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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 12 – 18 June 2021 Page 1 of 11 SATURDAY 12 JUNE 2021 Revealing 1948 portrait of Bolventor School in Cornwall. Mrs Birkett ....... Stewart Cairns Just 24 pupils aged five to 15, in two classrooms with two Bishop Briggs ....... Michael Redmond SAT 00:00 Haunted (b01qyntg) teachers, plus headmaster Reginald Bennetts and his wife. Songs of Praise Presenter ....... Effie Summers Which One? by R Chetwynd-Hayes In this experimental programme, BBC engineers had set-up Producer: Gus Beattie for Gusman Productions. 1940: A fire warden team are put to the severest test during a microphones around this tiny remote village school in the A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in bombing raid. Will they all survive? middle of Bodmin Moor in the Autumn of 1947. August 2018. R Chetwynd-Hayes's creepy tale dramatised by Patricia Mays. Microphones and cables were left to allow children to get used SAT 05:30 The Confessional (m000wsjf) Drayton ..... Reginald Marsh to them. Series 1 Hughes ..... Garrard Green This programme was recorded over a week with the head as The Confession of Lucy Porter Raymond ..... Robert Glenister presenter, plus the stories of two former pupils, who attended Actor, comedian and broadcaster Stephen Mangan presents a Smithers ..... Adrian Egan the school when it opened in 1877. comedy chat show about shame and guilt. Jackson ..... Nigel Graham (The school closed in 1994). Each week Stephen invites a different eminent guest into his David ..... Graham Conway. Producer: Brandon Acton-Bond virtual confessional box to make three 'confessions'. This is a Director: Derek Hoddinott First broadcast on the BBC West of England Home Service. cue for some remarkable storytelling, and surprising insights. First broadcast on the BBC World Service in July 1984. It evoked so many vivid memories for listeners and sparked a We’re used to hearing celebrity interviews, where stars are SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b00sq1vx) wider broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1948 persuaded to show off about their achievements and talk about Poetry Schmoetry (except for Scotland and Wales). their proudest moments. Stephen isn't interested in that. He 'Poetry Schmoetry.' More provocative and thoughtful new SAT 03:00 Jeremy Front - The Long Weekend (b0076cwx) doesn’t want to know what his guests are proud of, he wants to writing and discussion with Dominic Arkwright Former school chums Sophie and Gemma re-unite after 20 know what they’re ashamed of. That’s surely the way to find out With ex-Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion, writer Guy Browning years at Sophie's country estate. what really makes a person tick. Stephen and his guest reflect and performance poet, Rachel Pantechnicon. But the idyllic sounding long weekend takes a turn for the with empathy and humour on why we get embarrassed, where Andrew talks about the elemental power of poetry; 'Poetry is unexpected. our shame thresholds should be, and the value of guilt. for the most humane, as well as the most humanising aspect of Starring Emma Fielding and Jane Slavin. This week, comedian Lucy Porter apologises for a youthful the self.' Black comedy written by Jeremy Front. indiscretion, discusses the disadvantages of PVC and reveals a Guy describes poetry as a 'tattered umbrella between you and Gemma ...... Emma Fielding secret as yet untold. the sun', and Rachel tells of her doomed attempt to retrace the Sophie ...... Jane Slavin Other guests in this series include Cariad Lloyd, Dr Phil wanderings of the Ancient Mariner. Toby ...... Stephen Tompkinson Hammond, Clarke Peters, Suzi Ruffell, Marian Keyes, Phil Andrew also indulges us with a reading from a contender for Inspector Fenton ...... Clive Merrison Wang, Joan Bakewell, Nigel Planer and Alastair Campbell. the 'worst poem ever written' award. Dodo ...... Clare Corbett Written and presented by Stephen Mangan Producer: Sarah Langan Freddie ...... Robert Portal With extra material by Nick Doody. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010. Ivor ...... Ben Crowe Devised with Dave Anderson SAT 01:00 Detective (b01s8pyv) Director: Sally Avens Produced by Frank Stirling Series 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003. A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4 8. Death at the Weekend SAT 04:00 Counterpoint (b00sfwmk) SAT 06:00 Len Deighton - The Ipcress File (b01697h2) A trio of tragic deaths is overshadowed when an escaped Series 24 An unnamed agent is ensnared in a sinister plot to brainwash prisoner strikes closer to home. 2010 Semi-final 1 scientists and trade them across the Iron Curtain. Starring Ray Brooks and Stephen Garlick. Paul Gambaccini chairs the first semi-final of 2010’s search to Len Deighton's gripping Cold War thriller was first published in Last in the series of tough stories of crime and detection in find the nation's musical mastermind. 1962. London by Robert Barr Paul has plenty of musical clues and anecdotes, and, as always, Ian Hart stars in Mike Walker's taut dramatisation. DS Brook …. Ray Brooks the competitors will have to choose from an eclectic selection The Agent …. Ian Hart DC Tully …. Stephen Garlick of 'special subjects' on which to answer individual questions. Colonel Ross …. James Laurenson DS Harrison …. Peter Cleall The three retuning contestants are from the south of England: Major Dalby …. Jonathan Coy Chief Inspector Roach …. Stephen Yardley Martin Hoskins Chico …. Jamie Bamber Kathy …. Lesley Manville Edward McDermott Jean …. Fenella Woolgar Alan Waters …. Clive Panto Judy Woolf Alice …. Rachel Atkins John Sullivan …. Henry Stamper Producer Paul Bajoria Jay …. Peter Marinker Mr Percival …. John Hollis First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010. Skip …. Kerry Shale Steve Gray/Doctor …. Peter Acre SAT 04:30 Bristow (b007w5jb) Keightley …. Adam Tedder Mrs Walters …. Stella Tanner Series 3 Adem …. Raad Rawi Producer: Martin Fisher Repaying Mr Piper Battersby …. John Sharian First broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 2 in August 1984. Why is Bristow surrounded by incompetents? He has a theory - Producer: Toby Swift SAT 01:30 Falco (b008l1cb) and determines to bumble toward the proof. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004. Shadows in Bronze Michael Williams stars as Bristow. SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b08587nx) 5. Surprise Frank Dickens' sitcom is based on his famous long-running Series 41 Roman sleuth Falco closes in on his man, but gets more than he newspaper cartoon strip about the Chester-Perry buying clerk. Orlando Murrin on Dinu Lipatti bargained for from Helena's old school friend... Bristow ...... Michael Williams For many piano music lovers, Dinu Lipatti [1917-1950], the Starring Anton Lesser. Jones ...... Rodney Bewes Romanian concert pianist, stands head and shoulders above Lindsey Davis's witty detective, Marcus Didius Falco patrols Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan others. the streets of 1st-century Rome. Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman Dinu lived during a time of great turbulence, leaving his native Falco ....... Anton Lesser Perkins ...... Leslie Phillips Romania for Switzerland at the outbreak of the Second World Helena Justina ....... Anna Madeley Gert ...... Liz Fraser War. He left behind a wealthy family but they subsequently lost Atius Pertinax ....... Sean Connolly Daisy ...... Joan Sims everything under communism. Larius ...... Christopher Kelham Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey Food writer and former chef, Orlando Murrin explains his love Silvia ....... Sara Poyzer Fudge ...... Jon Glover for Lipatti's music and his fascination with his life. It has led Marcellus...... Paul Webster Postboy ...... Simon Schatzberger him to spending time trying to save Lipatti's family home from Aufidius Crispus ....... Bertie Carvel Stokes ...... David Battley demolition in Bucharest. Aemilius Rufus ....... Timothy Watson Miss Pleasant ...... Jackie Neglia He joins Matthew Parris and the London based Romanian Gordianus ....... Christian Rodska Music: John Whitehall concert pianist Alexandra Dariescu to champion the life and Aenelia ....... Jaimi Barbakoff Producer: Neil Cargill work of one of classical music's greatest 20th century talents. Dramatised by Mary Cutler. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000. Producer: Maggie Ayre Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. SAT 05:00 Fags, Mags and Bags (b0bf64gh) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005. Series 8 SAT 08:00 Whispers (b007k356) SAT 02:00 Crime Down Under: The Dry by Jane Harper A Song for Lenzie Series 1 (b092rckg) The return of more shop based shenanigans and over the Episode 4 Episode 5 counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty The great and the good are torn from their pedestals in glee in Policeman Aaron Falk has become embroiled in the mysterious sidekick Dave. the panel show that proves there's no smoke without fire. brutal deaths of the Hadler family. Set in a Scots-Asian corner shop, the award winning series Gyles Brandreth is your host. But Falk is not the only one who’s kept a secret for 20 years... returns with all the shop regular characters, and guest The regular team captains are writer and critic, Anthony Holden Richard Goulding reads Jane Harper's Austrailan crime thriller. appearances along the way, from the likes of Sean Biggerstaff, and actor and writer, Stella Duffy. Abridged and produced by Sara Davies. Mina Anwar, Greg McHugh and Simon Greenall. Writer Jenny Colgan and broadcaster Rosie Millard join them First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2017. In this opening episode, Ramesh discovers to his horror than as they attempt to dish the dirt on the bad boys and girls in SAT 02:15 Gudrun (m000t031) Sanjay hasn't been entirely truthful about his college education history. Series 7 after The Bish spots him busking in East Kilbride. Producer: Elizabeth Freestone Episode 10 Join the staff of Fags, Mags and Bags in their tireless quest to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.