnot, Betty Cardno as Miss Cathcart, Bill Wallis as for a Russian expatriate whose charms hide a secret and rather James Follett's ten-part adventure serial in time and space. Pettigrew and Sean Arnold as Cooper. sinister past... CAST: British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a Written by Martyn Wade. Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold number of detective novels and short stories by English crime Olive Garnett ...... Justine Waddell Sharna …. Amanda Murray writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published Stepniak ...... David Horovitch Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt in 1926. Connie Garnett ...... Jennie Stoller Darv …. Haydn Wood Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Fanny Stepniak ...... Elizabeth Bell Angel One …. Sonia Fraser Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Olive Rossetti ...... Jasmine Hyde Angel Two …. Gordon Reid Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World Edward Garnett ...... Charles Simpson Thale …. Graham Faulkner War. Director: Cherry Cookson Helan …. Judy Franklin Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001. Thorden …. John Bott from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations FRI 11:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfs6z) Spegal …. Stephen Garlick broadcast between 1972 and 1975. The China Factory Director: Glyn Dearman Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania A student regrets holding certain things back at her factory First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. Lieven. holiday job to fit in with the women workers. Read by Emily THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k1sl) Producer: Simon Brett. Taaffe. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974. FRI 11:15 Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt (b00b0hkx) THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b0153nbh) FRI 06:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015qqx9) A missing recording of Macbeth creates a tie between three [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Episode 10 people in war-torn West Africa. Powerful drama starring THU 20:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires With his memory restored, Campion races against time to foil Amanda Root. (b00th9yh) the counterfeit plot set to ruin the economy. Roger Allam reads FRI 12:00 The Embassy Lark (b00t29vc) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Margery Allingham's mystery. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015psp0) FRI 06:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsl5) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] (b00mw69f) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU 20:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case Episode 10 FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvk0) (b00mvqs4) What was the gunshot heard by the detective as the khansamah [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] was being driven to jail? Sam Dastor reads HRF Keating's FRI 13:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015qqx9) THU 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfr26) mystery. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00v7v1j) FRI 13:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case THU 21:15 Nick Warburton - Every Book in the World Series 2 (b00mw69f) (b00td5s8) Highwaymen [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Major Thomas Falconer attempts to become more of a cad to FRI 14:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmtb) THU 22:00 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b01q9771) win Tamsyn, but she’s more concerned er disloyal fans are Episode 15 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] being poached by "Boyz 2 Rob", the hunky band of Love is in the air in the Rue Plumet. But why is Jean Valjean so THU 22:30 Angelos Epithemiou's Big Issue (b01qfr6j) highwaymen that is taking Drumlin Bay by storm. obsessed with secrecy? Stars Joss Ackland and Lucy Whybrow. The burger van owner from BBC2's Shooting Stars examines It's 1793 and in the small Cornish village of Drumlin Bay, FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life the state of the environment. Stars Renton Skinner. From July heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny is still running rings around (b00ndm9s) 2010. the customs men, assisted by her drunken father Jago. Science and Nature at Home THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01qn3m1) Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the Starring Sheridan Smith as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand best comedy around. Tonight Tom Wrigglesworth is joined by Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never Lloyd Langford. Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire been heard before. Including songs which have been specially THU 23:00 Son of Cliche (b00p84qh) Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as Hobbs and recorded for the series. Austin Dernoid India Fisher as Alice. These days we take it for granted that the home is a place of David Coleman is the special guest (is it really?), plus Captain Producer: Jan Ravens. refuge in which we express our true self; that idea was an Invisible and lesser-known plays by William Shakespeare. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004. invention of the 18th century. Prof Vickery explores the Sketch comedy starring: FRI 07:30 The Newsagent's Window (b01qdr38) invention of taste, and the role of interior decor in creating both Chris Barrie Comic story written and narrated by John Osborne about the social prestige and a successful marriage. Nick Maloney community he discovered when he started replying to adverts in A room constructed entirely of feathers, a hermitage in the Nick Wilton. his local newsagent's window. garden of a Lincolnshire vicarage, Alexander Pope's grotto - Written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. FRI 08:00 The Embassy Lark (b00t29vc) how eccentric homes reflected wider 18th-century ideas about Producer: Alan Nixon Up the Pole science and nature. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984. The British Ambassador in Tratvia is flagging up trouble. Stars Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and THU 23:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcz) Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. From March 1968. Simon Tcherniak. More Brothers Faversham FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsl5) Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Perceus and Lucius Faversham Series 5 Owen Norris at the keyboard. The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's Write Extremely Long Programme Titles the Burkiss Way A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. great twin industrialists, Perceus and Lucius. From October It's time to meet the Muppets with President Nixon. FRI 14:30 Andrew Miller - Pure (b01ps9w8) 2008. Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett. Episode 5 Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to In Valenciennes, Baratte meets Lecoeur, an ex-miner colleague, 1980. to recruit workers for the excavation. Read by John Sessions. FRIDAY 08 FEBRUARY 2013 Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. FRI 14:45 Alan Coren - Core Coren (b007jrq9) Producer: David Hatch One is One - Leading the Solitary Life FRI 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009m464) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980. The humorist, writer and broadcaster muses on a Victorian [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI 09:00 Bristow (b007sxvq) novelty, the chance of appearing in Macbeth and home- FRI 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jlbs) Series 2 working. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] The Girl in the Yellow Overcoat FRI 15:00 Martyn Wade - Stepniak (b00sfby9) FRI 01:00 Adam Dalgliesh - Devices and Desires (b00th9yh) It's the Chester-Perry office party and Jones thinks all his [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Christmases have come at once. FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01nj866) FRI 01:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015psp0) Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the buying clerk from Frank Were the Romans the first to watch people being murdered for [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Dickens' famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated fun? Mel finds out thanks to the final episode of Terry Deary's FRI 01:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case internationally, it ran for 41 years in London's Evening Horrible History of the Rotten Romans. (b00mvqs4) Standard. FRI 17:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00sts5b) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Thursday] Bristow ...... Michael Williams Series 2 FRI 02:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqgp) Jones ...... Rodney Bewes Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts battles on with her village FRI 02:30 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2) Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman toll tax. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1989. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey FRI 17:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00v7v1j) FRI 03:00 Guy Meredith - Spring Forward, Fall Back MoorcroftRobert Bathurst [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] (b0084sgw) Fudge ...... Jon Glover FRI 18:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009mbjn) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Post Boy ...... Simon Schatzberger Fight for the Future FRI 04:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfr26) Witherspoon ...... Peter Kelly Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Fenella ...... Anna Mountford is lost... FRI 04:15 Nick Warburton - Every Book in the World Yellow Overcoat Girl ...... Zeena Eate Conclusion of Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during (b00td5s8) Music composed and performed by John Whitehall. the Second World War. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Producer: Neil Cargill Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major FRI 05:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k3y6) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999. Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI 09:30 Ayres on the Air (b00mbz1c) Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk, Peter Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 February 2013 Page 8 of 8 Marinker as Brigadier Erskine and Laura Molyneux as atmospheric musings and some very irritating commercial Slipstream. breaks. Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Script Editor: John Dowie Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf. Producer: Claire Jones Producer: Marc Beeby First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008. FRI 18:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007s19b) Earthsearch I 5. The Pools of Time Darv and Astra, two of the starship's crew, are in grave danger after being taken prisoner by the inhabitants of Zelda 5. Their crewmates Telson and Sharna are in hot pursuit aboard the Challenger... James Follett's ten-part adventure serial in time and space. CAST: Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold Sharna …. Amanda Murray Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt Darv …. Haydn Wood Angel One …. Sonia Fraser Angel Two …. Gordon Reid Helan …. Judy Franklin Thorden …. John Bott Spegal …. Stephen Garlick Custodian of the Past …. Eve Karpf Old Man …. Godfrey Kenton Director: Glyn Dearman First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981. FRI 19:00 The Embassy Lark (b00t29vc) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jsl5) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvk0) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 20:30 Albert Campion - Traitor's Purse (b015qqx9) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 20:45 HRF Keating - Inspector Ghote's First Case (b00mw69f) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] FRI 21:00 Mary Costello - The China Factory (b01qfs6z) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - A Soldier's Debt (b00b0hkx) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b01322dm) Series 2 Episode 3 The human chameleon's host of comic characters from a chicken shop worker to a honeymooner. Multi-paced, one woman Fast Show starring Lucy Montgomery. With: Philip Pope Sally Grace Waen Shepherd Natalie Walter Iris Walker Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by Steve Burge, Jon Hunter, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Fay Rusling. Script Editor: Dan Tetsell Producer: Katie Tyrrell. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011. FRI 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007jmql) Series 1 Back to the Studio The sketch show team take their audience on a trip to the cinema – but where are the all-star special guests? Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck. Producer: Lissa Evans First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990. FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01qn3xw) For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best comedy around. Tonight Arthur Smith is joined by John Cooper Clarke. FRI 23:00 Ivor Cutler - A Stuggy Pren (b00bxv1v) Episode 1 Doing the Bathroom. Succulent insights into life as it unfolds in one man's sitting room. Humorist Ivor Cutler dispenses a concoction of songs, poetry, stories and a Stuggy Pren to his visitors: New Zealand sculptor Craig Murray-Orr and Orpington penciller Alison O'Kill. Producer: Neil Cargill First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in May 1994. FRI 23:15 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00s09s1) Sir Henry Entertains The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of sanity. Written by and starring Viv Stanshall. Contains edits of original John Peel sessions first heard on BBC Radio 1. Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using additional musicians. Producer: John Walters First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996. FRI 23:30 Innes Own World (b0170r0p) Episode 1 Famed for The Rutles and The Bonzo Dog Band, Neil Innes ruminates wryly on the nature of civilisation. An opportunity to climb inside Neil Innes's head to find songs, Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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