Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 January 2015 Page 1 of 9 SATURDAY 24 JANUARY 2015 Swann. Doberman's suspicions are aroused. Boxer is just and is determined to find out what really happened and who is aroused... to blame... SAT 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00r9y29) Alastair Jessiman's comedy police drama features grizzled old- Dario Fo's world famous comic masterpiece is a biting satire on Salley Vickers - Dancing Backwards school, cardigan-wearing detective, DI Bob Boxer - and more police corruption. Episode 5 instinctive, BlackBerry-wielding young sidekick, DS Shona Adapted by award-winning comedian Jeremy Hardy. Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel, Doberman. Adrian Edmondson ..... Maniac Dancing Backwards Listen out for a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo from one of the Jennifer Saunders ..... Maria Feletti Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone, she stars of the show which "inspired" Boxer and Doberman - ITV's Jill Gascoine ..... Superintendent decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old friend, Taggart. (Clue: his appearance is a tea-time treat...) Stephen Frost ..... Inspector Bertozzo Edwin, in New York. DI Boxer ..... Finlay Welsh John Forgeham ..... Inspector Pissani As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins to DS Doberman ..... Anita Vettesse Mark Steel ..... Constables blossom - learning to ballroom dance, taking up smoking again, Marion Swann ..... Juliet Cadzow From Gillian Hanna's translation and Gavin Richards' stage befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in her time Mackenzie Baxter ..... Sean Scanlan adaptation. alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a student at Joe Macnamarra ..... Alastair Jessiman Producer: Turan Ali. Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets Edwin. Edwin, it Director: David Jackson Young First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1992. soon becomes clear, is someone she's betrayed and someone Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in SAT 07:15 RD Wingfield (b00sw79x) she's both terrified and desperate to see again. The story that 2010. The Cellar unfolds about the young Violet holds the secret to that betrayal. SAT 02:30 Gershwin's Horns (b00bc2r4) Behind a bricked-up entrance lurks a suspenseful tale of horror In tonight's episode, Edwin discovers that Violet's been keeping Rainer Hersch explores the musical significance of unusual below stairs. Stars John Pullen and Rosalind Ayres. a rather surprising secret from him. instruments, including cannons, car horns, anvils, typewriters SAT 07:30 Faking the Classics (b00t5z90) Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a critically and salad bowls. All have featured in concert performances Shakespeare acclaimed, best-selling novelist whose work includes Mr over the past 200 years, but who plays them? How fraudsters and tricksters have set out to fool us with Golightly's Holiday, Instances of the Number 3, Miss Garnet's With the help of two leading British percussion players, Mick counterfeits passed off as the work of the Bard. Jonathan Bate Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's Angel and The Doran and Neil Percy, Rainer explores the soundscape that can investigates. Other Side of You were both popular Book at Bedtimes. Last conjured up by bowing a cymbal, rubbing a plastic cup on a SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b0076q7j) year she dramatised her version of the Oedipus myth, Where gong or hitting a car suspension spring with a hammer. Farewell to Winston Three Roads Meet, for Radio 4's Afternoon Play slot. Before SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04sy4tx) Nicholas Witchell remembers the winter's day on 30th January becoming a full time writer she was a psychoanalyst. 1-5 December 1914 (Season 2 start) 1965 when the sleet fell - and a generation who had lived and Produced by Kirsty Williams. Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. In the first omnibus served through the Second World War lost an iconic leader. SAT 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life edition of Season 2, everyone is looking to do their bit for the The grandeur of Churchill's state funeral saw a procession (b00njctg) war effort. With Deborah Findlay, Rachel Shelley, Katie through the City of London, plus the coffin's final voyage down Alternative Homes Angelou. the River Thames to the Royal Festival Hall and on to Waterloo Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the Station. From there the coffin was taken by train to its final hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first-hand Written by: Sarah Daniels resting place at Bladon Parish Church, Oxfordshire. accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never Story-led by: Katie Hims With excerpts from the original BBC commentary by Richard been heard before. Including songs which have been specially Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews Dimbleby and Raymond Baxter, the programme recollects the recorded for the series. Music: Matthew Strachan thoughts and feelings of the wartime generation. With Homes were exposed to huge forces of change in the 19th and Sound: Martha Littlehailes interviews with those were in the crowd or part of the 20th century, responding to industrialisation, pollution, and the Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. procession. Features: Winston S Churchill, Nicholas Soames, imperial mission. Prof Vickery explores how they remained SAT 04:00 Carys Bray - Sweet Home (b04yg5pg) Lord Deedes, Lady Soames, and Peter Dimmock. idealised havens in a heartless, dirty world. Under Covers First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005. 'Home means a place to go to when you are in trouble. A place Carol Evans's bra has blown off the washing line into some tall SAT 09:00 Poetry Puh-lease (b050bh69) sadly altered by war. A place to glorify when away and rely on leyandii. As she struggles to retrieve it, two teenage girls next Comedy and poetry have always had strong links, with many always...' So reported one woman to the Mass Observation door laugh cruelly at their elderly, widowed neighbour. Their comics and poets blurring the boundaries. Now, comedian survey. Prof Vickery explores the enduring pull of a home of thoughtless comments are juxtaposed with Carol's own Kevin Eldon takes us on a three hour walk along the fine line one's own. recollections of her deceased husband - with whom she between the two. Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and continued to enjoy a warm and loving relationship following her With the occasional input of his poet alter-ego, Paul Hamilton, Simon Tcherniak. mastectomy. Clever and moving story read by Emma Fielding. Eldon presents a rich collection of radio comedy that celebrates Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Carys Bray's collection of short stories, Sweet Home, won the the risible and funny side of poetry, including Tim Key's Late Owen Norris at the keyboard. 2012 Scott Prize. Night Poetry Programme; The Simon Day Show; Sir Ralph A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. With psychological insight and lightness of touch frequently Stanza's Letter From Salford and the classic episode of SAT 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00rkdgq) found in fairy tales, Carys Bray delves under the surface of Hancock's Half Hour, The Poetry Society. Susan Hill - The Beacon ordinary lives to explore loss, disappointment, frustrated There is also a look back at the life of the cult poet Hovis Inheritance expectations and regret. Described as 'not just excellent, but Presley, some scholarly input from Cariad Lloyd, and a brand Dramatisation by Anita Sullivan of the novel by Susan Hill. significant', by poet and critic Robert Sheppard, these dark and new interview between Kevin Eldon and the magnificent John Frank turns up unexpectedly at the farm and the will is read. lyrical stories illuminate extraordinary and everyday Cooper Clarke. May Prime ...... Manon Edwards occurrences with humanity and humour. Along the way there is a rich mix of poetry that might be funny, Frank Prime ...... Steffan Rhodri Bray's stories are never afraid to expose the darkness that exists sometimes cringe-worthy, occasionally absurd, sporadically Colin Prime ...... Iestyn Jones behind suburban front doors, but at their heart are brave, nonsensical, but often brilliant. Elsa ...... Eiry Thomas moving evocations of what it means to be at home with those SAT 12:00 Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections Omnibus Berenice Prime ...... Siriol Jenkins you love. (b050bhnz) Radio Interviewer ...... Mark Lawson Abridged by John Peacock Episode 3 Doctor Ford ...... Richard Mitchley Producer David Blount First ever dramatisation of Jonathan Franzen's darkly comic TV Interviewer ...... Sian Williams Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. 2001 novel about the tribulations of a dysfunctional Midwestern TV Interviewer ...... Kirsty Wark SAT 04:15 Nan Woodhouse (b007jx5f) family, starring Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Maggie Taxi Driver ...... Dick Bradnum Now or Never Steed, Colin Stinton and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Dramatised by Produced and Directed by Kate McAll. Age is no barrier for a group of older people who decide to Marcy Kahan. SAT 00:45 Michael Crawford - Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied make their wishes come true. Stars Thelma Barlow and Alfred and Enid Lambert, a Midwestern couple in their With String (b019fx7g) Katherine Parr. seventies, are on board a cruise ship in the North Atlantic. Enid Episode 5 SAT 05:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b00kn4l8) is determined to enjoy this long-awaited holiday, but Alfred's The tribulations and ultimate triumph of 'The Phantom of The Series 4 behaviour is increasingly unpredictable. Meanwhile, their three Opera'. Michael Crawford concludes reading from his In the News adult children face complications of their own. autobiography. The difference between fact and fiction and opinion...that's Cast: SAT 01:00 Jest a Minute (b01789l0) easily defined isn't it? Ask Miss Reid. Narrator.....Richard Schiff Series 2 School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge. Ten series Enid Lambert.....Maggie Steed Episode 3 of this King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998. King Alfred Lambert.....Colin Stinton Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff. Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. Gary Lambert.....Richard Laing With Lucy Porter, Milton Jones, Lloyd Langford and Chris Stars Brigitte Forsythe as Mrs Eastwood, Marlene Sidaway as Chip Lambert.....Julian Rhind-Tutt Corcoran. Miss Lewis, Michael Cochrane as Mr Maxwell, Teresa Denise Lambert.....Roslyn Hill Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn. Gallagher as Miss Featherstone, Jacqueline Beatty as Miss Reid, Don Armour.....Shaun Mason First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2006. Janice Acquah as Mrs Khan, Paul Copley as Mr Long and Brian Callahan.....Ian Conningham SAT 01:30 Meet the Parents (b01pmfs6) Amanda Gordon as Miss Spivey. Robin Passafaro.....Kelly Burke Series 3 Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Mrs Nygren.....Hannah Genesius AL Kennedy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005. Sylvia Roth.....Elaine Claxton Award-winning, Scottish novelist AL Kennedy returns to her SAT 05:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b00805nv) Ted Roth.....David Acton mother's house in Bidford-upon-Avon for a good old blether. Series 3 Gitanas Misevicius.....Sam Dale Their stories literally take us around the world from Stratford to Episode 3 Caroline Lambert.....Jane Slavin Australia and back to Dundee. Their shared love of literature Mrs Roberts faces fallout from an outspoken member of the Caleb Lambert.....Adam Thomas Wright and Shakespeare is inherent and their conversation is peppered parish council. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1990. Jonah Lambert.....Sean McCrystal with lovely anecdotal stories from Alison's childhood and the SAT 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen (b04yg66w) Directed by Emma Harding books they would often read together. A Sticky End The Corrections was awarded the National Book Award in SAT 02:00 Boxer and Doberman (b00wh02c) The thrilling conclusion to this space adventure with the 2001, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2002. It was Series 2 World's Most Fabulous Man. Kenny Everett's sci-fi serial from included in TIME magazine's list of the 100 best English- The Black Widow 1976. language novels since 1923. When Boxer and Doberman are called to investigate the brutal SAT 06:00 Dario Fo - Accidental Death of an Anarchist Jonathan Franzen is the author of four novels (Freedom, The murder of a popular Scottish actor, they become entangled (as (b01s63cx) Corrections, Strong Motion, and The Twenty-Seventh City), you do) in a web of intrigue. While in police custody a suspected terrorist 'fell' to his death two collections of essays (Farther Away, How to Be Alone), a Things get even stickier when Boxer seems to fall for the from the fourth floor of Police HQ. personal history (The Discomfort Zone). murdered man's widow - seductive breakfast TV star Marion But someone, disguised as a maniac, has got into the building Marcy Kahan is a playwright and radio dramatist. Recent radio Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 January 2015 Page 2 of 9 work includes two series of Lunch for BBC Radio 4 (starring SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture (b00sh2f1) Episode 10 Claire Skinner and Stephen Mangan) and Mr Bridger's Orphan. Series 3 Bona news about a new LP - and who killed Cock Robin? Theatre work includes 20 Cigarettes (Soho Theatre) and the Napoleon Bonaparte Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and stage version of When Harry Met Sally (Theatre Royal The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the announcer, Douglas Smith. Haymarket). life and career of the battling French emperor. From October After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans SAT 13:05 Inheritance Tracks (b04dq55n) 2002. for the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead - Jennifer Saunders SAT 23:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b00mbvf7) using an old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title - Comedian Jennifer Saunders chooses the Q5 theme by Spike Series 1 Kenneth joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition Milligan, and Kate and Anna McGarrigle's song 'Talk to Me of Education and was also reunited with his "Carry On" film co-star Joan Mendocino' sung by Kate and her children Rufus and Martha Exploring a fresh theme each week, the award-winning Sims. Wainwright. comedian hosts stand-up and sketches. With Ivan Brackenbury. Written by Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer. SAT 13:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kbz4s) From July 2008. With the Max Harris Group. Series 1 Producer: John Simmonds High Society First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1970. At the opening of Parliament, Charles Dickens meets Lady SUNDAY 25 JANUARY 2015 SUN 09:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3c2) Kames and his editorial judgement is scrutinised. Stars Jamie Our Foreign Correspondent Glover. SUN 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007jt88) Our Foreign Correspondent: Amy heads to Europe, while Jo SAT 14:00 Dad's Army (b007k1s5) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] makes a friend in New York. Stars Buffy Davis, Gayle Series 1 SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b0076q7j) Hunnicutt and Anne Marie Zola. The Man and the Hour [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN 09:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00csypl) 14th May 1940: George Mainwaring, manager of Swallow's SUN 02:00 Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections Omnibus Letting in the Jungle Bank in Walmington-on-Sea, answers his country's wartime call (b050bhnz) Mowgli mounts a rescue and meets the Father of the Cobras. to form a platoon of Local Defence Volunteers - with the help [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Stars Nisha K Nayar, Eartha Kitt and Jonathan Hyde. of a misfit bunch of tradesmen and bankers. SUN 03:05 Inheritance Tracks (b04dq55n) SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b050bny6) Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC [Repeat of broadcast at 13:05 on Saturday] Absent Friends TV, these specially adapted radio versions began recording with SUN 03:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kbz4s) Sue Townsend the original cast. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] 4 Extra Debut. From Jack Teagarden to Tchaikovsky, the Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe SUN 04:00 Dario Fo - Accidental Death of an Anarchist Adrian Mole author shares her castaway choices with Sue Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier (b01s63cx) Lawley. From December 1991. Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading (b00zm31t) Private Fraser …. John Laurie SUN 05:15 RD Wingfield (b00sw79x) Census 2011 Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Saturday] Realm of the Census Private Walker …. James Beck SUN 05:30 The Rest is History (b04y9v20) Rebecca Elise reads a new story by Louise Welsh, written to Private Pike …. Ian Lavender [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] mark the national census. A lonely girl takes a low-paid job, Announcer …. John Snagge SUN 06:00 Susan Hill - The Beacon Omnibus (b050bmmw) chasing census evaders, which leads to a disturbing encounter in Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV Frank Prime's quest for fame and fortune is about to spark a dark tenement. scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad. disaster for his family back at their remote farm. Stars Manon Louise Welsh is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, Producer: John Dyas Edwards. playwright and journalist. Her works include novels 'The First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1974. SUN 07:15 Terry-Thomas - Top of the Town (b012lk2m) Cutting Room' and 'Naming the Bones', and stage plays 'Panic SAT 14:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jqc5) Episode 2 Patterns' and 'Memory Cells'. Louise Welsh is Writer in Hidden Treasure Poking fun at bands in a surviving series extract from gap- Residence at the University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Pike and Hodges call in a clairvoyant to help them locate the toothed, cad playing comic actor, Terry-Thomas. Art. rumoured booty hidden somewhere on the pier in Frambourne- Top of The Town ran for two series of 16 hour-long SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour (b050bs79) on-Sea. programmes, broadcast weekly between 1953 and 1955. Series 1 A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, With Joan Sims and Leslie Mitchell. Peering Into Space Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee. Programme based on an idea by Terry Thomas A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting Arthur Wilson …. John Le Mesurier Script editor: Jimmy Grafton speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Frank Pike …. Ian Lavender Producer: Dennis Main Wilson. stage. Bert Hodges …. Bill Pertwee First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1954. Guy Raz investigates our sense of wonder and curiosity about Miss Perkins …. Vivienne Martin SUN 07:30 Sketchorama (b01kbg7m) our place in the universe. With physicist Brian Greene. Madame Zara …. Betty Marsden Series 1 SUN 11:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl6vd) Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the Episode 2 The Ugly Sister characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. Award-winning character comedian and doyen of sketch A Cinderella pantomime character wonders if her own Prince Producer: Martin Fisher comedy Humphrey Ker presents the pick of the best live sketch Charming is in the audience. Short story read by Lesley Sharp. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1984. groups currently performing on the UK comedy circuit in this SUN 12:00 Susan Hill - The Beacon Omnibus (b050bmmw) SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b0076q7j) brand new showcase - with character, improv, broken and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] musical sketch comedy. SUN 13:15 Terry-Thomas - Top of the Town (b012lk2m) SAT 16:00 Dario Fo - Accidental Death of an Anarchist Humphrey Ker is himself an established sketch performer, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] (b01s63cx) writer, actor and comedian who won the Fosters Edinburgh SUN 13:30 Saturday Drama (b00tjw5p) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh festival in Brian Friel - Translations SAT 17:15 RD Wingfield (b00sw79x) 2011. For five years he was part of the much-loved sketch trio A new production of Brian Friel's masterpiece about language [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] The Penny Dreadfuls, with whom he wrote and performed in a and power. SAT 17:30 The Rest is History (b04y9v20) string of Edinburgh festival smashes, two series on BBC7 and It's the summer of 1833. In a hedge-school in Donegal, the Series 1 two plays for Radio 4. schoolmaster's prodigal son is about to return from Dublin. Episode 6 The sketch groups featured in episode two of Sketchorama are: With him are two army officers. Their aim is to create a map of Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. The Noise Next Door: Tom Houghton, Charlie Granville, Matt the area, and, in the process, replace the Irish place names with This comedy discussion show with celebrity guests promises to Grant, Tom Livingstone and Sam Pacelli have been performing English equivalents. It's an act with unexpected and violent help him find out more about it. their own distinctive brand of off-the-cuff comedy for over six consequences. With Josh Widdicombe, Roisin Conaty and historian in years. They have an uncanny knack of transforming audience Thirty years ago playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea residence Dr Kate Williams. suggestions into fantastically funny scenes and songs in the founded the Field Day Theatre Company in Northern Ireland. A Frank and company navigate their way through the annals of blink of an eye, with a perfect blend of ludicrous characters, company that aimed to provide a 'fifth province' in which time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, oddest, and witty one-liners and epic stories. Ireland's political and social troubles could be explored and re- most interesting moments in history. The Boom Jennies: A trio featuring Lizzie Bates, Anna imagined. Translations was its first production and became an Producers: Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard Emerson and Catriona Knox who produce fun, fast-paced, instant classic. To mark its anniversary, BBC Radio 4 has An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in inventive sketch comedy mixed up with some top-notch tunes. commissioned a new production, specially adapted for radio by January 2015. Jigsaw: Dan Antopolski (Triple Perrier Award Nominee, BBC Michael Duke. SAT 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007jt88) New Comedy Award Winner and Dave's Funniest Joke of the Cast: Time Slip Fringe Award Winner 2009), Tom Craine (BBC National Yolland.....Samuel Barnett Paul Williamson arrives home, only to find himself already Student Award Winner 2006) and Nat Luurtsema (Chortle Best Lancey...... Mark Bazeley there. What exactly is going on? Stars Paul Daneman and Newcomer Nominee 2008) have joined forces to create a hydra- Doalty...... John Paul Connolly Norma Ronald. headed sketch monster. They enjoyed a self-titled Fringe debut Jimmy Jack...... Dermot Crowley SAT 19:00 Poetry Puh-lease (b050bh69) in 2011 featuring well honed, fast paced material. Sarah...... Roisin Gallagher [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Producer: Gus Beattie Manus...... David Ireland SAT 22:00 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. Bridget.....Aoife McMahon (b00tysvb) SUN 08:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel Hugh...... Gerard McSorley Episode 5 (b01dtj7q) Owen...... Eugene O'Hare Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert introduces regulars Lloyd Langford Episode 3 Maire...... Eileen Walsh and Greg Davies, plus Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look "On the Continent they do sincerely believe that every Director: Kirsty Williams. at The Six Stages of Woman. Englishman is mad. They are as convinced of it as is every SUN 15:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel With live music from Divine Comedy. English peasant that Frenchmen live in frogs". (b01dtj7q) Guest comedian: Shappi Khorsandi. Approaching the end of their epic journey by bike, George, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Find out whether animals can have human faces; what annoys Harris and J attempt contemplate the Germans as a nation. SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s3jtl) Rhod about considerate builders; and the most surprising Adapted and performed in three episodes by Jeremy Nicholas. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] location for a postage stamp. Music by Jeremy Nicholas. Performed by The Grimethorpe SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show Producers: Julia Mckenzie and Lianne Coop. Colliery Band (b050bs7f) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 2010. Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Christian the Chelsea Lion, the Kalina Balalaika Band and SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b051vgvt) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984. Channel Swimming The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s3jtl) Highlights from the past week on the 4 O'Clock Show, to Josie Long. Series 2 including Evan Davies playing the comb, Christian the Chelsea Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 January 2015 Page 3 of 9 Lion and an inventor of unusual musical instruments. MONDAY 26 JANUARY 2015 see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their SUN 17:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3c2) opponents. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON 00:00 Nathaniel Hawthorne - Rappaccini's Daughter Ed Byrne, Holly Walsh, Richard Osman and Henning Wehn are SUN 17:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00csypl) (b00qxcff) the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] subjects as varied as Ancient Egypt, ice, rubbish and British SUN 18:00 Nathaniel Hawthorne - Rappaccini's Daughter MON 00:30 HG Wells (b007jzbk) food. (b00qxcff) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the Student Giovanni becomes obsessed with a mysterious girl MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b050bny6) team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. living next door. Dark sci-fi romance starring Joseph Cohen- [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] Produced by Jon Naismith Cole. MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading (b00zm31t) A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. SUN 18:30 HG Wells (b007jzbk) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jrv9) The New Accelerator MON 02:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel Series 1 In the name of science, HG Wells agrees to sample a new drug (b01dtj7q) Museum Piece designed to speed up both body and mind. Read by Robert [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] The determination of Captain Mainwaring and his Home Guard Bathurst. MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s3jtl) platoon to fight to the last man is marred only by one small SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour (b050bs79) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] detail - a total lack of weapons. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON 03:00 Sketchorama (b01kbg7m) The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard SUN 19:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels (b00cl6vd) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] MON 03:30 Saturday Drama (b00tjw5p) Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV SUN 20:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles (b01dtj7q) MON 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives (b008f3c2) Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! (b00s3jtl) MON 05:30 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00csypl) Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] Private Fraser …. John Laurie SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b050bny6) MON 06:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] (b01ms34p) Private Walker …. James Beck SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading (b00zm31t) Callan's Return Private Pike …. Ian Lavender [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] Ex-killer David Callan, now a dead-end book-keeper, is hired George Jones …. Eric Woodburn SUN 22:00 Sketchorama (b01kbg7m) for one last hit on businessman Schneider. Read by Ben Miles. Announcer …. John Snagge [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Originally published in 1969 under the title 'A Magnum for Producer: John Dyas SUN 22:30 Elvenquest (b00vy3n6) Schneider', James Mitchell's novel tells the story of his First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974. Series 2 infamous TV character, David Callan (originally played by MON 08:30 As Time Goes By (b050c2sf) Episode 1 Edward Woodward) and features the other regulars, Hunter, Series 1 The return of the fantasy-based sitcom set in Lower Earth. The Meres and Lonely. Episode 7 intrepid band of Questers, led by Elven Lord, Vidar, set off Callan is washed up. The most efficient killer in Europe is now Lionel invites Jean to share a cruise with him but is puzzled once again on their search for the Sword of Asnagar which is working in a dead-end job as a book-keeper for an ungrateful when she resists the invitation. the only thing that can free them from the tyranny of the evil and miserable boss. But circumstances force British intelligence Starring Judi Dench as Jean and Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel. Lord Darkness. chief 'Charlie' Hunter to re-employ him for one last operation. With Paul Chapman as Stephen and Moyra Fraser as Penny. Joining Vidar on the Quest is Dean, the dwarf, Penthiselea, an His target - German businessman Rudolf Schneider who works With Moira Brooker as Judith, Philip Bretherton as Alistair, Amazon warrior princess, Sam, the human, and Amis, the in an office opposite Callan. Is the fact that the two men work Jenny Funnell as Sandy and Simon Greenall as Mr Atwell. Chosen One (formerly Sam's dog who took human form when in such close proximity a mere coincidence? Or is it all an Adapted from his original television series by Bob Larbey. he arrived in Lower Earth - he alone can wield the Sword of elaborate plan by Hunter? Callan has his suspicions... Producer: Martin Fisher. Asnagar that will defeat Lord Darkness). Hunter has given Schneider a red file and Callan is all too aware A DLT Production in association with the Theatre of Comedy In this opening episode, the Questers are saved from near of the significance of this. Cheerful, friendly, affluent for BBC Radio 2. certain death by a strong and charming loner, who goes by the Schneider with his innocent passion for model soldiers must First broadcast in April 1997. name of Byorthnoth the Brave. But is Byorthnoth quite what he die. Once again Callan's means to an end is petty criminal MON 09:00 Quote... Unquote (b00qgxxd) seems? And does it really matter when he has such lovely hair? Lonely, the most frightened little man in the underworld. It is Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of Meanwhile, Lord Darkness is back from the Void and has Lonely who gets him the gun, a Noguchi Magnum 38 calibre. A quotations and anecdotes. discovered that he's lost his immortality... magnum for Schneider. With guests Ken Bruce, Valerie Grove, Dr Ben Goldacre and Written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto. The operation is fraught with complications, but Callan's own Kwame Kwei-Armah. Sam ...... Stephen Mangan inhibitions are the most dangerous. The reader is Peter Jefferson. Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan Abridged by Adrian Bean MON 09:30 Britain Versus the World (b050crxj) Dean/Kreech ...... Kevin Eldon Producer: Joanna Green Series 1 Elf Lord, Vidar ...... Darren Boyd Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. Episode 6 Byorthnoth ...... Ben Miles MON 06:30 The Bard of Salford (b00b4wtl) The final episode of the comedy panel show that pits two Amazon Princess, Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman Paul Morley traces the life and works of Manchester punk poet British comedians against a team of comics from overseas to Amis, The Chosen One ...... Dave Lamb John Cooper Clarke. find out which side is superior. Producer: Sam Michell Paul looks back at the punk movement in the mid 1970s, its Joining the British captain, Hal Cruttenden, is the English First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010. DIY ethic and popular appeal and how Cooper Clarke, as the comedian Roisin Conaty while the captain of the Rest of the SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b051vh7c) poet of the people, fit into the scene. World - Henning Wehn - is teamed with his fellow German The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats Through exclusive new interviews with Cooper Clarke, Paul stand-up Christian Schulte-Loh. to Josie Long. delves into the most significant moments of his life and career, The contest is overseen by Irishman Ed Byrne who does his SUN 23:00 The Cornwell Estate (b00w7cgy) from his first job as a lab technician at Salford University to very best to stay impartial. Series 2 touring with some of the world's most famous punk bands, his Host Switzerland McNaughtiehorse domestic partnership and shared heroin addiction with Nico, the Ed Byrne Written by Phil Cornwell. use of one of his songs in The Sopranos, his signing to the same Guests Phil Cornwell brings six edgy comic characters to life in a new label as Bob Dylan and his appearance in a Sugar Puffs advert. Hal Cruttenden series of The Cornwell Estate, starring Tony Gardner (Fresh Cooper Clarke has continued to tour and write new work for 30 Henning Wehn Meat), Roger Lloyd Pack (Only Fools and Horses, Vicar of years and despite being exasperated by the 1980s' flamboyant Roisin Conaty Dibley), Simon Greenall (Alan Partridge) Daisy Haggard reaction to punk's DIY ethic, his influence today should not be Christian Schulte-Loh (Psychoville) Ricky Champ (Him and Her, BBC3) Jill underestimated. Jarvis Cocker, Noel Gallagher, Alex Turner of Programme Associate Bill Matthews Halfpenny (Eastenders, Legally Blonde) and Cyril Nri. the Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen and Kate Nash have all cited Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker. Switzerland McNaughtiehorse, Switzy to his associates is a Clarke as an influence, as his distinctive style continues to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015. Bronx, New York ex-pat living on the Cornwell Estate. He is a pervade popular music. MON 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04tlr0j) dedicated anglophile too and finds the differences in American Contributors include Mark E Smith, Pete Shelley, Kate Nash, 8-12 December 1914 and British culture fascinating, especially when it comes to his Phill Jupitus and Clarke himself. This week, newcomers spell trouble for St Jude's and the police special line of work - 'waste disposal'. Phil Cornwell stars. An All Out production for BBC Radio 4. are unprepared for a crime wave... Created by Phil Cornwell and Andrew McGibbon. MON 07:00 North East of Eden (b01h0kpm) Additional material by Nick Romero Cinema Paradiso Story-led by: Katie Hims Producer/Director: Andrew McGibbon Marcia decides to inject a little culture into Paradise and starts a Written by: Sarah Daniels A Curtains For Radio production for BBC Radio 4. film club. Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews SUN 23:15 Knocker (b008j006) But will French art triumph over Mad Max III? Probably not. Music: Matthew Strachan Profitch Rebecca Front and Joan Sims stars in Peter Kerry's sitcom Sound: Martha Littlehailes Market researcher Ian Dunn suffers a shocking epiphany. Stars about a GP living on a remote island off the coast of Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007. Northumbria. Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. SUN 23:30 Jon Ronson On (b00db64g) Dr Marcia Hulme …. Rebecca Front MON 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rb1t7) Series 4 Auntie Annie …. Joan Sims Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir States of Mind Hjorst …. Niall Ashdown As a stranger returns, Hardy's inimitable Wessex characters Jon Ronson looks at how we all exist in different states of Joseph …. James Garbutt recount village tales of Longpuddle life. Read by Richard reality, according to the balance of our minds. Mrs Peevis …. Jean Southern Mitchley. He talks to ex-Labour spin doctor and psychoanalyst Derek Ralph …. Stephen Thirkeld MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b0501kvb) Draper about the sociopathic behaviour in Parliament. Jon also William …. Sammy Johnson Nikki Bedi, Tom Conti, Simon Nicol, Sue Webster, Bidisha, interviews the ex-Norwegian prime minister who resigned after Producer: Kathy Smith Fairport Convention and Rhiannon Giddens announcing he was depressed and who later went on to be re- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997. Clive Anderson is joined by Nikki Bedi, Tom Conti, Simon elected. MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b05061zg) Nicol, Sue Webster and Bidisha for an eclectic mix of There is also an update on a previous story involving ex-MI5 Series 14 conversation, music and comedy. With music from Fairport officer David Shayler, who announced he is the Messiah and Episode 4 Convention and Rhiannon Giddens. invites Jon along to his first press conference. David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians Producer: Sukey Firth. are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jrv9) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 January 2015 Page 4 of 9 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Golding. From 1999. TUE 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014hq46) MON 12:30 As Time Goes By (b050c2sf) The Illustrated History of the Countryside by Oliver Rackham Power Is Happiness [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Publisher: Phoenix Edward Wilson is drawn further into the mysterious MON 13:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan Travels with a Donkey by RL Stevenson machinations of the government. (b01ms34p) Publisher: Everyman Starring Robert Lindsay. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Lord of the Flies by William Golding Futuristic sitcom by Richard Turner and William Osborne with MON 13:30 The Bard of Salford (b00b4wtl) Publisher: Faber & Faber. a nod to George Orwell. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jrv9) Edward ...... Robert Lindsay MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5d) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Sophie ...... Siobhan Redmond Salley Vickers - Dancing Backwards MON 19:30 As Time Goes By (b050c2sf) Charles ...... Paul Shearer Episode 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] With Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Pam Ferris, Richard Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel, MON 20:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan Turner and David Goodland. Dancing Backwards (b01ms34p) Producer: Nick Symons Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone, she [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985. decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old friend, MON 20:30 The Bard of Salford (b00b4wtl) TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04yk55d) Edwin, in New York. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Series 6 As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins to MON 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rb1t7) Gyles Brandreth blossom - learning to ballroom dance, taking up smoking again, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Marcus Brigstocke persuades his reluctant guest to try new befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in her time MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b0501kvb) experiences: things they really ought to have done by now. alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a student at [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Some experiences are loved, some are loathed, in this show all Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets Edwin. Edwin, it MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b05061zg) about embracing the new. soon becomes clear, is someone she's betrayed and someone [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] This week, Gyles Brandreth is persuaded to spend a day doing she's both terrified and desperate to see again. The story that MON 22:30 Britain Versus the World (b050crxj) absolutely nothing, and writes his first ever pop song. unfolds about the young Violet holds the secret to that betrayal. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Produced by Bill Dare. In tonight's episode, Violet will recall how, despite Edwin's MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b051vhll) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015. protestations, she and Bruno made their relationship official. The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Diane Morgan chats TUE 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jlbc) And, aboard ship, she'll make a worrying discovery. to Phil Wang. Series 1 Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a critically MON 23:00 The Now Show (b04yk373) The Economy Drive acclaimed, best-selling novelist whose work includes Mr Series 45 MP Jim Hacker plans to slim down the Civil Service. His own Golightly's Holiday, Instances of the Number 3, Miss Garnet's Episode 3 economy drive will set a personal example - won't it? Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's Angel and The Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week's news via topical Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds. Other Side of You were both popular Book at Bedtimes. Last stand-up and sketches featuring guests Marcus Brigstocke and Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV year she dramatised her version of the Oedipus myth, Where Nish Kumar. between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the Three Roads Meet, for Radio 4's Afternoon Play slot. Before MON 23:30 As Told To Craig Brown (b00bbnxt) hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings becoming a full time writer she was a psychoanalyst. Episode 5 headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and Produced by Kirsty Williams. The Jane Austen industry and car user manuals. obsequious Bernard. MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzk) Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social observation Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington The Sky's the Limit and nonsense. Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne Astronomer Heather Couper charts the history of our growing Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds understanding of the universe and progress of astronomy. From With John Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis Annie Hacker ...... Diana Hoddinot 2008. MacLeod, Sally Grace, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn- Frank Weisel ...... Bill Nighy MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qsw2h) Smith. Sir Frederick ...... Peter Cellier Absent Producer: Victoria Lloyd Nellie ...... Valerie Murray Separation First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008. Ron Watson ...... Milton Johns By Mark Davies Markham. Jane ...... Carol Boyd Tony, a self-employed electrician from Liverpool, has no idea Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. that his wife of eleven years has had enough of him and wants TUESDAY 27 JANUARY 2015 First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983. him out of her and their children's lives for good. TUE 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b050cx7p) Tony ...... Craige Els TUE 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5d) From 20/10/1963 Clare ...... Gillian Kearney [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] Down Your Way is in the village of Knotty Ash, Doddy croons Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough TUE 00:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzk) a ditty and the World's Worst. Aggy ...... Annabelle Dowler [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally Josh ...... Alfie Davies TUE 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qsw2h) edited for sale abroad. Sean ...... Carl Prekopp [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] Starring Ken Dodd. With Judith Chalmers (Wish You Were Directed by Claire Grove. TUE 00:45 Book of the Week (b00r3ykb) Here), John Laurie (Dad's Army), Wallas Eaton, Percy MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r3ykb) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] Edwards, Peter Hudson and The Barry Sisters. Max Hastings - Did You Really Shoot the Television? TUE 01:00 Quote... Unquote (b00qgxxd) BBC Revue Orchestra, Conducted by Malcolm Lockyer Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Script by Ken Dodd and Eddie Braben. Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents, TUE 01:30 A Good Read (b0075gbk) Produced by Bill Worsley roving reporter Mac and glamorous editor Anne. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1963. He came into this world as 'the elephant'. Was everyone TUE 02:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b04yk373) prepared? (b01ms34p) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] With additional readings by Nigel Hastings as Mac and Joanna [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE 09:30 Bristow (b007tdnn) Monro as Anne. TUE 02:30 The Bard of Salford (b00b4wtl) Series 3 Abridged by Penny Leicester. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Of Moles and Men MON 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04tlr0j) TUE 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04tlr0j) The office rebel returns with some inside information which [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] must surely lead to promotion. MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b050cvd2) TUE 04:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rb1t7) Michael Williams stars as Bristow Hurricanes, Nail Polish and a Psammead [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Frank Dickens' sitcom is based on his famous long-running Mel Giedroyc goes behind the scenes of a London beauty salon TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b0501kvb) newspaper cartoon strip about the Chester-Perry buying clerk. and we get introduced to the Psammead in the first part of E [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] Bristow ...... Michael Williams Nesbit's classic tale Five Children and It. TUE 05:00 Second Thoughts (b00lbtl2) Jones ...... Rodney Bewes MON 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00lbtl2) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Mrs Purdy ...... Dora Bryan Series 4 TUE 05:30 North East of Eden (b01h0kpm) Hewitt ...... Owen Brenman Short Change [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Gert ...... Liz Frazer Bill and Faith's dreams of a luxury riverside flat disintegrate TUE 06:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms576) Daisy ...... Joan Sims thanks to her children Hannah and Joe. Preparation Fred Stokes ...... David Battley Sitcom about the battles of married life for ex-divorcees Bill Hunter has tasked Callan to kill German businessman Rudolf Miss Glockling ...... Carol Starks and Faith, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza Schneider. Now all he needs is a gun from Lonely. Teacher ...... Jane Booker and Faith's teenage children. Read by Ben Miles. Miss Sunman ...... Katy Odey Stars James Bolam as Bill, Lynda Bellingham as Faith, Belinda Originally published in 1969 under the title 'A Magnum for Fudge ...... Jon Glover Lang as Liza, Julia Sawalha as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Schneider', James Mitchell's novel tells the story of his Music: John Whitehall Geoffrey Whitehead as Richard, Brian Bowles as Dennis and infamous TV character, David Callan (originally played by Producer: Neil Cargill David Learner as Clayton. Edward Woodward) and features the other regulars, Hunter, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000. Series three of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, Meres and Lonely. TUE 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04v5r6y) husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. Abridged by Adrian Bean 15-19 December 1914 A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran Producer: Joanna Green As Christmas approaches, a spirit of generosity and for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. recklessness fills the air, as all Folkestone is encouraged to give Producer: Paul Schlesinger TUE 06:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dc2mt) themselves to the war. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992. Ancestors MON 17:30 North East of Eden (b01h0kpm) John Sessions series charting the history of popular Written by: Shaun McKenna [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] entertainment in the UK. Story led by: Katie Hims MON 18:00 Quote... Unquote (b00qgxxd) But rather than the usual wade through the shifting sands of Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] film and TV celebrity, John is covering the period before Music: Matthew Strachan MON 18:30 A Good Read (b0075gbk) electronic media. Sound: Martha Littlehailes Mick Aston and Penelope Leach He starts with our medieval ancestors and attempts to unpick a Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. Sarah LeFanu and her guests, archaeologist Mick Aston and few myths about wandering minstrels and motley fools keeping TUE 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rbqc6) childcare specialist Penelope Leach, discuss three favourite the toiling peasants entertained. Tony Kytes, the Arch-Deceiver paperbacks by Oliver Rackham, RL Stevenson and William First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. A comic tale of a local swain who courts rather too many maids Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 January 2015 Page 5 of 9 at once. Read by Richard Mitchley. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED 01:00 The Now Show (b04yk373) TUE 11:15 Father Brown Stories (b010y0sr) TUE 18:30 Comedy's Coming Home (b008142h) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Father Brown - The Secret Garden Kulvinder Ghir WED 01:30 Comedy's Coming Home (b008142h) By G. K. Chesterton. One of the stars of Goodness Gracious Me attempts to bring [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Dramatised by Bert Coules. stand-up to his homeland. But will he get a rude awakening? WED 02:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan Paris, 1911. A dinner party given by Aristide Valentin, Chief of From March 2002. (b01ms576) the Paris Police, is disturbed by the discovery of a stranger lying TUE 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jlbc) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] murdered within the grounds of his high-walled garden. Who is [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 02:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dc2mt) he? How did he get there? And which of the distinguished TUE 19:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b050cx7p) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] guests has committed the gruesome crime? [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04v5r6y) Time for Father Brown to step forward. Intuitive and TUE 20:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms576) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] unassuming, his unremarkable exterior conceals a profound [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 04:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rbqc6) knowledge of human frailty. Who better than a priest to TUE 20:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dc2mt) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] understand the nature and prevalence of evil? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 04:15 Father Brown Stories (b010y0sr) Directed by Kirsteen Cameron. TUE 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rbqc6) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] TUE 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jlbc) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00ttmvh) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 21:15 Father Brown Stories (b010y0sr) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] TUE 12:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b050cx7p) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014hq46) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04yk55d) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] TUE 13:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01ms576) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED 06:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE 22:30 Flight of the Conchords (b007k0zr) (b01msf8g) TUE 13:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dc2mt) Suzanne Doubt [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] The Kiwi band's future is threatened when Bret goes on a date Callan is keen to know why Hunter wants Schneider dead. So TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5g) Improvised comedy from the satirical pop pair, as they align he conducts some background research of his own. Salley Vickers - Dancing Backwards with established comics to poke fun at all aspects of pop music. Read by Ben Miles. Episode 7 Rob Brydon narrates the musical odyssey. Originally published in 1969 under the title 'A Magnum for Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel, Starring New Zealand musical comedy duo, Bret McKenzie and Schneider', James Mitchell's novel tells the story of his Dancing Backwards Jemaine Clement. infamous TV character, David Callan (originally played by Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone, she With: Edward Woodward) and features the other regulars, Hunter, decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old friend, Rhys Darby Meres and Lonely. Edwin, in New York. Neil Finn Abridged by Adrian Bean As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins to Emma Kennedy Producer: Joanna Green blossom - learning to ballroom dance, taking up smoking again, Additional Material by Joel Morris. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in her time Musicians: David Catlin-Birch and Mark Allis. WED 06:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00djlcr) alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a student at Producer: Will Saunders Elizabethan London Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets Edwin. Edwin, it First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2005. Elizabethan London, from Bankside theatre to ringside soon becomes clear, is someone she's betrayed and someone TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b0528332) gambling, from merry jigs to brutal bear-baiting. she's both terrified and desperate to see again. The story that The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Diane Morgan chats John Sessions continues his series charting the history of unfolds about the young Violet holds the secret to that betrayal. to Phil Wang. popular entertainment in Britain, from medieval minstrels to In tonight's episode, Violet and Bruno's recent marriage is TUE 23:00 Scrooby Trevithick (b00rz06w) Victorian freakshows. beginning to look rocky. Journalist First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008. Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a critically Scrooby Trevithick is a six part scripted comedy series written WED 07:00 The Older Woman (b021n6sq) acclaimed, best-selling novelist whose work includes Mr by and starring Andy Parsons following on from the first series Series 1 Golightly's Holiday, Instances of the Number 3, Miss Garnet's aired on Radio 4 18 months ago - The Lost WebLog of Scrooby Episode 3 Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's Angel and The Trevithick. Journalist Roy's plan to insinuate himself further into his old Other Side of You were both popular Book at Bedtimes. Last This second series continues to follow the exploits of the teacher Jane's good books gets a boost when she needs his help year she dramatised her version of the Oedipus myth, Where hapless character of Scrooby (Andy Parsons), an enthusiastic to save a tree. Three Roads Meet, for Radio 4's Afternoon Play slot. Before but flawed wannabe who having returned from his wanderings But a major obstacle remains in the path of fulfilment, in the becoming a full time writer she was a psychoanalyst. is still trying to find himself by zealously posting his web diaries macho form of Chad Mann - Media Hero and Jane's current TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzp) online. lover. Cathedrals of the Cosmos Each episode features him attempting to make a dent in the Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist. Astronomer Heather Couper reflects on the importance of the national consciousness, and in this series, he's helped by his Starring Zoe Wanamaker as Miss Callaghan, Martin Clunes as sun to ancient agrarian society. With Timothy West. good friend Sasha (played by Kerry Godliman). However, his Roy Hitchcock, Toyah Wilcox as Elsa, David Troughton as Mr TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qxzb6) desire for success always takes him one step further than Say, Nicky Henson as Chad, Sue Roderick as Wyn, Geoff Absent prudence dictates. McGivern as Dick, John Baddeley as Mickey, Keith Drinkel as Mediation Episode 5. Journalist. In this episode, Scrooby tries to become a the Reporter, David Holt as the Host and Melanie Hudson as the By Mark Davies Markham. journalist having had a mishap with an inflatable. Presenter. Tony has left his wife assuming that he can see his children The cast features a variety of talented comedians including Producer: Paul Schlesinger: whenever he wants to, but Clare has other ideas. Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh Dennis, Russell Kane, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993. Tony ...... Craige Els Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic Frisby, Paul Thorne, WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? (b04ykd7f) Clare ...... Gillian Kearney Martin Coyote and Barunka O'Shaughnessy. Series 2 Diane ...... Alison Pettitt As always, listeners are encouraged to share their comments The BFF Paul ...... David Seddon with Scrooby at www.scroobytrevithick.com as he needs all the Best Friends Forever. Sean ...... Carl Prekopp advice he can get. Stephen K Amos's sitcom about growing up black, gay and Directed by Claire Grove. The producer is Paul Russell, and this is an Open Mike funny in 1980s south London. TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r3yk2) production for BBC Radio 4. Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. Max Hastings - Did You Really Shoot the Television? TUE 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b01ng89q) Stephen K Amos … Stephen K Amos Episode 2 Series 5 Young Stephen … Shaquille Ali-Yebuah Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents, Turn Around Dave Eyes Stephanie Amos … Fatou Sohna roving reporter Mac and glamorous editor Anne. More shop-based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy Virginia Amos … Ellen Thomas Mac is made a star contributor of Eagle magazine and his gifts courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave. Vincent Amos … Don Gilet for delusion soar. The staff of Fags, Mags and Bags continue their tireless quest to Miss Bliss … Michelle Butterly With additional readings by Nigel Hastings as Mac and Joanna bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with Arabic Jayson Jackson … Frankie Wilson Monro as Anne. writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju has Roy ... Ryan Watson Abridged by Penny Leicester. built the business up over 30 years and loves the art of the shop. Producer: Colin Anderson TUE 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04v5r6y) However, he does apply the "low return" rules of the shop to all First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] other aspects of his life. Then there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00y37bf) TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b050g7ty) and Alok, both surly and not keen on the old school approach to Series 2 Iain Stirling, Rabbits and £10 Notes shopkeeping, but Ramesh is keen to pass all his worldly wisdom The Mock Action Mel Giedroyc chats to comedian and ex-CBBC presenter Iain onto them whether they like it or not! HMS Troutbridge heads to an exercise off of Dover, but Mr Stirling and we hear the second part of Five Children and It, by In this episode, Dave embraces internet dating and gets close to Phillips gets lost in fog... E Nesbit. someone who is passing themselves off as 80s rock goddess TUE 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00ttmvh) Bonnie Tyler. Meanwhile Ramesh has a wobble about his Meat Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as Series 2 Loaf date with Malcolm as it falls on a delicate family the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as Number One, Brideshead Unvisited anniversary. Richard Caldicot as Commander Povey, Ronnie Barker as AS Rick's ex-girlfriend is getting married and the whole family is Producer: Gus Beattie Johnson, Heather Chasen as Heather, Michael Bates as invited. Stella's doubts about an occasion involving the entire A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. Bracewell and Tenniel Evans as the Admiral. Bartholomew clan prove to be justified... Series 2 of Lucy Clare and Ian Davidson's sitcom about topsy- The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC turvy family life. WEDNESDAY 28 JANUARY 2015 Radio between 1959 and 1976. Stars Duncan Preston as Patrick, Penny Downie as Stella, Claudie Blakley as Alison, Bruce MacKinnon as Rick, WED 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5g) Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. Catherine Shepherd as Xanthe, Daniela Denby-Ashe as Egg and [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. Terence Frisch as the photographer. WED 00:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzp) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November Producer: Elizabeth Freestone [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] 1959. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2004. WED 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qxzb6) WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00spmnm) TUE 17:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four (b014hq46) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED 00:45 Book of the Week (b00r3yk2) Episode 13 TUE 18:00 The Now Show (b04yk373) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] Merry cross the Mersey - the team poke fun at Liverpool. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 January 2015 Page 6 of 9 More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and the stories of his mythology onto the constellations in the sky. the anniversary of space. parodies. WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qxzb8) All the news as it happens, if it happens from the BBC's urgent Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Absent and incisive news overview. Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. Assessment Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris. Written by Bill Oddie and Eric Idle. By Mark Davies Markham. With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue Tony goes to a solicitor. He wants 50-50 access to his children, Marber and Doon Mackichan. 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and but his wife threatens to fight him all the way. Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, quickly developed a cult following. Tony ...... Craige Els Steven Wells, David Quantick, Andrew Glover, Stewart Lee Music and songs by Dave Lee, Bill Oddie and Leon Cohen. Clare ...... Gillian Kearney and Patrick Marber. Producer: Humphrey Barclay Helen ...... Joanna Monro Producer: Armando lannucci First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in May 1966. Morley ...... Bruce Alexander First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992. WED 09:00 Foul Play (b00zshr3) Sean ...... Carl Prekopp WED 23:30 The Skivers (b007yt85) Series 4 Josh ...... Alfie Davies Series 2 Murder for Starters Directed by Claire Grove. Adam Ant Crime writers Robert Barnard and Lindsey Davis probe who WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r3yk4) The secrets of Des Lynham and Sue Cook are revealed. wielded a deadly skewer. Max Hastings - Did You Really Shoot the Television? Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with With the help of witnesses played by Maria McErlane and Lee Episode 3 special guest Adam Ant – with his greatest hits heard as never Simpson. Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents, before... Murder mystery panel game chaired by Simon Brett. roving reporter Mac and glamorous editor Anne. Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh. Producer: Liz Anstee Mac leaves for Africa in the footsteps of his relation, Lewis: With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998. there's Stone Age Man to track down. Producer: Jon Naismith WED 09:30 The Atkinson People (b007k271) With additional readings by Nigel Hastings as Mac and Joanna First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995. Barry Good Monro as Anne. A wry, startling, in-depth probe into the life of a spoof pop star. Abridged by Penny Leicester. Stars Rowan Atkinson. From November 1979. WED 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04vjl7f) THURSDAY 29 JANUARY 2015 WED 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04vjl7f) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] 22-26 December 1914 WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b050gqb8) THU 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5j) This week, the Grahams host a family Christmas and Richard Branson, Raspberry Jam and Invisible Wings [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] Folkestone's yuletide festivities don't go entirely to plan. Mel Giedroyc gets out her pots to find out how to make the THU 00:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzr) perfect raspberry jam, and Richard Branson shares his [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] Story-led by: Katie Hims Inheritance Tracks. Plus the third part of Five Children and It. THU 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qxzb8) Written by: Shaun McKenna WED 17:00 Miracles R Us (b00scx37) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews Flux THU 00:45 Book of the Week (b00r3yk4) Music: Matthew Strachan Caroline is running Household Solutions on her own from the [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] Sound: Martha Littlehailes student rooms she is renting - just leaflets through doors, THU 01:00 Foul Play (b00zshr3) Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood offering a family back-up service. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. After a chance meeting, Sylvia is sure she could be helpful to THU 01:30 Off the Page (b0076jxf) WED 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rbw3r) the business. Caroline is sure she couldn't. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] The History of the Hardcomes Sylvia persists and, against her better judgement, Caroline gets THU 02:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01msf8g) Recollections of Tony Kytes' wedding bring to mind the unusual drawn in. Can they manage to turn their service into a good [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] circumstances of the Hardcomes. Read by Richard Mitchley. business? THU 02:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00djlcr) WED 11:15 Drama (b00txj8j) Sitcom in four parts by Lesley Bruce. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] A Nice Little Holiday Sylvia ..... Anna Massey THU 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04vjl7f) By Sarah Wooley Caroline ..... Deborah Findlay [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] 1961. The South of France. On holiday with his mistress, Tanya ..... Alison Pettitt THU 04:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rbw3r) Jocelyn Rickards, John Osborne has embarked on a passionate Producer: Katie Tyrrell [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] affair with his future third wife while, in London, Osborne's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2010. THU 04:15 Drama (b00txj8j) current wife gives birth to a son. WED 17:30 The Older Woman (b021n6sq) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] From the idyllic French farmhouse, Osborne penned his [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU 05:00 Miracles R Us (b00scx37) infamous 'Damn you, England' letter which caused such a WED 18:00 Foul Play (b00zshr3) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] furore back home that they found themselves under siege and [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU 05:30 The Older Woman (b021n6sq) their nice little holiday turned into a nightmare - with Osborne WED 18:30 Off the Page (b0076jxf) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] only just escaping alive. Middle Age THU 06:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01mthst) Jocelyn Rickards ... Tracy Wiles Novelist Carol Clewlow, TV writer and novelist David Nicholls The Job John Osborne ... Robin Laing and veteran soul singer Tony Cassidy discuss 'middle age'. Schneider invites Callan round for dinner on Sunday. Callan has Tony Richardson ... Tobias Menzies In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of the gun. Sunday is the day he must use it... Christopher Isherwood .. Richard Greenwood writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established names. In Concluded by Ben Miles. Don Bachardy ... James Anthony Pearson the context of a discussion of one of the ideas and pre- Originally published in 1969 under the title 'A Magnum for Major ... Matthew Zajac occupations of our times, each presents a piece on this week's Schneider', James Mitchell's novel tells the story of his Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. topic. infamous TV character, David Callan (originally played by WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00y37bf) The best new writing and the freshest conversation from 2004. Edward Woodward) and features the other regulars, Hunter, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00y37bf) Meres and Lonely. WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00spmnm) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Abridged by Adrian Bean [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00spmnm) Producer: Joanna Green WED 13:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. (b01msf8g) WED 20:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan THU 06:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dl98j) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] (b01msf8g) The Sporting Hero WED 13:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00djlcr) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] A look at the hundred-year period from the Restoration of 1660 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 20:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00djlcr) onwards, and the rise of a new figure in popular entertainment: WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5j) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] the sporting hero. Salley Vickers - Dancing Backwards WED 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rbw3r) Plus, the importance of the increasing use of printing, as a way Episode 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] of spreading popular entertainment around the country and of Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel, WED 21:15 Drama (b00txj8j) establishing popular tunes and songs. Dancing Backwards [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] John Sessions continues his series charting the history of Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone, she WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b04ykd7f) popular entertainment in Britain, from medieval minstrels to decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old friend, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Victorian freakshows. Edwin, in New York. WED 22:30 The Odd Half Hour (b00w1zxc) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008. As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins to Series 2 THU 07:00 Any Other Business (b0132mxz) blossom - learning to ballroom dance, taking up smoking again, Episode 2 Episode 3 befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in her time Comedy sketch show which answers the questions you probably The new mayor has to chair his very first council meeting - and alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a student at never asked: he's scared witless. Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets Edwin. Edwin, it Why is Bagpuss a bad influence for children? Lucy Flannery's local government sitcom soon becomes clear, is someone she's betrayed and someone How can a seance go badly wrong? Starring: she's both terrified and desperate to see again. The story that Why did the Vikings never use consumer focus groups? Nelson David unfolds about the young Violet holds the secret to that betrayal. Starring Kevin Bishop, Stephen K Amos, Doon Mackichan, John Duttine In tonight's episode, Violet's faced with a difficult choice - help Justin Edwards and Jessica Ransom. James Grout her dear friend Edwin when he needs her most, or stand by her Written by Madeleine Brettingham, Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris, Rosy Fordham marriage to Bruno. Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson, Timothy Inman, Jane Nick Hardy Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a critically Lamacraft, Mike Ryan, Stephen Carlin, James Kettle and Dale Howard Lew Lewis acclaimed, best-selling novelist whose work includes Mr Shaw. Toby Longworth Golightly's Holiday, Instances of the Number 3, Miss Garnet's Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer Jan Ravens Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's Angel and The First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010. Vivienne Rochester Other Side of You were both popular Book at Bedtimes. Last WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b051vhnp) June Whitfield. year she dramatised her version of the Oedipus myth, Where The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Diane Morgan chats Producer: Liz Anstee Three Roads Meet, for Radio 4's Afternoon Play slot. Before to Phil Wang. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995. becoming a full time writer she was a psychoanalyst. WED 23:00 On the Hour (b007jmnp) THU 07:30 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b04ykk5j) WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzr) Series 2 Series 2 Stories of the Sky Episode 3 Episode 3 Astronomer Heather Couper reflects on how early man mapped The Tube system goes berserk, an earthquake in Corinth and Bridget Christie tries to find a feminist icon who doesn't want Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 January 2015 Page 7 of 9 to replace the word 'feminism' with 'bootylicious'. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. memories of the day in 1965 when, as children, they heard that She also discusses how adverts have ruined her sex life, and THU 12:00 Brothers in Law (b007k0z0) Churchill had died. Surprisingly this is the first time that why Twitter is a sexist's natural habitat. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Churchill has been nominated in the series. Multi-award winning series about modern feminism. THU 12:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq6z) Considered by many a busted flush in the 1930s, Churchill is Bridget thought that she'd be able to put her feet up after her [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] now remembered as our greatest wartime leader - his speech last series, she expected it to bomb. Sadly it was a huge success. THU 13:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01mthst) before the Battle of Britain still sends a shiver down the spine. But it's OK, because actually she's solved the feminist struggle [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] But his great qualities and personal flaws remained inextricably all by herself. THU 13:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dl98j) linked. David Reynolds has uncovered a stark revelation about She's assisted by token man, Fred MacAulay. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Churchill's real state of mind at the time he made that speech, Written by Bridget Christie. THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5l) while Digby Jones argues that the ability to instil confidence in Producers: Alison Vernon-Smith and Alexandra Smith Salley Vickers - Dancing Backwards people even when there is little rational hope of victory is one First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2015. Episode 9 of the signs of a great leader. He believes that no one made his THU 08:00 Brothers in Law (b007k0z0) Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel, mark on the last century in the way that Churchill did. Series 1 Dancing Backwards David Reynolds does not subscribe to the Great Man theory of The First Brief Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone, she history. He is the Professor of International History at Rookie barrister Roger Thursby unwittingly aids a habitual decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old friend, Cambridge University. Known to Radio 4 listeners as the writer fraudster. Edwin, in New York. and presenter of "America, Empire of Liberty", he has also Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins to written extensively on Churchill, including the book "In Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis blossom - learning to ballroom dance, taking up smoking again, Command of History" about Churchill's memoirs of World War Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in her time Two. The presenter is Matthew Parris. Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a student at THU 19:00 Brothers in Law (b007k0z0) Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972. Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets Edwin. Edwin, it [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Roger Thursby ...... Richard Briers soon becomes clear, is someone she's betrayed and someone THU 19:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq6z) Henry Blagrove ...... Richard Waring she's both terrified and desperate to see again. The story that [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Sally Mannering ...... Ann Davies unfolds about the young Violet holds the secret to that betrayal. THU 20:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01mthst) Grimes ...... John Glyn-Jones In tonight's episode, Violet arrives in New York and, in some [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Special guest stars: trepidation, sees Edwin face to face again at last. THU 20:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dl98j) Green ...... Kenneth Connor Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a critically [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] The Judge ...... John Le Mesurier acclaimed, best-selling novelist whose work includes Mr THU 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rch8j) Other parts by Malcolm Hayes and Fredrick Treves. Golightly's Holiday, Instances of the Number 3, Miss Garnet's [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Adapted for radio by Richard Waring from the BBC TV Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's Angel and The THU 21:15 Bruce Bedford - Black Ice (b01hbdcc) scripts. Other Side of You were both popular Book at Bedtimes. Last [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally year she dramatised her version of the Oedipus myth, Where THU 22:00 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b04ykk5j) edited for sale abroad. Three Roads Meet, for Radio 4's Afternoon Play slot. Before [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Producer: David Hatch. becoming a full time writer she was a psychoanalyst. THU 22:30 Down the Line (b00q9ztf) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1970. THU 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzt) Series 1 THU 08:30 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq6z) Mirror of the Earth Religion and the Decline in Anglican Congregations Travel and Leisure Astronomer Heather Couper looks at the history of astrology Award-winning spoof phone-in show, with talk radio host Gary David Jason and company elect to poke fun at the Houses of which began as a way of advising rulers on their military Bellamy. Stars Rhys Thomas and Charlie Higson. From May Parliament. campaigns. 2006. With Sheila Steafel, Royce Mills and Chris Emmett. THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qxzbb) THU 23:00 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tpn6r) Following in the footsteps of Lord Clark, Dr Bronowski and Absent Daniel Thornthwaite Professor Galbraith, David Jason unravels the mysteries of the Reality Character comedian Nick Mohammed (Reggie Perrin, I'm universe and the meaning of life. By Mark Davies Markham. Sorry I've Got No Head) plays a wildlife expert on the edge of Scripted by Colin Bostock Smith, Andy Hamilton, Barry Pilton Tony is outraged when his parenting skills are assessed during sanity in this fly on the wall look at the making of a major new and Alastair Beaton. his children's visits. But his son Josh has a solution: that his documentary series. Anna Crilly (Lead Balloon) and Colin Music by John Owen Edwards parents spend half the week each in their house. Hoult co-star as his hapless colleagues. Producer: Geoffrey Perkins Tony ...... Craige Els Bits showcases the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977. Clare ...... Gillian Kearney characters in a series of one off comic plays. THU 09:00 The Personality Test (b007s27h) Helen ...... Joanna Monro Produced by Victoria Lloyd. Series 3 Morley ...... Bruce Alexander THU 23:30 Cabin Pressure (b00cm9p6) Lorraine Kelly Sean ...... Carl Prekopp Series 1 Breakfast TV queen Lorraine Kelly is in the hot seat posing Ryan ...... Michael Shelford Douz questions all about her. Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom no On the panel: comedians Sue Perkins, Lucy Porter, Robin Ince Directed by Claire Grove. job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. and Will Smith. THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r3yk6) Carolyn finds she’s taken more on board than she meant to Comedy quiz presented by a new guest host every week. All the Max Hastings - Did You Really Shoot the Television? when the Scottish Cricket Team, a Frenchman and the Sahara questions are about the host. Episode 4 Desert all run out of petrol... Script by Simon Littlefield and Kieron Quirke. Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole Devised and produced by Aled Evans. roving reporter Mac and glamorous editor Anne. 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. At last, the story of the family's beleaguered TV set. Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch THU 09:30 Alison and Maud (b007k3yc) With additional readings by Nigel Hastings as Mac and Joanna Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore Series 2 Monro as Anne. Yves Jutteau ...... John Sessions Free-Range Angels Abridged by Penny Leicester. Habib ...... Ali Amadi. Alison and Maud make merry with a Thai take-away. THU 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04vr10n) Captain Jessop ...... Rufus Jones Second of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Lachlan ...... Robert Harley about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b050gzw3) Written by John Finnemore Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich. Harry Potter Fan Power, Magnificent Castles and Shuffling Produced & directed by David Tyler Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, Songs A Pozzitive production for the BBC Joss Ackland as Father, Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard, Chris Mel Giedroyc discovers the true power of Harry Potter and www.pozzitive.co.uk Emmett as Mr Mullet and Nicholas Grace as Leslie. vlogging fandom, and visits some incredible castle ruins. Plus Producer: Jonathan James-Moore. the fourth part of Five Children and It, by E Nesbit. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004. THU 17:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx6f) FRIDAY 30 JANUARY 2015 THU 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04vr10n) Mrs Garland's Good Deeds 29 December 1914 to 2 January 1915 "The over 70's keep fit club has got completely out of hand, Mr FRI 00:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5l) Folkestone is uneasy about the move from 1914, and all its Critchley. Can't you see how cruel it is expecting pensioners to [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] hope and fear, into 1915 with all its hope and fear. vault over a horse?" FRI 00:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzt) More crazy happenings for hapless vicar Timothy Carswell. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] Written by: Katie Hims Stephen Sheridan's six-part series starring James Grout.. FRI 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qxzbb) Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews Reverend Timothy Carswell ...... James Grout [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] Music: Matthew Strachan Mrs Garland ...... Rosemary Martin FRI 00:45 Book of the Week (b00r3yk6) Sound: Martha Littlehailes Simon Garland ...... Daniel Strauss [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. Critchley ...... Fraser Kerr FRI 01:00 The Personality Test (b007s27h) THU 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rch8j) Dr Warlock ...... Christopher Good [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Andrey Satchel and the Parson and Clerk Miss Shaw ...... Auriol Smith FRI 01:30 Great Lives (b00tpsvk) The master thatcher regales the travellers with Andrey's attempt Mr Vaughan ...... Michael Turner [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] to get married while still in his cups. Read by Richard Mitchley. Mr Shaw ...... Ronald Herdman FRI 02:00 James Mitchell - Red File for Callan (b01mthst) THU 11:15 Bruce Bedford - Black Ice (b01hbdcc) Producer: Lissa Evans. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] In 1911 - as a prelude to Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991. FRI 02:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dl98j) the South Pole - three men set off in the darkness of the THU 17:30 Any Other Business (b0132mxz) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Antarctic winter. Departing from Scott's over-wintering hut, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04vr10n) they were out to secure examples of the eggs of the Emperor THU 18:00 The Personality Test (b007s27h) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Penguin. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI 04:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rch8j) Their survival, in temperatures of minus 60 or 70, can only be THU 18:30 Great Lives (b00tpsvk) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] ascribed to astonishing courage and willpower. Series 22 FRI 04:15 Bruce Bedford - Black Ice (b01hbdcc) Bruce Bedford's dramatised account stars Crawford Logan as Winston Churchill [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Edward A. 'Bill' Wilson, Richard Greenwood as Apsley Cherry- Winston Churchill's is the Great Life chosen by Lord Digby FRI 05:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx6f) Garrard and John Walsh as Henry R. 'Birdie' Bowers. Jones, former Director General of the CBI. Expert contribution [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] Director: Hamish Wilson comes from Professor David Reynolds. Both men have vivid FRI 05:30 Any Other Business (b0132mxz) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 January 2015 Page 8 of 9 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Ronald, John Graham and Ronald Baddiley. By Mark Davies Markham. FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvn6) Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. Tony has proved himself as a father but his access to his Strong Poison 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 children remains the same. His wife wants a new start 200 miles Old Bailey and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from away. Lord Peter Wimsey attends the trial of Harriet Vane, a young 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, Tony ...... Craige Els mystery writer accused of poisoning her former lover with however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows Clare ...... Gillian Kearney arsenic. The evidence against her seems overwhelming, but the in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Miss Farrow ...... Alison Pettitt shrewd, debonair sleuth harbours doubts over her guilt. Radio 4 Extra. Josh ...... Alfie Davies Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Carleton Hobbs Producer: Edward Taylor Ryan ...... Michael Shelford as the Judge, Charlotte Mitchell as the Dowager Duchess, Ann First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1970. Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough Bell as Harriet Vane and Stephen Thorne as the Attorney- FRI 09:00 Jest a Minute (b017gnw5) Directed by Claire Grove. General. Series 2 FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00r3yk8) British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a Episode 4 Max Hastings - Did You Really Shoot the Television? number of detective novels and short stories by English crime Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff. Episode 5 writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Strong Poison was first published in With Elis James, Jon Richardson, Lloyd Langford and Chris Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street parents, 1930. Corcoran roving reporter Mac and glamorous editor Anne. Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn. More trouble for Mac, and Anne's later 'business' with the small Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2006. Picasso. Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World FRI 09:30 Gush (b050h4wd) With additional readings by Nigel Hastings as Mac and Joanna War. Episode 3 Monro as Anne. Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio Foxwell Cravate and Max Pomeroy face execution by ritual Abridged by Penny Leicester. from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that disembowelment. FRI 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04wwwcc) were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. Will Lady Arabella's wiles coax Prince Saudi into making a last- [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. minute reprieve? FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b050h6yf) Producer: Simon Brett. Or will lolanthe Diamond start reminiscing about her 1973 Idina Menzel, Tall Stories and Stolen Jewels First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1976. Oscar-winning performance in Tinseltown? Mel Giedroyc hears from the star of Frozen and Wicked, Idina FRI 06:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dpw98) Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's epic tale of power, love, passion Menzel, and listens to some true-life tall stories. And we hear Episode 4 and oil. the final part of Five Children and It, by E Nesbit. High-diving elks, the sporting munificence of Charles Dickens Foxwell Cravate ...... Martin Jarvis FRI 17:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b00ktvvt) and the explosion in music hall entertainment all help bring to a Max Pomeroy ...... Mac McDonald Series 4 close the merry little stroll John Sessions has been taking Arabella Derbyshire ...... Felicity Montagu It's Behind You through the history of popular entertainment in the UK. Iolanthe Diamond ...... Caroline Quentin Christmas is coming but goodwill is in short supply among the Having joined the restoration celebrations of 1660 and Charles Ambrose Fortescue de Vere ...... Jonathan Coy staff panto cast. Stars Marlene Sidaway and Brigit Forsyth. witnessed the rise of a new popular entertainment phenomenon, With Julian Dutton, Toby Longworth and Steve Steen. FRI 17:30 Little Blighty on the Down (b0080qvk) the sporting hero, John now ventures into the industrial Producer: Colin Swash [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] heartlands of Victorian Britain to see how the masses were kept First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994. FRI 18:00 Jest a Minute (b017gnw5) amused before the dawn of cinema and the emergence of a FRI 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b04wwwcc) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] global entertainment industry worth billions of pounds. 5-9 January 1915 FRI 18:30 Meet the Parents (b037z6mq) Producer: Paul Kobrak Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. In the final omnibus Series 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008. edition of Season 2, Folkestone mourns one of its missing and Michelle McManus FRI 07:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b0080qvk) the Grahams await a special delivery... Michelle McManus talks to her parents about how her dreams Series 3 of becoming a pop princess turned to reality when she won Pop Episode 4 Written by Katie Hims Idol back in 2003. They discuss what Michelle's success has had Council leader Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation be Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews on the family and the highlights of her career which include raffled off. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1990. Music: Matthew Strachan singing for the Pope and the Queen. FRI 07:30 Gloomsbury (b01mx2sp) Sound: Martha Littlehailes FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3) Series 1 Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] The Trials of Attempting an Elopement Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry (b010v747) A stellar cast of Miriam Margolyes, Alison Steadman, Nigel FRI 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rcw0n) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Planer, Morwenna Banks, Jonathan Coy and John Sessions An Incident in the Life of Georgy Crookhill FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b007jvn6) breathes life into the colourfully chaotic characters of Anxious not to be outdone, the registrar relates a story of [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Gloomsbury, a riotous comedy about the Bloomsbury Group. treachery among thieves. Read by Richard Mitchley. FRI 20:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dpw98) The six-part series from the pen of Sue Limb is an affectionate FRI 11:15 Steve Walker - Haunted By More Cake [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] send up of the infamous literary group whose arty and (b04xf4pw) FRI 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories (b01rcw0n) adulterous adventures dominated the cultural scene in the early With a tea party going on in his stomach, Lionel has fallen in [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] 20th century. love with a guest. How can Uncle Ginger help? Stars Graham FRI 21:15 Steve Walker - Haunted By More Cake The series follows the fortunes of Vera Sackcloth-Vest Crowden. (b04xf4pw) (Margolyes) - writer, gardener and transvestite - and her urge to FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] escape from the tranquillity of her rather cramped little castle in [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 22:00 Gloomsbury (b01mx2sp) Kent which she shares with her doting but ambiguous husband FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry (b010v747) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Henry (Coy), who is 'something in the Foreign Office'. Vera's [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007jqkk) heart is forever surging with exotic passion for Ginny Fox FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b007jvn6) Series 2 (Steadman), a highly-strung novelist who adores her, or the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Katrina Leskanich beautiful but shallow Venus Traduces (Banks). FRI 13:30 Let Me Entertain You (b00dpw98) The UK’s 1997 Eurovision song contest winner Katrina As the scene shifts from Kent to London, and Cornwall to [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Leskanich drops in and reveals she always buys new socks as Monaco, this close-knit coterie is divided by misunderstandings, FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00rdv5n) she doesn’t know how to darn. John decides to teach her this jealousies and rows. Salley Vickers - Dancing Backwards important skill, so that she need not be so wasteful. In episode one, Vera longs to elope to Mediterranean sunshine Episode 10 Meanwhile, wife Mary gets the ironing board out and Robert with one of her bosom chums. But her first choice, Ginny, is Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel, Wyatt tries to impress an impresario. stubbornly impervious to adventure and Venus Traduces is fully Dancing Backwards The semi-detached world of aspiring singer-songwriter John booked for elopements until next April. Will Vera run off Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone, she Shuttleworth direct from his front room in Sheffield. instead with the perky waitress at Lyons' Corner house? decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old friend, Written and performed by Graham Fellows. Meanwhile, what is Vera's husband Henry up to as telegrams fly Edwin, in New York. Additional material by Martin Willis. between him and Archie Pinkerton-Poker at the Foreign As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins to Producer: Dawn Ellis. Office? blossom - learning to ballroom dance, taking up smoking again, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000. Produced by Jamie Rix befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in her time FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b051vj15) A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4. alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a student at The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Arthur Smith chats FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k1f3) Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets Edwin. Edwin, it to Mark Thomas. Series 2 soon becomes clear, is someone she's betrayed and someone FRI 23:00 Hey Hey We're the Monks (b09mxld6) The Chef That Died of Shame she's both terrified and desperate to see again. The story that When unlikely new monk recruit, Gary Woodcroft, joins the The regular Hancock cast play different characters - in the rise unfolds about the young Violet holds the secret to that betrayal. brethren at Buckley Abbey, life in the order is never going to be and fall saga of a pie-stall cook, Percy Higgins. In tonight's episode, Violet and Edwin will finally put their the same... Starring Tony Hancock demons to rest. Bill Bailey stars as Gary Woodcroft With Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly and Kenneth Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a critically Gary Woodcroft …. Bill Bailey Williams. acclaimed, best-selling novelist whose work includes Mr Father Abbott …. Graham Crowden Announcer: Kenneth Williams Golightly's Holiday, Instances of the Number 3, Miss Garnet's Brother Francis …. Paul Brooke Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's Angel and The Brother Bernard …. Howard Lew Lewis Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Other Side of You were both popular Book at Bedtimes. Last Brother Dominic …. Osian Barnes Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry year she dramatised her version of the Oedipus myth, Where Gary's Mum …. Hilda Braid Rabinowitz. Three Roads Meet, for Radio 4's Afternoon Play slot. Before DSS Officer …. Catherine Tate Producer: Dennis Main Wilson becoming a full time writer she was a psychoanalyst. Living Embodiment of Cider …. Simon Bates First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1955. FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzw) Divine sitcom written by Dan Tetsell and Danny Robins. FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b010v747) Three Wise Men Producer: Lucy Armitage. Fair Exchange Heather Couper reviews ancient associations of stars and First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 2013. The bungling bureaucrats mix up the designs for the new pound planets with deities and astrology's link to maths and the FRI 23:30 The In Crowd (b00fbcc2) note. 24-hour day. Series 1 A weekly tribute to all those who work in government FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b00qxzbd) Episode 1 departments. Absent Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Departure Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From August Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 January 2015 Page 9 of 9 2001. FRI 23:45 Self-Storage (b01g97vg) Series 1 Break-Up No woman, no job. Dave has no choice but to stow everything. Following the breakup of his marriage, Dave moves all his possessions into The Storage Garden, meeting security guard Ron and mysterious 'neighbour' Geoff. Stars Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap. Sitcom written by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power. Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith. Geoff ...... Mark Heap. Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill. Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero. Sarah ...... Susan Earl. Boss ...... Phil Nichol. Producer: Ed Morrish First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2007.

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