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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 November 2017 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 04 NOVEMBER 2017 Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne Tony©s discovery of his grandfather©s past gave his life a sudden Ulysses Pilchard ..... Khalid Abdalla purpose and spurred him on to follow in Anton and Antonio©s SAT 00:00 Oscar Wilde (b008lz2g) Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger footsteps. and, if possible, outdo them. Tony both stars in and The Canterville Ghost, Episode 3Troublesome ghost of a dead Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker narrates the show, in which he is joined by a set of adventurers he nobleman, Sir Simon is determined to oust the Otis family from Phyllis Marshall ..... Christine Absalom has employed to help him on his various quests. his ancestral home. So his hauntings are becoming more and more Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford The team comprises Martha (Adjoa Andoh), a survival expert; elaborate... Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw Janet (Nina Wadia), the 40-something Botanist who©s just got out First published in 1887, Oscar Wilde©s novella is read by Alistair James ..... Charlie Clements of an awful marriage and finally decided to put her Open McGowan. Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David University Floral Biology degree to good use; Alan (John-Luke Producer: Gemma Jenkins. Silas Morrow ..... Shaun Dooley Roberts), the group©s transport officer and an old-fashioned right- Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007. Barman ..... Philip Fox winger who is delighted to have a shot at (what he sees as) SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b075pxfx) Chester Matthews ..... Samuel James rebuilding the British Empire. Series 22, Bring Him HomeBring Him Home, from Les Maisie Harris ..... Cassie Layton New sitcom written by Gareth Gwynn and John-Luke Roberts. Miserables, is a beautiful and moving prayer-in-song that has Major Love ..... Simon Ludders Produced by Lyndsay Fenner. developed meaning and identity outside the hit musical. Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack SAT 06:00 Thomas Love Peacock - Headlong Hall (b06y048x) Taking part in the programme: Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf Winter, 1815: Harry Headlong, like all Welsh squires, is fond of The celebrated tenor, Alfie Boe, has sung this many times in the Harry Pankhurst ..... Sean Murray shooting, hunting and drinking. But he becomes seized with a West End and on Broadway; he discusses what the song means to Olive Hargreaves ..... Rhiannon Neads passion to form the acquaintance of philosophers and dilettanti. him. Phillip Sassoon ..... Luke Newberry Narrated by Sir Michael Hordern. Starring Daniel Massey as Herbert Kretzmer talks about the agonising process of writing the Anna White ..... Ellie Piercy Escot, Ronald Lacey as Foster, John Grillo as Jenkison, John lyrics. Eric Morton ..... Paul Rainbow Horsley as Cranium and William Simons as Headlong. The Greater Manchester Police Male Voice Choir recorded a Marieke Argent ..... Olivia Ross Thomas Love Peacock©s novella dramatised by James Saunders. version especially for the programme; one of their members Dorothea Winwood ..... Rachel Shelley Producer: Matthew Walters describes singing Bring Him Home at the funeral of PC Dave Dennis Monk ..... Sam Swann First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1988. Phillips in November 2015. Edna Harris ..... Lara J West SAT 07:30 Yes Yes Yes (b007kvv5) The original Cosette, from Les Miserables, Rebecca Caine now Connie Marshall ..... Darcy Brown Series 2, Can He Kick It?John Rawling recalls a dramatic game of sings this song - written for a male voice - regularly as part of Grace Cavendish ..... Grace Doherty rugby between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield in the 1971 international recitals. Written by Katie Hims Five Nations Championship. From January 2001. And for Becky Douglas it will forever be a reminder of her Directed by Jessica Dromgoole SAT 07:55 Inheritance Tracks (b06sb17d) daughter whose death inspired the foundation of a leprosy charity. Sound: Martha Littlehailes Rick SteinChef Rick Stein chooses ©Wouldn©t It Be Lovely© from Jeremy Summerly, Director of Music at St Peter©s College, Composer: Matthew Strachan My Fair Lady, and ©Afternoons And Coffee Spoons© by the Crash Oxford plays through the piece and describes why it moves us Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews. Test Dummies. emotionally. SAT 04:00 The Rest Is History (b04vd88y) SAT 08:00 An Hour With... (b00sn7jn) Producer: Karen Gregor. Series 1, Episode 2A new, six-part comedy discussion show Alan TitchmarshBritain©s favourite TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh SAT 01:00 Poirot (b007ys7n) hosted by Frank Skinner. talks about his life and career with an audience - and tells some of Murder on the Orient Express, Episode 4Belgian detective, Frank loves history, but just doesn©t know much of it, so he©s his favourite poems and funny stories. Hear how Placido Hercule Poirot discovers that someone aboard the train is lying to devised The Rest Is History to find out more about it. Domingo sang to Evelyn Glennie, his attempt to interview Bette him. Along with his historian in residence, Dr Kate Williams, each Davis - and shaking manure-covered hands with Princess Diana. Agatha Christie©s whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot. episode sees Frank joined by a selection of celebrity guests, who Green-fingered he may be, but there©s nothing else green about With Sylvia Syms as Mrs Hubbard, Francesca Annis as Miss will help him navigate his way through the annals of time, Alan Titchmarsh. A fixture on our TV screens for over three Debenham, Peter Polycarpou as Dr Constantine and Siriol Jenkins picking out and chewing over the funniest, oddest, and most decades, his gardening advice has brought pleasure and delight to as Countess Andrenyi. interesting moments in history. millions. Alan©s also written novels and books on horticulture. Pianist: Michael Haslam Frank©s guests in this edition of the programme are Victoria Coren Recorded in 1999. From the book published in 1934 and dramatised by Michael Mitchell and Andy Zaltzman. SAT 09:00 Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials (b09d97fq) Bakewell Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard Northern Lights11-year-old Lyra Belaqua lives in an Oxford Director Enyd Williams. An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. college in a world parallel to ours, a place where souls exist First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. SAT 04:30 Kalangadog Junction (b09ckrh5) externally in the form of an animal, a daemon. Lyra discovers that SAT 01:30 Beardyman and the Mimics (b00d61q9) Episode 31956: It©s a big week in the junction as everyone there are dark forces at work involving the kidnapping of children Champion beatboxer Beardyman, aka Darren Foreman, is a prepares to go to the movies, and the Australian town witnesses a and a curious substance called "Dust". master of vocal artistry. He can make all manner of noises, version of On the Waterfront unlike any other... She©s catapulted into a life-and-death struggle to save not only including entire percussive music tracks, using only his mouth, Six-part comedy drama series by Moya O©Shea. herself but the future of all worlds - a struggle that will take her throat and tongue. Starring Caroline Quentin as Jane, John Duttine as Thomas, Niall beyond The Northern Lights... Inspired by the lyrebird, he ventures on a personal journey to Ashdown as Jimmy, Toby Longworth as Pete, Brian Bowles as Philip Pullman©s award-winning trilogy is a breathtaking epic unveil the secrets of animal vocal mimicry. He encounters Len, Joanna Monro as Madge, Julie Gibbs as Milly, June adventure spanning a multitude of worlds. ornithologist and musician Bill Oddie, birdsong scientific experts Whitfield as Phoebe and Moya O©Shea as Gaylene. Stars Lulu Popplewell as Lyra, Ray Fearon as Balthamos, and a whole new world of sounds. Producer: Liz Anstee Terence Stamp as Lord Asriel, Emma Fielding as Mrs Coulter, SAT 02:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre (b0076l5g) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996. Kenneth Cranham as Farder Coram, Bill Paterson as The Master, Episode 15After hearing the shocking news of Mr Rochester©s SAT 05:00 Safety Catch (b0178ncg) Peter Marinker as Lee Scorseby, Carla Simpson as Hester and misfortune, Jane begins her search for him. Adaptation of the Series 2, Brothers in ArmsLaurence Howarth©s black comedy of Tracy-Ann Oberman as Serafina Pekkala. classic read by Anne-Marie Duff. From April 2004. modern morality set in the world of arms dealing. Steve Hodson as Iorek Byrnison, Gerard McDermott as Iofur SAT 02:15 Cosmic Quest (b00bfpzw) Darren Boyd stars as reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath who Raknison, Richard Firth as Pantalaimon, David Holt as Three Wise MenAstronomer Heather Couper reviews ancient is generally a nice chap - he just happens to work as an arms Ozymandias, Shaun Dooley as Lord Faa, Ann Beach as Ma associations of stars and planets with deities, and astrology©s link dealer, or ©Defence and security equipment system solutions Costa, Ben Crowe as Joey Costa, Joanna Monro as The to mathematics and the 24-hour day. From May 2008. broker© as he prefers to call it. Whilst battling with his conscience Housekeeper, Martin Hyder as Dr Cooper and Ioan Meredith as SAT 02:30 Stan Barstow - A Kind of Loving (b015272f) he justifies to himself why five years on he©s still in a job he just Santelia. Episode 5Vic is increasingly indifferent towards Ingrid, but can fell into - after all, what he really wants is to pursue is his career Simon Donaldson as Kaisa, Leagh Conwell as Roger, Soumaya he let her out of his life? Stars Lee Ingleby and Rebecca Callard. in electronic music. But until that takes off he©ll stay where he is, Keynes as Annie, Amy Dunn as Bella, Laura Doddington as and as his mother so eloquently puts it, "any job where you get SAT 02:45 Book of the Week (b01ns1k9) Stelmaria, Emma Woolliams as Salcilia, Gregg Prentice as Billy your own desk and a hot dinner can©t be all bad".