Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 July 2012 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 07 JULY 2012 SAT 04:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kbz4s) The barrister faces a conundrum over whether offenders can Series 1 ever go straight. John Mortimer's drama stars Timothy West. SAT 00:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b008h44x) High Society SAT 14:00 Listen to Les (b00c02dg) The Parasite At the opening of Parliament, Charles Dickens meets Lady From 22/6/1975 A man starts having terrifying dreams in which he's plagued by Kames and his editorial judgement is scrutinised. Stars Jamie Les Dawson presents a duck appeal, Cissie and Ada talk a monstrous creature. Glover. mothers - plus his legendary piano sing-along. Yet - although hideously repellent - the parasite seems strangely SAT 05:00 Snap (b00tky99) With Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn. familiar to him... Series 1 Music by Brian Fitzgerald. First published in 1953, Arthur C Clarke's tale is read by Episode 4 Scripted and produced by James Casey. Nicholas Boulton. Doug's planning a surprise 70th birthday party for his mum. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1975. Arthur C Clarke, along with Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov, Can he get it right without Molly's help? SAT 14:30 Steptoe and Son (b00sbh9h) are known as Science-Fiction's "Big Three". Their work was Paul Mendelson’s sitcom about life for a couple after they've Series 1 key to the 1950s and 60s being recognised as the genre's Golden split. The Bath Age. Molly …. Rebecca Lacey Harold's plan for a proper bathroom upset his father Albert. Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins Doug …. Paul Venables Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2007. Kaz …. Soumaya Keynes Harold. SAT 00:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness Ryan …. Jessie Sullivan Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association (b00vnf09) Annie …. Marlene Sidaway with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Episode 5 Dawn …. Rebecca Front wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. Battling in the Antarctic, can Dyer and Danforth escape with Ansel …. Richard Firth The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring their lives? Richard Coyle concludes HP Lovecraft's tale of Producer: David Ian Neville the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold terror. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003. and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. SAT 01:00 Agatha Raisin (b011d9p3) SAT 05:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Series 1 Experience (b007jvk3) Gale Pedrick. The Body in the Bathroom Episode 1 Produced by Bobby Jaye Hunting the village killer, the amateur sleuth resorts to Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen are meant to be First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September barefaced lies, burglary and badger-watching. presenting a classical music show together, but they just can’t 1966. Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin. stop bickering... SAT 15:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00rpw6x) Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Agatha Raisin …. Penelope Keith Barlow as Patrick Maybe. SAT 16:00 George Bernard Shaw - Candida (b007jtk5) Peter Bladen …. Ewan Bailey Doctor ...... Peter Jones [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] James Lacey …. Malcolm Sinclair Professor ...... Stella Gonet SAT 17:30 The Write Stuff (b01bmq2l) Mrs Bloxby …. Liza Sadovy Bill ...... Simon Roberts Series 15 DC Bill Wong …. Ben Crowe Special guest Jack Davenport. Terence Rattigan Fred Huntingdon …. Jillie Meers Written by Patrick Barlow. The teams examine the life and work of "Author of the Week", Director: Carol Smith Producer: Claire Jones playwright and creator of "Flare Path", Sir Terence Rattigan. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. Regular captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh are joined by SAT 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of SAT 06:00 George Bernard Shaw - Candida (b007jtk5) Sir Andrew Motion and children's author, Sue Limb as they Dr Syn (b008h4wt) "If I haven't got what you call British pluck, I haven't British answer questions based around Rattigan's life and work, as well Episode 5 cowardice either: I'm not afraid of a clergyman's ideas. I'll fight as more general literary brainteasers, set by host James Walton. A encounter with Captain Foulkes in London leads to highway your ideas.” For the finale of the show, the teams are asked to imagine robbery on the way back to the marsh. Read by Rufus Sewell. The life of a vicar's wife is turned upside down by a young poet. Rattigan discarding his stiff-upper-lip-style and writing a gritty, SAT 02:00 After Henry (b007jn96) Candida has a choice between her devoted but complacent kitchen sink-style drama. Series 2 husband and a young poet who passionately adores her. She SAT 18:00 The Scarifyers (b007xrfc) The Romantic Approach needs all her resources of wit and candour to resolve a The Nazad Conspiracy 'It's amazing how much harm winning a war does for the moral potentially explosive situation Episode 3 fibre of a nation. I mean, you'd never have seen Winston George Bernard Shaw's romantic comedy stars Hannah Gordon The Inspector and Professor race to stop Rasputin being Churchill walking around with a personal stereo.' and Edward Petherbridge. brought back to life. Starring Nicholas Courtney and Terry Clare's been dumped, Eleanor finds a friend and Sarah's Candida ..... Hannah Gordon Molloy. listening. The Rev James Morell .... Edward Petherbridge SAT 18:30 Stories of Ray Bradbury (b00tf9pp) Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - Eugene Marchbanks .... Christopher Guard All Summer in a Day and The Fog Horn struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who Mr Burgess .... Ray Smith Children witness a rare break in the rainfall on Venus; never quite manage to see eye to eye. The Rev Alexander (Lexy) Mill .... Neville Jason lighthouse workers find out what lies beyond. Read by Sean Sarah ...... Prunella Scales Miss Proserpine Garnett .... Irene Sutcliffe Barrett. Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson Director: Ronald Mason SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats (b01kjsg3) Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1977 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Clare ...... Gerry Cowper SAT 07:30 Yes Yes Yes (b00sydkp) SAT 22:00 Comedy on the Boat (b0177021) Aubrey ...... Lockwood West Series 1 Episode 6 Delivery boy ...... David Learner In the Shadow of the Post Michael Legge, Christian Reilly, Chris McCausland and Paul Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV, John Rawling relives the 1973 Grand National at Aintree, when Tonkinson make waves aboard the Tattershall Castle on the Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV Red Rum snatched victory from Crisp with just yards left to Thames. Episode 6 of 7. network. race. SAT 22:45 Adam and Joe's Famous Guy (b010m7g6) Producer: Pete Atkin SAT 08:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00rpw6x) "I'm the best at pretending..." First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986. Steve Nallon and Charlton Heston Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish star in the tale of Manthea SAT 02:30 Trivia Test Match (b007vmbt) Conversation double-bill - voice of Spitting Image's Margaret Shringleton, a journalist sent to interview a reclusive Hollywood Tim Rice, Denise Coffey, Willie Rushton and Bill Tidy square Thatcher, Steve Nallon - and Hollywood's Charlton Heston star. up to questions from umpire Brian Johnston. From September chatting in 2000. Written by Adam Buxton. 1992. SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats (b01kjsg3) Producer: Claudine Toutoungi. SAT 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jtdp) Overseas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. Persuasion Captain Barry Cryer welcomes you aboard a special edition of SAT 23:00 P Division (b007jnq9) Friendly Persuasion Comedy Greats showcasing a selection of the BBC's hit comedy Code Four One, Series 1 Louisa Musgrove has become engaged to Captain Benwick and shows that were adapted for listeners overseas. The Bonepit Anne Elliot dares to hope that Captain Wentworth's affections During the 1950s to 1970s, a surprising number of series were Peter Turnbull's Glasgow cops make a haunting discovery at a might, once again, be hers... either edited, rescripted or remade. building site. Recorded partly on location. Stars Jake D'Arcy. The conclusion of Jane Austen's novel dramatised by Michelene Barry reveals bits that never made it out of Blighty to enable Wandor. shows to be better understood abroad. Anne Elliot …. Juliet Stevenson * The Clitheroe Kid - Another Mother for Ossie. From SUNDAY 08 JULY 2012 Captain Wentworth …. Tim Brierley November 1965 Jane Austen …. Sorcha Cusack * The Navy Lark - Going Dutch. From November 1959 SUN 00:00 The Scarifyers (b007xrfc) Sir Walter Elliot …. Roger Hume * The Men From the Ministry - Birds of a Feather. Re- [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Elizabeth Elliot …. Claire Faulconbridge recording from 1980. SUN 00:30 Stories of Ray Bradbury (b00tf9pp) Mr Elliot …. Peter Harlowe * Hancock's Half Hour - The New Secretary. Re-recorded in [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Mary Musgrove …. Kathryn Hurlbutt November 1958. SUN 01:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... (b00rpw6x) Charles Musgrove …. Alister Cameron * Round the Horne - The Man With the Golden Thunderball. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Henrietta Musgrove …. Alison Dowling Re-recorded July 1966 with an edited version of the original SUN 02:00 Maria Semple - Where'd You Go Bernadette?: Mrs Musgrove …. Sheila Grant script. Omnibus (b01kjsg5) Lady Russell …. Patricia Gallimore * I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again - series 3 (10/13). Re- [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Sophia Croft …. Tina Gray recording from 1966. SUN 03:15 John Mortimer - Rumpole of the Bailey Mrs Clay …. Hedli Niklaus Producer: Kerry Reece (b007jz92) Mrs Smith …. Carole Boyd Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2012. . [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] Captain Harville …. Paul Alexander SAT 12:00 Maria Semple - Where'd You Go Bernadette?: SUN 04:00 George Bernard Shaw - Candida (b007jtk5) Square piano (William Rolfe and Sons c 1810) played by Omnibus (b01kjsg5) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Kenneth Mobbs Episode 1 SUN 05:30 The Write Stuff (b01bmq2l) Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Vanessa Whitburn. Omnibus. TV comedy writer Maria Semple's debut novel [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986. examines misplaced genius and mother-daughter love. Starring SUN 06:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus Omnibus SAT 04:00 William Boyd - Fascination (b007jwlf) Miranda Richardson. (b00sqhc4) The Pigeon SAT 13:15 John Mortimer - Rumpole of the Bailey Psychological drama about an order of idealistic nuns sent to Love, sickness, betrayal and family fissures. And what is going (b007jz92) establish a remote Himalayan mission. Stars Emma Fielding. on in Paris? Read by Tom Goodman-Hill. Rumpole Redeemed SUN 07:15 Clive James - Even As We Speak (b009xxq9) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 July 2012 Page 2 of 8 Thorpie, Hoogie and the Golden Lolly [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] Episode 5 The essayist cogitates on the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the SUN 13:30 Shelagh Stephenson - Darling Peidi (b01kkmk8) The museum is due to send an exhibition of its finest artefacts mania surrounding the swimmer they called the 'Thorpedo'. Dramatisation based on he true story of Edith Thompson who, around Europe. SUN 07:30 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b01m16pr) with Freddy Bywaters, was charged murdering her husband in But can Walter find a suitably experienced and diplomatic Series 2 1922. member of staff to curate it? Lessington Rachel Joyce stars as Edith and Charles Simpson as Freddy in Geoffrey Palmer and Julian Rhind-Tutt star in series 3 of David Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, Shelagh Stevenson's drama. Nobbs’s sitcom about a small museum of paintings and finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have Edith Thompson .... Rachel Joyce sculpture. experienced a succession of bizarre adventures. Freddy Bywaters ... Charles Simpson Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt More memories as Brian relives his experiences in Lessington Percy Thompson ... Peter Wight Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer where ignorance reigns. Avis Graydon ... Theresa Streatfield Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins Neil Pearson stars in series two of Bill Dare's satirical adventure Mr Graydon ... Norman Bird Susie Maltby ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith story about a man lost in a fictional world. Mrs Graydon ... Gudrun Ure Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond Brian Gulliver ..... Neil Pearson Rose/Wardress ... Siriol Jenkins Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern Rachel Gulliver ..... Mariah Gale Elsie/Wardress .... Joanna Myers Eva Tattle ...... Juklia Deakin Sharol ..... Jo Bobin Mr Stern ... David Learner Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley Cop ..... Fergus Craig Henry Curtis-Bennett ... Mark Lambert Stelios Constantinopoulis/Van Driver ...... Chris Pavlo Cop ..... Colin Hoult Thomas Inskip .... Brett Usher Barman ...... Stephen Hogan. Guide ..... Patrick Brennan Mr Justice Shearman .... Jonathan Adams Producer: Colin Anderson Wife ..... Christine Absalom Clerk/Chaplain ... Nicholas Murchie First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009. Barman ..... Harry Livingstone Foreman/Officer .... Peter Gunn SUN 23:00 Little Britain (b008jdxn) Robber ..... Sam Alexander Prison Governor ... Keith Drinkel Series 1 Producer: Steven Canny Director: Jeremy Mortimer Episode 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1992 Back where it started out, Matt Lucas and David Walliams' SUN 08:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jptm) SUN 15:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jptm) oddball TV smash hit - without the cameras. The Bishop Warms Up [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b00r93bk) The newly installed central heating at St Ogg's causes SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jzcz) Episode 5 temperatures to rise. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Pun masters Dan Freedman and Nick Romero's cheeky movie Starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon, William Mervyn as SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show spoofs of Star Wars and Notting Hill. From May 2000. the Bishop, Jonathan Cecil as Bishop's Chaplain - the Reverend (b01kkmkb) Mervyn Noote and John Barron as the Dean. With Hugh Mel looks back at highlights from the week's programmes, Paddick as Mr Fox, Frank Vickers as Mr Dawson and Dudley including bat-watching with cricketer David Gower, lessons in MONDAY 09 JULY 2012 Jones as Mr Parry-Jones. the rain at a Forest School, and a trip round Alnwick Castle. The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy SUN 16:30 Horrible Histories (b01kjtfq) MON 00:00 The Man in Black (b00p1gh8) Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Written for radio by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps. SUN 17:30 Armitage and Moore's Guide to Song MON 00:30 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Producer: David Hatch. (b00xlqwf) Irving (b007wvk4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1972. Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jzcz) How music arrangement and vocal expression create meaning MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0120y44) Series 7 and atmosphere. With analysis from Simon Armitage and Allan [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] One Hundred Not Out Moore. MON 01:45 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester Cheeky schoolboy Jimmy Clitheroe looks back over his past SUN 18:00 The Man in Black (b00p1gh8) (b01kjtfs) misdemeanours in the 100th episode. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] Just 4 feet 3 inches tall, the success of comic entertainer Jimmy 4. Angels in Disguise by Nicola Jones MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b01kjtfv) Clitheroe (1921-1973) sprang from a BBC Variety Playhouse For years, Emily has entertained her friend Nathaniel for tea. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] try-out in the late 1950s. His naughty schoolboy act was a smash Her son David and his wife think Nathaniel is a figment of the MON 02:45 Robb Wilton: I Should Say So (b01kjtfx) and he even wore school uniform during recordings! At its old lady's imagination. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] peak, ten million fans were tuning into 'The Clitheroe Kid'. But when they move into the family home, they find the table MON 03:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jptm) Every week, the Kid's schemes sparked havoc - with the ever laid for two... [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] present threat of a good spanking from Grandad. The Clitheroe Nicola Jones's tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister MON 03:30 Shelagh Stephenson - Darling Peidi Kid clocked up 16 series in its run from 1956 to 1972. raconteur, The Man in Black. (b01kkmk8) With Peter Sinclair as Grandfather, Patricia Burke as Mother, Emily …. Auriol Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] Danny Ross as Alfie, Diana Day as Susan, Deryck Guyler as Mr Andrea …. Rachel Atkins MON 05:00 Horrible Histories (b01kjtfq) Holroyd and Tony Melody as Mr Higginbottom. David …. Stephen Hogan [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] Scripted by James Casey and Frank Roscoe. Nathaniel …. Piers Wehner MON 06:00 Agatha Raisin (b011dg1r) Pianist: Harry Hayward Jenny …. Tessa Nicholson Series 1 Producer: James Casey Policeman …. Philip Fox The Potted Gardener First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1964. Horrifying series of tales from The Man in Black. You might Competition for a new garden festival in the village turns nasty, SUN 09:00 Horrible Histories (b01kjtfq) meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk with the Grim Reaper on the prowl. The Groovy Greeks at an employment agency or he might approach you in the Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin. 4 Extra Debut. Ancient History with the nasty bits left in! corridor of a care home. Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. Ancient Greeks, civilised? No. Nasty. Stars author Terry Deary Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Agatha Raisin …. Penelope Keith and Toby Longworth. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. James Lacey …. Malcolm Sinclair SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0120y44) Director: Peter Leslie Wild Roy …. David Holt Bob Monkhouse Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in November Bernard Spott …. Paul Brooke Kirsty Young introduces the castaway choices of comedian Bob 2009. Mrs Bloxby …. Liza Sadovy Monkhouse, in conversation with Sue Lawley. From December SUN 18:30 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington DC Bill Wong …. Ben Crowe 2007. Irving (b007wvk4) Director: Carol Smith SUN 10:45 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester 2. Rivals First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. (b01kjtfs) Ichabod Crane has set his heart on marrying wealthy heiress, MON 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of The Reluctant Jester Katrina Van Tassel. Dr Syn (b008hz82) It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad War But local buck, Brom Bones is determined that he'll walk her up Episode 6 More memories from the founding member of The Goon Show, the aisle... The daredevil teaches young Lord Cullingford a lesson. Russell Michael Bentine - recalling how his aspirations to medical Washington Irving's supernatural 17th-century classic about two Thorndike's adventure is read by Rufus Sewell. success came to a shockingly disastrous end. love rivals and a headless horseman: MON 07:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008yszx) Michael Bentine CBE was born in 1922 and died in 1996. Continued by Martin Jarvis Series 3 Producer: Andy Aliffe Musical score and sound design by award-winning composer, Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1993. David Pickvance. Golf, holidays with friends and having a baby are the three SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra (b01kjtfv) Producer: Gemma Jenkins things that Daniel and Lucy have always sworn they'll never do Series 3 - Omnibus Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in December 2005. in life. Series 3, Episodes 1-2 SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra (b01kjtfv) But when they end up on a golfing holiday with their unbearable Made for 4 Extra. Collected episodes of this week's happenings [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] friends, they start to realise life doesn't always turn out how you in the Archers spin-off. SUN 19:45 Robb Wilton: I Should Say So (b01kjtfx) plan it... SUN 11:45 Robb Wilton: I Should Say So (b01kjtfx) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and Series 1 SUN 20:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b007jptm) parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non- The Poltergeist [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] parents. Robb Wilton (1881-1957) was one of the most popular music SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jzcz) Starring David Tennant as Daniel, Liz Carling as Lucy, Tracy- hall and radio comics of the 1930s and 1940s. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Ann Oberman as Katie, Tony Gardner as Andy, Joanna Brookes Famed as an all-round pessimist - what would he have made of SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0120y44) as Alison, Robert Harley as Peter, Carla Mendonca as Linda, 1980s Britain? [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Jonathan Aris as Steve and Martin Marquez as the Waiter. Michael Williams stars as Robb Wilton - making as little sense SUN 21:45 Short Stories by John McGahern (b00p4mc5) Producer: Liz Anstee out of life as he did 40 years before... Sierra Leone, part 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Written by Allen Saddler. Half in love with an aging politician's mistress, a young man MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b01k9qc1) Producer: Brian Miller must assess his capacity for commitment. Read by Sean Series 57 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986. McGinley. Episode 2 SUN 12:00 Rumer Godden - Black Narcissus Omnibus SUN 22:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b01m16pr) The 57th series of Radio 4's multi award-winning antidote to (b00sqhc4) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] panel games promises more homespun wireless entertainment [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN 22:30 The Maltby Collection (b00mqhqt) for the young at heart. This week the programme pays a return SUN 13:15 Clive James - Even As We Speak (b009xxq9) Series 3 visit to the Warwick Arts Centre. Regulars Barry Cryer and Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 July 2012 Page 3 of 8 Tim Brooke-Taylor are once again joined on the panel by Tony Clive cross examines one of Britain's most distinguished First published in 1989, the 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic Hawks and Jeremy Hardy, with Jack Dee in the chair. Regular lawyers, Helena Kennedy QC, about her career championing fantasy stories set on Discworld. listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, pointless civil liberties and promoting human rights. Helena's Radio 4 Narrator …. Martin Jarvis revelry and Colin Sell at the piano. Producer - Jon Naismith. series 'Capital Justice' examines the profound and powerful Captain Vimes …. John Wood MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b64yx) relationship between our financial and legal systems; capital and Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Kenneth Horne's abominable quest for a Yeti - and 'Hornerama' the law; freedom and justice. 'Capital Justice' starts Monday 9th Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne looks at Leisure. With Kenneth Williams. From February 1961. July at 09.30. Carrot …. Robert Gwilym MON 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jl7y) Bonafide 'Brosette' Emma Freud talks to actor Luke Goss about The Landlord …. Crawford Logan Series 1 finding fame with twin brother Matt in 80's pop trio Bros. Luke Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher The Lead Man Cometh swapped pop hits for movie hits, starring in action-packed Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall Just as Albert and Harold are needing to economise, the rag and blockbusters such as 'Hellboy 2'. In his latest film he stars as Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts bone men are made an irresistible offer. Starring Wilfrid ruthless Romanian assassin Victor who, betrayed by gangsters, Death …. Himself Brambell as Albert, Harry H Corbett as Harold and Leonard escapes to London where he's embroiled in a gangland power Dramatised in six parts by Michael Butt. Rossiter as Welsh Hughie. struggle. 'Interview With A Hitman' opens in cinemas on Friday Director: John Taylor Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association 17th August. First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in November 1992. with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Clive's Pulling comic, actress, screenwriter and Free Agent MON 18:30 Wally K Daly (b007js5k) wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. Sharon Horgan, writer and star of BBC 3's 'Dead Boss'. Sharon Before the Screaming Begins The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring plays Helen Stephens, a woman falsely imprisoned for Episode 1 the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold murdering her boss. Whilst Helen's sure it's only a matter of An invasion by aliens interrupts an idyllic wedding anniversary and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. time before the mistake is rectified, it appears others are celebration for Tom Harris and his wife. Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by conspiring to keep her behind bars. The final part of 'Dead Before the Screaming Begins is the first of Wally K Daly's sci- Gale Pedrick. Boss' is on Thursday 12 July at 22.30. fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a Produced by Bobby Jaye Music from Cardiff-based singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon, who Whimper to the Grave. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September performs 'Fold The Cloth' from her album 'CYRK'. And rising Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson 1966. star Lianne La Havas performs 'Gone' from her album 'Is Your Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey MON 09:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b01m5n7s) Love Big Enough?' AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett Series 2 Producer Jane Thurlow. Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter Gravinia and Plumpf MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b64yx) Catherine's Mother ...... Katherine Parr Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel documentaries, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Nurse ...... Maggie Ollerenshaw finds himself in a hospital's secure unit after claiming to have MON 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jl7y) Desk Sergeant ...... Peter Williams experienced a succession of bizarre adventures. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Silkin ...... Peter Wickham More memories as Brian relives his adventures in Gravinia, a MON 13:00 Agatha Raisin (b011dg1r) Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard land where the military are revered above everything. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson Brian Gulliver ..... Neil Pearson MON 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Director: Martin Jenkins Rachel Gulliver..... Mariah Gale Dr Syn (b008hz82) First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre Fillick ..... Marcus Brigstocke [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. Chaplain ..... Adrian Scarborough MON 14:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xgp36) MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00b64yx) Guest ..... Tracy Wiles Clipped Wings [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Host..... Patrick Brennan The reflections of the young Victoria as she turns sixteen... MON 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jl7y) Stegga ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessy Scripted by Juliet Ace, based on the letters and diaries of the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Barista..... Harry Livingstone young Queen Victoria, this portrait of her younger life and the MON 20:00 Agatha Raisin (b011dg1r) Dragit ..... Nick Mohammed happy years of her marriage, reveals some of the remarkable [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Glugas Hold ..... Dan Tetsell and long-lasting achievements of this extraordinary queen. MON 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Producer: Steven Canny Starring Imogen Stubbs as Victoria. Dr Syn (b008hz82) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012. Duchess of Kent ...... Anna Massey [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON 09:30 Electric Ink (b01kkqc9) Prince Albert ...... Adrian Lukis MON 21:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jv1q) Series 2 Baroness Lehzen ...... Selina Cadell [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Episode 6 Sir John Conroy ...... John Rowe. MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01kjgpl) Maddox's future is uncertain as a rather shady character plans to Melbourne ...... Christopher Cazenove [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] buy the newspaper. WAG ...... Andrew Wincott MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b01k9qc1) Alistair Beaton and Tom Mitchelson's comic satire set in the William IV ...... Terence Edmond [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] struggling world of newspapers. Prince of Wales Bertie ...... Thomas Arnold MON 22:30 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b01m5n7s) A group of dysfunctional journalists attempt to cover major Princess Vicky ...... Clare Corbett [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] news stories whilst grappling with the demands of a multi- Prince of Wales Bertie as a child ...... George Allonby MON 23:00 The Now Show (b01kbm11) platform environment, as circulation figures plummet as the Producer: Cherry Cookson Series 37 recession means half the workforce is laid off. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. Episode 5 Maddox ..... John Sessions MON 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtdd) A Week of Splits: in the week that David Cameron suggested Oliver ..... Alex Jennings Melbourne and the Death of William IV he might have a referendum on whether the UK should break Freddy ..... Stephen Wight Trade Unions gain momentum and Victoria accedes to the from Europe, Katie Holmes announced her split from Tom Carol ..... Polly Frame throne. Bite-sized history narrated by Anna Massey. Cruise, and scientists at CERN announced the discovery of a Masha ..... Debbie Chazen MON 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b01kkr9w) Higgs-like Boson, Jon Holmes, Holly Walsh, Mitch Benn and Andrei Zinoviev ..... Ewan Bailey Freya North - Rumours Pippa Evans join Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis for a sideways Steward ..... Adeel Akhtar Episode 1 glance at this week's big stories. Produced by Victoria Lloyd. Producer: Sally Avens The village rumour mill goes into over-drive when word gets MON 23:30 On Baby Street (b00f6vv7) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011. out that the cherished Longbridge Hall estate is up for sale. Series 1 MON 10:00 Jane Austen (b007jr87) Freya North's bestseller about daring to love again in a special Episode 5 Mansfield Park season of readings for the summer. Will Ian get to the hospital on time? Can Geraldine and Yvette The Family at Mansfield Read by Naomi Frederick. get there at all? Stars Jenny Eclair. From February 1996. Jane Austen's unlikely heroine Fanny Price is plucked from her Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths. impoverished family and brought up by her wealthy relatives at Produced by Gemma Jenkins. Mansfield Park. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra. First broadcast in 2012. TUESDAY 10 JULY 2012 Classic tale dramatised in three parts by Elizabeth Proud. MON 15:00 Jane Austen (b007jr87) CAST: [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b007jmk0) Jane Austen …. Hannah Gordon MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01kkt4h) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Fanny …. Amanda Root Mel Giedroyc goes adventuring and time-travelling with this TUE 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007js5k) Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams week's story from the Sarah Jane Adventures, 'The Thirteenth [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire Stone', read by Elisabeth Sladen herself. TUE 01:00 Agatha Raisin (b011dg1r) Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister MON 17:00 At Home With Hinge and Bracket (b008wd18) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson 6. Benjamin Luxon TUE 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion, Dr Evadne Dr Syn (b008hz82) Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott Hinge, invite you to eavesdrop on some informal music and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian conversation. TUE 02:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels (b01m5n7s) McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings. Joining them in the music room is acclaimed baritone star, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson Benjamin Luxon. TUE 02:30 Electric Ink (b01kkqc9) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] MON 11:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jv1q) Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe TUE 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jr87) Series 1 Producer: John Fawcett Wilson [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Time First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1990. TUE 04:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jv1q) Three old men sit and watch the world go by, but one has a very MON 17:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008yszx) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] youthful secret of vitality. Read by David Neal. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01kjgpl) MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01kjgpl) MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b007jmk0) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] Neil Sedaka, Helena Kennedy QC, Sharon Horgan and Luke Guards! Guards! TUE 05:00 At Home With Hinge and Bracket (b008wd18) Goss Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Clive finds his way to Amarillo with Grammy award-winning Ankh-Morpork, the elucidated brethren of Ebon Night have TUE 05:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008yszx) singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka. For over 50 years, he has turned their hands to magic. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] written, performed and produced countless songs, both for When Zebbo Mooty is mysteriously vaporised in an alley, TUE 06:00 Agatha Raisin (b011f3p9) himself and other artists. Clive talks to Neil about what inspired Captain Vimes of the watch, knows it's time to act. Series 1 him to pen such hits as 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do'and his Can a stolen library book lead to the reinvention of dragons? The Gardener's Legacy plans for a UK tour in October. Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. When her garden festival arch-rival is murdered, the amateur Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 July 2012 Page 4 of 8 sleuth digs deep to root out the wrongdoer. Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin. Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire Carrot …. Robert Gwilym Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan Agatha Raisin …. Penelope Keith Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher James Lacey …. Malcolm Sinclair Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall Roy …. David Holt Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts Bernard Spott …. Paul Brooke Tom Bertram …. Kim Wall Dramatised by Michael Butt. Mrs Bloxby …. Liza Sadovy Maria Bertram …. Cathy Sara Director: John Taylor DC Bill Wong …. Ben Crowe Julia Bertram …. Tracy Wiles First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in November 1992. Director: Carol Smith Mr Rushworth …. Michael Onslow TUE 18:30 Wally K Daly (b007js5w) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. Mr Yates …. Malcolm McKee Before the Screaming Begins TUE 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Mrs Grant …. Sharon Bayliss Episode 2 Dr Syn (b008j031) William Price …. Richard Curnow The startling new mental powers of Tom Harris sparks the Episode 7 Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian interest of authorities... Are Sir Anthony's smuggled barrels quite what they seem? And McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings. Before the Screaming Begins is the first of Wally K Daly's sci- is Syn about to found out? Russell Thorndike's adventure read Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a by Rufus Sewell. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Whimper to the Grave. TUE 07:00 The Sit Crom (b00mf205) TUE 11:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jv2t) Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson The Wasps' Nest Series 1 Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey The search for enemies leads to love triumphing over fire. Chaff in the Wind Prime Minister ...... Patrick Troughton Sue Limb's six-part comedy set during the English Civil War. A lost man needing directions has a chance encounter in a cold, AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett Sir John Firebasket .... Joss Ackland windswept field. Read by David Neal. Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter Lady Anne Firebasket .... Denise Coffey TUE 11:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kkwq8) MP ...... Peter Williams Tobias Thynne .... Clive Merrison Series 1 Silkin ...... Peter Wickham Mercy, alias Melissa .... Miriam Margolyes Captain Swing Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard Father Francis .... Nickolas Grace Can Charles Dickens help workers overcome the tyranny of Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson Slow Ned .... Chris Emmett Victorian landowners? What of Captain Swing? Stars Jamie Director: Martin Jenkins Gazebo Fogg .... Jack Klaff Glover. First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre Posthumous .... Nicky Henson TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jp3m) production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. Counter Tenor .... Peter Hayward [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jp3m) Captain Arise Higgs .... Alun Armstrong TUE 12:30 Listen to Les (b00c475s) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Jonathan James-Moore [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 19:30 Listen to Les (b00c475s) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1990. TUE 13:00 Agatha Raisin (b011f3p9) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 07:30 Sketchorama (b01kbg7m) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE 20:00 Agatha Raisin (b011f3p9) Series 1 TUE 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 2 Dr Syn (b008j031) TUE 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Award-winning character comedian and doyen of sketch [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Dr Syn (b008j031) comedy Humphrey Ker presents the pick of the best live sketch TUE 14:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xhck1) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] groups currently performing on the UK comedy circuit in this Looking for Love TUE 21:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jv2t) brand new showcase - with character, improv, broken and Talk turns to a suitor for the young princess. Based on letters [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] musical sketch comedy. and diaries portraying the Queen's life. Stars Imogen Stubbs. TUE 21:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kkwq8) Humphrey Ker is himself an established sketch performer, TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01kkwqb) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] writer, actor and comedian who won the Fosters Edinburgh Series 3 TUE 22:00 Sketchorama (b01kbg7m) Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh festival in Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] 2011. For five years he was part of the much-loved sketch trio Delia's busy in her pottery studio, where she encourages her son TUE 22:30 Heated Rollers (b007jwzw) The Penny Dreadfuls, with whom he wrote and performed in a Lucas after his important job interview. She understands the Episode 1 string of Edinburgh festival smashes, two series on BBC7 and possible need for him to relocate, and admits that while it would A cavewoman looks ahead, the perils of phoning a bank and the two plays for Radio 4. feel strange for her at first, perhaps the timing is right - and history of feminism. The sketch groups featured in episode two of Sketchorama are: she'll enjoy her own time to develop her business. Grateful The first ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2 The Noise Next Door: Tom Houghton, Charlie Granville, Matt Lucas wishes that Kate was so understanding but Delia reminds stars Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro. Grant, Tom Livingstone and Sam Pacelli have been performing him to not take Kate for granted. With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience. their own distinctive brand of off-the-cuff comedy for over six Later, Lucas stresses that back in the UK Roy and Hayley are Producer: Maria Esposito years. They have an uncanny knack of transforming audience furious with Kate for delaying Phoebe's travel home. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1999. suggestions into fantastically funny scenes and songs in the Meanwhile, Kate's surprised to find out from Johan that TUE 23:00 Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders blink of an eye, with a perfect blend of ludicrous characters, Michael has invited him round for dinner. (b00j0pp8) witty one-liners and epic stories. Over dinner, Delia's intrigued by Johan. She was warned by Propriety, Plants, Grandparents and Growing Your Own The Boom Jennies: A trio featuring Lizzie Bates, Anna Michael, who suspects Johan is a womaniser. Lucas is In her continuing quest to better herself through learning and Emerson and Catriona Knox who produce fun, fast-paced, interrupted by his phone. Meanwhile, amiable Johan discovering things in reference books, comedian Josie Long inventive sketch comedy mixed up with some top-notch tunes. compliments Kate on her Crisis Centre work, and generally presents a show about propriety, plants, grandparents, being Jigsaw: Dan Antopolski (Triple Perrier Award Nominee, BBC praises his blushing colleague. Lucas returns overjoyed to reveal connected to the world around you and growing your own. New Comedy Award Winner and Dave's Funniest Joke of the he has been offered the job in Durban. Johan and Kate are With Josie's comedic cohort Maeve Higgins Fringe Award Winner 2009), Tom Craine (BBC National thrown and Lucas notices that Kate doesn't seem too pleased. And guest Isy Suttie. Student Award Winner 2006) and Nat Luurtsema (Chortle Best Completely out of sorts, Kate excuses herself. Worried Lucas Producer Colin Anderson Newcomer Nominee 2008) have joined forces to create a hydra- follows as Johan politely makes to leave. First broadcast BBC Radio 4 in March 2009. headed sketch monster. They enjoyed a self-titled Fringe debut Outside, Michael lets on to Johan that he senses Johan has TUE 23:15 The Pickerskill Detentions (b00yjt9m) in 2011 featuring well honed, fast paced material. designs on Kate. He warns Johan off in no uncertain terms. The Black-Eyed Marketeer Producer: Gus Beattie Produced by Sarah Bradshaw. Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls his most A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b01kkwqd) memorable detentions. Stars Ian Richardson. From August TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jp3m) Freya North - Rumours 2005. Series 8 Episode 2 TUE 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jspx) The Burning Embassy Stella sees an adversary in a new light while family and friends Series 1 Peking's British embassy catches fire, so fireman Seagoon posts plan to kick-start her love-life. Read by Naomi Frederick. The Mastersons and Johnson off parcels of water. Stars Spike Milligan. From October 1957. TUE 15:00 Jane Austen (b007jrc2) The French Revolution is in full swing and the fate of the TUE 08:30 Listen to Les (b00c475s) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Masterson family is inextricably linked with that of a tumble From 17/10/1976 TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01kkwqg) dryer. Les Dawson shares the tale of a Leonard Shufflebottom – a man Mel Giedroyc goes adventuring and time-travelling, because our An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - so thin he was once used as a dipstick. Plus another story is The Thirteenth Stone from the Sarah Jane Adventures, based entirely on audience suggestions. unforgettable piano sing-a-long. read by the late Elisabeth Sladen herself. Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Jim With Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn. TUE 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jmjs) Sweeney and Phelim McDermott. Music by Brian Fitzgerald. Series 6 Producer: Phil Clarke Scripted and produced by James Casey. In Real Terms First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1976. When expenditure exceeds income, Mr Beeston faces tough TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01kbm11) decisions over the new school year. Stars Karl Howman and [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] James Grout. WEDNESDAY 11 JULY 2012 TUE 09:30 Jest a Minute (b0133g72) TUE 17:30 The Sit Crom (b00mf205) Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p7x8) Episode 5 TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p7x8) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Justin Moorhouse, Sarah Millican, Chris Corcoran and Jeff Guards! Guards! WED 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007js5w) Green star in Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz. From September Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] 2006. Could a long-extinct beast have carried out recent crimes? WED 01:00 Agatha Raisin (b011f3p9) TUE 10:00 Jane Austen (b007jrc2) Will Captain Vimes get any joy from dragonologist and society [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] Mansfield Park heavyweight Lady Ramkin? WED 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Mr Crawford Changes Tack Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. Dr Syn (b008j031) The Crawfords cause confusion for Fanny Price, and her The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] brother William returns. Discworld. WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01kbm11) Jane Austen’s classic tale dramatised by Elizabeth Proud. Narrator …. Martin Jarvis [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] CAST: Captain Vimes …. John Wood WED 02:30 Jest a Minute (b0133g72) Jen Austen …. Hannah Gordon Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Fanny …. Amanda Root Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne WED 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jrc2) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 July 2012 Page 5 of 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Mrs Patterson, Paul Parris as Robert Patterson, Charlotte The people of Ankh-Morpork have a no-nonsense approach to WED 04:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jv2t) Coleman as Barbara Patterson, Martino Lazzeri as Guy entertainment. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Entwhistle, Mark Straker as Andy and Claire Skinner as Janet. While they're looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd WED 04:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kkwq8) Producer: Lissa Evans be happy to settle instead for seeing the avenging warrior baked [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1993. in his own armour. WED 05:00 King Street Junior (b007jmjs) WED 09:30 Counterpoint (b00fnm9y) Why is Captain Vimes suspicious? [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] 2005 Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. WED 05:30 The Sit Crom (b00mf205) Final The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Ned Sherrin hosts the final with Brian Clements of Chelmsford, Discworld. WED 06:00 Agatha Raisin (b011f5km) Lincoln's John Taylor and Christopher Moore-Bridger of Narrator …. Martin Jarvis Series 1 Oswestry. Captain Vimes …. John Wood The Walkers of Dembley WED 10:00 Jane Austen (b007jrff) Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Keen to get closer to James - the sleuth gets embroiled in a saga Mansfield Park Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne of murder, lust and Wellington Boots. Portsmouth and After Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin. Both Fanny and Tom face disappointment and hope in equal Carrot …. Robert Gwilym Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. measure. Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan Agatha Raisin …. Penelope Keith Conclusion of Jane Austen’s classic tale dramatised by Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher James Lacey …. Malcolm Sinclair Elizabeth Proud. Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall Mrs Bloxby …. Liza Sadovy CAST: Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts DC Bill Wong …. Ben Crowe Jane Austen …. Hannah Gordon Death …. Himself Deborah Camden …. Rachel Atkins Fanny …. Amanda Root Dramatised by Michael Butt. Mr Boggle …. David Holt Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams Director: John Taylor Sir Charles Whitaker …. Philip Fox Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992. Jessica Keller …. Alice Hart Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister WED 18:30 Wally K Daly (b007js66) Kelvin …. Bertie Carvell Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson Before the Screaming Begins Director: Carol Smith Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott The sinister intentions of the alien invaders are finally revealed. WED 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Tom Bertram …. Kim Wall Can the Earth fight back? Dr Syn (b008j0bs) William Price …. Richard Curnow Conclusion of Before the Screaming Begins - the first of Wally Episode 8 Mrs Price …. Sunny Ormonde K Daly's sci-fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream Captain Foulkes pays Syn a visit in search of his wallet and The Mr Price …. Terry Molloy and With a Whimper to the Grave. Scarecrow meets Robespierre in Paris. Russell Thorndike's Susan price …. Katherine Mount Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson adventure read by Rufus Sewell. Rebecca …. Anne-Marie Francis Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey WED 07:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rvzkq) Price children: Tim Black, Stephanie Luxton, Zoe Ganjavi and Prime Minister ...... Patrick Troughton Series 2 Richard Ganjavi. AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett Considering the Lillies of the Field Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter Prince Ludovico of Monte Guano - besieged ruler of the McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings. Prime Minister's Wife ...... Katherine Parr pettiest state in Italy - battles to raise enough money from his Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson MP ...... Peter Williams meagre subjects to pay for the new Pope's tribute. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Brosteaux ...... Nigel Graham Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy WED 11:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jxtx) Corporal Wilkes ...... Geoffrey Leesley, devised by Neal Anthony. Series 1 Corporal Johnson ...... Eric Allen Written by Roger Danes. The Maker of Coffins Cabinet Minister ...... Maggie Ollerenshaw Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Every Sunday an awkward, fiddle-playing coffin-maker comes Silkin ...... Peter Wickham Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, to play for his mother. Read by David Neal. Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard Nick Romero as Salvatori, Paul Bigley as Alessandro, WED 11:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kkyfh) Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson Christopher Kelham as Guido and Kim Wall as Vitelozzo. Series 1 Director: Martin Jenkins Producer: Helen Williams Foundry First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002. Charles Dickens's editorial conscience is challenged when his production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. WED 07:30 My Teenage Diary (b01kbhkd) newspaper investigates a child's death. Stars Jamie Glover. WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00802l8) Series 4 WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00802l8) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Caitlin Moran [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00qpjy6) My Teenage Diary returns with six brave celebrities ready to WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00qpjy6) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 20:00 Agatha Raisin (b011f5km) teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very first WED 13:00 Agatha Raisin (b011f5km) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] time. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by writer Caitlin Moran, who WED 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Dr Syn (b008j0bs) relives her teenage years when she was home-schooled in Dr Syn (b008j0bs) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Wolverhampton, shared a small house with her seven brothers [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 21:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jxtx) and sisters, and had a novel published at only 15. WED 14:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xhz79) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Producer: Harriet Jaine The Young Queen WED 21:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kkyfh) A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. The young princess turns 18, and William IV dies. Based on the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00802l8) diaries and letters of Queen Victoria. Stars Imogen Stubbs. WED 22:00 My Teenage Diary (b01kbhkd) Series 5 WED 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtdn) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] The Publicity Photograph Queen Victoria and The Chartists WED 22:30 In the Balance (b007k172) The lad's new image leads to a major makeover away from the With the monarchy's image in tatters, Victoria comes to the In the Balance camera. throne at the age of 18. Melbourne assumes an important role. The BBC's maverick hack, George Cragge kicks off a murder Stars Tony Hancock. WED 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b01kkyll) trail at Wembley Stadium. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Freya North - Rumours Mark Tavener's six-part sequel to his comedy thriller 'In the Williams. Episode 3 Red' set in the world of football, the BBC and party politics. Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Lady Lydia has set her heart on the Tompkins buying With Europe becoming a hot potato, can the Prime Minister Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Longbridge. Xander confides in Stella. Read by Naomi hold on to his job? To make matters worse, England are hosting Producer: Tom Ronald Frederick. the World Cup and a killer is on the loose. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1958. WED 15:00 Jane Austen (b007jrff) Starring Michael Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00qpjy6) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Superintendent Jefferson and Jeremy Clyde as the PM. Series 2 WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01kkyln) With Robert Bathurst, Tracy Ann Oberman, Jim Carter, Peter Episode 5 Mel Giedroyc goes time-travelling with this week's story from Woodthorpe, Susie Brann and Christian Rodska. Singing dogs - and the tale of Martin Copperwick the Sarah Jane Adventures - The Thirteenth Stone, read by the Music by Paul Mottram More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs plus late Elisabeth Sladen herself. Producer: Paul Schlesinger TV and cinema parodies. WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bt4vw) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1997. Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01l2t09) Kendall and Bill Oddie. Schemes and Ruses For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor Graeme Garden, Johnnie Bertie Wooster is much in demand, but his best-laid plans go best of life and laughs. Tonight, Andi Osho is joined by the Mortimer & Brian Cooke and Bill Oddie. awry as he lands in a bit of pickle... multi-talented beat-boxer Shlomo. Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue P.G. Wodehouse’s romp adapted in seven-parts by Chris Miller. WED 23:00 The Long Hot Satsuma (b00mq4pf) 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and CAST: Episode 4 quickly developed a cult following. Jeeves …. Michael Hordern Erratic castings - and a high court judge-cum-plumber. Zesty Songs by Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden with music by Dave Bertie Wooster …. Richard Briers sketch show with Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From June Lee. Boko Fittleworth …. Jonathan Cecil 1989. Producer: Humphrey Barclay Percy, Lord Worplesden …. Peter Woodthorpe WED 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1965. Florence Craye …. Bronwen Williams (b00scw6t) WED 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ck2dq) Nobby Hopwood …. Rosalind Adams Series 2 Series 1 Edwin the Boy Scout …. Denise Bryer Market Forces Found Wanting Producer: Simon Brett Surprised Giles advertises a pie, while Judith and David get To Robert's dismay, his sister, Barbara, is about to succumb to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. unexpected opportunities. Stars Douglas Hodge. From June temptation in the shape of biker Andy Hunt. WED 17:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rvzkq) 1996. His mother can't help to save her, so he enlists the help of [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Father Benedict as an avenger... WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p9wy) A six-part black comedy by Martin Davies Guards! Guards! THURSDAY 12 JULY 2012 Stars Desmond Barrit as Father Benedict, Brenda Blethyn as Episode 3 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 July 2012 Page 6 of 8 THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p9wy) obsequious Bernard. Dr Syn (b008j4hv) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007js66) Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne THU 14:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xj4ld) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds The Learning Process THU 01:00 Agatha Raisin (b011f5km) Annie Hacker ...... Diana Hoddinot The coronation captures the heart of the nation. Based on the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Frank Weisel ...... Bill Nighy diaries and letters of Queen Victoria. Stars Imogen Stubbs. THU 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Sir Arnold ...... John Nettleton THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01kn6z5) Dr Syn (b008j0bs) Chief Whip ...... Edward Jewesbury Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Nigel ...... Haydn Wood Episode 4 THU 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ck2dq) Radio Presenter ...... Gordon Clyde Excited Phoebe can't wait to plan her camping trip with [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Newsreader ...... Bob Docherty Mandisa over coffee. However, Kate reminds Phoebe that THU 02:30 Counterpoint (b00fnm9y) Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. they're going to the Mall today to enjoy some quality time [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1983. together. THU 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jrff) THU 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jqh1) Michael tells busy Delia to stop worrying about Lucas and Kate. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Series 3 Delia wishes Lucas hadn't revealed his happy job news in front THU 04:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jxtx) The Big Parade of Johan over dinner - how embarrassing. Michael says Lucas [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Captain Mainwaring wants a parade mascot, so he decides his needs the job - and it's his money that pays the bills. THU 04:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kkyfh) Home Guard platoon must catch one. At the Mall, Phoebe quizzes Kate over Durban. Kate gets a text [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard message from Johan. She hastily creates a story for Phoebe, THU 05:00 PG Wodehouse (b00bt4vw) platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. saying that a friend is in the hospital. Perplexed, Phoebe is left [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV on her own as apologetic Kate hurries off. THU 05:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rvzkq) scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. Phoebe finds Delia at the craft fair. Delia's surprised that Kate [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe left Phoebe on her own, but cheers Phoebe up by letting her run THU 06:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h) Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier the stall for a bit. Series 1 Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn Kate joins Johan, realising he just needed help with some work A Marriage of Convenience Private Frazer …. John Laurie and it wasn't urgent at all - she's still pleased to see him though. Investigating the murder of a militant rambler, Agatha and Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley As Phoebe grumbles about Kate, Mandisa persuades Phoebe to James go undercover as a married couple. Stars Penelope Keith. Private Pike …. Ian Lavender log on to her Mum's online shopping account. Managing to hack Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin. Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee in, Phoebe's horrified to see a flirty email from Johan, realising Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. The Verger …. Edward Sinclair that that's who Kate must have gone to be with. Agatha Raisin …. Penelope Keith Private Walker …. Larry Martyn Produced by Sarah Bradshaw. James Lacey …. Malcolm Sinclair Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney THU 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b01kn6z7) Mrs Bloxby …. Liza Sadovy Announcer/Newsreader …. John Snagge Freya North - Rumours DC Bill Wong …. Ben Crowe Producer: John Dyas Episode 4 Deborah Camden …. Rachel Atkins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1976. Stella's past threatens to undermine her chance at happiness. A Mr Boggle …. David Holt THU 09:00 Any Other Business (b013n7gx) garden party marks the end of an era. Read by Naomi Sir Charles Whitaker …. Philip Fox Episode 5 Frederick. Kelvin …. Bertie Carvell The argy bargy of Chesbury politics presents a brand new THU 15:00 Jane Austen (b008h3ns) Director: Carol Smith Chestnut and a spot of blackmail. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. Lucy Flannery's local government sitcom THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ks8m6) THU 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Starring: Mel Giedroyc goes time-travelling with Sarah Jane in this Dr Syn (b008j4hv) Nelson David week's story, The Thirteenth Stone. Plus she finds out if people Episode 9 John Duttine are born with a sense of direction. It's Agatha's 80th birthday. False identities are concealed and James Grout THU 17:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3) discovered en route to a climactic duel. Russell Thorndike's Rosy Fordham Series 1 adventure read by Rufus Sewell. Nick Hardy Venture Capital THU 07:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jrz3) Howard Lew Lewis Absconding with £4,601,740.72 of someone else's money Series 1 Toby Longworth proves more challenging than it sounds for Julius Hutch. A Fete Worse than Death Jan Ravens Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch. Robin and Wendy continue their unhealthy obsession with a Vivienne Rochester Written by Collin Johnson. model village in their garage. June Whitfield. Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones When inspiration strikes for a son et lumière display, what Producer: Liz Anstee Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall could possibly go wrong? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995. Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham Written by and starring Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. THU 09:30 The Guessing Game (b01kl2g4) Peter Fang ...... Peter Whitman Robin ...... Simon Greenall Episode 3 News Reader ...... Collin Johnson Wendy ...... Kay Stonham Join host Clive Anderson for The Guessing Game, the comedy Kate ...... Justine Midda Maureen ...... Debra Stephenson panel show that fancies itself as an intelligent quiz. With Susan Producer: Andy Jordan Derek ...... Phil Cornwell Calman, Alun Cochrane and Emily Dean. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. Receptionist ...... Jo Enright THU 10:00 Jane Austen (b008h3ns) THU 17:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jrz3) Man ...... Ewan Bailey Emma [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Woman 1 ...... Arianwen Flores 1. The Matchmaker THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc2z) Woman 2 ...... Zoe Allen Emma Woodhouse - handsome, clever and rich - is a young Guards! Guards! Producer: Mario Stylianides woman so blessed by life that she declares she will never marry. Episode 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2002. However, she is determined to find the right match for her new "The Dewey system has its fine points" reflected the librarian, THU 07:30 The Simon Day Show (b01kbld1) friend Harriet Smith. picking a parasite from its fur, "But when you're setting out to Series 2 Jane Austen's sparkling comedy of love and marriage first look for a crucial stolen book within the multi-dimensional Brian Pern published in 1815. folds of L-space, what you really need is a ball of string." Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The Emma Woodhouse ...... Eve Best Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. Each Mr Elton ...... David Bamber The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on week one of Simon's comic characters come to perform at The Mr Knightley ...... Robert Bathurst Discworld. Mallard while the staff struggle with rivalries, self-doubt and Mr Woodhouse ...... Norman Rodway Narrator …. Martin Jarvis the new owner's vision for the theatre's future. Miss Bates ...... Marcia Warren Captain Vimes …. John Wood This week brings washed up rocker, Brian Pern to the Mallard Mrs Weston ...... Patience Tomlinson Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Theatre as he's interviewed on stage by pretend 6Music Harriet Smith ...... Ellie Beaven Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne journalist, Ben (Rhys Thomas). Mr Weston ...... Andrew Wincott Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood Cast list: Jane Fairfax ...... Beth Chalmers Carrot …. Robert Gwilym Brian Pern ..... Simon Day Frank Churchill ...... Tom Hollander Lord Vetinari … Crawford Logan Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter Dramatised in two parts by April de Angelis. Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher Pat Bennet ... Morwenna Banks Music: Martin Souter and Sarah Stowe Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall Ron Bone / Wozak ..... Simon Greenall Director: Jonquil Panting Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts Ben ... Rhys Thomas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000. Death …. Himself Written by Simon Day with additional material from Rhy THU 11:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jy4d) Director: John Taylor Thomas and Felix Dexter Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992. Original music arranged by Steve Burge The Cowslip Field THU 18:30 Wally K Daly (b007jt6t) Produced by Colin Anderson. The tale of a tender moment among the spring flowers for The Silent Scream THU 08:00 Yes Minister (b007jl60) Pacey and her young charge. Read by David Neal. Episode 1 Series 1 THU 11:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kn6d8) Tom Harris disappears into space but returns with new and Open Government Series 1 astonishing powers. Put to good use, they will benefit humanity Newly re-elected, MP Jim Hacker is summoned to the PM's Innocence - but in the wrong hands they could have horrifying and office. Charles Dickens draws Agnes and Jack into a murky world of nightmarish implications. Jim learns from his chauffeur that the new St Edwards Hospital prostitution and opium, and an old adversary appears. Stars Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'. has 300 administrators, cooks and cleaners, but no doctors, Jamie Glover. CAST: nurses or patients. How can he cure it? As usual the Minister THU 12:00 Yes Minister (b007jl60) Tom Harris …. James Laurenson doesn't know his ACAS from his NALGO. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds. THU 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jqh1) Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Silkin …. Peter Wickham between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the THU 13:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h) Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and THU 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 July 2012 Page 7 of 8 Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye FRI 04:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jy4d) never quite manage to see eye to eye. Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson FRI 04:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kn6d8) Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and Peter Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Howell as the Doctor, First Girl …. Alison Draper FRI 05:00 Capital Gains (b007r5d3) Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra FRI 05:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007jrz3) network. Producer: Martin Jenkins [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Producer: Pete Atkin First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC FRI 06:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986. Radio 4 in 1979. Series 2 FRI 09:30 Trivia Test Match (b007w3cp) THU 19:00 Yes Minister (b007jl60) 1. The Curious Curate Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] When the village curate is found murdered, retired PR guru Umpire Brian Johnston bowls the questions to Tim Rice, Paul THU 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jqh1) Agatha Raisin vows to bring his killer to justice, particularly if Merton, Willie Rushton and Rachel Heyhoe-Flint. From [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] the investigation also brings her closer to her handsome next- September 1992. THU 20:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h) door neighbour, Colonel Lacey... FRI 10:00 Jane Austen (b008h4xg) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin. Emma THU 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. 2. Proposal Dr Syn (b008j4hv) Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith Emma's composure is threatened by two new arrivals in [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair Highbury - Mr Elton's new wife and Mr Weston's handsome THU 21:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jy4d) Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy son. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan Conclusion of Jane Austen's sparkling comedy of love and THU 21:15 Dickens Confidential (b01kn6d8) Richard Binser ...... Nicky Henson marriage first published in 1815. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray Emma Woodhouse ...... Eve Best THU 22:00 The Simon Day Show (b01kbld1) Miss Partle ...... Ella Smith Mr Elton ...... David Bamber [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Director: Carol Smith Mr Knightley ...... Robert Bathurst THU 22:30 Bleak Expectations (b00nrrd5) First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005. Mr Woodhouse ...... Norman Rodway Series 3 FRI 06:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Miss Bates ...... Marcia Warren A Sort of Fine Life De-Niced Completely Dr Syn (b008jdcz) Mrs Weston ...... Patience Tomlinson Pip Bin strives to improve working conditions in his bin Episode 10 Harriet Smith ...... Ellie Beaven factory. Smuggling is on the agenda as Syn and Mipps defy the Revenue Mr Weston ...... Andrew Wincott But will his quest distract him from a dastardly plan to steal Officer, but pay a terrible price. Russell Thorndike's adventure Frank Churchill ...... Tom Hollander London and sell it to the French? read by Rufus Sewell. Mrs Elton ...... Josie Lawrence Mark Evans's epic comedy in the style of Charles Dickens. FRI 07:00 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Mr Elton ...... David Bamber Sir Philip Bin ...... Richard Johnson Experience (b007k4qk) Servant ...... Helen Ayres Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head Episode 2 Music: Martin Souter Young Pip ...... Tom Allen Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen should have split long Dramatised by April de Angelis. Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman ago, but snipe at each other during their classical music show Director: Jonquil Panting Dr Wackwallop ...... Geoffrey Whitehead instead. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Ripely Fecund ...... Sarah Hadland Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick FRI 11:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jyd8) Pippa ...... Susy Kane Barlow as Patrick Maybe. Series 2 Producer: Gareth Edwards Special guest star Juliet Stevenson is not impressed. Great Uncle Crow First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2009. Doctor ...... Peter Jones A young boy gets to know his eccentric relative with a fondness THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01l2t23) Irina ...... Leonie Mellinger for moorhen eggs, cress and 'neck oil'. Read by David Neal. For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the John ...... John Ramm. FRI 11:15 Tanika Gupta - The Whispering Tree (b007jy9f) best of life and laughs. Plus, more from Andi Osho and the Written by Patrick Barlow. A year after her mother's death, 14 year old Sharmila prefers to vocal dexterity of Shlomo. Script associate: Nev Fountain escape into a world of Hindu myths and legends - rather than THU 23:00 Goodness Gracious Me (b007jwpj) Producer: Claire Jones confront her guilt and pain... Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. Tanika Gupta's family drama stars Parminder K Nagra as Episode 2 FRI 07:30 The Write Stuff (b01by9l4) Sharmila, Souad Faress as Madhu, Lyndam Gregory as Ranjeet, The Marriage Emporium running low on Indian brides - and Series 15 Amanda Gordon as Danny and Akbar Kurtha as Sunil. "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Mother". Jackie Collins Producer: Pam Fraser Solomon Starring: Author of the Week this episode is million-selling author and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Sanjeev Bhaskar steadfast purveyor of "bonkbusters", Jackie Collins. FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b01kncz6) Kulvinder Ghir Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh are joined by [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Nitin Sawhney journalist, Jane Thynne, and creator of the DI Thorne novels, FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7ft) Meera Syal Mark Billingham as they attempt to answer questions based on [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Nina Wadia her life and work. FRI 13:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn) Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch For the finale of the show, the teams are asked to imagine [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to Jackie Collins' version of a literary classic, such as Wuthering FRI 13:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC TWO from 1998 to Heights or Jane Eyre. Dr Syn (b008jdcz) 2001. FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b01kncz6) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Scripted by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Series 6 FRI 14:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria (b00xj958) Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli. The Submerged Island The Wedding Script Editor: Sharat Sardana The crew of HMS Troutbridge must attempt an important The Queen proposes to her husband of choice. Drama based on Producer: Anil Gupta. scientific undersea mission. letters and diaries. Stars Imogen Stubbs. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997. FRI 14:15 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtdz) THU 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01l2t2j) Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the The Bedchamber Crisis For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Resignations over slavery and Queen Victoria puts her foot best of life and laughs. Plus, Andi Osho hears something special Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, with Ronnie Barker and down for the first time. Bite-sized history narrated by Anna from this week's guest, beat-boxing champion Shlomo. Michael Bates as the Potarneylanders. Massey. THU 23:30 All Bar Luke (b00thdt4) FRI 14:30 Book at Beachtime (b01kng10) Series 1 Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Freya North - Rumours Luke in Casualty Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen Episode 5 The loser is in hospital after a drunken kiss with Hayley. Will series between 1959 and 1976. Lady Lydia reveals the true reason she is selling Longbridge, only his heart be broken? Stars Tim Key. From February 2006. and Stella has a brainwave. Read by Naomi Frederick. THU 23:45 Spats (b007v0cy) Scripted by Lawrie Wyman FRI 15:00 Jane Austen (b008h4xg) Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Love v Something Better Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ks8mv) Comedian Luke Roberts tries to solve the big arguments using It's Mel Giedroyc's last time-travelling adventure in the thrilling light entertainment. With Nadia Kamil. From August 2007. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December finale of the Sarah Jane Adventures tale The Thirteenth Stone, 1963. read by the late Elisabeth Sladen herself. FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7ft) FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b007jv6b) FRIDAY 13 JULY 2012 Series 2 Series 2 Do You-Know-What The Burkiss Way Episode 1 FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc2z) Any doubts about you-know-what are put to rest. The further adventures of Mr Justice Cocklecarrot, Captain [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living courtesy of Jo Kendall, Foulenough, Dr Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht FRI 00:30 Wally K Daly (b007jt6t) Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris. and Big White Carstairs. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] With written hints by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia FRI 01:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h) (who don't want to spell it out). Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] A discreet production from Simon Brett. Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s FRI 01:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a Dr Syn (b008j4hv) 1977. great deal of modern humour. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI 09:00 After Henry (b007jnh1) Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. FRI 02:00 Any Other Business (b013n7gx) Series 2 Announcer: Brian Perkins [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] The Cold Producer: Harry Thompson FRI 02:30 The Guessing Game (b01kl2g4) Sarah, her mother Eleanor and daughter Clare battle with colds First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] - and each other. FRI 17:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music FRI 03:00 Jane Austen (b008h3ns) Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - Experience (b007k4qk) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 July 2012 Page 8 of 8 FRI 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc0b) Guards! Guards! Episode 5 "That dragon isn't going to accept any mealy-mouthed, wishy- washy liberal nonsense.... Do you know what you're getting with a dragon? Unashamed strong leadership." The dragon strikes. But will Captain Vimes triumph? Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld. Narrator …. Martin Jarvis Captain Vimes …. John Wood Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood Carrot …. Robert Gwilym Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher Chief Merchant …. Jeff Nuttall Librarian …. Michael Roberts Little Girl …. Kate McEnery Director: John Taylor First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992. FRI 18:30 Wally K Daly (b007k3zb) The Silent Scream Episode 2 The aliens are standing by to invade, but is there an even bigger threat to humanity? Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'. CAST: Tom Harris …. James Laurenson A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas Silkin …. Peter Wickham Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck First Girl …. Alison Draper Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra Producer: Martin Jenkins First broadcast as a ninety-minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979. FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b01kncz6) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7ft) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 20:00 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 20:30 Russell Thorndike - The Further Adventures of Dr Syn (b008jdcz) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 21:00 HE Bates - Three Country Stories (b007jyd8) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Tanika Gupta - The Whispering Tree (b007jy9f) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 The Write Stuff (b01by9l4) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jvhf) Series 4 Poet's Corner Satan is cross with Yeats over a poem, while Scumspawn and Thomas write their own verse. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From April 2001. FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01l2t3c) For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the best of life and laughs. Plus, Arthur Smith chats to stand-up comic Diane Spencer. FRI 23:00 Radio Active (b0081ldx) Series 1 What's News The National Local Radio Station's worldwide update with Mike Flex and Mike Channel. Stars Angus Deayton. From October 1981. FRI 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b007k1qh) Belfast Goldilocks, Robert the Bruce and body awareness. From Queen's University, Belfast. Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter. With Peter Baynham, Ronni Ancona and John Thomson. Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC Two in 1995. Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.

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