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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 September – 4 October 2013 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2013 Vicar ...... Christopher Good Newspaper editor Charles Dickens gets Jack to probe gory Colonel Wince ...... James Green deaths in the River Thames blamed on dark spirits. Stars Jamie SAT 00:00 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007s19b) Taxi Man ...... John Wood Glover. Earthsearch I Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan. SAT 14:00 Flanders and Swann - And Then We Wrote 5. The Pools of Time First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1990. (b03bqp71) Darv and Astra, two of the starship's crew, are in grave danger SAT 04:00 Perspectives (b00lxfbg) 4 Extra Debut. The duo with comic songs written before their after being taken prisoner by the inhabitants of Zelda 5. futouristic.co.uk performing career began, including the Seven Ages of Woman. Their crewmates Telson and Sharna are in hot pursuit aboard By Christopher Priest. Replying to an irresistible email From December 1974. the Challenger... proposition, Mr Frogle is sure nothing will ever be the same SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01704sz) James Follett's ten-part adventure serial in time and space. again. Read by Nick Underwood. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] CAST: SAT 04:15 Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True (b00tvmjy) SAT 16:00 James Bond - You Only Live Twice (b00fbzkg) Commander Telson …. Sean Arnold Lois the Witch [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Sharna …. Amanda Murray Newly arrived in Salem, Massachusetts, a Warwickshire girl SAT 17:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Letters (b00yrfwh) Astra …. Kathryn Hurlbutt finds herself drawn into a Puritan family's world of visions, Series 1 Darv …. Haydn Wood malice and - apparently - demonic possession... Estate Agents Angel One …. Sonia Fraser Elizabeth Gaskell's collection of intriguing "true" tales Through the medium of four open letters, the comedian Tom Angel Two …. Gordon Reid dramatised by Sally Hedges. Wrigglesworth investigates the myriad examples of corporate Helan …. Judy Franklin Mrs Gaskell ...... Elizabeth Spriggs lunacy and maddening jobsworths in modern Britain. Thorden …. John Bott Lois ...... Carolyn Backhouse In this series his subjects range from traffic wardens to estate Spegal …. Stephen Garlick Grace ...... Sandra Berkin agents, with Tom recalling his own funny and ridiculous Custodian of the Past …. Eve Karpf Prudence ...... Amy Draper experiences as well as recounting the absurd encounters of Old Man …. Godfrey Kenton With Heather Emmanuel, Susan Jeffrey, Richard Avery, others. Director: Glyn Dearman Jonathan Wyatt, Andrew Harrison, Stephen Tomlin and Anna Tom asks why we still bother with estate agents. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1981. Keene. SAT 18:00 The Man in Black (b00p4klw) SAT 00:30 Brian Aldiss Presents (b00ncbx0) Producer: Nigel Bryant Series 2 Beef; Sole Solution An Armada production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 5. The Old Road by Penelope Skinner The sci-fi author's own futuristic meaty tale, plus Eric Frank October 1998. City girl Callie drives out of London to visit her best friend, Russell's story of scientific creation. Read by Peter Marinker. SAT 05:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere (b007js4t) Roo, up North. As her mobile reception wanes and her satnav SAT 00:45 Dermot Bolger - Haunting Women (b016q02f) Series 1 starts malfunctioning, she begins to wonder whether the road The Riding Crop Episode 1 has plans of its own… A bitter dispute between sisters 200 years ago means a precious An Everyday Story of Towering Genius. Penelope Skinner’s tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister wedding gift must be cared for in the present. Sue Limb’s four-part soap opera set in and around the Lake raconteur, The Man in Black. SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvld) District at the turn of the 18th century Callie …. Laura Molyneux Unnatural Death Dorothy is worried about William. Stinking Iris concocts herbal Roo …. Ellie Beaven 1. No Sign of Foul Play remedies. The Leechpedlar delivers a letter and Samuel Tailor Satnav Voice …. Rhys Jennings Not satisfied with Agatha Dawson's post-mortem, Lord Peter Cholericke arrives.... Judy …. Kate Layden Wimsey investigates. Dorothy Wordsmith ...... Denise Coffey Harry …. Philip Fox Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth. William Wordsmith ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Horrifying series of tales from The Man in Black. You might British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a Samuel Tailor Cholericke ...... Simon Callow meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk number of detective novels and short stories by English crime Stinking Iris ...... Miriam Margolyes at an employment agency or he might approach you in the writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Have Unnatural Death was first The Leechpedlar ...... Chris Emmett corridor of a care home. published in 1927. Music by Stephen Oliver and sung by Cantabile Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Producer: Jonathan James-Moore Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1985. Director: Faith Collingwood Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World SAT 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Eight (b01cvp13) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in November War. Episode 5 2009. Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio Even Edward's allies find themselves absorbed by AmJap. SAT 18:30 Algernon Blackwood - The Willows (b007jvd3) from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that Orwellian sitcom with David Threlfall and Hugh Laurie. From Episode 1 were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. May 1987. When the narrator and his companion camp on a remote island, Adapted for radio in seven episodes by Chris Miller. SAT 06:00 James Bond - You Only Live Twice (b00fbzkg) they think they see a body in the water and a man calling to Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael James Bond's wife, Tracey, has been murdered by his deadly them. But that's just the start of this clawing claustrophobic tale Miss Climpson …. Ambrosine Phillpotts enemy Blofeld. of suspense and mounting terror. Inspector Parker …. Gabriel Woolf Agent 007 has gone completely to pieces and is drafting his Read by Roger Allam. Doctor Carr …. Peter Baldwin resignation. But 'M' is prepared to give him one last chance to Algernon Blackwood's chilling tale has been described as one of Nurse Philliter …. Corinna Marlowe prove himself - on a mission which will lead him to a fatal the finest supernatural stories ever. Waiter …. Christopher Emmett encounter in a Japanese Garden of Death. Producer: Lawrence Jackson Producer: Simon Brett. Starring Michael Jayston as James Bond, Clive Merrison as Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2005. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1975. Tanaka, James Laurenson as Henderson, David King as M, SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller (b007k49q) SAT 01:30 Light on the Road to Woodstock (b007jqqs) Sayo Inaba as Kissy, Burt Kwouk as Ando and Maxine Audley [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Episode 2 as Irma. SAT 22:00 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation (b007jpvk) Tackling a case of treachery against his master, detective monk Ian Fleming's classic story dramatised for radio by Michael Series 2 Brother Cadfael misses his friend Alard. Read by Nigel Bakewell. How to Have a Baby Anthony. Director: Michael Bakewell. From storks to the delivery, the host's comic lecture plus SAT 02:00 The Sit Crom (b00m0zyl) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. sketches. With Debbie Issit and Gordon Kennedy. From Thick Fog in All Areas SAT 07:30 Ted Hughes: Eco Warrior (b00k9p0r) October 1994. Tobias Thynne finds an unusual way to avoid the Devil's Poet Simon Armitage examines how Ted Hughes became a SAT 22:30 Saturday Night Fry (b008yv5q) vegetables and all is confusion upon the heath. committed campaigner for the environment. Episode 2 Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War. Hughes' private life is as well documented as his literary output, Stephen Fry's surreal, erudite sketch show with humorous Sir John Firebasket ...... Joss Ackland but his active campaigning for the environment was largely banter and sketches. Lady Anne Firebasket ...... Denise Coffey unknown. His passion for fishing led him to see at first hand the With Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent and Robert Bathurst. Tobias Thynne ...... Clive Merrison extent of the damage that pollution was doing to the rivers he Written by Stephen Fry with additional material by Ian Brown Mercy, alias Melissa ...... Miriam Margoyles loved and their animal populations. He took up the cause with a and James Hendrie. Father Francis ...... Nickolas Grace vengeance, using his position as Poet Laureate to petition Producer: Dan Patterson Slow Ned ...... Chris Emmett politicians including the Prime Minister of the day, Margaret First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1988. Gazebo Fogg ...... Jack Klaff Thatcher. SAT 23:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnjn) Captain Arise Higgs ...... Alun Armstrong Simon visits Devon to speak with fellow campaigners about the Deadlock Posthumous ...... Nicky Henson rivers trust that Hughes helped to form, and also about the day A Hero's Death Counter Tenor ...... Peter Hayward he brought down the house as chief witness at a public inquiry. At the funeral of her ice-hockey hero cousin, private eye V I Lettice ...... Jane Whittenshaw It reveals a new side to a man that so many people thought they Warshawski gets suspicious. Was his death really an accident? Producer: Jonathan James-Moore already knew. Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b01704sz) With Eleanor Bron as Lottie, William Hootkins as Bobby SAT 02:30 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00776jn) Series 7 Mallory, James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, Peter Marinker as How Michelangelo Done the Sistine Chapel Episode 4 Nils Greyfalk, Teresa Gallagher as Paige Carrington and Desmond Olivier Dingle and the National Theatre of Brent From St Augustine in Florida, the American funny man William Roberts as Clayton Phillips.