Radio 4 Extra Listings for 19 – 25 August 2017 Page 1 of 8

SATURDAY 19 AUGUST 2017 Read by Robert Glenister monarchy and giving a glimpse into the essential ingredients of a Written by Sarah Dunant successful sovereign. SAT 00:00 Bruce Bedford ­ The Gibson (b007js93) Abridged by Eileen Horne In this programme, Will uses five objects to investigate a pivotal Episode 5Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing Produced by Clive Brill aspect of the art of monarchy ­ the projection of magnificence. An home. Time­hopping thriller with Robert Glenister and Freddie A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. idea as old as monarchy itself, magnificence is the expression of Jones. SAT 02:15 Me, My Selfie and I: Aimee Fuller's Generation power through the display of wealth and status. Will's first object SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b04nrw25) Game (b06172qq) unites our current Queen with George III; the Gold State Coach, Series 19, A Shropshire Lad"Into my heart an air that kills Episode 5In the final part of her exploration of the selfie which has been used for coronations since 1821. Built for George From yon far country blows: phenomenon, snowboarder Aimee Fuller describes how she will III in 1762, it reflects Britain's new found glory in its richly gilded What are those blue remembered hills, be using social media as she sets out to compete for a place at the carvings and painted panels...but the glory was to be short lived. What spires, what farms are those? next Winter Olympics. As she looks ahead, she also considers Will goes on to explore Henry VIII's taste for interior design at That is the land of lost content, what she will share with fans ­ and what she would like to keep to Hampton Court Palace, with the enormous Abraham Tapestries ­ I see it shining plain, herself. a symbol of Henry's personal self­belief but also a post­ The happy highways where I went Birmingham University Business School lecturer David Reformation statement to his rival the Pope. Charles II's And cannot come again." Houghton explains how photographs of the self are viewed when preoccupations are given unlikely form in a silver table now held So wrote the poet AE Housman lamenting the loss of his brother posted frequently and how attitudes change depending on what is at Windsor Castle, whilst Sir Christopher Wren's designs for in the Boer war in his epic poem A Shropshire Lad. It harks back posted and how often. He explains the role of narcissism in social Hampton Court have an unusually egalitarian purpose. to a simple idyllic rural way of life that is forever changed at the media and the difference between 'look at me' selfies and photos The idea of magnificence might seem one­dimensional ­ but end of the nineteenth century as hundreds of country boys go off taken at tourist locations to explain where people are. encoded into the jewels, the gilding, the silver and the marble are to fight and never return. George Butterworth adapted his words Nina Nesbitt is a singer­songwriter who uses social media to stories of political intrigue and personal paranoia. to music in 1913 just before the outbreak of the Great War. This connect with her fans, including via a live video stream, and Prod: Neil George. edition of Soul Music hears from those whose lives continue to be appreciates the way she gets feedback and encouragement from SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b01mhnnm) touched by the loss of so many young men between 1914 and fans. She talks with her fans on Twitter most days and says it A Brief History of BlameBlame the abstract, blame the real, 1918. Broadcaster Sybil Ruscoe recalls visiting her Great Uncle's helps her when she is recording. blame the stars, blame the bankers, blame the mother­in­law, grave in a military cemetery in France with Butterworth's Aimee explains her views on what should be posted online ­ she blame anyone but yourself .... Rhapsody as the soundtrack to her journey. A concert at posts in order to convey herself ­ and how there is a difference The American satirist Joe Queenan presents A Brief History of Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire where Housman was a between 'social media Aimee' and her ordinary, day­to­day life. Blame, an archive opera in six acts featuring Margaret Thatcher, pupil remembers the former schoolboys killed in action, and She talks about the people who criticise photographs taken and Niall Ferguson, Tom Wrigglesworth, Richard Nixon, Melvyn singer Steve Knightley discusses and performs his adaptation of the drawbacks of social media. Bragg, the Archbishop of Canterbury, plus new interviews with The Lads In Their Hundreds as part of the centenary Producer: Philip Reevell Germaine Greer, John Sergeant and Charlie Campbell. Together commemorations. The Bishop of Woolwich connects his love of A Manchester Digital Media production for BBC Radio 4. they reveal that we are all now living in a babel of blame. the countryside and Butterworth's music with his father's battered SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b019h2b6) Queenan gives no nonsense answers to six headings, including copy of Housman's poems which comforted him while held Edith Wharton ­ Ethan Frome, Episode 5by Edith Wharton How Blaming Began. There are explanations for the word captive in Singapore during the Second World War. dramatised by Lin Coghlan scapegoat, discussion of the role of parents in messing things up, Producer: Maggie Ayre. Mattie and Ethan take desperate measures not to be separated. and a rare outing from Margaret Thatcher in a performance of SAT 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qs41) Ethan Frome ..... Dominic Mafham Yes Minister which she wrote herself. "I want you to abolish Alarm CallCantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle Mattie ..... Jessica Raine economists, " she demands. "Don't worry if it goes wrong ­ I'll get investigates the mystery death of wealthy French baroness in a Zeena ..... Laurel Lefkow the blame, I always do." hotel. Mrs Hale ..... Tracy Wiles "My qualifications for presenting this programme are Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist­turned­detective uses Edith Wharton ..... Fenella Woolgar impeccable," says Queenan. "My father was an alcoholic, my psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by Ethan Frome is one of Edith Wharton's most enduring and mother an emotionally distant manic depressive. Together we deducing their felonious personalities. powerful stories. grew up in a charm free housing project in Philadelphia. So don't Following on from the success of the 1949 Hammer Film 'Dr Set against the cold, grey, bleakness of a New England winter. whine to me about how tough life is." Morelle: The Case Of The Missing Heiress', this is the first of 13 Ethan Frome scrapes a living from his woodlot whilst trapped in The producer is Miles Warde, who previously collaborated with BBC radio episodes starring British film veteran, Cecil Parker as an unhappy marriage with his hypochondriac wife, Zeena. A ray Joe Queenan on A Brief History of Irony and An American's Dr Morelle and Sheila Sim as his long­suffering assistant, Miss of light enters Ethan's life when his wife's cousin Mattie arrives to Guide to Failure. Frayle. help. His life is transformed as he falls in love with Mattie but SAT 09:00 Up the Workers (b03zhx5n) With Sydney Tafler as the Hotel Waiter, Tonia Bern as Mam'selle their fate is determined by their circumstances and the stifling Homeworker Nick Baker immerses himself in a study of work ­ Rolin, Hugh Manning as Anthony Winter, Molly Rankin as the conventions of the time. from the hard at it, to the work shy. In his archive exploration, Hotel Receptionist and Kathleen Helme as Miss Shawcroft. Ethan Frome was deemed shocking when first published as it Nick enjoys a choice staffroom edition of King Street Junior and Audio recovered by BBC Radio 4 Extra listener, Steve Arnold. appeared to condone infidelity. What many readers did not know sympathises with a fellow who also works at home in Ed Director: Leslie Bridgmont was that many of the novella's themes mirrored real events in the Reardon's Week. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1957. life of Edith Wharton. Her own story is told in 'The Jinx Element' Fascinating facts about offices of the future are revealed, along SAT 01:30 Looking for Ruritania (b01l4f8h) that explores her own sexless marriage and a passionate affair that with the truth about working from home. And work as a form of For a country that doesn't exist, Ruritania crops up a great deal. begun when she was 47. madness is depicted in a series called You Don't Have to Work to Comedian Tony Hawks goes in search of the truth. He finds SAT 02:45 Richard Ingrams ­ The Life and Adventures of be Mad Here. This features whimsical sackings (sometimes by himself at Angels costumiers being dressed up in gold braid and William Cobbett (b0076shs) answering machine message) and a careers adviser who hates her meets historian Jeffrey Richards, who explains that Ruritania was Episode 5Time is nearly up as Cobbett pens a last register. But job so much she hides in a strange way. invented in 1894 by novelist Anthony Hope for his adventure The even on his death bed, some merriment shines through. Biography Plus choice episodes from Kate Kellaway's History of Office Life Prisoner of Zenda. of the renowned political reformer, read by Oliver Ford. ­ and Ricky Gervais reveals how his creation David Brent came to Tony is plunged into the swashbuckling world of romance novels SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3fqd) be. and Ivor Novello operetta. He travels the realms of Hollywood for Little Dorrit, Episode 5Arthur is struck by disaster, and Mrs Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Testbed Productions. their versions of Ruritania in films such as Roman Holiday, Duck Clennam is finally forced into revealing the family secret. SAT 12:00 Hidden Treasures (b0075xyh) Soup and Prince and the Showgirl, discovering startling truths Dickens adaptation stars Ian McKellen. Petworth HouseThe antiques quiz visits Petworth House in West behind the fantasies. There was a Romanian prince who behaved SAT 04:00 Who Goes There? (b00766zc) Sussex. With Lars Tharp, Eric Knowles and Bunny Campione. as badly as Lawrence Olivier's character ­ but was Audrey Series 5, Episode 6Martin Young presents the biographical quiz From April 1998. Hepburn's princess who gives up the love of an unsuitable man show. Francis Wheen and Fred Housego captain the teams. SAT 12:30 Be Prepared (b0076t37) based on truths closer to home? SAT 04:30 Gush (b052tqx6) SurvivalRecently separated from his wife and with a teenage son, When it was written, The Prisoner of Zenda captured a middle Episode 6Cravate and Pomeroy achieve freedom, but soon find Miles Rummings sets out to fulfil his dream of running a scout Europe of British imagination ­ full of inbred rulers, florid themselves on a collision course. With Caroline Quentin. From troop. ceremony, intrigue and threats to democracy. Why did these December 1994. Family and friends don't quite share his enthusiasm, but romances become so popular? What do they tell us about the SAT 05:00 Safety Catch (b00fn9d1) nevertheless four misfits attempt to venture where no scout has Britain that adored them? Series 1, Whatever Happened to the Unlikely Lad?Arms dealer ventured before... Geographical detective work with foreign correspondent Alan Simon dreads his school reunion, but could he be the coolest kid Stars Kim Wall as Miles, Emma Amos as Dawn, Barnaby Power Little places Ruritania in the Balkans. Belgrade born writer, in class? Stars Darren Boyd. From October 2007. as Steve, Louis Dunsford as Jason and Gerard McDermott as the Farmer. Vesna Goldsworthy joins Tony and Alan in exploring how the SAT 05:30 28 Dates Later (b037ty8s) Producer: Sally Avens Ruritanian image has had a demeaning effect on political relations 4 Extra Debut. Shona and best friend Kristen tackle the tricky First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. with eastern Europe that continues into the present. world of romance and dating. Stars Miss London and Gráinne SAT Tony has his sword, his epaulettes and knows how a Ruritanian Maguire. From August 2013. 13:00 Cyrano de Bergerac Omnibus (b05zllz3) hero behaves, he's even learnt a Ruritanian song but does he still Cyrano de Bergerac ­ swordsman, philosopher, poet ­ has one SAT 06:00 Willy Russell ­ Educating Rita (b015n8pq) want to go there? huge problem that's as plain as the nose on his face. Stars Tom A sparky and touching portrayal of the relationship between a This programme may contain swashbuckling. Burke. working­class Open University student and her alcohol­fuelled Produced by Annie Caulfield and Marilyn Imrie SAT tutor. 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b091vqr1) A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. Willy Russell's award­winning comedy stars Laura Dos Santos as Donna LeonCrime novelist Donna Leon chooses Handel's 'Da SAT 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b02143qr) Rita and Bill Nighy as Dr Frank Bryant. Tempeste' as sung by Joyce DiDonato, and 'Myself I Shall Adore' Sarah Dunant ­ Blood and Beauty, Episode 10Acclaimed novelist Adapted by Willy Russell from his play originally commissioned by Cecilia Bartoli. of the Italian Renaissance, Sarah Dunant, takes on the era's most by the Royal Shakespeare Company, which premièred at the SAT 14:15 Down Your Way (b091vqr3) infamous family ­ the Borgias. Warehouse theatre, London in 1980. Brian Johnston in CockermouthBrian Johnston visits Cumbria to The story of the Borgia Pope is not long ­ Roderigo Borgia, Director: Kirsty Williams explore the Lake District's northern gateway and birthplace of Alexander VI, was the Head of the Church for barely a decade ­ First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009. William Wordsworth. but an enormous amount of activity, social, political and sexual, SAT 07:30 The Art of Monarchy (b01cv91r) Down Your Way was one of the BBC's longest­running radio was crammed into that period. MagnificenceThe Royal Collection is one of the most wide­ series ­ starting on the BBC Home Service in 1946 and ending its Our abridgement began last week in August 1492 when Roderigo ranging collections of art and artefacts in the world and provides run on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Using a variety of hosts, including Borgia won his campaign to become Pope. This week, we move an intriguing insight into the minds of the monarchs who Richard Dimbleby and Brian Johnston, the programme toured on to the next four years of his reign. The problems seeded in the assembled it. villages, towns and cities across the UK. At the height of its first year are blossoming into crises at every turn, as Italy In this series, BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz encounters dozens success in the 1950s, the series was attracting 10 million listeners explodes into war against the invading French. Rising above this of these unique objects ­ some priceless, others no more than a week. challenge through a series of canny political manoeuvres, souvenirs ­ each shedding light on our relationship with the Producer: Anthony Smith Alexander proves less able in his ability to control his children. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 19 – 25 August 2017 Page 2 of 8

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987. from a selection of the best comedians working in the world right First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1961. SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b01mhnnm) now. Hardeep At The Stand captures the entire comedy SUN 09:00 Lizzie Collingham ­ The Hungry Empire [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] experience, there's backstage revelations, jokes, anecdotes and (b091vwfb) SAT 16:00 Saturday Drama (b00wmxw3) lots and lots of laughter. In this episode, Martin Mor electrifies Culinary history starts aboard the Mary Rose to discover how salt Willy Russell ­ Shirley ValentineWritten by acclaimed writer the venue with his high energy presence, Bob Mills demonstrates cod helped create the British Empire. Omnibus edition read by Willy Russell. the gentle art of stand up to perfection and there's some good old Melody Grove. Shirley Valentine is a middle­aged Liverpool housewife, who fashioned jokes from Chris Grady and Jo Jo Sutherland. SUN 10:10 The Listening Project (b044v4vy) reveals her innermost thoughts and fears in a manner that is both SAT 23:25 Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows (b00fgq45) Louis and Ashley ­ Darker SidesFi Glover introduces a insouciant and poignant. Once an incorrigible anti­establishment Bank HolsThe incisive reporter on the pros and cons of bank conversation between a theatre and a film director, both of whom rebel, Shirley now chafes under the plodding insensitivity of her holidays. Written by and starring Stephen Carlin. From major in horror. It's their passion, but is it good for them...? husband, Joe and the stultifying pace of her suburban routine. Her November 2008. The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot life enters a new and exciting phase when, after her best friend, SAT 23:40 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer Jane, wins an all­expenses­paid vacation to Greece, Shirley is Fringe (b091vqr9) to have a conversation with someone close to them about a given the opportunity to travel to faraway places without her 2017, Episode 54 Extra's Comedy Club catches up on all the subject they've never discussed intimately before. The husband; she begins to see the world, and herself, in a different latest from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of light. SAT 23:45 Ivor Cutler ­ A Wet Handle (b00cmjvc) producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate Starring Meera Syal, after a much lauded run at the Menier Episode 3Ivor Cutler and friends present poems and songs, each encounter. Every conversation ­ they're not BBC interviews, Chocolate Factory the play transferred to The Trafalgar studio to including runaway teaspoons and the spelling of 'marmalade'. and that's an important difference ­ lasts up to an hour, and is then continued success. Finishing in theatre on October 30th Meera From June 1997. edited to extract the key moment of connection between the walked straight into the studio to record the one woman play for participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being Radio 4. Based on the original Menier Theatre production archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection directed by Glen Walford. of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second Producer: Clive Brill SUNDAY 20 AUGUST 2017 decade of the millennium. You can upload your own A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. conversations or just learn more about The Listening Project by SAT 17:30 The Art of Monarchy (b01cv91r) SUN 00:00 Ray Bradbury ­ The Illustrated Man (b092kztd) visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Producer: Marya Burgess. SAT 18:00 Ray Bradbury ­ The Illustrated Man (b092kztd) SUN 01:00 Cyrano de Bergerac Omnibus (b05zllz3) SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b091vwfd) Iain Glen is the Illustrated Man in a dramatisation by Brian Sibley [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] Stagecraft, Sonia Friedman4 Extra Debut. From Debussy to of Ray Bradbury's iconic short story collection. SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b091vqr1) Imogen Heap, theatre producer Sonia Friedman shares her A young traveller encounters a vagrant on the road who claims [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From June 2017. his tattoos come to life after dark and have the powers of SUN 02:15 Down Your Way (b091vqr3) SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (b091vwfj) prophecy. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] Series 5, Sword Fight, Hip­Hop, Amnesia, BerlinTrue stories told The vagrant offers his young travelling companion tantalising SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b01mhnnm) live in in the USA: Catherine Burns introduces tales about glimpses into the future with tales of restless androids, children [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] heartbreak, fading glory and bearing witness. caught up in a sinister game and astronauts stranded in outer The Moth is an acclaimed not­for­profit organisation dedicated to SUN 04:00 Saturday Drama (b00wmxw3) space which all hint at dark and troubling times ahead. the art and craft of storytelling based in the USA. Since 1997, it [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Saturday] The Illustrated Man.....Iain Glen has celebrated both the raconteur and the storytelling novice, who SUN 05:30 The Art of Monarchy (b01cv91r) The Youth.....Jamie Parker has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] The Tattoo Witch.....Elaine Claxton Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an SUN The Driver.....Wilf Scolding 06:00 Edith Wharton ­ Ethan Frome (b019jr41) intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths Brayling/Brayling 2.....Patrick Kennedy Ethan Frome scrapes a living from his woodlot whilst trapped in would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated Smith.....Stephen Hogan an unhappy marriage with his hypochondriac wife, Zeena. A ray in a New York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to Mink....Nell Herrin of light enters Ethan's life when his wife's cousin Mattie arrives... produce immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around Mother....Heather Craney Set against the cold, grey, bleakness of a New England winter, New York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts Father....Clive Hayward one of Edith Wharton's most enduring and powerful stories was of the world. Anna....Lucy Hutchinson first published in 1911. Dramatised by Lin Coghlan. The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live and Hollis....Alec Newman Stars Dominic Mafham as Ethan Frome, Jessica Raine as Mattie, without notes, to standing­room­only crowds worldwide. The Applegate....John P. Arnold Laurle Lefkow as Zeena, Christopher Webster as Denis Eady, Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year. Stone....Jaimi Barbakoff Adjoa Andoh as Post Mistress, Paul Moriaty as Andrew Hale and Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, from the Stimson....Craige Els Fenella Woolgar as Edith Wharton. humorous to the heart­breaking. Directed by Gemma Jenkins Director: Sally Avens The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic Production Co­ordinator: Philippa Tilbury First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed by Studio Managers: Anne Bunting, Peter Ringrose, Alison Craig. SUN 07:15 Maeve Binchy ­ The Garden Party (b091vwf8) the Public Radio Exchange. First published in the UK in 1952, it's the startling framing device 4 Extra Debut. Helen envies her neighbour's garden and her life, SUN 11:55 Inheritance Tracks (b092019h) of a man whose tattoos predict the future of humankind which but discovers that things are not always as they seem. Read by Dennis QuaidActor Dennis Quaid chooses 'Into the Mystic' by signals Bradbury's collection out as one of the defining works of Niamh Cusack. Van Morrison and 'Life Is Like a Mountain Railway' by 20th century Science Fiction. SUN 07:30 Susan Calman Is Convicted (b01qwc92) Anonymous. The award­winning radio dramatist, Brian Sibley's other credits Series 1, DepressionIn a brand new series for Radio 4, Susan SUN 12:00 Life With the Lyons (b0138xvx) include dramatisations of TH White's The Once and Future King, Calman explores issues on which she has strong opinions. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] When Susan was younger (and more than a little self­obsessed), Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels and The Lord of The Rings SUN 12:30 Whack­O! (b069njsq) she thought that the brooding, silent type was the best way to be. trilogy. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Then, whilst trying to deal with depression, she went on a journey SAT 19:00 Up the Workers (b03zhx5n) SUN 13:00 Edith Wharton ­ Ethan Frome (b019jr41) of counselling, self­help. even writing poetry ­ you name it, she [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] did it all. Now she is convinced that bottling things up makes SAT 22:00 Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like SUN things worse and that we should all talk about everything all the 14:15 Maeve Binchy ­ The Garden Party (b091vwf8) This? (b01nl9pk) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] CommunicationSketches, stand up and song in a comic time. Well, not quite. But nearly. But does counselling help or does it encourage self­pity? Should SUN 14:30 Bernard MacLaverty ­ Midwinter Break exploration of communication. With Andrew Lawrence and Sara (b091w089) Pascoe. From November 2012. we all just pull ourselves together? Produced by Lyndsay Fenner. Episode 1Amanda Craig's new novel is a state­of­the­nation black SAT 22:30 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival SUN 08:00 Life With the Lyons (b0138xvx) comedy that highlights the growing disconnect between life in Fringe (b091vqr5) Back in the AutumnThe family are planning their summer London and the rest of the country. 2017, Episode 34 Extra's Comedy Club catches up on all the holiday, but will it be plain sailing? Quentin and Lottie Bredin, like many modern couples, can't latest from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Starring real­life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe afford to divorce. Having lost their jobs in the recession, they SAT 22:35 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme Daniels and their children, Richard and Barbara. can't afford to go on living in London either; instead, they must (b01m171v) With Doris Rogers as Florrie, Molly Weir as Aggie, Horace downsize and move their three children to a house in a remote Edinburgh 2012John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Percival as Mr Wimple and Hugh Morton. part of Devon. Arrogant and adulterous, Quentin can't understand Pressure; regular guest on The Now Show; and popper­upper in Life With the Lyons was one the BBC's most popular radio why Lottie is so angry; devastated and humiliated, Lottie feels things like Miranda and Family Guy, presents a special edition of sitcoms between1950 and 1961. It was also adapted for BBC TV. herself to have been intolerably wounded. his sketch show, recorded at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block, Ronnie Hanbury and Bill Ever practical, though, she rents out their London house for an The first series, broadcast last year, was described as "sparklingly Harding. extortionate sum in order to reap the city's ever­rising property clever" by The Daily Telegraph and "one of the most consistently BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet. market. The income covers the mortgage and allows them to rent funny sketch shows for quite some time" by The Guardian. It Producer: Tom Ronald a house in Devon (priced suspiciously low, even by rural featured Winnie the Pooh coming to terms with his abusive First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1954. standards). relationship with honey; how The Archers sounds to people who SUN 08:30 Whack­O! (b069njsq) Why is their rent so low? What is the mystery surrounding their don't listen to the Archers, and Jekyll and Hyde's tricky From 19/09/1961A local burglary turns into a Whitehall farce for unappealing new home? The beauty of the landscape is ravishing, housekeeping arrangements. This show won't feature any of those Chiselbury School. Stars Professor Jimmy Edwards. With Roddy yet it conceals a dark side involving poverty, revenge, abuse and things, but that's ok, because it will feature other things, and Maude­Roxby. violence which will rise up to threaten them all. they'll be funny too. Starting life on BBC TV before transferring to radio, Chiselbury Reader: Amanda Lawrence John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is written by and stars School is run "for the sons of gentlefolk". Writer: Amanda Craig John Finnemore, with Margaret Cabourn­Smith, Simon Kane, Headmaster, Professor James Edwards, M.A. never misses a trick Abridger: Robin Brooks Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. when it comes to exploiting the students and their parents. Sports Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Producer: Ed Morrish. pitches are given over to growing vegetables, which the boys SUN 15:30 Crème de la Crime (b00890lk) SAT 23:05 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival nurture for their head to sell. Classes never exceed 95 pupils ­ 50 Series 3, The Lies of the ArtistsMichael Feydeau and David Fringe (b091vqr7) if private tuition is paid for at five guineas extra. It's only thanks Pershore probe a case of counterfeit art. Stars Steve Punt and 2017, Episode 44 Extra's Comedy Club catches up on all the to the efforts of the devoted deputy head, Mr Pettigrew, that the Hugh Dennis. From April 2003. latest from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. school exists at all. SUN 15:45 Open or Wrapped...? (b04jjz3n) SAT 23:10 Hardeep at The Stand (b01mrgck) Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden and adapted for radio Episode 1Food writer, Home Economist and Food stylist Alison Series 2, Episode 22/6 by David Climie. Clarkson follows eight people on a course in Leeds, specialising Join Hardeep Singh Kohli for some hilarious stand up comedy Producer: Edward Taylor in how to run their very own Fish and Chip shop. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 19 – 25 August 2017 Page 3 of 8

For generations, the meal has been a constant favourite with SUN 21:10 The Listening Project (b044v4vy) MON 06:30 The Man Who Made France Old (b007s1y4) thousands, if not millions, of people across Britain. Churchill [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] Merimee, the Creator of Carmen1/2. Merimee, the creator of called them 'the good companion' and John Lennon loved his with SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b091vwfd) Carmen tomato ketchup. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Writers Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee go on the trail of This episode focuses on the beginning of the course, introducing SUN 22:00 Susan Calman Is Convicted (b01qwc92) Prosper Merimee, author of the novella Carmen. He was us to the eight students and featuring Mark Drummond and [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] employed in the 1830s as Inspector General of Historical Arthur Parrington, who both play key roles in the course's SUN 22:30 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Monuments, saving many of the sites that tourists to France enjoy leadership. Fringe (b091w252) today. The series follows a three day course run by the National 2017, Episode 64 Extra's Comedy Club catches up on all the MON 07:00 Living With the Enemy (b00771qx) Federation of Fish Fryers in Leeds. It takes students through the latest from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Episode 5Sophie is mistaken for an asylum seeker. Can Nick and requirements involved in running your own shop ­ from fish SUN 22:35 Gloomsbury (b041xyk6) Gyles help her? Stars Nick Revell and Gyles Brandreth. From preparation and battering, through health and safety, to the legal Series 2, The Theory and Practice of Hanky PankyVera and February 2006. and financial issues inherent in the business. Henry are undecided about whether it is time for their Eton­ MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b090wtq3) The students come from a wide variety of backgrounds ­ from the educated sons, Charlie and Fred, to be told the facts of life. Series 79, 14/08/2017How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds finance industry to a retired musician, from an optician to a Neither parent feels that they are sufficiently qualified to discuss with no hesitation, repetition & deviation? Nicholas Parsons newsagent. Two have ventured from France and one from the birds and bees with their sons, so they go in search of challenges Tony Hawks, Phill Jupitus, Sheila Hancock and Jenny Hamburg, especially to attend the course. somebody who is. Ginny and Lionel, conveniently staying, are Eclair to do just that. As well as following the students, the programmes trace the invited to contribute, but it soon becomes clear that they are Hayley Sterling blows the whistle. history and development of selling chips. The meal became urgently in need of sex education themselves. Produced by Victoria Lloyd. popular in the early part of the nineteenth century as a result of The Goslings deliver conflicting opinions: Mrs Gosling is A BBC Studios Production. the rapid growth of trawl fishing in the North Sea. In its heyday affronted by the very mention of the facts of life, whilst Gosling, MON 08:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4mq) there were approximately thirty thousand fish and chip shops in dealing with pollination on a daily basis, would happily talk of Vive Le SportWhen Devere invites Audrey to go skiing, he ends Britain. Today the number is around twelve thousand. The nothing else all year. up being taken for a ride. acclaimed 5 out of 5, AA Rosette and multi Michelin Star award Finally a willing educator is found. Venus, deeply broody for her Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes­Hamilton, Keith winning chef Jean­Christophe Novelli discusses his love and first child, volunteers to rush down to Eton and enlighten Charlie Barron as Richard DeVere, Angela Thorne as Marjory Frobisher, respect for our traditional meal. and Fred over ginger beer and crumpets. Worried lest they should Nicholas McArdle as Brabinger, Margery Withers as Mrs Finally, we follow up the featured members of the course, six suddenly become grandparents before their time, Henry and Vera Polouvicka and Geoffrey Whitehead as Dr Horton. months after attending it. How do you like the meal, 'Open or swiftly call a halt to the whole scheme and pack Venus off to The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes­Hamilton, forced to wrapped..?!' climb Everest instead. sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her husband's death Presenter: Alison Clarkson GLOOMSBURY ­ THE SERIES leaves her financially strapped. With butler Brabinger in tow, Produced by Eurof Williams Green­fingered Sapphist Vera Sackcloth­Vest shares a bijou they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge cottage. An Acme tv production for BBC Radio 4. castle in Kent with her devoted husband Henry, but longs for From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving SUN 16:00 Judith French ­ The Dutch Mariner (b0076dm8) exotic adventures with nervy novelist Ginny Fox and wilful eye on the estate's new owner, the nouveau­riche Richard A mysterious Dutchman is condemned to sail the seas for all beauty Venus Traduces. It's 1921, the dawn of modern love, life DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of Czech descent. eternity, unless he can find a woman who loves him enough to die and lingerie, but Vera still hasn't learnt how to boil a kettle. First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever for him. But how do you prove a lover would give their soul to Producer: Jamie Rix appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997. save yours? A Little Brother Production for BBC Radio 4. Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence. In the short, dark days of Norwegian winter, this timeless tale SUN 23:05 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Producer: Jane Berthoud explores the danger of getting what you wish for, the power of Fringe (b091w254) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1997. love and the strength of evil. 2017, Episode 74 Extra's Comedy Club catches up on all the MON 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jpcv) "The Dutch Mariner" is a retelling of the myth that inspired latest from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Series 2, All Is Safely Gathered InThe platoon battle to bring in a Wagner's classic opera "The Flying Dutchman". Scripted by SUN 23:10 Clare in the Community (b008hvzj) farmer's harvest ­ with help from ARP Warden Hodges. Judith French. Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier Starring Gerard Murphy as The Mariner, James Laurenson as The Series 1, Combat ZoneLearning to drive, the social worker heads to the office Christmas party with Brian. Stars Sally Phillips. as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John Laurie as Fiend, Ellie Beaven as Senta, Ifan Meredith as Eric and Pip Private Frazer, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, Arnold Ridley as Donaghy as Daland. From December 2004. SUN 23:40 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Godfrey, Bill Pertwee as Hodges and Frank Williams as the Producer: Rachel Horan Vicar. Fringe (b091w256) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV scripts 2017, Episode 84 Extra's Comedy Club catches up on all the SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b0077017) by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. latest from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Adventures in Poetry ­ Timothy WintersBBC Radio 4's Poet in Producer: John Dyas SUN 23:45 Ivor Cutler ­ A Wet Handle (b00cqd9z) Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry with First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975. Episode 4Ivor Cutler and friends present poems and songs, 'Adventures in Poetry' featuring Charles Causley's poem 'Timothy MON 09:00 Hidden Treasures (b0546cwh) including the tale of a yellow fly and shoplifting with a twist. Winters'. Harewood HouseThe antiques quiz visits Harewood House in From June 1997. A programme from the series that explores the background, effect Yorkshire. With Lars Tharp, Henry Sandon and Philippa and lasting appeal of some well­loved poems. Glanville. From April 1998. Producer: Sara Davies MON 09:30 Be Prepared (b0076t6p) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. St George's DayMiles battles to hold his own scout parade, but a SUN 17:30 Susan Calman Is Convicted (b01qwc92) MONDAY 21 AUGUST 2017 dead dog and an OAP spark unexpected trouble. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Recently separated from his wife and with a teenage son, Miles SUN 18:00 Robert Holmes ­ Aliens in the Mind (b007jltj) MON Rummings continues with his dream of running a scout troop. Hurried ExodusOn the Isle of Luig, Lark and Cornelius are 00:00 Robert Holmes ­ Aliens in the Mind (b007jltj) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Stars Kim Wall as Miles, Emma Amos as Dawn, Barnaby Power certain the death of Dr Hugh Dexter was no accident. From his as Steve, Louis Dunsford as Jason, Dave Lamb as Garth and Peter MON 00:30 The Man in Black (b00gj8t1) research notes, they diagnose a mysterious island sickness. Marinker as Eric. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] The key to the mystery seems to be an apparently simple­minded Producer: Sally Avens MON 01:00 Edith Wharton ­ Ethan Frome (b019jr41) 18­year­old, Flora Kiery... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] Stars Peter Cushing as John Cornelius, Vincent Price as Professor MON 10:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge MON 02:15 Maeve Binchy ­ The Garden Party (b091vwf8) Curtis Lark, Henry Stamper as Minister Donald Schooler, Shirley (b007jrwj) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] Dixon as Mrs Kyle, Sandra Clarke as Flora Kiery, Irene Sutcliffe Yvette GuilbertSinger Yvette Guilbert is drawn to a brand new MON 02:30 Bernard MacLaverty ­ Midwinter Break as Mary, Frazer Carr as Dr Hugh Dexter and Andrew Sear as the venue in the capital city of France. Purser. (b091w089) When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris in Written by Rene Basilico from an idea by Robert Holmes. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] 1889, Toulouse­Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series of Producer: John Dyas MON 03:30 Crème de la Crime (b00890lk) posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] appearance. SUN 18:30 The Man in Black (b00gj8t1) MON 03:45 Open or Wrapped...? (b04jjz3n) John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to life, Series 1, Project PurpleBlazing a trail in the field of neuroscience [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] in the first of four plays about those entertainers, whose lives with her ground­breaking work in 'audio therapy', Professor MON 04:00 Judith French ­ The Dutch Mariner (b0076dm8) were as vivid as Lautrec's paint. Maggie Shaw tries to revive the victim of a dubious experiment. [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] Starring Julie Covington as Yvette Guilbert, Norman Jones as Richard Vincent's tale is introduced by Mark Gatiss as sinister MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b0077017) Zidler, Pauline Letts as Albine Guilbert, Carlos Douglas as Oller, raconteur, The Man in Black. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] Frances Barber as Louise Weber, Valerie Sarruf as Maxine, John Stars Emily Woof as Maggie Shaw, Trevor White as Tom MON 05:30 Susan Calman Is Convicted (b01qwc92) Moffatt as Jean Lorrain and Simon Treves as Leon Forneau. Heartland, Gunnar Cauthery as Dr Oliver Penright, Jonathan [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] Music by Stephen Warbeck. Tafler as Sir Max Rencart and Donna Hughes as the Computer. MON 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) Director: Jane Morgan Horrifying series of tales from The Man in Black. You might Confession of GuiltA woman wants to be absolved from a case of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989. meet him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at murder, but will the cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr MON 11:00 Bloody Scotland (b03c2rzb) an employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor Morelle agree? Charlie's DyingBestselling crime novelist Stuart MacBride of a care home. Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist­turned­detective uses concludes our series of brand new commissions from leading Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by crime writers, all recorded in front of an audience at the Bloody Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. deducing their felonious personalities. Scotland Crime Writing Festival in Stirling. Director: Jeremy Mortimer Following on from the success of the 1949 Hammer Film 'Dr Stuart MacBride is most famous for his detective novels set in the Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2009. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress', the BBC radio series 'Granite City' Aberdeen, featuring Detective Sergeant Logan SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (b091vwfj) stars British film veteran, Cecil Parker as Dr Morelle and Sheila McRae. 'Charlie's Dying' is a sinister tale revealing the childhood [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Sim as his long­suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. secrets of a character soon to appear in a forthcoming Logan SUN 19:55 Inheritance Tracks (b092019h) With Phillip Wray as Inspector Hood, Mary Law as Paula Webb thriller. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:55 today] and other parts by Maurice Sweden, Norman Wynn, Hugh Reader: Helen Mackay SUN 20:00 Lizzie Collingham ­ The Hungry Empire Manning, Betty Lynton and Alan McLelland. Producer: Allegra McIlroy. (b091vwfb) Director: Leslie Bridgmont MON 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b01n0xpl) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1957. Dover and the Smoking Gun by PAUL MENDELSON

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(An original story based on characters created by Joyce Porter) Glenister. Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist­turned­detective uses A new adventure for Chief Inspector Dover, Scotland Yard's most MON 18:30 Bookclub (b0076clz) psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by unwanted man ­ and his long­suffering 'gofer', Sergeant Salman Rushdie4 Extra Debut. Sir Salman Rushdie talks to James deducing their felonious personalities. MacGregor. MacGregor takes leave to return to Glasgow for the Naughtie and a group of readers about his Booker Prize­winner Following on from the success of the 1949 Hammer Film 'Dr funeral of an old flame. But was her death a tragic accident or Midnight's Children. From February 2003. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress', the BBC radio series foul play? Reluctant to leave London as usual, Dover heads north MON 19:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4mq) stars British film veteran, Cecil Parker as Dr Morelle and Sheila to help his grief­stricken colleague find out the truth. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Sim as his long­suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover is Scotland Yard's most unwanted MON 19:30 Dad's Army (b007jpcv) With Rosalind Knight as Helen Desmond, Cecile Chevreau as man. He's a rather rude, dishevelled, glutton, who is sent out of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Miss Curtis, John Horsley as Ronnie Cavanagh, Annette Kelly as London to help other police forces solve local crimes along with MON 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) the Maid, Norman Wynne as Mr Ashton and John Sharplin as Hal his long­suffering 'gofer', Sergeant MacGregor. Despite his [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Digby. objectionable demeanour Dover has an uncanny knack of solving MON 20:30 The Man Who Made France Old (b007s1y4) Director: Leslie Bridgmont crimes. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957. Starring Kenneth Cranham as Chief Inspector Dover and Stuart TUE MON 21:00 Bloody Scotland (b03c2rzb) 06:30 The Man Who Made France Old (b007sq12) McQuarrie as Sergeant MacGregor. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Merimee, the Patron Saint of Tourists2/2. Merimee, the Patron Producer/Director...... DAVID IAN NEVILLE. Saint of Tourists MON 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b01n0xpl) MON 12:00 To the Manor Born (b007k4mq) Writers Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee visit Saumur and [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Chinon on the trail of Prosper Merimee, author of the novella MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b090wtq3) MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007jpcv) Carmen, who was employed in the 1830s as Inspector General of [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Historical Monuments. MON 22:30 Jason Cook's School of Hard Knocks (b03w32c0) MON 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) TUE 07:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k0j8) Asking Out and First DatesField marshal of mirth and high priest [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 6Back in London after his first trip to Paris, Mr Finchley of Hebburn, Jason Cook dispenses advice on how best to navigate MON upstages a ham and demands a decision ­ and Robert goes home. 13:30 The Man Who Made France Old (b007s1y4) the choppy waters of life and come out the otherside without Richard Griffiths is the shy solicitor's clerk, Edgar Finchley. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] feeling woozy, using the full spectrum of his own experiences as With Anna Cropper as Mrs Crantell, James Cohen as Robert MON 14:00 Henry Williamson ­ Tarka the Otter (b007k05g) his educational aids. Gillespie, James Cohen as Robert Gillespie, James Grout as Mr Episode 1The birth and the beginning of an eventful cubhood in Calling on regular guests Zoe Harrison and Neil Grainger to help Sprake, Nicky Henson as Mr Hammerton, Edward de Souza as the Devon countryside ­ seen through the eyes of a young otter. him illustrate his lectures, he looks at how to successfully ask Esmond Lockwood, Richard Ridings as Perkins, Alex Arkell as Nicholas Farrell reads Henry Williamson's classic tale of otter someone out and the traps to be avoided when going on a first Lanky Harris and James Villiers as the Narrator. life, first published in 1927. date ­ using his trademarked "Place, Face, Case" methodology, Written by Victor Canning and adapted for radio by Andy and Abridged in five episodes by Sally Marmion. also using stories from the audience to throw more light on the Eric Merriman. Producer: Elizabeth Allard matter in hand. Producer: Gareth Edwards First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. Producer: Sam Michell. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in July 1994. MON 14:15 Dog Days (b036twsx) MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b092pp79) TUE 07:30 Shush! (b06b36w6) The Call of the WildRobert Hanks tells of a human obsession Sam Bain 1/3The best in contemporary comedy. Paul Garner Series 1, Top ShelfAlice and Snoo have to resort to some rather through four doggy books. The Call of the Wild by Jack London. talks to Sam Bain. unconventional means to get people into the library. A very low Is every pooch a wolf in dog's clothing? With Prill Barrett, John MON 23:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b0910yxc) Bradshaw and Ian Bruce Miller and Jem the border terrier and shelf, a book about zombies, a hosepipe ban and some Series 11, Episode 4This week, the Professor of Ignorance John hummingbirds bring the public flocking in. Timmy the whippet. Producer: Tim Dee. Lloyd and his curator, the brilliant Romesh Ranganathan MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b03mcmx3) Meet Alice, a former child prodigy who won a place at Oxford welcome: aged 9 but, because Daddy went too, she never needed to have Margaret Oliphant ­ Hester, Episode 1By Margaret Oliphant The Austentatiously funny improvisor, comedian and writer Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster any friends. She's scared of everything ­ everything that is, except Cariad Lloyd. libraries and Snoo, a slightly confused individual, with a have­a­ Penelope Wilton and Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian The Huddersfield girl who escaped modelling and headed for the tale of a woman who runs her own bank. go attitude to life, marriage, haircuts and reality. Snoo loves Yorkshire hills, Amanda Owen. books, and fully intends to read one one day. Sometimes called 'the feminist Trollope', Margaret Oliphant is an and unjustly­neglected British writer of the nineteenth century, famed And forever popping into the library is Dr. Cadogan, celebrity The broadcaster, reporter, after­dinner speaker, former MP and doctor to the stars and a man with his finger in every pie. for her perceptive, ironic psychology, and her strong female Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, panellist, performer, characters. And Hester has a striking premise: a young woman in Charming, indiscreet and quite possibly wanted by Interpol, if Dictionary Corner occupant, Chancellor of the University of you want a discrete nip and tuck and then photos of it accidentally a nineteenth­century Cheshire town, having been snubbed and Chester, President of the Association of British Scrabble Players discarded in marriage, does something truly radical. When the left on the photocopier, Dr Cadogan is your man. and prodigiously prolific author Gyles Brandreth. Their happy life is interrupted by the arrival of Simon Nielson, a family bank is in danger of a run, she pledges her whole private This week, the Museum's Guest Committee offer as exhibits a fortune to save it. But instead of merely underwriting it, in return man with a mission, a mission to close down inefficient libraries. bleak but cuddly Finnish troll, a tiny device that commands Fortunately, he hates his mission. What he really wants to do is she insists on running the bank herself, as a single woman, in attention and a button with a dramatic past. defiance of all convention. once, just once, get even with his inexhaustible supply of high­ The show was researched by Anne Miller of QI and Mike Turner. achieving brothers. Using Oliphant's deliciously witty and sardonic narration, allied The production coordinator was Tamara Shilham. to a radical dramatisation by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster, Written by Morwenna Banks, Rebecca Front and Arthur Mathews The producers were Richard Turner and James Harkin. Based on an idea developed with Armando Iannucci 'Hester' reveals a flawed and fascinating heroine, reborn for radio. It was a BBC Studios Production. 1/5 Produced by David Tyler MON 23:30 Vent (b00tx4tb) A Pozzitive production for the BBC. This is a tale of banks and bankers. A tale of credit and discredit. Series 2, Wednesday Morning 3amComatose Ben shares his This is a tale of a single woman in nineteenth­century Cheshire TUE 08:00 Listen to Les (b007w2jm) thoughts with those awake at the darkest hour of the night. Stars From 14/12/1980Les Dawson pays tribute to the Rochdale town, who does something truly radical. Neil Pearson. From October 2007. Harp played by Ruth Faber Universal Films version of Fu Manchu, plus Cosmo's Corner and Producer/Director ..... Jonquil Panting. the audience battle with another piano sing­along. MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl1f) With Daphne Oxenford and Colin Edwynn. Stephen Fry ­ The Fry Chronicles, Episode 1This is the Music by Brian Fitzgerald. Scripted and produced by James Casey. intriguing, hilarious and utterly compelling story of how Stephen TUESDAY 22 AUGUST 2017 Fry arrived at Cambridge on probation: a convicted fraudster and First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1980. TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry (b007jnrc) thief, an addict, liar, fantasist and failed suicide, convinced that at TUE 00:00 Bruce Bedford ­ The Gibson (b007js9x) Bill Stickers Is InnocentThe bumbling civil servants scale new any moment he would be found out and flung away. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] heights for grumpy Sir Gregory's latest poster campaign. Instead, university life offered him love, romance and the chance TUE 00:30 Bookclub (b0076clz) A weekly tribute to all those who work in government to stand on stage and entertain. He began his iconic relationship [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] with Hugh Laurie, befriended Emma Thompson among a host of departments. TUE 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qrp6) household names, and emerged as one of the most promising Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Ronald, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] comic talents in the country. Ronald Baddiley and Jo Manning Wilson. TUE 01:30 The Man Who Made France Old (b007s1y4) After leaving Cambridge Stephen began to make his presence felt Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] as he took his first tentative steps in the world of television, 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 and TUE journalism, radio, theatre and film. Shameful tales of sugar, shag 02:00 Henry Williamson ­ Tarka the Otter (b007k05g) 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde­White from 1966. and champagne jostle with insights into credit cards, classic cars [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, however the and conspicuous consumption, Blackadder, Broadway and the TUE 02:15 Dog Days (b036twsx) BBC's Transcription Service re­recorded 14 shows in 1980 ­ BBC. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Radio 4 Extra. For all its trademark wit and verbal brilliance, The Fry Chronicles TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b03mcmx3) is a book that is not afraid to confront the aching chasm that [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] Producer: Edward Taylor separates public image from private feeling. TUE 02:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl1f) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1970. Producer: David Roper [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b0910yxc) A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. TUE 03:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] MON 15:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge (b007jrwj) TUE 09:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jssx) (b007jrwj) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Series 1, Episode 6The sofa­bound presenters tackle crises and [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 04:00 Hidden Treasures (b0546cwh) reveal the popularity of sex. Stars Robert Duncan and Julia Hills. MON 16:00 Hidden Treasures (b0546cwh) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] From May 1996. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 04:30 Be Prepared (b0076t6p) TUE 10:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge MON 16:30 Be Prepared (b0076t6p) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] (b007jrz8) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE 05:00 Living With the Enemy (b00771qx) The Boneless WonderOnly a shadow on a poster ­ what is MON 17:00 Living With the Enemy (b00771qx) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Valentin Renaudin in real life? [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 05:30 Just a Minute (b090wtq3) When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris in MON 17:30 Just a Minute (b090wtq3) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] 1889, Toulouse­Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series of [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv85) posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an appearance. MON 18:00 Bruce Bedford ­ The Gibson (b007js9x) Threat to KillWhen a temperamental film starlet receives a death John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to life, Episode 6On the day of the festival, Saul and the Guardians threat, the cantankerous criminal psychologist Dr Morelle is in four plays about those entertainers whose lives were as vivid as prepare to fight. Time­hopping thriller conclusion with Robert called in.

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Lautrec's paint. TUE 15:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge overseen by Irishman Ed Byrne who does his very best to stay Starring Stephen Thorne as Valentin Renaudin, Margaretta Scott (b007jrz8) impartial. as Celine Renaudin, Frances Barber as Louise Weber, Sylvestra [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Host Le Touzel as La Mome Fromage, Anna Cropper as Alice Goujon, TUE 16:00 The 99p Challenge (b007jx6w) Ed Byrne Norman Jones as Zidler, Michael Graham Cox as Monsieur Series 3, Episode 1Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Guests Goujon, Geoffrey Whitehead as Theo Renaudin, David Goudge Simon Pegg, Armando Iannucci, Peter Serafinowicz and Bill Hal Cruttenden as Georges Tabards and Carlos Douglas as Joseph Oller. Bailey. From July 2001. Henning Wehn Music by Stephen Warbeck. TUE 16:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jssx) Zoe Lyons Director: Jane Morgan [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Tony Law First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989. TUE 17:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k0j8) Programme Associate Bill Matthews TUE 11:00 First for Radio (b03mjcbf) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker. Series 2, Finding Your VoiceThis returning series features three TUE 17:30 Shush! (b06b36w6) emerging novelists who have been well praised and won prizes [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] but haven't until now written short stories for radio. Ned Beauman TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b007k0v6) (author of Boxer, Beetle and The Teleportation Accident), Jenn Mort, Episode 1Hopeless young peasant Mort is hired as an Ashworth (Cold Light and The Friday Gospels) and Alis Shaw WEDNESDAY 23 AUGUST 2017 apprentice to Death, and taken to his home beyond time and space (The Man Who Rained, The Girl with Glass Feet) make their to begin his training. story debuts for Radio 4. WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b007k0v6) The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on 1. Finding Your Voice [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Discworld dramatised in four parts by Robin Brooks. In Ned Beauman's tale, an actor with a beautiful voice has to act WED 00:30 That Reminds Me (b007jmxz) Narrated by Anton Lesser. ruthlessly after a strange trip to Bulgaria.. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Starring Carl Prekopp as Mort, Geoffrey Whitehead as Death, Reader Nicholas Boulton WED Phillip Jackson as Albert, Clare Corbett as Ysabell, Philip Fox as 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv85) Producer Duncan Minshull. Lezek, Jon Glover as Hamesh and Alice Hart as Princess Keli. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b00s3d1t) Director: Claire Grove WED 01:30 The Man Who Made France Old (b007sq12) Frances Byrnes ­ MercyCarl Prekopp stars in this first world war First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] drama about one of the first major operations by the Red Cross. TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me (b007jmxz) WED 02:00 Henry Williamson ­ Tarka the Otter (b007k06r) In 1916, soldiers who had been living terrible, deprived lives in Series 1, Peter JonesMuch­loved actor and broadcaster Peter [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] German POW camps were taken to Chateau d'Oex, a holiday Jones looks back over his showbiz career in both theatre and on WED 02:15 Dog Days (b0371hjy) resort in Switzerland, to be nursed back to health amongst the radio. From April 1999. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] clean air and spring flowers, courtesy of the Red Cross. Some of TUE 19:00 Listen to Les (b007w2jm) WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b03mfvl7) their wives even made the long train journey from Britain to visit [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] them. TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry (b007jnrc) WED 02:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl10) It sounds like a fairy tale ending to the horrors of war and [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] captivity, and for many it must have been just that. But what if a [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 03:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge man doesn't want to be found and what if he thinks he doesn't TUE 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv85) (b007jrz8) deserve to be made better? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Based on newspaper reports of events at the time, Frances Byrnes' TUE 20:30 The Man Who Made France Old (b007sq12) WED play follows two fictional soldiers: number 2301, an angry young [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] 04:00 The 99p Challenge (b007jx6w) sergeant who is ashamed to have been captured and won't reveal TUE 21:00 First for Radio (b03mjcbf) [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] his identity, and Havildar Gurung, a young Ghurka who is going [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED 04:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue (b007jssx) blind and longs for the hills of home. TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b00s3d1t) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Thrown together in this beautiful, gentle place, and with the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED 05:00 Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (b007k0j8) winter snows now beginning to fall, is kindness and mercy TUE 22:00 Shush! (b06b36w6) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] enough to cure these damaged men? [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED 05:30 Shush! (b06b36w6) 2301.....Carl Prekopp TUE 22:30 Son of Cliché (b00p4mcr) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Nurse.....Siriol Jenkins Freddie FortuneFrom a spoof Melvyn Bragg to a signing chimp. WED 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv7y) Special Correspondent.....Richard Mitchley Sketch comedy with Chris Barrie, Nick Maloney and Nick The SleepwalkerTormented by horrific nightmares, a man visits Gurung.....Muzz Khan Wilton. From November 1984. Dr Morelle to confess fears that he will murder his mother. Officer.....Gareth Pierce TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b092pp7c) Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist­turned­detective uses BBC/Cymru Wales Production directed by Kate McAll. Sam Bain 2/3The best in contemporary comedy. Paul Garner psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by TUE 12:00 Listen to Les (b007w2jm) talks to Sam Bain. deducing their felonious personalities. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 23:00 Rudy's Rare Records (b01ng835) Following on from the success of the 1949 Hammer Film 'Dr TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry (b007jnrc) Series 4, Let It GrowEpisode 3: Let It Grow Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress', the BBC radio series [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Adam is keen to take on an allotment and work the land with his stars British film veteran, Cecil Parker as Dr Morelle and Sheila TUE 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv85) Dad, Rudy. Rudy would prefer a patio. Sim as his long­suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Adam hopes to bond with his Dad, Rudy, whilst they till the earth With Moira Lister as Helen Keen, Hugh Burden as Richard TUE 13:30 The Man Who Made France Old (b007sq12) together on an allotment. However, Rudy prefers to chill with his Wilson and Philip Ray as Inspector Hood. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] best friend Clifton and only takes an interest when they spot a Director: Leslie Bridgmont First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957. TUE 14:00 Henry Williamson ­ Tarka the Otter (b007k06r) rare and illegal plant growing in the greenhouse. WED Episode 2The young cub becomes confused when his mother Father and son comedy set in the finest old­school record shop in 06:30 The Surgeon of Crowthorne (b00758bl) abandons him, but a new friend awaits. Read by Nicholas Farrell. Birmingham. Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker and some Simon Winchester's tale of murder, madness and lexicography. A millionaire confined to Broadmoor contributes to the Oxford TUE 14:15 Dog Days (b0371hjy) terrific tunes. English Dictionary. From May 1998. FlushRobert Hanks tells of a human obsession through four Rudy's Rare Records is a tiny down at heel old reggae record WED doggy books. Flush by Virginia Woolf. Is a pedigree over­rated? shop in Birmingham ­ one of a dying breed; a place with real 07:00 Rent (b0675byd) With Prill Barrett, John Bradshaw and Ian Bruce Miller and Jem, soul, stacked with piles of vinyl, where the slogan is "if we don't Series 4, Episode 6Richard, Maria and Paul's wishes come true, the border terrier, and Timmy the whippet. Producer: Tim Dee. have it ­ them don't mek it". It's owned by the charismatic, but the same can't be said for poor Ruby. Stars Toby Longworth. From July 1998. TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b03mfvl7) irrepressible Rudy Sharpe (Larrington Walker), reluctantly helped WED Margaret Oliphant ­ Hester, Episode 2By Margaret Oliphant out by his long­suffering neurotic son Adam (Lenny Henry) and 07:30 Chain Reaction (b055gcbk) Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster Handsworth's first, black, surly girly goth, Tasha (Natasha Series 10, Olivia Colman talks to Sharon HorganChain Reaction Penelope Wilton and Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian Godfrey). Rudy has recently married his long­term love interest is Radio 4's long running hostless chat show where last week's tale of a woman who runs her own bank. Doreen (Claire Benedict) which is leaving his best friend Clifton interviewee becomes this week's interviewer. Sometimes called 'the feminist Trollope', Margaret Oliphant is an (Jeffery Kissoon) feeling left out. In the fifth episode of the series star of Broadchurch, Twenty unjustly­neglected British writer of the nineteenth century, famed Adam ...... Lenny Henry Twelve and Peep Show Olivia Colman, talks to creator, writer for her perceptive, ironic psychology, and her strong female Rudy ...... Larrington Walker and star of BBC's BAFTA nominated sitcom Pulling, and winner characters. And Hester has a striking premise: a young woman in Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey of the British Comedy Award for best actress, Sharon Horgan. a nineteenth­century Cheshire town, having been snubbed and Doreen ...... Claire Benedict Producer ... Charlie Perkins. discarded in marriage, does something truly radical. When the Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b00vm2bb) family bank is in danger of a run, she pledges her whole private Lucinda ...... Sarah Thom Series 1, The Multiple MinesA drunken night out sparks chaos fortune to save it. But instead of merely underwriting it, in return Trader/Customer/Dealer ...... Adam Nagaitis when an old mine ­ used as a collection box ­ is set adrift. she insists on running the bank herself, as a single woman, in Written by Danny Robins Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub­Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the defiance of all convention. Producer: Katie Tyrrell Chief Petty Officer, Dennis Price as Number One, Richard Using Oliphant's deliciously witty and sardonic narration, allied Music featured in this episode: Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Ronnie to a radical dramatisation by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster, ZUNGGUZUNGGUGUZUNGGUZENG * YELLOW MAN Barker as AS Johnson, Michael Bates as Ginger and Tenniel 'Hester' reveals a flawed and fascinating heroine, reborn for radio. THE GATES OF ZION * THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS Evans as Willy. 2/5 INCREDIBLE * M BEAT FEAT. GENERAL LEVY The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series on BBC When Hester is offered a merger to cancel all her debts, she finds HERBAL DUB * KING TUBBY Radio between 1959 and 1976. a neat, but risky, solution. RUMOURS * GREGORY ISAACS Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. Producer/Director ..... Jonquil Panting. CARRY GO BRING HOME * THE SELECTER Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl10) GIMME THE LIGHT * SEAN PAUL First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1959. Stephen Fry ­ The Fry Chronicles, Episode 2Stephen Fry has a HARD TIMES * LEO GRAHAM WED 08:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s) curious encounter with Stephen Sondheim and becomes the RAPPER'S DELIGHT * SUGARHILL GANG. Series 6, The SmugglersReturning from a holiday abroad, Sid literary critic of Tatler. TUE 23:30 Britain Versus the World (b04ybblk) tricks the lad and Bill into sneaking in watches. The Fry Chronicles is a book that is not afraid to confront the Series 1, Episode 5Episode Five: Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth aching chasm that separates public image from private feeling. The fifth episode of the new comedy panel show ­ Britain Versus Williams, Patricia Hayes and Noel Dryden. Producer: David Roper The World ­ that pits two British comedians against a team of Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. comics from overseas to find out which side is superior. Joining Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. the British captain, Hal Cruttenden, is the English comedian Zoe Producer: Tom Ronald Lyons while the captain of the Rest of the World ­ Henning Wehn First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1959. ­ is teamed with Canadian stand­up Tony Law. The contest is Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 19 – 25 August 2017 Page 6 of 8

WED 09:00 Booked (b0075bbm) for, of all things, celibacy. THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b03mg871) Series 6, Episode 6Ian McMillan chairs the irreverent literary The Fry Chronicles is a book that is not afraid to confront the [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] quiz with Arthur Smith, Stuart Maconie, Sophie Hannah and aching chasm that separates public image from private feeling. THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl0g) Linda Smith. From July 1999. Producer: David Roper [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] WED 09:30 Up the Garden Path (b008hq47) A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. THU 03:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge Series 3, Taking It on the ChinAs Izzy's love­life grows ever WED 15:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge (b007js1q) more complicated, she's in for a big surprise. Stars Imelda (b007js1q) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Staunton. From December 1993. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU 04:00 Booked (b0075bbm) WED 10:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge WED 16:00 Booked (b0075bbm) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] (b007js1q) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU 04:30 Up the Garden Path (b008hq47) La GoulueDancer Louise's nickname of La Goulue is singularly WED 16:30 Up the Garden Path (b008hq47) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] appropriate ­ she's a glutton for food and life... [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU 05:00 Rent (b0675byd) When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris in WED 17:00 Rent (b0675byd) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] 1889, Toulouse­Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series of [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU 05:30 Chain Reaction (b055gcbk) posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an WED 17:30 Chain Reaction (b055gcbk) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] appearance. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to life, WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b007k134) The BlackmailerCantankerous criminal psychologist, Dr Morelle in the first of four plays about those entertainers, whose lives Mort, Episode 2Death sends his apprentice Mort to collect three probes the dealings of a mysterious Spanish Count. were as vivid as Lautrec's paint. lives, but the lad takes a fancy to one of them ­ a princess. Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist­turned­detective uses Starring Frances Barber as Louise Weber, Sylvestra Le Touzel as The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by La Mome Fromage, Norman Jones as Zidler, Carlos Douglas as Discworld dramatised by Robin Brooks. deducing their felonious personalities. Joseph Oller, Michael Graham Cox as Henri Lassin, Alice Arnold Narrated by Anton Lesser. Following on from the success of the 1949 Hammer Film 'Dr as Nini, John Bull as Gerard, Marcia King as Mme Grille and Starring Carl Prekopp as Mort, Geoffrey Whitehead as Death, Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress', the BBC radio series Margaret Courtenay as Mme Gillottes, Phillip Jackson as Albert, Clare Corbett as Ysabell, Alice Hart as stars British film veteran, Cecil Parker as Dr Morelle and Sheila Music by Stephen Warbeck. Princess Keli, Adam Godley as Cutwell, John Rowe as the Abbot, Sim as his long­suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. Director: Jane Morgan Sheila Mitchell as Ammeline, Jon Glover as the stallholder and With Phillip Wray as Inspector Hood, Douglas Young as Sir First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989. Liz Sutherland as the Maid. Clifford Forbes, Madeleine Christie as Lady Forbes, Ruth WED 11:00 First for Radio (b03ntb7d) Director: Gordon House Trouncer as Cynthia Forbes, Haydn Jones as the Hotel Waiter, Series 2, Five Thousand Lads a YearThis returning series features First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. Humphrey Morton as the Hotel Manager, Beryl Calder as Lily the three emerging novelists who have been well praised and won WED 18:30 Off the Page (b01jhb3j) maid, Molly Rankin as Matron and Ian Sadler as Harry Fox. prizes but haven't until now written short stories for radio. Ned The Garden of Eden"And the Lord God planted a garden Director: Leslie Bridgmont Beauman (author of Boxer, Beetle and The Teleportation eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957. Accident), Jenn Ashworth (Cold Light and The Friday Gospels) formed." The story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis is perhaps THU 06:30 The Last Picture Show (b0076xk5) and Ali Shaw (The Man Who Rained, The Girl with Glass Feet) the most influential tale ever told. Its chief components of God, John Wilson meets behind­the­scenes staff and visitors to major make their story debuts for Radio 4. Adam and Eve and the snake, temptation, and a paradise lost still art exhibitions in London, as they come to a close. From March 2. Five Thousand Lads a Year exert a hold on western thinking. Children understand it almost 2006. In Jenn Ashworth's tale, the confident writer always succeeds immediately, but this ancient story has not always been benign in THU 07:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf) with his workshops, but one new client has a chilling effect on its effects. Episode 6Against the backdrop of an England­Germany World him.. Joining presenter Dominic Arkwright are the novelist Zina Cup final, the prime minister struggles to survive and lead his Reader Paul Hilton Rohan, who talks about her own investigations into what this party into the imminent general election. Producer Duncan Minshull. story has meant, particularly to women in the west; Sean Thomas Can maverick BBC reporter George Cragge unmask the serial WED 11:15 James Whyle ­ Dancing With the Dead (b00766cf) writes about his search for where the real garden might have killer? Richard E Grant stars as a son in search of his father. In 1911, at been; and Brook Wilensky­Lanford, whose book Paradise Lust is Mark Tavener's six­part sequel to his comedy thriller 'In the Red' the age of 14, James Whyle's father arrived in South Africa with published in the UK later this year, describes the events of the set in the world of football, the BBC and party politics. ten shillings in his pocket. By the time James was three, his father Scopes trial of 1925. This famous clash between Darwinists and Starring Michael Williams as George Cragge and Barry Foster as was dead. A true story and a unique family record. creationists featured an American presidential candidate who Superintendent Jefferson. Moving true story, based on James Whyle's family history declared his belief that Eve was literally made from one of With Jeremy Clyde, Robert Bathurst, Tracy Ann Oberman, Jim embracing the First World War and apartheid. Adam's rib. Carter, Peter Woodthorpe, Susie Brann, Christian Rodska, Ioan Starring Richard E Grant as the Son, Tom Smith as Father, Peter The producer is Miles Warde. Meredith, Shirley Dixon, Dave Lamb, Joanna Monro, Alex Lowe, Gevisser as Fatty. With Carl Prekopp, Ewan Bailey and Helen WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b00vm2bb) Christopher Scott and Alice Arnold. Longworth [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Music by Paul Mottram Director: Claire Grove. WED 19:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s) Producer: Paul Schlesinger First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997. WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b00vm2bb) WED 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv7y) THU 07:30 Fresh From the Fringe (b0910pwg) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Fresh From the Fringe: 2017Recorded at the BBC's Edinburgh WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jp6s) WED 20:30 The Surgeon of Crowthorne (b00758bl) Fringe festival site, rising star Kiri Pritchard­McLean showcases [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] the cream of stand­up and sketch comedy from this year's festival. WED 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv7y) WED 21:00 First for Radio (b03ntb7d) Featuring new talents Darren Harriott, New Zealand's Rose [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Matafeo, Jon Pointing as Cayden Hunter and American stand up WED 13:30 The Surgeon of Crowthorne (b00758bl) WED 21:15 James Whyle ­ Dancing With the Dead (b00766cf) Desiree Burch... [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Producer...Adnan Ahmed WED 14:00 Henry Williamson ­ Tarka the Otter (b007jvc4) WED 22:00 Chain Reaction (b055gcbk) BBC Studios Production. Episode 3As the winter storms arrive in Devon, fish are [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00rgltx) increasingly hard to find through the ice. Read by Nicholas WED 22:30 The Secret World (b01169br) Series 2, Episode 5Two Hell's Angels woo a waitress, and love is Farrell. Series 1, Episode 1From John Humphrys to Alan Carr, Jon in the air in the Smith Report. WED 14:15 Dog Days (b0371hm9) Culshaw explores the bizarre private lives of famous folk. Pilot Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Joan Sims and SiriusRobert Hanks tells of a human obsession through four from April 2008. announcer Douglas Smith. doggy books. Sirius by Olaf Stapledon. Can a man be a dog? WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b092pp7z) After the unexpected death of Kenneth Horne in 1969, plans for With Prill Barrett, John Bradshaw and Ian Bruce Miller and Jem, Sam Bain 3/3The best in contemporary comedy. Paul Garner the next series of Round The Horne were axed. Instead ­ using an the border terrier, and Timmy the whippet. Producer: Tim Dee. talks to Sam Bain. old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title ­ Kenneth WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b03mg871) WED 23:00 Delve Special (b007jn2h) joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was Margaret Oliphant ­ Hester, Episode 3Penelope Wilton and Series 4, Resurrection of St JeromeIntrepid reporter David Lander also reunited with his "Carry On" film co­star Joan Sims. Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian tale of a woman who probes the rise and fall of Caribbean despot Felipe Delnazo. Stars Written by Myles Rudge, David Cumming and Derek Collyer. runs her own bank. Stephen Fry. From September 1987. With the Max Harris Group. Sometimes called 'the feminist Trollope', Margaret Oliphant is an Producer: John Simmonds WED 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b00ckmj4) unjustly­neglected British writer of the nineteenth century, famed First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1970. Series 2, VisitorsWhen the writer's niece and an old pal visit, love for her perceptive, ironic psychology, and her strong female THU is in the air. Or is it just a hangover? With Doon Mackichan. 08:30 The Goon Show (b007jlcp) characters. And Hester has a striking premise: a young woman in From July 1993. The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill­on­SeaConstable a nineteenth­century Cheshire town, having been snubbed and Neddie Seagoon sets out to apprehend Minnie and Henry's Sussex discarded in marriage, does something truly radical. When the assailant. Stars Spike Milligan. From October 1954. family bank is in danger of a run, she pledges her whole private THU 09:00 Whispers (b007k2kr) fortune to save it. But instead of merely underwriting it, in return Series 2, Episode 1Gyles Brandreth's scandals quiz with Anthony she insists on running the bank herself, as a single woman, in THURSDAY 24 AUGUST 2017 Holden, Valerie Grove, Lucy Moore and Geoffrey Durham. From defiance of all convention. September 2004. Using Oliphant's deliciously perceptive and sardonic narration, THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b007k134) THU 09:30 Semi Circles (b091wl0y) allied to a radical dramatisation by Kate Clanchy and Zena [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Series 1, A Desirable Residence4 Extra Debut. Helen and Ben Forster, 'Hester' reveals a flawed and fascinating heroine, reborn THU 00:30 Off the Page (b01jhb3j) disagree on getting their home restored to its original character. for radio. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Stars Paula Wilcox and David Wood. From March 1982. 3/5 THU THU 10:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge By Margaret Oliphant 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qv7y) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] (b007js47) Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster Jane AvrilThey called her Crazy Jane because of the way she When Hester takes her wayward cousin Edward back into the THU 01:30 The Surgeon of Crowthorne (b00758bl) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] danced, but it was not an affectionate nickname. Jane Avril used Vernon family bank, she reckons without the influence of his people all her life and reaped the consequences... vapid wife Ellen. THU 02:00 Henry Williamson ­ Tarka the Otter (b007jvc4) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris in Producer/Director ..... Jonquil Panting. 1889, Toulouse­Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series of THU 02:15 Dog Days (b0371hm9) WED 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl0g) posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] Stephen Fry ­ The Fry Chronicles, Episode 3Stephen Fry reveals appearance. how a call out of the blue led to him he becoming a poster boy John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to life, Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 19 – 25 August 2017 Page 7 of 8 in the first of four plays about those entertainers, whose lives Discworld dramatised by Robin Brooks. as Superintendent Denham, Alan Keith as the Station Officer and were as vivid as Lautrec's paint. Narrated by Anton Lesser. John Baker as Julian Smith/Taxi driver. Starring Angela Pleasence as Jane Avril, Vivian Pickles as Starring Carl Prekopp as Mort, Geoffrey Whitehead as Death, Director: Leslie Bridgmont Gazelle, Jack Galloway as Andre Vaubert, Clive Merrison as Phillip Jackson as Albert, Clare Corbett as Ysabell, Alice Hart as First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1957. Henri de Toulouse­Lautrec, David King as Arsene Ondet, Princess Keli, Adam Godley as Cutwell, Philip Fox as Keeble and FRI 06:30 The First Pirate (b0075rby) Norman Jones as Charles Zidler and Jo Kendall as Annine. Jon Glover as the Landlord. Les Woodland tells the story of Captain Plugge, founder of Radio Music by Stephen Warbeck. Director: Claire Grove Normandie, the first station to take on the BBC. From January Director: Jane Morgan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. 2000. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989. THU 18:30 Great Lives (b00mwm65) FRI 07:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y) THU 11:00 First for Radio (b03pmk7k) Series 19, Rudyard KiplingMatthew Parris presents the Series 1, Dial M for MartianComedy series by Christopher Series 2, Broken MirrorsThis returning series features three biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has William Hill, set in 1961. A BBC producer struggles to make a emerging novelists who have been well praised and won prizes inspired their lives. radio soap set in the unimaginably futuristic world of 2006. but haven't until now written short stories for radio. Ned Beauman John Major discusses the life of Rudyard Kipling, poet to the Will Hugo give in to government manipulation to save his (author of Boxer, Beetle and The Teleportation Accident), Jenn British Empire. They are joined by Kipling biographer Andrew beloved show from cancellation? Ashworth (Cold Light and The Friday Gospels) and Ali Shaw Lycett. Nigel Lavery ...... Peter Bowles (The Man Who Rained, The Girl with Glass Feet) make their THU 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00rgltx) Sylvia Hann ...... Cheryl Campbell story debuts for Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Godfrey Winnard ...... John Fortune 3. Broken Mirrors THU 19:30 The Goon Show (b007jlcp) Sir Angus McNairn ...... Gary Waldhorn In Ali Shaw's tale a young woman decides to meet the stranger [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Hugo Kellerman ...... Joseph Kloska who collects shards of glass. But why? THU 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) Douglas Bennings ...... Jon Glover Reader Louise Brealey [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Colin Franks ...... Paul Richard Biggin Producer Duncan Minshull. THU 20:30 The Last Picture Show (b0076xk5) Miss Pickford ...... Miranda Keeling. THU 11:15 Vanessa Rosenthal ­ Bottle Blonde and Beautiful [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 07:30 The Now Show (b091wb30) (b007jw27) THU 21:00 First for Radio (b03pmk7k) The Now Show at the FringeSteve Punt and Hugh Dennis visit Single mum hairdresser Denise is in for a shock from a new [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] the Edinburgh Fringe and present the week in news through client. THU 21:15 Vanessa Rosenthal ­ Bottle Blonde and Beautiful stand­up and sketches. Vanessa Rosenthal's gripping northern town drama with a touch (b007jw27) FRI 08:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sz54y) of thriller. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Series 4, Episode 4Can Tim escape the villains? Will Jo do a love Starring Jeff Hordley as Steve, Jo Joyner as Denise Judith Davis THU 22:00 Fresh From the Fringe (b0910pwg) scene with King Harold? as Mrs Howden, Ann­Marie Frater as Leanne, Craig Potter as [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] More quick­fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and Ashley and Rebecca Zienko as Hannah. parodies. THU 22:30 Party (b011pkqg) Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas. Stars Tim Brooke­Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall Series 2, It's Technology, StupidThe young aspiring politicians of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. and Bill Oddie. the new political Party get to grips with technology and whether it THU 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00rgltx) Written by Tim Brooke­Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, is making people stupid. Meanwhile, they launch a recruiting [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Eric Idle and Bill Oddie. Plus Andy Smith and Don Currell. campaign on the internet. Second series of a satirical comedy THU Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jlcp) written by Tom Basden. 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Simon ..... Tom Basden quickly developed a cult following. THU 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) Duncan ..... Tim Key Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Jared ..... Jonny Sweet Producer: Humphrey Barclay THU 13:30 The Last Picture Show (b0076xk5) Mel ..... Ann Crilly First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1966. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Phoebe ..... Katy Wix FRI THU 14:00 Henry Williamson ­ Tarka the Otter (b007jvcb) Jared's Mum ..... Jane Whittenshaw 08:30 Brothers in Law (b0524gr2) Episode 4Spring arrives in the Devon countryside, with the smell Produced by Julia McKenzie. Series 1, Breach of ContractRookie barrister Roger Thursby must defend a women being sued by a pop star over a pup. of man and the cry of a she­otter. Read by Nicholas Farrell. THU 23:00 And Now in Colour (b007jmql) Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Richard Waring as THU 14:15 Dog Days (b0371j3z) Series 1, Back to the StudioThe sketch show team take their Henry Blagrove and Ann Davies as Sally Mannering. With guest NikiRobert Hanks tells of a human obsession through four doggy audience on a trip to the cinema. With Michael Rutger and Tim stars Aimi Macdonald and Richard Wattis. books. Niki by Tibor Dery. If a dog could vote, would it? With De Jongh. From May 1990. Adapted for radio by Richard Waring from the BBC TV scripts. Prill Barrett, John Bradshaw and Ian Bruce Miller and Jem, the THU 23:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k0r6) Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes ­ originally border terrier, and Timmy the whippet. Producer: Tim Dee. Series 1, A Very Important VisitorWith exhibits ranging from edited for sale abroad. THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b03mj1xt) Robin Hood to tribute bands' Mock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Stars Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Margaret Oliphant ­ Hester, Episode 4Penelope Wilton and Marcus Brigstocke. From March 2004. Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian tale of a woman who Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis runs her own bank. Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Sometimes called 'the feminist Trollope', Margaret Oliphant is an Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer unjustly­neglected British writer of the nineteenth century, famed Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972. Produced by David Hatch. for her perceptive, ironic psychology, and her strong female FRIDAY 25 AUGUST 2017 characters. And Hester has a striking premise: a young woman in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1970. FRI 09:00 Who Goes There? (b00769x9) a nineteenth­century Cheshire town, having been snubbed and FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b007k1c1) Series 6, Episode 1Martin Young presents the biographical quiz discarded in marriage, does something truly radical. When the [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] show. Team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego are joined family bank is in danger of a run, she pledges her whole private FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b00mwm65) by novelist Lynne Truss and biographer Anthony Holden. From fortune to save it. But instead of merely underwriting it, in return [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] October 2002. she insists on running the bank herself, as a single woman, in FRI 01:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qw04) FRI 09:30 After Henry (b007jmgk) defiance of all convention. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Series 1, The Older ManWidow Sarah battles to bring up her 18­ Using Oliphant's deliciously perceptive and sardonic narration, FRI 01:30 The Last Picture Show (b0076xk5) year­old daughter Clare, hindered by her meddling mother allied to a radical dramatisation by Kate Clanchy and Zena [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Forster, 'Hester' reveals a flawed and fascinating heroine, reborn Eleanor. FRI 02:00 Henry Williamson ­ Tarka the Otter (b007jvcb) for radio. The debut episode of Simon Brett's comedy about three [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] 4/5 generations of women ­ struggling to cope after the death of FRI 02:15 Dog Days (b0371j3z) By Margaret Oliphant Sarah's GP husband ­ who never quite manage to see eye to eye. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, FRI Hester doesn't want to see it. But here it is, swinging round 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b03mj1xt) Benjamin Whitrow as Russell, Gerry Cowper as Clare and James slowly. The reverse of the medal ­ the other side of Edward's [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] Griffiths as Nick. picture. FRI 02:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl06) Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV ­ Producer/Director ..... Jonquil Panting. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network. THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vjl06) FRI 03:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge Producer: Pete Atkin Stephen Fry ­ The Fry Chronicles, Episode 4Stephen Fry talks (b007js47) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1985. about his early love of radio and his first forays into broadcasting [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI 10:00 Mikhail Bulgakov ­ The White Guard (b00761h8) on Radio 4. FRI 04:00 Whispers (b007k2kr) BetrayalKiev is protected by an uneasy alliance. Two brothers The Fry Chronicles is a book that is not afraid to confront the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] discover it's a bad time to be Tsarist. Stars Paul Hilton and James aching chasm that separates public image from private feeling. FRI 04:30 Semi Circles (b091wl0y) Loye. Producer: David Roper [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI 11:00 Paul Henry ­ Jogging With Mozart (b039rwcw) A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 05:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf) The poet Paul Henry's comic tale 'Jogging with Mozart' is read by THU 15:00 John Peacock ­ Posters of the Moulin Rouge [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Mark Meadows. Matlock is a forty­three old musician whose (b007js47) FRI 05:30 Fresh From the Fringe (b0910pwg) girlfriend Karen has chucked him out, making him homeless. A [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] friend takes pity and smuggles him into the empty flat of his dead THU 16:00 Whispers (b007k2kr) FRI 06:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7) Aunty at the 'Lavender Fountain Sheltered Housing Scheme for [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Voice in the NightAfter receiving sinister death threats over the the Elderly'. He's not supposed to be there, so he tries to keep a low profile, avoiding the all­seeing eye of the warden, Eunice. As THU 16:30 Semi Circles (b091wl0y) telephone, an elderly spinster calls in cantankerous criminal he tries to piece his life back together, he seeks comfort in [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] psychologist, Dr Morelle. jogging and rediscovers his passion for the piano, but fate deals THU 17:00 In the Balance (b007k2gf) Ernest Dudley's Harley Street psychiatrist­turned­detective uses him another cruel blow. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] psychology as well as criminology to hunt down lawbreakers by Producer: Sarah Langan. THU 17:30 Fresh From the Fringe (b0910pwg) deducing their felonious personalities. FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b00scv5n) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Following on from the success of the 1949 Hammer Film 'Dr Sean Grundy ­ The RecordistBy Sean Grundy THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b007k1c1) Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress', the BBC radio series stars British film veteran, Cecil Parker as Dr Morelle and Sheila An illicit affair proves both destructive and a useful teaching aid. Mort, Episode 3Death has fun in the real world, leaving his Starring John Gordon Sinclair, Sharon Horgan and Gemma Jones. daughter Ysabell and Mort in charge of the life­collecting Sim as his long­suffering assistant, Miss Frayle. With Hester Paton Brown as Miss Nicholson, Percy Edwards as Stuart is a freelance surveillance expert who teaches covert business. 'information gathering' to new Intelligence recruits. As part of his The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Billy Boy the dog, Alan McClelland as Mr Nicholson, Fred Yule Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 19 – 25 August 2017 Page 8 of 8 work he 'bugs' friends & family, including his wife, Penny. When French Love song which went on to inspire Elvis's 60's hit, 'I he discovers that she's having an affair with a man called Neil, his Can't Help Falling in Love with You'. work colleague, Ren, offers her own skills in 'enhanced interview 'Plaisir d'Amour' is the classical French love song which techniques' to help, but Stuart declines. He realises that the secret somehow found its way through 18th century orchestration affair could make an engaging teaching aid. Initially, his students (Hector Berlioz) and 1960's folk revival, to an unexpected re­ are slightly unsettled but very intrigued. The affair becomes the invention into the Elvis hit 'I Can't' Help Falling in Love with main focus of the curriculum, and the group study how to 'bug' all You'. manner of difficult situations, such as an impromptu hotel room, a It's been recorded by Marianne Faithfull and busked on the streets car in a field, busy nightclub, and hot­air balloon. But Penny feels of Paris by 'The Gruffalo' author Julia Donaldson. It has also terrible about the affair and Stuart discovers emotions deeply touched the lives of former American Military Academy buried and things soon spiral out of control. Freshman Andrew Scott and recently married couple Henry (76) 'The Recordist' is a dark, offbeat comedy, looking at the price and Christine Wallace (82) who fell in love on a moonlit New love pays for clear acoustics in Dolby NR. Year's Eve. Cast: Written in 1784 by Jean­Paul­Égide Martini, Plaisir d'Amour Stuart ­ John Gordon Sinclair muses on the pleasures and pains of love and was inspired by a Penny ­ Sharon Horgan poem which appears in Jean­Pierre Claris de Florian's novel Ren ­ Gemma Jones 'Célestine'. Neil ­ Ed Weeks For 17 year old Marianne Faithfull it was a song of innocence, Reese ­ Fergus Craig recorded in a tiny booth in the old Decca studios whilst happily Munro ­ Nick Mohammed pregnant with her first child. Meanwhile, author Julia Donaldson Penny's Mum ­ Phyllida Nash and husband Malcolm busked it on the streets of Paris. It was the Directed / Produced by Alison Crawford. summer of 1969 and police hid in alleyways, still fearful of FRI 12:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sz54y) students following the 1968 riots. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] As the classical French melody was adopted by Elvis and FRI 12:30 Brothers in Law (b0524gr2) transformed into 'I Can't Help Falling in Love with You', West [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Point Military Academy Freshman Andrew Scott learnt to pick FRI 13:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7) it's tune on guitar. It's a song that went on to win the heart of his [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] wife of now 20 years. For Henry and Christine Wallace, it FRI 13:30 The First Pirate (b0075rby) summed everything up "It was what I was looking for, someone [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] to share my life and the words 'take my whole life too was in tune FRI 14:00 Henry Williamson ­ Tarka the Otter (b007jvch) with what I wanted'. Episode 5As the otter basks in the sunshine, a pack of hounds Produced By Nicola Humphries. catch his scent, sparking a great chase. Concluded by Nicholas FRI 19:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sz54y) Farrell. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 14:15 Dog Days (b0371jlf) FRI 19:30 Brothers in Law (b0524gr2) My Dog TulipRobert Hanks tells of a human obsession through [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] five doggy books. My Dog Tulip by J. R. Ackerley. The messy FRI 20:00 A Case for Dr Morelle (b007qww7) stuff ­ how do we live with it? With Prill Barrett, John Bradshaw [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] and Ian Bruce Miller and Jem, the border terrier, and Timmy the FRI 20:30 The First Pirate (b0075rby) whippet. Producer: Tim Dee. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b03mj8lx) FRI 21:00 Paul Henry ­ Jogging With Mozart (b039rwcw) Margaret Oliphant ­ Hester, Episode 5Penelope Wilton and [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Lyndsey Marshal star in this high Victorian tale of a woman who FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b00scv5n) runs her own bank. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Sometimes called 'the feminist Trollope', Margaret Oliphant is an FRI 22:00 The Now Show (b091wb30) unjustly­neglected British writer of the nineteenth century, famed [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] for her perceptive, ironic psychology, and her strong female FRI 22:30 4 Extra Stands Up (b091ws9f) characters. And Hester has a striking premise: a young woman in 4 Extra Stands Up at the Fringe 2017, Episode 1A huge night of a nineteenth­century Cheshire town, having been snubbed and comedy from the Edinburgh Fringe 2017. Dane Baptiste hosts a discarded in marriage, does something truly radical. When the show where household names and the hottest rising stars stand family bank is in danger of a run, she pledges her whole private shoulder to shoulder in front of a late night sold out audience. For fortune to save it. But instead of merely underwriting it, in return the fourth year, 4 Extra Stands Up at the Fringe is one of the most she insists on running the bank herself, as a single woman, in anticipated shows at the Fringe by the audience and comedians defiance of all convention. alike. The diverse line up will surprise, excite and maybe even Using Oliphant's deliciously perceptive and sardonic narration, shock you, giving a taste of what a melting pot the Fringe really allied to a radical dramatisation by Kate Clanchy and Zena is. Forster, 'Hester' reveals a flawed and fascinating heroine, reborn Featuring Dominic Holland and Kae Kurd. for radio. FRI 23:30 Revolting People (b008gc13) 5/5 Series 3, The God­Given TalentJoshua chops logs, while Cora By Margaret Oliphant discovers a gift for penning pornography. 1770 America sitcom Dramatised by Kate Clanchy and Zena Forster with Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses. This life is full of repetitions. Once again Mr Rule is facing a run on the bank which could close Vernon's forever. Producer/Director ..... Jonquil Panting. FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b00vh958) Stephen Fry ­ The Fry Chronicles, Episode 5Today Stephen reveals the origins of his enduring love of technology and his great friendship with Douglas Adams. The Fry Chronicles is a book that is not afraid to confront the aching chasm that separates public image from private feeling. Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 15:00 Mikhail Bulgakov ­ The White Guard (b00761h8) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI 16:00 Who Goes There? (b00769x9) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI 16:30 After Henry (b007jmgk) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI 17:00 Tomorrow, Today! (b0124y8y) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 17:30 The Now Show (b091wb30) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b007k1l2) Mort, Episode 4Death has disappeared, leaving his apprentice Mort, his daughter Ysabell and Albert the cook to carry on the life­collecting operation. The fourth of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld dramatised by Robin Brooks. Narrated by Anton Lesser. Starring Carl Prekopp as Mort, Geoffrey Whitehead as Death, Phillip Jackson as Albert, Clare Corbett as Ysabell, Alice Hart as Princess Keli, Adam Godley as Cutwell, Philip Fox as Rincewind and Jon Glover as the Duke. Director: Claire Grove First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b04p845x) Series 19, Plaisir d'Amour / Can't Help Falling in Love With You:In this week's Soul Music Marianne Faithfull recalls the

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