Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 July 2011 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 09 JULY 2011 Voyage Is Yet to Begin

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 July 2011 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 09 JULY 2011 voyage is yet to begin... Series 3 Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival on the high Episode 6 SAT 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Project Archangel (b00wmznd) seas. Kenneth Horne heads a Bohemian Paris romp and Julian and Episode 4 Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Ian Dury. Sandy report on the latest bona goings on for the Daily Polari. The reason for Mike's involvement with the Nablovski colony is Dramatised by Ed Thomason With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill revealed, and also why Moira's case is so heavy. Stars Dan Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff Pertwee. Hagley. Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, SAT 00:30 The Brightonomicon (b00fksh6) Mugridge ...... Ian Dury London. Announcer: Douglas Smith The Concluding Chaotic Conundrum of the Coldean Cat Kelly ...... Norman Jones Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Can Rizla survive with only a messiah for company? Fantastical Smoke ...... Anthony Jackson comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric comic serial with David Warner and Rupert Degas. Latimer ...... Peter Penry-Jones Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, SAT 01:00 W Somerset Maugham - Ashenden, Gentleman Horner ...... Clarence Smith Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Spy (b008ggv1) Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Giulia Lazzari Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Agent Ashenden's summoned to a Paris hotel and tasked with Telefson ...... Charles Millham catchphrases and double-entendres. ensnaring a known agitator - Indian lawyer, Chandra Lal who's Henderson ...... Andrew Wincott Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser caused much trouble for the British war effort. Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Hayes Four. When a large reward was offered for his arrest, Chandra fled to Singer: Sarah Connolly. Producer: John Simmonds Berlin and where he fell in love with an Italian dancer, Giulia Director: Adrian Bean. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967. Lazzari. But Intelligence Head R has intercepted their love First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991. SAT 14:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqv4) letters sparking a plan to trap him. SAT 05:00 Anything Legal (b00828m9) Series 3 A series of short stories based on William Somerset Maugham's Episode 2 How to Succeed in Business The Burkiss Way own First World War experiences City commuters Charles and George finally admit they’ve both "It's That Script Again!" with fast-talking old-time radio Read by Alex Jennings lost their jobs and take action... comedy fun - and at the Council Planning Committee, will Abridged by Neville Teller Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles. Satan eat a cucumber or offer a million pound bribe? Producer: Eoin O'Callaghan ‘A Tale of Two City Gents’ by Wally K Daly. Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett. Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007. Charles …. Donald Hewlett Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to SAT 01:30 Falco (b008kkch) George …. Michael Knowles 1980. Shadows in Bronze Mr Rollings …. Jon Glover Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. 1. Vipers The Ticket Collector …. Renu Setna Producer: John Lloyd Following a plot to depose the Emperor Vespasian, Falco sets Black Market Job Salesman …. Ron Pember First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977. out to clear up a few loose ends, only to uncover a nest of The Waitress …. Sonia Fraser SAT 15:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00s7gcx) vipers. Theme music by Jim Parker. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's Producer: John Fawcett Wilson SAT 16:00 GB Shaw - The Devil's Disciple (b007jtmm) witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] With Ben Crowe as Petronius / Chamberlain, Fiona Clarke as SAT 05:30 Snap (b00v7sn2) SAT 17:30 Fabulous Flops (b012f50q) Tullia, Anna Madeley as Helena Justina, Michael Tudor Barnes Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] as Vespasian / Milo and Christian Rodska as Gordianus. Episode 6 SAT 18:00 Weird Tales (b00vk756) Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Divorced Doug and Molly date in secret, but they can't ignore Series 1 Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. their split. Stars Paul Venables and Rebecca Lacey. From The Loop by Chris Harrald First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. August 2004. It is 1906 and workers on the new London underground SAT 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fwqbl) SAT 06:00 GB Shaw - The Devil's Disciple (b007jtmm) network unearth some mysterious remains. Series 2 A biting satire on puritanism, set in 1777 during the American A young archaeologist investigates and discovers that there are Scouting for Boys Revolution. Stars Tony Church and James Laurenson. some mysteries better left undisturbed... West Bromwich offer Robert a trial, but Father Benedict SAT 07:30 Fabulous Flops (b012f50q) Written by Chris Harrald. doesn't want to lose him. Stars Brenda Blethyn. From October Fabulous Flops Series of four chilling dramas inspired by Lovecraft's stories of 1994. Episode 1 magical rites and forbidden lore. SAT 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b007ncd1) Paul Roseby investigates the disasters of British musical theatre, Lovecraft/Samuelson ...... Stephen Hogan Series 1 including Lionel Bart's 'Twang!!'. With Lynda Bellingham. Geoffrey Coombs ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild Homeward Bound SAT 08:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00s7gcx) Lucy Allen ...... Sophie Roberts Moving back where he grew up, Patrick meets school mate Bill Kerr Mr Hodge ...... Stephen Critchlow Billy. Jim Sweeney's comedy-drama with Steve Steen. From 'Hancock's Half Hour' stalwart Bill Kerr recalls the classic BBC Billy ...... Joe Prospero July 2001. comedy show that made him famous, plus his other career Feasy ...... Paul Rider SAT 03:00 Loose Ends (b0128fqq) highlights and some favourite music. Workman ...... Matt Addis Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, Ed Doolan was one of Britain’s best-known BBC local radio Waitress ...... Lizzy Watts music and comedy. presenters, broadcasting to the West Midlands for over 40 Producer: Faith Collingwood Rita Rudner joins Clive as she returns to the London stage for years. Ed died aged 76 in 2018. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009. the first time in fifteen years with her one-woman show 'Rita First broadcast on BBC WM in 2001. SAT 18:30 Bradbury 13 (b012f50v) Rudner Live in London. Rita is Las Vegas's most successful SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller (b00tk7dk) Kaleidoscope female comedian, with the longest running solo show in history David Quantick The aftermath of a disaster in space. Can there be beauty in with over one million tickets sold. Comedy writer David Quantick is BBC Radio 4 Extra's dying? Ray Bradbury's classic tale stars Scott Wilkinson. Designer and co-founder of the Red or Dead fashion label Comedy Controller for three glorious hours. SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller (b00tk7dk) Wayne Hemingway talks about his Vintage Festival, celebrating His archive choices include Hello Cheeky (02/06/1973), King [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] seven decades of British cool with live music from Sandie Cutler (15/02/1990), I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again - Ser 9. 3/8 SAT 22:00 Saturday Stand-Up (b012f50x) Shaw, Percy Sledge and Robin Gibb. With DJ sets from Star Trek (18/11/1973), Uncle Mort's North Country - Ser 2. Eddie Izzard - Sexie Norman Jay and Craig Charles. And it's all indoors with proper 1/5 (13/04/1989), You'll Have Had Your Tea: Hamish & Pondering sharks, and the link between transvestites and toilets! Dougal - Ser 2. 1/6 (25/02/2004) superheroes. The outspoken comedian in action in Brighton. Michelle Ryan is best known for playing Zoe Slater in 'Reality Is an Illusion Caused by Lack of NF Simpson' From 2003. Eastenders but she has also appeared in Dr Who, Merlin and (05/04/2007) is a documentary David made about the surrealist SAT 23:00 Adam Baron - Hold Back the Night (b00t30cn) was The Bionic Woman. She stars in Ben Miller's directorial and comic playwright. Plus enjoy three of Simpson's finest Episode 3 debut feature film Huge with Noel Clarke and Johnny Harris as 'Snippets' covering the likes of Hereward the Wake's teeth to Ex-cop Billy begins to suspect murder victim Lucy and her a double act trying to make it big in the comedy world. Leibniz's discovery of the infinitesimal calculus - seemingly friend Donna were mixed up in something nasty. Stars David Listen Against and The Now Show's Jon Holmes talks to the found in a corner crouching behind a curtain! Morrissey. comedian Dave Gorman. His past projects have involved a His final choice is Steven Appleby's Normal Life - Ser 1. 1/6 SAT 23:30 Ted Lewis - Jack Carter's Law (b00nybtw) worldwide search to find other Dave Gorman, an obsession with (08/08/2001) Episode 5 Googlewhacks and a road trip to find non-corporate America. David's career began as a music journalist at NME where his Things hot up for gangland enforcer Jack Carter when some His latest book 'Dave Gorman Vs The Rest of the World, sees reputation for witty writing soon led him to scripting comedy Geordie yobs need to be disposed of. Read by Phil Daniels. him challenge people all over the UK to a variety of games of sketches for Spitting Image. His many radio credits include On their choice, from cards, darts, scrabble and Monopoly to Khet, the Hour, Bussman and Quantick Kingsize, The 99p Show and Kubb, Tikal and Smite. And in August he returns to the The Blaggers Guide. His impressive TV writing credentials SUNDAY 10 JULY 2011 Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in eight years with his new include The Day Today, Brass Eye, The Fast Show, show, Dave Gorman's Powerpoint Presentation. ScreenWatch and Harry Hill's TV Burp. SUN 00:00 Weird Tales (b00vk756) Born on a hippie commune in Ontario then raised in another in SAT 12:00 Cath Staincliffe - Legacy: Blood in the [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Virginia, USA, singer-songwriter Devon Sproule returns to the Mountains (b012f50s) SUN 00:30 Bradbury 13 (b012f50v) Loose Ends studio. With a full band behind her, she performs Omnibus: Probate researchers Dan and Rachel are on a [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] the title track from her latest album 'I Love You, Go Easy'. challenging quest to find an heir to a fortune. Stars William Ash SUN 01:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00s7gcx) And the soundtrack of summer comes folky Vetiver from San and Claire Keelan. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Francisco. They play 'Wonder Why' from their album The SAT 13:10 Chain Gang (b00nlyg7) SUN 02:00 Cath Staincliffe - Legacy: Blood in the Errant Charm. Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone Mountains (b012f50s) Producer: Cathie Mahoney. Episode 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SAT 03:45 Terence Rattigan - The Man and his Work The story told by our listeners twists and turns, as Susan's SUN 03:10 Chain Gang (b00nlyg7) (b012brsl) troubled honeymoon continues. Satanic pacts, books that [Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday] Episode 5 predict the future... all life, and death, is here. SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007k01n) The terminally ill playwright's critical reputation revives before SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007k01n) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] he dies. Clive Merrison concludes Michael Darlow's biography. Series 2 SUN 04:00 GB Shaw - The Devil's Disciple (b007jtmm) Episode 5 of 5. Scratching the Surface [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SAT 04:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmc9) The priest-cum-sleuth gets embroiled in mystery and death on a SUN 05:30 Fabulous Flops (b012f50q) Episode 3 pot-holing expedition. Stars David Threlfall and Tina Kellegher. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] With Maud Brewster aboard, the real danger on the schooner's SAT 14:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50) SUN 06:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 July 2011 Page 2 of 7 Omnibus (b008p53p) SUN 15:30 Life With The Lyons (b00zfbbv) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON 03:30 A Bequest to the Nation (b012f8bl) Ambitious Becky abandons marriage plans for a job as a SUN 16:00 Tom Brown's Schooldays (b007jxps) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] governess. Luckily, this brings new marriage prospects. With [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON 05:00 Tom Brown's Schooldays (b007jxps) Geoffrey Whitehead. SUN 17:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jn3v) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] SUN 07:10 Chain Gang (b00nrv01) Series 2 MON 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone Clitheroe and the Hound Dog 2. Confession of Guilt Episode 7 Mother won't let the cheeky schoolboy keep a pet, but then a A woman wants to be absolved from a case of murder, but will The subterranean encounters continue in the story told by its wet nose appears. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From February 1959. the cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle agree? listeners. Can Susan trust her husband, and what is the cost if SUN 17:30 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jp2q) Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses she does? Series 1 psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by SUN 07:15 Oscar Wilde (b007k0l3) The Bishop Meets a Bird deducing their felonious personalities. The Happy Prince An unwelcome visitor threatens the quiet life at St. Ogg's Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- From their aerial view, a beautiful statue and a swallow team up Cathedral. suffering assistant, Miss Frayle to help the poor in the city below. Read by John Moffatt. From The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker December 1997. Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim SUN 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b0129bpk) Selected scripts were revised and re-recorded for radio. Inspector Hood …. Phillip Wray Series 2 CAST: Paula Webb …. Mary Law Us and Them and selected diary extracts The Archdeacon …. Robertson Hare With Maurice Sweden, Norman Wynn, Hugh Manning, Betty The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and The Bishop …. William Mervyn Lynton and Alan McLelland. charm to BBC Radio 4 for a series of audience readings. This The Reverend Mervyn Noote …. Derek Nimmo Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. week, we learn no two families are ever alike in "Us and Them" The Dean …. John Barron Director: Leslie Bridgmont and we get a peep into the caustic mind of the author when he Stanley Bird …. Peter Jones First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1957. reads selections from his extensive diaries. Written and adapted by husband-and-wife team, Pauline MON 06:30 Falco (b008klh0) Producer: Steve Doherty Devaney and Edwin Apps. Shadows in Bronze A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4. Producer: David Hatch. 2. Resort SUN 08:00 Take It From Here (b012f5sj) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1971. Probing the murder of a conspirator against the Emperor, the From 11/02/1954 SUN 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jlvt) Roman sleuth is sent to a fashionable resort. Eth worries about her wedding reception in The Glums, plus a Series 1 Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's taste of BBC auditions. With Dick Bentley and June Whitfield. The Monkey's Paw witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome. From February 1954. A man makes wishes on a very unusual gift that's been cast with With Ben Crowe as Petronius, Michael Tudor Barnes as SUN 08:30 Life With The Lyons (b00zfbbv) a sinister spell. Stars Oliver Maguire and Trudy Kelly. Vespasian, Sara Poyzer as Silvia, Christopher Kelham as Larius, A Crooner in the House SUN 18:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pbtv8) Paul Webster as Marcellus and Anna Madeley as Helena Daughter Barbara Lyon is in love with singer Ronnie Harris, Markheim Justina, and father Ben is not happy. By RL Stevenson. A thief's eerie encounter with a stranger in a Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe shop forces him to reassess his life. Read by Hugh Bonneville. Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Daniels and their children, Richard and Barbara. SUN 19:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. With Doris Rogers as Florrie, Molly Weir as Aggie, Horace [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b007jvhs) Percival as Mr Wimple, Hugh David, Richard Bellaers, Bob SUN 19:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp3v) Series 4 Block and Ronnie Harris as himself. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] Episode 1 Life With the Lyons was one the BBC's most popular radio SUN 20:00 Take It From Here (b012f5sj) The discovery that a ramshackle cottage may have belonged to sitcoms between1950 and 1961. It was also adapted for BBC [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] the family of US President, Herbert Hoover presents Phonsie TV. SUN 20:30 Life With The Lyons (b00zfbbv) with a major financial opportunity. Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Ronnie Hanbury. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1955. BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet. SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b012f5y5) Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Producer: Tom Ronald [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955. SUN 21:50 Terry-Thomas - Top of the Town (b012jhg8) Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine SUN 09:00 Tom Brown's Schooldays (b007jxps) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today] McCartney as Vivienne Boal, John Hewitt as Guard Gallagher, Episode 2 SUN 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b0129bpk) Gerard McSorley as Stumpy Bonnar, Anna Manahan as Peg The schoolboy's facing a premature end to his time at Rugby, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Sweeneyand Gerard Murphy as Rev Samuel Hawthorne. but Dr Arnold has a plan. Thomas Hughes' drama with Robert SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jq63) Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. Hardy. Series 2 Director: Eoin O'Callaghan SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b012f5y5) The Mastersons Go Down First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. George Michael The Masterson's epic tale of murder, intrigue and a fast-talking MON 07:30 Down the Line (b012f9j0) Kirsty Young presents gems from the Desert Island Discs parrot aboard a luxury cruiser. Series 3 archive. In this series we hear the castaway choices of singer- The award-winning improvised historical family saga based Communications and Technology songwriters, beginning with George Michael. entirely on audience suggestions. The problems of technology and communication on Gary SUN 10:50 Terry-Thomas - Top of the Town (b012jhg8) Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee Bellamy's phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas and Felix Dexter. From Episode 1 Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin. January 2008. After the gap-toothed cad playing actor Terry-Thomas made a Producer: Phil Clarke MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00lysh3) pilot in 1953, Top of The Town ran for two series of 16 hour- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994. Series 3 long programmes, broadcast weekly between 1953 and 1955. SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b012f8q3) Episode 7 In the first of two surviving series extracts, Terry-Thomas pays Andi Osho and her guest chat about life and laughs. Kenneth Horne sets sail in seafaring romp 'The Admirable homage to the greatest famous face to come out of Finchley - SUN 23:00 Pleased to Meet You (b007k2t5) Loom Bucket and Rambling Syd Rumpo sings his Song Of The Terry-Thomas! Series 1 Hobo. Are Charles and Fiona home at last? and Bona Caterers With Joan Sims and Leslie Mitchell. Episode 2 Julian and Sandy are planning a 'do'. Programme based on an idea by Terry Thomas 90-something good-time girl Dora Dale spills the beans on her With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Script editor: Jimmy Grafton many celebrity friends – from Elvis to Jimmy Carr. Pertwee. Producer: Dennis Main Wilson. Betraying confidences and breaking unwritten rules galore, the Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1954. friend of the stars reveals some surprising and salacious secrets. London. Announcer: Douglas Smith SUN 11:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2) Written by and starring Martin Kelner and Jake Yapp. Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio 1936 Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in August 2006. comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Sir John Reith's BBC discovers how to operate away from the SUN 23:30 Masala FM (b007jz5q) Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, studios. Six selected years in radio history with Daphne Episode 5 Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Oxenford. When the Asian radio station's boss gets religion, the on-air scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp3v) result is far from heavenly. 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Series 1 Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal catchphrases and double-entendres. Sandy Powell Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser "Can You Hear Me Mother?" Wadia. Hayes Four. Famed for his catchphrase and comic ventriloquism, Mark Music by Nitin Sawhney. Producer: John Simmonds Radcliffe profiles the career of Rotherham entertainer, Sandy Producer: Liz Anstee First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967. Powell. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996. MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b007jqyp) A six-part series exploring the tradition of the northern Series 8 comedian. Episode 2 Producer: Bernadette McConnell MONDAY 11 JULY 2011 With Chaucer's Nunne's Prieste's Brother's Uncle's Mother-in- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. Law's Husband's Wife's Gibbon's Friend's Tale. From March SUN 12:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair MON 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jlvt) 1970. Omnibus (b008p53p) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON 09:00 Meet David Sedaris (b012f9s3) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pbtv8) Series 2 SUN 13:10 Chain Gang (b00nrv01) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Memento Mori and The Motherless Bear [Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today] MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b012f5y5) The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and SUN 13:15 Oscar Wilde (b007k0l3) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] charm to BBC Radio 4 for a second series of audience readings. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] MON 01:50 Terry-Thomas - Top of the Town (b012jhg8) This week: The consequences of buying your partner an antique SUN 13:30 A Bequest to the Nation (b012f8bl) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] skeleton in "Memento Mori" and a dark fable about mourning: Lord Nelson's passionate affair with vulgar Emma Hamilton MON 02:00 The Friend in the Corner (b007k0s2) "The Motherless Bear". sparks family conflict. Terrence Rattigan's play stars Anna [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Producer: Steve Doherty Massey. MON 02:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp3v) A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4. SUN 15:00 Take It From Here (b012f5sj) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON 09:30 The Party Line (b012f9s5) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 03:00 Take It From Here (b012f5sj) Series 2 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 July 2011 Page 3 of 7 Episode 2 Linda Newbery. Plus, how to cook the perfect brownies and the Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim MP Duncan Stonebridge's party agent Roger has a penchant for winners of Chris Evans's 500 words competition. Guy Hampton …. Norman Woodland married women. So instead of concentrating on political MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b007jvhs) Sonia Hampton …. Virginia Winter struggles, he ends up trying to save the philanderer from the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Helen Reynolds …. Louise Gainsborough wrath of an enraged Russian Oligarch with powerful MON 17:30 Down the Line (b012f9j0) Bill Reynolds …. Richard Bebb connections... [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Aubrey Green …. Desmond Carrington Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis's topical sitcom from 2006 about a MON 18:00 The Female Ghost (b00nj7cx) Airline Captain/Various …. John Baker hapless backbench MP. The Cold Embrace Director: Leslie Bridgmont Stars James Fleet as Duncan Stonebridge. When handsome young artist Josef betrays his delicate fiancée, First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957. With Simon Greenall, Geoffrey McGivern, Geraldine McNulty, her retribution is eerily appropriate... TUE 06:30 Falco (b008kmgp) Matilda Ziegler and Sarah Coleman. The first of four ghostly stories by women dramatised by Shadows in Bronze Producer: Adam Bromley Christopher Hawes. 3. Friends First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006. Mary Braddon's eerie tale stars Stephanie Turner as Mary At the villa of Helena's former father-in-law, the Roman sleuth MON 10:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012f9s7) Braddon, Jonathan Firth as Josef, Alison Pettitt as Gertrude, meets old friends of the senator's daughter. Series 2 Ioan Meredith as the Postmaster, John Hartley as Father, Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's Top Dog Carolyn Jones as the Woman, Hugh Dickson as the Passenger, witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome. A smart stranger arrives at Warwick Hedges' restaurant with an Tracy-Ann Oberman as Parisienne and Chris Pavlo as the With Anna Madeley as Helena Justina, Christopher Kelham as unusual request, but son Jack doesn't like the look of him. Stars Fisherman. Larius, Paul Webster as Marcellus, Timothy Watson as Trevor Peacock. Producer: Marion Nancarrow Aemilius Rufus and Jaimi Barbakoff as Aenelia. MON 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k1n2) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Series 1 MON 18:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Cotton Buddies (b00wt987) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth plans a chart-topping hit and All Hallows TUE 07:00 Capital Gains (b00shdzt) attempts some DIY. Stars Graham Fellows. From October On a hot summer's evening, a weary traveller is oppressed by Series 2 1993. the supernatural atmosphere inside a gigantic cathedral by the Seed Capital MON 11:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmcl) sea. Billionaire philanthropist Julius Hutch has never voted, but Episode 4 Read by Richard E Grant. when his wife leaves home and a compulsory purchase order Humphrey and Maud dash for freedom from cruel captain, Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining arrives, he takes action. Wolf Larsen, but Japan is 600 miles away... poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch. Conclusion od Jack London's 1904 tale of brutality and survival and adults. Written by Collin Johnson. on the high seas. Abridged by Doreen Estall. Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones Starring Jack Klaff, Kerry Shale and Shelley Thompson.. Producer: Lawrence Jackson Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall Dramatised by Ed Thomason Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2010. Kate ...... Justine Midda Wolf Larsen ...... Jack Klaff MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00lysh3) Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham Humphrey Van Weyden ...... Kerry Shale [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Sir Gainford Blounty ...... Stephen Thorne Maud Brewster ...... Shelley Thompson MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b007jqyp) Dahlia Sprout ...... Jillie Meers Music: Elizabeth Parker - BBC Radiophonic Workshop. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Other parts played by Collin Johnson, David Holt and Brian Director: Adrian Bean. MON 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) Perkins. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producers: Andy Jordan and David Blount MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00lysh3) MON 20:30 Falco (b008klh0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997 . [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE 07:30 The Sunday Format (b012gpr2) MON 12:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b0128mlp) MON 21:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmcl) Series 4 Series 55 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Episode 2 Episode 2 MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b0128mlp) Mystic doormats offer - and animal innards make the menu. The 55th series of Radio 4's multi award-winning antidote to [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Radio's posh paper tells all. With Emma Kennedy. From panel games promises more homespun wireless entertainment MON 22:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007t3kk) January 2003. for the young at heart, as the programme pays a return visit to Series 2 TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007mwv5) the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. Regulars Barry Cryer, Episode 1 Series 5 Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are once again joined Prentiss McCabe try to save New Labour from total voter The Spanish Suitcase on the panel by Marcus Brigstocke, with Jack Dee in the chair. humiliation. Starring Stephen Fry and John Bird. From January Neddie Seagoon's brave act lands him in prison, and a jewel Regular listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, 2001. thief is on the loose. pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the piano. MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b012j8r1) Producer - Jon Naismith. Danny Wallace Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike MON 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) Arthur Smith chats to Danny Wallace about the awkwardness Milligan and Eric Sykes. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] that comes with being a man. MON 13:30 Falco (b008klh0) MON 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (b012f9s3) Starring: [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair MON 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags (b00rws1m) Peter Sellers (b007jvxx) Series 1 Harry Secombe Episode 11 Build the Titanic Spike Milligan Miss Crawley attempts to decide who will inherit her money. Corner shop customer Mrs Muirhead's part-work magazine William Makepeace Thackeray dramatisation with Stephen Fry. model ship faces stormy waters. Stars Sanjeev Kohli. From First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were MON 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors October 2007. recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest in Ukrainian (b012fc0q) shows weren’t kept in the archive. Episode 6 Vera and Nadia try to stop Valentina's plans. Marina Lewycka's TUESDAY 12 JULY 2011 With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. wry portrait of a marriage of convenience. Read by Sian Thomas. TUE 00:00 The Female Ghost (b00nj7cx) Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. MON 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b012fc0s) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater TUE 00:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wt987) Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Feeling dissatisfied with her life as an film editor in California TUE 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) Producer: Peter Eton and with a husband she suspects is having an affair, Judith [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Whitman decides one day to move her childhood bedroom TUE 01:30 Falco (b008klh0) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1954. furniture into a storage unit (it having been discarded by her [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqxd) daughter Camille) and rashly uses a fake name to secure the TUE 02:00 Meet David Sedaris (b012f9s3) Series 3 unit. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Son of the Burkiss Way She starts reminiscing about her childhood in Nebraska living TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b012f9s5) Film 77 presents the premiere of the BBC's first ever motion with her charismatic lecturer father and about her first love, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] picture for radio Willy Blunt whom she left behind when she went to college and TUE 03:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012f9s7) Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett has never looked back. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] . Written with distinctive style by Tom McNeal, it's an TUE 03:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k1n2) Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to immersive, atmospheric story in which Judith starts to become [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Monday] 1980. more and more disconnected with her chosen life and starts TUE 04:00 Jack London - The Sea Wolf (b007jmcl) Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. yearning for the past. After the death of her beloved father and [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Producer: John Lloyd the beginning of stress induced migraines at work, Judith TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b007jvhs) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1977. retraces her steps back to a few glorious teenage summers. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE 09:00 1835 (b012gpr4) After 27 years, she tries to get back in touch with significant TUE 05:30 Down the Line (b012f9j0) The Reluctant Aristocrat figures from her past... [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] In order to prove he's not a feckless, idle aristocrat, Belport Abridged by Miranda Davies. TUE 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83) manages to kick off the world's first rail strike - in the process Read by Laurel Lefkow. 9. The Black Ruby proving to everyone that he's a feckless, idle aristocrat... Producer: Lucy Collingwood The cantankerous criminal psychologist probes the authenticity Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011. of a fabled gem. Is it cursed? things to do in the mid- 1830s. MON 15:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012f9s7) Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses Belport ...... Paul Rider [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by Ned ...... Jason Done MON 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k1n2) deducing their felonious personalities. Arbuthnot ...... Roy Barraclough [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- George ...... Simon Greenall MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012fc0v) suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. Charlie ...... Jonathan Keeble The first part of our brand new story, At The Firefly Gate by Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 July 2011 Page 4 of 7 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. retraces her steps back to a few glorious teenage summers. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] TUE 09:30 Street and Lane (b00vdbvk) After 27 years, she tries to get back in touch with significant WED 03:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k1wl) Series 1 figures from her past... [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Tuesday] Singing Detectives Abridged by Miranda Davies. WED 04:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwfw) Intrepid Yorkshire builders, Johnny Street and Arthur Lane Producer: Lucy Collingwood [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] welcome Tina, a glamorous young woman on work experience - Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011. WED 05:00 Capital Gains (b00shdzt) as they seek out the origins of a nasty smell in a school under TUE 15:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gpr6) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] the nose of caretaker and music-theatre aficionado Sidney [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED 05:30 The Sunday Format (b012gpr2) Sanderson. TUE 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k1wl) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012gqk2) 5. The Blackmailer Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne Oliver Jeffries gives us his writing tip, we'll hear from another Cantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle probes the Tina ...... Hannah Storey runner up in Chris Evans's 500 words story competition, and dealings of a mysterious Spanish Count. Sanderson ...... Geoffrey Whitehead we'll find out how to use a map and compass. Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses Producer: David Hunter TUE 17:00 Capital Gains (b00shdzt) psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] deducing their felonious personalities. TUE 10:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gpr6) TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b012gpr2) Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] suffering assistant, Miss Frayle A Water Baby TUE 18:00 The Female Ghost (b00njj2k) Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker As heavy rain swamps Mardle Fen, a strange child leads Edith Nesbit - Man Sized in Marble Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim restaurant chef Warwick through the flood. Stars Trevor For newly-weds Charles and Laura, their housekeeper's dread Inspector Hood …. Phillip Wray Peacock. of All Saint's Eve seems laughable - that is, until the day itself Sir Clifford Forbes …. Douglas Young TUE 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k1wl) arrives... Lady Forbes …. Madeleine Christie Series 1 A series of ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher Cynthia Forbes …. Ruth Trouncer Mini-Break in Giggleswick Hawes. Hotel Waiter …. Haydn Jones Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth and his family are in North Edith Nesbit's eerie tale stars Carolyn Jones as Edith Nesbit, Hotel Manager …. Humphrey Morton Yorkshire. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1993. Stephen Critchlow as Charles, Deborah Berlin as Laura, Gerard Lily the Maid …. Beryl Calder TUE 11:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwfw) McDermott as Doctor Kelly and Tina Gray as Mrs Dorman. Matron …. Molly Rankin Episode 1 Producer: Marion Nancarrow Harry Fox …. Ian Sadler Love affairs, financial wrangles and murder - Anthony First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. Trollope's political intrigues of a Victorian aristocratic family TUE 18:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wv6ln) Director: Leslie Bridgmont begin with Lady Glencora's search for romance and happiness. Seaton's Aunt First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957. Starring David Troughton as the Narrator, Ben Miles as Two boys on holiday stay in the creaking house of an eccentric WED 06:30 Falco (b008ktyq) Plantagenet Palliser, Sophie Thompson as Lady Glencora, and sinister aunt, an experience that will mark them forever... Shadows in Bronze Anastasia Hille as Alice Vavasor, Adrian Lukis as George Read by Toby Jones. 4. Party Vavasor, Frances Jeater as Lady Monk, Mark Bazeley as John Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining The Roman sleuth heads to a party thrown by the wealthy and Grey, Bertie Carvel as Burgo Fitzgerald and Chris Moran as poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children influential Crispus. Helena gets shocking news and Falco Scruby. and adults. receives a nasty surprise. Dramatised from the novels in 12 parts by Martyn Wade. Abridged by Doreen Estall. Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's Music by Elizabeth Parker. Producer: Lawrence Jackson witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome. Director: Cherry Cookson Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2010. With Anna Madeley as Helena Justina, Ben Crowe as Petronius, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007mwv5) Sara Poyzer as Silvia, Timothy Watson as Aemilius Rufus, TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007mwv5) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Bertie Carvel as Aufidius Crispus, Paul Webster as Marcellus [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqxd) and Jaimi Barbakoff as Aenelia. TUE 12:30 When the Dog Dies (b00sddnk) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Series 1 TUE 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83) Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. Sandy's daughter Ellie is an artist but he's never liked her work. TUE 20:30 Falco (b008kmgp) WED 07:00 Tony's (b007jt1y) The trouble is that she never sells anything - until Sandy buys a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Series 1 canvas anonymously. He instantly regrets doing such a thing - TUE 21:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwfw) Money Money Money what if she finds out? He must go to any length to ensure that [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] While checking the pipes in the cellar, the corner-shop barber she doesn't, even admitting to a strange predilection involving TUE 22:00 When the Dog Dies (b00sddnk) makes a discovery. Stars Victor Spinetti. From November 1979. nuns... [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] WED 07:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00gl4sx) Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit sitcom Sorry TUE 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive Series 3 - Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent - for a new comedy for Radio (b007ym28) Episode 3 4 about Sandy Hopper, a granddad happily growing old along Series 1 Falling from the top of a New York skyscraper, life as a with his dog Henry and his lodger, Dolores (Liza Tarbuck). Episode 4 business guru flashes before the comic's eyes. From May 2001. Sandy ..... Ronnie Corbett The funny man's radio drop-in centre tackles the thorny issues WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009rnlw) Ellie ..... Tilly Vosburgh of TV weather and the election. With Dave Gorman. From June Series 6 Mrs Pompom ..... Sally Grace 2005. The Fete Lance ..... Philip Bird TUE 23:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcx) The lad rashly agrees to tempt Sir Laurence Olivier to open the Dolores ..... Liza Tarbuck More Brothers Faversham East Cheam Garden Fete. Estate Agent ..... Jon Glover Marcus Faversham Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Wilfred Producer: Liz Anstee The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's Babbage, Jack Watson and Hugh Morton. A CPL production for BBC Radio 4. greatest actor - Marcus Faversham. Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. TUE 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83) Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Tuck. Producer: Tom Ronald TUE 13:30 Falco (b008kmgp) With Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Script edited by Richard Turner. 1959. TUE 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair Producer: Julia McKenzie WED 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jltg) (b007jvy2) Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2008. Series 2 Episode 12 TUE 23:30 The Museum of Everything (b00gknj8) The Greasy Pole Becky has plans to deal with an uncertain financial future. Series 3 Blending jobs with chemicals makes an explosive mixture for Narrated by Stephen Fry, stars Emma Fielding. The Museum Reopens MP Jim Hacker. TUE 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors A temp with a scary clown face aids the tour guide. Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds. in Ukrainian (b012gq0s) Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around Episode 7 and Dan Tetsell. hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service Vera and Valentina come to blows, and Nadia and her father With Lucy Montgomery. underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby celebrate their first step to freedom. Read by Sian Thomas. Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker. and obsequious Bernard. TUE 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b012gq0v) Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006. Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington Episode 2 Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne Reeling from discovering her husband's possible infidelity, Bernard Woolley …. Derek Fowldes Judith recollects her first love Willy Blunt. WEDNESDAY 13 JULY 2011 Joan Littler, MP …. Brenda Blethyn Read by Laurel Lefkow. Sir Wally Macfarlane …. Freddie Earlle Feeling dissatisfied with her life as an film editor in California WED 00:00 The Female Ghost (b00njj2k) Professor Henderson …. Jerome Willis and with a husband she suspects is having an affair, Judith [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Lord Crichton …. Geoffrey Toone Whitman decides one day to move her childhood bedroom WED 00:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare Lady Crichton …. Helena Breck furniture into a storage unit (it having been discarded by her (b00wv6ln) The Protestor …. Helen Atkinson Wood daughter Camille) and rashly uses a fake name to secure the [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Newsreader …. Moira Stuart unit. She starts reminiscing about her childhood in Nebraska WED 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv83) Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. living with her charismatic lecturer father and about her first [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on Radio 4 in 1984. love, Willy Blunt whom she left behind when she went to WED 01:30 Falco (b008kmgp) WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv6r) college and has never looked back. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Series 3 Written with distinctive style by Tom McNeal, it's an WED 02:00 1835 (b012gpr4) Episode 2 immersive, atmospheric story in which Judith starts to become [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] The snoring of leg model April inspires ad man Ken in his quest more and more disconnected with her chosen life and starts WED 02:30 Street and Lane (b00vdbvk) to win an account for a nasal spray. yearning for the past. After the death of her beloved father and [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in the beginning of stress induced migraines at work, Judith WED 03:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gpr6) the competitive world of advertising Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 July 2011 Page 5 of 7 Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis After 27 years, she tries to get back in touch with significant THU 02:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv6r) Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin figures from her past... [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Freddie ...... Lockwood West Abridged by Miranda Davies. THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b007jnxf) Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson Producer: Lucy Collingwood [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] April ...... Shelley Thompson Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011. THU 03:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gqw6) Hedley ...... Robert Longden WED 15:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gqw6) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Deborah ...... Rosalind Ayres [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU 03:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k24g) The Artiste of Diminutive Stature ...... David Learner WED 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k24g) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Wednesday] With Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, David Tate, Sally [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] THU 04:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwg1) Grace, Enn Reitel and Anton Rogers. WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012gr6k) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Producer: Pete Atkin We'll discuss whether there should be more women playing THU 05:00 Tony's (b007jt1y) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986. golf, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen shares his Inheritance Tracks, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b007jnxf) and we'll hear interviews with the cast of Harry Potter. THU 05:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00gl4sx) Stoke-on-Trent welcomes Humphrey Lyttelton, with Barry WED 17:00 Tony's (b007jt1y) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] Cryer, Sandi Toksvig, Jeremy Hardy and Tim Brooke-Taylor. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2) From June 2000. WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00gl4sx) 10. The Wedding Dress WED 10:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gqw6) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Frightened bride-to-be Audrey Templeton is being spooked by Series 2 WED 18:00 The Female Ghost (b00njx8j) noises in the night. Can the psychiatrist-sleuth uncover what's Old Boggie Afterward going on? Invited to lunch in a remote part of the Fens, chef Warwick After an unexpected windfall on their American mine, Ned and Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses discovers treasure guarded by a ghost-dog. Stars Trevor Mary move to a dream home in England, but their past is psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by Peacock. catching up with them... deducing their felonious personalities. WED 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k24g) A series of ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- Series 1 Hawes. suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. How... Edith Wharton's eerie tale stars Buffy Davis as Edith Wharton, Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker Sheffield's John Shuttleworth offers tips on how to cope with Carolyn Jones as Alida, John Guerrasio as Ned, Barbara Barnes Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim divorce and washing-up. Stars Graham Fellows. From October as Mary, Sean Baker as Parvis, Rachel Atkins as Trimmle, Audrey Templeton …. Sulwen Morgan 1993. Christopher Scott as Peters and Alex Lowe as Robert Elwell. Evelyn Lambert …. Mary Law WED 11:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwg1) Producer: Marion Nancarrow Edna Lambert …. Olwyn Brookes Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997. Mrs Vezey …. Peggy Thorpe-Bates More political and romantic intrigue, with newlyweds and new WED 18:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare Commercial Traveller/Ames …. Trevor Martin arrivals Phineas and Laura. Stars Ben Miles and Juliet (b00wvd6t) Director: Leslie Bridgmont Stevenson. Crewe First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957. WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009rnlw) In the chilly waiting-room of a railway station, an old man THU 06:30 Falco (b008l1cb) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] relates a disturbing history of a haunting in a job he formerly Shadows in Bronze WED 12:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b00xhbcz) held... 5. Surprise Series 7 Read by Kenneth Cranham. The Roman sleuth closes in on his man, but gets more than he From Bean to Cup Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining bargained for from Helena's old school friend. Radio 4's most curmudgeonly author is back for a new series, poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's complete with his trusty companion Elgar, his pipe and his and adults. witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome. never ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever Abridged by Doreen Estall. With Anna Madeley as Helena Justina, Sean Connolly as Atius scraps his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and cat Producer: Lawrence Jackson Pertinax, Christopher Kelham as Larius, Sara Poyzer as Silvia, together. Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2010. Paul Webster as Marcellus, Bertie Carvel as Aufidius Crispus, Ed Reardon ..... Christopher Douglas WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009rnlw) Timothy Watson as Aemilius Rufus, Christian Rodska as Felix ..... John Fortune [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Gordianus and Jaimi Barbakoff as Aenelia. Jaz Milvane ..... Philip Jackson WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jltg) Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Ping ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessy [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Heidi ..... Matilda Ziegler WED 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. Window Cleaner ..... Dan Tetsell [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse (b00b41fq) Pearl ..... Rita May WED 20:30 Falco (b008ktyq) What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning Olive ..... Stephanie Cole [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Florence Craye Stan ..... Geoffrey Whitehead WED 21:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwg1) Trapped in the Hampshire hamlet of Steeple Bumpleigh, Bertie Houseowner ..... Paul Merton [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Wooster meets an old flame. Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas WED 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b00xhbcz) PG Wodehouse's romp starring Michael Hordern and Richard Produced by Dawn Ellis [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Briers. Ed finds himself working on a corporate video with the high WED 22:30 The Secret World (b012gs0y) Adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller. powered team of director and old sparring partner Jaz Milvane, Series 2 Jeeves ...... Michael Hordern and Oscar-winning producer Heidi Fisher. He's also house- Episode 3 Bertie Wooster ..... Richard Briers sitting for a well-heeled neighbour and enjoying all the benefits David Beckham tries to hire a rainbow for a party. Jon Culshaw Florence Craye ..... Bronwen Williams this civic duty brings, such as the use of comfortable furniture explores famous folk's private lives. From July 2010. Stilton Cheesewright ..... Michael Kilgarriff in agreeable surroundings, electrical appliances that work, and WED 23:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007jqgp) Salesman ..... Bruce Bennett access to decent stationary and a well-stocked fridge. Perhaps The Pet and the Pendulum Producer: Simon Brett Ed is about to enjoy his week and be well paid for a change. Dr Vestler's inhuman hopping skills reveal an unholy project First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1978. WED 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) involving animals. Stars Jim Broadbent. From September 1988. THU 07:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012h800) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b012j8rk) Series 1 WED 13:30 Falco (b008ktyq) Comedy writer and producer Paul Mayhew Archer joins Arthur Androids in Love [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Smith for a natter about his comedy career. Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1961. A WED 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair WED 23:30 Delve Special (b00t5zzv) BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the (b007jvy5) Series 1 unimaginably futuristic world of 2006. Episode 13 The Shifton Scandal A top Shakespearean actor guests on the show as an android. Becky and Rawdon make a tactical visit to relatives, and Becky In 1982, four men mounted an illegal operation to build With Peter Bowles, Cheryl Campbell, John Fortune and Leslie finds a new companion. With Stephen Fry and Emma Fielding. London's third airport at Shifton, 20 miles north east of Phillips. WED 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors Birmingham. THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012h802) in Ukrainian (b012gr6f) David Lander now concludes his investigation into the notorious Something of Value Episode 8 demolition scandal with a look at the arrests, the trial and the Reputations are tarnished when the Crown Jewels are sent for Where is Valentina? Who is the mystery man outside? And disturbing aftermath. cleaning. whose version of a family's story should be believed? Read by Studio production by Stephen Fry, Jack Klaff, Tony Robinson A weekly tribute to all those who work in government Sian Thomas. and Moray Watson and Brenda Bleythn. departments. WED 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b012gr6h) With Peter Wear, Mark Arden, Stephen Frost and Robert Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater Bathurst. Ronald, Ronald Baddiley, John Graham and Sheila Wilcox. Episode 3 Dramatic reconstruction by Phil Nice, Arthur Smith, John Bond Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. Judith recalls her first date with Willy Blunt back in Nebraska - and Carol Boyd. 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and starts to put a plan in motion. Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet. and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from Read by Laurel Lefkow. Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer. 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, Feeling dissatisfied with her life as an film editor in California Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows and with a husband she suspects is having an affair, Judith transferred to TV as: This is David Lander. in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Whitman decides one day to move her childhood bedroom First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984. Radio 4 Extra. furniture into a storage unit (it having been discarded by her Producer: Edward Taylor daughter Camille) and rashly uses a fake name to secure the First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in August 1972. unit. She starts reminiscing about her childhood in Nebraska THURSDAY 14 JULY 2011 THU 08:30 Hello Cheeky (b00djnq5) living with her charismatic lecturer father and about her first From 19/05/1973 love, Willy Blunt whom she left behind when she went to THU 00:00 The Female Ghost (b00njx8j) A very early TV prototype of BBC 3 and an unusual crime to college and has never looked back. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] solve for Sherlock Holmes. Written with distinctive style by Tom McNeal, it's an THU 00:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wvd6t) Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and immersive, atmospheric story in which Judith starts to become [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor. more and more disconnected with her chosen life and starts THU 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio. yearning for the past. After the death of her beloved father and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Producer: David Hatch the beginning of stress induced migraines at work, Judith THU 01:30 Falco (b008ktyq) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1973. retraces her steps back to a few glorious teenage summers. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b41fs) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 July 2011 Page 6 of 7 Series 2 how to cook the perfect Madeleines. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Thursday] Anyone for a Cruise to Cherbourg? THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00b41fq) FRI 04:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwg6) The singing duo wonder why their agent is being [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] uncharacteristically nice... THU 17:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012h800) FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse (b00b41fq) 30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are THU 18:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007p1fy) FRI 05:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012h800) back in the big time. 1969-71 Decision [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom. President JF Kennedy survived the 1963 Dallas shootings. Now, FRI 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7) Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd as Project Apollo reaches the moon, he issues a new challenge - 6. Voice in the Night Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield a manned mission to Mars. After receiving sinister death threats over the telephone, an With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Edward Halstead, Paul Stephen Baxter's 1996 novel presents an alternative history of elderly spinster calls in cantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr Rogan and Alex Lowe. the US space programme. Morelle. Music by Frido Ruth. Dramatised in five-parts by Dirk Maggs Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist-turned-detective uses Producer: Steve Doherty Starring Laurel Lefklow as Natalie York, William Dufris as psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999. Mike Conlig, Michael Roberts as Gregory Dana, Vincent deducing their felonious personalities. THU 09:30 Jest a Minute (b012h804) Marzello as Joe Muldoon, Frank Lazarus as Chuck Jones, Cecil Parker stars as Dr Morelle with Sheila Sim as his long- Series 1 Russell Bentley as Jim Dana and William Roberts as Ben Priest. suffering assistant, Miss Frayle Episode 1 Music by Wilfredo Acosta. Dr Morelle …. Cecil Parker Justin Moorhouse, Jarred Christmas, Chris Corcoran and Producer: Dirk Maggs Miss Frayle …. Sheila Sim Jeremy Hardy star in Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz. From August First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. Miss Nicholson …. Hester Paton Brown 2006. THU 18:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare Billy Boy the Dog …. Percy Edwards THU 10:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012h806) (b00ww8sr) Mr Nicolson …. Alan McClelland Series 2 A Recluse Superintendent Denham …. Fred Yule Silver Ribbon One hot evening in the English countryside, a traveller is forced Station Officer …. Alan Keith Roller-skating chef Warwick challenges bike-riding son Jack to to stay the night at the remote house of a sinister gentleman... Julian Smith/Taxi Driver …. John Baker a race to the cathedral door. Stars Trevor Peacock and Sam Read by Anthony Head. Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. Dale. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining Director: Leslie Bridgmont THU 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k2df) poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957. Series 1 and adults. FRI 06:30 Falco (b008m17q) Pillock of the Community Abridged by Doreen Estall. Shadows in Bronze It's a frustrating day for Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth, but Producer: Lawrence Jackson Episode 6 solace awaits. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1993. Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2010. A final showdown for the Roman sleuth - but his reunion with THU 11:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwg6) THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012h802) Helena proves bittersweet. Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's More political and romantic intrigue as Lady Glencora expects THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky (b00djnq5) witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome. a baby and Laura causes disappointment. Stars Sophie [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] With Ben Crowe as Petronius, Robert Lister as Decimus Thompson. THU 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2) Camillus, Fiona Clarke as Tullia, Anna Madeley as Helena THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b012h802) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Justina, Michael Tudor Barnes as Vespasian, Christian Rodska [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU 20:30 Falco (b008l1cb) as Gordianus and Sean Connolly as Atius Pertinax, THU 12:30 It's Your Round (b00zm32d) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Series 1 THU 21:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwg6) Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Episode 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. Angus Deayton hosts the comedy panel show with no format. THU 22:00 It's Your Round (b00zm32d) FRI 07:00 Anything Legal (b0084hrs) Johnny Vaughan, Alan Davies, Roisin Conaty and Arthur Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Episode 3 battle it out to see who can beat each other at their own games THU 22:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting Charles and George kick off their secret new business offering each has brought along. (b007jvf7) anything legal – but at what cost? Angus valiantly tries to make sure everyone comes out of it Series 1 Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles. with their reputations intact. The Carpet Sweeper ‘A Tale of Two City Gents’ by Wally K Daly. Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell Buying a new carpet sweeper for her elderly neighbour Betty Charles …. Donald Hewlett Devised by Benjamin Partridge sparks a major operation for Linda. George …. Michael Knowles Producer: Sam Michell. The first of two comedy series written by and starring Linda Publican …. Douglas Blackwell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011. Smith. Theme music by Jim Parker. THU 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2) Linda takes on the mantle of the United Nations as she tries to Producer: John Fawcett Wilson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] broker a fragile peace between her morbid elderly neighbour First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984. THU 13:30 Falco (b008l1cb) Betty and her live-in builder Chris. In the strife-torn streets of FRI 07:30 Snap (b012h9lq) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] East London, can bingo and musical theatre ever be reconciled? Series 3 THU 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair Linda ...... Linda Smith Episode 1 (b007jvy8) Chris ...... Chris Neill After 16 years of marriage and one year of divorce, Doug and Episode 14 Betty ...... Margaret John Molly Brownridge are attempting to rekindle their relationship. A cash crisis forces Amelia to make a terrible decision about Worra ...... Femi Elufowoju Jr But it’s not easy with two teenage kids embarking on their first little Georgie's future. With Stephen Fry and Emma Fielding. Other parts played by Jeremy Hardy and Martin Hyder. romances and Doug's mum dating men like there's no THU 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors Guest appearances from Rabbi Lionel Blue and Jenni Murray. tomorrow... in Ukrainian (b012h98j) Producer: Lucy Armitage Third and final series of Paul Mendelson’s sitcom Episode 9 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001. Starring Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Two women reveal their inner secrets. Marina Lewycka's tender THU 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00mg8mx) Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene and funny insight into life as an émigrée. Read by Sian Thomas. Series 4 Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn and Jonathan Tafler THU 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b012h98l) Episode 3 as Raymond. Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater A horse makes his own packed lunch and there's advice on how Producer: David Ian Neville Episode 4 to become the next Zorro. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2005. After her private investigator reports back, Judith Whitman sets Plus a boy's effectiveness as a wolf early-warning system is FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b0081k4q) out to retrace her past in Nebraska. compromised, and an evangelist refuses to tell people about Series 3 Read by Laurel Lefkow. Jesus. The Efficiency Expert Feeling dissatisfied with her life as an film editor in California Sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Another collision convinces Captain Povey that the Admiralty and with a husband she suspects is having an affair, Judith With Olivia Colman,Sarah Hadland and James Bachman. must sort out HMS Troutbridge. Whitman decides one day to move her childhood bedroom Producer Gareth Edwards furniture into a storage unit (it having been discarded by her Firs broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009. Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as daughter Camille) and rashly uses a fake name to secure the THU 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b007k0yk) the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, unit. She starts reminiscing about her childhood in Nebraska Episode 3 Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson/ /Lieutenant living with her charismatic lecturer father and about her first Dan Freedman and Nick Romero present 'Another Gritty Police Commander Stanton, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey and love, Willy Blunt whom she left behind when she went to Drama' and a song from 'Very Frank Sinatra'. From April 2000. Heather Chasen as Ramona Povey. college and has never looked back. Written with distinctive style by Tom McNeal, it's an Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS immersive, atmospheric story in which Judith starts to become FRIDAY 15 JULY 2011 Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen more and more disconnected with her chosen life and starts series between 1959 and 1976. yearning for the past. After the death of her beloved father and FRI 00:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007p1fy) the beginning of stress induced migraines at work, Judith [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Scripted by Lawrie Wyman retraces her steps back to a few glorious teenage summers. FRI 00:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00ww8sr) Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. After 27 years, she tries to get back in touch with significant [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1961. figures from her past... FRI 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qsk2) FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jl7y) Abridged by Miranda Davies. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Series 1 Producer: Lucy Collingwood FRI 01:30 Falco (b008l1cb) The Lead Man Cometh Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Just as Albert and Harold are needing to economise, the rag and THU 15:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012h806) FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b41fs) bone men are made an irresistible offer. Starring Wilfrid [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as Harold and Leonard THU 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k2df) FRI 02:30 Jest a Minute (b012h804) Rossiter as Welsh Hughie. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012h98n) FRI 03:00 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012h806) with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson What does it take to be a great baddy? Voldermort himself will [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. tell us... Plus, getting started playing golf, Rory McIlroy and FRI 03:45 The Shuttleworths (b007k2df) The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 July 2011 Page 7 of 7 the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold immersive, atmospheric story in which Judith starts to become and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. more and more disconnected with her chosen life and starts Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by yearning for the past. After the death of her beloved father and Gale Pedrick. the beginning of stress induced migraines at work, Judith Produced by Bobby Jaye retraces her steps back to a few glorious teenage summers. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September After 27 years, she tries to get back in touch with significant 1966. figures from her past... FRI 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fzwp9) Abridged by Miranda Davies. Series 2 Producer: Lucy Collingwood Brief Encounter Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011. A tale of jealousy, deceit and football unfolds when Robert FRI 15:00 Loose Ends (b012f6fx) attends a rival school. Stars Desmond Barrit. From November [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] 1994. FRI 15:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jmn5) FRI 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b00cgyjs) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] Series 1 FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b012hbyz) School's Out David Walliams gives us his writing tips as we hear the 10-13 Patrick pursues a job at his old school and meets his ex-teacher. winner of Chris Evans's 500 words competition. Plus, female Stars Jim Sweeney and Cathryn Harrison. From July 2001. fighter pilots and the musical man behind Harry Potter. FRI 10:00 Loose Ends (b012f6fx) FRI 17:00 Anything Legal (b0084hrs) Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] music and comedy. FRI 17:30 Snap (b012h9lq) Fashion guru Gok Wan casts a critical eye over Clive's attire [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] and brings some glitz and glamour to the Loose Ends studio. He FRI 18:00 Stephen Baxter - Voyage (b007q9p3) talks about how he battled with weight, race and sexuality 1972-80 Trajectories during his Leicester upbringing to becoming Channel 4's darling Geologist Natalie York must decide whether she wants to fashionista. compete for a place on the first manned mission to Mars. Globe-trotting radio presenter Andy Kershaw really does have Stephen Baxter's 1996 novel presents an alternative history of No Off Switch. Starting out as Billy Bragg's roadie one year and the US space programme. presenting Live Aid to 400 million the next, Andy has Dramatised in five parts by Dirk Maggs introduced roots and world music to millions of Radio 1 and Starring Laurel Lefklow as Natalie York, William Dufris as Radio 3 listeners. He's visited over 97 countries, not just to Mike Conlig, Michael Roberts as Gregory Dana, Vincent satisfy his curiosity for music, but as a foreign correspondent. Marzello as Joe Muldoon, Frank Lazarus as Chuck Jones, He talks to Clive about his career, his highly publicised Russell Bentley as Jim Dana, William Roberts as Ben Priest, breakdown and his return to broadcasting last year with Radio Mel Taylor as Ralph Gershon and Rolf Saxon as Phil Stone. 3's Music Planet. Music by Wilfredo Acosta. Operation Julie. 1976. The biggest drugs bust in British History, Producer: Dirk Maggs hauling six million 'tabs' of LSD with a street value of £100 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. million, a hundred people arrested and news programmes FRI 18:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare extended to cover the event. It even inspired a Clash song (b00wwd8m) 'Julie's been working for the Drug's Squad'. And Leaf Fielding The Almond Tree was in the middle of it all as one of the ringleaders. Reformed A man looks back on the complex relationship between his and reflective, Leaf tells Clive how he went from hippie parents and a female friend of his father's. It's one that will idealism to incarceration. influence the rest of his life... Music from Wild Beasts. Last time they were in the Loose Ends Read by Julian Wadham. studio, they had just been nominated for the 2010 Mercury Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining Prize. Will it happen again this year with the release of their poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children critically acclaimed new album 'Smother'? They perform Loop and adults. the Loop and Albatross. Abridged by Doreen Estall. Producer: Cathie Mahoney. Producer: Lawrence Jackson FRI 10:45 The Shuttleworths (b007jmn5) Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2010. Series 1 FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b0081k4q) One Foot in the Gravy [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth must cope while wife Mary FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jl7y) is visiting Auntie Janet. Stars Graham Fellows. From March [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 1994. FRI 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7) FRI 11:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwgd) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 4 FRI 20:30 Falco (b008m17q) Phineas Finn finally triumphs in Parliament, but his romantic [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] ambitions are faltering. Stars Ben Miles and David Troughton. FRI 21:00 Anthony Trollope - The Pallisers (b007jwgd) FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b0081k4q) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 22:00 Now Show Extra (b012hcs5) FRI 12:30 The Now Show (b012942n) A new programme for Radio 4 Extra, featuring jokes that you Series 34 won't have heard in this week's Now Show, some clips from the Episode 5 archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material. Topical stand-up, sketches and songs. Steve Punt is joined by FRI 22:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00snqqs) Jan Ravens, Gareth Gwynn, John Finnemore and Laura Shavin, Series 2 plus songs and satirical Darth Vader impressions from Mitch Normal Sleep Benn. The cartoonist searches for the secret meaning of life, said to be FRI 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7) written on a sausage. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Paul McCrink stars as Steven Appleby with what he laughably FRI 13:30 Falco (b008m17q) describes as "insights into normal, everyday life". [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] With: FRI 14:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair Rosalind Paul (b007jvyc) Ewan Bailey Episode 15 Nigel Betts Becky is delighted to be presented at court, but Rawdon is not Rachel Atkins happy. With Stephen Fry, Emma Fielding and Stephen Wyatt. Written by Steven Appleby FRI 14:15 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Producer: Toby Swift Ukrainian (b012hbxt) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003 Episode 10 FRI 23:00 The Jason Byrne Show (b00mgxcn) Reconciliation and a new arrival as Nikolai prepares for the Series 1 next phase of a long and chequered life. Concluded by Sian Law Thomas. Exploring a fresh theme each week, the Irish comedian hosts FRI 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b012hbyx) stand-up and sketches. With guest Ivan Brackenbury. From July Tom McNeal - To Be Sung Underwater 2008. Episode 5 FRI 23:30 Big Town All Stars (b007jtqk) After a summons from Willy Blunt, Judith heads back to see Series 1 him in Rufus Sage - after 27 years apart. The Perfect Man Concluded by Laurel Lefkow. Bozo's boxing break means a rock 'n' roll replacement is needed Feeling dissatisfied with her life as an film editor in California for the band. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From February 2000. and with a husband she suspects is having an affair, Judith Whitman decides one day to move her childhood bedroom furniture into a storage unit (it having been discarded by her daughter Camille) and rashly uses a fake name to secure the unit. She starts reminiscing about her childhood in Nebraska living with her charismatic lecturer father and about her first love, Willy Blunt whom she left behind when she went to college and has never looked back. Written with distinctive style by Tom McNeal, it's an Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/