Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 14 MAY 2016 SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b013ptf6) Grace Metalious, Couples by John Updike and Portnoy's Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad Complaint by Philip Roth. And in spite of a widespread belief SAT 00:00 The House on the Borderland by William Hope A House in Chawton that America had become unshockable, there continued to be Hodgson (b007wxhs) May's name has appeared on a terrorist death list. She and her bursts of controversy over works of literature dealing with sex, 4. The Wound husband Ali are desperate to escape from Iraq. Bee, a British including Tony Kushner's Angels in America - subtitled A Gay Back from his voyage, the narrator sees a sinister green hand at journalist, has managed to arrange a university place for May, Fantasia on National Themes - Edmund White's A Boy's Own his window... but to get to Britain they must first get to Jordan. At the last Story, Susanna Moore's In the Cut and Patricia Cornwell's First published in 1908, William Hope Hodgson's fantasy moment Ali's Jordanian visa is refused. May resolves to go by introduction of the first lesbian character in a mainstream crime novella is now seen as a classic of early, Edwardian sci-fi. herself to Jordan and sort out the problem. This is a true story. series. The programme also features Nicholson Baker's Concluded by Jim Norton. May ..... Souad Faress response to discovering - in the Starr Report - that his erotically Abridged by Doreen Estall. Bee ..... Fenella Woolgar explicit book Vox was one of the love gifts given by Monica Producer: Lawrence Jackson Ali ..... Zubin Varla Lewinsky to President Clinton. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Justin ..... Stephen Hogan SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b03z3ghc) First broadcast in September 2007. Eva/Ayasha ..... Deeivya Meir Portraying Real Lives SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b00mbkk4) Militia Man/Official/Minister ..... Peter Polycarpou Actress Maxine Peake meets with actors and, in a series of one Series 8 Newsnight director ..... Jonathan Forbes to one conversations, discusses the challenges of portraying the Allegri's Miserere Lawyer/Octavia ..... Elaine Claxton real-life character as opposed to the fictional. Allegri wrote the chord sequence for his Miserere in the 1630s Director..... Peter Kavanagh. Maxine Peake has tackled many factual roles, including Tracey for use in the Sistine Chapel during Holy Week. SAT 02:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Temple in Confessions of a Diary Secretary, Joan le Mesurier It then went through the hands of a 12-year-old Mozart, (b07bft32) in Hancock and Joan, the title role in The Secret Diaries of Miss Mendelssohn and Liszt until it finally reached England in the Episode 5 Anne Lister, Anne Scargill in Queens of the Coal Age, Stephen early 20th century and got fixed into the version we know In the guise of Sir Hilary Bray, Bond contacts Blofeld and Hawking's secretary in the 2015 film The Theory of today. learns more about his Alpine hideaway. Read by Joanna Everything, and her infamous portrayal of Myra Hindley in See The soaring soprano line that hits the famous top C and never Lumley. From October 1989. No Evil. fails to thrill has become a firm favourite for concert audiences SAT 03:00 Classic Serial (b01m4c90) Most actors will only face a critical backlash if their portrayal around the world. Thomas Mann - Buddenbrooks of King Lear or Jimmy Porter does not meet expectation, but Textile designer Kaffe Fassett, writer Sarah Manguso and Episode 3 what happens if their subject is real? How does this change the conductor Roy Goodman explain how they have all been deeply The final part of Thomas Mann's Nobel Prize winning story of a actor's approach to the character research, is it better or worse affected by this beautiful piece of music. 19th Century merchant family struggling to keep pace with to meet them, does this restrict the boundaries or increase the With Peter Phillips. changing times. J Thomas and Gerda's son Hanno shows no empathy? And what happens if that character is regarded as evil Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional aptitude for business, but may make a great musician. in the public psyche? appeal. Dramatised by Judith Adams with original music by Nico In discussion with friends and colleagues such as Michael Producer: Rosie Boulton Muhly. Sheen, Sally Hawkins, Patricia Hodge, Monica Dolan, Shaun First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009. Technical presentation by David Fleming Williams Evans and Anne Scargill we discover how different the SAT 01:00 Russell Thorndike - Doctor Syn (b00dbwts) Produced and directed by Chris Wallis approach can and has to be. Episode 10 An Autolycus Production for BBC Radio 4. Producer: Elizabeth Foster. The devastated daredevil sets out to take revenge on his SAT 04:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b01nl675) First broadcast as part of BBC Radio 4's Character Invasion. enemies - one by one. Concluded by Rufus Sewell. Series 5 From 2014. Christopher Syn, a brilliant young scholar, is a Doctor of Hughes, Czerski, Finkelman SAT 09:00 I Did It My Way (b0092lb4) Divinity at Oxford, but his eventual decision to throw away the Professor of Ignorance at the University of Buckingham, Roy Hudd Bible for the sword in a mad quest for vengeance will influence Professor John Lloyd CBE is joined by comedian Jimmy Carr Much-loved comedian and actor Roy Hudd talks to Peter Reed the rest of his life. for the fifth series. about his radio life and times, with behind-the-scenes stories of Russell Thorndike's 18th Century, Kent-based adventure Three guests are invited to donate one item each and explain making his on-air hit shows: features pirates, smuggling, highwaymen, duels, wicked squires why it deserves a place in the museum. The News Huddlines (06/06/79). Poking fun at topical events and beautiful Spanish ladies. Based on the first two novels John and Jimmy welcome comedian Sean Hughes, physicist Dr and personalities, this series ran for 25 years on BBC Radio 2 (published 1935 and 1936) in the seven-title sequence, 'Doctor Helen Czerski and cuneiform expert Dr Irving Finkel. when Roy was joined by Chris Emmett and his leading ladies Syn on the High Seas' and 'Doctor Syn Returns'. Abridged by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. Janet Brown, Alison Steadman and June Whitfield. Doreen Estall. SAT 04:30 No Commitments (b01773xl) The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Writer Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) is less well-known than Series 9 (16/01/1999). Roy dons his deerstalker to investigate 'The Case his sister, the actress Dame Sybil Thorndike, but his Doctor Syn Houseroom of the Clockwork Fiend' with June Whitfield. novels hold a special place in the affection of lovers of Anna's love-life seems to be on an even keel, but can the same The Sony Radio Academy Gold award-winning Huddwinks atmospheric, swashbuckling storytelling everywhere. His novels be said for Roger? Stars Angela Thorne. From January 2003. (14/08/86). Chris Emmett and Denise Coffey join Roy for have been filmed with actors as diverse as George Arliss, Peter SAT 05:00 Winston (b007jncr) 'Railway '86 - The Movie!': British Rail's new 'Silver Bullet' Cushing and Patrick McGoohan in the role of Syn, and the Kent Winston in Love train ends up as a runaway express to Aberdeen. village of Dymchurch holds an official 'Day of Syn' every other Clip Clop, Clip Clop Roy also reveals his more dramatic side in Peter Tinniswood's year, to commemorate a home-grown literary folk hero. Father says he's going to marry Mrs Sunderland and cut the rest play The Scan (29/09/1999). Compulsive talker Ernest seeks Producer: Lawrence Jackson of the family off without a bean. reassurance from a protective nurse. Roy's co-star is Judy Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland It's his wedding day. But is he serious? Cornwell. First broadcast in 2006. Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Produced by Mik Wilkojc. SAT 01:30 Big Game, Little Game (b00v1rh8) Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, SAT 12:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves Episode 2 Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William. (b007jqb0) In the second of two programmes, Mark Stephen charts a Director: Shaun MacLoughlin. The Menace of Totleigh Towers unique swap involving two gamekeepers - one from the First broadcast on BBC Radio in February 1991. Bertie Wooster is obliged to sort out an amorous mix-up Kalahari, the other from the Angus Glens. SAT 05:30 The Rest is History (b079mhls) between his friends. Gamekeeper Andy Malcolm is swapping 40,000 acres of Series 2 PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six parts by Richard Usborne. heather moorland high in the Angus Glens for a reserve on the Episode 6 Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie edge of the Kalahari in South Africa. The game warden from Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. Wooster, Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia, Ann Davies as there will travel to Scotland in a unique swap documented for So he's devised a comedy discussion show in order to find out Emerald Stoker, Douglas Blackwell as the Reverend Harold BBC Radio 4. more about it. Pinker and Jonathan Cecil as Boko Fittleworth. The programmes offer the very different perspectives of Along with his historian in residence, Professor Kate Williams, Producer: David Hatch Scottish gamekeeper Andy Malcolm and his South African Frank is joined by Josie Long and Kevin Eldon, who discuss First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. counterpart Dylan Smith. Both men track their experiences in Captain Blood, Drake's Drum, Bloody Mary and E.R.N.I.E. SAT 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook the form of audio diaries and in reflections to presenter Mark Producers: Mark Augustyn and Justin Pollard (b007jzkv) Stephen who is alongside them in this job exchange. How they An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May Brian Allington deal with issues ranging from land conservation to animal 2016. The common image of the breed of actors as selfish, welfare and how far experiences in their own landscapes can SAT 06:00 Peter Tinniswood (b007jsl3) chameleonic and unreliable is almost always quite unjustified. translate into ideas for their new ones, is at the heart of the The Village Fete After all, to be realistic, what sort of professional future could recordings. When Nancy moves to the countryside with her brother, sister someone like that possibly expect to have? Producer: Sue Mitchell. and poorly father, everything goes wrong. The Empson family's The doyen of British show business, J Kingston Platt shares SAT 02:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby new house has a gas leak and needs re-wiring and re-roofing. reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his (b007jn01) Nancy doesn't mind. She likes organising. But then Winston, the experience from the past 40 years. Episode 5 local poacher and handyman, takes over and invites Nancy to Performed and written by Peter Jones. Nick discovers the reason behind Gatsby's parties - his need to the village fete. Producer: Pete Atkin be reunited with someone from his past. Read by Sam Robards. Stars Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Maurice Denham as Father, Liz First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1986. SAT 02:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology Goulding as Rosie, Christian Rodska as William and Bill Wallis SAT 13:00 Writing the Century - Omnibus (b07bkvqz) and the Mind (b041dn37) as Winston. The Experience of Love Talking Cures? Peter Tinniswood's play introduces the Empson family - which Christopher Green explores the recent history of Britain's gay Martin considers some of the therapies that combined the sparked five series of Winston's adventures for BBC Radio and lesbian community. With Jonathan Coy and Adie Allen. psychoanalytic principles of Freud and Jung with the behaviour between 1989 and 1994. SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b07bkw1s) modifying techniques of the mid-Twentieth Century's other Producer: Shaun McLoughlin Carlos Acosta significant psychological movement 'behaviourism'. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987. Cuban ballet dancer Carlos Acosta chooses NG La Banda's With reference to the 'Gloria' tapes that featured the same SAT 07:30 Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of 'Echale Limon' and Polo Montanez's 'Un Millon de Estrellas'. patient being treated by three different 'talking cures' - Albert Modern American Literature (b00r7lyf) SAT 14:15 Frankly Speaking (b07bkwq3) Ellis's Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, Fritz Perls's Making Sex Safe Edith Sitwell Gestalt Therapy and Carl Rogers's Person Centred Therapy. Mark Lawson tells the story of how American writing became The British avant garde poet and critic Dame Edith Sitwell Series consultant, Professor Daniel Pick, Birkbeck, University the literary superpower of the 20th century, telling the nation's answers questions posed by writer Margaret Lane, critic Lionel of London. stories of money, power, sex, religion and war. Hale, and Oscar-winning screenplay writer Paul Dehn. Producer: Alan Hall From the 1950s the phrase 'scandalous bestseller' began to Aged 68 when interviewed, she recalls her childhood influences A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4. appear on the covers of paperbacks such as Peyton Place by and shares her belief in the popularity of poetry. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 2 of 10 Dame Edith was born in 1887 and died in 1964. Producer: Colin Anderson go? Launched in 1952 on the BBC Home Service, Frankly Speaking First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013. SUN 08:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b07bl57v) was a novel, ground breaking series. Unrehearsed and SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies Series 3 unscripted, the traditional interviewee/interviewer pairing was (b007jrlr) Tale of a Cat initially jettisoned for three interviewers firing direct questions. From the Man Who Mistook his Bike for Olives Can cheeky schoolboy Jimmy dream up a way to keep an Early critics described it as 'unkempt', 'an inquisition' and Spotlighting dictators - the producer, writer and performer unexpected feline visitor? described the guest as prey being cornered, quarry being Armando Iannucci presents his own collection of humorous Starring Jimmy Clitheroe as The Clitheroe Kid. With Peter pursued - with calls to axe the unscripted interview. But the essays. Sinclair as Grandfather, Patricia Burke as Mother, Diana Day as format won out and eventually won over its detractors. Compiled by Jenny Baynes. Susan and Leonard Williams as Theodore Craythorpe. Unknown or very inexperienced broadcasters were employed as Producer: Jonathan James-Moore The Clitheroe Kid ran from 1958 - 1972 - gaining audiences interviewers, notably John Betjeman, Malcolm Muggeridge and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997. above 10 million at its peak. Penelope Mortimer. Only 40 or so of the original 100 SAT 22:45 Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop (b00txj0l) Its Lancashire born star, Jimmy Clitheroe (1921-1973) was just programmes survive. Responsibility 4'3" tall, with a rather shrill voice making him a very believable First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1955. Ida Barr is a music hall singer who has embraced hip hop and naughty schoolboy - despite being 35 when it began as a one-off SAT 14:45 Could Do Better (b03m7dn7) rap, reflecting the cultural diversity of London's East End, show. Created by James Casey in 1956, a pilot followed and Terence Stamp where she has been living in retirement for several decades. series 1 proper in 1958. Both writing and producing, James Robert Booth summons Terence Stamp to his study for a quiet With her genuine love of talking to people, Ida sets out stayed with his creation until it finally came off-air. Jimmy died word about the actor's school reports. From November 1987. investigate a new topic in each episode, creating a unique brand a year later aged just 51. SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b03z3ghc) of music-hall, hip-hop fusion with beat boxer Shlomo. Theme music by Alan Roper and played by the BBC Northern [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Ida’s first topic is "Responsibility". Dance Orchestra conducted by Alyn Ainsworth - with Jimmy SAT 16:00 Peter Tinniswood (b007jsl3) Written by and starring Christopher Green as Ida Barr. Leach at the Electronic Organ. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producer: Claire Grove Scripted by James Casey and Frank Roscoe SAT 17:30 Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010. Producer: James Casey Modern American Literature (b00r7lyf) SAT 23:00 Masala FM (b007jyfv) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1960. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Episode 2 SUN 08:30 Doctor in the House (b007lmys) SAT 18:00 Drama (b01pzs6y) Maz Mazoo gets an offer from Radio Fun FM, Madoona, the Money Troubles Paul Evans - Chapel of Skins Asian Madonna is intent on making her mark on Masala FM, With their microscopes in at the pawn broker, the young medics Recorded high up in the Shropshire hills of the Welsh Marches, and Shanta's sick of the pair of them. need some cash in a hurry. and inspired by a living landscape and its history, the Chapel of Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted Skins is a fictional story about a ghostly meeting of ways, Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor written and narrated by Paul Evans with wildlife sound Wadia. in the House' published in 1952. recordings by Chris Watson. Music by Nitin Sawhney. Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as High in the hills of the Welsh Marches, a remote crossroads is Producer: Liz Anstee Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast marked by a telephone kiosk and an old stone chapel. It is a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996. as Taffy Evans, Joan Young as Lady Spratt and David Jason as mysterious and beautiful place, steeped in history because of SAT 23:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k4y7) the Waiter. the ancient tracks which cross here like the centre of a compass. Series 2 Producer: David Hatch North, south, east, west: each direction is a 'way' ; a path or Behind the Magic First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1968. opening affording passage from one place to another. Along The Film Institute has a self-regarding guest; the audio guides SUN 09:00 Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham each way of travel comes a way of being; a voice telling a story. start to go wrong - and there's a sneak preview of the Museum's (Omnibus) (b07bl683) Each story is set in a different time but arrives in the same very own behind-the-scenes DVD. Chris Packham is a naturalist, nature photographer and author, place. These voices have very different histories but are drawn Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins best known for his television work. But in his lyrical and by necessity to the mystical yet sinister Chapel of Skins which and Dan Tetsell. painfully honest new memoir, he reveals the life-events which reflects the beauty and harshness of Nature at this crossroads. With Lucy Montgomery. would eventually shape him and change him forever. The drama becomes intense as each character must tell their Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker. Chris brings to life his childhood in the 1970s, from his stories to the listener before the chapel bell tolls midnight on Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor bedroom bursting with birds’ eggs and jam jars, to his feral the twelfth day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year. Only at First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2005. adventures. But throughout his story is the search for freedom, that moment will the chapel door open in a bizarre midnight meaning and acceptance in a world that didn’t understand him. ritual and the lost souls find sanctuary. So, the Chapel is a way Chris begins his recollections as an introverted, unusual young too, a gateway affording passage from one place to another. If SUNDAY 15 MAY 2016 boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school. they fail to tell their stories, the fate of these restless figures, This unconventional and uncompromising memoir moves back these voices in the landscape, is to wander the hills for another SUN 00:00 Drama (b01pzs6y) and forth through time, capturing a child’s view of the 60s and hundred years. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] 70s – the music, the clothes, the cars – alongside recent, more Wildlife sound recordist: Chris Watson SUN 00:45 15 Minute Drama (b011vh4r) exposing recollections from adulthood. Directed and Produced by Sarah Blunt. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday] Produced by Pippa Vaughan for Loftus Media SAT 18:45 15 Minute Drama (b011vh4r) SUN 01:00 Writing the Century - Omnibus (b07bkvqz) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016. HH Munro - Beasts on the Lawn: Saki [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks (b07bljwd) Gabriel Ernest SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b07bkw1s) Katie Derham Beasts on the Lawn: Saki 2011 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] Broadcaster Katie Derham chooses 'Bachianas Brasileiras No 5' Original stories by Saki (H.H Munro) SUN 02:15 Frankly Speaking (b07bkwq3) by Heitor Villa-Lobos and 'Fire and Rain' by James Taylor. Adapted by Sean Grundy [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN 10:15 World Book Club (b07bljwg) Beasts on the Lawn is a collection of Edwardian short stories by SUN 02:45 Could Do Better (b03m7dn7) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun Saki (H.H Munro) recycled and restaged in a modern day gated [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Saturday] Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about her novel set during the community for the far too wealthy for their own good. The tales SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b03z3ghc) 1960s Biafran War in Nigeria. With Harriett Gilbert. From are woven together by the character of Clovis, a security guard. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] June 2009. She recalls the events of strange days and long nights. SUN 04:00 Peter Tinniswood (b007jsl3) SUN 11:15 The Moth Radio Hour (b07blk9p) Episode Four: Gabriel Ernest [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Series 2 Unpleasant celebrity chef Van Cheele has made quite a name SUN 05:30 Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Dog Mother, Tour Guide, and Milli Vanilli for himself with his particular brand of nasty cooking. One day Modern American Literature (b00r7lyf) True stories told live in the USA: Jennifer Hixson introduces he finds a filthy naked teenager sunbathing in his large garden [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] tales of relationships, revelations and confronting racism. on the Munro Estate. The boy claims to enjoy hunting animals SUN 06:00 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organisation dedicated and also occasionally humans on the estate. Van Cheele believes (b0146g6s) to the art and craft of storytelling based in the USA. Since that this is a prank by a fellow celebrity chef, but soon discovers Omnibus: How a true email friendship grew between BBC 1997, it has celebrated both the raconteur and the storytelling that he's truly met his match. journalist Bee Rowlatt and Iraq-based academic May Witwit. novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and Cast: With Souad Faress. yearns to share it. Originally formed by the writer George Clovis...... Pippa Haywood SUN 07:15 A Woman's World (b00wr9py) Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Gabriel Ernest...... Carl Prekopp The Midwife Georgia (where moths would flutter in through a hole in the Van Cheele...... Ed Weeks The series on men with jobs in mainly female workplaces screen), and then recreated in a New York City living room, Ewa Ptorovisch...... Dolly Wells continues with the story of Andy Yelland, a male midwife. The Moth quickly grew to produce immensely popular events at Jeff the Man...... Malcolm Hamilton Andy and his wife Mandy - who is also a midwife - discuss theatres and clubs around New York City and later around the Director: Alison Crawford. attitudes towards men in their profession. "It is an odd job for a USA, the UK and other parts of the world. SAT 19:00 I Did It My Way (b0092lb4) man to do" says Andy, "there's no doubt about it". His route The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live and [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] into the job was unusual - he had previously been a geologist. without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The SAT 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b03lpjy6) Chris Ledgard talks to Andy's colleagues at St Michael's Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year. Series 1 Hospital in Bristol to find out what they think of his work, and Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, from the The Cat Next Door hears about occasions when patients have asked to be looked humorous to the heart-breaking. An actress moves in next door to the Amos household and after by a woman. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic encourages Young Stephen to overcome his stage fright. SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01h667d) Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed Stephen K Amos's sitcom about his teenage years, growing up Series 8 by the Public Radio Exchange. black, gay and funny in 1980s South London. Keeping the Flame Alive SUN 12:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b07bl57v) Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. Ed Reardon leads us through the ups and down of his week, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Himself ... Stephen K Amos complete with his trusty companion, Elgar, and his never- SUN 12:30 Doctor in the House (b007lmys) Young Stephen ... Shaquille Ali-Yebuah ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever scraps [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Stephanie Amos ... Fatou Sohna his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and cat SUN 13:00 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad Virginia Amos ... Ellen Thomas together. (b0146g6s) Vincent Amos ... Don Gilet With the Olympics looming Stan spies a golden opportunity - [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Miss Collins ... Gemma Whelan renting out Ed's flat for the duration of the games at the SUN 14:15 A Woman's World (b00wr9py) Fola ... Kathryn Drysdale princely sum of £3,000 a week. So Ed has to pack up his [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] PE Teacher ... Harry Jardine newspaper collection, sift through his takeaway trays and leave SUN 14:30 Lisa Owen - Not Working (Omnibus) (b07blljq) Bo Bells ... Rachel Atkins the place he's called home for the last years. But where will he Episode 2 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 3 of 10 Claire Flannery has quit her marketing job in order to search SUN 22:45 No Tomatoes (b0082dsm) Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael for her true vocation. But months have passed and she's no Retro Rocket Bunter …. Peter Jones closer to understanding what she wants to do with her life. A harp goes back in time with Paul Copley and Helen Moon. Ezra Wilderspin …. John Church It doesn't help that Luke, her long-term partner, is passionate Sketch show mixing up language and sounds. From October Mrs Venables …. Noel Dyson about his job, which also happens to be one of the worthiest in 2007. Stephen Driver …. Stephen Greiff the world... he's training to be a brain surgeon. SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b07chgl6) The Rev Theodore Venable …. Phillip Latham In addition, she's fallen out badly with her mother - who refuses The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Andy Emily …. Jenny Twigg to accept Claire's revelation that her grandfather exposed Zaltzman. Mr Godfrey/Johnson …. Hayden Wood himself to her with she was little. It hadn't seemed like a big SUN 23:00 The Shuttleworths (b007n13d) Narrator …. John Westbrook deal to Claire at the time, but her mother's reaction has left her John Shuttleworth's Open Mind Producer: Martin Fisher hurt and reeling... Fairies First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980. Lisa Owens's comic debut novel tells the story of a life John Shuttleworth delves into the world of the little people as he MON 06:30 Menotti (b00l59rm) unravelling in minute and spectacular ways, voicing the finds out about fairies. Music writer Michael White tells the life story of composer questions we've all asked ourselves but never dared to say out But finding an expert on the subject is proving difficult, until he Gian Carlo Menotti and assesses why his music has fallen from loud. realises that fairies are normally found at the bottom of the grace. Concluded by Emily Bruni garden Menotti was a star - he partied at the White House with the Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes abridged by Robin So John enlists gardening expert Kim Wilde. He might even get Kennedys and sailed on yachts with Maria Callas. His music Brooks. a few singing tips at the same time? was celebrated, but today has been largely forgotten. This Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Sheffield's premier singer-songwriter continues his probe into programme tells his story through music, memories, Menotti's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2016. unsolved phenomena. own words, interviews with musicologists and singers who SUN 15:45 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish and Chip Shop Written and performed by Graham Fellows. worked with him. Michael often visited Menotti in both his (b00bwjcq) Additional material by Dean Wilkinson. Scottish castle and in Italy, and had rare access to the Behind the counter at Mr Ossie's fish and chip shop was a glass Producer: Dawn Ellis composer's private papers. display case full of gold-capped fountain pens. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. MON 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qcsv) Desperate to see an Everton football match, a boy turns to him SUN 23:30 Births, Deaths and Marriages (b01j6wgv) Series 1 for help... Series 1 Episode 3 Written by Vincent McInerney. Episode 2 Tamsyn and Jago's smuggling exploits are to be chronicled at Read by Richard Tate. In this episode, the team are horrified that the media have been close quarters by a group of fly-on-the-wall balladeers. Producer: Michael Earley invited to one of Malcolm's citizenship ceremonies, Anita's got They get some exciting material as Jago's up before an First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. problems with childcare and Luke's having a 'quarter life' crisis. unusually hard-line judge - and it seems there's no escape from SUN 16:00 Saturday Drama (b0183dzq) Births, Deaths and Marriages is a brand new sitcom set in a the noose... Penelope Fitzgerald - The Gate of Angels Local Authority Register Office where the staff deal with the 18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead by Penelope Fitgerald, dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus three greatest events in anybody's life. Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. Penelope Fitzgerald's 1990 novel, set in Edwardian London and Written by David Schneider (The Day Today, I'm Alan Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Cambridge, exploring love, religion, physics and the random Partridge), he stars as chief registrar Malcolm Fox who is a Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, nature of chance. stickler for rules and would be willing to interrupt any wedding Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b07bln18) service if the width of the bride infringes health and safety. Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as Judge Crazy For Love - Layla and the Mad Poet He's single but why does he need to be married? He's married Pettiforth and Michael Fenton Stevens as Anthony the BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the thousands of women. Balladeer. BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Crazy for Love - Layla and the Alongside him are rival and divorcee Lorna who has been Producer: Jan Ravens. Mad Poet'. parachuted in from Car Parks to drag the office (and Malcolm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003. The inspiration for Eric Clapton's seminal pop song, 'Layla and into the 21st century. To her, marriage isn't just about love and MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b079nggy) Majnun' is said to be the most beautiful poem in the Arab world romance, it's got to be about making a profit in our new age of Series 16 and beyond. austerity. Episode 6 Pre-empting Romeo and Juliet by centuries, Layla and Majnun There's also the ever spiky Mary, geeky Luke who's worried David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians is the classic Middle East love story. Sitting at the heart of pre- he'll end up like Malcolm one day, and ditzy Anita who may get are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to Islamic Arab culture, its message is universal and it has since her words and names mixed up occasionally but, as the only see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their crossed borders and transcended language barriers even parent in the office, is a mother to them all. opponents. spreading as far as India and Turkey. Cast: Elis James, Reginald D Hunter, Maeve Higgins and David Based on a tale of thwarted love and poetry sent on the wind, Malcolm ...... David Schneider O'Doherty are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate Anthony Sattin tells the tale of its creator - Majnun - whose Lorna ...... Sarah Hadland inaccuracy on subjects as varied as gifts, women, fashion and name is the word for 'mad' or 'crazy' in Arabic and tries to find Anita ...... Sandy McDade songs. out if he, or the object of his love, were real or imagined, fact Luke ...... Russell Tovey The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the or fiction. Mary ...... Sally Bretton team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. Producer: Sara Jane Hall. Mr. Arnold/Peter Stephenson ...... Andrew Brooke Produced by Jon Naismith First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. Bereaved woman/New Citizen/Mum ...... Jane Whittenshaw A Random Entertainment first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in SUN 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01h667d) Producer: Simon Jacobs 2016. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. MON 08:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p0x1b) SUN 18:00 Saturday Drama (b016vxyz) Series 1 Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen The Inspector Calls Written by Alan Garner. MONDAY 16 MAY 2016 The threat of closure from an official inspection calls for A much-loved story firmly rooted in an ancient landscape offers desperate measures at the sleepy station. a thrilling and moving adventure. MON 00:00 Saturday Drama (b016vxyz) Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Kenneth Say 'Alderley Edge' to a lot of people and they'll think of [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Connor as Percy, Liz Fraser as Gloria and John Graham as footballers with their wives, living in grand mansions. But for a MON 01:00 Talking About Jane Austen in Baghdad Phineas Perkins. great many the words will conjure up wizards and a hundred (b0146g6s) Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway knights sleeping in a cave for thousands of years. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for Alan Garner used a local legend as the starting point for his MON 02:15 A Woman's World (b00wr9py) generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that bookThe Weirdstone of Brisingamen and the story is firmly set [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk in the part of Cheshire that he knows so well. The book has MON 02:30 Lisa Owen - Not Working (Omnibus) (b07blljq) Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, been cherished by readers of all ages for fifty years. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Alan Garner's story,dramatised by Peter Thomson, is set on MON 03:45 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish and Chip Shop Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Alderley Edge and stems from a local legend of knights (b00bwjcq) Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made sleeping in a cave for hundreds of years, ready to awake and [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is save the world from evil when the need comes.Wizards and MON 04:00 Saturday Drama (b0183dzq) Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop dwarfs play their part, but it's two children who seem to hold [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] down the line. the key to the future. MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b07bln18) Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues. Dramatised by Peter Thomson [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] Producer: Edward Taylor Music by Mia Soteriou. MON 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b01h667d) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1971. Special Effects Wilfredo Acosta [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON 08:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook Produced and directed by Jane Morgan MON 06:00 Wimsey (b007jzdt) (b007jztn) A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. The Nine Tailors The TV Spectacular - A Contradiction in Terms SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (b07blk9p) 1 The Bells are Rung Up The veteran of many parts recounts the woeful tale of a 'Gala [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] The elegant, intelligent amateur sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey is Night in Venice'. SUN 19:45 Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham drawn into the case of an unsolved jewel theft - which turns into It's a story that will confirm the truth of a lot of what you'd (Omnibus) (b07bl683) a grave mystery. always suspected, and the place in showbiz history of the liver [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth. sausage sandwich. SUN 20:55 Inheritance Tracks (b07bljwd) British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a The doyen of British show business, J Kingston Platt shares [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] number of detective novels and short stories by English crime reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his SUN 21:00 World Book Club (b07bljwg) writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Nine Tailors was first published experience from the past 40 years. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] in 1934. Performed and written by Peter Jones. SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b01h667d) Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Producer: Pete Atkin [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1986. SUN 22:30 Hearing With Hegley (b00bfq19) Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World MON 09:00 The Write Stuff (b00qpq1x) Series 1 War. Series 12 Episode 6 Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio Nancy Mitford The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley, from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations that James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary entertains an audience with his book of verse. From December were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. correctness. Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are 1996. Adapted for radio in eight episodes by Alistair Beaton. joined by John O'Farrell and Mark Billingham. The author of Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 4 of 10 the week and subject for pastiche is Nancy Mitford, and the MON 13:30 Menotti (b00l59rm) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] reader is Beth Chalmers. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON 21:15 CW Hill - Killing Maestros (b007w5g0) MON 09:30 Tony's (b007jt1y) MON 14:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Series 1 (b007jn11) MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b079nggy) Money Money Money Episode 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] While checking the pipes in the cellar, the corner-shop barber Nick is helpless watching Gatsby's faltering attempts to win MON 22:30 Kevin Eldon Will See You Now (b01lhgzm) makes a discovery. Stars Victor Spinetti. From November 1979. Daisy Buchanan back. Can you really repeat the past? Series 1 MON 10:00 Classic Serial (b018w867) F Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel about aspiration in boom-time Hooter The Mumbai Chuzzlewits America. Read in 10-parts by Sam Robards. Comedy's best kept secret ingredient gets his own sketch show. Episode 1 Abridged by Neville Teller. Sketches, characters, sound effects, bit of music, some messin' By Ayeesha Menon Producer: Duncan Minshull about, you know... Sony award-winning writer Ayeesha Menon reworks Charles First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996. In this episode, a fly, a fruit bowl and the Hallelujah Chorus. Dickens 'Martin Chuzzlewit' and sets it amongst the Catholic MON 14:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Obviously. Plus maverick street-artist Banksy's first-ever in- community in modern-day Mumbai, India. Psychology and the Mind (b041vvvt) depth interview. Oh, did we mention the fruit bowl? Yep. Convinced his relatives are after his money, miserly old recluse Lock 'Em Up Kevin Eldon is a comedy phenomenon. He's been in virtually Martin Chuzzlewit (Roshan Seth), adopts orphan girl, Mary This week, Martin examines the evolution of psychology's every major comedy show in the last fifteen years. But not (Nimrat Kaur), to be his carer. As she will inherit nothing upon medicalised model, clinical psychiatry. content with working with the likes of Chris Morris, Steve his death, he believes she will do her utmost to keep him in In this programme, he traces the origins of the asylum Coogan, Armando Iannucci, Harry Enfield and Paul good health. But when his grandson Mickey (Zafar movement, visiting London's 'Bedlam' hospital, the York Whitehouse, Stewart Lee, Julia Davis and Graham Linehan, he's Karachiwala) falls in love with her, Martin's plans are thrown Retreat, the centre of 'moral treatment' in the late Eighteenth finally decided to put together his own comedy series for BBC into disarray. Disinheriting him, Martin triggers a complex web Century, and the dark Victorian buildings of the former Radio 4. of deceit, betrayal and manipulation as the extended family and Winwick asylum. After all the waiting - Kevin Eldon Will See You Now... hangers-on close in, in pursuit of his fortune. Produced by Alan Hall Appearing in this episode are Amelia Bullmore (I'm Alan Told from the point of view of orphan Thomas (Karan Pandit), A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4. Partridge, Scott and Bailey), Julia Davis (Nighty Night), Rosie an observer into the world of the Chuzzlewits, this is a fast- MON 14:30 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves Cavaliero (Peep Show), Paul Putner (Little Britain), Justin paced drama full of intrigue, romance, suspense and murder... (b007jrdv) Edwards (The Consultants) and David Reed (The Penny Thomas, an orphan, is apprentice to the scheming architect Episode 1 Dreadfuls) with special guest Phil Cornwell as a man shouting Pinto, a cousin to miserly old Martin Chuzzlewit, the richest Winston woos his bride as "Pug" and "Cat" get romantic. "Wisbeach". landlord in Bandra. Drawn into the world of the Chuzzlewits, he From one of the great romances of the 20th century - the Written by Kevin Eldon with additional material by Jason forms a close friendship with the spirited Mickey, grandson of personal letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill, edited by Hazeley and Joel Morris (Flight Of The Conchords, That Martin and heir to the family fortune. When old Martin gets ill, their daughter Mary Soames. Mitchell and Webb Sound). Thomas witnesses attempts by family members to worm their Read by Alex Jennings and Sylvestra le Touzel. Original music by Martin Bird. way into his life and secure his fortune, while Mickey gives up Narrated by Helen Bourne. Produced and directed by David Tyler everything in pursuit of love... Abridged in ten parts by Penny Leicester. A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. Ayeesha Menon is an award-winning writer who works Producer: Di Speirs MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b07bpknp) extensively in film and radio. For BBC Radio 4 she has written First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. Series 17 several outstanding adaptations including: Q & A (Slumdog MON 14:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Episode 5 Millionaire) which won Gold for Best Drama at the Sony Radio (b07bphlq) Susan Calman is among the guests for this episode of News Academy Awards; THE Cairo Trilogy, starring Omar Sharif, Episode 6 Quiz Extra, the bumper bonus version of Friday's programme. which won a Bronze at the Sony Awards; My Name is Red James Bond has made contact with Blofeld, but fears his cover from the novel by Orhan Pamuk; and Six Suspects from the story has been compromised. Joanna Lumley reads Ian News Quiz Extra is a BBC Studios Production. The producer novel by Vikas Swarup. Fleming's thriller in ten parts. was Suzy Grant. Cast: First published in 1963, this was Fleming's 11th Bond novel, MON 23:45 Stewart Permutt - Singular Women (b00752sz) Martin ..... Roshan Seth sandwiched between 'The Spy Who Loved Me' and 'You Only Bea Thomas ..... Karan Pandit Live Twice'. In movie terms, this was the sixth of the original EastEnders' June Brown plays a long-suffering companion. Mickey ..... Zafar Karachiwala Bond movie franchise with George Lazenby playing the hero Bittersweet comedy series about four very different women. Pinto ..... Rajit Kapur and Diana Rigg as Tracy. From September 1997. Mercy ..... Preetika Chawla The reader Joanna Lumley had a small, unnamed role in the Charity ..... Ayeesha Menon 1969 film of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', being simply Anthony ..... Sohrab Ardeshir referred to as 'The English Girl'. TUESDAY 17 MAY 2016 Joseph ..... Nadir Khan Abridged by Michael Bakewell. Mary ..... Nimrat Kaur Producer: David Benedictus TUE 00:00 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton Mrs. Gomes ..... Radhika Mital First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989. (b007jw4p) Louis ..... Rohit Malkani MON 15:00 Classic Serial (b018w867) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Doctor ..... Shernaz Patel [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b00765yc) Monty ..... Arghya Lahiri MON 16:00 The Write Stuff (b00qpq1x) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Manek ..... Vivek Madan [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 01:00 Wimsey (b007jzdt) Young Mickey ..... Zaal Madon MON 16:30 Tony's (b007jt1y) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Young Thomas ..... Nominath Ginsburg [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE 01:30 Menotti (b00l59rm) Sound Recordist: Ayush Ahuja MON 17:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qcsv) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Sound Design: David Chilton [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 02:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby Music: Sacha Puttnam MON 17:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b079nggy) (b007jn11) Producer and Casting: Nadir Khan [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] Producer: John Dryden MON 18:00 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK TUE 02:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. Chesterton (b007jw4p) and the Mind (b041vvvt) MON 11:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a The Unusual Soiree [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] Day (b00761hk) When young poet Gabriel Syme meets Lucien Gregory, he is TUE 02:30 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves Episode 1 introduced to a mysterious Edwardian London secret society. (b007jrdv) Miss Pettigrew is sent by her agency on a wrong booking. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] Her employer greets her wearing a negligee with a man in her Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read TUE 02:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service room. In the face of such shocking behaviour, will the innocent in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. (b07bphlq) spinster blunder or blossom? [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] Maureen Lipman reads one of her favourite books: Winifred Director: Lawrence Jackson TUE 03:00 Classic Serial (b018w867) Watson's touching and funny rediscovered bestseller from the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] 1930s. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff (b00qpq1x) Abridged in five-parts by Elizabeth Bradbury. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Producer: Sarah Johnson First broadcast in March 2005. TUE 04:30 Tony's (b007jt1y) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. MON 18:30 A Good Read (b00765yc) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] MON 11:15 CW Hill - Killing Maestros (b007w5g0) Bianca Jagger & Mariella Frostrup TUE 05:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qcsv) Jinxed with mysterious deaths - Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde is Matthew Parris, Bianca Jagger and Mariella Frostrup discuss [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] the 'Scottish Play' of the opera world. favourite paperbacks by Ahmed Rashid, Redmond O'Hanlon TUE 05:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b079nggy) Conductor Sergei Bodanov convinces himself that he too will and Evelyn Waugh. From 2002. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] suffer from the Opera's course, and tells his therapist that he In Trouble Again by Redmond O'Hanlon TUE 06:00 Wimsey (b007jzg3) has six weeks to cure him of this 'evil' before the first Publisher: Penguin The Nine Tailors performance... Taliban by Ahmed Rashid 2 Lord Peter Is Called In Christopher William Hill's drama starring Bill Nighy as Sergei Publisher: Pan Back in Fenchurch St Paul, Lord Peter Wimsey speculates on Bodanov, Henry Goodman as Dr Carl Lieberman, Lorelei King The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh the mystery of the unidentified and badly battered body... as Ruth Lieberman, Sylvestra Le Touzel as Laura van Helden Publisher: Penguin. Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth. and Andrew C Wadsworth as Emile Danacre. MON 19:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p0x1b) Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Alistair Pianist: Colin Guthrie [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Beaton. Director: Liz Webb MON 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. (b007jztn) Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson MON 12:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p0x1b) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Rev Theodore Venables …. Phillip Latham [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzdt) Ezra Wilderspin …. John Church MON 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Liz Widerspin …. Diana Bishop (b007jztn) MON 20:30 Menotti (b00l59rm) Coroner …. Martin Friend [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Harry Gotobed …. Alexander John MON 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzdt) MON 21:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Dr Baines …. Brian Haynes [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Day (b00761hk) Will Thoday …. Keith Drinkell Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 5 of 10 Hilary Thorpe …. Fiona Matheson [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Narrator …. John Westbrook TUE 09:45 Stewart Permutt - Singular Women (b00752sz) TUE 14:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby Producer: Martin Fisher [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] (b007jn1h) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1980. TUE 10:00 Classic Serial (b01946wd) Episode 7 TUE 06:30 Captured by Pirates (b00rdwm5) The Mumbai Chuzzlewits Tom is astounded as Gatsby finally confronts him with his true Kate Silverton uncovers the story of the English schoolgirls who Episode 2 feelings for his wife, Daisy. Read by Sam Robards. were captured by pirates off the China coast, and later ended up By Ayeesha Menon TUE 14:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology in a Japanese concentration camp with Eric Liddell. Sony award-winning writer Ayeesha Menon reworks Charles and the Mind (b041xbxk) In 1935, the SS Tungchow was taken over by a dozen Chinese Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit and sets it amongst the Catholic The Cuckoo's Nest pirates as it emerged from the Yangtse River. They were community in modern-day Mumbai, India. From the late Eighteenth Century, the treatment - or expecting a cargo of gold bullion but instead found three lady Convinced his relatives are after his money, miserly old recluse containment - of mentally ill people was taken out of the hands teachers and seventy British missionaries' children, on their way Martin Chuzzlewit (Roshan Seth), adopts orphan girl, Mary of the church and into the hands of doctors. to Chefoo boarding school on the North China coast. (Nimrat Kaur), to be his carer. As she will inherit nothing upon Martin talks to psychiatrist Professor Tom Burns about Six years later, in 1941, these same children became enemy his death, he believes she will do her utmost to keep him in changing models of treatment and to Joanna Moncrieff, author aliens when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour. They were good health. But when his grandson Mickey (Zafar of The Myth of the Chemical Cure. imprisoned in the Weihsien Internment Camp, Shantung Karachiwala) falls in love with her, Martin's plans are thrown Producer: Alan Hall Province, along with 500 other children, half of them without into disarray. Disinheriting him, Martin triggers a complex web A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4. parents. The morale of the girls and their teachers was greatly of deceit, betrayal and manipulation as the extended family and TUE 14:30 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves improved by two Brownie packs and a Girl Guide Company. hangers-on close in, in pursuit of his fortune. (b007jrf5) Their sports were organised by Eric Liddell, (Chariots of Fire) Told from the point of view of orphan Thomas (Karan Pandit), Episode 2 until he died. an observer into the world of the Chuzzlewits, this is a fast- The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill, recalling time This is an extraordinary tale, and it's told by those who were paced drama full of intrigue, romance, suspense and murder... spent apart as their daughter grows up. With Alex Jennings. there: Disinherited by his grandfather, Mickey Chuzzlewit escapes From February 1999. Margaret Holder, née Vinden. India and tries to make his fortune in Dubai. In his absence, the TUE 14:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Beryl Goodland, née Welch. scheming Pinto and murderous Joseph join forces in an attempt (b07bpnsg) Kathleen Foster, née Strange. to get hold of the old man's fortune. And while Thomas's Episode 7 Mary Previte, née Taylor. feelings grow for Mickey's fiancé, Mary, a mysterious lodger James Bond's cover has been blown, so he must battle to escape Evelyn Heubener, née Davey. with a terrible secret moves in next door ... Blofeld's Alpine hideaway - and fast. Read by Joanna Lumley. Producer Beth O'Dea Ayeesha Menon is an award-winning writer who works From October 1989. Programme consultant Janie Hampton. extensively in film and radio. For BBC Radio 4 she has written TUE 15:00 Classic Serial (b01946wd) First broadcast on BBC Radio in March 2010. several outstanding adaptations including: Q & A (Slumdog [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 07:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting Millionaire) which won Gold for Best Drama at the Sony Radio TUE 16:00 Counterpoint (b00dk91z) (b008wmnh) Academy Awards; The Cairo Trilogy, starring Omar Sharif, 2005 Series 2 which won a Bronze at the Sony Awards; My Nane Is Red from Episode 4 Museum of East End Life the novel by Orhan Pamuk; and Six Suspects from the novel by Ned Sherrin's music quiz with Sue Bates of Barrow-upon-Soar, A new museum of East End Life, shaped like an enormous Vikas Swarup. Andrew Beardsell of Brighouse and Alan Gallagher from upturned whelk cup, means more structural damage to Linda's Cast: Wallsend. laid-back lifestyle. Martin ..... Roshan Seth TUE 16:30 Flying the Flag (b00c65k9) Sitcom written by and starring Linda Smith. Thomas ..... Karan Pandit Series 3 With Femi Elufowoju Jnr, Jeremy Hardy, Margaret John, Mickey ..... Zafar Karachiwala Cool Heads Martin Hyder and Chris Neill. Pinto ..... Rajit Kapur The diplomats consider their action as a hijack hits their wives' Producer: Jon Rolph Mercy ..... Preetika Chawla fact-finding shopping trip. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002. Charity ..... Ayeesha Menon “In my view, Colonel, the best course of action would be a swift TUE 07:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b042l78d) Anthony ..... Sohrab Ardeshir and speedy implementation of time-honoured diplomatic Series 2 Joseph ..... Nadir Khan principles.” Rosa and Matthew Mary ..... Nimrat Kaur “Wait and see?” Isy Suttie returns to BBC Radio 4 with a brand new series of Mrs. Gomes ..... Radhika Mital “Precisely. her Sony Award Winning show, recounting a series of love Louis ..... Rohit Malkani Series 3 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. stories affecting people she's known throughout her life, told Doctor ..... Shernaz Patel Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter partly through song. Monty ..... Arghya Lahiri Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Sometimes Isy has merely observed other people's love lives; Manek ..... Vivek Madan Greif as US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg and Christopher quite often she's intervened, changing the action dramatically - Young Mickey ..... Zaal Madon Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Norman Bird as Dr for better or worse. Intertwined within these stories are related Young Thomas ..... Nominath Ginsburg Hutchings. real life anecdotes from Isy's own, often disastrous, love life. Sound Recordist: Ayush Ahuja Producer: Neil Cargill In this episode, Isy recounts the tale of Rosa and Matthew, a Sound Design: David Chilton First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1990. hypnotherapist and an osteopath who work a few doors apart Music: Sacha Puttnam TUE 17:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting and find it difficult to express their feelings for each other. Producer and Casting: Nadir Khan (b008wmnh) With her multi-character and vocal skills, and accompanied by Producer: John Dryden [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] her guitar, Isy creates a hilarious and deeply moving world, A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE 17:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b042l78d) sharing with us her lessons in life and love. TUE 11:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jpq0) Day (b00761j1) TUE 18:00 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton Series 4 Episode 2 (b007jw50) Episode 14 Actress Miss La Fosse is impressed by the curate daughter's The Anarchists' Council Englishman 'Beau' joins the Foreign Legion to forget... and quick thinking and histrionic powers. Read by Maureen In an underground HQ, poet Gabriel Syme witnesses Lucien Time & Motion efficiency experts, Julian and Sandy look for Lipman. Gregory addressing the Central Anarchist Council. efficiencies at the BBC. TUE 11:15 Drama (b0112gvf) Stars Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Mike Bartlett - Heart Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read Betty Marsden. by Mike Bartlett. Alison Steadman plays Susan, a recently in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, retired primary school teacher. She sells things on eBay, paints London. Announcer: Douglas Smith her own version of modern art and grows exotic plants in a poly- Director: Lawrence Jackson Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio tunnel. Her husband Steve is stressed at work and is becoming comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric depressed and increasingly vicious. She hardly recognises him. Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Even hates him at times. Retirement wasn't meant to be like Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the this. First broadcast in March 2005. scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Directed by Claire Grove TUE 18:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0084hvl) 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Can love cope with personality change? In Mike Bartlett's play, Series 2 catchphrases and double-entendres. Marty departed after series Steve thinks he is being sidelined by his new young boss. His Ayr Gaiety Theatre 3. mounting stress unleashes a ferocity of emotions between him Geoffrey Wheeler probes the west coast venue's unique staying Scripted by Barry Took, Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. and his wife. Susan tries to be light and funny but it only makes power and its connection to Scotland's best-loved bard Robert Music by the Max Harris Group. things worse. Mark is actually in a downward spiral into full Burns. Producer: John Simmonds blown clinical depression. Neither he nor Susan recognise this TUE 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jpq0) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in May 1968. until it is too late. Alison Steadman and Nicholas Farrell star. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b015h1xd) Mike Bartlett is one of the most exciting writers in Britain TUE 19:30 The Men from the Ministry (b015h1xd) Vipers in the Bosom today. He has worked with Paines Plough, the Royal Court and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Whitehall gets worried. Could the bungling bureaucrats be the National Theatre, where he was writer-in-residence. His TUE 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzg3) secret spies? play LOVE,LOVE,LOVE won Best New Play in the 2011 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. Theatre Awards UK and COCK won an Olivier Award in 2010 TUE 20:30 Captured by Pirates (b00rdwm5) With Norma Ronald, Ronald Baddiley, John Graham and Hilary for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. NOT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Pritchard. TALKING for BBC Radio 3 scooped both the Imison Award TUE 21:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. for Best First Radio Play and The Tinniswood Award for Best Day (b00761j1) 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 Play in 2007. His television series THE TOWN was nominated [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from for a BAFTA for Breakthrough Talent. TUE 21:15 Drama (b0112gvf) 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, TUE 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jpq0) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 22:00 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b042l78d) in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC TUE 12:30 The Men from the Ministry (b015h1xd) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Radio 4 Extra. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 22:30 The Guns of Adam Riches (b01qkmws) Producer: Edward Taylor TUE 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzg3) Series 1 First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in June 1974. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Timecop TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b07bpknp) TUE 13:30 Captured by Pirates (b00rdwm5) Brand new character comedy from 2011 Edinburgh Award Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 6 of 10 winner, Adam Riches. With fast-paced, offbeat sketches, songs Sluice Keeper …. Peter Tudenham First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1964. (there are no songs) and a generous dollop of audience Narrator …. John Westbrook WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00j3f8d) interaction. Also starring Cariad Lloyd and Jim Johnson. Producer: Martin Fisher Series 9 This week, Timecops visit the BBC to try and prevent Adam First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980. Episode 2 from making an offensive radio programme. WED 06:30 Never Before in the History of Motion Radio Prune presents A Kick in the Arts, and So You Think Written by Adam Riches Pictures... (b00rkm42) You've Got a Feed Line? Produced by Simon Mayhew-Archer and Rupert Majendie. With the help of Michael Winner, actress Adjoah Andoh - and Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 February 2013. those both currently and formerly responsible for bringing us David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b07cm6bm) the hyperbole and bombast we've come to expect from film Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. The best in contemporary comedy. Diane Morgan chats to stand- advertising - writer Patrick Humphries takes an affectionate Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue up comedian Ed Gamble. look at the story of the movie trailer. ‘Cambridge Circus’, ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and TUE 23:00 Vent (b00t2crk) He charts its beginnings from simple cinema slide into the high quickly developed a cult following. Series 1 octane technological wizardry we're used to today. Music and songs by Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee. Switching Off Central to the story in the UK is Esther Harris who dominated Producers: David Hatch/Bob Oliver Rogers Ben's doctors wonder if lying in a coma might be making him British trailer making for over 50 years beginning in the 1920s. First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in November 1973. depressed and they send in the hospital psychiatrist to see him. We hear from this 'Queen of Trailers', herself in a never before WED 09:00 The Motion Show (b07bpq37) This has a surprising effect on Ben, Mary and Mum. broadcast interview. This wonderfully eccentric 90 year old Series 4 Meanwhile Ben's unconscious mind takes him back to his explains over a cup of tea how her extraordinary career began Episode 6 previous experience of therapy - having a row with Mary about and the problems she encountered with censors and occasionally Graeme Garden chairs the debating game with Gyles Brandreth, their marriage guidance counsellor. directors including Michael Winner who she recalls told her, Steve Punt, Marcus Brigstocke and Andy Parsons. From July Dark sitcom written by Nigel Smith. "you're a bloody nuisance you know but you've got style!" 2001. Starring Neil Pearson as Ben Smith, Fiona Allen as Mary, Josie Passionate trailer lover Michael Winner talks about Esther and WED 09:30 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k04h) Lawrence as Mum and Leslie Ash as Blitzkrieg. that relentlessly thorny issue, censorship and we find out about The Brew That Is True With Mark Perry, Dave Lamb, Jo Martin, Lucy Montgomery his own personal trailer favourites. June's passion for station manager, David has so far been and Nicola Walker. With king size thrills and breathtaking suspense, this is a never unrequited. But an interesting recipe in Old Cronwick's Book of Producer: Gareth Edwards before heard tribute to a unique aspect of the film industry; and Potions from Field and Forest should change all that... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006. of course, perhaps to no ones surprise, it features a very Meanwhile, Rocket is expecting to meet an old flame when the TUE 23:30 The Wilson Dixon Line (b00knt17) gravelly voice.... Royal Train is diverted through the station. When Love Comes to Town (And Then Leaves Again) Producer: Katrina Fallon Peter Davison and Michael Williams star in Peter Morfoot's Cowboy philosopher Wilson Dixon talks about love and affairs A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in railway sitcom. of the heart. March 2010. David ...... Peter Davison Hard done by love, he talks about his ex-wife Maureen, who WED 07:00 Married (b007ys7j) Rocket ...... Michael Williams pulled at Wilson's heart like he pulls on his guitar strings. Hold Series 2 June ...... Rosemary Martin onto your stetson and get ready for the rocky ride of romance. Betrayal Points ...... Phillippa Wilson Continuing his affectionate tribute to the philosophy of country Divorced and penniless he may be, but Robin is about to Hattie ...... Madge Hindle music, Wilson shares more of his viewpoints through songs and discover that life can be sweet in his new universe - even if it is Sodd ...... Chris Emmett anecdotes. at someone else's expense. Other parts played by Paul Jenkins. Introduced by Johnnie Walker. Hugh Bonneville stars in Tony Bagley's comedy. Producer: Gareth Edwards Saddled up with sidekick Snake Wizzelteats, his observations Robin .... Hugh Bonneville First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1995. on everyday life draw the audience into world full of larger than Lesley .... Josie Lawrence WED 10:00 Classic Serial (b019f6k4) life characters and situations. Dirk .... Stephen Frost The Mumbai Chuzzlewits Written and performed by Jesse Griffin. Murdo …. Lewis MacLeod Episode 3 Sidekick Snake Wizzelteats is performed by Jesse Budd. Ned …. Sam Bradley By Ayeesha Menon Recorded with an audience at BBC Maida Vale, London. Maxine …. Ann Gosling : Convinced his relatives are after his money, miserly old recluse Producer: Lianne Coop DS Cotton …. Simon Roberts Martin Chuzzlewit (Roshan Seth), adopts orphan girl, Mary First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 2009. Producer: Claire Jones (Nimrat Kaur), to be his carer. As she will inherit nothing upon First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2000. his death, he believes she will do her utmost to keep him in WED 07:30 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade good health. But when his grandson Mickey (Zafar WEDNESDAY 18 MAY 2016 Carefully (b04p87r7) Karachiwala) falls in love with her, Martin's plans are thrown Series 2 into disarray. Disinheriting him, Martin triggers a complex web WED 00:00 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Exit Strategy of deceit, betrayal and manipulation as the extended family and Chesterton (b007jw50) Uljabaan is determined to fail his annual inspection, in order to hangers-on close in, in pursuit of his fortune. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] be sent to a better posting. Told from the point of view of orphan Thomas (Karqn Pandit), WED 00:30 The Palace of Laughter (b0084hvl) But he'll need Kat and Lucy's help in order to make it work - an observer into the world of the Chuzzlewits, this is a fast- [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] and he can do without any surprises, such as the identity of the paced drama full of intrigue, romance, suspense and murder... WED 01:00 Wimsey (b007jzg3) Zone Commander who'll be conducting the inspection... Mickey returns to India determined to show his grandfather he [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] The conclusion of series two of Eddie Robson's sitcom about an is a changed man and to marry Mary, the love of his life. But, in WED 01:30 Captured by Pirates (b00rdwm5) alien race that have noticed that those all-at-once invasions of his absence, things have changed; the old man now appears to [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Earth never work out that well. So they've locked the small be under the control of the scheming Pinto who will not let WED 02:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby Buckinghamshire village of Cresdon Green behind an Mickey near him. And Thomas has fallen in love with Mary... (b007jn1h) impenetrable force field in order to study human behaviour and Meanwhile the hapless Joseph loses all his money in a Ponzi [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] decide if Earth is worth invading. scheme. With his debtors closing in, murder seems to be the WED 02:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of The only inhabitant who seems to be bothered by their new only way out... Psychology and the Mind (b041xbxk) alien overlord is Katrina Lyons, who was only home for the Ayeesha Menon is an award-winning writer who works [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] weekend to borrow the money for a deposit for a flat when the extensively in film and radio. For BBC Radio 4 she has written WED 02:30 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves force field went up. several outstanding adaptations including: Q & A (Slumdog (b007jrf5) So along with Lucy Alexander (the only teenager in the village, Millionaire) which won Gold for Best Drama at the Sony Radio [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] willing to rebel against whatever you've got) she forms The Academy Awards; The Cairo Trilogy, starring Omar Sharif, WED 02:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Resistance - slightly to the annoyance of her parents Margaret which won a Bronze at the Sony Awards; My Name Is Red (b07bpnsg) and Richard who wish she wouldn't make so much of a fuss, from the novel by Orhan Pamuk; and Six Suspects from the [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] and much to the annoyance of Field Commander Uljabaan who, novel by Vikas Swarup. WED 03:00 Classic Serial (b01946wd) alongside his unintelligible minions and The Computer (his Cast: [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] hyper-intelligent supercomputer), is trying to actually run the Martin ..... Roshan Seth WED 04:00 Counterpoint (b00dk91z) invasion. Thomas ..... Karan Pandit [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] Katrina Lyons ...... Hattie Morahan Mickey ..... Zafar Karachiwala WED 04:30 Flying the Flag (b00c65k9) Richard Lyons ...... Peter Davison Pinto ..... Rajit Kapur [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] Margaret Lyons ...... Jan Francis Mercy ..... Preetika Chawla WED 05:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting Lucy Alexander ...... Hannah Murray Charity ..... Ayeesha Menon (b008wmnh) Field Commander Uljabaan ...... Charles Edwards Anthony ..... Sohrab Ardeshir [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] The Computer ...... John-Luke Roberts Joseph ..... Nadir Khan WED 05:30 Isy Suttie's Love Letters (b042l78d) Zone Commander Ravella ...... Nina Sosanya Mary ..... Nimrat Kaur [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Script-edited by Arthur Mathews. Mrs. Gomes ..... Radhika Mital WED 06:00 Wimsey (b007jzhc) Producer: Ed Morrish Louis ..... Rohit Malkani The Nine Tailors First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2014. Doctor ..... Shernaz Patel 3 Bunter Breaks the Law WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b01m42n7) Monty ..... Arghya Lahiri As Lord Peter Wimsey's murder probe moves to the church bell Series 6 Manek ..... Vivek Madan tower, his manservant Bunter uses his initiative. The Emperor of Tratvia Young Mickey ..... Zaal Madon Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth. Captain Povey calls on the crew of HMS Troutbridge to help Young Thomas ..... Nominath Ginsburg Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Alistair him out of a domestic predicament. Sound Recordist: Ayush Ahuja Beaton. Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Sound Design: David Chilton Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Music: Sacha Puttnam Bunter …. Peter Jones Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Ronnie Barker as Able Producer and Casting: Nadir Khan Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson Seaman Johnson, Heather Chasen as Mrs Povey and Tenniel Producer: John Dryden Mrs Venables …. Noel Dyson Evans as The Admiral. A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. Will Thoday …. Keith Drinkell Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS WED 11:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Mary Thoday …. Claire Clifford Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen Day (b07bt8vp) Potty Peak …. Anthony Hyde series between 1959 and 1976. Episode 3 Mrs Ashton …. Marjorie Withers Scripted by Lawrie Wyman The shy spinster is transformed for a party and gets the chance Mr Ashton …. Brian Haynes Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. to sort out Miss Du Barry's love life. Read by Maureen Lipman. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 7 of 10 WED 11:15 Drama (b0122twz) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Margaret Wilkinson - Can You Hear Me WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00j3f8d) THU 04:00 The Motion Show (b07bpq37) A new drama by Margaret Wilkinson. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] It is the summer of 1940 and Anna, a young Italian translator is WED 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzhc) THU 04:30 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k04h) working at the BBC's Wood Norton Hall, Evesham: a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] government listening post where she monitors enemy domestic WED 20:30 Never Before in the History of Motion THU 05:00 Married (b007ys7j) radio broadcasts. Her work is secret; she looks for buried Pictures... (b00rkm42) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] information on troop movements in Italian radio broadcasts and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU 05:30 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade provides information to the Allies. Anna works alongside sound WED 21:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Carefully (b04p87r7) engineers and other translators, including young German Day (b07bt8vp) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] translator Fred who is in love with Anna. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU 06:00 Wimsey (b007jzjm) One day the voice of Anna's recently interned Italian lover WED 21:15 Drama (b0122twz) The Nine Tailors Carlo comes over the airwaves asking for her help. Anna is [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] 4 The Hunt Moves to France gripped by a fierce dilemma. As Carlo's communications WED 22:00 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade After intercepting the mystery letter, Lord Peter Wimsey increase in frequency, passion and urgency, Fred discovers Carefully (b04p87r7) decides it's time to head across the English Channel. Anna's activities and warns her not to believe what she hears, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth. this could be an enemy spy posing as Carlo. WED 22:30 Start/Stop (b03bg4vk) Dorothy L Sayers's detective mystery dramatised by Alistair When news comes in that a ship carrying Italian internees has Series 1 Beaton. been struck by a torpedo from a German submarine, Anna is Barbecue Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael shocked to hear that it is The Arandora Star, a ship she believes Three couples sail off into the sunset. And sink. Bunter …. Peter Jones Carlo to have been aboard. Fred urges Anna to inform the Jack Docherty’s sitcom about love, marriage and despair. Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson authorities immediately; she cannot aid an enemy fugitive. Starring Jack Docherty, Charlie Higson, Katherine Parkinson, Commissaire Rozier …. Andre Maranne Will Anna risk losing everything for Carlo? John Thomson, Fiona Allen and Kerry Godliman. Mme Le Gros …. Lolly Cockerill ANNA.....Morven Christie With their marriages in various states of disrepair - a Barbecue Waiter …. Hayden Wood FRED.....Matthew McNulty proves painful for everyone. Narrator …. John Westbrook CARLO.....Cesare Taurasi Barney ...... Jack Docherty Producer: Martin Fisher MRS FELLOWS.....Sarah Parks Cathy ...... Kerry Godliman First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980. Directed by Nadia Molinari. Fiona ...... Fiona Allen THU 06:30 Ravi Shankar: Sitar Hero (b00rmrpt) WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b01m42n7) David ...... Charlie Higson Nitin Sawhney explores the life of the Indian musician Ravi [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Evan ...... John Thomson Shankar as he approaches his 90th birthday. WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00j3f8d) Alice ...... Katherine Parkinson Ravi Shankar is one of the greatest musicians the world has ever [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Producer Steven Canny seen. In the West his outstanding career has sometimes been WED 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzhc) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2013. overshadowed by his brief association with the Beatles but he [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b07cm6zx) has been performing and composing at the highest level for WED 13:30 Never Before in the History of Motion The best in contemporary comedy. Diane Morgan chats to Jack over 70 years. The man who first brought Indian classical music Pictures... (b00rkm42) Spencer (also known as character comedian Al Greene). to an international audience was once compared to Mozart by [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 23:00 2000 Years of Radio (b007jng1) the great violinist Yehudi Menuhin. But it wasn't an easy WED 14:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby Series 1 journey to success - it took an arduous process of study and (b007jn20) Crusade Roadshow practice. Fellow musician and fan Nitin Sawhney meets his hero Episode 8 Join DJ Steve in the Afternoon on his AD 1200 Christian to discuss how he did it. Tom and Gatsby's struggle for Daisy's love sparks some tragic Crusade Roadshow as he gathers up an army of children and the With contributions from Ravi Shankar's daughter Anoushka, consequences. Read by Sam Robards. plague-ridden to find salvation and a suntan in the Holy Land. one of India's biggest music stars Zakir Hussain, George WED 14:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Six-part series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age. Harrison's wife Olivia, The Who's Pete Townshend and music Psychology and the Mind (b041xykb) Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Claire Downes, historian Ken Hunt. The Snake Pit Stuart Lane, Al Holloway, Danny Robbins and Dan Tetsell. THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves Martin talks to clinical psychologist Vaughan Bell about Producers: Paul Dodgson & Sean Grundy (b007jqdd) different forms of mental disturbance - psychoses and neuroses First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000. Upstairs, Downstairs and Bumps in the Night - and their manifestation in popular culture, including the WED 23:15 Guy Browning's Small Talk (b0076mv2) Bertie Wooster tries to play peacemaker when he arrives at Polanski film Rosemary's Baby and the poetry of Spike Series 2 Totleigh Towers. Milligan. And he meets Dolly Sen, a film-maker who's How to Kiss PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six-parts by Richard Usborne. experienced psychosis for most of her life. The writer enumerates the many and varied methods of Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Producer: Alan Hall engendering facial contact, and where it might lead. From Wooster, Paul Eddington as Roderick Spode, John Le Mesurier A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4. August 2004. as Sir Watkin Bassett, Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia, Amy WED 14:30 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves WED 23:30 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (b012wjd5) MacDonald as Madeleine Bassett, Douglas Blackwell as the (b007jrfh) Series 2 Reverend Harold Pinker, Jonathan Cecil as Boko Fittleworth Episode 3 Episode 2 and Denise Coffey as Stiffy Bing, The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. Tragedy The human chameleon's host of comic characters with a Producer: David Hatch strikes and more loneliness follows. With Sylvestra Le Touzel. nonagenarian musical. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. From February 1999. Multi-paced, one woman Fast Show showcasing the exceptional THU 07:30 Don't Start (b06wg843) WED 14:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service talent of Lucy Montgomery. Series 3 (b07bpswt) With: Driving Episode 8 Philip Pope What do long term partners really argue about? The third series Having evaded capture by Blofeld's men in Switzerland, Bond Sally Grace of Frank Skinner's sharp comedy. Starring Frank Skinner and tries to establish what the villain is up to. Read by Joanna Waen Shepherd Katherine Parkinson. Lumley. From November 1989. Natalie Walter In this episode, Kim and Neil's return home from a funeral WED 15:00 Classic Serial (b019f6k4) Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by involves a missed left turn, a backseat stenographer and the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Steven Burge, Jon Hunter, Fay Rusling and Barunka planet Zobula. WED 16:00 The Motion Show (b07bpq37) O'Shaughnessy. The first and second series of Don't Start met with instant [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Script Editor: Dan Tetsell critical and audience acclaim: WED 16:30 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k04h) Music by Philip Pope "That he can deliver such a heavy premise for a series with such [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Producer: Katie Tyrrell. a lightness of touch is testament to his skills as a writer and, WED 17:00 Married (b007ys7j) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011. given that the protagonists are both bookworms, he's also [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] permitted to use a flourish of fine words that would be lost in WED 17:30 Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade his stand-up routines." Jane Anderson, Radio Times Carefully (b04p87r7) THURSDAY 19 MAY 2016 "Frank Skinner gives full rein to his sharp but splenetic [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] comedy. He and his co-star Katherine Parkinson play a WED 18:00 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK THU 00:00 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK bickering couple exchanging acerbic ripostes in a cruelly Chesterton (b007w5jd) Chesterton (b007w5jd) precise dissection of a relationship." Daily Mail The Tale of a Detective [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] "...a lesson in relationship ping-pong..." Miranda Sawyer, The When Gabriel Syme turns the tables on Lucien Gregory, the THU 00:30 Off the Page (b007w0j1) Observer Central Anarchist Council take action. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Don't Start is a scripted comedy with a deceptively simple THU 01:00 Wimsey (b007jzhc) premise - an argument. Each week, our couple fall out over Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] another apparently trivial flashpoint. Each week, the stakes in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. THU 01:30 Never Before in the History of Motion mount as Neil and Kim battle with words. But these are no Pictures... (b00rkm42) ordinary arguments. The two outdo each other with increasingly Director: Lawrence Jackson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] absurd images, unexpected literary references and razor sharp THU 02:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby analysis of their beloved's weaknesses. Underneath the cutting Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. (b007jn20) wit, however, there is an unmistakable tenderness. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast in March 2005. THU 02:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of THU 07:45 The Pin (b06mg9gb) WED 18:30 Off the Page (b007w0j1) Psychology and the Mind (b041xykb) Series 1 Act Your Age [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] Episode 3 Dominic Arkwright chairs the lively discussion series on the THU 02:30 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves Join Alex and Ben in their weird twist on the double-act sketch theme of growing up. (b007jrfh) show. 5/7. Act Your Age [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] Strap in for a 15 minute delve in to a world of oddness With Katherine Whitehorn, Martin Newell and Lucy Mangan. THU 02:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service performed in front of a live studio audience. Produced by Miles Warde (b07bpswt) The Pin are an award-winning comedy duo, and legends of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] Edinburgh festival. They deconstruct the sketch form, in a show WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b01m42n7) THU 03:00 Classic Serial (b019f6k4) that exists somewhere between razor-sharp smartness and Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 8 of 10 utterly joyous silliness. Reporter ...... John Biggins Vula Malinga. After a sold-out run in Edinburgh, and a string of hilarious Directed by David Hunter. Band: Joe Auckland, Mark Brown, Will Collier, Ben Reynolds, performances across BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC 3, Channel 4, THU 12:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter Ed Sheldrake and Comedy Central, this is The Pin's debut solo show. Join (b0081l71) Producer: Charlie Perkins. them as they celebrate, make, collapse and rebuild their jokes, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014. each other, and probably the radio too. THU 12:30 Radio Active (b007k1zs) THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b07cm6n7) For fans of Adam and Joe, Vic and Bob, and Fist of Fun - a [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The best in contemporary comedy. Diane Morgan is joined show of absurd offerings from two loveable idiots. THU 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzjm) again by stand-up comedian Ed Gamble. Producer: Sam Bryant. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU 23:00 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation (b04kf60f) First broadcast in Radio 4 in November 2015. THU 13:30 Ravi Shankar: Sitar Hero (b00rmrpt) Series 10 THU 08:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] How to Be Better (b0081l71) THU 14:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby Stand by your radios! Jeremy Hardy returns to the airwaves Series 2 (b007jn2k) with a broadcast of national comic import! The Holiday Episode 9 Using just the Bible, the Monarchy and Audrey Hepburn, Author Gerald and his wife Diana struggle to get on a getaway. Nick witnesses Gatsby's failure to convince Daisy to be with Jeremy Hardy promises to build a whole new you. The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian him and Autumn, as fresh tragedy arrives. Read by Sam Welcome to "Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation", a series of Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his Robards. debates in which Jeremy Hardy engages in a free and frank wife. THU 14:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of exchange of his entrenched views. Passionate, polemical, Written by Basil Boothroyd. Psychology and the Mind (b041ybjc) erudite and unable to sing, Producer: Bobby Jaye Sane in Insane Places Few can forget where they were when they first heard "Jeremy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1977. Psychiatric treatments have had their fair share of controversy. Hardy Speaks To The Nation". The show was an immediate THU 08:30 Radio Active (b007k1zs) In this episode, Martin looks at the extraordinary popularity of smash-hit success, causing pubs to empty on a Saturday night, Series 5 lobotomies during the middle of the last century, the continued which was particularly astonishing since the show went out on Wimbledon use of Electroconvulsive Therapy and the 'anti-psychiatry Thursdays. The Light Entertainment department was besieged, Anyone for tennis? Radio Active's exclusive 'live' coverage movement' of RD Laing in the 1960s. questions were asked in the House and Jeremy Hardy himself from Court 19. Producer: Alan Hall became known as the man responsible for the funniest show on Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4. radio since Money Box Live with Paul Lewis. Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens. THU 14:30 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves Since that fateful first series, Jeremy went on to win Sony Music by Philip Pope and Angus Deayton. (b007jrfx) Awards, Writers Guild nominations and a Nobel Prize for Written by Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins with John Cantor, Episode 4 Chemistry p - and was a much-loved regular on both The News Moray Hunter, John Docherty and Jeremy Pascall. The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. Another Quiz and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Producer: Jamie Rix world war is looming. With Alex Jennings and Sylvestra Le Written by Jeremy Hardy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1985. Touzel. From February 1999. Producer: David Tyler THU 09:00 The Food Quiz (b0076mtq) THU 14:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in Series 2 (b07bpxgc) 2014. Episode 3 Episode 9 THU 23:30 Hardeep at The Stand (b016x2nh) Journalist and food critic, Jay Rayner gives four contestants a With Blofeld's evil plan revealed, he must be stopped. But Bond Series 1 good grilling on their knowledge of food and drink. is forced to use unconventional means. Read by Joanna Lumley. Episode 4 What's a fucivore's favourite food? How is porridge From November 1989. 4/6 traditionally eaten? Which wine writer had a bit part in a THU 15:00 Esther Waters (b01r51f0) Join Hardeep Singh Kohli for some hilarious stand up comedy Hollywood blockbuster? [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] from the worlds best comedians. There's jokes, anecdotes and Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, food writers Anissa Helou THU 16:00 The Food Quiz (b0076mtq) backstage revelations. and Sue Lawrence and greengrocer Charlie Hicks chew over [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU 23:45 Knocker (b0089jjk) these culinary conundrums. THU 16:30 Artists (b00xlxm5) Eligibilliant Producer: Rebecca Wells [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Market researcher Ian Dunn tackles a run down council tower First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004. THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves block. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From November THU 09:30 Artists (b00xlxm5) (b007jqdd) 2007. Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Episode 2 - Eligibilliant Love's Banquet THU 17:30 Don't Start (b06wg843) Halloween in a run down tower block. Constantly mistaken for Tamsin is infuriated by Josef's lack of commitment, and Nisha [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] a Trick or Treater (he's stencilled 'Cowabunga' on his pac-a- is up to something fishy. Stars Graham Crowden. From April THU 17:45 The Pin (b06mg9gb) mac to appeal to his youthful target group) and harassed by 2003. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 today] children so poor that they have to throw imaginary fireworks, THU 10:00 Esther Waters (b01r51f0) THU 18:00 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Ian knocks on the Last Door In The Block. After terrifying and Episode 1 Chesterton (b007w43w) extended scrapings, the door is edged open by a rasping old Set against a background of gambling and horseracing; Esther The Feast of Fear woman who has struggled to drag her breathing apparatus to the Waters is a stirring tale of how a servant girl makes her way in Gabriel Syme meets his fellow anarchists at a breakfast meeting door.. and who seems to have been expecting him. Victorian England. in London's Leicester Square. Produced by Tilusha Ghelani Forced to leave the home of her brutal stepfather, Esther takes a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. job as a maid at 'Woodview', a country estate owned by a Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read nouveau riche racing family. in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. First published in 1894, George Moore's novel is dramatised in FRIDAY 20 MAY 2016 two parts by Sharon Oakes. Director: Lawrence Jackson Esther ..... Lyndsey Marshal FRI 00:00 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton William ..... Matthew McNulty Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. (b007w43w) Sarah ..... Joanne Froggatt [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Mrs Rivers ..... Joanne Froggatt First broadcast in March 2005. FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b0076zm4) Leopold ..... Hugh Simon THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076zm4) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] George ..... Hugh Simon Series 10 FRI 01:00 Wimsey (b007jzjm) Demon ..... Stephen Hoyle Max Miller [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Peggy ..... Lisa Brookes 4 Extra Debut. Garry Bushell chooses the music hall comedian. FRI 01:30 Ravi Shankar: Sitar Hero (b00rmrpt) Mrs Latch ..... Melissa Jane Sinden With Matthew Parris and first-hand expert analysis from Roy [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Mrs Barfield ..... Melissa Jane Sinden Hudd. From August 2006. FRI 02:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby (b007jn2k) Anne ..... Fiona Clarke THU 19:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Mrs Spires ..... Fiona Clarke (b0081l71) FRI 02:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology Esther's tale is a slice of Victorian life that is rarely shown; [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] and the Mind (b041ybjc) single parenting, wet nursing, divorce, gambling, and religious THU 19:30 Radio Active (b007k1zs) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] zealotry. Through her we discover exactly what it feels like to [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 02:30 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves be poor and powerless. The book was banned until Gladstone THU 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzjm) (b007jrfx) revoked it, saying it was compassionate, moral and humane; and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] after that it became a best seller. THU 20:30 Ravi Shankar: Sitar Hero (b00rmrpt) FRI 02:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Celebrated author Colm Toibin championed Esther Waters as a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] (b07bpxgc) neglected Classic for Radio 4's Open Book programme. THU 21:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] Director: Gary Brown Day (b07c6340) FRI 03:00 Esther Waters (b01r51f0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] THU 11:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a THU 21:15 Drama (b00pxqz5) FRI 04:00 The Food Quiz (b0076mtq) Day (b07c6340) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Episode 4 THU 22:00 Don't Start (b06wg843) FRI 04:30 Artists (b00xlxm5) The shy spinster goes to a night club for the first time and meets [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] a man of her own age called Joe. Read by Maureen Lipman. THU 22:15 The Pin (b06mg9gb) FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves THU 11:15 Drama (b00pxqz5) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 today] (b007jqdd) Sophie Woolley - Carbon Cleansing THU 22:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] By Sophie Woolley. When ex-banker Tabitha knocks 'green' (b043x48z) FRI 05:30 Don't Start (b06wg843) activist Will off his bicycle with her 'Chelsea Tractor', two Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] worlds literally collide. A tale of ecological responsibility, guilt Marcus Brigstocke FRI 05:45 The Pin (b06mg9gb) and grimy hot tubs. Stand-up Alex Horne and his five-piece band explore fashion [Repeat of broadcast at 07:45 on Thursday] Tabitha ...... Doon Mackichan and trends through live music and comedy. FRI 06:00 Wimsey (b007jzky) Will ...... Joseph Kloska This week there's a ceilidh and songs about Alex's car and the The Nine Tailors Samantha ...... Gemma Saunders first dance at his wedding amongst others. 5 A Question of Identity Mary ...... Tessa Nicholson With special guest comedian Marcus Brigstocke and singer Following his trip to France, Lord Peter Wimsey takes a step Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 9 of 10 closer to identifying the killer. Series 9 detective, leaving Gabriel Syme in despair. Ian Carmichael stars as the aristocratic sleuth. Coming Clean Dorothy L Sayers' detective mystery dramatised by Alistair The love lives of sisters Anna and Charlotte take some Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read Beaton. unexpected twists and turns. Stars Angela Thorne. From in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer. Lord Peter Wimsey …. Ian Carmichael February 2003. Bunter …. Peter Jones FRI 10:00 Esther Waters (b01r95hq) Director: Lawrence Jackson Rev Theodore Venables …. Phillip Latham Episode 2 Supt Blundell …. Timothy Bateson After she was betrayed by William, Esther leaves the Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. Mrs Venables …. Noel Dyson workhouse with her baby. She’s desperate for them to stay Nobby Cranton …. Stephen Greiff together. But how can she earn money? First broadcast in March 2005. Emily …. Jenny Twigg Set against a background of horseracing and gambling; a stirring FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b00mg3yv) Potty Peak …. Anthony Hyde tale of how a woman survives and brings up her child in Series 8 Donnington …. John Church Victorian England. The Look of Love Narrator …. John Westbrook First published in 1894, George Moore's novel is dramatised in Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional Producer: Martin Fisher two parts by Sharon Oakes. appeal. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1980. Esther ..... Lyndsey Marshal Hal David discusses writing The Look of Love with Burt FRI 06:30 Leading Ladies (b00vhg2z) William ..... Matthew McNulty Bacharach, for the soundtrack of the spoof 1967 James Bond Theatre director and artistic director of the Southbank Centre Sarah ..... Joanne Froggatt film Casino Royale. This classic track, sung by Dusty Jude Kelly marks the 350th anniversary of the first Leopold ..... Hugh Simon Springfield, provided the musical backdrop for a love scene performance by the first English professional actress. Judge ..... Hugh Simon between Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress. Before the restoration and the reopening of the theatres after Fred ..... Graeme Hawley Dusty Springfield's former backing singer, Simon Bell, years of Puritan rule, boys and men had played women's roles. Demon ..... Stephen Hoyle remembers being on stage at the Albert Hall when Dusty However, when Charles II came to the throne he requested that Peggy ..... Lisa Brookes laughed her way through a performance of the song, and women be allowed on stage and the course of theatre history Mrs Empson ..... Melissa Jane Sinden musician Jonathan Cohen describes how the samba rhythm was changed forever when a woman took the stage in the role of Mrs Barfield ..... Melissa Jane Sinden underscoring Dusty's smooth vocals combine to make this an Desdemona on 8th December 1660. Anne ..... Fiona Clarke enduringly popular love song. Although little is known about who she was, Jude Kelly pieces Bill ..... Greg Wood It has been covered many times by artists including Isaac Hayes, together a picture of what life would have been like for the first Director: Gary Brown Gladys Knight and the French singer Mirielle Mathieu. This generation of actresses. She visits the real tennis court at First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013 programme hears from people whose personal memories of Hampton Court Palace to find out what the first performance FRI 11:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a love and loss are forever linked with The Look of Love. would have been like, takes Celia Imrie to the site of where the Day (b00761kk) Contributors: first performance took place and tours the Theatre Royal Drury Episode 5 Sue Clarke Lane in search of Nell Gwynn. After such fun, Miss Pettigrew dreads the future. But it is time Wally Welling Were the first actresses' victims of exploitation or women who to let people know who she really is. Read by Maureen Lipman. Simon Bell exploited the situation to their own advantage? Were they FRI 11:15 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf) Trevor Foster whores or pioneers? Recorded on location, this comedy drama centres on the Jonathan Cohen Producer: Benjamin Partridge relationship that develops between two woman brought together Hal David A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in by a troublesome dog. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. October 2010. All Veronica's experiences as a dog-trainer are needed to curb FRI 19:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? FRI 07:00 Crowned Hudds (b00pgydd) the vicious beast bequeathed to Maureen by her late husband. (b007k47r) How Ye Quest Was Wonne Especially written by Martyn Wade for distinguished actresses [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Poking fun at King Arthur, Roy Hudd takes a royal romp Joan Sims and Elizabeth Spriggs. FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b009kmns) through history, with June Whitfield and Chris Emmett. From Maureen ...... Joan Sims [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] August 1995. Veronica ...... Elizabeth Spriggs FRI 20:00 Wimsey (b007jzky) FRI 07:30 Meet David Sedaris (b011tzmn) Cab Driver ...... David Thorpe [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Series 2 Nettie ...... Richenda Carey FRI 20:30 Leading Ladies (b00vhg2z) The Incomplete Quad, The Squirrel and the Chipmunk Director: Cheery Cookson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000. FRI 21:00 Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a charm to BBC Radio 4 for a second series of audience readings. FRI 12:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Day (b00761kk) This week a memoir of one nefarious summer while studying at (b007k47r) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] college: "The Incomplete Quad" and a modern take on the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 21:15 Martyn Wade - Dogged Persistence (b009xytf) anthropomorphic fable in: "The Squirrel & The Chipmunk". FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b009kmns) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Producer: Steve Doherty [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 22:00 Meet David Sedaris (b011tzmn) A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 13:00 Wimsey (b007jzky) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 08:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 22:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme (b007k47r) FRI 13:30 Leading Ladies (b00vhg2z) (b03brkf1) No Hiding Place [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Series 3 Bob takes Terry to be restyled at the hairdressers. FRI 14:00 F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby (b007jn2z) Episode 5 Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier and Rodney Bewes as Episode 10 John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure, regular Bob Ferris. Tragedy has struck, leaving Nick to ponder his life as he guest on The Now Show and popper-upper in things like With Sheila Fearn, George Layton, Jo Beadle, Brian Godfrey struggles to find mourners for a funeral. Read by Sam Robards. Miranda, presents a third series series of his hit sketch show. and Donald Gee. FRI 14:15 In Search of Ourselves: A History of Psychology The first series was described as "sparklingly clever" by The Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La and the Mind (b041yf8g) Daily Telegraph and "one of the most consistently funny sketch Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley. Care in the Community shows for quite some time" by The Guardian. The second series Producer: John Browell At the end of this week of programmes examining psychiatry, won Best Radio Comedy at both the Chortle and Comedy.co.uk Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in a the medicalised model for treating mental illness, Martin awards, and was nominated for a Sony award. BBC Treasure Hunt. outlines the impact of reforms during the latter half of the This time around, John promises to stop doing silly sketches First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1975. Twentieth Century that resulted in the closure of Britain's about nonsense like Winnie the Pooh's honey addiction or how FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b009kmns) Victorian asylums and a new policy of 'care in the community'. goldfish invented computer programming, and concentrate Series 7 Series consultant, Professor Daniel Pick, Birkbeck, University instead on the the big, serious issues. The Flea of London. This fifth episode of the series reveals the truth behind some Neddie Seagoon is Samuel Pepys - and he's facing trouble from Producer: Alan Hall famous anecdotes and a curious tale of a hard-bitten dame. Part a flea called Francoise. A Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4. of this show are in 3-D. Unfortunately, it's a horrible part. Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike FRI 14:30 The Churchills - Speaking for Themselves Written by and starring John Finnemore, with Margaret Milligan and Larry Stephens. (b007jrg7) Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. Starring: Episode 5 Producer: Ed Morrish. Peter Sellers The letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. The reality of FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b013m4k2) Harry Secombe war strikes home. With Alex Jennings and Sylvestra Le Touzel. For two hours, seven nights a week, the Comedy Club offers Spike Milligan From February 1999. the best laughs. Plus tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Richard First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were FRI 14:45 James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Gadd. recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest (b07bq049) FRI 23:00 Dave Podmore (b007tm7h) shows weren’t kept in the archive. Episode 10 Dave Podmore's World of Cricket With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. Battling the evil Blofeld, Bond joins forces with Draco. All Episode 4 Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. looks plain sailing for 007 and Tracy. Concluded by Joanna The star player joins a host of Z-list celebrities on a charity Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Lumley. From November 1989. walk for mauled dog, Shep. Producer: Pat Dixon FRI 15:00 Esther Waters (b01r95hq) Sitcom about the exploits of talentless, amateurish, smug, inept First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1956. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] and self-deluding English cricketer Dave Podmore. FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b01npjp9) FRI 16:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b01npjp9) Starring Chris Douglas and Andrew Nickolds with Chris Pavlo Series 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] and Nicola Sanderson. Pascoe, Abrahams, Aldrin FRI 16:30 No Commitments (b017gnkt) Written by Chris Douglas, Andrew Nickolds and Nick Professor of Ignorance at the University of Buckingham, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Newman. Professor John Lloyd CBE is joined by comedian Jimmy Carr FRI 17:00 Crowned Hudds (b00pgydd) Producer: Richard Wilson for the fifth series. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2002. Three guests are invited to donate one item each and explain FRI 17:30 Meet David Sedaris (b011tzmn) FRI 23:30 Ross Noble Goes Global (b007jvv4) why it deserves a place in the museum. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Series 1 John and Jimmy welcome comedian Sara Pascoe, Ig Nobel FRI 18:00 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton Singapore founder Marc Abrahams and Astronaut Dr Buzz Aldrin. (b007w525) Spotting a monkey and shopping malls galore - the globetrotting First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. The Exposure comedian is having a bad hair day in the city's incredible FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b017gnkt) Sunday unmasks one of the anarchists as a Scotland Yard humidity. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 14 – 20 May 2016 Page 10 of 10 Producer: Danny Wallace First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002.

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