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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 7 – 13 October 2017 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 07 OCTOBER 2017 struggling to cope after the death of Sarah©s GP husband - who of John Gross, and marked the beginning of what would be an never quite manage to see eye to eye. illustrious and fascinating literary career. It ended with his death SAT 00:00 John Wyndham - Trouble with Lichen (b007k3r3) Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, on 10 January 2011, a great sorrow for the many people who Episode 4Biochemist Diana Brackley©s attempts to conceal the Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and Mark loved and admired John. true source of the antigerone are finally overcome. Read by Kingston as Chris. No doubt I read at the time, but had forgotten until coming across Joanna Tope. Four radio series were made, but instead of then moving to BBC it again, since I quite lack his total recall, something he wrote here SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b05s2x2k) TV - Thames Television produced ©After Henry© for the ITV in 1983, an entertaining review of a biography of Sir George Series 20, First Cut Is the DeepestLong before it was a worldwide network. Lewis, the famous and immensely influential Victorian solicitor hit for Rod Stewart, the Cat Stevens song ©First Cut is the Producer: Pete Atkin whose clients included the Prince of Wales. In an aside, Gross Deepest© made a name for the former Ike and Tina Turner backing First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1985. gently wondered why the biographer hadn©t mentioned that Lewis singer, PP Arnold. In an interview for Soul Music she describes SAT 05:00 Hazelbeach (b00853kb) ©appears by name in Conan Doyle©s "The Illustrious Client" - a the emotional connection she felt to the lyrics, having emerged Series 1, Horse-RacingRonnie organises a trip to the races and pretty broad clue to the client©s identity©. Yes, he had read from an abusive marriage shortly before recording it. Nick makes a startling discovery about the true nature of everything, high and low. Also contributing to the programme is the song©s original friendship. Since his death, I©ve thought often about John, and reread him. producer, Mike Hurst. He describes how he achieved the huge Caroline and David Stafford©s comedy stars Jamie Forman as The breadth of his reading and his memory made him the perfect ©wall of sound© production using double drums, a huge string Ronnie, Paul Bazely as Nick, Tracy Wiles as Chloe, John Dougall anthologist, and he edited half a dozen Oxford Books of ..., from section, and a harp instead of a guitar to play the signature riff at as James, Simon Treves as Harry. Aphorisms to Parodies. He also wrote three books of his own, and the the start of the track. Producer: Marc Beeby I wish he had written more. Shylock is a learned and highly There are many personal stories associated with the track: Carsten First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007. original study of that singularly problematic character and his Knauff recalls a childhood sweetheart - his first true love - and SAT 05:30 The Casebook of Max and Ivan (b096gspx) play, while A Double Thread is a beautiful short memoir of explains why the Cat Stevens© version brings back bitter-sweet Series 2, Case #96 - Community DisserviceA second series Gross©s London childhood, ©double© because both English and memories for him. featuring acclaimed double-act Max and Ivan as incompetent Jewish. But I now see that the defining point came with his Rosemarie Purdy saw PP Arnold give an extraordinary live private detectives for hire. Joanna Lumley guest stars. brilliant first book. rendition at a club in Portsmouth in 1967. Never before had she The detectives investigate a series of mysterious thefts which Although he and Kingsley Amis were disparate personalities, to seen such a heartfelt, emotionally charged performance. It©s threaten the very future of Nunhead Community Centre. Assisted say the least, Gross would have shared Amis©s contempt for something she©s never forgotten. by the permanently tired caretaker Gerry, they track the chief anything which ©makes a statement©, and his disdain for the idea of The Sheryl Crow version reminds Rachel Batson of a very suspect, washed-up former B-Movie actress Lavinia Moncrief ©importance©. But I believe that The Rise and Fall is a truly difficult phase in her life; it©s a song she says reflects her own and eventually have to go undercover to infiltrate her bizarre important book. It wasn©t just an item on Gross©s list of faith journey. acting classes. Also featuring bell ringers, hypnotism and a publications, it was part of his own story, and it made a statement And former Radio Caroline DJ, Keith Hampshire, describes the mutant komodo dragon. of its own: a repudiation of the attempted monopoly of literary circumstances that led to him having a No.1 hit with the song in Written by and Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez criticism by ©the university© and the larger academic appropriation Canada. It was the first time ©First Cut© reached No.1 anywhere in Developed by John Stanley Productions of our common culture. the world. Produced by Ben Walker Producer: Tom Alban. Producer: Karen Gregor. A Retort production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 12:00 Counterpoint (b00775l1) SAT 01:00 Robert Barr - Detective (b01s5l3b) SAT 06:00 Anthony Berkeley - The Poisoned Chocolate Case Series 21, 2007 - Heat 14 Extra Debut. Edward Seckerson asks Series 3, Murder of a Shy GirlReclusive Joan is found dead, but (b097lnkn) music questions of Chris Gibson of Blackpool, Carolyn Pritchett Brook and Tully wonder how solitary her life really was. A woman has died from eating poisoned chocolates intended for of Nottingham and Sheffield©s Chris Wade. Starring Ray Brooks as Detective Sergeant Brook, Stephen somebody else... SAT 12:30 Bristow (b007tdnn) Garlick as Detective Constable Tully and Stephen Yardley as Can the amateur brains of Roger Sheringham©s Crime Circle solve Series 3, Of Moles and MenThe office rebel returns with some Chief Inspector Roach. this intriguing crime that©s stumped Scotland Yard over the past inside information which must surely lead to promotion. More tough stories of crime and detection in London written by year? Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the buying clerk from Frank Robert Barr. Stars Neil Stacy as Roger Sheringham, Hilda Schroder as Mrs Dickens© famous newspaper cartoon strip. Syndicated Robert Barr also wrote TV scripts for the BBC©s Z Cars and Fielder-Flamming, Conrad Phillips as Sir Charles Wildman, internationally, it ran for 41 years in London©s Evening Standard. Softly Softly. He was also a prize-winning TV producer. Victor Winding as Moresby, Michael Bilton as Chitterwick, With Rodney Bewes as Jones, Dora Bryan as Mrs Purdy, Owen Producer: Martin Fisher Geoffrey Collins as Bradley, Jane Wenham as Alicia, William Brenman as Hewitt, Liz Frazer as Gert, Joan Sims as Daisy, Katy First broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 2 in July 1984. Eedle as Lockwood, Mark Straker as Bendix, Clive Panto as Sir Odey as Miss Sunman, Jon Glover as Fudge, David Battley as SAT 01:30 Train Tracks (b00m69ws) Eustace, Eileen Tully as Mrs Bendix and Deborah Cranston Fred Stokes, Carol Starks as Miss Glockling and Jane Booker as Pianist and broadcaster Simon Townley samples the many Marguerite. Teacher. different ways in which trains and railways have inspired Director: Brian Miller Music: John Whitehall composers and songwriters and what it is about this particular First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984. Producer: Neil Cargill form of travel that makes it so influential. SAT 07:30 Britain in a Box (b01k9lc2) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000. They may be a shadow of their former infrastructural selves, but Series 5, Pop IdolPaul Jackson returns with a new series of the SAT 13:00 Lucy Catherine - Gudrun: Omnibus (b097lr1s) railways still hold a curiously affectionate place in our national show that not only celebrates classic television programmes, but A young woman in 11th century Iceland wants to rebuild her life. Nowhere is this more true than in the world of music, where also uses them as a window on a particular period in our cultural family and win back the trust of her husband. Stars Kate Philips. chuffing, whistling, steaming and clackety-clacking have been the and social history. SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b097ltm2) inspiration for hundreds of songs. Simon has never described Over the next three days he©ll be exploring the innovation of Don LettsDJ and film-maker Don Letts chooses Augustus Pablo©s himself as a railway enthusiast, but he has always had an ear for ©Vision On© and assessing the legacy of ©Grandstand©, but he kicks ©King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown© and ©Do You Realise© by the the things that inspire composers and songwriters. off with a programme that re-wrote the rules for talent shows, Flaming Lips. He explores the rhythms, themes and metaphorical uses of the saved a network and conquered the world. SAT 14:15 Pam Ayres© Open Road (b007kfr4) train in music, from Honneger©s Pacific 231 to American blues 1. Pop Idol - began life as an idea captured on a scrap of paper... Series 2, The Fire Service CollegePam visits the ©university for tracks such as Love in Vain and Freight Train Blues. went on to make global superstars of some of its participants... firefighters© in Moreton-in-Marsh, delivering fire and rescue Country and western star Laura Cantrell, music professor Alan and now generates over one and a half billion dollars a season in training internationally.