Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 24 APRIL 2021 chamber music, yet he’s best known for Rumpole of the Bailey, Brendan ...... Andrew Wincott and Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo. Mrs Singh ...... Nina Wadia SAT 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc0b) Joseph journeys through his remarkable life and career in Cilla ...... Gbemisola Ikumelo Guards! Guards! conversation with composer, Debbie Wiseman. Colin ...... Sean Baker Episode 5 Captain Noah has been translated into six languages, and is one Gary ...... Sean Baker "That dragon isn't going to accept any mealy-mouthed, wishy- of Horovitz’s best sellers. The Berkshire Maestros, and Burglar ...... Sean Baker washy liberal nonsense.... Do you know what you're getting with conductor David Hill with the Bach Choir, have all rehearsed Producer: Alexandra Smith a dragon? Unashamed strong leadership." and performed this work, and give their views on its lasting A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in The dragon strikes. But will Captain Vimes triumph? popularity. Dancer Wayne Sleep, conductor John Wilson, and December 2016. Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. TV executive producer Tony Wharmby, also discuss their SAT 05:30 The Confessional (m000v848) The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on musical collaborations with Horovitz. Series 1 Discworld. Horovitz's story begins with his escape from the Nazis as they The Confession of Cariad Lloyd Narrator …. Martin Jarvis entered Vienna in 1938, to then include giving wartime musical Actor, comedian and broadcaster Stephen Mangan presents a Captain Vimes …. John Wood appreciation lectures to the forces, being awarded two Ivor new comedy chat show about shame and guilt. Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Novello awards for later compositions, and working with such Each week, Stephen invites a different guest into his virtual Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne comic legends as Gerard Hoffnung and Michael Flanders. confessional box to make three confessions - with remarkable Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood This life journey has been one of distinction in many ways, yet storytelling and surprising insights. Carrot …. Robert Gwilym Horovitz has not been taken as seriously as he'd like. Debbie We’re used to hearing celebrity interviews where stars are Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan Wiseman grapples with this issue, to understand why Horovitz persuaded to show off about their achievements. Stephen's not Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher has not received the acclaim that his artistry deserves. interested in that. He doesn’t want to know about his guests' Chief Merchant …. Jeff Nuttall Producer: Luke Whitlock proudest moments, he wants to know what they’re ashamed of. Librarian …. Michael Roberts First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2011. That’s surely the way to find out what really makes a person Little Girl …. Kate McEnery SAT 03:00 David Pownall (b01sdty0) tick. Director: John Taylor I Want to Go Home Stephen and his guest reflect with empathy and humour on why First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992. And on the eighth day God created language. Little did he we get embarrassed, where our shame thresholds should be, and SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b00ny8gr) expect the confusion that would ensue... the value of guilt. I'm H.A.P.P.Y David Pownall's comedy about the evolution of the English Series guests include Joan Bakewell, Clarke Peters, Phil Wang, From euphoria to contentment. language. Dr Phil Hammond and more. Miriam Akhtar, Dr Phil Hammond, Lucy Mangan and Dominic I .... David Bamber In this first episode, he takes the confession of the award Arkwright focus on happiness. Want .... Joanna Monro winning improvisational comedian, actor and presenter of Producer: Paul Dodgson To Go .... Ben Crowe Griefcast, Cariad Lloyd. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009. Home .... Georgie Alexander Written and presented by Stephen Mangan SAT 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk3) Cark .... Struan Rodger With extra material by Nick Doody 11. The Gambler Angel of the Eighth Day .... Andrew Scott Produced by Dave Anderson and Frank Stirling The psychiatrist-sleuth tackles a desperate gambling addict in a With John Hartley as the voice of God A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4 mysterious case of murder. Director: Peter Kavanagh SAT 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jvjj) Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000. The Moving Finger psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by SAT 04:00 Counterpoint (b00rrljw) The sleepy little market town of Lymstock harbours more than deducing their felonious personalities. Series 24 its share of shameful secrets. A town where even a sudden Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- 2010 Heat 3 outbreak of anonymous hate-mail causes only a minor stir. suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz from But all of that changes when one of the recipients tragically Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker Manchester. commits suicide. Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim The questions cover every aspect of music - from the classical Miss Marple's knowledge of wickedness and her nose for evil Mrs Ludlow …. Harriet Johns repertoire to world music, show tunes, film scores, jazz, rock are desperately needed. Mr Ellis …. Desmond Carrington and pop. Can she manage to prevent another suicide - or even, murder...? Felix Grey …. Jimmy Lavall The three contestants from Scotland and the North of England First published in 1943, Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Simmons …. Arthur Young are: Whitfield as Miss Marple. Man …. Simon Lack Douglas Macleod Miss Marple ...... June Whitfield Girl …. Beryl Calder Alastair Gillies Jerry Burton ...... Nicholas Boulton Director: Leslie Bridgmont Alan Shutt Joanna Burton ...... Clare Corbett First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1957. Producer: Paul Bajoria Mrs Calthrop ...... Patricia Scott SAT 01:30 The Toff (b007jrmb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2010. Megan Hunter ...... Annabelle Dowler The Toff and the Runaway Bride SAT 04:30 Two Doors Down (b008fdj0) Mr Symmington ...... Hugh Dickson 6. Confrontation in Paris Series 2 Superintendent Nash ...... Sion Probert Can the Honourable Richard Rollison finally unravel the The Feminine Thrust Dr Owen Griffith ...... Roger May mystery - and reveal the murderer's identity? Sally the cleaner smoothes the way for Clare's important Miss Partridge ...... Katherine Parr Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur lecture. Aimee Griffith ...... Elizabeth Bell sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison. She also helps her realise that she might have more important Elsie Holland ...... Jenny Funnell The gripping conclusion of John Creasey's thriller. things to worry about than her job... Dramatist: Michael Bakewell Jolly ...... Robert Dorning Starring Stella McCusker. Director: Enyd Williams Carruthers ...... David Graham The return of Annie McCartney's sitcom about the bohemian First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001. Major Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson Belfast residents of Marlborough Road, saved from chaos by SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b07syv25) Robert Lawn ...... Kevin Brennan their cleaning lady, Sally. Series 40 Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks Sally ...... Stella McCusker Maureen Lipman on Dame Cicely Saunders Inspector ...... Jean Dryant Clare ...... Marcella Riordan Actress and writer Maureen Lipman chooses the end-of-life Dramatised by Roy Lomax. Evie ...... Katy Gleadhill care campaigner, Dame Cicely Saunders. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson. Trevor ...... Des McAleer Dame Cicely Saunders was known as ‘the woman who changed First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975. Tony ...... Robert Patterson the face of death’. At almost 6 foot tall, she could be SAT 02:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark Fidelma ...... Aine McCartney intimidating, tiresome and relentless as she devoted her life to (b09m7n7t) Anna ...... Hannah R Gordon ensuring that terminally ill people could die with dignity and Episode 5 Simon ...... Patrick Gleadhill without pain. As Mrs Hawkins makes good use of her contacts, she hopes to Director: Tanya Nash Championing the life of Cicely Saunders as her great life is the put her professional troubles at the Ullswater Press behind her. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002. actress and writer Maureen Lipman. Muriel Spark's playful and autobiographical novel set amid SAT 05:00 Clare in the Community (b08587nz) The expert witness is, Professor David Clark, from the London's post-war publishing scene. Series 11 University of Glasgow. Read by Maggie Service. You Take the High Road Presenter: Matthew Parris Abridged by Rosemary Goring It's the social work event of the year and Clare Barker is giving Producer: Perminder Khatkar. Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. the keynote speech It's the biggest moment of her career - First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. provided she can actually get there for it. SAT 08:00 The Motion Show (b00768mm) SAT 02:15 Gudrun (b0b490sq) Back at home Brian and Nali have been taken in by Ray after a Series 3 Series 4 barbecue got out of hand. His housekeeping leaves a bit to be Episode 3 Episode 5 desired as far as Nali's concerned. Debates galore over staying home and getting fit. Delirious from his injury, Grim is gripped by religious fervour Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the Graeme Garden chairs the quirky battle of words and wit. and threatens the safety of the ship. right jargon but never a practical solution. With Hugh Dennis, Gyles Brandreth, Arthur Smith and Emma Starring Kate Phillips. A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in Kennedy. Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. Producer: Helen Williams by the 11th-century Icelandic sagas. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000 Gudrun ...... Kate Phillips of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her. SAT 08:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jzcd) Freija ...... Samantha Dakin Clare continues her struggle to control both her professional and Series 1 Marlas ...... Amir El-Masry private life. In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges Wise after the Event Grim ...... Joseph Ayre out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. The lives of Rosie and her granddaughter Jo are shaken by the Producer: Gemma Jenkins Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden. return of Rosie's daughter Kate after a long spell working First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018. Clare ...... Sally Phillips abroad. SAT 02:30 Composer Joseph Horovitz: No Ordinary Joe Brian ...... Alex Lowe The trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and her event (b012qsdp) Ray ...... Richard Lumsden management company, based in Brighton. This is the story of a composer of the kind of music that just Nali ...... Nina Conti Prunella Scales in the first of four series of Simon Brett's fits so beautifully, that you hardly notice yourself humming Libby ...... Sarah Kendall sitcom along. Joan ...... Sarah Thom Rosie ...... Prunella Scales Joseph Horovitz composes concertos and ballets, operas and Simon ...... Andrew Wincott Kate ...... Arabella Weir Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 2 of 10 Jo ...... Rebecca Callard heralded a new world order in which new jobs and new Monica ...... Polly Frame Bob ...... Duncan Preston buildings were meant to improve the lives of all Londoners, not Jeremy ...... David Westhead Tess ...... Annette Badland least the mainly white, working class local residents. Justice Spicer-Hammond/Ruth ...... Zalie Burrow Mr Blantyre ...... Michael Fenton Stevens Back then, the Isle of Dogs was an area of high unemployment Stephanie Simons/Mrs Vinyl ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith Mr Joost ...... Stephen Thorne and had the highest concentration of council homes in England. Mr Justice/Mr Stickler/Mr Toshack ...... Julian Dutton Producer: Maria Esposito Whilst there have been winners and losers from the changes of Director: Frank Stirling First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000 the past three decades, the voices of these residents, particularly A Unique production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June SAT 09:00 Isy Suttie’s Guide to Love and Romance white working class women, have all too rarely been heard. 2016. (b09r3zyp) Jane Martinson, lived in a council house, attended the local SAT 16:00 Miss Marple (b007jvjj) Comedian Isy Suttie uses her unique brand of humour to share comprehensive and worked on a local market stall on Saturdays [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] lessons in life and love. before going on to become a journalist. Join her on a journey SAT 17:30 Great Lives (b07syv25) Suttie has often observed other people's love lives and regularly home to a changed Britain, in a programme mixing archive of [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] intervened, changing the action dramatically - for better or the time - rich in promise of future prosperity - with a series of SAT 18:00 Fear on 4 (b0080hnc) worse. Discussing 'all things love' in the 21st century with intimate and revealing conversations with the East London The Blood of Eva Bergen friends, gathering fresh contributions and introducing extracts denizens of the Isle of Dogs. Claire is a talented young pianist who falls under the spell of Mr from The Listening Project she builds a hilarious and often A documentary originally made to mark the 30th anniversary of Iliev, a musician haunted by a woman called Eva Bergen - and moving account of amour and desire. Margaret Thatcher ceremonially driving the first pile of the the power she once had over him... Tangled with the speakers and archive, Suttie relates real life building. Tales of horror and suspense. anecdotes from her own, often disastrous, love life and Producer: Sue Mitchell Written by Paul Sirett. performs a few new songs on the subject. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2018. Claire …. Tilly Gaunt Featuring a collection of new material, archive clips and Isy's SAT 14:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04vkl9j) Anatoli Iliev …. John Castle own programmes: Series 6 Tom …. Giles Fagan * Valentine's Day Ann Widdecombe Pianist: Mary Nash A young man discovers a box of letters, cards and gig tickets Marcus Brigstocke persuades his guests to try new experiences - Producer: Marilyn Imrie he's saved from over the years. And through these we come to starting with politician Ann Widdecombe. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999. understand the recent events in his life. Ann tries camping in a tent for the first time and watches as SAT 18:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind (b007jlw9) * Isy Suttie's Love Letters: Bob and Marie much of The Thick Of It as she can stand on TV. 5. Genetic Revelation Isy returns to Matlock to take driving lessons from instructor Marcus also offers Ann the chance to drink a Jagerbomb - but Professor Curtis Lark and John Cornelius have established the Bob, who she learns has a crush on another pupil, the will she accept? existence of another colony of mutants in the heart of London, mysterious Marie. While Isy tries to master an impeccable 3 Director: Bill Dare but the only person who could fight them is dead... point turn, she attempts to unite Bob with the girl of his dreams First broadcast on BBC Radio in December 2014. Starring Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. and discovers some important lessons in love of her own. SAT 14:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007tm8f) John Cornelius .... Peter Cushing * The Listening Project Series 2 Curtis Lark .... Vincent Price A selection of highlights from the BBC Radio audio collection Magic Flora Kiery .... Sandra Clarke exploring the theme of love and romance Did witches really fly with broomsticks between their legs or Ian Sanderson .... Frazer Carr * Isy Suttie's Love Letters: Mr Mississippi did they just get a bit overexcited? Gulliver .... William Eadle Isy tries to save her failing relationship with a papier-mâché Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which Brigadier Sherman .... Clifford Norgates penguin, while at the same time helping Matlock's resident leave other shows scratching their beards. Gwynt .... Michael Harbour busker, Mr Mississippi, capture the heart of his unrequited love Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. Manson .... Andrew Sear Lorna, a shelf stacker at the local supermarket. With: Home Office Official .... James Thomason Producer: Stephen Garner Rebecca Front Written by Rene Basilico from an idea by Robert Holmes. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February Armando Iannucci Producer: John Dyas 2018. And the voice of Tom Baker. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1977. SAT 12:00 Beauty of Britain (b0100gqp) Producer: Sarah Smith SAT 19:00 Isy Suttie’s Guide to Love and Romance Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993. (b09r3zyp) Citroen UXB SAT 15:00 John Kearns (b05vhf6x) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] No professional care-worker can afford to miss Beauty Olonga's Episode 1 - The Ticket SAT 22:00 Rigor Mortis (b007k4h5) survival guide to Britain – with overheated houses, A glimpse into the oddball mind of John Kearns as he returns Series 1 disappointing church services and world-class charity shops. home from work... Episode 3 Series 2 sees Beauty sent by the Featherdown Agency to The first of four 14 minute vignettes from the Winner of the When a new coroner arrives, Ruth wants him to send her the provide care for those who need it - and some who don't, but all Main Prize at 2014's Edinburgh Comedy Festival, as well as most interesting autopsy cases. of whom have relatives with guilty consciences. 2013 Best Newcomer. Laurence Howarth’s sitcom set in the fascinating, but Beauty sees herself as an inspiration to other African girls Producer: Arnab Chanda misunderstood world of the pathology lab. hoping to live the dream in Britain – a land of opportunities. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015 Dr Anthony Webster ...... Peter Davison The professional classes are off sick through binge drinking and SAT 15:15 Warhorses of Letters (b01681l4) Dr Ruth Anderson ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman the rest too lazy to get off the couch to answer the pizza Series 1 Professor Donaldson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead delivery man. Episode 1 Gordon ...... Tom Price The series breaks the embarrassed silence about what happens Deep in the British Library tucked into the slipcover of a book Chloe ...... Marianne Levy to us when we get old and start to lose our faculties. It’s a on the history of Blenheim Palace a packet of extraordinary Simon ...... Gus Brown chaotic, tragi-comedy, from Beauty’s point of view, whose letters has been discovered. Daniel Kasper ...... Laurence Howarth Zimbabwean Shona background has taught her to respect age. "Dear Marengo brackets Napoleon's horse close brackets, I've With Stephen Critchlow and Beth Chalmers Beauty is sent to look after Sarah, who lives with both her never written a letter like this before...." Music by Paul Mottram and Stephanie Benavente. mother and daughter. A perfect, happy modern family, like the Thus begins the first passionate letter from Copenhagen, the Producer: Dawn Ellis kind Beauty has seen in feel-good British movies. With her own Duke of Wellington's horse, to his hero Marengo in this First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003. family being very demanding, it is understandable when Beauty epistolary equine love story. A story of two horses united by an SAT 22:30 Josie Long: Romance and Adventure (b0460v1z) begins to get too close. uncommon passion, cruelly divided by a brutal conflict. Pilot Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson Stephen Fry stars as Marengo, the seasoned, famous and just-a- A woman called Josie leaves London for better life in Glasgow Beauty... Jocelyn Jee Esien little-bit-short mount of Emperor Napoleon. Daniel Rigby stars – at the indie band theme park, where she will finally be happy Joyce ... Julia McKenzie as Copenhagen, the frisky young racehorse who as our story and accepted. Sarah ... Jenny Agutter begins is about to be the new mount for the Duke of Her flatmate Darren is just happy having his meals cooked by Lucy ... Catherine Shepherd Wellington. someone other than his mum. Sally ... Felicity Montagu Introduced by Tamsin Greig. Together they drink tea and wander the streets searching for Karen ... Nicola Sanderson In this opening episode, the early days of their romance and the romance and adventure, making fun of squares and making up Music by The West End Gospel Choir. early days of the Peninsular Campaign, and as their love games. It's them against the world, or so Josie hopes. How much Producer : Tilusha Ghelani blossoms the shadow of impending combat looms over our two can you rely on a friend who doesn't want to grow up? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011. heroes. Based on characters from the short films "Romance and SAT 12:30 The Goon Show (b00fgzr6) Marengo ..... Stephen Fry Adventure" and "Let's Go Swimming" by Josie Long and Tiddlywinks Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby Douglas King. After defeat at the hands of Cambridge, Neddie Seagoon seeks Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig Written by and starring Josie Long his gameful revenge. Written by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips. Successful pilot which sparked the following series. Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Director: Steven Canny Josie ...... Josie Long Milligan. Producer: Gareth Edwards. Darren ...... Darren Osborne Starring: First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2011. Roddy ...... Roddy MacNeill Peter Sellers SAT 15:30 Polyoaks (b07cx09k) Kerry ...... Hatty Ashdown Harry Secombe Series 4 Eleanor ...... Clare Grogan Spike Milligan Ladies Strike Geoff ...... Geoff McGivern First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Patients are complaining about the lack of female doctors at the Heidi...... Jaimi Barbakoff recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest surgery. Helen ...... Elaine Claxton shows weren’t kept in the archive. The Polyoaks team want to recruit a woman doctor, but that is Chris ...... Michael Bertenshaw With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. easier said than done in the current climate. And when they do Mark ...... Douglas King Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. find a candidate, she may be about to strike. Other parts played by the cast. Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Nigel Planer and Simon Greenall star in the Health Service Photograph of Josie in the Cafe by Stephanie Gibson Producer: Charles Chilton satire by Dr Phil Hammond and David Spicer. Producer: Colin Anderson First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1958. The Polyoaks surgery is plagued by strikes, endless new First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2014. SAT 13:00 Archive on 4 (b09zn0ln) management initiatives, staff shortages, militant patients, eight SAT 23:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b08csqyb) The Long Shadow of Canary Wharf day weeks, privatisation – and all these things are entirely their Series 3 In April 1988, work began on a tower destined to transform fault, apparently. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do London into a global financial capital. Roy ...... Nigel Planer Relationships in the Amos household are strained by a new Completed in 1991, One Canada Square at Canary Wharf Hugh ...... Simon Greenall arrival. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 3 of 10 Stephen K Amos's sitcom about growing up black, gay and episodes in 1969. together to decide what content stays, and what content goes. funny in 1980s south London. Sadly very few episodes survive in the BBC archive, including On today’s episode, reporter Molly Webster goes inside the Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. the first seven starring David Tomlinson. His replacement room where the decisions are being made, listening case-by- Starring Ellen Thomas, Laurie Kynaston, Stephen K Amos, George Cole went to to star in the St Trinian's films and later as case as editors decide who, or what, gets to be deleted. It’s a Frances Barber, Bola Okun, Emerald Crankson, Karen Bartke dodgy Arthur Daley in ITV's Minder. story about time and memory; mistakes and second chances; and David Sterne. The BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenhoulet. and society as we know it. Producer: Paul Sheehan. Producer: Leslie Bridgmont This episode was reported by Molly Webster, and produced by A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in August 1957. Molly Webster and Bethel Habte. February 2017. SUN 09:00 Drop Me Here, Darling (m000vgw5) Special thanks to Kathy English, David Erdos, Ed Haber, SAT 23:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04wv049) A Case of Exposure Brewster Kahle, Imani Leonard, Ruth Samuel, James Bennett II, Series 6 Leslie agrees to drive Caroline to Wick, but he has an ulterior Alice Wilder, Alex Overington, Jane Kamensky and all the Roy Walker motive. people who helped shape this story. Marcus Brigstocke persuades Roy Walker to see his first ever Starring Leslie Phillips. Radiolab explores what does it mean and what does it take to Shakespeare play and banter with the audience for the first Andrew Palmer's comedy about a former property tycoon who’s belong to a place? With Jad Abumrad. time. fallen on hard times and is now chauffeur to his wealthy ex- From WNYC. First broadcast on national public radio in the Roy is best known as the host of ITVs Catchphrase. wife.‘ USA in 2019. Series persuading guests to try new experiences: things they Leslie Duggan …. Leslie Phillips SUN 11:55 Inheritance Tracks (b06gy2s1) really ought to have done by now. Some are loved, some are Caroline Duggan …. Jill Bennett [Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today] loathed, in this show all about embracing the new. Claire/Flora …. Norma Ronald SUN 12:00 Poetry Extra (m000vgwc) Director: Bill Dare Innkeeper/AA Man …. Joe Dunlop Rites of Passage - Changing Schools First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 2015. Producer: Edward Taylor Poet Dajlit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1983. Rites of Passage - Changing Schools featuring poems from SUN 09:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013plyb) children leaving primary. SUNDAY 25 APRIL 2021 Series 3 Ian McMillan meets people who turn to poetry for inspiration or Arrivederci Coma solace at key moments in their lives. Changing Schools. SUN 00:00 Fear on 4 (b0080hnc) Robin gets run over by a fork lift truck and ends up in a coma McMillan visits Year 6 at Hoyland Springwood Primary School [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] and Wendy has to decide whether to turn off his life support in Barnsley, Yorkshire, where he encourages the children to SUN 00:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind (b007jlw9) system. write a poem about going up to "big" school. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] But then she meets an attractive young patient on another ward, Producer Liz Leonard SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 (b09zn0ln) who's in need of some mothering. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] Meanwhile, Maureen can't decide how to spend the SUN 12:30 Polyoaks (b07dlygk) SUN 02:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04vkl9j) compensation money... Series 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday] Sitcom about the mundane lives of childless couple, Robin and Duty of Candour SUN 02:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007tm8f) Wendy and their friends and neighbours - with a twist. Jeremy raises the obligation doctors now have to tell the truth to [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday] Wendy ...... Kay Stonham patients and to apologise for their mistakes. SUN 03:00 John Kearns (b05vhf6x) Robin ...... Brian Capron All at Polyoaks set out to be rigorously truthful to service users, [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Saturday] Derek ...... Martin Trenaman a particular problem with one patient who has a really unusual SUN 03:15 Warhorses of Letters (b01681l4) Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore and embarrassing problem. [Repeat of broadcast at 15:15 on Saturday] Written by Kay Stonham. Meanwhile Dr. Roy has problems with patients who insist on SUN 03:30 Polyoaks (b07cx09k) Devised by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall being rigorously truthful to him. [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Saturday] Producer: Helen Williams Nigel Planer and Simon Greenall star in the Health Service SUN 04:00 Miss Marple (b007jvjj) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004. satire by Dr Phil Hammond and David Spicer. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000vgw7) The Polyoaks surgery is plagued by strikes, endless new SUN 05:30 Great Lives (b07syv25) Comic Castaways 2 management initiatives, staff shortages, militant patients, eight [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] Paul Whitehouse day weeks, privatisation – and all these things are entirely their SUN 06:00 Muriel Spark - A Far Cry From Kensington From Maria Callas to The Sex Pistols. fault, apparently. (Omnibus) (b09m5ys6) Comedian, actor and writer Paul Whitehouse shares his Roy ...... Nigel Planer Episode 1 castaway choices with Sue Lawley. Hugh ...... Simon Greenall Muriel Spark's playful and autobiographical novel set amid Born in the Rhonda Valley in Wales, Paul and his family soon Monica ...... Polly Frame London's post-war publishing scene. moved to Enfield, North London where he grew up. Paul was Jeremy ...... David Westhead War widow Mrs Hawkins enjoys her life; her rooms suit her, never particularly ambitious, but he was bright and got a place Lauren ...... Zalie Burrow she cherishes good friends and holds a coveted job working at University, although he dropped out in his first year. He went Mrs Shaw/ Mrs Cox ...... Katie McDaniel with books. on to work as a plasterer and was quite content, enjoying a bit Mr Cox/ Mr Todd ...... Julian Dutton But when an author starts to make a nuisance of himself, her of humorous banter in the pub with his friends who included Director: Frank Stirling life will change beyond recognition. Harry Enfield and Charlie Higson. A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes. Harry was first to get employed as a comedian - on Saturday 2016. Read by Maggie Service. Night Live - and he got Paul and Charlie to write for him. Soon, SUN 13:00 Upbeat by Paul MacAlindin (Omnibus) Abridged by Rosemary Goring. Paul was a regular contributor to Harry's show Harry Enfield (b07pwyhp) Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. and Chums. But Paul and Charlie were awash with ideas and ‘The great adventure of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. characters and The Fast Show was born, laden with an influx of deserves not only to be recorded for posterity but also to serve SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06gy2s1) catchphrases that swamped common vernacular, such as as an example of how the essential can survive catastrophe.’ - Julian Lennon "Brilliant!" "Very, very drunk" "Suit you, sir!" and "which was Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Beatle John Lennon's son chooses 'Hey Jude', written for him nice". Musician and conductor Paul MacAlindin was eating fish and by Paul McCartney, and his own poignant composition After various acting roles on TV and completing a live tour of chips in an Edinburgh cafe in 2008 when he first read the story 'Saltwater'. The Fast Show, Paul decided to write a situation comedy, and in in the Herald newspaper – 'Iraqi teen seeks Maestro'. That Iraqi SUN 07:20 Lucy Catherine - Gudrun (b0b4zrtk) 2001 the series Happiness was born. teen was the astonishing Zuhal Sultan, a pianist who dreamed Series 4 (Omnibus) At the 1998 BAFTA Awards, Paul won the Best Light up the idea of a National Youth Orchestra of Iraq aged only 17. Episode 1 Entertainment Performance prize and The Fast Show won Best Paul was intrigued. Barely out of war, with no discernible Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired Light Entertainment Programme. orchestral tradition that he knew of, what could there be to by the Icelandic sagas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003. work with? What instruments did they even have? How could it Gudrun, a young woman from 11th century Iceland, forges her SUN 10:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yz55m) be that we in the West had heard so much about war and path through a world of unearthly beauty yet uncompromising Series 2 bloodshed in Iraq, but know so little of who the Iraqis really harshness. Charnia were? Fixated on the article, fish trembling at the end of his Gudrun has risked everything to save her daughter, Sigrid, only David Attenborough has always been fascinated by fossils; even fork, Paul simply said to himself, ‘I know how to do this.’ to be double-crossed by her supposed ally, King Sweyn of as a boy he'd spend many hours exploring the local quarry near The following year, after auditions via skype, a promise of a Denmark. Knowing he's made a powerful enemy he plans to get his home in Leicestershire. bespoke piece from the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, favours rid of her. Near his family home was a forest which he visited frequently, called in, massive logistical complexities and financial hiccups, Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes but didn't hunt for fossils there because he knew the rocks were they ran their first summer school. And so the National Youth Gudrun.....Kate Phillips too old to have any post cards of early life embedded in their Orchestra of Iraq was born. In a few short years this group of Freija.....Samantha Dakin layers. young musicians came through the most difficult and dangerous Marlas.....Amir El-Masry But he was wrong - those rocks harboured a wonderful secret - times to produce fine music, not only in Iraq. Orm.....John Lightbody a secret that would rattle the cages of the big thinkers of the Omnibus of five parts read by Kenny Blyth. Grim..... Joseph Ayre time and would change the story of life on earth for ever. Directed and abridged by Polly Coles. Sweyn's Guard.....Sean Murray Written and presented by Sir David Attenborough. Producer: Clive Brill. Director: Gemma Jenkins Producer: Julian Hector. A Brill Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in August First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011. 2016. SUN 08:30 A Life of Bliss (b04cfpy2) SUN 11:00 Radiolab (m000vgw9) SUN 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06j2h4d) The Flat Series 7 Raymond Blanc David prepares to move back into his flat, but with warnings Right to be Forgotten Renowned chef Raymond Blanc selects Edith Piaf's 'La Vie En from Tony ringing in his ears. Radiolab explores an online world where that story about you Rose' and Arvo Part's 'Spiegel Im Spiegel'. George Cole stars in Godfrey Harrison's sitcom about bashful, lives forever. Can we shake our internet past? SUN 14:20 Tinsel Girl (b08q8g1w) bumbling bachelor David Alexander Bliss. In an online world, that story about you lives forever. The tipsy Tinsel Girl and the Support Worker (Omnibus) David Bliss …. George Cole photograph of you at the college football game? It’s up there. Uplifting comedy drama about the life, loves and misadventures Ann …. Diana Churchill That news article about the political rally you were marching at? of wheelchair user Maz. Tony …. Colin Gordon It’s up there. A DUI? That’s there, too. But what if ... it wasn’t. Maz's first day with her support worker Hayley doesn't go quite Psyche the Dog …. Percy Edwards In Cleveland, Ohio, a group of journalists are trying out an as planned. Maxine …. Sarah Lawson experiment that has the potential to turn things upside down: Omnibus of five parts. Six series of 118 episodes of A Life of Bliss ran on the BBC they are unpublishing content they’ve already published. Maz ...... Cherylee Houston Home Service from 1953. It moved to BBC TV for a run of six Photographs, names, entire articles. Every month or so, they get Hayley...... Sarah McDonald Hughes Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 4 of 10 Andy ...... Chris Jack Sam Varley ...... Paul Haigh Poems include: Who's Had My Scissors, Ever Since I Had Me Rachel ...... Kathryn Pemberton Mr Brook ...... Bernard Cribbins Op and Insomnia. Written by Lou Ramsden - inspired by the adventures and Don O'Reilly ...... Dermot Crowley With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead experiences of Cherylee Houston. Isabel ...... Rosemary Leach Producer: Claire Jones. Producer: Charlotte Riches The Captain ...... John Arthur First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2012. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2017. Laura ...... Sally Phillips MON 07:30 Just a Minute (m000v8b3) SUN 15:30 Erich Honecker's Rock and Roll Years Harriet ...... Patsy Byrne Series 86 (b010mt30) Producer: Jo Clegg Episode 9 Henning Wehn investigates 'Ostrock' - the rock and pop music First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. Tom Allen hosts a special episode of Just a Minute where he scene in the old East Germany. SUN 23:00 As Told To Craig Brown (b00b7qs7) challenges guests Josie Lawrence, Mark Watson, Paul Merton During the Cold War, we were given the impression that life Episode 1 and Felicity Ward to talk on the subjects of his choice for 60 behind the Iron Curtain was unrelentingly grim and that Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social observation seconds. Hesitation, deviation, and repetition are strictly communist youth suffered from a lack of fashionable clothing and nonsense. forbidden. This episode was produced using remote recording and an earnest adherence to the socialist dream. Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright. technology, with both panel and audience joining in from their But this wasn’t always the case and despite the fact that Erich With John Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis homes all over the world. Caroline Barlow blows the whistle. Honecker believed 'beat music' was being used by the enemy to MacLeod, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. Devised by Ian Messiter send East German Youth into 'overdrive', he had only limited Producer: Victoria Lloyd Produced by Victoria Lloyd success in placing controls on a thriving rock and pop music First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008. A BBC Studios Production scene in the GDR. SUN 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007v2y5) MON 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlqh) It’s true that his musicians had to perform in front of a Series 2 Series 3 committee to obtain a licence, that there was only one - state The Future Without Prejudice controlled - record company and that if you fell foul of those in What is the future and why is it kept hidden from us? - when if Harold persuades Albert to leave their rag and bone yard to power, your music 'ceased to exist'. But East German we knew what it was we’d at least know if we needed to take a move out to suburbia. youngsters were listening to Western music being played on change of pants? Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as radio stations on the other side of the Wall and so Honecker Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which Harold. With Edward Kelsey, Garrard Green and Trevor ultimately failed to control their musical tastes. leave other shows scratching their beards. Martin. German comedian Henning Wehn goes to Berlin in search of a Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association scene unknown to him when he was growing up in West With Rebecca Front, Armando Iannucci and the voice of Tom with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Germany. He talks to Ostrock musicians and fans and uncovers Baker. wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. a story that involves, the Stasi, disappearing musicians, lyrics Producer: Sarah Smith The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring with hidden meanings and music that was 'Western' in all but First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993. the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold name. and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. Producer: Helen Lee. Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011. MONDAY 26 APRIL 2021 Gale Pedrick. SUN 16:00 Don Haworth - Challenged (b0075s00) Produced by Bobby Jaye Set in a remote part of the Pennines, a widowed mother and her MON 00:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1971. son battle to come to terms with the passage of time when hired (b00tvmkb) MON 08:30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k00f) worker, Tom arrives. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Episode 4 Son Harry, who has learning difficulties, is described by his MON 00:45 Black and White by Jan Mark (b08bs3pk) Edgar and young Robert have been kidnapped - but is it a case school as 'challenged'. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] of mistaken identity? With Tom's encouragement he finds new confidence, but this MON 01:00 Upbeat by Paul MacAlindin (Omnibus) CAST creates fresh conflict for the trio. (b07pwyhp) Edgar Finchley .... Richard Griffiths Atmospheric drama by Don Haworth. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday] Lawrence Hume .... Piers Gibbon Anne ...... Brigit Forsyth MON 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06j2h4d) Robert Gillespie .... James Cohen Tom ...... Paul Copley [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Sunday] Mr Hammerton .... Nicky Henson Harry ...... Matthew Booth MON 02:20 Tinsel Girl (b08q8g1w) Michel .... Jeffrey Holland Producer: Pauline Harris [Repeat of broadcast at 14:20 on Sunday] Jerome Giraud .... Simon Roberts First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000. MON 03:30 Erich Honecker's Rock and Roll Years Robert Gillespie .... James Cohen SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m000vgwc) (b010mt30) Marie Peters .... Serena Evans [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] Jacques .... David Howarth SUN 17:30 Polyoaks (b07dlygk) MON 04:00 Don Haworth - Challenged (b0075s00) Baptiste Mignard .... Albert Welling [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] Madame Mignard .... Jacqueline Tong SUN 18:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True (b00tvmkb) MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m000vgwc) Narrated by James Villiers. The Squire's Story [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday] Written by Victor Canning and adapted for radio by Andy and 1849: Mr Higgins appears every inch the perfect jovial MON 05:30 Polyoaks (b07dlygk) Eric Merriman. gentleman. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 on Sunday] Producer: Gareth Edwards But his strange manners - not to mention a tendency to MON 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qskh) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1994. disappear - suggest a less ordinary source for his comfortable 12. Poisoned Air MON 09:00 Act Your Age (b00pxn13) lifestyle. The cantankerous criminal psychologist tackles a mysterious Series 2 Elizabeth Gaskell's collection of intriguing "true" tales case of deadly experiments and thwarted love. Episode 1 dramatised by Sally Hedges. Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic Mrs Gaskell ...... Elizabeth Spriggs psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by generations against each other to find out which is the funniest. Miss Pratt ...... Angela Thorne deducing their felonious personalities. Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Adrian Walsh Higgins ...... Michael Lumsden A BBC Radio crime based on the characters established in the are joined by Kevin Bridges, Jason Byrne and Johnnie Casson. Squire Hearn ...... Peter Jeffrey popular 1949 Hammer Film 'Dr Morelle: The Case Of The Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews. Sir Harry ...... Michael Tudor Barnes Missing Heiress'. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2010. With Andrew Harrison, Simon Carter, Brett Usher, Jonathan CAST: MON 09:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII Wyatt and Nick Aikens. Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker (b0076j4t) Producer: Nigel Bryant Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim Episode 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1998. Kurt Emmanuel …. David Hurst Venturing away from home for the first time, Anne of Cleves SUN 18:45 Black and White by Jan Mark (b08bs3pk) Bella Goodwyn …. Maureen Riscoe comes to England. Henry thinks he has a demure and compliant 4. Who's a Pretty Boy Then? Mrs Atkins …. Elsa Palmer wife, but he reckons without Mrs Loew. When Dad builds a budgerigar aviary on the strange, bare Hugo Russell …. John Horsley An unreliable history, created and written in six parts by Barry garden patch, the birds’ behaviour turns alarming. Sgt Hammond …. Haydn Jones Grossman. Read by Ann Rye. Director: Leslie Bridgmont Starring Jonathan Coy as Henry VIII, Milton Jones as Thomas Written by Jan Mark and abridged by Peter Kerry. Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. Cromwell, Alfred Burke as the Chronicler, Jasmin Hyde as Jane Producer: Martin Jameson First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1957. Seymour, Eve Matheson as Lady Margaret, John Webb as Sir First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1993. MON 06:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vh0h) John and Jonathan Kydd as Antonio. SUN 19:00 Radiolab (m000vgw9) 1. Childhood Music by Jim Parker. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Multitalented writer, director, actor and goodwill ambassador Producer: John Fawcett Wilson SUN 19:55 Inheritance Tracks (b06gy2s1) for UNICEF, Sir Peter Ustinov CBE read his autobiography. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today] Starting with his earliest days when his parents had newly MON 10:00 Joanna Trollope - Parson Harding's Daughter SUN 20:00 Don Haworth - Challenged (b0075s00) arrived in London from Leningrad in 1920. The young Peter (m0009swy) [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 today] discovered an early talent for mimicry - which landed a nanny 1. What Hope? SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000vgw7) in serious trouble! Caroline Harding's only suitor disappeared to India without her [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Abridged in eight parts by Jack Singleton. and forgot that he'd ever planned to marry her. SUN 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yz55m) Producer Rosemary Hart She was left with few hopes, for what was there for a parson's [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. daughter - of limited means and no looks - to expect in 1775? SUN 22:00 Polyoaks (b07dlygk) MON 07:00 Ayres on the Air (b01n6yj5) Written by Joanna Trollope under her nom de plume, Caroline [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Series 4 Harvey. SUN 22:30 The Iguanodon (b0075cbr) Winter Dramatised in three parts by Eric Pringle. Away and Slightly to the Left Popular poet Pam Ayres concludes her series of poetry and Caroline Harding .... Rebecca Egan Sam Varley is looking for a lift back to the mainland when his sketch shows about the seasons with a look at winter. Johnnie Gates .... Charles Simpson boat is wrecked in a storm. . Henry .... Ross Livingstone Mr Brook is looking for an unforgettable adventure at sea, after Subjects include that magic combination of cold weather and Parson Harding .... Geoffrey Whitehead a lifetime in custards. broken boilers; the art of comparing ailments with an update of Eleanor .... Jane Whittenshaw Neither of them get quite what they're expecting on a boat the Yuletide song The 12 Days of Christmas and, as we reach Robert .... Roger May called 'The Iguanodon'... the end of the Winter season ,Pam tells how to fan the dying Lady Lennox …. Jennifer Hilary Three-part comedy adventure by Paul Lucas. flame of passion, come Valentine's Day. Lord Lennox …. David Collings Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 5 of 10 Georgiana .... Jilly Bond [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] (b09msf89) Frank Lovell ....Paul Jenkins MON 17:00 Ayres on the Air (b01n6yj5) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] Sir Edward Ashton .... Nicholas Le Prevost [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 02:15 Gudrun (b0b4ztdj) Ralph Buxby .... Andrew Wincott MON 17:30 Just a Minute (m000v8b3) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] Sircar ... Dhirendra [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE 02:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico (b00gd1t0) George Carew .... Stephen Critchlow MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p506) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] Anne Hedges .... Patience Tomlinson Guards! Guards! TUE 03:00 Joanna Trollope - Parson Harding's Daughter Mary Wells .... Tessa Worsley Episode 6 (m0009swy) Mr Pears .... David Timson "Last Desperate Chances always work. Besides, I'll be using my [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Dramatised by Eric Pringle. lucky arrow..." TUE 04:00 Act Your Age (b00pxn13) Director: Jane Morgan. All Captain Vimes needs to save the city is a million-to-one [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995. chance. TUE 04:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII MON 11:00 Here's the Thing (b0b5rtfg) First published in 1989, the 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic (b0076j4t) Mickey Rourke, John Turturro and Viggo Mortensen fantasy stories set on Discworld. Conclusion of six parts [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Alec Baldwin delves into the lives of three celebrated actors, dramatized by Michael Butt. TUE 05:00 Ayres on the Air (b01n6yj5) Mickey Rourke, John Turturro and Viggo Mortensen. CAST: [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin gives the listener unique Narrator …. Martin Jarvis TUE 05:30 Just a Minute (m000v8b3) entrée into the lives of artists, policy makers and performers. Captain Vimes …. John Wood [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] Alec sidesteps the predictable by taking listeners inside the Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes TUE 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qs14) dressing rooms, apartments, and offices. Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne 13. Mr X Mickey Rourke talks about how he was trying to make it as a Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood A man loses his memory and a woman gets nuisance calls in boxer when he decided that acting might let him make a buck Carrot …. Robert Gwilym another case for the cantankerous criminal psychologist. without getting beat up Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses Child of an Italian father and a second-generation Sicilian in Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by Queens, John Turturro was expected to achieve middle-class First Guard …. Jeff Nuttall deducing their felonious personalities. success, but fell deep in love with acting as both a craft and a Joint First Guard …. Michael Roberts Following on from the success of the 1949 Hammer Film 'Dr field of study. Death …. Himself Morelle: The Case Of The Missing Heiress', this is the last of Viggo Mortensen had a highly eccentric childhood, moving as a Director: John Taylor 13 BBC radio episodes. young boy with his Danish father to South America where his First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992. CAST: father managed chicken farms. After his parents divorced, he MON 18:30 A Good Read (b01cjwv5) Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker moved with his mother to upstate New York, and after college Brian Sewell and Wendy Cope Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim drove a truck and sold flowers on the street, before trying Harriett Gilbert's guests this week are the art critic Brian Sewell Paula Maitland …. Lana Morris acting. It was just one more odd job, at first. and the poet Wendy Cope. The Nurse …. Maureen Riscoe Here's the Thing has its roots in public radio. In 2009, Alec Books chosen: Mr X …. David Spenser joined with producers Lu Olkowski, Trey Kay, Kathie Russo, "From the City, From the Plough," by Alexander Baron Mr Maitland …. Simon Lack and Emily Botein to find fresh ways to engage in conversation "The Moving Toyshop," by Edmund Crispin The Matron …. Joan Sanderson on the radio. The group developed the idea of a new show that "Evening in the Palace of Reason," by James Gaines Inspector Hood …. Fred Yule at its heart would look at what makes interesting people tick and Producer Christine Hall Director: Leslie Bridgmont create a platform for new and emerging ideas to be presented. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. From WNYC Studios, New York. MON 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlqh) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1957. MON 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jlqh) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 06:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhc4) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 19:30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k00f) 2. Drama School MON 12:30 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k00f) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] "I had a choice", said my parents, who couldn't afford either, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qskh) "between St Paul's and Westminster Schools". MON 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qskh) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] School days with the son of a Nazi politician, a first proper taste [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON 20:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vh0h) of treading the boards at drama school and meeting his first MON 13:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vh0h) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] girlfriend, Isolde. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON 21:00 Here's the Thing (b0b5rtfg) Multitalented writer, director, actor and goodwill ambassador MON 14:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] for UNICEF, Sir Peter Ustinov CBE continues his (b09msf89) MON 22:00 Just a Minute (m000v8b3) autobiography Episode 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Abridged by Jack Singleton. Muriel Spark's playful and autobiographical novel set amid MON 22:30 Chain Reaction (b03m81pm) Producer Rosemary Hart London's post-war publishing scene. Series 9 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978. Mrs Hawkins is thriving in her new job and continues to lose Terry Christian talks to Kevin Bridges TUE 07:00 Beauty of Britain (b01064yj) weight. But a figure from her past is about to make an Manchester's very own Terry Christian talks to Scotland's Series 2 unwelcome appearance. comedy superstar Kevin Bridges. Laurelmead Read by Maggie Service Chain Reaction is the long-running host-less chat show where No professional care-worker can afford to miss Beauty Olonga's Abridged by Rosemary Goring last week's interviewee becomes this week's interviewer. survival guide to Britain - its overheated houses, its Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. Producer: Carl Cooper disappointing church services and its world-class charity shops. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013. Series 2 of this Radio 4 comedy follows Beauty's continuing MON 14:15 Gudrun (b0b4ztdj) MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m000v9v6) adventures as the Featherdown Agency sends her to provide Series 4 Series 105 care for the elderly. Episode 6 Episode 2 Beauty sees herself as an inspiration to other African girls Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired Andy Zaltman presents a look back at the week's headlines with hoping to live the dream in Britain. The series breaks the by the Icelandic sagas. panellists Andrew Maxwell, Athena Kugblenu, Anne McElvoy embarrassed silence about what happens to us when we get old Gudrun and Marlas finally arrive in Constantinople and meet and Chris McCausland. and start to lose our faculties. It shows the process in all its Marlas' influential friends. Gudrun allows herself to hope once This week super leagues, super texts and a super example of chaotic, tragi-comedy but it does so from the point of view of more that a return to Iceland to rescue her daughter will become someone being told to get out of a pub. Beauty, whose Zimbabwean Shona background has taught her a reality. Marlas shows her round the city he loves. She's Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice to respect age. Beauty sees Britain at its best, its worst and also impressed by its ordered grandeur but there's talk of religious Fraser, Mike Shephard, Rajiv Karia and Jenan Younis. sometimes without its clothes on running the wrong way down unrest on the streets. Producer: Richard Morris the M6 with a toy dog shouting 'Come on!' Gudrun ..... Kate Phillips A BBC Studios Production 'A British care home is basically a big house named after a tree' Freija ..... Samantha Dakin MON 23:30 Sean Lock - 15 Storeys High (b09jmjnl) observes Beauty, as she decides to work at Laurelmead this Marlas ..... Amir El-Masry Series 1 week. A change from her usual live in work, but working for Demetrious ..... Ryan Whittle Episode 3 the care home brings its own difficulties. There is some good Bishop Arascius ..... Sean Murray Thwarted by inertia, Sean has never allowed his dreams and news- her church choir is through to the regional finals of 'Go Alexandra ..... Lauren Cornelius ambitions to come true. Until, that is, the local supermarket for Gospel'. Nonna ..... Kerry Gooderson shows him the way. Beauty ... Jocelyn Jee Esien Produced and directed by Gemma Jenkins. Sean Lock is still hiding in Flat 76, Elderberry House, Maydew Kriss ... Felix Dexter First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018. Estate, failing to keep the world at bay. Neville ... Clive Swift MON 14:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico (b00gd1t0) Starring Sean Lock, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Peter Serafinowicz, Mrs Gupte ... Indira Joshi Marc Riley tells the story of Christa Paffgen, the German Martin Trenaman and Chris Pavlo. Anil ... Paul Sharma model and actress who would become better known as Nico, the Written by Sean Lock and Martin Trenaman. Worship Leader Wayne ... Lloyd Thomas singer with influential 1960s rock band The Velvet Script Editor: Robert Fraser-Steele Uncle Custard ... Chris Douglas Underground. Producer: Chris Neill Sandra ... Nicola Sanderson Featuring interviews with her son Ari; her manager during her First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999. The music for the series was performed by The West End time in Manchester, Alan Wise; her biographer Richard Witts; Gospel Choir. John Cale, one of her colleagues in The Velvet Underground; Written by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson and James Young, author and musician who worked with Nico TUESDAY 27 APRIL 2021 The producer is Tilusha Ghelani. for six years. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011. Producer: Nicola Swords TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p506) TUE 07:30 Bridget Christie: Mortal (m000v7q9) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Life MON 15:00 Joanna Trollope - Parson Harding's Daughter TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b01cjwv5) Episode 2 - Life (m0009swy) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Following on from her hugely successful, award-winning [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qskh) previous series – ‘Minds The Gap’ and ‘Utopia’, Bridget now MON 16:00 Act Your Age (b00pxn13) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] turns her attention to Mortality, covering ‘Birth’, ‘Life’, ‘Death’ [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 01:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vh0h) and ‘The Afterlife’. MON 16:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Like many of us forced to work from home during lockdown, (b0076j4t) TUE 02:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark Bridget has recorded this series herself in her house, and in her Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 6 of 10 local park, on a pre-sanitised recording device sent to her in the World War was 50mph, while jets today can fly at over 1500 A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June post. Batteries weren’t included. She had to buy them all mph, but there was something about the act of flying at speed 2016. herself. over the heads of those on the ground that evoked a feeling of TUE 16:30 The Brothers (b007mc8t) In a collection of informative, personal and absurd recordings, freedom. Of course, the WW1 pilots knew and felt this [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] she confronts the difficult questions most of us spend our lives freedom and a mystique grew up around their exploits - a TUE 17:00 Beauty of Britain (b01064yj) avoiding - all whilst being interrupted by cats, bad WiFi, life mystique mingled with the bitter-sweet and made even more [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] admin and her own dead self from beyond the grave. poignant by the fact that the average life of a First World War TUE 17:30 Bridget Christie: Mortal (m000v7q9) "Does life have meaning?", "How do you live in the moment?", pilot was just three weeks. In the Second World War, the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] "Why is life like a washing machine cycle?" and "What's that lifespan of a fighter pilot was again short and often brutal. TUE 18:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope dog barking at?" This programme features of the voices of some of the survivors Hodgson (b007x08g) If you are mortal, then this is the show for you. of those conflicts, and from more recent theatres of war such as 1. The Manuscript Written and performed by Bridget Christie Desert Storm and Afghanistan. To listen in to the pilots is Two friends are camping near the bleak ruins of a huge old With guest appearances from her sister Eileen and her friend chilling as they fly through enemy fire and - certainly in the house in a remote spot in the west of Ireland, when they Ash. early days - in planes with engines that could fail at any time, discover a ragged manuscript. Producer... Carl Cooper where the navigation systems were so rudimentary that they It purports to be the journal of an old recluse who once lived in Sound Mixer... Olga M. Reed little idea where they were or where they were heading. the house with his sister. The manuscript describes his Bridget Christie: Mortal is a BBC Studios Production A Spools Out production terrifying experiences of being besieged by supernatural TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00fl188) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018. creatures and another dimension... The Evils of Bushey Spon TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b00fl188) Read by Jim Norton. Neddie is called in to oversee the decoration of a council [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy lamppost. With special guest star AE Matthews. From March TUE 12:30 King Street Junior (b007jm4f) novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. 1958. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. TUE 08:30 King Street Junior (b007jm4f) TUE 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qs14) Producer: Lawrence Jackson Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. The History Game TUE 13:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhc4) First broadcast in September 2007. Mr Sims brings history alive for the class, then faces a real-life [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE 18:30 Soul Music (b00zdl20) battle Mrs Rudd. TUE 14:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark Series 11 The third series of the gentle sitcom based around life in a (b09mt8wp) The Impossible Dream junior school. Devised and written by Jim Eldridge, it ran to ten Episode 7 In this series that explores those pieces of music that never fail series between March 1985 and November 1998. Muriel Spark's playful and autobiographical novel set amid to move us, this week we feature, 'The Impossible Dream', a CAST: London's post-war publishing scene. song that talks of the resilience of the human spirit. Philip Sims …. Karl Howman Wanda continues to behave strangely as Mrs Hawkins mulls on It tells the story of a quest and it's had a surprising journey of Mr Beeston, the Headmaster …. James Grout the loss of another job in publishing. Before long her thoughts it's own. It was originally composed for the 1965 musical The Miss Lewis …. Marlene Sidaway turn to her brief wartime marriage to the late Tom Hawkins. Man of La Mancha which was inspired by Miguel de Cervantes Mr Holliday, the Deputy Head …. Tom Watson Read by Maggie Service story of Don Quixote. The music was written by Mitch Leigh Mrs Patterson …. Deirdre Costello Abridged by Rosemary Goring and the lyrics by Joe Darion. Now in his 80's Leigh explains Mr Long …. Paul Copley Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. how his first writing partner was WH Auden and talks about Mrs Rudd …. Vivienne Martin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. why this particular piece struck a chord with African American Mrs Stone, the School Secretary …. Margaret John TUE 14:15 Gudrun (b0b50kx1) friends at that time. Generations on, international Soprano Ben …. John Challis Series 4 Lesley Garrett recalls how this song inspired her childhood Mick …. Phil Nice Episode 7 dreams in Doncaster, Yachtsman of the Year Geoff Holt talks Hanif …. Robert Lynam Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired about how this song carried him across the Atlantic on one of Janine …. Victoria Ludlow by the Icelandic sagas. the most important voyages of his life and former advertising Andy …. Nicholas Askew Marlas gets sucked back into the intrigues of his former life executive Rob Chew explains how this piece is helping him Alice …. Lindsay Pearce leaving Gudrun to explore Constantinople alone. She befriends face lifes biggest challenge. John Fawcett Wilson : Producer a fellow Icelander who is a member of the elite Varangian Contributors: First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988. Guard. Geoff Holt TUE 09:00 The News Quiz (m000v9v6) Produced and directed by Gemma Jenkins. Rob Chew [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018. Mitch Leigh TUE 09:30 The Brothers (b007mc8t) TUE 14:30 The Luddite Lament (b0112y4d) Stuart Pedlar Series 1 In The Luddite Lament, the award winning folk singer John Lesley Garrett Episode 4 Tams looks back at the machine breakers of the 19th century, Producer: Nicola Humphries Arson and revolving bow ties - just another day for Nigel and through the prism of the songs they inspired. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011. Michael. Stars Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard. From Two hundred years ago parts of Britain were on the brink of TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b00fl188) June 2004. rebellion - and you could be imprisoned for singing a song. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 10:00 Joanna Trollope - Parson Harding's Daughter There were said to be more troops on the border of Yorkshire TUE 19:30 King Street Junior (b007jm4f) (m0009rkb) and Lancashire than on the Continent with Wellington. The [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 2. Setting Sail reason? Men armed with hammers, pikes and even guns were TUE 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qs14) In 1776 Caroline Harding sets sail for India, bound for marriage attacking mills in protest at the introduction of new machinery. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] to a man whom she's not seen in 8 years and whom she suspects Luddism began in the Midlands in 1811 and swept northwards TUE 20:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhc4) of having no real desire to wed her... to Yorkshire and then Lancashire. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Written by Joanna Trollope under her nom de plume, Caroline In just one month in 1812 a mill was attacked by over a TUE 21:00 Archive on 4 (b09x8ygn) Harvey. hundred men, two Luddites were killed, a manufacturer was [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] CAST: shot dead and then, to add to the air of fear and paranoia, the TUE 22:00 Bridget Christie: Mortal (m000v7q9) Caroline Harding .... Rebecca Egan Prime Minister was assassinated. Spies and informers criss [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Lady Lennox …. Jennifer Hilary crossed the Luddite areas passing what information they could TUE 22:30 Danny Robins Music Therapy (b00ft476) Lord Lennox .... David Collings to the authorities - but the Luddites were notoriously difficult to Episode 4 Isobel Grant .... Emma Gregory infiltrate. They sang songs about their exploits - about hardship, Danny Robins harnesses the power of music to improve the General North .... John Turner about machine breaking and about their hero General Ludd. world and solve listeners' problems. Bella Rathbone .... Jillie Meers This programme examines the story of the Luddites using some Danny campaigns for bagpipes to be celebrated rather than Johnnie Gates …. Charles Simpson of those songs. reviled and tries his hand at writing a 'Winterval' No 1 hit Ranjit .... Sam Dastor First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011. single. George Carew .... Stephen Critchlow TUE 15:00 Joanna Trollope - Parson Harding's Daughter With Isy Suttie and special musical guest rapper Doc Brown. Sir Edward Ashton .... Nicholas le Prevost (m0009rkb) Producer: Ben Walker Sircar …. Dhirendra [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2008. Moneylender .... Raj Patel TUE 16:00 The 3rd Degree (b07ffd8g) TUE 23:00 Small Scenes (b03fb925) Servant .... Becky Hindley Series 6 Series 1 Ship's Officer.... Paul Jenkins The University of Bath Episode 2 Sailor .... Joshua Towb A funny and dynamic quiz show hosted by Steve Punt - this Listen in as a pair of long-lost brothers meet for the first time. Dramatised by Eric Pringle. week from the University of Bath, with specialist subjects Elsewhere, a moth runs amok on a submarine and we also meet Director Jane Morgan. including Biology, Politics and Maths, and questions ranging the world's most literal voiceover artist. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995. from Sierpinski Gaskets to Scottish Nationalism via Francois Series one of the symphonious sketch show starring Daniel TUE 11:00 Archive on 4 (b09x8ygn) Mitterand and Adele. Rigby, Mike Wozniak, Sara Pascoe and Henry Paker. Per Ardua Ad Astra: RAF Voices The programme is recorded on location at a different Written by the cast and Benjamin Partridge, with additional From top brass to gunners, pilots and ground crew, the voices of University each week, and it pits three Undergraduates against material from Jon Lynes and Dan O'Donohue. a much-respected service. three of their Professors in an original and fresh take on an Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer When the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service academic quiz. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2013. merged on April 1st, 1918, Britain witnessed the creation of an The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General TUE 23:30 The (Almost) Accidental Adventures of Bell and extraordinary new armed service - one that the existing Army Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the Highbrow Todd (m00055bk) and Navy greeted with suspicion and distrust. Here was a fully- and Lowbrow round cunningly devised to test not only the Episode 5 fledged force, complete with exotic flying machines and pilots students' knowledge of current affairs, history, languages and Stuck in a swamp pretending to be frogs, Todd and Bell are still who seemed to have stepped out of the pages of an adventure science, but also their Professors' awareness of television, sport, in danger. book for boys. and quite possibly Justin Bieber. In addition, the Head-to-Head Mischievous narrator Diana is suffering too Their devil-may-care attitude and sang froid in the face of the rounds see students take on their Professors in their own June Whitfield stars as Diana in John Eggleston's six-part fledgling German Air Force, and the completely haphazard subjects, offering plenty of scope for mild embarrassment on comedy adventure series. construction of the machines they flew, gained them a both sides. With Matthew Bell as Bell and Toby Longworth as Todd reputation and respect that the RAF still enjoys a hundred years Other Universities featured in this series include Producer: Liz Anstee later. Gloucestershire, Chester, Birmingham City, Glasgow and York. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998. The average speed of the canvas and wire machines of the First Produced by David Tyler TUE 23:45 Hearing With Hegley (b00bbnvw) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 7 of 10 Series 1 Series 3 Johnnie Gates .... Charles Simpson Episode 5 Undercover Hamster Nawab of Fultar .... Badi Uzzaman The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, presents A sitcom about five single, middle aged neighbours living in Ralph Buxby …. Andrew Wincott a selection of his work. flats in a converted house in North London .- written by Moray Ranjit .... Sam Dastor With contributions from Keith Moore, Susan Norton, Andrew Hunter and starring Angus Deayton, Abigail Cruttenden, Pearce George Carew …. Stephen Critchlow Bailey and Nigel Piper. Quigley, Kate Isitt and Bennett Arron, John Eyre ... Gavin Muir Producer: Phil Clarke Mitch (Angus Deayton) is a widower and part-time therapist Bella Rathbone .... Jillie Meers First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996. who is looking to put his life back together now that he is single Ann Wheeler .... Monica Dolan and living with Will (Pearce Quigley), his younger, more Lady Lennox .... Jennifer Hilary volatile and unhappily divorced half-brother. Elsewhere in the with John Hartley and Tessa Worsley WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL 2021 building are schoolteacher Ellie (Abigail Cruttenden) who is Dramatised by Eric Pringle. shy, nervous and holds a secret candle for Mitch. Overly honest, Director Jane Morgan WED 00:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope frustrated actress Louisa (Kate Isitt), and socially inept IT nerd First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995. Hodgson (b007x08g) Morris (Bennett Arron) complete the line-up of mis-matched WED 11:00 The Inimitable PG Wodehouse (m000vhrf) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] neighbours. 1. In the Offing WED 00:30 Soul Music (b00zdl20) In the third episode, Undercover Hamster, Morris secures a date “Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely observed, [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] with Nina (Jocelyn Jee Esien), a woman who works in a local is either immoral, illegal or fattening.” PG Wodehouse, Girl in WED 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qs14) pet shop, after impressing her with his love of hamsters. Not Blue [1970] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] that he has one. Ellie meanwhile needs someone, preferably Alexander Armstrong attended the special dedication to PG WED 01:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhc4) Mitch but anyone will do, to talk to her school assembly. Wodehouse [1881-1975] at Westminster Abbey in September [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Cast: 2019, where sections of this programme were recorded. WED 02:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark Angus Deayton- Mitch Wodehouse was widely regarded as the greatest comic author of (b09mt8wp) Abigail Cruttenden- Ellie the 20th century, and during these three one-hour episodes, [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] Pearce Quigley- Will we’ll hear a collection of some his best loved work, including a WED 02:15 Gudrun (b0b50kx1) Kate Isitt- Louisa celebration of his creations, such as the feckless Bertie Wooster [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] Bennett Arron- Morris and his phlegmatic manservant, Jeeves, and his many other WED 02:30 The Luddite Lament (b0112y4d) Nina- Jocelyn Jee Esien characters. All brought to life on radio by stars including Simon [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] Created and Written by Moray Hunter Cadell, Michael Hordern and Richard Briers. WED 03:00 Joanna Trollope - Parson Harding's Daughter Script Edited by Ian Brown and James Hendrie We’ll also hear rare interviews and archive along with (m0009rkb) Directed by Moray Hunter and Gordon Kennedy contributions from fans, friends and family. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Recorded and Edited by Jerry Peal Celebrating the comic brilliance of PG Wodehouse is a personal WED 04:00 The 3rd Degree (b07ffd8g) Production Manager: Sarah Tombling passion for presenter Alexander Armstrong [Armstrong and [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] Based on an original idea developed in association with Dandy Miller, Pointless], especially as he’s president of the PG WED 04:30 The Brothers (b007mc8t) Productions Wodehouse Society – which attracts followers from all over the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios world. WED 05:00 Beauty of Britain (b01064yj) Produced by Gordon Kennedy Producer: Stephen Garner [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4 Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January WED 05:30 Bridget Christie: Mortal (m000v7q9) WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jygf) 2020 as part of a three-hour showcase. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Series 1 WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jygf) WED 06:00 Wimsey (b007jzdt) The Boxing Champion [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] The Nine Tailors When the lad hits the gym, he knocks down a prize boxer WED 12:30 Alison and Maud (b007k31q) 1 The Bells are Rung Up completely by chance - which gives Sid an idea... [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The elegant, intelligent amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey is Starring Tony Hancock. With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney WED 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzdt) drawn into the case of an unsolved jewel theft - which turns into James, Kenneth Williams and Paul Carpenter. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] a grave mystery. Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. WED 13:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhrb) CAST: Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Recorded [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. WED 14:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark Bunter …. Peter Jones Producer: Dennis Main Wilson (b09my2f5) Ezra Wilderspin …. John Church First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November Episode 8 Mrs Venables …. Noel Dyson 1954. Muriel Spark's playful and autobiographical novel set amid Stephen Driver …. Stephen Greiff WED 08:30 Alison and Maud (b007k31q) London's post-war publishing scene. The Rev Theodore Venable …. Phillip Latham Series 1 As Wanda Podolak edges ever closer to breakdown, Nancy has Emily …. Jenny Twigg Speaking in Tongues spent an unexpected night with neighbour and medical student Mr Godfrey/Johnson …. Hayden Wood Will Mr Mullet and The Bishop of Norwich get too close for William Todd. Narrator …. John Westbrook comfort over tea? Maud gets a computer and there's an incident Read by Maggie Service British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a on the road... Abridged by Rosemary Goring number of detective novels and short stories by English crime First of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Nine Tailors was first published about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. in 1934. Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich. WED 14:15 Gudrun (b0b52cmn) Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, Series 4 Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Chris Emmett as Mr Mullett, Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard, Episode 8 Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World Nickolas Grace as Leslie and Nicholas Le Prevost as the Bishop Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired War. of Norwich by the Icelandic sagas. Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio Producer: Jonathan James-Moore. Marlas gets sucked back into the intrigues of his former life from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003. leaving Gudrun to explore Constantinople alone. She befriends were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. WED 09:00 The Motion Show (b070wg2g) a fellow Icelander who is a member of the elite Varangian Adapted for radio in six episodes by Alistair Beaton. Series 3 Guard. Producer: Martin Fisher Episode 4 Produced and directed by Gemma Jenkins. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980. Graeme Garden's debating game with Gyles Brandreth, Hugh First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018. WED 06:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhrb) Dennis, Arthur Smith and Antony Worrall Thompson. From WED 14:30 The Secret Catacombs of Paris (b01b9h73) 3. War August 2000. Take a trip into the underground maze of Paris, revealing a "In January 1942, I received my call-up papers. Asked if I had WED 09:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jzm2) mysterious and intriguing history. any preference as to the arm I wished to serve in, I told the Series 1 Famously known as the City of Light, Paris is a diverse officer I was interested in Tanks. " Why tanks? " he asked, Out To Launch metropolis rich in architecture and steeped in history. But it has keenly. I replied that I preferred to go into battle sitting down." Rosie's company is set to launch the autobiography of the a dark alter ego that lies 30 metres under the ground, mirroring Memories of the Second World War. country's most famous footballer, Lloyd Gratton. centuries of bloody wars, revolutions and riots on the surface. Multitalented writer, director, actor and goodwill ambassador The lives of Rosie and her granddaughter Jo are shaken by the For Paris is porous - built on 177 miles of tunnels that were for UNICEF, Sir Peter Ustinov CBE continues his return to Rosie's daughter Kate after a long spell working formed when limestone and gypsum were quarried to build the autobiography abroad. capital. Most people are only aware of just a tiny fraction of Abridged by Jack Singleton. Prunella Scales in the first of four series of Simon Brett's these tunnels - the world famous ossuary known as The Producer Rosemary Hart sitcom following the trials and tribulations of Rosie Burns and Catacombs. The authorities have tried to keep a lid on the full First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978. her event-management company based in Brighton. extent of the labyrinthine remainder for hundreds of years. But WED 07:00 A Short Gentleman (b0196rnd) With Arabella Weir as Kate, Rebecca Callard as Jo, Duncan there are little known entry points everywhere - in basements, in Episode 2 Preston as Bob, Annette Badland as Tess, Jon Glover as Greg train stations, cellars and sewers. Robert woos Elizabeth, by means of a putty-coloured carpet. Turnball, Tracy-Ann Oberman as Lalage Croxton-Sackville and Throughout history, invaders have always found a way in, Hugh Bonneville stars as Robert Purcell, QC, a perfect Will Ing as Lloyd Gratton. whether they were fighting Prussian soldiers, fleeing royalty of specimen of the British Establishment, who applies faultless Producer: Maria Esposito the French Revolution, the Nazis or The Resistance. Today legal logic to his disastrous personal life. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000. they're home to the cataphiles - urban explorers who use the Jon Canter's comic novel 'A Short Gentleman' adapted by WED 10:00 Joanna Trollope - Parson Harding's Daughter tunnels as an art space, a music venue or even a clandestine Robin Brooks. (m0009tcz) meeting point for secret societies. Elizabeth ..... Lyndsey Marshal 3. The Bargain Architecture and design writer, Jonathan Glancey investigates. Guy ..... Adam Billington Caroline's marriage to Johnnie Gates is a charade, but she has Producer: James Hale Sophie ..... Francine Chamberlain made a bargain and is determined to stick to her side of it. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 January 2012. Anthony ..... Carl Prekopp Written by Joanna Trollope under her nom de plume, Caroline WED 15:00 Joanna Trollope - Parson Harding's Daughter Isabel ..... Lauren Mote Harvey. (m0009tcz) Alan ..... Gerard McDermott CAST: [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Director: Jonquil Painting. Isobel Grant …. Emma Gregory WED 16:00 The Motion Show (b070wg2g) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. Sir Edward Ashton .... Nicholas Le Prevost [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED 07:30 Alone (m000v8x2) Caroline Harding .... Rebecca Egan WED 16:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jzm2) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 8 of 10 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED 23:30 Bunk Bed (b07ggbfs) Producer Rosemary Hart WED 17:00 A Short Gentleman (b0196rnd) Series 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Episode 3 THU 07:00 The Architects (b052hffj) WED 17:30 Alone (m000v8x2) Everyone craves a place where their mind and body are not Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] applied to a particular task. The nearest faraway place. Turret WED 18:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Somewhere for drifting and lighting upon strange thoughts Matt's got a problem with a turret, Sarah's got the clients from Hodgson (b007wznx) which don't have to be shooed into context, but which can be hell, Sir Lucien's got family trouble and Tim just got off with 2. The Siege followed like balloons escaping onto the air. Late at night, in the his old biology teacher. After beginning to read the ragged manuscript purporting to be dark and in a bunk bed, your tired mind can wander. Just a regular day at Sir Lucien and Partners. written by an old recluse, the narrator and his sister face the This is the nearest faraway place for Patrick Marber and Peter Comedy by Jim Poyser with Neil Griffiths. swine-like supernatural creatures' terrifying siege... Curran. Here they try to get the heart of things in an Sir Lucien ..... Geoffrey Whitehead Read by Jim Norton. entertainingly vague and indirect way. This is not the place for Tim ..... Alex Carter First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy typical male banter. From under the bed clothes they play each Sarah ..... Anna Crilly novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. other music and archive of Angela Carter, ex-Prime Ministers, Matt ..... Dominic Coleman Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. a Castrato singer, and an elephant playing the piano. Jemima ..... Hannah Genesius Producer: Lawrence Jackson Work, family, literature, and their own badly-scuffed dreams Bob ..... David Acton Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. are the funny, if warped conversational currency. Jane ..... Jane Slavin First broadcast in September 2007. A Foghorn Company production for BBC Radio 4, first Dave ..... Stephen Critchlow WED 18:30 Short Cuts (m00035vd) broadcast in June 2016. Director: Toby Swift Series 18 WED 23:45 Fabulous (b00hs90r) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015. Oulipo Series 1 THU 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (m000v9ck) Josie Long presents a series of short documentaries and audio Episode 3 Series 8 adventures inspired by the work of the Oulipo, a loose Faye's cooker is beeping, work deadlines are looming and flat- Instalment 6 collective of writers and mathematicians who use playful hunting sucks. Stars Daisy Haggard and Adam Buxton. From What with the whole world grinding to a viral halt and constraints in their work to spark new ideas. May 2007. everything, this special series of essays and diary entries is The Oulipo's name - Ouvroir de littérature potentielle - roughly recorded at the Sussex home of the world-renowned storyteller. translates as 'the workshop of potential literature'. They have In 2021, it's 25 years since David Sedaris first shared his very produced works such as Georges Perec's La Disparition; A Void THURSDAY 29 APRIL 2021 particular world view with the listeners to BBC Radio 4, having in the English translation, in which the letter e never appears; If brought us The SantaLand Diaries back in 1996. In this eighth on a Winter's Night a Traveller..., Italo Calvino's novel which THU 00:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope series of Meet David Sedaris, he continues to entertain with features ten different first chapters of novels; and Raymond Hodgson (b007wznx) sardonic wit and incisive social critiques. Queneau's Exercises in Style, in which the same story is retold [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent 99 times in a different style. THU 00:30 Short Cuts (m00035vd) humour writers and, in 2019, was elected to the American Our workshop for potential radio features literary reviews, [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Academy of Arts and Letters. The great skill with which he audio games and new stories from Joe Dunthorne, Jon Tjhia, THU 01:00 Wimsey (b007jzdt) slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness John-Luke Roberts and Ross Sutherland. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] proves that he's a master of satire and one of the most observant As Far As The I THU 01:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhrb) writers addressing the human condition today. Produced by Jon Tjhia [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Sedaris's first book, Barrel Fever (1994), which included The Peanut Butter THU 02:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark SantaLand Diaries, was a critical and commercial success, as Featuring Joe Dunthorne (b09my2f5) were his follow-up efforts, Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice A Void [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] (1997) and Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000). He became known Featuring John-Luke Roberts THU 02:15 Gudrun (b0b52cmn) for his bitingly funny recollections of his youth, family life and The Other Ross Sutherland [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] travels, making semi-celebrities out of his parents and siblings. Featuring Roddy Forsyth and Ross Sutherland THU 02:30 The Secret Catacombs of Paris (b01b9h73) David Sedaris has been nominated for three Grammy Awards An alternate version of this story first appeared on the podcast [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. His latest Imaginary Advice THU 03:00 Joanna Trollope - Parson Harding's Daughter international best-selling book is a collection of stories entitled Produced by Ross Sutherland (m0009tcz) Calypso. A feature film adaptation of his story C.O.G. was Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] released after a premier at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013. A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in THU 04:00 The Motion Show (b070wg2g) Producer: Steve Doherty March 2019. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jygf) THU 04:30 Smelling of Roses (b007jzm2) THU 08:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b0100lqz) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Series 7 WED 19:30 Alison and Maud (b007k31q) THU 05:00 A Short Gentleman (b0196rnd) Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Dave the Rave shares all the gossip from this diary and WED 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzdt) THU 05:30 Alone (m000v8x2) Professor Prune dons his electrical time trousers. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, WED 20:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhrb) THU 06:00 Wimsey (b007jzg3) David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] The Nine Tailors Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. WED 21:00 The Inimitable PG Wodehouse (m000vhrf) 2 Lord Peter Is Called In Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Back in Fenchurch St Paul, Lord Peter Wimsey speculates on 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and WED 22:00 Alone (m000v8x2) mystery of the unidentified and badly battered body... quickly developed a cult following. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] CAST: Music and songs by Liam Cohen, Dave Lee, Graeme Garden WED 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00ngz6q) Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael and Bill Oddie. Series 3 Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge A Lovely Life Re-Kippered Again Once More The Rev Theodore Venables …. Phillip Latham First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in January 1969. In Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof, even death cannot prevent Ezra Wilderspin …. John Church THU 08:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007jr6k) an old enemy from returning. Stars Tom Allen. From October Liz Widerspin …. Diana Bishop To Begin At The End 2009. Coroner …. Martin Friend Nick Revell’s six-part comedy serial travels between the Andes, WED 23:00 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007m94n) Harry Gotobed …. Alexander John St Petersburg and a town in west Yorkshire, where Tony Series 1 Dr Baines …. Brian Haynes Hardstaff returns after a 10-year absence. Restaurants Will Thoday …. Keith Drinkell He encounters his 183-year-old father Obadiah, his Bronte Adam Bloom investigates bad service in restaurants with stand- Hilary Thorpe …. Fiona Matheson obsessed ex-girlfriend and the Morris Dancing Survivalist up and reconstructions. It's comedy with a mission. Narrator …. John Westbrook Militia. Helping Adam transform service culture are Sarah Kennedy, British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a In this opening episode, Tony is seduced by the charms of the Brendon Burns and Rob Rouse number of detective novels and short stories by English crime beautiful Natassia Fillipovna Karamazov and has to escape Written by Adam Bloom. writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Nine Tailors was first published from the ruthless Russian mafia in St Petersburg. Producer: Adam Bromley in 1934. Tony ...... Nick Revell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003. Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Natasha Fillipovna ...... Morwenna Banks WED 23:15 Tina C (b0196rq2) Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and The Narrator ...... Alistair McGowan Tina C's Global Depression Tour Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World Mrs Yepanchin ...... Joanna Brooks The United States War. Ivan ...... Jonathan Kydd Country legend Tina C challenges the Secretary for the US Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio Sergei ...... Peter Gunn Treasury, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve and the former from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that Kropotkin ...... Peter Serafinowcz CEO of Goldman Sachs that where they have failed, she can were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. Vladimir ...... Chris Pavlo come up with a solution to the Global Recession, and sets off on Adapted for radio in six episodes by Alistair Beaton. Other parts played by the cast. a six country tour to prove it. With guest appearances from Producer: Martin Fisher Music composed by Paul Mottram. economists and financial journalists, including Will Hutton, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980. Producer: Paul Schlesinger Paul Mason and Gillian Tett. THU 06:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhr4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997. This week she visits the United States. 4. Frustrations THU 09:00 The Write Stuff (m000vhr6) Tina C ...Christopher Green 'We were supposed to be Germans. Our duty was to try and Series 7 With Gillian Tett, Victoria Inez Hardy and James Lailey capture Maidstone from the Home Guard - that civilian task Rudyard Kipling Musical arrangements by Duncan Walsh Atkins and force of veterans and the infirm, who were supposed to harass James Walton's literary quiz. Christopher Green the Germans in case of landing and hold vital positions until Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh are joined by Directed by Jeremy Mortimer better-armed units of the army could be deployed.' Nicholas Lezard and novelist Nigel Williams . "Christopher Green's Tina C is one of the great comic creations Peter Ustinov uses his acting talents in army manoeuvres and Author of the week is Rudyard Kipling. of the age. A genuinely fine country singer, but with a twist of war films - but becomes increasingly frustrated with military Reader: Beth Chalmers satire and insight which is rare and highly to be prized." life. Producer: Katie Marsden Stephen Fry. The writer, director and actor continues his autobiography First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. Abridged by Jack Singleton. THU 09:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0141v9z) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 9 of 10 Series 3 the one who listens in. Gossip is not just a sinful act but one that Yogi Bear discovers the BBC but finds there's not much on. Anniversary Waltz contaminates others”. Nowhere is this more evident than recent Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain begins in the 1920s Queasy Wendy tackles party food for Maureen, as Robin tries cases of internet trolling and cyber bullying. “we need a new and 1930s. to bond with their foster child. Stars Kay Stonham. From July ethic” argues Sacks. But are we even capable of changing our Stars Joss Ackland, Eleanor Bron, Rory Bremner, Ewan Bailey, 2004. nasty habits? Margaret Cabourn-Smith and John Humphrys, THU 10:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon Producer: Rami Tzabar Producer: Victoria Lloyd (b00t18j1) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006. The Duel THU 15:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon THU 23:30 Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller An unfortunate duel is the catalyst for young Redmond Barry to (b00t18j1) (b00911f4) leave his native Ireland and serve on the battlefields of the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Episode 3 Seven Years War - before a chance reunion with his long-lost THU 16:00 The Write Stuff (m000vhr6) In an optimistic attempt at cultural review, Craig Children and uncle offers a way to make their fortune at the gaming-tables of [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Martin Bain-Jones throw a Come As You Aren't party. the highest courts of Europe. THU 16:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0141v9z) Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong star as the pompous William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel (1844) about the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] critics. rise and fall of an Irish adventurer, set during the last half of the THU 17:00 The Architects (b052hffj) With Charlie Condou, Melissa Lloyd and Tony Gardner. 18th century. The action moves from rural Ireland to the courts [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Written by Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong, David Mitchell of Europe to the drawing rooms of English society. THU 17:30 Meet David Sedaris (m000v9ck) and Robert Webb. The first of two-parts dramatised by Don McCamphill [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Producer: Jon Rolph Barry ...... Gerard McSorley THU 18:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998. Redmond ...... Andrew Scott Hodgson (b007www2) Chevalier de Balibari ...... David Kelly 3. The Pit Bell Barry ...... Sheila Hancock Will the narrator and his dog survive a watery entrapment? FRIDAY 30 APRIL 2021 Lord Lyndon ...... Kenneth Cranham First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy Sir Rumford Bumford ...... Jamie Foreman novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. FRI 00:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope Mme Fitzsimons ...... Tina Kellegher Read by Jim Norton. Hodgson (b007www2) Fitzsimons ...... Kevin Flood Abridged in four parts by Doreen Estall. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Captain Fagan ...... Frank O'Sullivan Producer: Lawrence Jackson FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b018xs8c) John Quin ...... Mark Lambert Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Von Potzdorff ...... Don Wycherley First broadcast in September 2007. FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b007jzg3) Ulick ...... Darragh Kelly THU 18:30 Great Lives (b018xs8c) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Mick ...... Eanna MacLiam Series 26 FRI 01:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhr4) Nora ...... Alice Barry Lonnie Donegan [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Directed at BBC Belfast by Lawrence Jackson. Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter tells Matthew Parris why FRI 02:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. skiffle king Lonnie Donegan is his hero. (b09mxfr7) THU 11:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000vgw7) Lonnie Donegan is probably best remembered for the novelty [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] hits "My Old Man's a Dustman" and "Does Your Chewing Gum FRI 02:15 Gudrun (b0b52f31) THU 11:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yz55m) Lose its Flavour? " However, early hits like "Rock Island Line" [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] were instrumental in inspiring the likes of John Lennon, Brian FRI 02:30 Hot Gossip! (b04pvb7m) THU 12:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b0100lqz) May and Roger Daltrey to perform. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Donegan played a decisive role in the development of British FRI 03:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon THU 12:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007jr6k) popular music. His revitalisation of skiffle provided the (b00t18j1) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] inspiration for the whole British beat movement that was to [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] THU 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzg3) come. Ironically, although Donegan was the catalyst, he was FRI 04:00 The Write Stuff (m000vhr6) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] soon eclipsed by the young electric guitar heroes of the mid- [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] THU 13:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhr4) sixties, and he was left with the comedy and cabaret circuits. FRI 04:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b0141v9z) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU 19:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b0100lqz) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] THU 14:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 05:00 The Architects (b052hffj) (b09mxfr7) THU 19:30 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007jr6k) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Episode 9 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 05:30 Meet David Sedaris (m000v9ck) Muriel Spark's playful and autobiographical novel set amid THU 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzg3) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] London's post-war publishing scene. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b007jzhc) Still grieving after Wanda's tragic death, Nancy Hawkins is THU 20:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vhr4) The Nine Tailors heading for an interview with a new literary magazine. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] 3 Bunter Breaks the Law Read by Maggie Service THU 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (m000vgw7) As Lord Peter Wimsey's murder probe moves to the church bell Abridged by Rosemary Goring [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] tower, his manservant Bunter uses his initiative. Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. THU 21:45 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yz55m) CAST: First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael THU 14:15 Gudrun (b0b52f31) THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (m000v9ck) Bunter …. Peter Jones Series 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson Episode 9 THU 22:30 John Kearns (b05w3x5l) Mrs Venables …. Noel Dyson Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired Episode 2 - Half-Time Will Thoday …. Keith Drinkell by the Icelandic sagas. Passions flare and loyalty is tested at a football ground in Mary Thoday …. Claire Clifford Recalling her own violent first marriage, Gudrun is determined London. Potty Peak …. Anthony Hyde to stop a political alliance that will see Alexandra married to a The second of four 14 minute vignettes in a series from John Mrs Ashton …. Marjorie Withers brute. Kearns, the Winner of the Main Prize at the 2014 Edinburgh Mr Ashton …. Brian Haynes Produced and directed by Gemma Jenkins. Comedy Festival, as well as the Best Newcomer Award in 2013. Sluice Keeper …. Peter Tudenham First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018. Producer: Arnab Chanda Narrator …. John Westbrook THU 14:30 Hot Gossip! (b04pvb7m) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015. British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a 1. Origins THU 22:45 Warhorses of Letters (b016wzyt) number of detective novels and short stories by English crime If language elevates us above other animals, why does human Series 1 writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Nine Tailors was first published society seem to spend so much time gossiping? Perhaps it's Episode 2 in 1934. because without gossip there would be no society and language This is the world's first epistolary equine love story, comprising Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter would be much less interesting. In the first of two programmes, the recently discovered passionate love letters between Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and Geoff Watts explores our fascination with small talk and chit Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's horse (played by Daniel Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World chat. Where did gossip come from, why did it evolve and how Rigby), and his hero Marengo (Stephen Fry). It is the story of War. has it changed (and changed us) in the digital age? two horses united by an uncommon passion, cruelly divided by Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio If your guilty pleasure is rifling through gossip magazines, then a brutal conflict. from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that here's a reassuring message: you are merely fulfilling an Warhorses of Letters stars Stephen Fry as Marengo, the were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. evolutionary drive. The brain is 'hard-wired' to be fascinated by seasoned, famous and just-a-little-bit-short mount of Emperor Adapted for radio in six episodes by Alistair Beaton. gossip - which not only helps members of your social group to Napoleon. Daniel Rigby stars alongside him as Copenhagen, the Producer: Martin Fisher bond but can also help to police those in the group who frisky young former racehorse ridden by the Duke of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980. transgress. Biologist call them ‘free-riders’ and in large social Wellington. This collection of their moving letters to each other FRI 06:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vjq5) groups, free-riders can wreak havoc with the society unless is introduced by Tamsin Greig. 5. Finding Work they’re policed – by gossip. Episode 2 sees Copenhagen becoming a warhorse, and Marengo Peter Ustinov struggles with army life but his acting and writing For anthropologist Robin Dunbar, author of the now classic setting out into the vast Russian Steppe as he carries Napoleon career gradually take over. text, ‘Grooming, Gossip and The Evolution of Language’, it is at the head of his vast army towards Moscow. As uncertainty His daughter Tamara is born and he has fun working with not the pearls of wisdom that makes the world go round but and conflict beset our heroes it puts strains on their new legendary actors, Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud. everyday tittle tattle: “we are social beings and our world is relationship, especially when Copenhagen begins to explore his The writer, director and actor continues his autobiography cocooned in the interests and minutiae of everyday social life. physical side with really quite a lot of other horses, and things Abridged by Jack Singleton. They fascinate us beyond nature”. Gossip, which Dunbar says begin to go less well for the French army and its horses as Producer Rosemary Hart can be traced back to social grooming in apes, makes up around winter sets in. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1978. two-thirds of general conversation according to his research. Written by novelists Robert Hudson (The Kilburn Social Club) FRI 07:00 The Break (b07ctt0z) Without gossip says Dunbar “there can be no society”. and Marie Phillips (Gods Behaving Badly - soon to be a feature Series 1 Of course, historically, culturally, morally gossip has rarely film starring Christopher Walken and Sharon Stone), directed The Key been seen as anything but good. In Judaism where derogatory by Steven Canny and produced by Gareth Edwards. Welcome to Flamford, the setting for this sitcom starring Philip speech about another person has a special name – ‘Lashon Hara’ THU 23:00 1966 and All That (b0100q4y) Jackson, Tom Palmer and Alison Steadman. or 'evil tongue', it is, says Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, “…regarded it The 1920s and 30s Andy Chambers - edgy, sharp-tongued City burn-out - has fled as one of the worst of all sins’. Gossip is said to kill three King George utters some unmemorable last words; DH London for his Uncle Jeff's seaside home. When we meet him, people, “the one who says it, the one he/she says it about, and Lawrence of Arabia writes Lady Chatterbox's Llama; and John all Andy wants to do is sleep, but Jeff is having none of it. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 April 2021 Page 10 of 10 Jeff gets Andy out of bed and gives him breakfast with the knowledge and feature a wealth of musical extracts and to see if there are specific gossip networks which light up. From promise of an interesting surprise which is safely stowed in the illustrations. preliminary results it appears gossip activates areas in the brain shed. He suddenly realises his keys are missing - his friend Fat Producer: Paul Bajoria similar to those that produce feelings of pleasure and reward. Sid borrowed the keys three years ago and hasn't given them First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2010. Next they plan to scan their subjects' brains as they tweet. back. Jeff leads Andy on a quest around Flamford for Fat Sid FRI 09:30 Two Doors Down (b008gbvs) Perhaps unsurprisingly, in many of these experiments, it is and the missing keys. Series 2 celebrity gossip that tends to produce the largest response. On their Odyssey they encounter Fish Shop Frank and his outré Mythical Kings and Iguanas Thanks to what one commentator calls the perfect storm of selection of fish, Pest Control Officer Corinne with whom Jeff Saffron is a typical mother, multi-tasking her aromatherapy 24-hour news, reality TV and social media, the all-pervasive has an "understanding", and finally Fat Sid himself in an business with trying to feng shui her bathroom and coping with celebrity gossip industry exploits our endless appetite for unexpected new role. a four year old desperately missing their ex-pet iguana. information about people we will never meet. But could even Andy Chambers ...... Tom Palmer So no surprise she needs Sally's help when things go wrong... celebrity gossip serve a purpose? Or are we gorging ourselves Jeff ...... Philip Jackson Starring Stella McCusker. on trivia whilst ignoring the plight of those closest to us? And Fish Shop Frank ...... Mark Benton Annie McCartney's sitcom about the bohemian Belfast residents can and should anything be done to stem the negative impacts Pest Control Officer Corinne ...... Alison Steadman of Marlborough Road, saved from chaos by their cleaning lady, of gossip in a digital age? Writers: Ian Brown and James Hendrie Sally. Producer: Rami Tzabar Director: Gordon Kennedy Sally ...... Stella McCusker First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014. An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in Clare ...... Marcella Riordan FRI 15:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon May 2016. Evie ...... Katy Gleadhill (b00t1bsd) FRI 07:30 The Confessional (m000vgfs) Trevor ...... Des McAleer [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Series 1 Simon ...... Patrick Gleadhill FRI 16:00 Counterpoint (b00rxh64) The Confession of Dr Phil Hammond Anna ...... Hannah R Gordon [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Actor, comedian and broadcaster Stephen Mangan presents a Saffron ...... Ali White FRI 16:30 Two Doors Down (b008gbvs) new comedy chat show about shame and guilt. Victor ...... Alan Mckee [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Each week, Stephen invites a different guest into his virtual Director: Tanya Nash FRI 17:00 The Break (b07ctt0z) confessional box to make three confessions - with remarkable First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] storytelling and surprising insights. FRI 10:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Barry Lyndon FRI 17:30 The Confessional (m000vgfs) We’re used to hearing celebrity interviews where stars are (b00t1bsd) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] persuaded to show off about their achievements. Stephen's not The Squire FRI 18:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope interested in that. He doesn’t want to know about his guests' Redmond Barry pursues and wins the widowed Lady Lyndon to Hodgson (b007wxhs) proudest moments, he wants to know what they’re ashamed of. take the title of Barry Lyndon and play the role of country 4. The Wound That’s surely the way to find out what really makes a person squire. Back from his voyage, the narrator sees a sinister green hand at tick. However, once arrived at the summit of his good fortune, his his window... Stephen and his guest reflect with empathy and humour on why luck begins to change for the worse. First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy we get embarrassed, where our shame thresholds should be, and Conclusion of William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. the value of guilt. about the rise and fall of an Irish adventurer in the 18th century. Concluded by Jim Norton. Series guests include Marian Keyes, Cariad Lloyd, Joan Dramatised by Don McCamphill Abridged by Doreen Estall. Bakewell, Suzi Ruffell, Clarke Peters and many more. Barry ...... Gerard McSorley Producer: Lawrence Jackson This week, Phil Hammond, doctor, journalist and the medical Lady Lyndon ...... Tina Kellegher Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. correspondent for Private Eye, delivers some eye watering Chevalier de Balibari ...... David Kelly First broadcast in September 2007. accounts of youthful mistakes, dubious diagnoses and Twitter Bell Barry ...... Sheila Hancock FRI 18:30 Off the Page (b00nvzyv) storms. Earl of Crabs ...... Kenneth Cranham Porky Pies Written and presented by Stephen Mangan Wiggins ...... Jamie Foreman According to a recent survey we live in a world full of lies - With extra material by Nick Doody Redmond ...... Andrew Scott concluding that most people tell at least two important lies a Produced by Dave Anderson and Frank Stirling Furniture Dealer ...... Mark Lambert day, a third of conversations involve some sort of deception and A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4 Poynings ...... Don Wycherley 60 per cent of the population have cheated on their partners at FRI 08:00 Dad's Army (b007js9w) Ulick ...... Darragh Kelly least once. Series 1 Brendan ...... Eanna MacLiam To debate this and seek out the truth about lies are Professor A Stripe for Frazer Maggie-Rose ...... Alice Barry Richard Wiseman, who has spent a lifetime trying to discover When Captain Mainwaring promotes Private Frazer, his new Directed at BBC Belfast by Lawrence Jackson. the clues that give away deception, writer Ian Leslie, who powers go to his head... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. described the search for the perfect lie detector, and columnist CAST: FRI 11:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000vjq8) Michele Hanson, whose mother was only ever able to tell the Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe The UK Tour truth. Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier Chris Pearson and Laura Grimshaw tour the UK in podcasts. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009. Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn FRI 12:00 Dad's Army (b007js9w) FRI 19:00 Dad's Army (b007js9w) Private Walker …. James Beck [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley FRI 12:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007jv2y) FRI 19:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007jv2y) Private Pike …. Ian Lavender [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Private Frazer …. John Laurie FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzhc) FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzhc) Captain Bailey …. Michael Knowles [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Colonel Square …. Geoffrey Lumsden FRI 13:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vjq5) FRI 20:30 Peter Ustinov - Dear Me (m000vjq5) Announcer …. John Snagge [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC FRI 14:00 A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark FRI 21:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000vjq8) TV, these specially adapted radio versions began recording with (b09mx8n7) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] the original cast. Episode 10 FRI 22:00 The Confessional (m000vgfs) Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV Muriel Spark's playful and autobiographical novel set amid [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad. London's post-war publishing scene. FRI 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01pgs6z) Producer: John Dyas Although she enjoys her new job and looks forward to the Series 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1974. future with William Todd, Nancy dreads the reappearance of Episode 6 FRI 08:30 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007jv2y) hack writer Hector Bartlett. The Archers and The Waltons with a twist, and the Minx Twins Series 1 Read by Maggie Service tackle feminism. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar. From June 1998. Episode 3 Abridged by Rosemary Goring FRI 23:00 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007k4p6) An Everyday Story of Towering Genius. Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. Cutting Edge Sue Limb’s four-part soap opera set in and around the Lake First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. Sean and Hamish board Boris' Disco Ship to convert offshore District at the turn of the 18th century FRI 14:15 Gudrun (b0b539zy) ravers into fresh, young listeners. Dorothy is perturbed by William's impending wedding. Percy Series 4 Surreal comedy starring award-winning double act Sean Foley Jelley is depressed despite his recent bigamous marriage to Episode 10 and Hamish McColl, the Right Size. Mary Godwit. The Leechpedlar reveals that he was 'The Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired With Rose English, Count Arthur Strong, Chris Larner and Antique Mariner'. Cholericke is inspired.... by the Icelandic sagas. Mark Stevens. Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey Gudrun waits anxiously for Marlas to return. Will he be able to Producer: Lissa Evans William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead stop the wedding in time? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000. Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow Produced and directed by Gemma Jenkins FRI 23:30 The In Crowd (b00snrxg) Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018. Series 3 The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett FRI 14:30 Hot Gossip! (b04sy3qp) Episode 5 Percy Jelley ...... Hugh Thomas 2. Brains How to obtain a privatised name, how to use advertising slogans Mary Godwit ...... Alison Fiske In the second of two programmes, Geoff Watts continues to as part of everyday speech, and the darkest secrets behind those Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile explore the science, history and cultural implications of gossip. people walking the beach with a metal detector... Producer: Jonathan James-Moore Gossip has a bad reputation and for the most part, deservedly A final dose of advice in the sketch show from Manchester's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1985. so. Yet, on-going research appears to suggest that gossip does Comedy Store. FRI 09:00 Counterpoint (b00rxh64) serve a useful purpose. Not least because our brains may be With Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. Series 24 hard wired for it. Researchers in Boston have used a technique Producer: Graham Frost 2010 Heat 4 known as binocular rivalry (showing different images to left and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002. The fourth heat in the 2010 series of Counterpoint comes from right eye at the same time) to suggest that gossip acts as an early the BBC Radio Theatre in London, with Paul Gambaccini warning system, that the brain automatically redirects your picking the brains of contestants from East Anglia and the attention onto people you've heard negative remarks about. Home Counties. Even though this process happens at a sub-conscious level, your David Allison from Sheringham, Norfolk brain is sifting through and weeding out anyone in your Philip Constantine from Guildford, Surrey surroundings that you may be have good reason to distrust. Andrew Langley from Chesham, Buckinghamshire Elsewhere, researchers in Manchester have been analysing what As always, the questions test the breadth of their musical makes gossip memorable and are now scanning subjects brains Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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