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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 May 2012 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 05 MAY 2012 David Bannerman as Jimmy, Jan Shand as Penny, Susie Baxter but why? as Liz, Anny Tobin as Sheila, Elizabeth Kelly as Emily, David With the Second World War over, former spies Josephine SAT 00:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpfm) King as Tom and Paul Downing as Paul. Daunt and Susan Dervish are running their own detective Episode 4 Producer: Sue Wilson agency. The Old-Age Paramilitaries have developed a secret weapon to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990.'. Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as destroy the Central Database computer. George Smith is the SAT 05:00 Millport (b0075sxz) Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie, Dermot Crowley man to use it. Series 1 as Father Mike Finucan and Carl Prekopp as Tommy. Colin Swash's dystopian comedy set in 22nd-century Britain, The Storm Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy starring Stephen Moore as George Smith. A pensioner mysteriously disappears from the town of Millport Meredith. George ...... Stephen Moore on the Isle of Cumbrae, off the west coast of Scotland. Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker. Doris ...... Patsy Byrne Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. O'Connell ...... Geoffrey McGivern 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b007jtqc) Mrs Cookson ...... Edna Dore life on the mainland. Series 7 Andrea Sunbeam ...... Lorelei King Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson Six Charlies in Search of an Author Dawkins ...... Melanie Hudson Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown Through pages and chapters, the fate of Neddie Seagoon is in Ronnie ...... Christopher Douglas Alberto/Robert/Bob ...... Lewis McLeod the hands of the writer. Other parts by Lewis MacLeod, Dave Lamb and Peter Ena/Bunty/Betty ...... Gabriel Quigley Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Serafinowicz. Doogie ...... Matt Costello Milligan and Larry Stephens. Producer: Richard Wilson. DJ ...... Robert Paterson Starring: First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998. Producer: Lucy Bacon Peter Sellers SAT 00:30 Doctor Who (b00ry8zd) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000. Harry Secombe Doctor Who and the Giant Robot SAT 05:30 Ring Around the Bath (b01h0kph) Spike Milligan Episode 5 Series 3 First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were The Time Lord is confronted by the robot and learns who is the Keeping Mum recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest real mastermind behind the deadly scheme. Read by Tom It's Stella's birthday - and it's a big one with a nought on the shows weren’t kept in the archive. Baker. end! With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. SAT 01:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer (b00c3rlj) Surely the perfect time for a big family get-together? Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Virtual Saints Series 3 of Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy- Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Despite moving the convent into cyber space, Mother Helen and turvy family life. Producer: Pat Dixon her nuns are not safe from declining numbers. And DI Stars Duncan Preston as Patrick, Pippa Haywood as Stella, First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1956. Cromwell has the small matter of an old murder to solve. Claudie Blakley as Alison, Bruce MacKinnon as Rick, SAT 14:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jl5j) Timothy Spall stars as DI Cromwell and Cheryl Campbell as Catherine Shepherd as Xanthe and Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg. Series 1 Mother Helen. Director: Elizabeth Freestone The Offer Crime and convents, the police and perdition come together in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006. After a row with his father Albert, Harold decides to leave their comedy writer and former monk Robert Smith's series of SAT 06:00 David Pownall - Kitty Wilkinson (b01h789y) rag and bone business and take up another offer of mysteries. As cholera strikes 19th-century Liverpool, one woman combats employment. DI Cromwell ...... Timothy Spall squalor and institutional indifference. Stars Maureen O'Brien. Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Mother Helen ...... Cheryl Campbell SAT 07:30 The Great Gatsby Letters (b01130n7) Harold. DC Kelp ...... Jeremy Finch F Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor Maxwell Perkins about his Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association Mr Lord ...... Bryan Pringle hopes and fears for his new novel. Read by William Hope. with Tony Hancock, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 Carer/Sister ...... Elizabeth Conboy SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01h78b0) pilots for BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. Youth ...... Tom George Series 7 The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring Producer: Ned Chaillet Episode 29 the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000. From Flagstaff, Arizona, the American funny man welcomes and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. SAT 01:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00jd9h8) country star Jimmie Dale Gilmore and humorist Ian Frazier. Adapted for BBC radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script Series 1 From 2011. by Gale Pedrick. The Big Cheese SAT 09:00 The Big Steptoe Radio Show: Ray Galton and Produced by Bobby Jaye Detective Inspector Bob Boxer falls into the clutches of an old Alan Simpson (b007jwm9) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. sadistic adversary. At first he resists the pressure to go over to The duo behind the BBC's legendary rag and bone men comedy SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01h78b0) the "other side" and swell the ranks of Villains Incorporated. - writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson present their favourite [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] But when his enemies exploit one of his deepest childhood episodes of Steptoe and Son. SAT 16:00 David Pownall - Kitty Wilkinson (b01h789y) fears, even Bob's cast-iron will begins to crack like a caramel This includes the very first episode, 'The Offer' – originally [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] log. Might a good cop go to the bad? made for BBC TV's 'Comedy Playhouse' - one of ten one-off SAT 18:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon Alastair Jessiman's gritty comedy police drama stars Finlay comedies penned by Ray and Alan. BBC bosses viewed it as a (b007jnry) Welsh as DI Bob Boxer, Anita Vettesse as DC Shona Doberman sweetener for the duo, who'd recently parted company with 3. On the Buses and James Bryce as DCI Paton. Tony Hancock. Despite several strong concepts, only 'The Bernie is kidnapped by Hildegard and then escapes to the 24th DC Shauna Doberman is regarded as the smart one in the crime- Offer' progressed from pilot to series development. century. Raymond discovers his true identity... fighting duo, whilst DI Bob Boxer is the grizzled old-school The TV pilot aired in January 1962, followed by the first Starring Amanda Donohoe as Hilderghast, Andrew McGibbon cop, who aims to reach the right conclusion. Steptoe series in June starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H as Raymond, Karl Minns as the Conductor, Owen Evans as Producer: David Jackson Young. Corbett as father and son duo, Albert and Harold Steptoe. Bernie, Nick Romero as the Driver, Andy Mulligan as Herr Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Radio Scotland. Revealing how the series was created, the writers also explain Grubberman, Dan Freedman as Kunitrol, Alex Lowe as the First broadcast in March 2009. why it prompted concerns in Parliament. interpolator and Sophie Aldred as Spikea. SAT 02:00 North East of Eden (b01h0kpm) The duo's selected episodes were all adapted from the TV Written by Andrew McGibbon. Additional material by Rob Cinema Paradiso scripts and recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio by Gale Colley and Kevin Greening. Marcia decides to inject a little culture into Paradise and starts a Pedrick. Theme by Ozzy Temple and other music by Nick Romero. film club. * The Offer Producer: Julian Mayers But will French art triumph over Mad Max III? Probably not. As the rag and bone father and son argue, Harold is set to leave. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom Stars Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From July 1966. SAT 18:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pgnqn) about a GP living on a remote island off the coast of * Pilgrim's Progress The Lady of the House of Love Northumbria. Old soldier Albert Steptoe is eager to revisit Flanders. Stars By Angela Carter. A vampire tale with a twist. On the eve of Dr Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From June 1967. war, an unwary army officer meets the last of the Nosferatu Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims * Crossed Swords family. Read by Indira Varma. Hjorst …. Niall Ashdown Excited Harold Steptoe lets greed get the better of him. Stars SAT 19:00 The Big Steptoe Radio Show: Ray Galton and Joseph …. James Garbutt Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From July 1967. Alan Simpson (b007jwm9) Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern * The Desperate Hours [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Ralph …. Stephen Thirkeld Some unwelcome visitors arrive at the rag and bone yard. .Stars SAT 22:00 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01j2f6r) William …. Sammy Johnson Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett and Leonard Rossiter. From It's a special long weekend for the Comedy Club as Arthur Producer: Kathy Smith May 1974. Smith brings you interviews and much more direct from the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997. * Oh What a Beautiful Mourning Machynlleth Comedy Festival. SAT 02:30 Puzzle Panel (b00yjr5c) The family clash at the funeral of Albert's brother. Stars Wilfrid SAT 22:05 Saturday Stand-Up (b01h78b4) Episode 7 Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From February 1976 Dr Phil Hammond's Rude Health Show More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Victor Bryant, * Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard Dr Phil Hammond ruminates on drugs, death, sex, the NHS and Val Gilbert and Professor David Singmaster. From July 1998. Sceptical Harold slams Albert's claims about the power of releasing his inner child. Recorded in Bath in December 2009. SAT 03:00 Vivat Rex (b01h0zhl) spiritualism. Stars Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett and SAT 22:50 Sarah at the Stand (b014qt9s) Treason Patricia Routledge. From March 1976. Episode 4 Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' chronicle of the Producer: Sarah Wade. Sarah Millican is in Edinburgh for stand-up and backstage chat English Crown. King Richard II risks rebellion. Stars Derek Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in February 2006. with Stephen Carlin and Jim Jefferies. From October 2010. Jacobi. SAT 12:00 44 Scotland Street (Omnibus) (b01h78b2) SAT 23:05 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b01j2f6t) SAT 04:00 Anthony Horowitz - Blackfriars Bridge Series 1 Omnibus 2012 (b012s2gc) Alexander McCall Smith's series based on residents of a Episode 5 A cuckolded husband intends to murder his rival. What could fictitious tenement building in a real Edinburgh New Town It's a special long weekend for the Comedy Club as Arthur go wrong with his fastidious plan? Anthony Horowitz's thriller, street. Smith brings you interviews and much more direct from the read by Robert Bathurst. SAT 13:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s8d7) Machynlleth Comedy Festival. SAT 04:15 Sue Rodwell - The Last Trace (b00lbnyv) Series 1 SAT 23:10 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b01h78b6) Tracing your ancestors can be fun - as long as they are quite, Games of Chance Series 3 quite dead. The detective duo are called in on a 'sporting' assignment to Japan Genealogy, murder and revenge in Sue Rodwell's black keep a 24 hour watch on a young East End boy who's about to Giles is working in Tokyo, grappling with stocks and shares comedy. fight for a place in the 1948 boxing team. The local Catholic (and the boss's wife). Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From February Stars Elizabeth Mansfield as Sally, Peter Dahlsen as Frank, priest has been taking a special interest in the boy's progress, 2005. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 May 2012 Page 2 of 7 SAT 23:40 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b01j2f6w) Tom makes a remarkable discovery in the tower of Ely SUN 20:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again (b00lmdj9) 2012 Cathedral and meets the mysterious Mrs Bartholomew. Stars [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 6 Una Stubbs. SUN 20:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007jxbb) It's a special long weekend for the Comedy Club as Arthur SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b0147b28) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Smith brings you interviews and much more direct from the Lang Lang SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b0147b28) Machynlleth Comedy Festival. A chance to hear an extended edition of the Chinese pianist's [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SAT 23:45 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00fgq4m) Desert Island Discs, first broadcast in October 2010 on Radio 4. SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b008z5wk) Episode 2 Presented by Kirsty Young. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Ever tried storming a bouncy castle? Welcome to the surreal SUN 11:00 It's a Funny Business (b01h7p9d) SUN 22:30 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b01j2f7s) world of Miriam Elia. With Dan Tetsall and Joanna Neary. John Inman 2012 From November 2008. 'I'm free!'. The popular sitcom star recalls his showbusiness Episode 7 career in conversation with Mike Craig. From February 1986. It's a special long weekend for the Comedy Club as Arthur SUN 11:30 The Diary of a Nobody (b01h7p9g) Smith brings you interviews and much more direct from the SUNDAY 06 MAY 2012 Episode 5 Machynlleth Comedy Festival. Mr Pooter's son is in trouble, with his marriage cancelled and SUN 22:35 The Change (b00nxcbs) SUN 00:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon his job is on the line. Can his father help? Series 1 (b007jnry) The imaginary journal of a middle-class suburban 'hero' with an Lipstick [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] over-developed sense of dignity - Charles Pooter. Carol's attempts at keeping George's little hobby a secret are SUN 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pgnqn) Arthur Lowe concludes George and Weedon Grossmith's comic thwarted when they bump into Maureen... [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] masterpiece of middle-class self-importance in Victorian Lynda Bellingham and Chris Ellison star as troubled hormonal SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01h78b0) Britain. wife Carol whose husband George has revealed that he's a [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] One of the classic humorous books of English literature, first transvestite. SUN 02:00 44 Scotland Street (Omnibus) (b01h78b2) published in 1894. Sitcom by Gavin Petrie and Jan Etherington. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Abridged in five parts by Donald Bancroft. Carol ...... Lynda Bellingham SUN 03:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s8d7) Producer: Richard Wortley George ...... Chris Ellison [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977. Violet ...... Sylvia Syms SUN 04:00 David Pownall - Kitty Wilkinson (b01h789y) SUN 12:00 EF Benson - Miss Mapp (b0106w1z) Maureen ...... Maureen Beattie [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Dave ...... Mark Powley SUN 05:30 My Teenage Diary (b01gd7lz) SUN 13:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Ken ...... James Vaughan Series 2 Trees (b00j2j7f) Jerry ...... Richard Standing Victoria Coren [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] Sonia ...... Emma Kennedy Rufus Hound hosts this six-part comedy series in which SUN 13:30 Miss Marple (b007jvjj) Producer: Maria Esposito celebrities are asked to revisit their teenage diaries and read The Moving Finger First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2001. them out in public for the very first time. This week, Victoria The sleepy little market town of Lymstock harbours more than SUN 23:05 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b01j2f7v) Coren. its share of shameful secrets. A town where even a sudden 2012 Producer: Victoria Payne outbreak of anonymous hate-mail causes only a minor stir. Episode 8 A TalkbackThames production for BBC Radio 4. But all of that changes when one of the recipients tragically It's a special long weekend for the Comedy Club as Arthur SUN 06:00 EF Benson - Miss Mapp (b0106w1z) commits suicide. Smith brings you interviews and much more direct from the Omnibus, part 1 Miss Marple's knowledge of wickedness and her nose for evil Machynlleth Comedy Festival. Elizabeth Mapp rules the small English village of Tilling sitting are desperately needed. SUN 23:10 King Cutler (b008yt5q) at her window spying on her neighbours. Stars Frances Barber. Can she manage to prevent another suicide - or even, murder...? King Cutler V SUN 07:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through First published in 1943, Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June A message to the nation from Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler. Trees (b00j2j7f) Whitfield as Miss Marple. Visitors bear gifts of words to add to their collection of poems, Heartwood Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield songs and stories. Nature writer Roger Deakin visits a library full of apples and Jerry Burton ...... Nicholas Boulton With Dylan Edwards , David Lloyd, Ted Harrison and Craig returns home to lay a tree hedge by hand. Read by Sean Baker. Joanna Burton ...... Clare Corbett Murray-Orr. SUN 07:30 Clare in the Community (b008z5wk) Mrs Calthrop ...... Patricia Scott Producer: Neil Cargill Series 4 Megan Hunter ...... Annabelle Dowler First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in February 1990. The Long Goodbye Mr Symmington ...... Hugh Dickson SUN 23:40 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b01j2f7x) Ray's colleagues celebrate his civil partnership and Brian Superintendent Nash ...... Sion Probert 2012 reassesses his life after his not-very-near-death experience. Dr Owen Griffith ...... Roger May Episode 9 Comedy by Harry Venning and David Ramsden. Clare Barker is Miss Partridge ...... Katherine Parr It's a special long weekend for the Comedy Club as Arthur a social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none Aimee Griffith ...... Elizabeth Bell Smith brings you interviews and much more direct from the of the practical solutions. Elsie Holland ...... Jenny Funnell Machynlleth Comedy Festival. Clare ...... Sally Phillips Dramatist: Michael Bakewell SUN 23:45 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00fl0p3) Brian ...... Alex Lowe Director: Enyd Williams Episode 3 Ray ...... Richard Lumsden First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001. MC Auctioneer and surgeon Dr Sweep. It's the surreal world of Helen ...... Gemma Craven SUN 15:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again (b00lmdj9) Miriam Elia, with Dan Tetsall and James Kenward. From Irene ...... Ellen Thomas [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] November 2008. Megan ...... Nina Conti SUN 15:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007jxbb) Simon ...... Andrew Wincott [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Counsellor ...... Anna Bengo SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show MONDAY 07 MAY 2012 Ainsworth ...... Lloyd Thomas (b01h7p9m) Troy ...... Ben Onwukwe. Made for 4 Extra. Mel Giedroyc's hand-picked highlights of MON 00:00 The Darker Side of the Border (b00ck4fs) Producer: Katie Tyrrell this week's 4 O'clock Show, including canoeing, building a raft [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2008. and exploring inside a survival factory. MON 00:30 HP Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth SUN 08:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again (b00lmdj9) SUN 16:30 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sbf7g) (b015f7b6) Victory Edition 10/05/1945 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Tommy Handley's gang celebrate victory in Europe, as SUN 17:00 Philippa Pearce - Tom's Midnight Garden MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay (b0147b28) broadcast on 10th May 1945. With the BBC Augmented (b00qyqd3) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] Variety Orchestra. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON 02:00 It's a Funny Business (b01h7p9d) SUN 08:30 Ray's a Laugh (b007jxbb) SUN 17:30 Mr Punch Says That's the Way to Do It [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] From 11/10/49 (b00xlw1c) MON 02:30 The Diary of a Nobody (b01h7p9g) Ted is 'gonged' and argues with Kitty, and reporter George Actor Martin Reeve takes up his swozzle and slapstick to chart [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] blunders again. the history and tenacious survival of the Punch and Judy show. MON 03:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again (b00lmdj9) Starring Ted Ray. SUN 18:00 The Darker Side of the Border (b00ck4fs) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] With Kitty Bluett, Peter Sellers, Patricia Hayes, Fred Yule, James Hogg - The Brownie of the Black Haggs MON 03:30 Miss Marple (b007jvjj) Leslie Perrins and Wallace Greenslade. Lady Wheelhope has a reputation as a violent mistress to those [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] Ray's a Laugh - the successor to ITMA - follows the comedy under her power. Yet when desire for a mysterious servant MON 05:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sbf7g) exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well overwhelms her, it's her own soul she yields to terrible risk... [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949-1961. Series of 3 Scottish 19th Century tales of terror and mystery. MON 05:30 Philippa Pearce - Tom's Midnight Garden Scripted by Eddie Maguire and Ted Ray. Written by James Hogg and dramatised by Marty Ross. (b00qyqd3) Music from Bob & Alf Pearson and The Beaux and The Belles. Lady Wheelhope ...... Irene MacDougall [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] BBC Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black. The Laird ...... Paul Young MON 06:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk) Producer: George Inns Merodach ...... James Chisholm Floater First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1949. Bessie ...... Mary Riggans Hitler has won the war...and the totalitarian Nazi regime in SUN 09:00 JM Barrie - Peter Pan (b00sbf7g) Wattie ...... James Bryce Germany has a terrible secret it needs to hide at all costs. Away to Neverland Adam ...... Alec Heggie Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with London,1904: A strange visitor transforms the Darling Producer: Bruce Young the Berlin Kriminalpolizei called to investigate a suspicious household one bedtime. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. death. Starring Toyah Willcox as Peter Pan, Ron Moody as Mr Darling SUN 18:30 HP Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth Best-selling thriller by Robert Harris - dramatised in five-parts / Hook, June Whitfield as Mrs Darling, Roy Hudd as Smee and (b015f7b6) by John Dryden. Chris Emmett as Starkey. Episode 4 Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser Dramatist: Philip Glassborow Robert Olmstead must spend a night in Innsmouth, but the town Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis Producer: Dirk Maggs locals ensure he doesn't get much sleep. Read by Richard Coyle. Rudi ...... Andrew Sachs First heard on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. SUN 19:00 It's a Funny Business (b01h7p9d) Krause ...... Graham Padden SUN 09:30 Philippa Pearce - Tom's Midnight Garden [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Jost ...... Robert Portal (b00qyqd3) SUN 19:30 The Diary of a Nobody (b01h7p9g) Pili ...... Thomas Copeland Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] Frau Trinkl ...... Amanda Walker Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 May 2012 Page 3 of 7 Globus ...... Michael Byrne Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1984. Fiebes ...... Ian Gelder Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore MON 17:30 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00777b4) Newsreader ...... Trevor Nichols Mr Sargent ..... Phil Davis [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Newsreader ...... Alice Arnold Dr Peter Duncan ..... Alex MacQueen MON 18:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpgs) Chat Show Host ...... Ned Sherrin Written by John Finnemore. Episode 5 Author Robert Harris is a former BBC reporter and newspaper Produced & Directed by David Tyler Now a fully-fledged OAP, George Smith is set for a special journalist. A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 mission with Andrea Sunbeam and Mrs Cookson. Producer: John Dryden MON 10:00 Vivat Rex (b01h8qkc) Colin Swash's dystopian comedy set in 22nd-century Britain, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998. King of Snow starring Stephen Moore as George Smith. MON 06:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00jdp91) Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' chronicle of the George ...... Stephen Moore Series 1 English Crown. King Richard II must face his doom. Stars Doris ...... Patsy Byrne The Seat of Evil Derek Jacobi. O'Connell ...... Geoffrey McGivern When a much-loved Scottish comic is killed in the street by a MON 11:00 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish and Chip Shop Mrs Cookson ...... Edna Dore falling safe, it looks like an unlucky one-off accident. But then (b00bwjcq) Andrea Sunbeam ...... Lorelei King there are more celebrity killings and a pattern starts to emerge. Behind the counter at Mr Ossie's fish and chip shop was a glass Wilma P Random ...... Melanie Hudson Is it a brand new case for Boxer and Doberman - or a display case full of gold-capped fountain pens. Other parts played by Christopher Douglas, Lewis MacLeod continuation of the one they're on already? The plot thickens Desperate to see an Everton football match, a boy turns to him and Peter Serafinowicz. like fog on the Clyde..... for help... Producer: Richard Wilson. Alastair Jessiman's gritty comedy police drama stars Finlay Written by Vincent McInerney. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998. Welsh as DI Bob Boxer, Anita Vettesse as DC Shona Doberman Read by Richard Tate. MON 18:30 Doctor Who (b00rzkyd) and James Bryce as DCI Paton. Producer: Michael Earley Doctor Who and the Giant Robot DC Shauna Doberman is regarded as the smart one in the crime- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. Episode 6 fighting duo, whilst DI Bob Boxer is the grizzled old-school MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01h2c8w) Despite UNIT's efforts, Winters and the Think Tank put their cop, who aims to reach the right conclusion. Alison Steadman, Richard Wilson, Marcus Du Sautoy and John plans into action from deep underground. Read by Tom Baker. Producer: David Jackson Young. O'Farrell MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00vy80f) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Radio Scotland. I Don't Believe It! Clive has One Foot In The Grave with actor [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast in March 2009. Richard Wilson who, for ten years, played the archetypal MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rdsv7) MON 07:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00777b4) grumpy old man and deadpan pensioner Victor Meldrew. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] How Puccini Done Madame Butterfly Richard's new Radio 4 series is the hilarious, bizarre and MON 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk) The National Theatre of Brent reveals mysteries behind the revealing radiography of his fictional life story. 'Believe It!' [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] tragic opera. Stars Patrick Barlow. From May 2007. starts on Wednesday morning 9th May at 11.30 on BBC Radio MON 20:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00jdp91) MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b01gvlfy) 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Series 9 Clive talks to the Spitting Image of script writer, broadcaster MON 21:00 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish and Chip Shop Episode 5 and author John O'Farrell about his career writing for such great (b00bwjcq) David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians comedies as 'Alas Smith And Jones' and 'Have I Got News For [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to You'. John's latest novel 'The Man Who Forgot His Wife' is the MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01h2c8w) see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their poignant story of a man who suddenly loses his memory - and [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] opponents. Danielle Ward, Henning Wehn, Tom Wrigglesworth his Mrs! MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01gvlfy) and John Finnemore are the panellists obliged to talk with Nikki Bedi will be crunching the numbers with mathematician [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Bats, Cars, and would-be conductor Professor Marcus Du Sautoy, who MON 22:30 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b01j2f8m) Orange and Dr. Johnson. competes in BBC Two's 'Maestro at the Opera' to master the 2012 The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the ultimate art form. 'Maestro at the Opera' is on Fridays at 21.00. Episode 10 team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Clive's invited actress Alison Steadman to the party to talk It's a special long weekend for the Comedy Club as Arthur Produced by Jon Naismith about her varied career playing such gems as the houseproud, Smith brings you interviews and much more direct from the A Random Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4. Demis Roussos-loving Beverley in Mike Leigh's 'Abigail's Machynlleth Comedy Festival. MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00vy80f) Party' and Gavin's mildly hysterical mum Pam in 'Gavin & MON 22:35 Clare in the Community (b008w1p4) From 27/05/1960 Stacey'. Alison's new BBC Four comedy is the monologue of a [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Kenneth Horne's busy week, and check out the latest film mother preparing for for her daughter's civil partnership. 'A MON 23:05 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b01j2f8p) releases in Picture Go Round. With Kenneth Williams. From Civil Arrangement' in on Sunday 6th May at 21.00. 2012 May 1960. With music from London based psychedelic quartet and hot Episode 11 MON 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rdsv7) new things Django Django. They'll perform 'Love's Dart' from It's a special long weekend for the Comedy Club as Arthur Series 1 their debut self-titled album. Smith brings you interviews and much more direct from the The Bird And from the talented and unforgettable singer, composer and Machynlleth Comedy Festival. Harold Steptoe is furious when his date Roxanne is late for producer Eska, who performs 'To Be Remembered'. MON 23:10 The Machynlleth Comedy Festival (b01hbxsr) dinner. Producer Cathie Mahoney. 2012 Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00vy80f) Elis James hosts highlights of 2012's Machynlleth Comedy Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Festival in Wales, featuring James Acaster and Bridget Christie. with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rdsv7) MON 23:40 Comedy Club at Machynlleth (b01j2f8r) wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 2012 The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert MON 13:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk) Episode 12 Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] It's a special long weekend for the Comedy Club as Arthur on TV. MON 13:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00jdp91) Smith brings you interviews and much more direct from the Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Machynlleth Comedy Festival. Harold ...... Harry H Corbett MON 14:00 EF Benson - Miss Mapp (b0107rc2) MON 23:45 A Series of Psychotic Episodes (b00fn9hm) Roxanne ...... Marion Stone The Cowards Episode 4 Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Ruling the village of Tilling, Elizabeth Mapp wonders if the What keys think, and a thumb-sized comedian. The surreal Gale Pedrick. Major is being as truthful as he should be. Stars Frances Barber. world of Miriam Elia, with Joanna Neary. From November Producer: Bobby Jaye MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jszk) 2008. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. Grenville as PM and How Boswell Met Johnson MON 09:00 Clare in the Community (b008w1p4) Anna Massey narrates the rise of Grenville. Series 4 MON 14:30 Lisa French-Blaker - Heart of Darfur TUESDAY 08 MAY 2012 Carry On Up The Amazon (b01h8qkh) Clare finds it difficult to resist interfering when she discovers Episode 1 TUE 00:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jpgs) Helen's son in a squat around the corner rather than in Borneo... New Zealander Lisa French-Blaker recounts her tough time as [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Comedy by Harry Venning and David Ramsden. Clare Barker is an aid worker in the civil war in Darfur. Read by Federay TUE 00:30 Doctor Who (b00rzkyd) a social worker with all the politically correct jargon but none Holmes. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] of the practical solutions. MON 14:45 The Invention of Childhood (b00shhrj) TUE 01:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk) Clare ...... Sally Phillips How I Wish I Were a Boy [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Brian ...... Alex Lowe Michael Morpurgo discovers middle-class boys went to 19th- TUE 01:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00jdp91) Ray ...... Richard Lumsden century public schools as a shield from too much female [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Helen ...... Gemma Craven influence. TUE 02:00 Clare in the Community (b008w1p4) Irene ...... Ellen Thomas MON 15:00 Vivat Rex (b01h8qkc) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Megan ...... Nina Conti [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 02:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lt16c) Simon ...... Andrew Wincott MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01h8qmg) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Mel Giedroyc starts broadcasting the top 50 stories from the TUE 03:00 Vivat Rex (b01h8qkc) With Paul Chequer and Alex Tregear BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans 500 Words short story competition. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2008. And our story, Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, continues. TUE 04:00 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish and Chip Shop MON 09:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lt16c) MON 17:00 Anything Legal (b0088z2b) (b00bwjcq) Series 2 Episode 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Ipswich Charles and George hire a secretary to boost their new business TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01h2c8w) When the crew have to go on a refresher Safety & Emergency offering anything legal... [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] Procedures course, it spells trouble for Douglas's inner dog and Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles. TUE 05:00 Anything Legal (b0088z2b) Martin's inner ear. Plus Arthur gets a chance to show off his A Tale of Two City Gents by Wally K Daly [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] exceptional eating skills. Charles .... Donald Hewlett TUE 05:30 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00777b4) With special guests Phil Davis ('Vera Drake') and Alex George .... Michael Knowles [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] MacQueen ('The Thick Of It'). Belinda Bustrom .... Sherrie Hewson TUE 06:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0) Starring Job Applicant .... Helena Breck Stuckart Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole Theme music by Jim Parker The Berlin detective fraternises with an American journalist. 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Together they try to unravel the secret at the heart of a post-war Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 May 2012 Page 4 of 7 Nazi state. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1971. TUE 18:30 Doctor Who (b00rzqpy) Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01h8vh8) Doctor Who and the Giant Robot the Berlin Kriminalpolizei called to investigate a suspicious An extended version of the News Quiz for Radio 4 Extra, Episode 7 death. featuring jokes that you won't have heard already, some clips With the threat of nuclear war, The Doctor fights to take Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryden. from the archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material. control of the bunker. The robot has other plans. Read by Tom Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser TUE 09:45 Elastic Planet (b007k399) Baker. Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball The Objects TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b009qwz0) Nebe ...... Stratford Johns Revealing the links between the art of siren writing, the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Frau Luther ...... Eleanor Bron discovery of pants, the Church of England motorcycle display TUE 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead Globus ...... Michael Byrne team and the flamenco guitar. (b00h4lnm) Krebs William ...... Scott Masson Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Stuckart ...... Michael Culver Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections. TUE 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0) Producer: John Dryden With Rebecca Front, Dan Strauss, Kerry Shale, Geoff [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998. McGivern, Ben Moor, Raymond Baxter and Caron Keating. TUE 20:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00wg37w) TUE 06:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00wg37w) Producer: Jon Naismith [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995 TUE 21:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007j7pb) Murder Is Child's Play TUE 10:00 Vivat Rex (b01h8vhb) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] When two rival Glasgow gang-leaders (and would-be children's Victims TUE 21:15 Graeme Fife - A Misfortune at Seaham authors) find themselves competing head-to-head for a Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' account of the English (b01h8vhd) prestigious literary award, it's up to Boxer and Doberman to Crown. A new King rules. Stars Derek Jacobi and Martin Jarvis. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] stop full-scale gang warfare - especially with campaign to win TUE 11:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007j7pb) TUE 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b01gvq3l) "European City of Kindness". And His Letters Grew Colder [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Alastair Jessiman's comedy police drama features grizzled old- A passionate affair gradually dies. An early story by Daphne du TUE 22:30 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00dy51z) school detective, DI Bob Boxer - and his slightly less grizzled Maurier that was only discovered in 2006. Read by Nigel Cities and Laws and more instinctive young sidekick, DS Shona Doberman. Havers. What are the flaws in the urban democratic system? It's a case of Taggart meet The Naked Gun as the duo take to TUE 11:15 Graeme Fife - A Misfortune at Seaham Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of the road in Boxer's arthritic Austin Princess... (b01h8vhd) civilisation, Chris Addison explains exactly what we need to DI Boxer ..... Finlay Welsh The heroes of the 1880 Seaham Colliery explosion in Durham. create a new one. DS Doberman ..... Anita Vettesse Based on real-life events. Stars Paul Copley and Nigel Anthony. With: Butcher Brawley ..... James Bryce TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b009qwz0) Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern) Rosa Caputo ..... Ann Scott Jones [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Jo Enright "The Shadow" ..... Cameron McNee TUE 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead Dan Tetsell Joe Macnamarra ..... Alastair Jessiman (b00h4lnm) Producer: Simon Nicholls Director: David Jackson Young [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in TUE 13:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0) TUE 23:00 Dry Slopes (b00lvl1l) 2010. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Series 1 TUE 07:00 Two Doors Down (b0084r5t) TUE 13:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00wg37w) Families and How to Conceive Them Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Friendless, jobless Angus breaks free from his sheltered-life Drilling for Hamsters TUE 14:00 EF Benson - Miss Mapp (b0107x4c) shackles to go on a date. The bohemian residents of Marlborough Road in Belfast are Humble Pie Nick Ball’s sitcom about the unemployed son of a high-flying saved from chaos by their cleaning lady, Sally. Embarrassed at having been caught drunk by Elizabeth Mapp, mother. Series one of Annie McCartney's sitcom. Major Flint attempts to make it up to her. Stars Frances Barber. Angus Dry ...... Nick Ball Sally ...... Frances Tomelty TUE 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jt03) Mum ...... Louisa Rix Clare ...... Marcella Riordan Infant Poverty and The North Briton With Robert Harley, Toby Longworth and Julie Gibbs. Fintan ...... Gerard Murphy The North Briton newspaper exposed corruption within Producer: Gareth Edwards Evie ...... Katy Gleadhill Parliament. Anna Massey narrates the history of the British First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995. Anna ...... Bethan Lloyd Isles. TUE 23:30 The Adventures of John and Tony (b009pn8p) Simon ...... Patrick Gleadhill TUE 14:30 Lisa French-Blaker - Heart of Darfur The Total Hotel Experience Trevor ...... Gerard McSorley (b01h8vhg) John and his best friend Tony find themselves taking part in a Director: Tanya Nash Episode 2 seaside hotel's murder-mystery weekend. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001. Lisa tries frantically to treat some desperate refugees. But in John just wants to play dominoes, but amongst the guests is a TUE 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01gvq3l) Darfur there's a strict curfew in force. Read by Federay woman from his past - with her potatoes. Series 8 Holmes. Written by John Hegley Rosicrucian Armageddon 2 TUE 14:45 The Invention of Childhood (b00shl8f) Starring John Hegley, Simon Munnery, Terry Malloy, Sunny Ed Reardon leads us through the ups and down of his week, Reinstated Divinity Ormonde and Andy Hockley. complete with his trusty companion, Elgar, and his never- Michael Morpurgo discovers how the Victorian obsession with Original music by Nigel Piper. ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever scraps childhood, both real and romanticised, appeared in art and Director: Anne Edyvean his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and cat literature. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999. together. TUE 15:00 Vivat Rex (b01h8vhb) Ed joins the modern gaming fraternity when he meets Graham [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Pearson - the man who gave the world 'Rosicrucian TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01h8wy5) WEDNESDAY 09 MAY 2012 Armageddon' - and is hired to add some authentic 'oldenspeak' Mel Giedroyc hears more of the top 50 stories from the BBC to its sequel - 'Rosicrucian Armageddon 2'. Whilst he tries to Radio 2 Chris Evans 500 Words short story competition. We go WED 00:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jphb) get to grips with NPC's, orbs and the Quest for the Grail his fishing on the River Usk and our story Huck Finn continues. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] daughter unexpectedly arrives complete with son, Smile, TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path (b007xwbq) WED 00:30 Doctor Who (b00rzqpy) Japanese tea infuser, dream catcher and native American chants Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] to purge Ed's flat. Into the Lion's Den WED 01:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0) TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b009qwz0) With Michael messing her about, Izzy's quest to find love gets [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] Series 7 even more muddled. WED 01:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00wg37w) Wings Over Dagenham Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Move aside Orville and Wilbur, Neddie Seagoon is the pioneer teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men. WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01h8vh8) aviator. Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Adapted by Sue Limb from her 1984 novel into 3 radio series WED 02:45 Elastic Planet (b007k399) Milligan and Larry Stephens. which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] Starring: for ITV. WED 03:00 Vivat Rex (b01h8vhb) Peter Sellers Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Harry Secombe Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost WED 04:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007j7pb) Spike Milligan Dick ...... Mike Grady [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Louise ...... Phyllida Nash WED 04:15 Graeme Fife - A Misfortune at Seaham recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest Gwyn ...... Sion Probert (b01h8vhd) shows weren’t kept in the archive. Producer: Jonathan James-Moore [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] With George Chisholm, the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1987. WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path (b007xwbq) Geldray. TUE 17:30 Two Doors Down (b0084r5t) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED 05:30 Two Doors Down (b0084r5t) Announcer: Wallace Greenslade TUE 18:00 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace (b007jphb) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Producer: Pat Dixon Episode 6 WED 06:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1956. The future of the OAPs and, indeed, of the whole of Switzerland TUE 08:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead civilisation, hangs in the balance. Probing the deaths of senior party officials in Adolf Hitler's (b00h4lnm) Stephen Moore stars in the conclusion of Colin Swash's post-war Germany, detective Xavier March gets a fresh lead... From 05/04/1971 dystopian comedy set in 22nd-century Britain. Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with An odd romantic tryst and the life of a great Englishman. George ...... Stephen Moore the Berlin Kriminalpolizei. A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker. Doris ...... Patsy Byrne Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryden. With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates. O'Connell ...... Geoffrey McGivern Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser Pianist: Gordon Langford. Mrs Cookson ...... Edna Dore Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball Written by John Graham, David Nobbs, David McKellar and Andrea Sunbeam ...... Lorelei King Nebe ...... Stratford Johns Peter Vincent, Donald Monat and June Dixon, Miles Rudge and Other parts played by Melanie Hudson, Joanna Brookes, Rudi ...... Andrew Sachs Ted Dicks, Pete Spence, Alan Scott and Chris Bryant, and Christopher Douglas, Peter Serafinowcz and Lewis MacLeod. Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis Gerald Wiley. Producer: Richard Wilson. Zaugg ...... Patrick Godfrey Producer John Fawcett-Wilson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998. Swiss Detective ...... Dan Fineman Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 May 2012 Page 5 of 7 Producer: John Dryden Crown. Falstaff appears. Stars Martin Jarvis and June Episode 8 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998. Whitfield. The Doctor comes up with the solution to defeat the seemingly WED 06:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00wh02c) WED 11:00 Red Herrings (b00tyw76) indestructible foe. But will he stick around? Read by Tom Series 2 Series 1 Baker. The Black Widow Mangia, Mangia, Ti Fa Bene WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy) When Boxer and Doberman are called to investigate the brutal The way to a husband's heart is found through the pleasures of a [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] murder of a popular Scottish actor, they become entangled (as sumptuous meal. Greta Scacchi reads Donna Leon's tasty WED 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter you do) in a web of intrigue. thriller. (b007jtjp) Things get even stickier when Boxer seems to fall for the WED 11:15 Bruce Bedford - Black Ice (b01hbdcc) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] murdered man's widow - seductive breakfast TV star Marion In 1911 - as a prelude to Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to WED 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s) Swann. Doberman's suspicions are aroused. Boxer is just the South Pole - three men set off in the darkness of the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] aroused... Antarctic winter. Departing from Scott's over-wintering hut, WED 20:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00wh02c) Alastair Jessiman's comedy police drama features grizzled old- they were out to secure examples of the eggs of the Emperor [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] school, cardigan-wearing detective, DI Bob Boxer - and more Penguin. WED 21:00 Red Herrings (b00tyw76) instinctive, BlackBerry-wielding young sidekick, DS Shona Their survival, in temperatures of minus 60 or 70, can only be [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Doberman. ascribed to astonishing courage and willpower. WED 21:15 Bruce Bedford - Black Ice (b01hbdcc) Listen out for a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo from one of the Bruce Bedford's dramatised account stars Crawford Logan as [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] stars of the show which "inspired" Boxer and Doberman - ITV's Edward A. 'Bill' Wilson, Richard Greenwood as Apsley Cherry- WED 22:00 Beauty of Britain (b00njwd9) Taggart. (Clue: his appearance is a tea-time treat...) Garrard and John Walsh as Henry R. 'Birdie' Bowers. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] DI Boxer ..... Finlay Welsh Director: Hamish Wilson WED 22:30 Self-Storage (b0080x3g) DS Doberman ..... Anita Vettesse First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. Series 1 Marion Swann ..... Juliet Cadzow WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy) Family Mackenzie Baxter ..... Sean Scanlan [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Dave's family try therapy to halt his descent, but he can't see the Joe Macnamarra ..... Alastair Jessiman WED 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter point - what's wrong with living in a storage unit? Director: David Jackson Young (b007jtjp) Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Sitcom written by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power. 2010. WED 13:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s) Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith. WED 07:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c3b7g) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Geoff ...... Mark Heap. Series 1 WED 13:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00wh02c) Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill The Pride and the Peacemaker [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] American ...... Phil Nicol Renaissance Italy's Prince Ludovico buys a cannon, and WED 14:00 EF Benson - Miss Mapp (b01091p7) Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero. Princess Plethora wants to confess. Stars David Swift. From Crimson Lake Sarah ...... Susan Earl. April 2001. Determined to outshine darling Diva's party outfit, Tilling's Dad ...... Philip Jackson WED 07:30 Beauty of Britain (b00njwd9) busybody has her dress specially dyed. Stars Frances Barber. Producer: Ed Morrish Series 1 WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jt09) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007. Colour Me Wow Rockingham, The Stamp Act, Hargreaves and Jenny WED 22:45 Guy Browning's Small Talk (b0076mys) Comedy by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson. Beauty Anna Massey narrates the history of the British Isles. This Series 2 Olonga works as a carer for the Featherdown Agency and sees programme looks at the character of King George III. How to Go to a Party herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to achieve WED 14:30 Lisa French-Blaker - Heart of Darfur The writer and humorist shares his tips on making merry and their goals in the land of semi-skimmed milk. (b01hblzm) avoiding being 'de-mingled'. From August 2004. Beauty has a particularly difficult client, but is distracted by her Episode 3 WED 23:00 Masala FM (b007x0c9) latest business venture. Lynette assures Beauty that 'Colour Me A terrifying confrontation with armed government troops Episode 1 Wow' is no pyramid scheme, while Anil shows a surprising new prevents Lisa treating those dying around her. Read by Federay Masala FM is East London's premier Asian community radio side to himself. Holmes. station. Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien WED 14:45 The Invention of Childhood (b00shrwl) Owner, Mr Krishna, wants to make some changes and Lynette ...... Doon Mackichan Father, Is It Time? everyone's scared, except for visiting Bollywood celebrity Sandra ...... Nicola Sanderson Michael Morpurgo reveals children's working lives during the Johnny 'Muscles' Patel... Sally ...... Felicity Montagu Industrial Revolution - up chimneys, in factories and down Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson mines. Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Mrs Gupte ...... Indira Joshi WED 15:00 Vivat Rex (b01hbd6g) Wadia. Anil ...... Paul Sharma [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Music by Nitin Sawhney. Dr Kavanagh ...... Phyllida Law WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01hblzp) Producer: Liz Anstee Hilary ...... Rachel Atkins Mel Giedroyc hears more of the top 50 stories in this year's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996. Clare ...... Doon Mackichan BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans 500 Words competition. We go shark WED 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? Music by The West End Gospel Choir. fishing in Wales and our story Huckleberry Finn continues. (b00s3j28) WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007tdvy) WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves Series 1 Series 4 (b007s5dn) But Is It Art? The Wild Man of the Woods The Great Sermon Handicap Just as the arty world opens to Judith, Giles plunges her into a The lad announces that he's rejecting society to go and live a Can Bertie Wooster beat the odds of disaster in an unusual media sleaze pit. Stars Richard E Grant. From February 1995. truly rural life. betting syndicate? Starring Tony Hancock. PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Briers. THURSDAY 10 MAY 2012 Jacques. Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers THU 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p) Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Revrend Heppenstall ..... Maurice Denham [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Bingo Little ..... Jonathan Cecil THU 00:30 Doctor Who (b00rzs6w) Rabinowitz. Eustace ..... David Jason [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Claude ..... Jonathan Lynn THU 01:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1957. Cynthia ..... Carol Marsh [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] WED 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter Adapted by Chris Miller. THU 01:30 Boxer and Doberman (b00wh02c) (b007jtjp) Producer: David Hatch [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973. THU 02:00 Coming Alive (b00fnrl6) The Guests WED 17:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c3b7g) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Author Gerald is appalled at news of unwelcome dinner [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU 02:30 Counterpoint (b00dk91z) companions. WED 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Episode 1 THU 03:00 Vivat Rex (b01hbd6g) Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his Aspiring poet Saul Judd gets drawn into a web of dark and [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] wife. mysterious forces - as a leprous prince ignores sinister warnings THU 04:00 Red Herrings (b00tyw76) With Michael Goldie and Penelope Reynolds and a Bath playgroup's blind terror baffles the adults... [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Written by Basil Boothroyd. Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial in six THU 04:15 Bruce Bedford - Black Ice (b01hbdcc) Producer: Bobby Jaye episodes. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter ran from 1976 to Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd THU 05:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves 1981 Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd (b007s5dn) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977. Freddie Jones .... The Scribe [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] WED 09:00 Coming Alive (b00fnrl6) Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife THU 05:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c3b7g) Series 1 Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Quick Draw McGraw John Telfer .... Prince Bladud THU 06:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy) To help out the community, Terry uses his conman skills to Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant Discovery tackle the local crime baron. Stars Karl Howman. From Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel As the 75th birthday of Adolf Hitler nears, detective Xavier February 1999. June Barrie .... The Chairwoman March hits trouble with his terrifying investigation... WED 09:30 Counterpoint (b00dk91z) Geoff Serle .... The Northern Man Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with 2005 Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian the Berlin Kriminalpolizei. Episode 4 Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryden. Ned Sherrin's music quiz with Sue Bates of Barrow-upon-Soar, Music realised by Robin Lever. Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser Andrew Beardsell of Brighouse and Alan Gallagher from Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball Wallsend. Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan Globus ...... Michael Byrne WED 10:00 Vivat Rex (b01hbd6g) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Krebs ...... William Scott Masson Vulgar Company WED 18:30 Doctor Who (b00rzs6w) Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' story of the English Doctor Who and the Giant Robot Hotel Manager ...... Ian Gelder Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 May 2012 Page 6 of 7 Pili ...... Thomas Copeland THU 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show THU 21:15 Never Mind, I Stopped My Train (b01hbrw2) Friedman ...... Michael Culver (b007qv81) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Car-hire Rep ...... Dan Fineman [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU 22:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b01gvtj8) Nazi Music Critic ...... Jonathan Coleman THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jprv) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Producer: John Dryden [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00db5bt) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998. THU 13:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy) Series 2 THU 06:30 Maigret (b007jzsh) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] A Happy Life Broken and Then Mended a Bit The Drowned Men's Inn THU 13:30 Maigret (b007jzsh) You're cordially invited to cower before the terrifying spectacle Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] of the Martian invasion, where only Pip and some geese stand When a lorry crashes into a stationary car, it seems like a THU 14:00 EF Benson - Miss Mapp (b01096xd) between Mr Benevolent's army of long-eared purple space straightforward accident. Faraddiddlony villains and all that is good and true.... But suspicions are soon aroused, as Inspector Maigret is The Contessa Faragleoni eventually arrives in Tilling, and the The final chapter of the Victorian comic epic, and the whole unwittingly drawn into an investigation for murder... ladies eagerly await a dinner invitation. Stars Frances Barber. planet is in terrible danger when Pip's evil ex-guardian Mr Read by Nicholas Le Prevost. THU 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jt0j) Gently Benevolent summons a massive Martian invasion. Is this Inspector Jules Maigret is one of the world's best known Goldsmith and Sterne and 18th Century Letters the end for Pip, Harry and the rest of the human race? And will fictional detective. Created by Georges Simenon, the pipe- A time of inventions, salons and smuggling in eighteenth Pippa's goose sanctuary be all right? Listeners are cordially smoking, gruff French Detective has inspired countless TV century Britain. Narrated by Anna Massey. invited to cower before the terrifying spectacle of the army of series and feature films. Although most of Simenon's work is THU 14:30 Lisa French-Blaker - Heart of Darfur long-eared purple space villains... available in English, it was originally written in French. (b01hbrw4) Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens. Directed at BBC Manchester by Carrie Rooney. Episode 4 Chapter the Last: A Happy Life Broken and then Mended a Bit Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005. Overwhelmed by the numbers needing treatment in Darfur, Lisa Sir Philip...... Richard Johnson THU 07:00 Unnatural Acts (b00jtm1n) begins to feel unable to cope. Read by Federay Holmes. Mr Benevolent...... Anthony Head Series 1 THU 14:45 The Invention of Childhood (b00sjp2l) Harry Biscuit...... James Bachman A Day in the Country I Ain't a Child Young Pip...... Tom Allen The gang go for a picnic at a farm next to Sizefield nuclear Michael Morpurgo tells the story of Victorian street children Sternbeater...... Geoffrey Whitehead power station. Stars Kit Hollerbach and Jeremy Hardy. From and the organisations that grew up to rescue them. Ripely Fecund...... Sarah Hadland April 1987. THU 15:00 Vivat Rex (b01hbrw0) Mr Parsimonious...... Laurence Howarth THU 07:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b01gvtj8) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Pippa...... Susy Kane Series 2 THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01hbrw6) Sundry learned gentlemen...... Mark Evans Insurance Mel Giedroyc hears more 500 Words short stories. She also Producer: Gareth Edwards Sony Award-winning comic, Tom Wrigglesworth returns for follows in the footsteps of Peter Pan author J M Barrie, and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008. another series of his open letters. finds out why gospel music is so uplifting. THU 23:00 The In Crowd (b00slxxy) This week, his letter is addressed to the insurance industry as THU 17:00 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt) Series 3 Tom asks why everything has to be so confusing. Donna's Leaving Do Episode 4 Written by Tom Wrigglesworth, James Kettle and Miles Jupp. The Stranger revealed that the doomsday device was activated The coolest bag ladies in the world, and discover swimwear Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer. by someone inside the house. solutions for dieters who haven't yet reached their target weight. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2012. Donna thinks it may be time to start afresh somewhere else. But Plus, Jonathan Tudge, who just can't help putting his foot in it. THU 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show would she really go and will they discover what really caused Another advice-packed sketch show from Manchester's (b007qv81) the end of the world? Comedy Store. Series 3 Sitcom by Luke Sorba. With Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. Episode 1 Donna ...... Meera Syal Producer: Graham Frost Legendary comic duo Eric and Ernie play wine-tasting Johnny ...... Toby Longworth First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002. connoisseurs, pay tribute to marriage guidance service and Patrick ...... Luke Sorba THU 23:30 Think the Unthinkable (b01hbrw8) enjoy an afternoon in the garden. Abigail ...... Carla Mendonca Series 3 Written by Eddie Braben. The Stranger ...... Simon Greenall Iota Credit Cards With Allan Cuthbertson and Ann Hamilton. Producer: Elizabeth Anstee The management consultants tackle credit card security, with Singing guest: Anita Harris First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999. the morally dubious Owen. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From July Music from Max Harris and his Orchestra. THU 17:30 Unnatural Acts (b00jtm1n) 2004. Producer: Bobby Jaye [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1977 THU 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82) THU 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jprv) Episode 2 FRIDAY 11 MAY 2012 Series 3 After aspiring poet Saul Judd and his family win a competition, The Godiva Affair strange events happen. FRI 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82) The Home Guard platoon holds a Spitfire fundraiser, but Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Corporal Jones is pining for Mrs Fox. and under - Bath. FRI 00:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd Hodgson (b007x08g) scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe Freddie Jones .... The Scribe FRI 01:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy) Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria FRI 01:30 Maigret (b007jzsh) Private Frazer …. John Laurie John Telfer .... Prince Bladud [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant FRI 02:00 Huddwinks (b00941jx) Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee June Barrie .... The Chairwoman FRI 02:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b00snrk4) Mrs Fox …. Mollie Sugden Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Producer: John Dyas Liz Goulding .... Rita FRI 03:00 Vivat Rex (b01hbrw0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976. Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] THU 09:00 Huddwinks (b00941jx) Music realised by Robin Lever. FRI 04:00 Red Herrings (b00tywfd) Series 1 Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Henry The Vee Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan FRI 04:15 Never Mind, I Stopped My Train (b01hbrw2) His Majesty fights the French at Agincourt, but will the Bard or First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Barbara Cartland win the day? Stars Roy Hudd. From July THU 18:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope FRI 05:00 The World As We Know It (b00fy2qt) 1986. Hodgson (b007x08g) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] THU 09:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b00snrk4) 1. The Manuscript FRI 05:30 Unnatural Acts (b00jtm1n) Series 3 Two friends are camping near the bleak ruins of a huge old [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Episode 6 house in a remote spot in the west of Ireland, when they FRI 06:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmtf) John Lloyd invites guests David Eagleman, Neil Gaiman and discover a ragged manuscript. Closing In Sarah Millican to add to the collection. From June 2010. It purports to be the journal of an old recluse who once lived in Detective Xavier March uncovers the terrible secret of Adolf THU 10:00 Vivat Rex (b01hbrw0) the house with his sister. The manuscript describes his Hitler's totalitarian state. Rebellion terrifying experiences of being besieged by supernatural Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' chronicle of the creatures and another dimension... the Berlin Kriminalpolizei. English Crown. Henry IV clashes with his rivals. Stars Robert Read by Jim Norton. Conclusion of Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Hardy. First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy Dryde. THU 11:00 Red Herrings (b00tywfd) novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser Series 1 Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball The Difference Producer: Lawrence Jackson Globus ...... Michael Byrne A prisoner confesses to his ambitious jailer, but can he cheat Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Krebs ...... William Scott Masson fate? David Ryall reads Reginald Hill's devious tale. First broadcast in September 2007. Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis THU 11:15 Never Mind, I Stopped My Train (b01hbrw2) THU 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show Nebe ...... Stratford Johns July 18th 1898: The heroism of driver, Walter Peart and (b007qv81) Border Guard ...... Dan Fineman fireman, Harry Dean when the boiler of their Great Western [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Commentator ...... Alan Dedicoat Railway steam engine horrifically exploded. THU 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jprv) Producer: John Dryden Martin Sorrell recreates the background to this story which acts [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998. as a tribute to all railwaymen. THU 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy) FRI 06:30 Maigret (b007jztr) Narrated by Martin Jarvis and Joanna Myers. With Ann [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] The Drowned Men's Inn Windsor as Ada Peart, Nicholas Murchie as Edmund THU 20:30 Maigret (b007jzsh) Episode 2 Mears/William Jarrett and Jonathan Tafler as John Hodges. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] After discovering a body in the boot of an exhumed car, Director: Martin Jenkins THU 21:00 Red Herrings (b00tywfd) Inspector Maigret is beginning to piece together the evidence... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Concluded by Nicholas Le Prevost. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 May 2012 Page 7 of 7 Inspector Jules Maigret is one of the world's best known Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] fictional detective. Created by Georges Simenon, the pipe- The Soothmoothers FRI 20:30 Maigret (b007jztr) smoking, gruff French Detective has inspired countless TV Rivalry between three sexy travellers in Shetland sparks a local's [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] series and feature films. Although most of Simenon's work is imagination. Marnie Baxter reads Ann Cleeves' curious story. FRI 21:00 Red Herrings (b00v7760) available in English, it was originally written in French. FRI 11:15 Martin Sorrell - Trapped (b01hc5tq) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Directed at BBC Manchester by Carrie Rooney. The heroes of the great Exeter theatre fire of 1887. Martin FRI 21:15 Martin Sorrell - Trapped (b01hc5tq) Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005. Sorrell's recreation of real events. With Geoffrey Whitehead. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 07:00 Ring Around the Bath (b01hc2x1) FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b01hc2x3) FRI 22:00 Tonight (b01h77nt) Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Pressure Times Volume Is a Constant FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jm5c) FRI 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jmbj) Egg's boyfriend moves in. Rick moves out - and comes back. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Series 3 And the arrival of Alison's baby is only a couple of months FRI 13:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmtf) A Four Letter Word away. Can Stella keep track of her wayward family? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] A new arrival in Hell persuades Satan to re-shoot 'Casablanca' - Series 3 of Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy- FRI 13:30 Maigret (b007jztr) with a mutant alien. turvy family life. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell. Stars Duncan Preston as Patrick, Pippa Haywood as Stella, FRI 14:00 EF Benson - Miss Mapp (b0109gq7) Satan …. Andy Hamilton Claudie Blakley as Alison, Bruce MacKinnon as Rick, Alas, Poor Puffin The Professor …. James Grout Catherine Shepherd as Xanthe and Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg. The festive season in the village of Tilling is blighted by news Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville Director: Elizabeth Freestone of an untimely death. Stars Frances Barber and Nickolas Grace. Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006. FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jt0q) Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Philip Pope, Nick FRI 07:30 Tonight (b01h77nt) Edinburgh New Town Revel and Michael Fenton Stevens. Series 2 Anna Massey takes a look at the taxation of American imports Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer Episode 1 and the development of Edinburgh. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999. Rory Bremner and the team return for another series of FRI 14:30 Lisa French-Blaker - Heart of Darfur (b01hc5ts) FRI 23:00 Lenin of the Rovers (b007jplc) Tonight, the topical satire show that digs that bit deeper into Episode 5 Series 1 national and international politics. With yet another militia attack on a nearby town, Lisa French- Episode 4 Rory's mantra is that it's as important to make sense out of Blaker listens to stories from survivors. Read by Federay Britain's first communist football team tackles Germany. But things as it is to make fun of them. With a team that includes Holmes. what about the revolution? Stars Alexei Sayle. From March veteran satirists Andy Zaltzman and Nick Doody and versatile FRI 14:45 The Invention of Childhood (b00sjw36) 1988. impressionist and character comedian Kate O'Sullivan, Tonight The Habit of Schooling FRI 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007jq2f) promises to do both. This is half an hour of stand-up, sketches, Michael Morpurgo discovers the reaction to the 1870 Forster A Word in Your Ear and investigative satire. And at the core of the show are Rory's Education Act, marking the start of compulsory education for The dark, surreal goings-on in a nightclub owned by Dr incisively funny interviews with the most informed guest all. Caligari. A late night DJ drops in. Starring John Woodvine. commentators on the current political scene. FRI 15:00 Vivat Rex (b01hc5tn) From 1991. More global crises, more political scandal, more jokes with the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] word fiscal in them - and some truly brilliant impressions: a FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01hc5tv) shot in the arm for satire lovers everywhere. Mel Giedroyc hears more of the top 50 stories from the BBC Producers: Simon Jacobs & Frank Stirling Radio 2 Chris Evans 500 Words short story competition. And A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4. it's the last episode in our story Huckleberry Finn. FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b01hc2x3) FRI 17:00 Millport (b0075t3w) Series 6 Series 1 On the Carpet Lineage The floor of Murray's cabin aboard HMS Troutbridge is bare - Big brother Gordon has returned to Millport on the tiny Isle of and Phillips wants it to stay that way. Cumbrae, off the west coast of Scotland. But Irene wonders why anyone would return once they've had Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the chance to escape? the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson, Richard Caldicote as 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better Captain Povey and Heather Chasen as Heather. life on the mainland. Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Moira ...... Janet Brown Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen Alberto/Robert/Bob ...... Lewis McLeod series between 1959 and 1976. Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley Doogie ...... Matt Costello Scripted by Lawrie Wyman Gordon/Minister ...... Robert Paterson Producer: Lucy Bacon Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000. FRI 17:30 Ring Around the Bath (b01hc2x1) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jm5c) FRI 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8d) Series 1 Episode 3 Escape from Prison the Burkiss Way Haensel Sethria warns Elise Judd, and Saul Judd is summoned Improve your IQ and go on the Auntie Quiz in the cult sketch to meet Selwyn Fist. show. Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - The Burkiss Way to dynamic living - radio's first and under - Bath. correspondence course. No stamp needed. Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd Dynamic instruction from Denise Coffey, Nigel Rees, Chris Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd Emmett and Fred Harris. Freddie Jones .... The Scribe Dynamic scripts by Andrew Marshall, John Mason and David Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife Renwick with dynamic production by Simon Brett. Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1976. Gordon Reid .... Priscus FRI 09:00 North East of Eden (b01hc5tl) Michael Stroud .... Stranger Spirits Jonathan Tafler .... Landlord The discovery of an ancient relic brings pilgrims to Paradise, Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist but Marcia is also praying for a miracle when errant boyfriend John Abineri .... Roman Officer Clem pays a visit. Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. about a GP living on a remote island off the coast of Music realised by Robin Lever. Northumbria. Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) Dr Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Hjorst …. Niall Ashdown FRI 18:30 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Joseph …. James Garbutt Hodgson (b007wznx) Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern 2. The Siege Ralph …. Stephen Thirkeld After beginning to read the ragged manuscript purporting to be William …. Sammy Johnson written by an old recluse, the narrator and his sister face the Producer: Kathy Smith swine-like supernatural creatures' terrifying siege... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997. Read by Jim Norton. FRI 09:30 Puzzle Panel (b00yrrgg) First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy Episode 8 novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. Scratch your head along with Chris Maslanka, Dr Victor Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. Bryant, Dr Doreen Baxter and William Hartston. From July Producer: Lawrence Jackson 1998. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. FRI 10:00 Vivat Rex (b01hc5tn) First broadcast in September 2007. Corruption FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b01hc2x3) Richard Burton narrates the playwrights' tale of the English [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Crown. Falstaff gathers a very small army. Stars Billie FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jm5c) Whitelaw. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 11:00 Red Herrings (b00v7760) FRI 20:00 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmtf) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/