Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 July 2016 Page 1 of 8

SATURDAY 23 JULY 2016 Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental hotspots of Clive Swift as her husband, William Heelis. With Ed Bishop as India. The more he discovers about Melville, the more he admires Alexander McKay and Caroline Strong as Sally Worboys. SAT 00:00 15 Minute Drama (b03vh0c6) him ­ and the more he connects with an idealist who wanted to Director: Adrian Bean Ed Harris ­ The Interplanetary Notes of Ambassador B, Episode 5 make a difference. But is his quarry genuinely who he claims to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. Ambassador B should be inspecting minor planets of far­away be? Is he really a Gandhi­like leader of the people, a political SAT 07:30 Rupert Bear and Me (b0167qpt) suns for the peaceful Interplanetary Commonwealth. Instead, her mover and shaker, an enigma? These are the question Keith must From his humble beginnings in a strip cartoon back in 1920, recorded reports reveal that she is veering off­course, pursuing a ask himself. But as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever Rupert Bear has been captivating children ­ and adults ­ for the vendetta and bringing anything but peace. we make it. best part of a century. Mind­bending, interstellar fun and adventure from Sony Gold­ Read by Alex Jennings Now into his 90's Rupert Bear is one of the longest­running winning writer Ed Harris. Abridged by Libby Spurrier children's comic characters in the world and has touched the lives 5/5 Ambassador B decides to turn in her badge on the next planet Producer: Joanna Green of millions and drawn them into his enchanting world. she finds. But when she gets there, there's no one to surrender to. A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. Lifelong Rupert fan, Mark Radcliffe reflects on his life growing Produced and Directed by Jonquil Panting. SAT 02:15 The Invention of Childhood (b00sprf9) up with the little white bear and explores what makes Rupert and SAT 00:15 Bryan Appleyard ­ The First Church of the New Reinventing Childhood his adventures in Nutwood so appealing. Millennium (b007jqqm) Michael Morpurgo recalls the impact of adults on childhood down He delves into his own Rupert annual collection and talks to Episode 10 the centuries up to the present day. fellow fans including the actor Terence Stamp, former­Python Architect Stephen Rix's cathedral has finally been built. But what SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b012x129) Terry Jones and comedy actor John Thomson about what they has been the true cost? Concluded by David Horovitch. Ernest Hemingway ­ A Farewell to Arms, Episode 5 find so enticing about the world of the curious white bear. SAT 00:30 Sounds Natural (b07lp1v3) Ernest Hemingway's beautiful novel of love and war, dramatised With contributions from current Rupert annual illustrator Stuart Derek Nimmo by Stephen Keyworth. 5/10 Frederic takes up with a new Trotter, biographer Caroline Bott and children's literature expert From the Bar­Tailed Godwit to the Natterjack Toad. Actor, ambulance unit, and takes part in the great Italian retreat. Julia Eccleshare, Mark takes a look at Rupert's origins, the artistry producer, author and Just A Minute panellist, Derek Nimmo talks Cast and creativity of long­time illustrator Alfred Bestall and the to Derek Jones about his love of wildlife photography and Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy significance of Rupert's home ­ the wonderful world of Nutwood. filming, plus his recent trip to Australia ­ aided by recordings Catherine ..... Morven Christie With a yellow and black checked scarf tied firmly round his neck, from the BBC Sound Archive. Bonello ..... Carl Prekopp Mark dives into the magical world of Nutwood and considers Derek Nimmo: born 1930 ­ died 1999. Girl ..... Alex Tregear Rupert's place in popular culture, his rock 'n' roll credentials, his Bartolomeo ..... Jonathan Forbes longevity and success. Producer: John Burton. Sergeant ..... James Lailey Producer: Lorna Skingley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973. Medical Officer ..... Simon Bubb A Smooth Operations production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 01:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin Piani ..... Daniel Rabin SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b012zy1c) Diamonds (b037bh90) Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. RP RIP? Episode 10 SAT 02:45 Book of the Week (b014m93d) "It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without Going to Jean's aid, Dick and Freddie find the distinction between Tim Jeal ­ Explorers of the Nile, Episode 5 making some other Englishman hate or despise him." George friends and enemies is becoming blurred. Having found Dr Livingstone, Stanley is determined to continue Bernard Shaw. The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly as the doctor's quest to find the source of the Nile A hundred years ago, Shaw ridiculed the British obsession with 'Dick Barton ­ Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of criminal Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid­nineteenth century more class, recognising that its most powerful expression was not in masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the what someone said, but how he or she said it. Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon planet's most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. An imperative for anyone at public school or studying at Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between Between 1856 and 1876, six larger­than­life men and one Oxbridge, was speaking in RP, a 'non' accent which denoted all 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. extraordinary woman accepted the challenge. Showing extreme that was masterful in the British Empire. With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re­ courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, But changes are afoot. Cheryl Cole's push from American X recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Factor because of her Geordie accent has exasperated many Brits, and music, which was made for international distribution. Happily Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and who love her AND her accent and think the Yanks are missing the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the vaults of the reputations in the fierce competition. out. National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia. Award­winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new research Using a wealth of archive, we hear how the drive to hide Script by Geoffrey Webb. to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark Continent', its linguistic, geographical roots often went hand in hand with a Producer: Morris West jungle deprivations, and the courage as well as malicious tactics desire to be seen as part of the metropolitan set. The fear of being First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. of the explorers. labelled as provincial, unfashionable or rustic would develop into "RP" ­ Received Pronunciation. SAT 01:15 Edgar Wallace ­ White Face (b012s2g9) Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines the With access to archives of soldiers during the First World War, Episode 10 tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still casts a long Melvyn discusses the rarity of hearing different accents at the The master criminal tells all about his humble origins and rise to shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. time. He points out that RP was the 'non' site­specific accent of prominence, and seals his fate. Concluded by Danny Webb. Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of Livingstone, Baden­Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a Notable Book of the officer class while everyone else was identified by their SAT 01:30 Green Ears (b0122t6q) the Year by the New York Times and the Washington Post. He regional accents. Many of us think of our gardens, parks and green urban spaces as lives in London. The BBC burst on the scene with Lord Reith who insisted that RP retreats and oases of calm from our busy lives, others think of Reader: Alex Jennings be used for BBC broadcasting, arguing that it had greater 'clarity' them as places for fun, socialising and play, whereas there are Abridger: Libby Spurrier and was better suited for broadcasting. some who think of them as just hard work. Whatever we think, we Producer: Joanna Green We hear about the post war levelling and the move away from RP. usually think of them in terms of what they look like, even maybe A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. The popular music scene developed an accent of it's own ­ John what they smell like. But in Green Ears, Professor Trevor Cox SAT Peel went to public school, but cultivated a soft scouse accent, explores what they sound like. 03:00 Charles Dickens (b007k02r) instinctively recognizing this as an acceptable voice in popular Acoustics play a massive part in our sense of space. With loud The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Redress music ­ adopting a non­standard UK accent ­ with 'Jafaican' as noises like traffic or industrial works actually causing us harm. Neville Landless, whom Jasper thinks killed Edwin, has been one of the burgeoning metropolitan accents ­ suggesting The right sorts of sounds, at the right volume and pitch though found stabbed to death. But Datchery has a plan. Stars John individual freedom can really help to enhance our sense of tranquillity. Moffatt. Producer: Kate Bland So what are the sounds we most like to hear in our gardens? Water SAT 04:00 Whispers (b007k3bv) A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4. tricking, birds singing, bees buzzing, wind rustling leaves and Series 3, Episode 5 SAT 09:00 Frank Loesser ­ Guys and Dolls (b00czkq3) children playing (quietly or from a distance!) can be as calming as Gyles Brandreth hosts the scandals quiz with Lucy Moore, Broadway star Mandy Patinkin, Claire Moore, John Challis and beautiful planting and clever layout. But it has to be the right Anthony Holden, Richard Herring and Louise Doughty. From Anita Dobson star in an exclusive, complete BBC recording of trickle of water, get it wrong and you may find you want to rush to November 2005. Frank Loesser's 1950's musical. Introduced by Sheridan Morley. the loo! too loud and the sense of Niagara Falls in your small back SAT 04:30 No Commitments (b01mtn2p) Set in a New York alive with gamblers, cops, nightclub yard can feel threatening. Trevor talks to the scientists who have Series 10, A Marriage of Inconvenience performers and members of the Salvation Army, the score put it to the test and found the water sound we all seem to enjoy. Victoria is livid when her daughter's wedding plans are upstaged includes 'Adelaide's Lament', 'Luck Be a Lady' and 'Sit Down, He talks to garden designers who not only think about by her sister Charlotte. Stars Bill Nighy. From February 2004. You're Rocking the Boat'. A gambler in need of cash bets he can harmonising colours and textures of plants, but think about how SAT 05:00 Winston in Europe (b007vcn9) make any girl go to Havana with him. But his pals pick a girl at they'll attract birds and insects into the garden as well as creating Where Are We Now? the Save a Soul Mission in need of recruiting sinners to her cause. cocooned quiet spaces and introducing natural noises. The old rogue challenges Nancy's intelligence, and Father sings Plants can also be used to block out or distract you from unwanted the praises of Crewe toilets. Starring Maurice Denham. The all­time Broadway classic ran for 1200 performances and sounds. Green walls not only reflect sounds, but they can also SAT 05:30 Dave Podmore's Big Bake Off Bash (b07kp5gj) won a Tony Award for Best Musical. Music and lyrics written by absorb them. Again water can be used to distract you from a busy England's sleaziest cricketer Dave Podmore says there's more to Frank Loesser based on stories by Damon Runyon, with a book by motorway ­ and these have all been used to varying effect by cricket than stuffing yourself with cakes and sandwiches half­way Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling. urban planners aiming to create pockets of peace and calm in busy through the game, but he can't remember what. Pod's at rock Starring Mandy Patinkin as Sky Masterson, Claire Moore as cities. bottom, crying into his cold beans, until he thinks there could be Sarah Brown, John Challis as Nathan Detroit, Anita Dobson as Trevor also explores the use of artificial sounds in our green "some light at the end of the doldrum" when he hits on a plan to Adelaide, Patrick Clancy as Nicely Nicely Johnson, Michael spaces and finds out how a garden in Florence is being used as a create the best cricket tea that ever graced a Cath Kidston Cahill as Benny Southstreet, Stephen Hill as Rusty Charlie, Matt sound laboratory to test cutting edge sonic devices to see if they tablecloth or clogged an English artery, and to do it on the biggest Zimmerman as Harry the Horse, James Smillie as Big Jule, Don can increase the harmony of the garden. stage of all: The Great British Bake Off. Fellows as Arvid Abernathy, Pamela Cundell as General SAT 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kd0wq) Logging every glorious calorie along the way is Andy Hamer of Cartwright, Peter Harding as Lt Brannigan/Narrator and David Michael Palin ­ The Truth, Episode 5 Radio One County's ever popular "Triglyceride Watch". It's oven Kelsey as Joey Biltmore. Written by Michael Palin. gloves off as Pod battles through the rounds, but will his With the Stephen Hill Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra led Mabbut has been commissioned to write a book about the elusive unorthodox kebab cake rise to the occasion? Let's see how the by Cynthia Fleming and conducted by Michael Reed. activist Hamish Melville. He heads to India in search of his public votes. Script Associate: David Kelsey subject but, as he begins to unravel the full story, Mabbut finds SAT 06:00 Eric Pringle ­ Meeting Bea (b041th7q) Sound Balancer: Mike Robinson himself in deep trouble. In 1927, children's author, Beatrix Potter was living the life of a Producer: John Langridge Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the recluse as Mrs Beatrix­Heelis. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1994. opportunity of a lifetime ­ to write the biography of the elusive The arrival at her Lake District home of an American publisher SAT 11:30 Russell Davies (b00svvss) Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and humanitarian ­ and an admiring Lancashire Mill­girl, sparks painful memories of Russell Davies on Guys and Dolls he seizes the chance to write something meaningful. an appalling childhood and youth. Russell Davies spotlights the award­winning American composer, His search to find out the real story behind the legend takes Eric Pringle's play stars Stephanie Cole as Beatrix Potter and Frank Loesser through his all­time classic Broadway musical, Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 July 2016 Page 2 of 8

Guys and Dolls. SAT 22:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b07lsdf8) Guest performer ....Kevin Eldon Recorded to mark Loesser's centennial year. The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith is joined again Producer .... Julia McKenzie. Producer: Roy Oakshott by Andrew Maxwell. SUN 08:00 We're in Business (b007jydd) First broadcast in 'The Russell Davies Show' made by Wise SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b007jzvf) Dudley and Harry's Reunion Buddah productions for BBC Radio 2 in 2010. Series 1, Episode 1 With Dudley behind bars, surely Harry's safe from his crooked SAT 12:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00v2pbf) The funny man throws open his radio drop­in centre for sketches, scheming? Series 2, Awards chat and big, big fibs. With Phill Jupitus. From May 2005. Stars Peter Jones as Dudley, Harry Worth as Harry and Irene 18th century smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny wants to win "Peasants SAT 23:00 The Mary Whitehouse Experience (b044153k) Handl as Miss Boot. With Dick Emery and Frederick Treves. Personality of The Year". Stars Sheridan Smith. From April 2004. Series 4, Episode 2 Peter Jones is small­time businessman, Dudley Grosvenor who's SAT 12:30 Tanika Gupta ­ Pankhiraj (b07lp4lr) Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Robert Newman and David Baddiel always out to make a fast buck ­ usually at the expense of his The Wedding face the pernicious evil of shampoo and conditioner. From side­kick, Harry Worth. Dida is a storyteller with an unpredictable brand of magic. In October 1990. Written by Marty Feldman, Barry Took and Peter Jones. Tanika Gupta's four­part comedy, three generations of women SAT 23:30 2525 (b03m80yd) A selection of surviving episodes from two series broadcast collide at a family wedding. Episode 2 between 1959­1960. Starring Charubala Chokshi as Dida, Souad Faress as Sripurna, In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive... then Producer: Charles Maxwell. Meera Syal as Malati, Vinny Dhillon as Rehana and Geoffrey it may sound something like this. Set 511 years in the future, 2525 First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1960. Beevers as Geoffrey. invites you to hear more snippets of our future from weight­gain SUN 08:30 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58) Director: Claire Grove classes to talking pets. Loser Pays First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994. Cast: Joe and Fred's attempt to teach their wives a lesson backfires. SAT 13:00 Marcy Kahan ­ Lunch Omnibus (b07lp80k) Jenny Bede Stars Jack Warner as Joe, Kathleen Harrison as Ethel, George Two ex­flatmates meet to talk about everything but how much Jamie Demetriou Howell as Bobby, Marion Collins as Jane, Charles Leno as Fred they love each other. Comedy with Stephen Mangan and Claire Kieran Hodgson Stebbings, Molly Lumley as Clara and Kenneth Connor as the Skinner. Catriona Knox Insurance Salesman. SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b07lp80m) Waen Shepherd Popular working­class family, the Huggetts first hit the cinema John Challis Written by Colin Birch, Ali Crockatt and David Scott, Jason screen with a series of Gainsborough films between 1947 and Actor John Challis chooses 'Life Gets Tee­Jus, Don't It?' by Peter Hazeley and Joel Morris, Jon Hunter, Jane Lamacraft, Alex Lowe, 1949. Their subsequent BBC radio series ran from 1953 to 1962. Lind Hayes and 'Here I Go Again' by Whitesnake. Paul Putner, John Luke Roberts and Eddie Robson Scripted by Eddie Maguire. SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b04d0klc) Produced by Ashley Blaker Producer: Jacques Brown Zoe Wanamaker A John Stanley production for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1957. The actress opens up to Anthony Clare about her childhood, SUN 09:00 Peter Moore ­ The Weather Experiment (b05vjj7r) upbringing and relationship with her parents. From October 1998. Peter Moore's account of the quest to understand the atmosphere, Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a SUNDAY 24 JULY 2016 from storms to creating forecasts. Read by Tim McMullan. master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal Omnibus. College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on BBC Radio SUN 00:00 Bram Stoker ­ The Lair of the White Worm SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06p4zp4) 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best­known (b07lp80p) Anita Dobson psychiatrist and earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] The actress Anita Dobson chooses 'No One But You' by Billy Chair. Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also SUN 01:00 Marcy Kahan ­ Lunch Omnibus (b07lp80k) Eckstine and 'Young at Heart' by Frank Sinatra. transferred to TV. Series highlights include conversations with [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0076y6d) Bob Monkhouse, Cecil Parkinson and Gerry Adams. SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b07lp80m) Conductors, Daniel Barenboim Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] From Pierre Boulez to Franz Schubert, conductor Daniel SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b012zy1c) SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b04d0klc) Barenboim shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] May 2006. SUN SAT 16:00 Eric Pringle ­ Meeting Bea (b041th7q) SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b012zy1c) 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (b07lp9bq) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Series 3, Ionesco, Voodoo and Therapy True stories told live in the USA: Catherine Burns introduces SAT 17:30 Rupert Bear and Me (b0167qpt) SUN 04:00 Eric Pringle ­ Meeting Bea (b041th7q) stories about bluffing your way, magic and therapy. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] The Moth is an acclaimed not­for­profit organisation dedicated to SAT 18:00 Bram Stoker ­ The Lair of the White Worm SUN 05:30 Rupert Bear and Me (b0167qpt) the art and craft of storytelling based in the USA. Since 1997, it (b07lp80p) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] has celebrated both the raconteur and the storytelling novice, who It's 1870 in Derbyshire's High Peak district. While on a visit to his SUN 06:00 Ernest Hemingway ­ A Farewell to Arms: has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. elderly uncle in the tiny village of Penda's Dale, Adam Salton ­ Omnibus (b0131ylt) already shocked by the oppressive melancholic atmosphere in the Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an Episode 1 intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths village ­ quickly realises that the disappearance of several local Ernest Hemingway's moving story of love and war, dramatised by men is not accidental. would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated Stephen Keyworth. An omnibus of the first five episodes, in a New York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to His investigations lead him to the discovery of a terrifying and originally broadcast on Radio 4 in the Woman's Hour serial. ancient secret: a malevolent force is at work in Penda's Dale. produce immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around SUN 07:15 Out of Armenia (b04w0k5n) Bram Stoker's gothic tale of horror adapted by Brian Wright. New York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts Istanbul Starring Jimi Mistry as Adam Salton, Peter Marinker as Dr Daniel of the world. "I see them, I see them myself, I see them all the time." Salton and Ben Crowe as Frank Davenport. The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live and Charles Emmerson continues to Istanbul on his journey through Soundtrack specially commissioned from the San Francisco­based without notes, to standing­room­only crowds worldwide. The the Armenian diaspora communities of Europe. He learns how the sound sculptors Matmos. Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year. murder of Turkish­Armenian newspaper editor Hrant Dink in Producer: Rishi Shankar Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, from the 2007 ­ reported and condemned worldwide ­ has changed First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2004. humorous to the heart­breaking. relations between the city's Turks and Armenians. Long SAT The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic 19:00 4 Extra Goes Gardening (b03tws3x) suppressed or hidden, Istanbul's Armenian life is seeping back to The great gardener Gertrude Jekyll once said: "A garden is a Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed by the surface. Subjects long taboo are now discussed openly. the Public Radio Exchange. grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it Armenians have lived in Istanbul for centuries ­ jewellers, porters, teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust." SUN 12:00 We're in Business (b007jydd) businessmen and architects. They have had a patriarch in the city [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Through her fascination with colour, cottage gardens and since just a few years after the Turkish conquest. experimentation, it has been said she "changed the face of SUN 12:30 Meet the Huggetts (b00nhq58) Yet when Hrant Dink was shot dead by a radical Turkish [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] England more than any save the Creator and perhaps Capability nationalist outside his office one Friday afternoon, many outside SUN 13:00 Ernest Hemingway ­ A Farewell to Arms: Brown". Turkey were surprised to learn that Armenians still lived in Omnibus (b0131ylt) Penelope Keith explores Miss Jekyll's own 10­acre garden ­ the Istanbul at all. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] enchanting Munstead Wood in Surrey ­ and along the way The moment became a watershed. Turks appeared on the streets SUN unearths some horticultural wisdoms and delights from the BBC of Istanbul bearing banners reading 'We are all Armenians'. 14:15 Out of Armenia (b04w0k5n) sound archive. Istanbul Armenians tell Charles of their pride in their culture and [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] Joining Penelope to discuss Gertrude's influence and changing their city, and of their determination to continue Hrant Dink's SUN 14:30 James Kelman ­ Dirt Road (b07lpf3f) horticultural fashions are broadcaster and author, James Wong, legacy, building a new relationship with their Turkish friends and Episode 1 author Catherine Horwood and Munstead Wood's head gardener, compatriots. Rober Koptas, Agos' current editor, takes Charles to 4 Extra Debut. A story that follows a grieving boy and his dad on Annabel Watts. the paper's cramped first floor offices. The paper's purpose now, an American road trip. Read by Finn den Hertog. Programmes include: he says, is to be "a playground, not a castle". SUN 15:45 Nan Woodhouse (b04hvrq5) Great Gardens: Gertrude Jekyll, with Chris Serle from 1984 In a bustling Armenian restaurant ­ the city's only Armenian Rose Gardeners' Question Time from 1947 restaurant ­ Charles runs into Turkish­Armenian photographer May, 1835. A young girl's chance encounter with a poet touches The BBC Home Service's Radio Allotment from 1942 Ara Güler, Istanbul's Cartier­Bresson, and hears the story of his her life forever. Read by Eleanor Bron. At Home With the Snails, from 2001 starring Geoffrey Palmer most famous photograph. Speaking to a publisher we discover SUN 16:00 Marcy Kahan ­ A Bullet at Balmain's (b00t5jmj) and Angela Thorne how literature is drawing Turks and Armenians closer together. Noel Coward in Post­Liberation Paris, 1948: haute couture, An interview with Percy Thrower from 1963 in Beyond the Back Produced by Cicely Fell existentialism, jazz . . . and death. Door: That Reminds Me An Above The Title production for BBC Radio 4. Coward is in Paris to play the lead in his own play 'Present Desert Island Discs from 2000 when Sue Lawley's castaway was SUN 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section Laughter' in French. But the murder of a promiscuous mannequin the gardening writer Christopher Lloyd. (b01dtmb8) provides a stylish distraction. Made by Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 Extra. Series 1, Kevin Eldon Another adventure for the celebrated playwright, actor, composer SAT 22:00 Buy Me Up TV (b009p9f3) Comedian Alex Horne is joined by his own 5 piece jazz band for and amateur detective by Marcy Kahan. Episode 4 a brand new series of music and comedy. The band will be joined Starring Malcolm Sinclair as Noel Coward, Elenor Bron as Lorn Another chance to hear the comedy series inspired by every by comedian Kevin Eldon. Lorraine, Tam Williams as Cole Lesley and Linda Marlowe as shopping channel you've ever seen and every product you've never Host .... Alex Horne Ginette Spanier. wanted to buy. Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland Director: Ned Chaillet Starring Justin Edwards, Colin Hoult, Katherine Jakeways, Ewen Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. MacIntosh, Alex MacQueen, Greg Proops and this week's special Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b07lpf3h) guests, Brian Blessed, Aled Jones and Terry Wogan. Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds Tales from Ovid: Pyramus and Thisbe; Erysichthon Piano/keyboard .... Joe Stilgoe BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 July 2016 Page 3 of 8 radio poetry archive with 'Tales of Ovid'. recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts in the depression of 1930, it can no longer cover its costs and the Poet Ted Hughes continues reading from his award­winning and music, which was made for international distribution. owner, young Mr Dersingham, is looking for cuts. reworking of Ovid's Metamorphoses ­ stories of the teeming Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the vaults Then James Golspie arrives with a proposition. He has the sole underworld and overworld of Romanised Greek myth and legend. of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia. agency for some excellent Baltic veneers at extraordinary prices Featuring 'Pyramus' and 'Thisbe; Erysichthon', this highly praised Script by Geoffrey Webb. and, despite the caution of the company accountant Mr Smeeth, collection won the 1997 Whitbread prize for poetry and WH Producer: Morris West an agreement is reached. But is Smeeth right? Is Golspie Smith Literary Award. First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. everything he seems? Ted Hughes: born: 1930 and died: 1998. MON 06:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015fk05) Directed by Chris Wallis Producer: Susan Roberts Episode 1 An Autolycus production for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast in two­parts on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Celebrated amateur detective Albert Campion wakes in hospital MON 11:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b0076lzm) SUN 17:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section accused of attacking a police officer, and suffering from acute The Horse (b01dtmb8) amnesia. All he can remember is that he was on a mission of vital Angela does her homework, as her mother hosts a drinks party for [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] importance to His Majesty's government before his accident... some intellectual friends. Read by Emma Fielding. SUN 18:00 Simon Bovey ­ The Voice of God (b007jwlh) Roger Allam begins reading the first of Margery Allingham's ten­ MON 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b0076ycl) Can You Hear That part classic detective story from 1941. Lesley Bruce ­ An Interlude of Men The colonel plans to fire the sonic weapon and risk a global Abridged and produced by Jane Greenwood. An Interlude of Men by Lesley Bruce catastrophe. Stars Clare Corbett and Matthew Dyktynski. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Loftus Audio and first broadcast Bren and Hilly have been lifelong friends so when Hilly breaks SUN 18:30 David Calcutt ­ The Otherworld Child (b07lpf3k) in 2011. her wrist Bren comes to help her out. They both anticipate the "It was only when she got back to her cottage and the candles MON 06:30 The Chalet School (b014pzzs) pleasure of long days together comfortably trashing the years they were lit, that she saw what a strange creature it was she'd The crime writer Val McDermid on her love of the Chalet School were apart, that interlude of men, but their friendship is not that found ..." boarding school novels. She credits them with inspiring her to go simple. David Calcutt's play is based on the traditional story of lonely to Oxford and becoming a writer. So what did they have that the Bren Deborah Findlay Alice Proudfoot and her curious discovery in a moonlit wood. other boarding school books did not? Hilly Barbara Flynn Stars Mary Wimbush as Gran, Rebecca Wright as Alice and Alex Nearly sixty Chalet School novels were published between 1925 Directed by Steven Canny Jones as Joe. and 1970, written by the South Shields novelist, Elinor Brent­ Producer Claire Grove. Director: Nigel Bryant Dyer. The school was initially located in Austria, but moved to MON 12:00 Parsley Sidings (b007jp7p) First broadcast in Thirty­Minute Theatre on BBC Radio 4 in Guernsey following the Anschluss. It relocated again after the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] 1995. Nazi invasion of The Channel Islands. The books centred on MON 12:30 J Kingston Platt (b01s2y7s) SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (b07lp9bq) Madge Bettany, the founder of the school, and her young sister [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Joey, its first pupil. The books dealt with financial hardship, MON 13:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin SUN 20:00 Peter Moore ­ The Weather Experiment (b05vjj7r) illness and politics, which Val argues, is absent from most other Diamonds (b037j6vh) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] boarding school novels of the period. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06p4zp4) The programme is produced in Manchester by Nicola Swords. MON 13:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015fk05) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] MON 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00v7v1j) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0076y6d) Series 2, Highwaymen MON 13:30 The Chalet School (b014pzzs) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Eighteenth­century smuggler Tamsyn's head is turned by hunky [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] new band of outlaws 'Boyz 2 Rob.' Stars Sheridan Smith. From SUN 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kjs1q) April 2004. (b01dtmb8) Michael Palin ­ The Truth, Episode 6 MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b07knqy0) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Written by Michael Palin. Series 65, Episode 4 SUN 22:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b07lsdj0) Melville rescues Mabbut from his captors and takes him to his The antidote to panel games pays a return visit to the Pavilion The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats again to camp. But Melville is no fool. He knows Keith isn't just a tourist Theatre in Glasgow. Old­timers Barry Cryer and Tony Hawks are Andrew Maxwell. who strayed off the beaten track. joined on the panel by locals Susan Calman and Fred Macaulay SUN 22:30 Fabulous (b00hy947) Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell attempts piano opportunity of a lifetime ­ to write the biography of the elusive Series 1, Episode 4 accompaniment. Faye has money troubles, so she hopes her mum will lend her Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and humanitarian ­ Producer ­ Jon Naismith. he seizes the chance to write something meaningful. £10,000. Stars Daisy Haggard and Anne Reid. From June 2007. It is a BBC Studios production. SUN 22:45 Peter Bradshaw ­ For One Horrible Moment His search to find out the real story behind the legend takes MON 08:00 Parsley Sidings (b007jp7p) Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental hotspots of (b00890lj) Series 2, A Night Out Episode 4 India. The more he discovers about Melville, the more he admires A stranded passenger sparks a chain of disasters at the sleepy him ­ and the more he connects with an idealist who wanted to Memoirs of a boy growing up in the 1970s, a time of electro­ railway station. convulsive shock therapy. Written and read by Peter Bradshaw. make a difference. But is his quarry genuinely who he claims to Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Kenneth Connor as be? Is he really a Gandhi­like leader of the people, a political SUN 23:00 The Secret World (b01mw35d) Bradshaw/Clara, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Ian Lavender as Bert, John mover and shaker, an enigma? These are the question Keith must Series 3, Episode 3 Graham as the Inspector/Minister and Hilary Pritchard as Doris. ask himself. But as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever From Miranda Hart to Sean Connery, Jon Culshaw and friends Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. we make it. imagine the private lives of the famous. With Lewis MacLeod The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for Read by Alex Jennings and Julian Dutton. From September 2012. generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his Abridged by Libby Spurrier SUN 23:30 The Young Postmen (b00fkp61) son Bert will continue the line. Mild­mannered Ticket Clerk Bert Producer: Joanna Green Tour de France wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. Surreal comedy in which a trio of 'posties' get embroiled in Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter MON 14:15 Sport and the British (b01b9h7c) escapades. Written by and starring Ben Miller, with John Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler­dealer and the ancient The Rise of Olympism Thomson and Felicity Montagu. From November 1992. Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home­made CLARE BALDING charts how Britain has shaped sport and sport remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is has shaped the British.Apart from the English language itself, the Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop invention of modern sport has been our major cultural legacy to MONDAY 25 JULY 2016 down the line. the rest of the world.In this thirty part narrative history series with Producer: Edward Taylor the help of the academic team from the International Centre for MON 00:00 Simon Bovey ­ The Voice of God (b007jwlh) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1973. Sport History and Culture at De Montfort University, Clare looks [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON 08:30 J Kingston Platt (b01s2y7s) at the unique and vital role sport has played, and continues to MON 00:30 David Calcutt ­ The Otherworld Child (b07lpf3k) Platt vs Rooney and Day play, in our national life. As we gear up for the 2012 games, in [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] The showbiz veteran relates a calamitous tale of a double act gone this first programme she looks at the birth of the modern olympics MON 01:00 Ernest Hemingway ­ A Farewell to Arms: wrong. Written and read by Peter Jones. From September 1993. movement. While it was inspired by the Greeks and revived by Omnibus (b0131ylt) MON 09:00 The Write Stuff (b00v72ft) the French nobleman, Pierre de Coubertin, his motivation came [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] Series 14, Tennessee Williams from a provincial English public school. It was while visiting MON 02:15 Out of Armenia (b04w0k5n) This week the "Author of the Week" is American playwright and Rugby and contemplating the work of its visionary headmaster, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] twice Pulitzer Prize­winner, Tennessee Williams. The teams Thomas Arnold, that de Coubertin came to the conclusion that MON 02:30 James Kelman ­ Dirt Road (b07lpf3f) answer questions about his immensely colourful life and work, as inferior physical fitness in young Frenchmen had played a part in [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] well as solve the usual literary brain­teasers as posed to them by their defeat by the Germans in the Franco­Prussian war of 1870. MON 03:45 Nan Woodhouse (b04hvrq5) Write Stuff host, James Walton. If they played more sport at school, he thought, the outcome [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] Joining Sebastian Faulks on his team this week is bestselling might have been different. With Richard Holt and Tony Collins, MON 04:00 Marcy Kahan ­ A Bullet at Balmain's (b00t5jmj) children's author and "Horrid Henry" creator, Francesca Simon. Professors at the International Centre for Sport History and [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] Opposite them, on John Walsh's team will be award­winning Culture at De Montfort University, Clare discusses what lessons crime writer, Mark Billingham. MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b07lpf3h) can be drawn from the games since 1896, in order to achieve The show will end, as ever, on the hilarious pastiches that the [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] success when they return to us this year. panellists have written of Williams' work. This week their brief is MON 05:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section The reader is Stuart McLoughlin. to imagine what Williams' plays might be like if he had set them, (b01dtmb8) Producer: Lucy Lunt. not in the American Deep South, but in the British Home MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b0132144) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] Counties. MON 06:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin Ernest Hemingway ­ A Farewell to Arms, Episode 6 MON 09:30 King Street Junior (b007jncn) Ernest Hemingway's beautiful novel of love and war, dramatised Diamonds (b037j6vh) Series 7, Endings and Beginnings by Stephen Keyworth. 6/10 Anarchy rules on the Italian retreat, Episode 11 Mixed emotions as the school year draws to a close with Mr and it's every man for himself. In a watery predicament, special agent, Dick Barton and friends Holliday's last day in teaching. Stars Karl Howman. From May Cast have to think fast. Can they outwit their foe and escape? 1992. Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly as MON 10:00 Classic Serial (b01s7xsc) Bartolomeo ..... Jonathan Forbes 'Dick Barton ­ Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of criminal JB Priestley ­ Angel Pavement, Episode 1 Piani ..... Daniel Rabin masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestley Sergeant ..... James Lailey Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon Dramatised by Martin Jameson Bonello ..... Carl Prekopp Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between Twigg and Dersingham, Purveyors of Fine Veneers, has been a Officer ..... Simon Bubb 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. successful family firm in the City for three generations. But now, Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re­ Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 July 2016 Page 4 of 8

MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b007726w) and Ingrid Oliver as Penthiselea Between 1954 and 1959, BBC Radio recorded 102 episodes of Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, Episode 1 Written by James Cary Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's comedy classic Hancock's Half Lindsay Duncan reads from a Linda Lear's biography of the 20th Producer: Sam Michell. Hour. The first modern sitcom, it made stars of Tony Hancock, century's most beloved children's writer and creator of Peter Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Galton and Rabbit, Beatrix Potter. Simpson on one of the most successful comedy­writing This opening episode reveal Potter's north country ancestry and TUESDAY 26 JULY 2016 partnerships in history. But 20 episodes of the show are missing the landscapes that nurtured her creative imagination. from the BBC archives, and have not been heard since their Abridged by Alison Joseph TUE 00:00 James Follett ­ Earthsearch (b007jnxp) original transmission nearly sixty years ago. Now, five of those Producer: Kirsteen Cameron [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] episodes have been lovingly re­recorded in front of a live First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b00768x9) audience at the BBC Radio Theatre, featuring a stellar cast led by MON 15:00 Classic Serial (b01s7xsc) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Kevin McNally as The Lad Himself. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 01:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin Tonight's episode: The Newspaper. Tony inherits a newspaper, MON 16:00 The Write Stuff (b00v72ft) Diamonds (b037j6vh) and sets about changing the world. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and with the classic score newly recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, the show MON 16:30 King Street Junior (b007jncn) TUE 01:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015fk05) stars Kevin McNally, Kevin Eldon, Simon Greenall, Robin [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Monday] Sebastian and Susy Kane. The Newspaper was last broadcast in MON 17:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00v7v1j) TUE 01:30 The Chalet School (b014pzzs) February 1956. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Produced by Ed Morrish and Neil Pearson. MON 17:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b07knqy0) TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kjs1q) TUE 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rvzks) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] Series 1, The Economist MON 18:00 James Follett ­ Earthsearch (b007jnxp) TUE 02:15 Sport and the British (b01b9h7c) Fuming Harold decides their rag and bone business needs some Earthsearch II, The Return [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] bite. Four million years ago, the crew of the starship Challenger TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b0132144) Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as abandoned their search for Earth and made their home on [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] Harold. With Ian Burford. Paradise, the third planet of a solar system on the fringe of the TUE 02:45 Book of the Week (b007726w) Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association galaxy. But now the crew's settled life is soon to be shattered. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote James Follett's cult sci­fi drama is a gripping sequel to the TUE 03:00 Classic Serial (b01s7xsc) 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer original Earthsearch. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of Starring Sean Arnold as Commander Telson, Amanda Murray as TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff (b00v72ft) rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was Sharna, Haydn Wood as Darv and Kathryn Hurlbutt as Astra. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. Director: Glyn Dearman TUE 04:30 King Street Junior (b007jncn) Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1982. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Pedrick. MON 18:30 A Good Read (b00768x9) TUE 05:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00v7v1j) Produced by Bobby Jaye Peter Nichols & Christopher Matthew [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. Rosie Boycott and her guests playwright Peter Nichols and author TUE TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry (b0175m69) Christopher Matthew entertain an audience at the Ways With 05:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b07knqy0) This VAT and the Other Words Festival at Dartington Hall, discussing three of their [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] The idle duo are helping to collect VAT ­ how taxing can that be? favourite paperbacks by Daphne du Maurier, Tessa Hadley and TUE 06:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From June 1975. Tarquin Hall. From 2002 Diamonds (b037jf7d) TUE Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Episode 12 09:00 Dead Ringers (b07ks4m2) Publisher: Arrow The trail of the smugglers leads Dick Barton and the chums to an [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Accidents in the Home by Tessa Hadley old acquaintance. Is she hiding something? TUE 09:30 King of Bath (b048s4w0) Publisher: Jonathan Cape The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly as Blessed Are We To the Elephant Graveyard by Tarquin Hall 'Dick Barton ­ Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of criminal Can a fine upright moral guardian like Dr Collins ever be Publisher: John Murray. masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. compromised? Beau Nash tries. Stars David Bamber. From MON 19:00 Parsley Sidings (b007jp7p) Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon March 1999. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between TUE 10:00 Classic Serial (b01sd1kl) MON 19:30 J Kingston Platt (b01s2y7s) 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. JB Priestley ­ Angel Pavement, Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re­ The fortunes of Twigg and Dersingham, Purveyors of Fine recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts Veneers, of Angel Pavement London EC1 were foundering , until MON 20:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin and music, which was made for international distribution. the mysterious James Golspie walked through their door. Diamonds (b037j6vh) Happily the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the vaults Bearing a swatch of high quality samples from the Baltic at rock [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] of the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia. bottom prices, he has given the firm his sole agency on a MON 20:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015fk05) Script by Geoffrey Webb. commission only basis. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] Producer: Morris West Overnight the firm's fortunes are transformed. Orders pour in MON 20:30 The Chalet School (b014pzzs) First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. from every quarter, wages are raised and, in this heady [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE 06:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015frh2) atmosphere, love blossoms. MON 21:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b0076lzm) Episode 2 Let us hope Mr Golspie and his veneers are the genuine article, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Struggling with amnesia, amateur sleuth Albert Campion's for it's 1930 and it's very cold out there. MON 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b0076ycl) problems multiply with the discovery of a body. Read by Roger Produced and directed by Chris Wallis [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Allam. An Autolycus production for BBC Radio 4. MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b07knqy0) TUE 06:30 Fela Kuti Comes Home (b011j8zj) TUE 11:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b007rsyx) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Fela Kuti is Africa's most famous musician. Before his death in Miss King MON 22:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound (b00mbm3j) 1997 he recorded nearly 50 albums and invented his own genre of A penny is the source of much discord between Emma Bury and Series 4, Episode 2 music: Afrobeat. In the 70s and 80s his legendary club in Lagos Milly Young. Read by Emma Fielding. A macabre celebrity makeover show and the origins of the was famed for housing the best live band on Earth. As witnessed TUE 11:15 Heinrich Boll ­ Murke's Collected Silences internet. Stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Part of Radio 4 by James Brown, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney. (b0075xqh) Extra's Comedy Club, originally broadcast in September 2009. But there was more to Fela Kuti than ground­breaking music. He Murke is a radio producer obsessed with silences who constantly MON 23:00 Dead Ringers (b07ks4m2) was also a political revolutionary who spent his life strongly seeks the spiritual even in the clanking of the paternoster lift. One Series 16, Episode 6 criticising successive military regimes in his native Nigeria. day he is asked to edit out the use of the word 'God' in a radio Theresa May's first cabinet meeting, an investigation into the While his contemporaries would sing in more general terms of documentary. Winter Olympic doping scandal, and the new England manager oppression, Fela singled out his targets, personally naming them Heinrich Boll won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. He was makes his satirical debut. in songs which became popular all over Africa. It wasn't long born in 1917 and he published continuously from 1949 and his Starring: Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Debra Stephenson and Lewis before he was a hero to many working class Nigerians. last work was published posthumously in 1985. In 1967 he won Macleod. But his taunts didn't go down so well with the authorities. Nor did the Büchner Prize ­ Germany's highest literary honour. He was Written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, his controversial lifestyle: he openly smoked marijuana, declared revered as an author and social commentator. In the early 1970s Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, James Bugg, Laura Major, Sarah his home an independent state of Nigeria and married 27 women he was president of the International P.E.N. organization. Before Campbell, Max Davies, Jack Bernhardt, Liam Beirne, Alex on the same day. The story goes he was the most arrested person his death in 1985, Boll's work had been translated already into Harvey and Sara Gibbs. in Nigerian history. He appeared in court hundreds of times, had more than 30 languages. He remains one of Germany's most Produced and created by Bill Dare. spells in prison and permanently suffered from his injuries after widely known authors. BBC Studios Production. regular beatings at the hands of the military and police. Fela He fought as a private in the Second World War and much of his MON 23:30 Elvenquest (b01r5lnp) believed they were also responsible for the death of his mother, early work was about war and how people coped in its aftermath. Series 4, The Bard who was thrown from an upstairs window when his home was Dominic Letts stars as Murke. Dramatised by Jonathan Holloway. The Questers find themselves in possession of the magical stormed by 1000 soldiers. Directed by David Hunter. Dagger of Razzak­Dar, which kills anyone it touches, and realise In 2009 his incredible story was turned in to a successful TUE 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rvzks) this might be a golden opportunity to use it on Lord Darkness. Broadway musical and this April it performed in Lagos for the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] The problem is, Lord Darkness' castle is impenetrable. first time. Fela Kuti was coming home. But while the rest of the TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry (b0175m69) Luckily, Lord Darkness is looking for a new bard to soothe his world is finally paying attention to this musical and political [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] nerves, so decides to hold a talent contest so throws open the revolutionary why will you struggle to hear any of his music on TUE 13:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin doors of his castle to welcome applicants. Nigerian radio? Have they forgotten Fela? Or do the powers that Diamonds (b037jf7d) If only one of the Questers had any musical or acting experience. be still find his music offensive? Radio 4 visited Lagos to find the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Enter Penthiselea, stage left... answers. TUE 13:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015frh2) Starring: TUE 07:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04pcw9j) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] Darren Boyd as Vidar A Folk Song for Europe TUE 13:30 Fela Kuti Comes Home (b011j8zj) Kevin Eldon as Dean/Kreech Dublin's theatrical costumiers get involved in rivalry between two [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Dave Lamb as Amis/The Vet/Grunter Lancashire clog troupes. With Frank Kelly. From October 1998. TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kjtgr) Stephen Mangan as Sam TUE 07:30 The Missing Hancocks (b04n67xl) Michael Palin ­ The Truth, Episode 7 Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness The Newspaper Written by Michael Palin.

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Mabbut feels he's getting to know Melville and understand the TUE 21:15 Heinrich Boll ­ Murke's Collected Silences WED 06:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin elusive anthropologist's principles. And Kumar takes him on a (b0075xqh) Diamonds (b037jvbf) trip to see the destruction caused by the Astramex Corporation. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Episode 13 Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the TUE 22:00 The Missing Hancocks (b04n67xl) Dick Barton might have scored some victories, but finds himself opportunity of a lifetime ­ to write the biography of the elusive [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] on the back foot when Snowy and Jock vanish. Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and humanitarian ­ TUE 22:30 The Maltby Collection (b00crds8) The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly as he seizes the chance to write something meaningful. Series 1, Episode 2 'Dick Barton ­ Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of criminal His search to find out the real story behind the legend takes Deputy curator Rod steps up his campaign to save the museum masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental hotspots of and pursue Prunella. With Julian Rhind­Tutt. From June 2007. Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon India. The more he discovers about Melville, the more he admires TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b07mh5zn) Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between him ­ and the more he connects with an idealist who wanted to The best in contemporary comedy. Tom Wrigglesworth chats to 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. make a difference. But is his quarry genuinely who he claims to Sarah Kendall. With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re­ be? Is he really a Gandhi­like leader of the people, a political TUE 23:00 Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts mover and shaker, an enigma? These are the question Keith must (b017chqv) and music, which was made for international distribution. Happily ask himself. But as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever Passion the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the vaults of the we make it. Mark Watson continues his quest to improve the world, nimbly National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia. Read by Alex Jennings assisted by Tim Key and Tom Basden and with the additional Script by Geoffrey Webb. Abridged by Libby Spurrier help of the listening audience as we broadcast live and invite Producer: Morris West Producer: Joanna Green them to join in. First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. Mark will be asking the big questions that are crucial to our WED 06:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015gxnk) TUE 14:15 Sport and the British (b01b9kd6) understanding of ourselves and society ­ in a dynamic and Episode 3 A Level Playing Field thought provoking new format he opens the floor to the live Still struggling to regain his memory, Campion enters the secret CLARE BALDING explores how the British shaped sport and audience and asks them to jump into the conversation via tweets HQ of the mysterious Masters of Bridge. Roger Allam reads sport shaped Britain. If the French had played cricket, would they and messages to work out how we can all make the world a better Margery Allingham's mystery. have prevented the revolution? Clare visits Broadhalfpenny Down place. WED 06:30 The Wheels of Power (b010y0sf) in Hampshire, the original home of Hambledon Cricket Club, This week Mark looks at "Passion" ­ Passion encompasses some Ben Wright speaks to the best­informed people in politics: that's widely regarded as the birthplace of modern cricket. The of our most human qualities: emotion, energy desire. But is it a ministerial car drivers. And he hears some extraordinary behind­ origins of the game go back to the sixteenth century, it was a farm dangerous thing? In their hit Desire, U2 sang: 'Desire!/Desire!' the­wheel tales from these previously discreet public servants. game, played on landed estates. Highly competitive aristocratic But that isn't hugely helpful, that's just repeating the word over Ministerial car drivers have become almost legendary, appearing landowners, with money and time to spend, would employ men and over again. So we'll go into a bit more detail. as wise Whitehall sages in everything from ministers' memoirs to on their estates who were the best cricketers, so they could use We are all passionate about something, whether it's sex, personal Yes, Minister! They have never spoken for themselves: until now. them on their team. Cricket brought together landowners and their satisfaction, or sexy personal satisfaction. Without passion we're In this programme, Ben speaks to former drivers and reveals what agricultural workers, they played together on the same pitch, in inert. But with passion, we can sometimes be all too ert. Where the official history of the Government Car Service ­ long hidden the same team ­ on a level playing field. Professor Richard Holt do we draw the line between normal passions, and being one of within Whitehall and only released after a Freedom of of the International Centre for Sports history and culture at De these guys like Othello who let themselves down and kill a girl Information request ­ contains. Montfort University explains that while we shouldn't confuse over a hanky? The drivers discuss the dramatic changes to the service over the social mixing with social harmony, this picture of cricket as a Next week Mark looks at "Tolerance" ­ Religious tolerance, years, and take us behind closed (car) doors at some of the most village game, played on summer afternoon, everyone knowing moral tolerance, not striking the person next to you on the bus memorable moments in modern political history. their place on the field, has become the image of Englishness. because their headphones are too loud. It's important to tolerate Producer: Giles Edwards. Producer: Sara Conkey. others' faults, but can it make us into doormats? Mark will once WED 07:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js1l) TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b01321hg) again invite you to join the debate at www.bbc.co.uk/radio 4 or Series 1, A Cavalier Attitude Ernest Hemingway ­ A Farewell to Arms, Episode 7 tweet using #watsonlive. Away from their model village, the duo tackle a civil war Ernest Hemingway's greatest love story, dramatised by Stephen Mark Watson is a multi award winning comedian, including the recreation. Stars Simon Greenall and Kay Stonham. From January Keyworth. 7/10 On the run from the chaos of the Italian retreat, inaugural If.Comedy Panel Prize 2006. He is assisted by Tim 2002. Frederic seeks Catherine out. Key, winner of Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2009 and Tom WED 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04yk55d) Cast Basden who won the the If.Comedy Award for Best Newcomer Series 6, Gyles Brandreth Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy 2007. Marcus Brigstocke persuades his reluctant guest to try new Catherine ..... Morven Christie Produced by Lianne Coop. experiences: things they really ought to have done by now. Some Ferguson ..... Alex Tregear TUE 23:30 Delve Special (b00sz32f) experiences are loved, some are loathed, in this show all about Emilio ..... James Lailey Series 1, The Shifton Scandal embracing the new. Simmons ..... Jonathan Forbes Stephen Fry plays spoof undercover investigative reporter David This week, Gyles Brandreth is persuaded to spend a day doing Rinaldi ..... Carl Prekopp Lander, who begins a four­part expose into irregularities over absolutely nothing, and writes his first ever pop song. Piani ..... Daniel Rabin plans to site a new London airport near Birmingham. With serious WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b01nmgrk) Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. allegations aimed at a multi­national giant ­ what exactly has the Making a Right Pig's Breakfast TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b0077287) government's role been in the plans to demolish the town? And Breaking off her engagement to Leslie, Heather looks elsewhere Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, Episode 2 exactly who is the shifty Mr Browncoat? aboard HMS Troutbridge. Linda Lear's biography of the author reveals how Peter Rabbit Co­starring Brenda Blethyn, Jack Klaff, Stephen Frost and Tony Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub­Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the and Jeremy Fisher came to be born. Read by Lindsay Duncan. Robinson. Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard TUE 15:00 Classic Serial (b01sd1kl) Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Ronnie [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] transferred to TV as: This is David Lander. Barker as Commander Bell, Michael Bates as the Padre and TUE 16:00 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2) Written by Tony Sarchet. Producer Paul Mayhew­Archer. Tenniel Evans as the LS Goldestein. Series 2, Episode 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984. Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Chris Corcoran, Lloyd Langford, Rob Deering and Tom Craine Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series star in Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz in Cardiff. From December between 1959 and 1976. 2008. WEDNESDAY 27 JULY 2016 Scripted by Lawrie Wyman TUE 16:30 King of Bath (b048s4w0) Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED 00:00 James Follett ­ Earthsearch (b007wvjs) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1965. TUE 17:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04pcw9j) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED 08:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jz69) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED 00:30 The Tingle Factor (b07lxjkj) A Trip to France TUE 17:30 The Missing Hancocks (b04n67xl) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] The lad's longing to sample life across the English Channel, but [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED 01:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin Sid's got other ideas. TUE 18:00 James Follett ­ Earthsearch (b007wvjs) Diamonds (b037jf7d) Starring Tony Hancock. With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney Earthsearch II, Flood [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] James and Kenneth Williams. Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Telson and Darv make contact with the Earth ship, but the WED 01:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015frh2) Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded response is unexpected. James Follett's space epic stars Sean [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Tuesday] Arnold. by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. WED 01:30 Fela Kuti Comes Home (b011j8zj) TUE Producer: Dennis Main Wilson 18:30 The Tingle Factor (b07lxjkj) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Michael Aspel First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955. WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kjtgr) TV and radio presenter Michael Aspel talks to Jeremy Nicholas WED 09:00 Dilemma (b017vkrp) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] about the music that moves him. Series 1, Episode 4 WED 02:15 Sport and the British (b01b9kd6) Recalling his life and precarious career path ­ including the strain Sue Perkins puts four guests through the moral and ethical [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] of host Miss World ­ Michael's selection is very film­based and wringer in this show show in which there are no "right" answers ­ WED includes the theme from Gone With The Wind. 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b01321hg) but there are some deeply damning ones. Producer: Andrew Mussett [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] This edition features comedians Susan Calman, Greg Proops and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. WED 02:45 Book of the Week (b0077287) Simon Evans, and the author and former lead singer of the band TUE 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b00rvzks) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] Sleeper, Louise Wener. This week the guests have been asked to [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 03:00 Classic Serial (b01sd1kl) bring along dilemmas from their own lives, including Louise TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry (b0175m69) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] being offered a record deal if she sacked half the band, and Greg [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 04:00 Jest a Minute (b016w0m2) making a choice between paying his rent or eating. They are also TUE 20:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] asked what they would do if reporting a crime would get them WED Diamonds (b037jf7d) 04:30 King of Bath (b048s4w0) into trouble, and whether cheating on your partner is ever [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] acceptable. WED The show was devised by award­winning stand­up and writer TUE 20:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015frh2) 05:00 Spangles 'n' Tights (b04pcw9j) Danielle Ward (The News Quiz, Newswipe, Mock The Week). [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED Producer: Ed Morrish. TUE 20:30 Fela Kuti Comes Home (b011j8zj) 05:30 The Missing Hancocks (b04n67xl) WED 09:30 Hobby Bobbies (b036l2ld) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Series 1, Dangerous Minds TUE 21:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b007rsyx) New sitcom where Britain's longest serving PCSO and its laziest [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 July 2016 Page 6 of 8 make quite a pairing. Cast THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b0132k56) Written by Dave Lamb (voice of Come Dine With Me) and Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] starring Richie Webb (Horrible Histories), Nick Walker and Catherine ..... Morven Christie THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b007729b) Noddy Holder (yes ­ that Noddy Holder). Waitress ..... Alex Tregear [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] Episode 1: Dangerous Minds Lieutenant ..... James Lailey THU 03:00 Home Front ­ Omnibus (b075thh3) Geoff's decision to finally rebel against his domineering Dad Soldier ..... Simon Bubb [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] doesn't go quite as he'd have liked. Officials ..... Carl Prekopp & Jonathan Forbes THU 04:00 Dilemma (b017vkrp) Writer: Dave Lamb Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Producer: Steve Doherty WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b007729b) THU 04:30 Hobby Bobbies (b036l2ld) A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4. Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] WED 10:00 Home Front ­ Omnibus (b075thh3) Beatrix Potter ­ a Life in Nature THU 05:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js1l) 4­8 April 1916 Lindsay Duncan reads from a new biography of the much­loved [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] In the week in 1916 when a Zeppelin raid dropped bombs on the 20th century children's writer. Abridged by Alison Joseph. THU 05:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04yk55d) North East coast, old feuds are reignited in Ashburton. 3/5. Potter's initial success as a writer was paralleled by an [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz increasingly close relationship with her publisher Norman Warne. THU 06:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin Directed by Allegra McIlroy WED 15:00 Home Front ­ Omnibus (b075thh3) Diamonds (b037k0mw) Editor: Jessica Dromgoole [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Episode 14 Story­led by Richard Monks WED 16:00 Dilemma (b017vkrp) Alone and friendless, Dick Barton is determined to help his Sound: Martha Littlehailes [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] friends and strike back against the smugglers. Composer: Matthew Strachan WED 16:30 Hobby Bobbies (b036l2ld) The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly as Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SECRET SHAKESPEARE ­ Did you spot them? 'Dick Barton ­ Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of criminal WED 17:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b007js1l) masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. A quote is hidden in each episode of 2016. If you discover one, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] tweet it using #BBCHomeFront. Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon WED 17:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04yk55d) Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between WED 11:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b007s9rk) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. The River WED 18:00 James Follett ­ Earthsearch (b007jnyt) With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re­ A flood causes catastrophe for river­loving William and his Earthsearch II, Surrender recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts young daughter Frankie. Emma Fielding reads Margaret The crew members believe they've outwitted the Angels and can and music, which was made for international distribution. Happily Bonham's story. wait out the flood. James Follett's space epic stars Sean Arnold the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the vaults of the WED 11:15 Paul B Davies ­ Spy Nozy and the Poets (b007jvty) and Haydn Wood. National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia. Suspicious behaviour by new residents in the small Somerset WED 18:30 Off the Page (b00cdtnr) Script by Geoffrey Webb. village of Nether Stowey leads to the arrival of a Home Office GroupThink Producer: Morris West spy and a memorable encounter immortalised in literary history. Dominic Arkwright is joined for a discussion on the concept of First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. Starring Bill Nighy as Mr Walsh and Martin Clunes as Coleridge groupthink, a condition that afflicts many governments and THU 06:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015f7b8) ­ the protagonists in a drama where espionage, intrigue and poetic corporations, by author of Suckers Rose Shapiro, Irish Episode 4 inspiration blur the boundaries between truth and fiction. With broadcaster Malachi O'Doherty and Tobias Jones. Deep inside the HQ of the secretive Masters of Bridge, Campion Graeme Garden as Mr King. WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b01nmgrk) is about to make a startling discovery. Roger Allam reads Directed in Bristol by Sara Davies. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Margery Allingham's mystery. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. WED 19:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jz69) THU 06:30 The Grand Masquerade (b00ljymy) WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b01nmgrk) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Thirty years after the publication of Kit Williams' groundbreaking [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 20:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin picture puzzle book Masquerade in 1979, John O'Farrell reflects WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jz69) Diamonds (b037jvbf) on the mayhem that followed as millions of readers became [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] caught up in the search for a jewel­encrusted hare, buried WED 13:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin WED 20:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015gxnk) somewhere in the British countryside. Diamonds (b037jvbf) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] THU 07:00 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 20:30 The Wheels of Power (b010y0sf) Series 2, Summer Holiday WED 13:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015gxnk) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] An unexpected reversal for Patrick, Helen, Billy and Moira brings [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] WED 21:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b007s9rk) equally unexpected joy. Stars Jim Sweeney. From October 2002. WED 13:30 The Wheels of Power (b010y0sf) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU 07:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b07ks074) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 21:15 Paul B Davies ­ Spy Nozy and the Poets (b007jvty) Episode 4 WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kkp5z) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] A new show from the internationally acclaimed master of the one­ Michael Palin ­ The Truth, Episode 8 WED 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b04yk55d) liner Tim Vine sees Tim interview members of his live audience Written by Michael Palin. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] as he embarks on a quest to hear the life stories of the Great Melville agrees to collaborate with Mabbut on his book. But WED 22:30 The Castle (b01hxzx3) British public while simultaneously showcasing his trademark despite the fact that Melville has disappeared again, Keith returns gleeful wordplay and preposterous songs. to London to begin writing. Series 4, The Only Way Is Ethics Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, The last show in the current series features a mysterious job in a Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the reservoir and a quiz about trifle. opportunity of a lifetime ­ to write the biography of the elusive starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley"), Neil Dudgeon ("Life Of Riley"), Martha Howe­Douglas ("Horrible Histories") Producer: Richard Morris Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and humanitarian ­ A BBC Studios Production. he seizes the chance to write something meaningful. & Ingrid Oliver ("Watson & Oliver") Someone ­ or something ­ is hacking into peoples' private THU 08:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter His search to find out the real story behind the legend takes (b008j8m7) Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental hotspots of conversations and Master Henry could end up in jail. Meanwhile, Lady Anne has taken to nuzzling De Warenne's trusty War Horse. Series 4, The Technology India. The more he discovers about Melville, the more he admires Author Gerald and his wife Diana grapple with their domestic him ­ and the more he connects with an idealist who wanted to Written by Kim Fuller & Paul Alexander Music by Guy Jackson appliances.. make a difference. But is his quarry genuinely who he claims to The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian be? Is he really a Gandhi­like leader of the people, a political Produced and directed by David Tyler. WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b07mh657) Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife, mover and shaker, an enigma? These are the question Keith must Diana. ask himself. But as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever The best in contemporary comedy. Tom Wrigglesworth chats again to Sarah Kendall. With Edward Kelsey. we make it. Written by Basil Boothroyd. Read by Alex Jennings WED 23:00 Cowards (b00fbkz5) Series 2, Episode 1 Producer: Bobby Jaye Abridged by Libby Spurrier First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1981. Producer: Joanna Green Sketch show with a comic slant on human frailties. With Tom THU 08:30 Radio Active (b007k3ny) A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. Basden, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. From November 2008. Series 6, Bogie Awards WED WED 23:30 The Museum of Everything (b00h8q28) 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bb7jp) The stars are out for the Bogies! Who'll win the much coveted The Bare Fists of Boxing Series 3, And the Winner Is... It's Awards Night! Can the Crayon Museum beat off the gold­plated award? Clare Balding explores the way the British have shaped sport and Starring Helen Atkinson­Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey sport has shaped Britain. challenger, the World of Pencils? Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From August 2006. Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton­Stevens. An ability to box defined the 19th century alpha male. No gloves Music by Philip Pope, Steve Brown and Michael Fenton­Stevens. or weapons, pugilism was pure, painful and deeply patriotic.Even Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins with Michael though prize fighting was technically illegal, it thrived under the Fenton­Stevens. THURSDAY 28 JULY 2016 support and protection of the aristocracy, notably Prince William, Producer: Paul Mayhew­Archer Duke of Cumberland, a son of George II. His nephew, the Prince First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986. of Wales ­ who later became George III was also passionate about THU 00:00 James Follett ­ Earthsearch (b007jnyt) THU 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b018wvmx) pugilism and where royalty led, the rest followed. Dr Neil Carter [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Series 8, Episode 2 of the International Centre for Sport History and culture at De THU 00:30 Off the Page (b00cdtnr) David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are Montfort University explains how the subculture of boxing was [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see led by a group of wealthy influential backers known as 'The THU 01:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their Fancy' a group of thrill seekers for whom gambling on a bout was Diamonds (b037jvbf) opponents. Mark Watson, Phill Jupitus, Ed Byrne and Henning part of the risk.Boxing was an underground, cultish fashion until [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Wehn are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy the birth of sports journalism when Sunday newspapers, such as THU 01:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015gxnk) on subjects as varied as: The Olympics, Butter, Bees and Blood. 'Bell's Life' and 'Weekly Dispatch' started to cover it. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Wednesday] The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the Readers, Nyasha Hatendi, Brian Bowles and Stuart McLoughlin THU 01:30 The Wheels of Power (b010y0sf) team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Producer: Garth Brameld. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Producer: Jon Naismith WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b0132k56) THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kkp5z) A Random Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4. Ernest Hemingway ­ A Farewell to Arms, Episode 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU 09:30 Tanika Gupta ­ Pankhiraj (b07m5jzc) Ernest Hemingway's great love story, dramatised by Stephen THU 02:15 Sport and the British (b01bb7jp) The Honeymoon Is Over Keyworth. 8/10 Frederic and Catherine escape together from [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] Nishith, Sripurna's ex­husband has been having secret meetings Italy, and find that their troubles evaporate. with Malati ­ and Dida turns up unexpectedly in Manchester. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 23 – 29 July 2016 Page 7 of 8

Tanika Gupta's four­part comedy stars Meera Syal as Malati, of the race course and the way sport and gambling have become Nurse Vera Duplessis...... Polly Frame Vinny Dhillon as Rehana, Souad Faress as Sripurna, Charubala inextricably linked. As Professor Richard Holt from the Betty Crossfield...... Jane Whittenshaw Chokshi as Dida, Vinny Dhillon as Rehana, Geoffrey Beevers as International Centre for Sport History and Culture at De Montfort Mr Devlin...... Phil Cornwell Geoffrey and Bhasker Patel as Nishith. University explains, the British have always loved a flutter. Mary MacLean...... Phyllida Law Director: Michelle Matherson Frederick Gambling is in the DNA of sport. Having a bet not only gives an Barry from Burgerland...... Lewis McLeod First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994. incentive to the thrill of sporting competitions but also pushed Written by Dr Phil Hammond and David Spicer THU 10:00 Home Front ­ Omnibus (b076prgz) early sports to have clear and enforceable rules. The extravagant Directed by Frank Stirling 11­15 April 1916 losses of the eighteenth century aristocracy caused a moral Producer: David Spicer In the week, in 1916, when reports reached Britain of a million backlash in the Victorian era that led to a crackdown in betting A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. Armenians massacred, the community in Ashburton find their legislation. world rocked by surprises. Producer: Sara Conkey. Cast THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b0132p7s) FRIDAY 29 JULY 2016 Dieter Lippke ..... Felix Auer Ernest Hemingway ­ A Farewell to Arms, Episode 9 Brother Columban ..... Sean Baker Ernest Hemingway's greatest novel of love and war, dramatised FRI 00:00 James Follett ­ Earthsearch (b007jnzd) Alexander Gidley ..... Matthew Beard by Stephen Keyworth. 4/10 Frederic has to go back to the war, [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Marcus Goodridge ..... Max Bennett and Catherine gives him some parting news. FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b0076vpy) Donald Fox ..... Jayson Benovichi­Dicken Cast [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Usher ..... Ciaran Bermingham Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy FRI 01:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw Catherine ..... Morven Christie Diamonds (b037k0mw) Emily Colville ..... Scarlett Brookes Major ..... James Lailey [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Tobias Holden ..... Toby Bryant Gage ..... Susie Riddell FRI 01:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015f7b8) Moses Wickens ..... Ben Callon Van Campen ..... Jane Whittenshaw [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 on Thursday] John Rossiter ..... Mark Carey Ettore ..... Simon Bubb FRI 01:30 The Grand Masquerade (b00ljymy) Ambrose Nichols ..... Steve Clark Shopkeeper ..... Alex Tregear [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] William Fulford ..... Ryan Coath Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kkr57) Dom Anscar Vonier ..... Kenneth Collard THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00772bg) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Amos Rutter ..... Richard Cotton Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, Episode 4 FRI 02:15 Sport and the British (b01bb9ct) Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David Lindsay Duncan reads from a new biography of the much­loved [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] Woman ..... Sarah Hannah 20th century children's writer. Abridged by Alison Joseph. FRI Edwin Lloyd ..... Finn den Hertog 4/5. When she reached middle age, Potter immersed herself in the 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b0132p7s) Adam Wilson ..... Billy Kennedy Cumbrian landscape and the routines of farming life. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI Cyrus Colville ..... Anton Lesser THU 15:00 Home Front ­ Omnibus (b076prgz) 02:45 Book of the Week (b00772bg) Primrose Rutter ..... Jade Matthew [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI Cora Gidley ..... Joanna Monro THU 16:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b018wvmx) 03:00 Home Front ­ Omnibus (b076prgz) Hector Gidley ..... Brian Protheroe [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI Gert Battley ..... Maggie Steed THU 16:30 Tanika Gupta ­ Pankhiraj (b07m5jzc) 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b018wvmx) Clarence Ogden ..... David Sterne [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI Bertram Colville ..... Nick Underwood THU 17:00 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5) 04:30 Tanika Gupta ­ Pankhiraj (b07m5jzc) Elspeth Taverner ..... Kelly Williams [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz FRI THU 17:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b07ks074) 05:00 All the Young Dudes (b01cjmb5) Directed by Jessica Dromgoole [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Story­led by Richard Monks FRI THU 18:00 James Follett ­ Earthsearch (b007jnzd) 05:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b07ks074) Sound: Martha Littlehailes Earthsearch II, Solaria [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] Composer: Matthew Strachan Bran wants the crew to destroy an artefact floating in space. Will FRI 06:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews they co­operate? James Follett's space epic stars Michael Diamonds (b037k47d) SECRET SHAKESPEARE ­ Did you spot them? Maloney. Episode 15 A quote is hidden in each episode of 2016. If you discover one, THU Special agent, Dick Barton's disguise succeeds in garnering clues, tweet it using #BBCHomeFront. 18:30 Great Lives (b0076vpy) Series 8, Beatrix Potter but when he's rumbled, someone pays a high price. THU 11:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b007sygh) 4 Extra Debut. Fiona Reynolds, former director of the National The stirring 'Devil's Galop' heralds the arrival of Douglas Kelly as The Two Mrs Reeds Trust, chooses writer Beatrix Potter. With Francine Stock. From 'Dick Barton ­ Special Agent' in another thrilling tale of criminal Two women with the same name convalesce in a maternity ward. November 2005. masterminds, espionage and daring adventure. Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story. THU 19:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter Originally starring Noel Johnson, Duncan Carse and Gordon THU 11:15 William Ingram ­ Letters to Miss Lucie Davies, Dick Barton ran on the BBC Light Programme between (b008j8m7) (b00767d5) 1946 and 1951, but sadly, very few original recordings survive. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] 4 Extra Debut. When Dai, a retired miner, writes to Miss Lucie to With the original lost, this is a very authentic sounding re­ THU 19:30 Radio Active (b007k3ny) protest at her behaviour, he doesn't expect a reply. Stars Doreen recording of 'The Cabatolin Diamonds' using the original scripts [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Mantle. and music, which was made for international distribution. Happily THU THU 12:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter 20:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin the audio was rediscovered in 2009, lurking in the vaults of the (b008j8m7) Diamonds (b037k0mw) National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Script by Geoffrey Webb. THU THU 12:30 Radio Active (b007k3ny) 20:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015f7b8) Producer: Morris West [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] First broadcast in Australia in April 1949. THU THU 13:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin 20:30 The Grand Masquerade (b00ljymy) FRI 06:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015fqpm) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Diamonds (b037k0mw) Episode 5 THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] 21:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b007sygh) Stricken with amnesia, Albert Campion is confronted by the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU 13:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015f7b8) police who suspect him of being an imposter. Roger Allam reads THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] 21:15 William Ingram ­ Letters to Miss Lucie Margery Allingham's mystery. THU 13:30 The Grand Masquerade (b00ljymy) (b00767d5) FRI 06:30 Bring On the Clowns (b00yrfw5) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Clowning is one of the oldest forms of entertainment. We have THU THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kkr57) 22:00 The Tim Vine Chat Show (b07ks074) been laughing at their physical antics and outlandish make­up and Michael Palin ­ The Truth, Episode 9 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] costume for generations. If there is ever a crisis in a circus Written by Michael Palin. THU 22:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007tm8f) performance, the cry goes out­"Send in the clowns!" ­and that Mabbut submits the manuscript of his book on the elusive Series 2, Magic function of clowning to heal awkward, embarrassing and Hamish Melville but the publisher isn't happy. And daughter Jay The sci­fi star and his crew cast a spell to summon the Devil. sometimes painful situations is particularly resonant in asks Keith for money to help her boyfriend's family back home. With Tom Baker, Richard Herring and Stewart Lee. From July contemporary society. Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the 1995. But what role does clowning have today? Traditionally associated opportunity of a lifetime ­ to write the biography of the elusive THU 23:00 The Mark Steel Revolution (b00fy2lp) with the circus ring, clowns are now often relegated to children's Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and humanitarian ­ The Industrial Revolution parties and as mascots in advertising promotions in car parks and he seizes the chance to write something meaningful. The radical comedian reassesses a period of major change in burger bars. Do they still have the power to transform people (not His search to find out the real story behind the legend takes Britain. With Carla Mendonca and Martin Hyder. From July just children) with laughter, wonder and fun? Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental hotspots of 1998. A common definition of a clown is "an innocent abroad in a India. The more he discovers about Melville, the more he admires THU 23:30 Polyoaks (b01p7hd2) malevolent world" in which the clown takes a child­like approach him ­ and the more he connects with an idealist who wanted to Series 2, The Age Old Problem to problems and events in an often­hostile social, political and make a difference. But is his quarry genuinely who he claims to In the NHS satire by Dr Phil Hammond and David Spicer, a natural environment. In the face of changing audiences, tastes and be? Is he really a Gandhi­like leader of the people, a political general practice somewhere in Bristol is faced with challenges forms of entertainment, how has British Clowning adapted and mover and shaker, an enigma? These are the question Keith must and opportunities in equal measure as they adjust to another what can it offer? It is often street performances and community ask himself. But as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever 'biggest shake­up of the NHS in a lifetime'. arts projects that are the vanguard of urban regeneration and we make it. None of us are getting any younger. And none of us getting any community renewal. And does clowning still retain its power to Read by Alex Jennings younger for longer and longer. Polyoaks' eldest patient is a subvert through anarchic comedy and to transform our emotions Abridged by Libby Spurrier sprightly 102. Something must be done to reduce the cost of through laughter? Producer: Joanna Green caring for the elderly, while emphasising NHS clinics like The programme looks at the working lives of a number of A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. Polyoaks have best practice in mind. contemporary clowns who inhabit the world of circus, rock festivals and church , street theatre and children's party, and THU 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bb9ct) Will a training day sponsored by Burgerland help the staff come whose work can take them into hospital wards and to the violent The Unsporting Side of Sport up with an innovative approach to looking after the crumblies ­ streets of Iraq. What role do they play in a world of economic Clare Balding watches all sections of society gather on Epsom sorry, older service users? Guest­starring Phyllida Law. downturn? Can their slapstick comedy beat depression in a Downs to watch the Derby, the biggest day of the flat racing year. Dr Roy Thornton...... Nigel Planer recession? In her exploration of the way Britain has shaped sport and sport Dr Hugh Thornton...... Simon Greenall Presenter: Tony Lidington has shaped the British, Clare looks at the socially unifying power TV's Dr Jeremy...... 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Producer: Mike Greenwood. Mabbut to the lush landscapes and environmental hotspots of Mochrie. FRI 07:00 Winston in Europe (b007w2mw) India. The more he discovers about Melville, the more he admires FRI 23:00 Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed (b0184s3k) Coping With Urges him ­ and the more he connects with an idealist who wanted to Series 1, Episode 1 Rosie fancies a dishy French estate agent, but Nancy reckons she make a difference. But is his quarry genuinely who he claims to by Nick Mohammed saw him first. Stars Maurice Denham. From April 1992. be? Is he really a Gandhi­like leader of the people, a political "Gosh, there's been a Murder... Ouch!" Join Nick and co. as they FRI 07:30 Sketchorama (b037v4g6) mover and shaker, an enigma? These are the question Keith must attempt to fathom who killed the man with the missing head. No Absolutely Special ask himself. But as he soon discovers, the truth can be whatever clues as to how he might have died. Following the audience response to classic sketch group we make it. Starring Nick Mohammed, Anna Crilly and Colin Hoult Absolutely's guest appearance on the second series of Radio 4's Read by Alex Jennings Produced by Victoria Lloyd. Sketchorama, this special edition is devoted to the reunion Abridged by Libby Spurrier Set at Tilford Road Police Station, Nick is joined by Sergeants performance and features further, previously unheard material Producer: Joanna Green Anna Crilly (Lead Balloon, Anna & Katy), Colin Hoult (Life's from the recording held in April 2013 at the Oran Mor venue in A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. Too Short, Russell Howard's Good News) as they attempt to solve Glasgow. FRI 14:15 Sport and the British (b01bbcqn) a different crime each week. The much­loved sketch group ­ consisting of Pete Baikie, The Making of Men Never have serious crimes been made more entertaining, whilst Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John The Duke of Wellington never said the Battle of Waterloo was remaining utterly, utterly tasteful! Sparkes ­ recorded almost 45 minutes of material so this full half­ won on the playing fields of Eton but it could be argued that the About Nick Mohammed... hour show offers the opportunity to hear even more from might of the British Empire was moulded on the pitches of Rugby Nick has just completed filming a lead role in Sky One's new Stoneybridge and Calum Gilhooley, as well as new sketches from School. comedy series Gates, due to air later next year and currently other Absolutely characters such as Frank Hovis and The Old As Clare Balding continues to chart the way the British have features in Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's latest comedy Lady Artist. shaped sport and sport has shaped Britain, she visits Rugby to Life's Too Short, on BBC Two. Producer: Gus Beattie. discover how the visionary headmaster, Thomas Arnold, ensured Last year Nick featured in BBC One's Reggie Perrin and as a lead A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. games lay at the heart of school life, producing men ready to rule. in hit new BBC Three comedy series The King Is Dead alongside FRI 08:00 Something to Shout About (b07m7jq8) As the school archivist, Rusty MacLean, explains to her, on Simon Bird and Katy Wix. He also starred in BBC Two's Pete & Series 1, Episode 4 leaving, these pupils took the games they'd developed at Rugby to Dud: The Lost Sketches, Miranda, as a guest lead in the season The ad agency team must stage a play to try and win an account all parts of the globe, giving birth to numerous national sporting finale of BBC Three's How Not to Live your Life and in all three for blankets. clubs in Africa and India, as well as developing new games like series of the triple­BAFTA­nominated sketch show Sorry, I've Starring Michael Medwin as Michael, Fenella Fielding as Janet, Aussie Rules and American football. Got No Head for CBBC. Joan Sims as Mavis, Eleanor Summerfield as Maggie, Nicholas Readers, Brian Bowles, Stuart McLoughlin and Jack Firth He is currently developing The Making of Mr. Swallow for BBC Phipps as Adrian and Warren Mitchell as Higgins. Producer: Lucy Lunt. Television and has just completed his first original film Magic for "A light­hearted exposé of the advertising world!". Set in a FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b0132pjx) Channel 4 as part of this year's Coming Up Scheme, and which London ad agency called 'Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Ernest Hemingway ­ A Farewell to Arms, Episode 10 was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June. Blythe, Giddy & Partners', Something To Shout About ran to 54 Concluding episode of Hemingway's greatest love story, set in the FRI 23:30 Ross Noble Goes Global (b01dbgvs) episodes over three series First World War, dramatised by Stephen Keyworth. 10/10 Series 2, Milan Written by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe. Frederic wishes the rain would stop. The comedian discovers graffiti, beggars and lycra­clad couriers Music by The Jingle Belles and The Bernie Fenton Quartet, under Cast in the Italian style capital of Europe. From June 2003. the direction of Cliff Adams. Frederic ..... Patrick Kennedy Producer: John Simmonds Catherine ..... Morven Christie First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1960. Nurses ..... Susie Riddell & Alex Tregear FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b00cghns) Doctor ..... Daniel Rabin The Junk Affair Waiter ..... Simon Bubb Neddie combs the world for junk, hoping to corner the market Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. and make a packet. Stars Harry Secombe. From October 1957. FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00772cn) FRI 09:00 Whispers (b007k3jj) Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, Episode 5 Series 3, Episode 6 Lindsay Duncan reads from a new biography of the much­loved Gyles Brandreth hosts the scandals quiz with Lucy Moore, 20th century children's writer. Abridged by Alison Joseph. Anthony Holden, John O'Farrell and Dan Tetsell. From 5/5. At the end of a long life, Beatrix Potter had become a major November 2005. landowner, a successful north country farmer and significant FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b01mzjhq) benefactor to the National Trust. Series 10, The Ring Cycle FRI 15:00 Home Front ­ Omnibus (b076bwv0) Roger offers a helping hand to his potential son­in­law's career, [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] but how keen is Emily? Stars Bill Nighy. From March 2004. FRI 16:00 Whispers (b007k3jj) FRI 10:00 Home Front ­ Omnibus (b076bwv0) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] 18­22 April 1916 FRI 16:30 No Commitments (b01mzjhq) On the week, in 1916, when a British naval patrol intercepted Sir [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Roger Casement bringing munitions to Ireland, alliances are FRI 17:00 Winston in Europe (b007w2mw) broken and made in Ashburton. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Written by Lucy Catherine FRI 17:30 Sketchorama (b037v4g6) Directed by Allegra McIlroy [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Editor: Jessica Dromgoole FRI 18:00 James Follett ­ Earthsearch (b007jnzy) Story­led by Richard Monks Earthsearch II, Sundeath Sound: Martha Littlehailes On an abandoned artificial sun, the Challenger crew probes the Composer: Matthew Strachan computer in charge. James Follett's space epic stars Sean Arnold. Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews FRI 18:30 Sounds Natural (b07m7kcq) SECRET SHAKESPEARE ­ Did you spot them? Bill Oddie A quote is hidden in each episode of 2016. If you discover one, From the Bar­Tailed Godwit to the Black­Winged Stilt. Back in tweet it using #BBCHomeFront. the days when BBC Springwatch wasn't even a twinkle in FRI 11:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b007tzqb) Auntie's transmitters, Bill Oddie from 'The Goodies' tells Derek The Professor's Daughter Jones about his longstanding love of bird watching, and his Four­year­old Britta and her fearful imagination cause social travels to see them ­ aided by recordings from the BBC Sound embarrassment for Miss Jenner. Read by Emma Fielding. Archive. FRI 11:15 Daphne Du Maurier ­ The Little Photographer Producer: John Burton. (b0076d82) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1973. 4 Extra Debut. The young Madame la Marquise is away on FRI 19:00 Something to Shout About (b07m7jq8) holiday, alone and bored. But then she meets the local [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] photographer. Stars Sian Thomas. FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b00cghns) FRI 12:00 Something to Shout About (b07m7jq8) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 20:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b00cghns) Diamonds (b037k47d) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 13:00 Dick Barton ­ Special Agent: The Cabatolin FRI 20:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015fqpm) Diamonds (b037k47d) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 20:30 Bring On the Clowns (b00yrfw5) FRI 13:15 Albert Campion ­ Traitor's Purse (b015fqpm) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:15 today] FRI 21:00 Margaret Bonham ­ The Casino (b007tzqb) FRI 13:30 Bring On the Clowns (b00yrfw5) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 21:15 Daphne Du Maurier ­ The Little Photographer FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b01kktn3) (b0076d82) Michael Palin ­ The Truth, Episode 10 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Written by Michael Palin. FRI 22:00 Sketchorama (b037v4g6) Publisher Ron Latham tells Mabbut that he's missed the real story [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] of Melville and directs him to a man called Trickett to hear the FRI 22:30 Absolute Power (b018jp4b) truth. And Jay's boyfriend Shiraj disappears with Mabbut's Series 4, Episode 1 money. The spin doctoring duo get a lucrative contract to work for the Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the BBC. Stars Stephen Fry and John Bird. From February 2004. opportunity of a lifetime ­ to write the biography of the elusive FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b07n8zv4) Hamish Melville, a highly influential activist and humanitarian ­ From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club he seizes the chance to write something meaningful. has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Colin His search to find out the real story behind the legend takes Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/