Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 April 2011 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 23 APRIL 2011 The Royal Dingle Company invites Brian Cox to run a Bard's Series 1 tragedy masterclass. Stars Patrick Barlow. From September The Enemy Within the Gates SAT 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b1p28) 1995. As their new uniforms arrive, Captain Mainwaring's platoon try Small Gods SAT 04:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcn) to capture Germans - for a cash reward. Episode 1 The Brothers Faversham The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard Set in a complex state of beliefs, Great God Om appears before Leonidas Faversham platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. a novice monk - and is soon coming out of his shell... The story of Victorian Britain's most reckless living explorer - Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV There are gods everywhere on Discworld - you can't swing a Leonidas Faversham. scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. simian librarian without hitting one - except, of course, only a The comedy sketch trio present swashbuckling tales of four Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe few people can see them. Each small god lies in wait, brothers born into the same privileged aristocratic family - Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier desperately seeking to make someone believe in him. On Horatius, Theseus, Leonidas and Augustus. Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn Discworld, gods need people more than people need gods, for Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Private Walker …. James Beck belief is the food of the gods. Tuck. Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Terry Pratchett's four-part comic fantasy starring Carl Prekopp, Alexandra Faversham ... Ingrid Oliver Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Patrick Barlow and Alex Jennings. With Anton Lesser as the Narrator... Miles Jupp. Captain Winogrodzki …. Carl Jaffe, Narrator. Producer: Julia McKenzie Other parts …. David Sinclair Narrator ...... Anton Lesser Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in January 2008. Announcer …. John Snagge Om ...... Patrick Barlow SAT 05:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008gbr6) Producer: John Dyas Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp The Bread of Heaven First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974. Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings Jesus renames Simon and stirs anger. Dorothy L Sayers' cycle SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b010m3qg) Nhumrod ...... Geoffrey Beevers of plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Sasho ...... Philip Fox SAT 05:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lrnj) SAT 16:00 Kind Hearts and Coronets (b007jnpv) General Fri'it ...... Sean Barrett Southward Again [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Quisitor ...... Gerard McDermott With the Jupiter stranded, thoughts of rescue fade as the chums SAT 17:30 The House I Grew Up In (b007wwtj) Other parts played by the cast. realise who is roaring towards them. Read by Michael Palin. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Dramatised by Robin Brooks. From August 1981. SAT 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vc8bl) Producer: Claire Grove SAT 06:00 Kind Hearts and Coronets (b007jnpv) 4. Rescue Director: Gordon House Louis Mazzini is accused of the one murder he didn't do. Ealing Dandy spy hero Lucifer Box must rescue the 'perfect victim' to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2006. comedy adaptation with Harry Enfield as the D'Ascoyne family. foil Olympus Mons' dastardly plan to raise the devil. SAT 00:30 Legacy (b00tkd06) Harry Enfield, Michael Kitchen, Haydn Gwynne, Timothy Mark Gatiss continues his own novel. Episode 2 Bateson and David Lodge star in a comedy of murders. Abridged by David Jackson Young. Legacy - devised by David Ian Neville, Episode Two by David Louis Mazzini (Michael Kitchen) should be heir to a dukedom Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Bishop. but his family, the snobbish D'Ascoynes (all played by Harry Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first Following the death of their grandmother Rose, twins Jules and Enfield), have cut Louis off because his mother married badly. broadcast in 2010. Harry have been left a legacy. But as they begin to discover it is Vengeful and hate-filled, he sets out to regain his rightful place SAT 18:30 Nathaniel Hawthorne - Rappaccini's Daughter no ordinary legacy. Rose worked for the secret services during by wreaking revenge on the D'Ascoyne family, but is then (b00qxcff) the war and helped design The Legacy Project - a deadly secret arrested for a killing he didn't commit. Student Giovanni becomes obsessed with a mysterious girl weapon. Now years later it is still operational and Rose's life Adapted from the Ealing screenplay. living next door. Dark sci-fi romance starring Joseph Cohen- ambition was to get it taken out of service one way or another. Produced by Andy Jordan. Cole. As a committed pacifist she believed such weapons should be First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996. SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller (b008kjhy) de-commissioned. Jules and Harry have been left the challenge SAT 07:30 The House I Grew Up In (b007wwtj) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] to complete Rose's last wish to see The Legacy Project finally Series 1 SAT 22:00 Saturday Stand-Up (b010m3qq) de-activated. Jackie Kay Stephen K Amos Using clues and codes left by Rose, Harry has managed to Recalling a childhood in Glasgow which inspired her to write, The popular comedian entertains an audience at London's penetrate the secret bunker complex that contains the nerve the poet takes Wendy Robbins to meet her mum and dad. From Monday Club venue in 2007. centre of The Legacy Project. But unknown to him his presence August 2007. SAT 22:45 Fabulous (b00hs90r) has been noted and others are searching the complex trying to SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b010m3qg) Series 1 find and eliminate him. Series 6 Episode 3 Meanwhile Jules is desperate to find out what has happened to Episode 22 Faye's cooker is beeping, work deadlines are looming and flat- Harry. A series of voicemail messages reveal he is exploring the From Atlanta, the American funny man welcomes bluegrass hunting sucks... bunker complex. But in a final message she hears Harry band Steep Canyon Rangers and blues singer EG Kight. From Daisy Haggard stars as Faye in Lucy Clarke’s sitcom about a shouting for help, trapped in a plunging lift. 2010. woman who wants to be fabulous but can't cope. Now Jules has to get into the secret bunker and try and rescue SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller (b008kjhy) With: Harry. John Shuttleworth Olivia Colman Cast: The Sheffield singer selects Alison and Maud, Saturday Night Adam Buxton JULES...... Jenny Hulse Fry, We Interrupt This Programme, Clare In The Community, Katy Brand HARRY...... Samuel Jameson some Shuttleworths, plus Roy D Mercer makes a phone call. Eve Dallas STERLING...... Kim Gerard SAT 12:00 Sherbet Dolls (b010m3qj) Jot Davies ROSE...... Joanna Tope An entertaining drama serial exploring the magnetism and Music by Osymyso. ARMITAGE...... Nick Underwood expanding phenomena of children's beauty pageants. The Producer: Simon Nicholls COYLE...... Robin Laing Ratcliffe family are on a journey in search of fame. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007. Produced & Directed by David Ian Neville SAT 13:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010m3ql) SAT 23:00 The Phone (b010m4hd) A BBC Scotland Radio Drama and BBC Scotland New Media Jilly Cooper Jon Sen - Tourist Trap co-production. The writer inherits Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and passes When Charlotte picks up the wrong bag at the airport, a break There is also an online audio game linked to LEGACY. on 'Something Good' from The Sound of Music. on a Greek island becomes a holiday from hell. Stars Chris SAT 01:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv7w) SAT 13:15 Sneaky Peeks (b010m3qn) Pavlo. See You Outside Boots in Oxford Andi Osho presents the show that sneakily peeks at the best bits SAT 23:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hxqdk) Mark and his manic mutt look for the enigmatic Jennifer in the of Radio 4 Extra's comedy coming your way in the week ahead. Episode 7 city of dreaming spires. Stars Timothy Spall. From December SAT 13:30 What's So Funny? (b010lz2b) In tailing a murder suspect, has the Swedish Inspector 1992. [Repeat of broadcast at 02:00 today] Wallander met his match? Henning Mankell's thriller read by SAT 01:30 Genius (b00brvcm) SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b007k370) David Warner. Series 1 Series 4 SAT 23:45 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hxyxt) Neil Innes The Silent Bugler Episode 8 From bunk chairs to helium-filled bubble wrap. It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to Dresden Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander makes an important discovery in Dave Gorman asks musical comedian Neil Innes to select the on a deadly mission his murder probe. Henning Mankell's thriller read by David public's best loopy idea. Warner. Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius Milligan. inventions, schemes and policies of the public. SUNDAY 24 APRIL 2011 Producer: Simon Nicholls Starring: First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005. SUN 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vc8bl) SAT 02:00 What's So Funny? (b010lz2b) Peter Sellers [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Series 1 Harry Secombe SUN 00:30 Nathaniel Hawthorne - Rappaccini's Daughter Episode 3 Spike Milligan (b00qxcff) Rufus Hound and guests with news, reviews and previews of [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] what's happening in comedy this week. First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b010m3qg) SAT 02:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b010m0bb) recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Series 1, Episodes 5-6 shows weren’t kept in the archive. SUN 02:00 Sherbet Dolls (b010m3qj) There's a surprise in store for Alice and Jamie's enjoying the [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] party scene, in the Ambridge Extra Omnibus. With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. SUN 03:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010m3ql) SAT 03:00 Jane Austen (b007js3g) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:05 on Saturday] Sense and Sensibility Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. SUN 03:15 Sneaky Peeks (b010m3qn) Barton Cottage [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] It's 1810. Widow Mrs Dashwood and her three daughters are Announcer: Wallace Greenslade SUN 03:30 What's So Funny? (b010lz2b) forced to move to Devon. Stars Jane Leonard and Abigail [Repeat of broadcast at 02:00 on Saturday] McKern. Producer: Peter Eton SUN 04:00 Kind Hearts and Coronets (b007jnpv) SAT 04:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2q6) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954. SUN 05:30 The House I Grew Up In (b007wwtj) Episode 3 SAT 14:30 Dad's Army (b007jlcs) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 April 2011 Page 2 of 7 SUN 06:00 Daughters of Britannia Omnibus (b00c8tmz) and Bill Oddie. As Mortimer Hive enters the lion's den, can the inspector Episode 1 Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge unravel the wicked web? Colin Watson mystery with John Inspired by her mother's experiences, Katie Hickman examines First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in January 1969. Rowe. the lives of 'diplomatic women' through their letters and diaries. SUN 15:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jv7w) MON 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4nk) SUN 07:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010m610) [Repeat of broadcast at 01:00 on Saturday] The Defence of Guthrie Featherstone Colin Rowe SUN 16:00 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010m612) Rumpole recalls the tale of a philandering member of The actor inherits 'Two Little Boys' sung by Rolf Harris and [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] chambers. passes on 'Somewhere' sung by Tom Waits. SUN 16:30 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pr5y8) "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". SUN 07:15 Maeve Binchy - Love in the Afternoon [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law (b010m0bd) SUN 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b010m3qg) Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. 'My mother always [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] With Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Angela Thorne as told me life is a matter of luck.' Read by Adjoa Andoh. SUN 18:00 Torchwood (b010m6lc) Marigold Featherstone and Michael Elphick as Bertie Timson. SUN 07:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b010hcwk) The Dead Line Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Series 3 Cardiff's alien-hunters probe a spate of locals left in coma-like Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- Episode 3 trances triggered by phone calls. Stars John Barrowman. by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Arthur Smith presents comedy and music from his flat in SUN 18:45 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b010m6lf) Court of England and Wales. Balham, south London. The Nine Billion Names of God Director: Ian Cotterell With stand-up comedy from Sean Lock in the living room, Superiority First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Annette Fagon on the landing and music from Squeeze in the In war, the more technologically advanced side can still be MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b00fnbtb) kitchen. defeated. John Shrapnel reads Arthur C Clarke's short story. Series 1 Producer Alison Vernon-Smith. SUN 19:00 Josephine Cox - The Lion's Den (b010m618) Episode 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] The battle commences to bring the opera festival to SUN 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k370) SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b010m0bb) Killycromper Hall. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Saturday] Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in SUN 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jlcs) SUN 19:45 Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday] (b010m61b) every home. Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. SUN 09:00 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010m612) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Episode 3 SUN 20:00 The Goon Show (b007k370) Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine Malebron continues to seek Findhorn in Elidor. Meanwhile, [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday] McCartney as Vivienne Boal, John Hewitt as Guard Gallagher The Evil are closing in on the Treasures as they intensify their SUN 20:30 Dad's Army (b007jlcs) and Gerard McSorley as Stumpy Bonnar. effort to break through worlds. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday] Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. Roland senses that he and his family are in danger, but his SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010m614) Director: Eoin O'Callaghan strong imagination threatens to tip the balance. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. Alan Garner's classic fantasy adventure dramatised in four-parts SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b010m616) MON 07:30 Chain Reaction (b00mj5rt) by Don Webb. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today] Series 3 Stars Mossie Cassidy as Roland, Raffey Cassidy as Helen, SUN 22:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b010hcwk) Phill Jupitus Interviews John Hegley William Rush as Nicholas, Stephen Hoyle as David, Toby [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] The comedian and comic poet get chatting in the tag talk show, Hadoke as Malebron and Fiona Clarke as Mrs Watson. SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsmr) where one week's guest is the following week's interviewer. Original music composed by Ian Williams Series 1 MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007k26b) Directed at BBC Manchester by Charlotte Riches. The Curse of the Mastersons Series 2 Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2011. 1760: Aristocratic rabbits and emancipation? The Curse of the Black Stumps SUN 09:30 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pr5y8) An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - Dark doings for Kenneth Horne in 'The Curse of the Episode 3 based entirely on audience suggestions. Blackstumps', while Julian and Sandy don tights for a very Bona Dorothy and friends must kill the Wicked Witch of the West to Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Jim Ballet finally get their wishes granted. Stars Maureen Lipman. Sweeney and Phelim McDermott. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010m614) Producer: Phil Clarke Pertwee. Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Julia Donaldson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993. Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith Kirsty Young presents gems from the Desert Island Discs SUN 23:00 All Bar Luke (b00thdt4) Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Library. In the fourth in our series, we hear from the creator of Series 1 comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric 'The Gruffalo', who was castaway in 2009. Luke in Casualty Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b010m616) The loser is in hospital after a drunken kiss with Hayley. Will Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Sir Peter Hall only his heart be broken? Stars Tim Key. From February 2006. scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and The theatre director and founder of the Royal Shakespeare SUN 23:15 Adam and Joe's Famous Guy (b010m7g6) 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Company discusses his career in conversation with Mark "I'm the best at pretending..." catchphrases and double-entendres. Lawson. Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish star in the tale of Manthea Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser SUN 11:00 Josephine Cox - The Lion's Den (b010m618) Shringleton, a journalist sent to interview a reclusive Hollywood Hayes Four. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. A young man star. Producer: John Simmonds assumes he'll never find his heart's desire. Read by Robert Written by Adam Buxton. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1966. Glenister. Producer: Claudine Toutoungi. MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b010mztj) SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b010m0bb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. Series 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Saturday] SUN 23:30 Elvenquest (b00kfgcx) Episode 4 SUN 11:45 Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany Series 1 Investigating hobbies - and Professor Prune's Electric Trousers (b010m61b) Episode 4 end up deep in the briny. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. A control freak is Sirens interrupt a sea crossing. Are they what they seem? Starring: forced to attend a Tuscan cookery course. Read by Candida Fantasy comedy starring Darren Boyd and Dave Lamb. From Tim Brooke-Taylor Benson. May 2009. John Cleese SUN 12:00 Daughters of Britannia Omnibus (b00c8tmz) Graeme Garden [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] David Hatch SUN 13:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010m610) MONDAY 25 APRIL 2011 Jo Kendal [Repeat of broadcast at 07:05 today] Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie with John SUN 13:15 Maeve Binchy - Love in the Afternoon MON 00:00 Torchwood (b010m6lc) Junkin and John Cleese. (b010m0bd) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] MON 00:45 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b010m6lf) 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and SUN 13:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b010hcwk) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] quickly developed a cult following. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010m614) Music and songs by Liam Cohen and Dave Lee. SUN 14:00 The Sunday Format (b010hhvv) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge Series 1 MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b010m616) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1969. Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] MON 09:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue Your radio version of the quality newspapers - plus lifestyle pull- MON 02:00 Josephine Cox - The Lion's Den (b010m618) (b007jq2b) out sections. With Tracy-Ann Oberman. From March 1999. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Series 1 SUN 14:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcn) MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b010m0bb) Cults [Repeat of broadcast at 04:30 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Saturday] Radio's sofa-bound daytime presenter duo look at cults and the SUN 15:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b010hcq2) MON 02:45 Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany plight of the homeless Series 7 (b010m61b) Bill Dare's sitcom starring Robert Duncan as Mike and Julia Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] Hills as Sue. New town education - and Professor Prune's time travel MON 03:00 The Sunday Format (b010hhvv) With Debbie Isitt, Roger Blake, Mark Kilmurry and Dan adventure continues in Elizabethan England... [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Sunday] Strauss. Starring: MON 03:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcn) Music by Mark Burton. Tim Brooke-Taylor [Repeat of broadcast at 04:30 on Saturday] Producer: Pete Sinclair John Cleese MON 04:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b010hcq2) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996. Graeme Garden [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday] MON 09:30 Safety Catch (b00fc4vp) David Hatch MON 04:30 Boogie Up the River (b007jv7w) Series 1 Jo Kendal [Repeat of broadcast at 01:00 on Saturday] Show Me You Care Bill Oddie MON 05:00 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010m612) Simon McGrath likes to think of himself as a good citizen. Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] He donates blood, recycles his newspapers and has adopted two Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue MON 05:30 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pr5y8) tigers. 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] He just also happens to be an arms dealer... quickly developed a cult following. MON 06:00 Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b010mxq5) Starring Darren Boyd as Simon McGrath. Music and songs by Liam Cohen, Dave Lee, Graeme Garden Episode 6 First of three series of Laurence Howarth’s black comedy of Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 April 2011 Page 3 of 7 modern morality. Other parts played by the cast. 1. Proverbs and Punctures from Hell With: Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Feisty detective superintendent Julie Enfield investigates an Joanna Page Producer: Claire Grove inexplicable killing at the British Library in London. Lewis MacLeod Director: Gordon House Imelda Staunton stars as Julie Enfield in Nick Fisher’s Sarah Smart First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006. atmospheric four-part thriller. Brigit Forsyth MON 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2c2) Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton Ben Onwukwe Hell Screen by Ryunosuke Akutagawa 1/2 Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews Producer: Dawn Ellis When a mighty medieval Japanese Lord clashes with an Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007. arrogant painter, tragedy is sparked. Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe MON 10:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b010mztl) Ryunosuke Akutagawa's chilling horror story read in two-parts Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw Series 3 by Togo Igawa. Richard Baker ...... Ioan Meredith Episode 4 Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories Arthur Morton ...... Stephen Thorne Arthur Smith presents comedy and music from his flat in from around the world. Tony ...... Sean Baker Balham, south London. Tales from Japan, Delhi, Eastern Europe, the Welsh borders Terry Faulkner ...... Hugh Dickson With Billy Jenkins, Kevin Eldon, Imran Yusef plus poetry from and America show how fantasy is at its best when used to Sal ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman Kate Fox explore the preoccupations of everyday life. Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith Translator: Jay Rubin Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011. Director: Gemma Jenkins Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott MON 10:30 The House I Grew Up In (b007wwtj) Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2007. Producer: Richard Wortley [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007k26b) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997. MON 11:00 Jane Austen (b007js5r) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsgf) Sense and Sensibility MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b010mztj) The Show Folk Lucy Steele [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Rumpole recalls the case of an actress accused of murder. Willoughby's departure leaves Marianne distraught - and Elinor MON 20:00 Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b010mxq5) "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". gets shocking news. Stars Jane Leonard and Abigail McKern. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007k26b) MON 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4nk) Horace Rumpole. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] With Derek Farr as Mr Justice Skelton, Peter Woodthorpe as MON 12:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b010dk23) MON 21:00 Jane Austen (b007js5r) Tommy Pierce and Jonathan Scott as Jarvis Allen. Series 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Episode 3 MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b010dk23) Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to MON 22:30 The Pickerskill Reports (b00mlw59) Court of England and Wales. see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their Series 1 Director: Ian Cotterell opponents. Crispin Biggerstaffe First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Arthur Smith, Tony Hawks, Rhod Gilbert and Charlie Brooker Ian McDiarmid stars as Dr Henry Pickerskill retired English TUE 07:00 Hordes of the Things (b007jqyx) are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on master of Haunchurst School for boys, looking back on his most Episode 4 subjects as varied as: Mice, Soup, Television and Sir Walter favourite pupils and their fortunes in the adult world based on Can the assembled forces of Radox the Green win the battle? Raleigh. their school reports and their letters to him after they left. The conclusion of Andrew Marshall and John Lloyd's epic The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the Pickerskill is forced by the Warden, A.R.F. Somerset- Tolkien parody. team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Stephenson to intercept intimate letters left carelessly by a love King Yulfric the Wise …. Paul Eddington Producer: Jon Naismith sick pupil as they threaten to expose and embarrass the boy's The Chronicler …. Patrick Magee A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. father, a well-known Conservative MP. Crown Prince Veganin …. Simon Callow MON 13:00 Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b010mxq5) Dr Henry Pickerskill ..... Ian McDiarmid Agar …. Christian Rodska [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Crispin Biggerstaffe ..... James Rowland Radox the Green …. Frank Middlemass MON 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007k4nk) ARF Somerset-Stephenson ..... Mike Sarne Queen Elfreda …. Maggie Steed [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Chadwick ..... Tom Kane The Evil Flesh-Eating Lord of Craarn …. Aubrey Woods MON 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpkp) Calman ..... Louis Williams Baddedas the Blue …. Ballard Berkeley On Display Mrs Pickerskill / Bernadette Feane ..... Abigail Hollick Hob-Lob, The Monstrous Spider …. Bob Grant From Alexander the Third's coronation to encountering China's Written and Directed by Andrew McGibbon. Xanspur, the Skylord …. Michael Cule Dowager Empress. Katie Hickman presents more diplomatic Producer: Nick Romero Golin Longshanks …. Jonathan Lynn tales. A Curtains For Radio production for BBC Radio 4. Producer: Geoffrey Perkins MON 14:15 Maeve Binchy - Love in the Afternoon MON 23:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b010mztl) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1980. (b010m0bd) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 07:30 The Sunday Format (b010m61d) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00rgpbw) Series 1 MON 14:30 Martin Jarvis - Acting Strangely (b007k14l) Series 1 Episode 4 Look, Move, Speak Gold Card Is Cheese the New Fish? Radio's quality newspaper - plus Recalling the influence of comedian Tommy Trinder, Martin John Weak puts the man into management. lifestyle pull-out sections. With Rebecca Front. From March Jarvis reveals some of the more bizarre events from his life on He's randy, devious, sexist and drink-sodden, a high-powered 1999. stage. marketing director with the morals of a skunk, the skin of a TUE 08:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? MON 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History rhino and the brain of a one-celled organism. (b007md8j) (b010n1c8) Alexander Armstrong stars as John Weak in Guy Browning’s Boys' Night In Childhood sitcom. Terry's in despair over his mate Bob's stag night. Adam Nicolson's story of the popular British garden, started in John Weak ...... Alexander Armstrong Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier and Rodney Bewes as 1932 by grandparents Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson. Hayley ...... Clare Perkins Bob Ferris. With Michael Stainton. MON 15:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008gcnt) Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La The Feast of Tabernacles Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook Frenais. Jesus draws some unwelcome attention. Dorothy L Sayers' cycle Tim Smallwood ...... Ewan Bailey Adapted for radio and produced by John Browell. of plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf. Debbie ...... Colleen Prendergast Audio recovered from a BBC Treasure Hunt. MON 15:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m72r) Producer: Jonquil Panting First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1975. A New Peril First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005. TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fp) As the evil McBain plots to steal the gold, the air ace flies off in Series 2 pursuit. Michael Palin reads Captain WE Johns' adventure. Make Short Programmes the Burkiss Way From August 1981. TUESDAY 26 APRIL 2011 The Eurovision Raquel Welch Gag Contest begins in the MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010n1cb) correspondence course that promises you one free laugh. Mel Giedroyc introduces Funny Friends Susan Calman and TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b50xj) With short comedic instruction from Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees, Sarah Millican, bakes a cake for the upcoming royal wedding [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Chris Emmett and Fred Harris and swoons at the voice behind her Daily Dalek. TUE 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2c2) A short comedy script by Andrew Marshall and David MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b00fnbtb) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Renwick. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 01:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue Short sharp production by Simon Brett. MON 17:30 Chain Reaction (b00mj5rt) (b007jq2b) Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] 1977. MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b50xj) TUE 01:30 Safety Catch (b00fc4vp) TUE 09:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx5n) Small Gods [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Miss Willow and the One-Eyed Gentleman Episode 2 TUE 02:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b010mztl) "I'm afraid you're too trusting for your own good, Miss Willow. Novice priest Brutha has been selected by Deacon Vorbis to go [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Believe me, appearances can be very deceptive..." on a secret mission to the infidel city of Ephebe. TUE 02:30 The House I Grew Up In (b007wwtj) Hapless vicar Timothy Carswell visits some of the more sinister The Great God Om, who is stuck in the body of a small tortoise, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] members of his flock. is going with him in a little wicker basket. TUE 03:00 Jane Austen (b007js5r) Stephen Sheridan's six-part series stars James Grout as the Terry Pratchett's comic Discworld fantasy starring Carl [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Reverend Timothy Carswell, Margaret Courtenay as Miss Prekopp, Patrick Barlow and Alex Jennings. With Anton Lesser TUE 04:00 Ballylenon (b00fnbtb) Tilling, Jean Heywood as Miss Tapp, Jacqueline Tong as Hilary as the Narrator. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] and Patricia Hayes as Miss Willow. Narrator ...... Anton Lesser TUE 04:30 Chain Reaction (b00mj5rt) Producer: Lissa Evans. Om ...... Patrick Barlow [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991. Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp TUE 05:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008gcnt) TUE 09:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c3b7g) Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday] Series 1 Aktor ...... Philip Fox TUE 05:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m72r) The Pride and the Peacemaker Xeno ...... Sean Barrett [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Monday] Renaissance Italy's Prince Ludovico buys a cannon, and Captainr ...... Gerard McDermott TUE 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wltd) Princess Plethora wants to confess. Stars David Swift. From Sergeant ...... John Cummins Leaves of the Dead April 2001. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 April 2011 Page 4 of 7 TUE 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b010n406) Arrogant painter, Yoshi-hidday, puts his daughter's life in Feisty detective superintendent Julie Enfield begins to unravel Series 1 terrible danger. the murder in the British Library when she learns of a second Episode 7 Ryunosuke Akutagawa's chilling horror story concluded by killing - a new "mummy" in the Egyptian rooms... Fallon's got a busy day ahead, and Alice is glad to be back Togo Igawa. Imelda Staunton stars as Julie Enfield in Nick Fisher’s home. Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories atmospheric thriller. TUE 10:15 Josephine Cox - The Lion's Den (b010m618) from around the world. Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Translator: Jay Rubin Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews TUE 10:30 Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song Director: Gemma Jenkins Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone (b010n408) Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007. Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe "Don't laugh at me 'cause I'm a Fool" sang Norman Wisdom in TUE 19:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw his first film [in a starring role] Trouble In Store in 1953. (b007md8j) Ken ...... Ioan Meredith Very soon afterwards it reached number three in the hit parade. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Tony ...... Sean Baker Comic legend Norman Wisdom talks about this and the songs TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fp) Terry Faulkner ...... Hugh Dickson special to him. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast With Mike Craig. TUE 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wltd) Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon Producer: Mike Craig [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1993. TUE 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsgf) Producer: Richard Wortley TUE 11:00 Jane Austen (b007js7y) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997. Sense and Sensibility TUE 21:00 Jane Austen (b007js7y) WED 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsgq) The Truth about Willoughby [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] The Fascist Beast Rumoured to be engaged to Willoughby, Marianne is still TUE 22:00 Down the Line (b010dp1c) Rumpole takes on a new pupil and defends a racist politician. pursued by Colonel Brandon. Stars Jane Leonard. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". TUE 12:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? TUE 22:30 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007k4p6) Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law (b007md8j) Cutting Edge Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Sean and Hamish board Boris' Disco Ship to convert offshore With John Bott as Judge Jameson, Michael Spice as Guthrie TUE 12:30 Down the Line (b010dp1c) ravers into fresh, young listeners. Featherstone, Lockwood West as Mr Keith and Saeed Jaffrey as Series 4 Surreal comedy starring award-winning double act Sean Foley Lutuf Khan. Episode 6 and Hamish McColl, the Right Size. Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the With: Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The Rose English by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Fast Show. Count Arthur Strong Court of England and Wales. Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Chris Lamer Director: Ian Cotterell. Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson and Mark Stevens WED 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1gh) Paul Whitehouse. Producer: Lissa Evans Episode 4 Special guests are Adil Ray and Arabella Weir. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000. All at sea, Mr Finchley discovers the dignity of labour and visits Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b007wlpq) an old haunt. A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. Series 1 Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his TUE 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007wltd) The Old Lock-keeper horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of Kent. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Writer Ed's week is marred by a death, deceptive junk mail and Richard Griffiths stars as Mr Finchley. TUE 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsgf) some huge egos. With John Bird as Mr Blain, Clive Swift as the Captain, Auriol [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Welcome to the world of Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, Smith as Mrs Maberley, Richard Ridings as Duffy and Albert TUE 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpl6) consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail. Welling as Mr Greevey. Playing by the Rules He may have only one pair of trousers and a seven-figure Narrated by James Villiers. From quarrelsome fundraising to being affable to bores - Katie Amazon sales ranking, but no writer knows more about Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman. Hickman's tales from British diplomatic wives and daughters. freeloading than Ed Reardon. Producer: Gareth Edwards TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b010n406) Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1993. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. WED 07:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jmlh) TUE 14:30 Martin Jarvis - Acting Strangely (b007k15x) Featuring: Series 1 Try to Look Scared Philip Jackson Episode 4 Performing with Sian Phillips, the budding actor gets Alice Lowe Stuck in concrete and about to be shot, the comedian's life frightening blackouts. More stage recollections read by the Geoffrey Whitehead flashes before his eyes. With Dave Lamb. From September author. Emma Kennedy 1998. TUE 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History (b010n4n3) Geoffrey McGivern WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp42) Family Stephanie Cole Series 5 Adam Nicolson recalls life at the famous Kent garden. His Ronnie Golden The Threatening Letters mother leaves the family home, and tourism takes over from John Fortune The lad is full of the joys of Spring - until the postman arrives. farming. Dan Tetsell Starring Tony Hancock. TUE 15:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008ggwh) Rita May With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth The Light and The Life Producer: Simon Nicholls Williams. Lazarus lives. Has Jesus gone too far? Dorothy L Sayers' cycle First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005 Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. of plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf. TUE 23:30 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jgq2v) Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. TUE 15:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m9sh) Series 1 Producer: Tom Ronald Ginger Acts Alone! Lord of the Onion Rings First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1958 . Trapped in a flaming jailhouse by the angry mob, the air ace is Ed fancies Elaine. So does his boss. But in another world, WED 08:30 Ken Dodd's Palace of Laughter (b007jx7q) left with two equally harrowing choices. Read by Michael Palin. mighty Ed can smite his enemies. With Owen Evans. From The veteran comedian's fun-packed Tickle Tour arrives at From August 1981. August 2000. Crewe's Lyceum Theatre. With Peter Goodwright. TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010n4t1) WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvs5) Mel Giedroyc celebrates the birthday of Bridget Jones actress Series 1 Rene Zellweger and continues the current story Goodnight Mr WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL 2011 Episode 5 Tom. Ken Handley fancies a winter break, but can he escape the ad TUE 17:00 Hordes of the Things (b007jqyx) WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b8rpc) agency? Stars Martin Jarvis and Wendy Richard. From [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] February 1982. TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b010m61d) WED 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2m4) WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b010nn2p) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Comedy panel game with Humphrey Lyttelton, Willie Rushton, TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00b8rpc) WED 01:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From Small Gods (b007jx5n) May 1982. Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] WED 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010m614) Ephebian philosophers argue violently among themselves but WED 01:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c3b7g) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] they're no match for Deacon Vorbis. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b010m616) However one philosopher, Didactylos, is prepared to stand up to WED 02:00 Ambridge Extra (b010n406) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] him. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED 11:00 Jane Austen (b007jsb5) Terry Pratchett's comic Discworld fantasy starring Carl WED 02:15 Josephine Cox - The Lion's Den (b010m618) Sense and Sensibility Prekopp, Patrick Barlow and Alex Jennings. With Anton Lesser [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Delaford, House and Parsonage as the Narrator. WED 02:30 Norman Wisdom - The Singer and the Song Elinor is pained by thoughts of Edward marrying Lucy Steele - Narrator ...... Anton Lesser (b010n408) and Marianne gets sick. Stars Jane Leonard and Abigail Om ...... Patrick Barlow [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday] McKern. Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp WED 03:00 Jane Austen (b007js7y) WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp42) Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Didactylos ...... Gerard McDermott WED 04:00 Hordes of the Things (b007jqyx) WED 12:30 Act Your Age (b010dqgb) Urn ...... John Cummins [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Series 3 Nhumrod ...... Geoffrey Beevers WED 04:30 The Sunday Format (b010m61d) Episode 5 Sergeant Simony ...... Nick Sayce [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy Other parts played by the cast. WED 05:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008ggwh) generations to find out which is the funniest. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday] Will it be the Up-and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Producer: Claire Grove WED 05:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m9sh) Guard who will be crowned, for one week at least, as the Director: Gordon House [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Tuesday] Golden Age of Comedy? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006. WED 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nn2k) Jon Richardson is joined by Carl Donnelly, Lucy Porter is TUE 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2m4) Leaves of the Dead paired with Justin Edwards and Tom O'Connor teams up with Hell Screen by Ryunosuke Akutagawa 2/2 2. Stacks and Baps and Amulets Norman Lovett. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 April 2011 Page 5 of 7 Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews. minus a high-tech crew. Stars Jim Field Smith. From October departments. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011. 2005. Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma WED 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nn2k) Ronald, John Graham and Ronald Baddiley. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. WED 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsgq) THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2011 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from WED 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jplq) THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b00bdjq2) 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, Getting to Know the Country [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows From Persia to Paris - Katie Hickman reveals how some THU 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2ty) in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC diplomatic women relished their destination, but others were [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Radio 4 Extra. not so keen. THU 01:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvs5) Producer: Edward Taylor WED 14:15 Katie Fforde - A Fortnight in Tuscany [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1970. (b010m61b) THU 01:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b010nn2p) THU 08:30 The Al Read Show (b008zdfh) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Episode 4 WED 14:30 Martin Jarvis - Acting Strangely (b007k177) THU 02:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010m614) Hospitals, the Post Office and noisy neighbours. Good Luck, Please! [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] A compilation of the legendary Northern comic's 1950s From making films to his passion for working in radio, the THU 02:50 Front Row Interviews (b010m616) monologues. actor recalls the highlights of his career. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] Originally produced at BBC North by Ronnie Taylor WED 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History THU 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jsb5) Compilation produced by Mike Craig. (b010nn2r) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1998. Dealing With the Trust THU 04:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1gh) THU 09:00 No Commitments (b007jp3j) Reading his account of the famous Kent garden, Adam [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Series 8 Nicolson wants to create an organic farm, but others aren't so THU 04:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jmlh) Wanderlust sure. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] Roger is tempted to stray, but he'd be keeping it in the family. WED 15:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008h949) THU 05:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008h949) Stars Rosemary Leach and Bill Nighy. From January 2002. Royal Progress [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday] THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b00b71dv) Baruch the Zealot has plans for Jesus. Dorothy L Sayers' cycle THU 05:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007mc8q) From Belfast, chairman Nicholas Parsons welcomes Paul of plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf. [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Wednesday] Merton, Clement Freud, Sir Tim Rice and Gerry Kelly. From WED 15:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007mc8q) THU 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nnhx) February 1998. At the Eleventh Hour Leaves of the Dead THU 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b010nrtp) Tied to a tree, will the air ace and his chums meet an untimely 3. Welcome To The Nightmare Series 1 end? Michael Palin concludes Captain WE Johns' adventure. Feisty detective superintendent Julie Enfield probes a third Episode 8 From August 1981. killing. Could it be a ritual murder? The party lifestyle is wearing thin for Jamie, while Alice and WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010nn6r) Imelda Staunton stars as Julie Enfield in Nick Fisher’s Chris are making plans. Mel Giedroyc goes fishing for piranhas in Guyana and hears the atmospheric thriller. THU 10:15 Loose Ends (b010k3rm) musical choices of seafood chef and restauranteur Rick Stein. Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, WED 17:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1gh) Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews music and comedy. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone Clive is joined by the entertainer, raconteur and former WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007jmlh) Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe politician Gyles Brandreth. His one man comedy show covers [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw all aspects from his life and was a sell out success at the WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b00bdjq2) Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast Edinburgh Festival last year. London folk get a chance to see Small Gods Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon him and The One to One Show at The Riverside Studios in Episode 4 Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott Hammersmith in May. Deacon Vorbis has returned triumphantly to Omnia. He Producer: Richard Wortley Paul Merson was a hugely successful football player for Arsenal proclaims himself the One True Prophet. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997. and England. Now he's written his memoir 'How Not to Be a But Brutha knows what really happened in the desert and the THU 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsh4) Professional Footballer'. Top tips on what NOT to do include: Great God Om is still out there, stuck in the body of a tortoise. The Case of Identity not getting drunk enough to forget the 90 minutes of football Conclusion of Terry Pratchett's comic Discworld fantasy Rumpole deals with some dubious alibis in court and in you've just played, not to share a house with Gazza and not to starring Carl Prekopp, Patrick Barlow and Alex Jennings. With chambers. place £30,000 bets at the bookies. Paul is now a panellist on Anton Lesser as the Narrator. "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". SkySports' weekend football results show, Soccer Sunday. Narrator ...... Anton Lesser Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Following a BBC television adaptation starring Billie Piper, the Om ...... Patrick Barlow Horace Rumpole. author of A Passionate Woman, Kay Mellor talks to Clive about Brutha ...... Carl Prekopp With Robert Harris as Mr Justice Vosper, Michael Spice as the confession of an affair made to her by her mother. Kay Vorbis ...... Alex Jennings Guthrie Featherstone, Brian Carroll as Erskine-Brown and takes on the emotional role of playing her mother Betty on stage Fergman ...... Gerard McDermott Amanda Murray as Phillida Trant. in Ipswich and Oldham over the next couple of months. Urn ...... John Cummins Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Arthur Smith tries a spot of Sign Spinning under the tutelage of Nhumrod ...... Geoffrey Beevers Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- 'spinstructor' Max Durovic. It's America's fastest growing form Sergeant Simony ...... Nick Sayce by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal of outdoor advertising - a mix of break dancing and acrobatic Death ...... Michael Kilgarriff Court of England and Wales. performance whilst waving a six foot advertising board around Other parts played by the cast. Director: Peter King your body! Dramatised by Robin Brooks. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. There's music from London based six-piece skiffle group, The Producer: Claire Grove THU 07:00 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn64) Severed Limb. Drawn together from a love of rockabilly, folk Director: Gordon House The Beast in the Cage and the King of Skiffle Lonnie Donegan, they perform their First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006. Victor suffers a bank holiday traffic nightmare stuck in a jam - single Woo Eee Ha Ha! WED 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k2ty) and so do Margaret and Jean! Having toured with the likes of Laura Marling and Mumford Alarm Clock On The Night Table by Zoran Zivkovic Richard Wilson stars as Victor and Annette Crosbie as his long- and Sons, folk popstress Alessi's Ark makes a welcome return An unusual chain of events forces an elderly woman to confront suffering wife Margaret. to Loose Ends, performing The Wire from her new album, a tragedy from her past. Adapted for radio by David Renwick from his BBC TV script. Time Travel. Zoran Zivkovic gripping story is read by Anna Massey. Victor Meldrew ...... Richard Wilson Producer: Cathie Mahoney. Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories Margaret Meldrew ...... Annette Crosbie THU 11:00 Jane Austen (b007jtd1) from around the world. Mrs Warboys ...... Doreen Mantle Persuasion Translated from the Serbian by Alice Copple-Tosic. With Michael Fenton-Stevens, Ainslee Foster, Paul Rogan, Old Friends and New Meetings Director: Gemma Jenkins Stephanie Pack and Keith Wickham. It's 1814 in the village of Uppercross in Somersetshire. Sir Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007. Winning numerous awards, six series were made for TV plus Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall has long since given up any hope WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp42) numerous specials on BBC ONE from 1990 to 2000. of his daughter making a favourable marriage. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Diane Messias But Anne did fall in love, eight years ago, with Frederick WED 19:30 Ken Dodd's Palace of Laughter (b007jx7q) First broadcast in February 1995 on BBC Radio 2. Wentworth , a young man with no fortune and no family [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lxh3r) connections. She was persuaded to give him up - and he's not WED 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nn2k) Series 2 forgiven her... [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Johannesburg Starring Juliet Stevenson and Sorcha Cusack WED 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsgq) When Carolyn makes a foolish bet with her pilots, what better First published in 1817, Jane Austen's novel dramatised in three [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] place for a race against time than a sleepy Spanish airfield? Plus parts by Michelene Wandor. WED 21:00 Jane Austen (b007jsb5) we learn about the thermodynamic properties of boiled sweets Anne Elliot …. Juliet Stevenson [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] and the kinetic thrust of white wine. Jane Austen …. Sorcha Cusack WED 22:00 Act Your Age (b010dqgb) Starring Captain Wentworth …. Tim Brierley [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole Sir Walter Elliot …. Roger Hume WED 22:30 Naked Radio (b00mbvf9) 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam Elizabeth Elliot …. Claire Faulconbridge The Scottish comedy team pokes fun at topical events. From Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch Mr Elliot …. Peter Harlowe Glasgow's Tron Theatre. With Elaine C Smith. From May 1987. Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore Mary Musgrove …. Kathryn Hurlbutt WED 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007m9zv) Senor Quintanilla ..... Michael Fenton-Stevens Charles Musgrove …. Alister Cameron Series 1 Diego ..... Javier Marzan Little Charles …. John Abell Games Written by John Finnemore. Henrietta Musgrove …. Alison Dowling Philosophy takes a back seat when ex-Olympic champions Produced & directed by David Tyler Louisa Musgrove …. Jayne Dowell demand a free restaurant meal. Stars Stephen Moore. From A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 Mrs Musgrove …. Sheila Grant December 2000. THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b010nrtm) Lady Russell …. Patricia Gallimore WED 23:30 Deep Trouble (b00sg1sj) Bringing the House Down Admiral Croft …. Jeffery Dench Series 1 A new office block is on the agenda. But it's a bit too close to Sophia Croft …. Tina Gray Episode 1 home for Mildred. Mrs Clay …. Hedli Niklaus Britain 2012. Nuclear submarine HMS Goliath is on patrol, A weekly tribute to all those who work in government Mrs Smith …. Carole Boyd Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 April 2011 Page 6 of 7 Mr Shepherd …. Stephen Hancock THU 21:00 Jane Austen (b007jtd1) Munroe, Charles Hayter …. Clive Marlowe [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Captain Harville …. Paul Alexander THU 22:00 The Simon Day Show (b010dw09) Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- Captain Benwick …. Tony Turner [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Square piano (William Rolfe and Sons c 1810) played by THU 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k0r6) Court of England and Wales. Kenneth Mobbs Series 1 Director: Peter King Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Vanessa Whitburn. A Very Important Visitor First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1986. Take a wander around the Museum of Everything- an infinite FRI 07:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b010nrtm) gallery of strange exhibits and stranger characters. Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2xh) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Learn about Mary Queen of Scots' execution and enjoy the Episode 4 THU 12:30 The Simon Day Show (b010dw09) Sheriff of Nottingham Medieval Disco Experience The Royal Dingle Company wreak havoc in Stratford-Upon- Series 1 Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins Avon. Stars Patrick Barlow and Louise Lombard. From Geoffrey Allerton and Dan Tetsell. September 1995. Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The With Lucy Montgomery. FRI 07:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcq) Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. Each Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker. The Brothers Faversham week one of Simon's characters come to perform at The Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor Augustus Faversham Mallard and we hear the highlights of that night's show along First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004. The story of Victorian Britain's most celebrated magician - with the backstage and front-of-house goings on at the theatre THU 23:00 Comic to Comic (b0081mmm) Augustus Faversham. itself. Series 2 The comedy sketch trio present swashbuckling tales of four In show one the theatre is visited by acclaimed Yorkshire poet, Adam Hills brothers born into the same privileged aristocratic family - Geoffrey Allerton (Simon Day). Geoffrey reads poems and The champion of celebratory comedy, Adam Hills chats about Horatius, Theseus, Leonidas and Augustus. excerpts from his recent memoir "Marking Time" and struggles some of his most memorable gigs. Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom to get a hot meal from sound and lighting technician, Goose Series in which Bruce Morton talks to top stand-up comedians Tuck. (Felix Dexter). Meanwhile in the bar two local mums are about life, the universe and comedy. Alexandra Faversham ... Ingrid Oliver getting to know each other over several bottles of wine. Producer: Carol Purcell Narrator... Miles Jupp. Cast list: First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in Febuary 2006. Producer: Julia McKenzie Geoffrey Allerton ..... Simon Day THU 23:30 Ectoplasm (b007wp38) Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2008. Anna / Claire ..... Catherine Shepherd The Affair of the Baddie's Niece FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007tcd9) Sarah ..... Arabella Weir Lord Zimbabwe and Dr Lilac travel back through the seas of Series 3 Goose ..... Felix Dexter time to the Wild West. Sea Trials of the Poppadom Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall With the help of the good folk of the town of Tombstone, they It's hands across the sea - as the crew of HMS Troutbridge help Written by Simon Day must thwart the evil Waffle Baron Ike Clanton. to commission a foreign frigate. Produced by Colin Anderson. Dan Freedman and Nick Romero’s comedy about the THU 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nnhx) swashbuckling exploits of Lord Zimbabwe, occultist and Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] adventurer. the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, THU 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsh4) Lord Zimbabwe ...... Nick Romero Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Dr Lilac ...... Dan Freedman Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Ronnie Barker and Michael THU 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpm7) Ike Clanton ...... Owen Oakeshott Bates as the Potarneylanders. Painting on the Smiles Miss Clanton ...... Sophie Aldred From a ball for 30,000 to entertaining at home - Katie Hickman Priest ...... Colin Guthrie Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS reveals how being on show wasn't all fun for diplomatic women. Ringo ...... Peter Donaldson Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b010nrtp) Other parts played by the cast. series between 1959 and 1976. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Producer: Helen Williams THU 14:30 Martin Jarvis - Acting Strangely (b007k18j) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000. Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. National Curriculum Acting with Judi Dench for Peter Hall and working with Harold Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston Pinter, the actor recalls more career highlights. FRIDAY 29 APRIL 2011 THU 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History (b010nrtr) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November Setbacks and Struggles FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010ns71) 1960. In his account of the famous Kent garden, Adam Nicolson faces [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI 08:30 Harry Worth (b00rl56h) opposition to his plan to return to productive farming. FRI 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k30x) Thirty Minutes Worth THU 15:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008hq13) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] The Burglar The King's Supper FRI 01:00 No Commitments (b007jp3j) Cat burglar Fingers Fogerty pays Harry Worth an unwelcome Jesus issues a new law to live by. Dorothy L Sayers' cycle of [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] visit. plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf. FRI 01:30 Just a Minute (b00b71dv) Starring Harry Worth. THU 15:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jst8) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] With Jacqueline Clarke, Roger John-Lee and Michael Robbins. Episode 1 FRI 02:00 Ambridge Extra (b010nrtp) The amiable, woolly-minded bumbler, causes more confusion! Educated with liberal views, Howard Baker goes to heaven and [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Written by Vince Powell. is pleasantly surprised. Celestial satire read by Martin Jarvis. FRI 02:15 Loose Ends (b010k3rm) Producer: Mike Craig THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010nrtt) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988. Mel Giedroyc gets excited about the royal wedding and finds FRI 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jtd1) FRI 09:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv8w) out whether or not it's possible to kill someone by firing a [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] A Curry at Kelmscot pillow from a canon. FRI 04:00 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn64) Jennifer joins Mark and his mutt's Thames quest, but there is a THU 17:00 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn64) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] surprise on their menu. Stars Timothy Spall. From January [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 04:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lxh3r) 1993. THU 17:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lxh3r) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI 09:30 Genius (b008m9f6) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 05:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008hq13) Series 1 THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010ns71) [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday] Stewart Lee Night Watch FRI 05:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jst8) From a self-cleaning fish tank with a twist to a CD player-cum- Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Thursday] microwave oven? Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. FRI 06:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nwbj) Dave Gorman asks comedian Stewart Lee to select the public's Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch falls through time Leaves of the Dead best loopy idea. and arrives in the city of his youth. 4. Pyramids In The Spider The first of three radio comedy series where award-winning Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised in five parts by Rendered unconscious, detective superintendent Julie Enfield comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the Robin Brooks. has been injected with a deadly drug. ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Are Lawrence Evans and her dad in a position to help? schemes and policies of the public. Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Peter Marinker as Willikins, Clare Conclusion of Nick Fisher’s atmospheric thriller starring Imelda Producer: Simon Nicholls Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Fred Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Staunton as Julie Enfield. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005. Lawn and Matt Addis as Sergeant Knock. Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton FRI 10:00 What's So Funny? (b010nwwc) Director: Claire Grove Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone Episode 4 THU 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k30x) Stephen Arnold ...... Alex Lowe Rufus Hound and guests with news, reviews and previews of The White People by Arthur Machen Amanda Thorne ...... Janet Maw what's happening in comedy this week. The nature of good and evil and the origins of sin are explored Melanie Sharp ...... Colleen Prendergast FRI 10:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b010nwwf) as two learned gentlemen hold a heated theological debate... Dorothy ...... Shirley Dixon Series 1, Episodes 7-8 Arthur Machen's intriguing tale read by Ioan Meredith and Phil Carter ...... Christopher Scott Fallon's got a busy day ahead, and Alice is glad to be back. Louise Collins. Arthur Morton ...... Stephen Thorne FRI 11:00 Jane Austen (b007jtdf) Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories Richard Baker ...... Ioan Meredith Persuasion from around the world. Sal ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman Accidents and Encounters Director: Gemma Jenkins Terry Faulkner ...... Hugh Dickson Captain Wentworth has returned to the village of Uppercross - Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007. Producer: Richard Wortley becoming the centre of social life for the Musgrove family. THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b010nrtm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1997. Only Anne Elliot appears to remember the past and her [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jshh) rejection of his love eight years ago. But is it coldness of THU 19:30 The Al Read Show (b008zdfh) The Expert Witness indifference which she now senses in his attitude towards her? [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Rumpole recalls the case of a GP accused of killing his wife. First published in 1817, Jane Austen's last fully completed THU 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nnhx) "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". novel, dramatised by Michelene Wandor. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Anne Elliot …. Juliet Stevenson THU 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsh4) Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Captain Wentworth …. Tim Brierley [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] With Derek Farr as Mr Justice Skelton and Ellis Dale as Owen Jane Austen …. Sorcha Cusack Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 April 2011 Page 7 of 7 Sir Walter Elliot …. Roger Hume FRI 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jshh) Elizabeth Elliot …. Claire Faulconbridge [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Mr Elliot …. Peter Harlowe FRI 21:00 Jane Austen (b007jtdf) Mary Musgrove …. Kathryn Hurlbutt [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Charles Musgrove …. Alister Cameron FRI 22:00 The News Quiz Extra (b010nyk6) Louisa Musgrove …. Jayne Dowell A new programme for Radio 4 Extra, featuring jokes that you Henrietta Musgrove …. Alison Dowling won't have heard in this week's News Quiz, some clips from the Mrs Musgrove …. Sheila Grant archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material. Lady Russell …. Patricia Gallimore FRI 22:45 Elastic Planet (b007k33s) Admiral Croft …. Jeffery Dench The Zoo Sophia Croft …. Tina Gray Revealing the links between hurdling cattle, the Elephant's Mrs Clay …. Hedli Niklaus Lumberyard, gong beetles, alternative horticulture and the Mrs Smith …. Carole Boyd Llama movies of the early 60s. Captain Harville …. Paul Alexander Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben Captain Benwick …. Tony Turner Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections. Square piano (William Rolfe and Sons c 1810) played by With Julian Pettifer, Brian Hayes, Dan Strauss, Kerry Shale, Kenneth Mobbs Geoff McGivern, Fiona Allen. Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Vanessa Whitburn. Producer: Jon Naismith First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995 FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007tcd9) FRI 23:00 What's So Funny? (b010nwwc) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI 12:30 The News Quiz (b010fd8n) FRI 23:30 Lenin of the Rovers (b007jplc) Series 74 Series 1 Episode 2 Episode 4 Snooping, Superinjunctions, and Sleeping on the Job: iPhone's Britain's first communist football team tackles Germany. But tracking abilities, celebrity gagging orders and an air traffic what about the revolution? Stars Alexei Sayle. From March controller who watched movies on the job get the News Quiz 1988. treatment, in a satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Guests this week are Susan Calman, Matthew Parris, Will Smith and Jeremy Hardy. Charlotte Green reads the news. Produced by Victoria Lloyd. FRI 13:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nwbj) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jshh) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpms) Husbands and Wives Meeting both the diplomatic needs of their partner and the Foreign Office - Katie Hickman shares the advice given to the women. FRI 14:15 Love Stories (b010nxrt) The Lark By Alan Titchmarsh. A widow's life is transformed by an unexpected love affair. Read by Joanna Tope. FRI 14:30 Martin Jarvis - Acting Strangely (b007k19t) Swimming with Sharks Established on stage, TV and radio, the bright lights of Tinsel Town beckon. The actor concludes his career highlights. FRI 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History (b010nxrw) The Way Forward Concluding his recollections, Adam Nicolson must convince his workers to back the garden's return to a working landscape. FRI 15:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008h619) The Princes of this World Jesus has been taken prisoner. Dorothy L Sayers' cycle of plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf. FRI 15:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jstk) Episode 2 Howard Baker can do no wrong up in Heaven - and his wife forgives his bad behaviour. Celestial satire read by Martin Jarvis. FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010nyk2) Mel Giedroyc celebrates the royal wedding, listens to the latest Sneaky Peeks for the comedy week ahead and enjoys the final chapter of Goodnight Mr Tom. FRI 17:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2xh) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 17:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcq) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010nyk4) Night Watch Episode 2 Chasing a villain called Carcer, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch has been thrown back in time. The Old Watch are a lack-lustre bunch and they've taken him prisoner. Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks. Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Peter Marinker as Tilden, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn and Matt Addis as Knock. Director: Claire Grove First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. FRI 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b0084sqq) Delhi by Vandana Singh A man living in present-day Delhi is haunted by visions of the city as it was in the past - and how it will be in the future... Vandana Singh’s story is read by Shiv Grewal. Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories from around the world. Director: Gemma Jenkins Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007. FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007tcd9) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 Harry Worth (b00rl56h) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 20:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b010nwbj) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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