Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER 2015 2013. Sonia …. Emma Kennedy SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b01f6b05) Jerry …. Barnaby Kay SAT 00:00 Mind's Eye (b007jyvk) Grazia Deledda - Reeds in the Wind Dave …. Mark Powley Lodgers Episode 10 Nurse ...... Rosie Armstrong Maeve Hamilton runs a busy bed and breakfast in Dublin, but Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and Series 3 of the sitcom about a married couple's attempts to only she seems to be able to see the guests. Psychotherapists retribution set in the rugged landscape of 1900's Sardinia. smooth over their singularly troubled midlife funk - Carol is Lorcan and Aoife investigate... Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths from a translation by hormonal and 15-stone George is a transvestite. Onlookers can't Five tales of the paranormal written by Gemma McMullan and Martha King. quite agree on the nature of their dynamic. Gerry Casey. Hearing that Giacinto will marry Grixenda, leaving Noemi free Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. CAST: to marry Predu, Efix returns to the village. Will Efix finally be Producer: Elizabeth Freestone Lorcan Molloy …. Dermot Crowley at peace with his conscience? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004. Aoife Molloy …. Cathy Belton EFIX.....John Lynch SAT 05:30 Shedtown (b01q03sb) Fergus Rainer …. Mark Lambert NOEMI.....Charlotte Emmerson Series 2 Brian Walsh …. Richard Orr ESTER.....Deborah McAndrew End of the Beginning Maeve Hamilton …. Stella McCusker GIACINTO.....Matthew McNulty In series two of Shedtown, our wooden 'man-cave', icon of Daniel Hamilton …. Miche Doherty PREDU.....Conrad Nelson escape and isolation - the shed - continues to be a symbol of Gillian Power …. Aine McCartney Directed by Nadia Molinari. possibility and change. Director: Eoin O'Callaghan SAT 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kb9kv) Episode 3: End of the Beginning Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Northern Ireland and Colm Toibin - Brooklyn The creosoted community continues into surreal seaside chaos first broadcast in 2006. The Melting Pot as it hits the headlines. SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b00763px) Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a Father Michael spots a 'shopportunity' and Colin sees his failed Series 2 girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in dream, of running a successful visitor attraction, re-emerging. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye New York in the 1950s. Barry...... Tony Pitts Anna Blundy, Robert Offord and Colin Murray Parkes reflect As Bartocci's opens its doors to all customers, whatever their Jimmy...... Stephen Mangan on the impact of Cole Porter's song of farewell and parting. colour, Eilis fights the prejudice of her fellow lodgers. Even at Eleanor...... Ronni Ancona Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of Father Flood's Irish dance night, not everyone is Irish. Colin...... Johnny Vegas our necks. SAT 03:00 RK Narayan - The Guide (b007jyp4) Deborah...... Emma Fryer Producer: Rosie Boulton Railway Raju is famous for helping tourists above and beyond William...... Adrian Manfredi First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001. the call of duty – until Rosie arrives. Stars Nitin Ganatra. Diane...... Rosina Carbone SAT 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b0109byt) R K Narayan ... Author Dave...... Shaun Dooley Peril at End House Rukhsana Ahmad ... Adaptor Father Michael...... James Quinn Episode 5 Nitin Ganatra ... Raju Wes...... Warren Brown Hercule Poirot summons everyone to End House. Can the Saeed Jaffrey ... Uncle/Barber Margaret...... Gwyneth Powell Belgian sleuth finally unmask the murderer? Shaheen Khan ... Rosie/Meena Nell...... Eleanor Samson Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot Sam Dastor ... Marco Polo Narrator...... Maxine Peake Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt Vincent Ebrahim ... Velan/Joseph/Voice 1 Music...... Paul Heaton & Jonny Lexus Captain Hastings …. Simon Williams Leena Dhingra ... Mother Written and Directed by Tony Pitts Frederica Rice …. Suzanna Hamilton Shiv Grewal ... Gaffur/Superintendent/Voice 2 Produced by Sally Harrison George Challenger …. Andrew Wincott SAT 04:00 The 3rd Degree (b00zdh7m) A Woolyback Production for BBC Radio 4. Nick Buckley …. Gemma Saunders Series 1 SAT 06:00 Christopher Fry - Curtmantle (b06mw116) Mr Croft …. Terence Edmond Reading Can Henry II rule his kingdom wisely and keep faith with his Mrs Croft …. Richenda Carey Coming this week from the University of Reading, host Steve friends like Thomas Becket? Charles Vyse …. Stephen Critchlow Punt quizzes students and lecturers of Food Science & King Henry II was simple and royal, (his nickname of Chief Inspector Japp …. Bryan Pringle Technology, International Relations, and English and American "Curtmantle" derived from the plain short cloak he wore) direct Jimmy Lazarus …. Sean Arnold Literature. and paradoxical, compassionate and hard, a man of intellect, a Dramatist: Michael Bakewell Which is why you're going to find out the meanings of such man of action, God-fearing, superstitious, blasphemous, far- Director: Enyd Williams obscure and outlandish concepts as "interregnum", "Tetrapak", seeing, short-sighted, affectionate, lustful, patient, volcanic, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000. "Spationaute", "Myanmar", "Thermidore", "golem" and "Chris humble and over-riding. SAT 01:30 Vital Mental Medicine: Shackleton's Banjo Moyles" It's difficult to think of any facet of man which at some time he (b00wdgr5) "The 3rd Degree" is a funny, lively and dynamic new quiz show didn't demonstrate, except chastity and sloth. As his ship was sinking through the Antarctic pack-ice, Ernest aimed at cultivating the next generation of Radio 4 listeners Starring Brian Cox as Henry II, Bernard Hepton as Becket, Shackleton allowed each member of his expedition to take 2lbs whilst delighting the current ones. It's recorded on location at a Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Eleanor of possessions with them as they abandoned ship. One different University each week, and it pits three and Norman Rodway as William Marshal exception was made; Shackleton saved Leonard Hussey's banjo Undergraduates against three of their Professors in a genuinely Written by Christopher Fry saying, "We must have that banjo. It's vital mental medicine." original and fresh take on an academic quiz. Being a Radio 4 Producer: Jane Morgan So it proved; when Shackleton set off in a small boat to sail to programme, it of course meets the most stringent standards of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1982. South Georgia to get help, he left behind on Elephant Island academic rigour - but with lots of facts and jokes thrown in for SAT 07:30 Misfits in France (b00f24f8) twenty-two men. They lived for months under an upturned boat good measure. Wilde About Dieppe and some old sails. Every Saturday the banjo-playing Together with host Steve Punt, the show tours the (sometimes Series in which Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee explore the meteorologist mounted a concert. He composed songs and posh, sometimes murky, but always welcoming!) Union connections between a group of Victorian writers and artists whenever they caught a seal to eat brought out his banjo. He buildings, cafés and lecture halls of six universities across the who crossed the English Channel for different reasons. played, the men sang - and anger and depression were kept at UK. Examining the differing fortunes of Oscar Wilde and the bay. The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General painter Walter Sickert, who both flouted Victorian moral Leonard Hussey survived, as did his banjo, now in the National Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the conventions, during their time in the French town of Dieppe. Maritime Museum, its skin marked with a dozen signatures of 'Highbrow & Lowbrow' round cunningly devised to test not At 4am on May 20th 1897, Sebastian Melmoth, better known members of the failed expedition to the South Pole. only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, as Oscar Wilde, arrived at Dieppe Docks seeking refuge Tim van Eyken is best known as a squeeze-box player and languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness of following his release from Reading Gaol, but he quickly moved singer - he was the Song Man in 'War Horse' at the National television, film, and Lady Gaga... In addition, the Head-to-Head out of town. Theatre. But he also plays the banjo. Tim explores the character rounds, in which students take on their Professors in their own Walter Sickert is known as a Camden Town painter but his of Hussey and the role he and his banjo played in saving the subjects, were particularly lively, and offered plenty of scope painter friend Jaques Emile Blanche called him 'the Canaletto sanity of the explorers. He plays some of his songs - sadly not for mild embarrassment on both sides... of Dieppe'. His long association with the resort began with on Hussey's banjo, which is too fragile, but on his own, made by The resulting show is funny, fresh, and not a little bit surprising, childhood holidays and included an affair with one of the local Pete Stanley, who sheds some light on the original instrument. with a truly varied range of scores, friendly rivalry, and fishwives. Tim also hears from Pieter van der Merwe of the National moments where students wished they had more than just Oscar Wilde ...... Simon Russell Beale Maritime Museum about the importance of music in glanced at that reading list... Walter Sickert ...... Stephen Critchlow expeditions and, thanks to some remarkable archive recordings, Producer: David Tyler Arthur Symons ...... Jonathan Tafler. Hussey himself. He plays the tune Shackleton asked for the A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b01pz4vf) night he died. Hussey reveals, too, that his banjo had seen SAT 04:30 Albert and Me (b007jsdl) Rugby's Greatest Try action in warmer climes, "having among other things been Series 1 Gareth Edwards's try in January 1973 was the greatest ever played to an audience of cannibals in Africa." Holiday scored. Cerys Matthews uses archive interviews and Producer: Julian May. When Bryan and son arrive in Frimlington, their fellow contemporary reports to tell the remarkable story of the try SAT 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00srkkv) holidaymakers aren't too welcoming. itself, and what it still tells us about the spirit and heart of Episode 10 Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as Wales. Often referred to as simply 'that try', the world Jim is determined to win Christine from the bearded sportsman, Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Helen Worth (Gail acknowledges it to be the greatest ever, and it's the standard but he will have to fight for her. Read by Martin Jarvis. from ITV's Coronation Street) as Deirdre, Peter Vaughan as Mr against which every other great try is compared. SAT 02:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rgm2k) Wiggins and Cheryl Hall as Mavis. New Zealand had just completed an unbeaten tour of the home The Ecstatic Underground Written by Jim Eldridge. nations, and their final challenge was against an invitational Christianity was just one of several cults that sprang up in Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Barbarians side at Cardiff. The game was brought alive within 2 ancient Rome. So the sound-world of the first Christians First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977. minutes as Gareth Edwards dramatically dived in the corner to probably wasn't filled with the subdued voices, measured SAT 05:00 The Change (b06l3287) complete an electrifying move of counter-attacking rugby. It singing and solemn prayers that would later echo through the Series 3 sent the crowd into rugby heaven, and never fails to delight medieval churches and cathedrals of Western Europe. It was Episode 5 even now. more Eastern in flavour - or more pagan. The family learn about Carol's condition - and Sonia finally But this try symbolised much more than the sport itself, for it Professor David Hendy explores the ecstatic soundscapes of confronts Dave about his suspicious behaviour. was also a poetic expression of the Welsh identity. In a game of underground house churches in ancient Rome. Carol …. Lynda Bellingham brute force, here was a glimpse of grace and beauty - something 30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library George …. Philip Jackson that was entirely in keeping with the lyricism that could be Sound Archive. Violet ...... Marcia Warren found at the heart of industrial Wales. In this programme, Producer: Matt Thompson. Maureen …. Maureen Beattie singer Cerys Matthews will reveal why this try is so celebrated A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in Ken …. James Vaugnan to this day in Wales and will unearth the untold story behind it. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 2 of 10 With its origins in industrial south Wales, rugby was adopted in SAT 14:15 Drama (b00yj97j) Producer: Adam Bromley the 19th century as an integral part of the Welsh working-class Christopher Green - Like an Angel Passing through My Room First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005. culture, with workers from heavy industries well suited to the This is a story about love. The unconditional love of a devoted tougher aspects of the game. But Welsh rugby also prided itself fan. At a party Christopher Green meets Anni-Frid Lyngstad on a certain 'Welsh way' of playing with an emphasis on aka Frida from Abba. He is the after dinner entertainment. She SUNDAY 01 NOVEMBER 2015 attractive, innovative and free-flowing rugby. This poeticism on is a party guest. What starts as a 'I'm your biggest fan' the field of play reflected a wider tradition within these conversation turns into a long chat about the nature of loving SUN 00:00 William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist (b03vgxyz) communities of expressing oneself through poetry, song and someone you've never met. From Olivier award-winning writer Episode 1 literature. Christopher Green. by W P Blatty, dramatised by Robert Forrest. In this modern But to truly appreciate the importance of this try, we need to This is a project several years in the making; what started as an classic, a priest is called in to help a 12-year-old girl who understand the role played by coach Carwyn James. A miner's upbeat reflection on fame and the notion of being a fan, appears to be possessed by an overwhelming demonic force. son from socialist west Wales, Carwyn was a sensitive, developed into a meditation on the communication between two Produced and directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. politically active and cultured man, a revolutionary rugby coach, people and coping with the blows life deals. Green's partner SUN 01:00 William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist (b03vh22d) a lecturer and later a broadcaster. He had a passion for drama, died shortly after recording the interview with Frida, in which Episode 2 literature and poetry and was even fluent in Russian. He drew they talked about her long recovery from the death of her by William P Blatty, dramatised by Robert Forrest. extensively on this hinterland as a way better to understand a husband in 1999. This play is deeply personal and reflective but In this modern classic, a priest is called in to help a 12-year-old game which, in Wales, has its roots firmly established in its with a firmly comic sensibility. The journey takes in life and girl who appears to be possessed by an overwhelming demonic culture and tradition. He was, however, an outspoken outsider death, and some of the territory in between, with a heavy force. Karras is increasingly convinced that the girl needs an who never coached the national side. emphasis on pop music. exorcist. The All Blacks had lost their first ever test series against the Christopher Green's work is shamelessly entertaining: from the Produced and directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. British & Irish Lions in 1971, and were unexpectedly defeated political bite of country music icon Tina C (star of four Radio 4 SUN 02:00 Basil Copper - The Candle in the Skull by Llanelli in '72 - both teams coached by Carwyn James. comedy series), and Ida Barr (star of Radio 4's Artificial Hip (b007jpyd) Twelve Lions were playing for the Barbarians in Cardiff in '73 Hop) to commissions from the RSC, the British Library, the [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday] and Carwyn, the unofficial coach, managed to evoke the spirit Tate gallery, the V&A, the Science Museum and the Barbican. SUN 02:15 Drama (b00yj97j) of '71. The try was classic Carwyn James and archetypal of the SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b01pz4vf) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] 'Welsh way' - counter attacking and full of expression, and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b01pz4vf) stirred them on to an historic win. SAT 16:00 Christopher Fry - Curtmantle (b06mw116) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SAT 09:00 A Date With Dyall (b06my9rb) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN 04:00 Christopher Fry - Curtmantle (b06mw116) Writer and actor Jonathan Rigby unlocks the vaults of the BBC SAT 17:30 Misfits in France (b00f24f8) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] sound archives to explore the broadcasting career of Valentine [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN 05:30 Misfits in France (b00f24f8) Dyall. SAT 18:00 Stephen Sheridan - The House at World's End [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] He reveals the enduring appeal of Dyall's most memorable (b0076hc6) SUN 06:00 Reeds in the Wind - Omnibus (b01fhl39) character the menacing and creepy raconteur 'The Man In What terrible secret lurks in the library at Cranleigh Hall? Why Episode 2 Black' and along the way he lifts the lid on some classic radio is old Uncle Magnus so afraid of the night? Efix urges Giacinto to put things right after discovering he has horror moments. Stars John Rowe as MR James, Jonathan Keeble as Young forged signatures to get credit for his debts. With John Lynch. * Radio Dyall James, Charles Simpson as Henry Gilbert and David Collings as SUN 07:15 A View With a Room - Burgh Island Hotel Jonathan Rigby profiles the radio work of Valentine Dyall with Dr De Lacey. (b0075fld) rare archive of Dyall in conversation. A tale of the supernatural by Stephen Sheridan. 4 Extra Debut. Tony and Beatrix Porter's restoration of a Devon * Here Come The Men In Black Director: David Blount hotel to its former Art Deco glory. From July 1998. Featuring new and exclusive interviews. Actor Edward de Studio Manager: Roy Fraser SUN 07:30 Clare in the Community (b01pp88x) Souza, a reincarnation of The Man in Black in the 1980's radio A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in 2003. Series 8 series Fear On 4, talks for the first time about his interpretation SAT 18:45 Basil Copper - The Candle in the Skull On Expenses of the character. (b007jpyd) With society collapsing all around us Social Worker Clare And the role's latest denizen Mark Gatiss reveals his joy and Martin's attempt to dispose of his wife does not go according to Barker is appalled to be stuck indoors bean counting. But as enthusiasm for portraying radio's most sinister personality. With plan - but his daughter gets a sinister treat for Hallowe'en. Clare discovers anomalies in the Sparrowhawk Family Centre's rare archive of Valentine Dyall. Read by Gerard McDermott. expense claims will friendship and loyalty win over professional * Appointment With Fear Producer: Louise Grealish integrity? A classic episode from the ground breaking radio horror series First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Sally Phillips stars as Clare Barker the social worker who has all * Jonathan Rigby's Vault of Horror SAT 19:00 A Date With Dyall (b06my9rb) the right jargon but never a practical solution. Jonathan Rigby is joined by writer Kim Newman and Josephine [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in Botting from the British Film Institute to chart the history of SAT 22:00 Concrete Cow (b00768y0) other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. 'The Man in Black', reveal some memorable radio horror stories Series 1 Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all and get their teeth into why this genre continues to have us Episode 1 of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her. shivering under the sheets. Two kids from Peckham enter Narnia, Dr Jekyll gets a telling Each week we join Clare in her continued struggle to control * Fear on 4: The Monkey's Paw off - and Radio 4's new quiz for pedants ‘I Think You'll Find’. both her professional and private life. In her private life Clare is A man makes wishes on a very unusual gift that's been cast with Sketch series in which anything is possible. struggling to come to terms with Brian's infidelity. Will their a sinister spell. Stars Oliver Maguire and Trudy Kelly. Starring Olivia Colman, Robert Webb, Sally Hawkins, Steven relationship survive? * Appointment With Fear Kynman and Chris Pavlo. In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out there Another classic episode from the ground breaking radio horror Written by James Cary, Sally Hawkins, Catherine Shepherd, for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. series Ashley Blake, Jon Holmes, Adam Bromley, Stuart Barker, Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden * Fear on 4: The Snowman Killing Robin Ince and Tim Key. Clare ...... Sally Phillips The Man in Black introduces the snowy mystery of a mother Producer: Adam Bromley Brian ...... Alex Lowe fearing evil in her own home. Stars Edward de Souza and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2002 Nali ...... Nina Conti Imelda Staunton. SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive Ray ...... Richard Lumsden Producer: Stephen Garner (b00d56bp) Helen ...... Liza Tarbuck Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in October Series 4 Simon ...... Andrew Wincott 2015. Episode 3 Libby ...... Sarah Kendall SAT 12:00 Street and Lane (b00v3n2v) Comedic judge Armando Iannucci presides at clown court, with Paul ...... Ben Crowe Series 1 Phill Jupitus, Dara O Briain and David Mitchell. From August Mrs Manjula ...... Bharti Patel Patio Marital 2008. Producer: Katie Tyrrell. "Up your Street, Down your Lane". SAT 23:00 Wondermentalist Cabaret (b01lstsm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013. Johnny Street and Arthur Lane are a pair of Yorkshire builders Edinburgh Special SUN 08:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s) in a white van who battle out their partnership and their future Comedy, bonhomie, poetry, music and audience creativity in Archie in Australia as they tackle a plethora of household repairs. the company of Matt Harvey and guests. A rare Australian outing for schoolboy Archie Andrews and his Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby. Another chance to hear last summer's special Edinburgh mentor Peter Brough. In this opening episode, the duo tool up for a patio job at the Festival edition of Wondermentalist - the slightly interactive, Radio ventriloquism recorded in Sydney. With Ronald Chesney, home of warring couple. comedy-infused poetry cabaret. Reg Quartley, Ray Barrett, Betty Parker, June Salter, Wendy Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane Showcasing Matt Harvey's peerless poetry, meet his nemesis, Blacklock and Reginald Goldsworthy Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne side-kick and one man house band Jerri Hart, and peerless guest Running from 1950-1958, Educating Archie introduced a Christine ...... Becky Hindley poets, Kate Fox and Elvis McGonagall. number of soon-to-be household names to listeners, including Tom ...... Richard Katz Kate Fox is the poet with Northern vowels and a love of puns, Tony Hancock, Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Dick Emery, Great Northern Man ...... Gerard McDermott buns and rhymes, while Elvis McGonagall, stand-up poet and Hattie Jacques, Bruce Forsyth and Max Bygraves - all taking a Producer: David Hunter armchair revolutionary strolls in to the BBC's Festival site, on turn in tutoring Archie. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. bail from The Graceland Caravan Park, near Dundee. Music by from the ABC Dance Band SAT 12:30 Our Man at Wembley (b00759dn) Like luxury muesli, Wondermentalism is a faith that contains Producer: Harry Freeman Episode 1 sparkly, shiny multigrains of truth, wit, wisdom and laughter. From a series made by ABC in Australia and also first Eric Halliday has a talent for impersonation, but can he make it Vitamin supplements for the soul. broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1957. as a sports commentator? Stars Alistair McGowan. From June Producer: Mark Smalley. SUN 08:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008p5c6) 1998. SAT 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b019chmt) From 21/09/1948 SAT 13:00 How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Series 3 The gang are back from their summer holidays sharing tales - Me (Omnibus) (b09qd9hz) Parents and Murdoch organises a sing-song... Series 1 Despite being close to his mum and dad, why does Adam Starring Kenneth Horne and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch. Pliny the Younger and his mother go shopping for a slave with Bloom argue with them all the time? With Sam Costa, Maurice Denham, Maureen Riscoe and Helen secretarial skills in first-century Rome. Stars Kieran Hodges. Adam examines our attitudes to children and parents, as well as Hill. SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06myczx) picking up a flute for the first time in years. Much Binding in the Marsh ran from 1944 to 1954 initially set Desmond Morris Heart-warming, funny and quixotic comedy, written and at a remote RAF station before being converted to a country Zoologist and broadcaster Desmond Morris chooses starring Adam Bloom. club and later the action moved to a newspaper. (The show also 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' by Ella Fitzgerald and 'Be Cool' by With Rob Rouse, Hattie Hayridge, Stefano Paolini and Bernie ran for a season with commercial breaks on Radio Honor Heffernan. Bloom. Luxembourg). Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 3 of 10 Written by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne. SUN 17:30 Clare in the Community (b01pp88x) MON 02:15 A View With a Room - Burgh Island Hotel Music by the Augmented Dance Orchestra conducted by [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] (b0075fld) Stanley Black. SUN 18:00 Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre (b007jlrz) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] Producer: Leslie Bridgemont Series 2 MON 02:30 Trigger Mortis - Omnibus (b06myz8g) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September Jack in the Box [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] 1948. School is just up the stairs, and each birthday you get a new MON 03:45 Peter Regent - Abroad (b06myznq) SUN 09:00 In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's room [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] Journey to Freedom - Omnibus (b06mywvz) A young boy lives an isolated life - until a death opens the door MON 04:00 DH Lawrence - Daughters of the Vicar Human rights advocate Oona Chaplin reads Yeonmi Park's to the outside world... (b0075s4x) courageous account of how she escaped repressive North Strange and chilling tales from the award-winning master of [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] Korea. thrillers Ray Bradbury, who tops and tails these radio MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (b06mz052) SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06myxjt) dramatisations in his own inimitable style. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] Kate Adie The Boy ...... Richard Pearce MON 05:30 Clare in the Community (b01pp88x) Journalist Kate Adie chooses the 'Housewives' Choice' theme Father ...... Ed Bishop [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] and 'Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus' by Vaughan Williams. Mother ...... Carolyn Jones MON 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b06myy9x) The Whisperers ...... Sarah Rice & Carolyn Strong (b007jvh9) Comedians Old Lady ...... Jenny Lee 1. Baron Hardup John Bishop Poilceman ...... Christopher Wright Charles Paris is a middle-aged actor down on his luck, but his From the Beatles to Jim Reeves, the comic shares his castaway Other parts played by the cast. whole life is to change after a chance meeting with a chorus girl choices with Kirsty Young. From June 2012. Producer: Adrian Bean. named Jacqui. SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour (b06d29cv) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Assuming a variety of roles, the lothario thespian employs his Series 2 SUN 18:30 Terry Pratchett (b008p7x8) skills to try and solve a murder. Press Play Guards! Guards! Francis Matthews stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris. A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting Episode 2 Adapted by Simon Brett from his thriller set during the UK's speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Could a long-extinct beast have carried out recent crimes? winter fuel crisis of 1973. stage. Will Captain Vimes get any joy from dragonologist and society . Guy Raz investigates whether something serious happens when heavyweight Lady Ramkin? Charles Paris …. Francis Matthews we play. Can it make us smarter, saner and more collaborative? Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. Jacqui Mitchell …. Fiona Hendley With Jeff Mogil, Charlie Todd, Stuart Brown, Isabel Behncke The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Frances …. Jennifer Hilary Izquierdo and Jane McGonigal. Discworld. Maurice Skellern …. Harry Landis First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio. Narrator …. Martin Jarvis Len …. Peter Tuddenham SUN 11:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00m45d2) Captain Vimes …. John Wood Norman …. James Bryce Series 1 Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Barman …. Mark Straker Faking Fossils Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne Newsreader …. Paul Leighton Sir David recalls a key moment in his life, when he broke open Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood Producer: Martin Fisher a piece of Leicestershire limestone and there in his hand was an Carrot …. Robert Gwilym First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984. ammonite. Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan MON 06:30 There's More to Life Than London (b00sxh94) Over the intervening years, fossils have fascinated him and he Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher Tube fairs. The rattling overcrowded tube itself. The house has become a great collector, even of the odd fake. Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall prices, the negative equity, the schools, the dirt. There are Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts plenty of reasons not to live in London, which may be the histories of creatures and plants from around the world. Dramatised by Michael Butt. reason most people in Britain don't. Producer: Julian Hector Director: John Taylor Stuart Cosgrove (Commissioning Editor for Nations and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009 First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in November 1992. Regions of Channel 4 until 2015) presents a programme on the SUN 12:00 Educating Archie (b009gc5s) SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour (b06d29cv) joys and challenges of choosing to live and work outside the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] capital. SUN 12:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b008p5c6) SUN 19:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00m45d2) The journalist and broadcaster examines the dark side of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] Britain's obsessive metrocentrism, the brain-draining draw of SUN 13:00 Reeds in the Wind - Omnibus (b01fhl39) SUN 20:00 In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's the capital, sucking enterprise and energy from the regions and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Journey to Freedom - Omnibus (b06mywvz) its navel-gazing parochialism, dressed up as cosmopolitanism. SUN 14:15 A View With a Room - Burgh Island Hotel [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] As the Civil Service and the BBC itself begin to grapple with (b0075fld) SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks (b06myxjt) the challenges of moving key departments outside of the capital [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] this will be a timely look at how and why, despite political and SUN 14:30 Trigger Mortis - Omnibus (b06myz8g) SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b06myy9x) institutional devolution, we still allow London to dominate Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] British life, and what price we pay for the largely unexamined Having survived a showdown with Goldfinger, Bond is back in SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community (b01pp88x) assumption that everything happens in London. London, where a deadly mission awaits. Read by Rupert Penry- [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Producer David Stenhouse Jones. SUN 22:30 Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize (b00757wk) From July 2010. SUN 15:45 Peter Regent - Abroad (b06myznq) Episode 1 MON 07:00 Street and Lane (b00v8lr4) 4 Extra Debut. Nigel Anthony reads a cautionary tale about an A five pound deal of sketches, monologues and weird soup. Series 1 unassuming accountant who appears to be a well-travelled man Originally broadcast LIVE from London's exclusive Imperial Blues on the Stairs of the world. Rooms, Mayfair. Yorkshire builders in a white van - Johnny Street and Arthur SUN 16:00 DH Lawrence - Daughters of the Vicar Written and performed by Jane Bussmann and David Quantick. Lane – are called to tackle the tricky task of a piano perilously (b0075s4x) Featuring: perched on the Edwardian staircase of feisty music teacher Mrs Louisa and Mary, daughters of the impoverished vicar of Peter Serafinowicz Priam-Rhodes. Aldecross, see only marriage as a means of escape from their Emma Clarke Sitcom written by Ian McMillan and Dave Sheasby. routine lives. Steve Brody. Johnny Street ...... Nick Lane The arrival of a new young curate fills them with anticipation, Producer: Phil Bowker. Arthur Lane ...... Fine Time Fontayne but will his intellectual qualities match up to the more physical First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998. Mrs Priam-Rhodes ...... Margaret Robertson attractions of Alfred Durant, the son of a local miner? SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b06nd3tb) Ben Nevis ...... Kenny Blyth. DH Lawrence's novella - written at around the same time as Arthur Smith chats to Sarah Kendall. Producer: David Hunter Sons and Lovers - is a classic tale of the struggle between SUN 23:00 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. emotion and intellect. (b007731j) MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b06kbjf2) Louisa ...... Rachel Atkins Series 1 Series 73 Mary ...... Cathy Sara Episode 2 Episode 4 Mrs Lindley ...... Gillian Goodman Meet the China Lion, the singing friend, and introducing the Agincourt, Kipling and Caravanning are among the topics on Mr Lindley ...... David Timson Daniel Bedingfield-loving East European couple. the cards as Josh Widdicombe, Jenny Eclair, Sheila Hancock Mr Massey ...... Robert Pickavance Perrier award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and and Paul Merton join host Nicholas Parsons as they try to avoid Alfred Durant ...... Peter Meakin character comedy series hesitation, deviation and repetition. Hayley Sterling blows the Mrs Durant ...... Ann Rye With Ben Moor, Katherine Parkinson and Ben Willbond. whistle. Miner ...... Sean Connolly Written by Laura Solon. With additional material by the cast, Produced by Victoria Lloyd. Dramatised by Jane Beeson. Carl Cooper, Tony Roche and Andy Marlatt. 25th October 2015 is the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Director: Peter Leslie Wild. Producer: Colin Anderson Agincourt. Nicholas remembers it well, of course. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007. MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jpp4) SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b06mz052) SUN 23:30 Recorded for Training Purposes (b00gs0n6) Series 3 Derek Walcott - A Fortunate Traveller Series 3 The Honourable Man BBC Radio 4's and 4 Extra's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra Episode 3 With a visitor due from the Soviet Union - Captain Mainwaring revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive. Sketch show about modern communication and contemporary is feeling peeved with Sergeant Wilson. In 'Derek Walcott: A Fortunate Traveller' - Glyn Maxwell meets obsessions. With Ben Willbond and Rachel Atkins. Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV the Nobel Laureate poet at his beach home on the Caribbean First heard on BBC Radio 4 in January 2009. scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. island of St Lucia on his 84th birthday. Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe Walcott talks about the sea and what it's like to come from a Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier place he feels to be without history. He remembers his late MONDAY 02 NOVEMBER 2015 Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn friend Seamus Heaney and enthuses about Edward Thomas and Private Frazer …. John Laurie Philip Larkin. They talk of teaching poetry - Glyn was once MON 00:00 Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre (b007jlrz) Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Derek's student. He reads some of his own poems and, from [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley memory, a sad and beautiful lyric by Walter de la Mare. The MON 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b008p7x8) Warden Hodges …. Bill Pertwee surf and the tropical rain make their own calypso music. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Russian Visitor ...... Fraser Kerr Producer: Tim Dee MON 01:00 Reeds in the Wind - Omnibus (b01fhl39) Producer: John Dyas First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 4 of 10 MON 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show Richard Snark and Lisa Rowe-Beddoe as Marianne. him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an (b01rqbf9) Directed by Glyn Dearman employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on Episode 1 MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jpp4) his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. Eric’s got a surprise for Ernie’s birthday – and guest Gayle [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Director: Abigail le Fleming Hunnicutt is desperate to be in one of Ernie's plays what he MON 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2011. wrote. (b01rqbf9) MON 18:30 A Good Read (b0075zpx) Written and adapted by Eddie Braben. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Kirsty Wark & Gabriel Gbadamosi With Richard Caldicot and April Walker. MON 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance Louise Doughty and her guests, broadcaster Kirsty Wark and Music from Syd Lawrence and his Orchestra – with Roy (b007jvh9) playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi, discuss three of their favourite Marsden, Sue Adams and The Seranaders. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] paperbacks by Chris Bohjalian, Juan Rulfo and Ronan Bennett. Producer: John Browell MON 13:30 There's More to Life Than London (b00sxh94) From 2000. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] 'Midwives' by Chris Bohjalian. MON 09:00 The Motion Show (b0075s3q) MON 14:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00srqfs) Publisher: Review Series 1 Episode 11 'Pedro Paramo' by Juan Rulfo. Episode 6 Jim Dixon makes his unconventional and infamous speech and Publisher: Serpent's Tail Should the beautiful people should inherit the Earth? – and includes his impression of Evelyn Waugh. Read by Martin 'The Catastrophist' by Ronan Bennett. should the police all be like TV copper, Dixon of Dock Green? Jarvis. Publisher: Vintage. Dr Phil Hammond watches over proceedings in the quirky The all-time classic comic novel of academic life written by MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jpp4) debating game. Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim lists the fortunes - or rather [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] With Pete Sinclair, Steve Punt, Michael White and Simon misfortunes - of Jim Dixon, a man of many faces, most of MON 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show Fanshawe. which don't fit his surroundings. (b01rqbf9) Producer: Helen Williams Produced and abridged by Pat McLoughlin. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. MON 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance MON 09:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mqgrr) MON 14:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rl5rd) (b007jvh9) Series 3 The Bells [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 2 The peal of the church bell was one of the most dominant MON 20:30 There's More to Life Than London (b00sxh94) When burglars visit the CyberPass bistro, Merv decides to stay features in the medieval soundscape. Every time it rang out, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] up and take action. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May 2004. religion's hold over the secular world was signalled loud and MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b015ck9j) MON 10:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo clear. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] (b01p0680) Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex visits one of MON 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy Episode 1 the oldest church bells in the UK and argues the sound's power (b008kkj9) At the age of 19, seaman Edmond Dantès has a charmed life - lay in ancient, pagan associations. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] about to be promoted to Captain, and engaged to the beautiful 30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b06kbjf2) Mercédès. Sound Archive. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] But Marseilles in 1815 is a dangerous place, and three of Producer: Matt Thompson. MON 22:30 The Headset Set (b01ntjqh) Dantes' acquaintances set in train a chain of events that will lead A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in Series 2 Edmond to 14 years of solitary confinement in the notorious 2013. Episode 3 Chateau D'If. MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b013f0xp) EPISODE 3 Adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas first published in 1844. Village SOS Audience sketch show set in the world of a call centre called Dramatised in four parts by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Episode 1 Smile5, a company that sells anything and everything. Edmond Dantes ...... Iain Glen By Val McDermid. Aleesha and other characters ..... Chizzy Akudolu Haydee ...... Jane Lapotaire DCI Marion Bettany (Helen Baxendale) and DS John Hodgson, Bernie and other characters ..... Margaret-Cabourn Smith Abbe Faria ...... Richard Johnson a new detective team created for Radio 4 by award-winning Big Tony, Ralph and other characters ..... Colin Hoult Monsieur Morrell ...... Robert Blythe author Val McDermid, investigate a murder in the sleepy Various ..... Lucy Montgomery Danglars ...... Toby Jones Northumbrian village of Shilwick. They love their work, they Sailesh, Bradley and other characters ..... Phaldut sharma Fernand ...... Zubin Varla enjoy each other's company and like nothing better than Writers ..... Various Caderousse ...... Ben Crowe investigating a new crime. The only thing that makes life Producer ..... Tilusha Ghelani. Jacopo ...... Joe Sims difficult is dealing with the public. Take the residents of the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. Captain Patin ...... Patrick Brennan former mining community of Shilwick, for example. MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b06mzqpd) Albert de Morcerf ...... Will Howard Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and Series 15 Antoine ...... Will Howard creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. Episode 7 Claude ...... Paul Stonehouse Village SOS is a fictional version of the BBC One series of the A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp. Max Morrell ...... Adam Nagaitis same name. Susan Calman, Francis Wheen, Zoe Lyons and Elis James join Mathilde ...... Liza Sadovy DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale Miles to take a look at the headlines of the moment. Julie Morrell ...... Eleanor Crooks DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon Producer: Richard Morris Directors: Jeremy Mortimer / Sasha Yevtushenko Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland A BBC Radio Comedy Production. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012. Colin Arnott ..... Antony Byrne MON 23:45 Creme de la Crime (b0089jzj) MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b015ck9j) Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton Carrion up the Jungle Flann O' Brien - The Brother Marcus Francis ..... Adrian Grove Mutiny, murder, and a possible parking fine in a dastardly case Episode 1 Tilly Francis ..... Rachel Bavidge of felony afloat. The Brother Tom Briggs ..... Christian Rodska David Pershore travels to the tropics of the Far East. That is, if By Myles na Gopaleen (Flann O'Brien) Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher he can bear to have the inoculations. "Do you know what it is, the brother's an extraordinary genius." www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. Recalled by Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector Born on the 5th October 1911 in Strabane, Northern Ireland, MON 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd3j5) Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore Brian O'Nolan is perhaps best known as Flann O'Brien, the Colm Toibin - Brooklyn Using a daring mixture of reconstructions, interviews, music name under which he published his novels At Swim Two Birds, Meeting the Family and specially made noises, tales from the vaults of villainy. The Hard Life, The Dalkey Archive and The Third Policeman. Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. Often described as one of the 'holy trinity' of modern Irish girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in With: writers alongside Joyce and Beckett, he was notorious for New York in the 1950s. Olivia Colman writing under a range of pseudonyms and penned the daily As Eilis' romance with Tony Fiorello blossoms, life in Brooklyn Ewan Bailey 'Cruiskeen Lawn' column in the Irish Times as Myles na takes on a new rhythm and it is time for Eilis to experience her Director: Adam Bromley Gopaleen (na gCopaleen) from1940 until his death in 1966. first Italian meal. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. Satirising the absurdities and ironies of Dublin life the MON 15:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo Cruiskeen Lawn introduced a memorable and hilarious cast of (b01p0680) characters; Keats and Chapman, The Plain People of Ireland [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUESDAY 03 NOVEMBER 2015 and the extraordinary, eccentric and preposterous 'brother'. MON 16:00 The Motion Show (b0075s3q) To mark the centenary of his birth, a series of readings selected [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE 00:00 The Man in Black (b00yhs8p) from O'Brien's 'Brother' articles, introduces us to one of his MON 16:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mqgrr) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] most peculiar and eccentric literary creations. An 'extraordinary [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b0075zpx) genius' indeed, the brother is apparently an authority on almost MON 17:00 Street and Lane (b00v8lr4) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] every subject imaginable and has his finger in more pies than he [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance has fingers! Living in digs with his long-suffering landlady and MON 17:30 Just a Minute (b06kbjf2) (b007jvh9) her lodgers, the brother believes that he really does know best [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] about everything from medicine, to water purity, politics and MON 18:00 The Man in Black (b00yhs8p) TUE 01:30 There's More to Life Than London (b00sxh94) policing, and, as we discover, there is no arguing with the Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] brother! Connect by Lucy Moore TUE 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00srqfs) Meet the inimitable 'brother' as Myles regales us with that most Helpline volunteer Rosie receives a series of strange calls from [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] unusual of individual's latest exploits. a sinister caller raking up her past... TUE 02:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rl5rd) Read by Jim Norton with Kevin Moore. Mark Gatiss returns as the sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] Producer Heather Larmour. to introduce Lucy Moore's chilling tale that may make you TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b013f0xp) MON 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy think twice before picking up the phone. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] (b008kkj9) Rosie …. Claire Harry TUE 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd3j5) Running Scared Mike …. Iain Batchelor [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] Billy Hindle's given up his job as an assassin, but then his old The Demon …. Eliza Caitlin Parkes TUE 03:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo boss Snark turns up. Sam …. Lloyd Thomas (b01p0680) Andrew Rissik's thriller is set in 1968 and written in the style of Liz …. Leah Brotherhood [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] the Bond movies. The Volunteer …. Deeivya Meir TUE 04:00 The Motion Show (b0075s3q) Starring James Aubrey as Billy Hindle, Gerald Harper as Sir More horrifying tales from The Man in Black. You might meet [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 5 of 10 TUE 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b00mqgrr) TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b06mzqpd) 2013. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b013f4q4) TUE 05:00 Street and Lane (b00v8lr4) TUE 09:45 Creme de la Crime (b0089jzj) Village SOS [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] Episode 2 TUE 05:30 Just a Minute (b06kbjf2) TUE 10:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo By Val McDermid. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] (b01p3151) DCI Marion Bettany, played by Helen Baxendale, continues her TUE 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance Episode 2 investigation into Colin Arnott's murder, but the residents of (b007jvhd) It's 1838, and the Count has arrived in Paris. Shilwick are curiously reluctant to help. Colin's plans to turn a 2. Transformation Scene His enemies, Baron Danglars, Gerard de Villefort and Fernand deconsecrated chapel into a performing arts centre had ruffled Chorus girl Jacqui Mitchell has suddenly been rejected by her de Morcerf have no idea that Edmond Dantes, who they feathers throughout the village, and Bettany wants to know if lover impresario. Could it be because compromising betrayed in Marseilles a quarter of a century earlier, is plotting that's a strong enough motive for murder. photographs were taken of them both at a party? to destroy them. Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and Assuming a variety of roles, the lothario thespian employs his Adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas first published in 1844. creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. skills to try and solve a murder. The Count/Edmond Dantes ...... Iain Glen Set in Shilwick, Village SOS is a fictional version of the BBC Francis Matthews stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris. Haydee ...... Jane Lapotaire One series of the same name. Adapted by Simon Brett from his thriller set during the UK's Younger Haydee ...... Amber Rose Revah DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale winter fuel crisis of 1973. Baron Danglars ...... Toby Jones DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon Charles Paris …. Francis Matthews Gerard de Villefort ...... Paul Rhys Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton Jacqui Mitchell …. Fiona Hendley Fernand, Count de Morcerf ...... Zubin Varla Tilly Francis ..... Rachel Bavidge George …. Peter Tuddenham Mercedes de Morcerf ...... Josette Simon Marcus Francis ..... Adrian Grove Bernard Walton …. Timothy Carlton Heloise de Villefort ...... Kate Fleetwood Peter Robson ..... Shaun Prendergast Joanne Menzies …. Sandra Clark Abbe Faria ...... Richard Johnson Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher Mrs Sweet …. Lynda Baron General Noirtier ...... Karl Johnson www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. Harry Chiltern …. Victor Maddern Hermine Danglars ...... Stephanie Racine TUE 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q3) Nurse …. Hilda Schroder Albert de Morcerf ...... Will Howard Colm Toibin - Brooklyn Maggie Swede …. Maggie McCarthy Jacopo ...... Joe Sims Coney Island Producer: Martin Fisher Max Morrell ...... Adam Nagaitis Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984. Valentine de Villefort ...... Lizzy Watts girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in TUE 06:30 A Dream of Eleanor (b00fq8w2) Coachman ...... Paul Stonehouse New York in the 1950s. Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson examines the role Dramatised by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Tony takes Eilis for a trip to Coney Island to celebrate her exam that Eleanor Roosevelt had in producing the UN Declaration of Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan. success. But Eilis' new found happiness is short-lived, as news Human Rights, which was 60 years old in 2008. Directors: Jeremy Mortimer / Sasha Yevtushenko from home turns her American life sour. Appointed to the UN General Assembly by her husband's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012. TUE 15:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo successor as US president, Harry Truman, she was subsequently TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b015cnnp) (b01p3151) elected chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights by her Flann O' Brien - The Brother [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] fellow delegates. It was from this position that she helped to Episode 2 TUE 16:00 Act Your Age (b00qplyn) draft the Declaration that still holds firm today. Featuring The Brother Series 2 contributions from Geoffrey Robertson QC, Shami Chakrabarti By Myles na Gopaleen (Flann O'Brien) Episode 5 and Eleanor's grandson Curtis Roosevelt. "Do you know what it is, the brother's an extraordinary genius." Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic TUE 07:00 Our Man at Wembley (b0075j2s) Born on the 5th October 1911 in Strabane, Northern Ireland, generations against each other to find out which is the funniest. Episode 2 Brian O'Nolan is perhaps best known as Flann O'Brien, the Team captains Jon Richardson, Ed Byrne and Johnnie Casson As the FA Cup final looms, will budding commentator Eric name under which he published his novels At Swim Two Birds, are joined by Tom Wrigglesworth, John Bishop and Tom Halliday get inside the stadium? Stars Alistair McGowan. From The Hard Life, The Dalkey Archive and The Third Policeman. O'Connor. June 1998. Often described as one of the 'holy trinity' of modern Irish Producers: Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews. TUE 07:30 There Is No Escape (b06kcbw8) writers alongside Joyce and Beckett, he was notorious for First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010. Episode 3 writing under a range of pseudonyms and penned the daily TUE 16:30 Chain Reaction (b01l1g68) Andrew attempts to beat his workmate, Lennie, to a promotion. 'Cruiskeen Lawn' column in the Irish Times as Myles na Series 8 But when all inevitably goes wrong, he then has to find a home Gopaleen (na gCopaleen) from1940 until his death in 1966. Jeremy Front interviews Rebecca Front for the dishwasher and tumble-dryer his girlfriend has already Satirising the absurdities and ironies of Dublin life the Rebecca Front is interviewed by the man who knows her best, bought. Cruiskeen Lawn introduced a memorable and hilarious cast of her big Brother Jeremy Front. Sitcom about a man dissatisfied with his life, whose feeble characters; Keats and Chapman, The Plain People of Ireland Producer ..... Carl Cooper attempts to run away invariably end with him traipsing home and the extraordinary, eccentric and preposterous 'brother'. "I have a very strong childhood memory of you playing the flute defeated. To mark the centenary of his birth, a series of readings selected in a concert and falling off stage into a box of fezes." Starring: from O'Brien's 'Brother' articles, introduces us to one of his The Chain starts with star of The Thick Of It, Grandma's Andrew Lawrence most peculiar and eccentric literary creations. An 'extraordinary House, The Day Today and most other comedies of note over Diane Morgan genius' indeed, the brother is apparently an authority on almost the past twenty years, Rebecca Front, speaking to the man who With Marek Larwood, Lizzie Roper and David Hounslow. every subject imaginable and has his finger in more pies than he knows her best, her writing partner and big brother Jeremy Producer: Jane Berthoud has fingers! Living in digs with his long-suffering landlady and Front. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015. her lodgers, the brother believes that he really does know best They cover childhood teasing and being a woman in comedy, TUE 08:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50) about everything from medicine, to water purity, politics and reveal how a cough scuppered Rebecca's chances of working Series 3 policing, and, as we discover, there is no arguing with the with Mike Leigh and end with Jeremy attempting to maker her Episode 6 brother! re-live an amusing childhood trauma. Kenneth Horne heads a Bohemian Paris romp and Julian and Meet the inimitable 'brother' as Myles regales us with that most "I've heard all the anecdotes so I'll probably just read a book." Sandy report on the latest bona goings on for the Daily Polari. unusual of individual's latest exploits. The chain continues with: With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Read by Jim Norton with Kevin Moore. Rebecca Front talking to her Thick Of It co-star and fellow non- Pertwee. Producer Heather Larmour. nudist, Chris Addison, about working with Armando Iannucci Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, TUE 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy and embracing his middle-classness through stand-up; London. Announcer: Douglas Smith (b007k1nx) Chris Addison in a rare interview with the actually-really-nice- Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Mondays Are Hell and-he-doesn't-do-any-of-that-weird-stuff-in-real-life, Derren comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Forced to give up Marianne, assassin Billy Hindle is Brown; Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, blackmailed into one last job. Stars James Aubrey and Joanna Derren Brown chatting hair, beliefs and Tim Minchin with Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Lumley. comedy musical megastar and fellow sceptic Tim Minchin; scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and TUE 12:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50) A poorly Tim Minchin being handed tissues whilst attempting 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] to interview with no questions a not-at-all-poorly and hilarious catchphrases and double-entendres. TUE 12:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj) Caitlin Moran. Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Caitlin Moran getting to spend time and talk shoes, Bananarama Hayes Four. TUE 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance and women with her comedy hero Jennifer Saunders. Producer: John Simmonds (b007jvhd) And... First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Jennifer Saunders turning up a week later to find the series has TUE 08:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj) TUE 13:30 A Dream of Eleanor (b00fq8w2) ended. Probably. We weren't there because the series had What's in a Name? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] ended. Hard-up Audrey needs a secret job - but what on earth is she TUE 14:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00srwxb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. qualified to do? Episode 12 TUE 17:00 Our Man at Wembley (b0075j2s) Starring Penelope Keith and Keith Barron. Some good news leaves lecturer Jim Dixon tickled pink, but he [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her faces a race against time. Concluded by Martin Jarvis. TUE 17:30 There Is No Escape (b06kcbw8) beloved Grantleigh Estate, has decamped to the tiny Old Lodge TUE 14:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rl8l9) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] cottage with her butler in tow. Tuning the Body TUE 18:00 The Man in Black (b00yng5w) From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving In the Middle Ages, sound played a key role in the battle Series 3 eye on new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere. between Good and Evil. There were horrible sins of the tongue The Printed Name by Nicholas Pierpan Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his BBC TV script. - idle words, boasting, flattery, lying and blaspheming - as well Having your heart's desire offered to you on a plate can be a Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere as sins of the ear, such as eavesdropping and the seduction of difficult temptation to resist. Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher devilish words. The ears were the gateway not just to the body, Jack is a failing writer who stumbles into a devilish pact with a Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger but also to the soul. mysterious businessman. Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex considers Mark Gatiss stars as the sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, to Frank Middlemass ..... Ned the importance of sound to Medieval morality. introduce Nicholas Pierpan's sinister tale. First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever 30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Jack …. Ewan Bailey appeared, finally arrived home in 1997. Sound Archive. Rob …. Ryan Watson Producer: Jane Berthoud Producer: Matt Thompson. Thomas …. Nicholas Boulton First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1997. A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in Hermione …. Christine Kavanagh Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 6 of 10 The Grandfather …. Sean Baker WED 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (b00srwxb) Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue The TV Announcer …. Claire Harry [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and More horrifying tales from The Man in Black. You might meet WED 02:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rl8l9) quickly developed a cult following. him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] Music and songs by Liam Cohen and Bill Oddie. employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b013f4q4) Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1968. his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. WED 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q3) WED 09:00 Counterpoint (b00874xv) Director: Gemma Jenkins [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] 1999 Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2011. WED 03:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo Heat 2 TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me (b007jnhk) (b01p3151) Ned Sherrin chairs the music quiz with Lancashire's Sue Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] McCombie, Roy Whittaker of Norwich and Stephen Turnbull Sir Clement Freud WED 04:00 Act Your Age (b00qplyn) from Co Durham. The legendary 'Just a Minute' star recalls his colourful life, and [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED 09:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII his famous psychoanalyst grandfather Sigmund. From October WED 04:30 Chain Reaction (b01l1g68) (b0076j87) 2000. [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] Episode 5 TUE 19:00 Round the Horne (b00lvz50) WED 05:00 Our Man at Wembley (b0075j2s) Henry's VIII 5th wife Catherine Howard was an ambitious girl - [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] one with a reputation and a Duchess as her adviser. TUE 19:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4dj) WED 05:30 There Is No Escape (b06kcbw8) Jonathan Coy stars as Henry VIII [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] An unreliable history, created and written in six parts by Barry TUE 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance WED 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance Grossman. (b007jvhd) (b007jvhj) Henry VIII ...... Jonathan Coy [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] 3. Inside the Giant's Castle Thomas Cromwell ...... Milton Johns TUE 20:30 A Dream of Eleanor (b00fq8w2) Charles Paris has still not been able to contact the elusive The Chronicler ...... Alfred Burke [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] theatrical impresario Marius Steen. Catherine Howard ...... Helen Longworth TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b015cnnp) Now the man who took the compromising photographs of Steen Duchess Agnes ...... Marcia Warren [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] and his lover has been shot - dead. William of Winchelsea ...... Geoffrey McGivern TUE 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy Francis Matthews stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris. Simon of Southwark ...... Gyuri Sarossi (b007k1nx) Adapted by Simon Brett from his thriller. Music by Jim Parker. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] CharleS Paris …. Francis Matthews Producer: John Fawcett Wilson TUE 22:00 There Is No Escape (b06kcbw8) Jacqui Mitchell …. Fiona Hendley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2003. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Marius Steen …. Peter Tuddenham WED 10:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo TUE 22:30 Twenty Players (b007511f) Mrs Sweet …. Lynda Baron (b01p6rz5) Series 1 Juliet …. Wendy Murray Episode 3 Hugo De Vries Miles …. David Dixon With Fernand de Morcerf dead, the Count begins to tighten the Forgotten sporting heroes. Steve Rider tells the story of the Nigel Steen …. Richard Morant net around Baron Danglars and Gerard de Villefort, and their reckless but exciting racing driver. From June 1995. Taxi Driver …. Mark Jones unsuspecting wives. TUE 22:45 The Music Teacher (b01fjvxv) Adapted by Simon Brett from his book. Adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas dramatised by Sebastian Series 2 Producer: Martin Fisher Baczkiewicz. Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1984. The Count/Edmond Dantes ...... Iain Glen Richie Webb returns as multi-instrumentalist music teacher WED 06:30 The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for Haydee ...... Jane Lapotaire Nigel Penny. Survival (b00jm0bq) Mercedes de Morcerf ...... Josette Simon Nigel is charged with creating relaxing music for a pregnant Sir Richard FitzHerbert of Tissington Hall talks to fellow Gerard de Villefort ...... Paul Rhys ladies music group. historic house owners struggling to balance the books. From Heloise de Villefort ...... Kate Fleetwood But whilst Arts Centre director Belinda happily sells tickets for April 2009. General Noirtier ...... Karl Johnson his 'live inspirational womb music' sessions, Nigel is hampered WED 07:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz6) Baron Danglars ...... Toby Jones in his preparations by the usual array of challenging pupils and a Series 2 Hermine Danglars ...... Stephanie Racine rather early arrival. The Idiots Have Landed! Fernand de Morcerf ...... Zubin Varla Directed by Nick Walker A Second World War tale of derring-do, to dispose of Adolf Caderousse ...... Ben Crowe Audio production by Matt Katz Hitler at his Bavarian lodge. Andrea Cavalcanti ...... Will Howard Written and produced by Richie Webb Roy Hudd stars in Laurie Rowley’s comic parodies. Madame Lascelles ...... Sarah Thom A Top Dog Production for BBC Radio 4. With: Coachman ...... Paul Stonehouse TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b06pdvzn) Denise Coffey Bertuccio ...... Paul Stonehouse The best in contemporary comedy. Jon Holmes chats to Andrew Chris Emmett Valentine de Villefort ...... Lizzy Watts Maxwell. David Gooderson Max Morrell ...... Adam Nagaitis TUE 23:00 Delve Special (b007jn2h) Fred Harris Eugenie Danglars ...... Eleanor Crooks Series 4 Producer: Jonathan James-Moore Jacopo ...... Joe Sims Resurrection of St Jerome First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1988. Operator ...... Robert Blythe Intrepid reporter David Lander probes the extravagant lifestyle WED 07:30 To Hull and Back (b06kdz3q) Banker ...... Paul Stonehouse of Caribbean despot Felipe Delnazo and his wife Isabella. Series 1 Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan. Written by Tony Sarchet. An Affair to Forget Directors: Jeremy Mortimer / Sasha Yevtushenko Starring Stephen Fry as David Lander. Sophie is on a quest for love whilst her mother is trying to get First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012. With Brenda Blethyn, Robert Bathurst, Andrew Sachs, Philip accepted in to a posh Lady's Golf Club. WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b015cr9h) Pope and Mark Arden. Door-to-door sellers peddling thick bleach and an accident with Flann O' Brien - The Brother Producer: Paul Mayhew Archer a milk float all conspire to thwart their efforts. Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1987. Series 1 of the sitcom by BBC New Comedy Award winner, The Brother TUE 23:30 The Sofa of Time (b00hxnfl) Lucy Beaumont. By Myles na Gopaleen (Flann O'Brien) Where the Brave Go Shopping Sophie still lives at home with her mum in Hull. They make a "Do you know what it is, the brother's an extraordinary genius." Parker discovers that drinking in gravy makes you shrink, living doing car boot sales at the weekend. Except they don't Born on the 5th October 1911 in Strabane, Northern Ireland, Milford gets rich quick as he changes his £1.40 for 7,000,000 really make a living because her mum can't bear to get rid of Brian O'Nolan is perhaps best known as Flann O'Brien, the Gravish francs at Papa Mbomba's bureau de change, and any of their junk. Plus, they don't have a car. As their house name under which he published his novels At Swim Two Birds, Marmite takes the boys to get tooled up at Bravemart for the gets more cluttered, Sophie feels more trapped. The Hard Life, The Dalkey Archive and The Third Policeman. battle against Raemen Bod. Starring Lucy Beaumont as Sophie and Maureen Lipman as Often described as one of the 'holy trinity' of modern Irish Continuing the epic and timeless tale of two men and their Sheila. writers alongside Joyce and Beckett, he was notorious for quest to find "The Sofa of Time", the most magical and Producer: Carl Cooper writing under a range of pseudonyms and penned the daily powerful item of furniture in the entire universe. A BBC Radio Comedy Production for BBC Radio 4 first 'Cruiskeen Lawn' column in the Irish Times as Myles na It is said that those who sit on the sofa can be transported to broadcast in 2015. Gopaleen (na gCopaleen) from 1940 until his death in 1966. anywhere and anytime. WED 08:00 The TV Lark (b01bn40m) Satirising the absurdities and ironies of Dublin life the Fantasy sitcom written by Nick Frost and Matt King. House of Commons Cruiskeen Lawn introduced a memorable and hilarious cast of Milford ...... Matt King. Troutbridge TV must transmit a Party Political Broadcast. And characters; Keats and Chapman, The Plain People of Ireland Parker ...... Nick Frost Phillips is off to a ball. and the extraordinary, eccentric and preposterous 'brother'. Marmite ...... Mark Heap After 4 series of 'The Navy Lark', the BBC decided the comedy To mark the centenary of his birth, a series of readings selected Raamen Bod ...... Peter Serafinowcz crew needed a new setting, so where better than brand new from O'Brien's 'Brother' articles, introduces us to one of his With Kevin Eldon, Julia Deakin, Janei Anderson, Joseph independent station, Troutbridge TV? most peculiar and eccentric literary creations. An 'extraordinary Marcell, Daisy Jones and Andrew Maxwell. However, after just 10 episodes, this proved to be only a genius' indeed, the brother is apparently an authority on almost Producer: Mario Stylianides temporary change of course for the crew of HMS Troutbridge - every subject imaginable and has his finger in more pies than he First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002. as the crew were soon back aboard 'The Navy Lark'. has fingers! Living in digs with his long-suffering landlady and Stars Jon Pertwee as the Floor Manager, Leslie Phillips as The her lodgers, the brother believes that he really does know best Director, Stephen Murray as the Producer, Ronnie Barker as about everything from medicine, to water purity, politics and WEDNESDAY 04 NOVEMBER 2015 Fatso Johnson and Richard Caldicote as the Deputy Controller. policing, and, as we discover, there is no arguing with the Scripted by Lawrie Wyman brother! WED 00:00 The Man in Black (b00yng5w) Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. Meet the inimitable 'brother' as Myles regales us with that most [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1963. unusual of individual's latest exploits. WED 00:30 That Reminds Me (b007jnhk) WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zn046) Read by Jim Norton with Kevin Moore. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Series 6 Producer Heather Larmour. WED 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance Episode 12 WED 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007jvhd) Arabian Desert dancers - and the bare truth of Lady Godiva. (b007k1q2) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Plastic Assassin WED 01:30 A Dream of Eleanor (b00fq8w2) David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. On Temptation Island, assassin Billy Hindle plans to kill Jack's [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. wife Tara. Stars Joanna Lumley and Charles Gray. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 7 of 10 WED 12:00 The TV Lark (b01bn40m) Director: Gemma Jenkins (b00jm0bq) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2011. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zn046) WED 18:30 Off the Page (b0076tvb) THU 02:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mk71d) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] It's Not What You Know [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] WED 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance Matthew Parris, Alexander Waugh, Emma Richler and Susie THU 02:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlmq0) (b007jvhj) Boyt reflect on the pervasive power of nepotism. From [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] September 2005. THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b013fj15) WED 13:30 The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for WED 19:00 The TV Lark (b01bn40m) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] Survival (b00jm0bq) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q5) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00zn046) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] WED 14:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mk71d) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU 03:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Mr Quin WED 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b01p6rz5) The Coming of Mr Quin (b007jvhj) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Martin Jarvis reads a trio of stories starring Agatha Christie's [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU 04:00 Counterpoint (b00874xv) personal favourite character - a certain Mr Harley Quin. WED 20:30 The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] When guests at a house party recall the suicide of the previous Survival (b00jm0bq) THU 04:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII owner, a mysterious stranger arrives who throws unexpected [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] (b0076j87) light on the case. But another mystery remains - who actually is WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b015cr9h) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Mr Quin himself? [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU 05:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz6) Producer/Director : Rosalind Ayres WED 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. (b007k1q2) THU 05:30 To Hull and Back (b06kdz3q) WED 14:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlmq0) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] Heavenly Sounds WED 22:00 To Hull and Back (b06kdz3q) THU 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance Worshipers in the Middle Ages would have been struck not just [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] (b007jvhn) by the visual spectacle of great churches and cathedrals, but also WED 22:30 Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme 4. Enter the Funny Policeman by their sound. Medieval churches in the west had very (b01c7s27) Impresario Marius Steen has been found dead. different acoustics to the low-roofed, wattle and daub homes Series 1 Jacqui Mitchell suspects foul play, so Charles Paris continues where most of their congregation lived. Family his investigations - and discovers a thing or two about Steen's Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex explores Tim Key grapples with the idea of 'family' via his narrative will. how preachers and singers created sounds that fitted these holy poem: The Godfather. Musical accompaniment is provided by Francis Matthews stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris. spaces beautifully, from Romanesque churches to the musical Tom Basden. Adapted by Simon Brett from his thriller. pillars of Hampi, and an extraordinary 16th century experiment Written and presented by Tim Key Charles Paris …. Francis Matthews in stereo in St Mark's in Venice. With Tom Basden Jacqui Mitchell …. Fiona Hendley 30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Produced by James Robinson. Marius Steen …. Peter Tuddenham Sound Archive. WED 22:45 Earls of the Court (b00qvpk2) Gerald Venables …. Jeremy Child Producer: Matt Thompson. Earls Reunited Joanne Menzies …. Sandra Clark A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright Bartlemas …. Anthony Newlands 2013. about two Australians down on their luck in London. O’Rourke …. Alec Bregonzi WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b013fj15) Lloydie returns after years of travel to find best mate Johnno Maurice Skellern …. Harry Landis Village SOS still living in their old flat. But their former gang has disbanded Morrison …. Peter Cleall Episode 3 and times have changed. Worse still, the sins of the past are Waiter …. Geoffrey Collins By Val McDermid. about to catch up with them. Producer: Martin Fisher On the hunt for Colin Arnott's murderer, DCI Marion Bettany Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1984. (Helen Baxendale) turns her attention to the village post office, Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale THU 06:30 The Company of Poets (b00zd92g) run by terse sub-postmistress Angela Bryman. And Angela's not Bonzo ...... Rufus Wright Susannah Clapp looks through Angela Carter's journals to the only villager who resented Colin's project to turn a Kirsty ...... Keely Beresford discover her unknown poetry. She introduces Angela's circle - deconsecrated chapel into a performing arts centre. Shalk ...... Michael Shelford her editors Andrew Motion (former Poet Laureate), and Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and Brett ...... David Seddon Carmen Callil (founder of Virago Press), and her close friend creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. Salman Rushdie, as well as the critic Marina Warner - not just Set in Shilwick, Village SOS is a fictional version of the BBC First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. to the verse itself, but to the fact that Angela even wrote poetry, One series of the same name. WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b06pdzh9) which none of them knew. DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale The best in contemporary comedy. Jon Holmes chats to Andrew Angela Carter is one of the most pungent writers of the last DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon Maxwell. fifty years and yet her poems are more or less unknown. They Angela Bryman ..... Lynn Fairbairn WED 23:00 Richard Herring's Objective (b00v730v) were written at the beginning of her life as a writer: her first Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton Series 1 novel was published in 1966, and so have a particular interest as Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland The Toothbrush Moustache showing a path not taken. In this programme Susannah and Tilly Francis ..... Rachel Bavidge Richard Herring reclaims objects that we've grown to hate. guests argue that they strikingly anticipate her fiction and other Marcus Francis ..... Adrian Grove This week he's reclaiming the toothbrush moustache on behalf writing, in both the richness of expression and in subject matter Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher of comedy - taking it back from Hitler to give to it's rightful and sometimes even the very violence of the verse makes her www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. owner Charlie Chaplin. Based on his Edinburgh show Richard concerns plainer. Through readings and analysis, the WED 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q5) examines why a particular piece of facial hair can evoke programme explores Carter's poetic interest in fairy tale, her Colm Toibin - Brooklyn revulsion in all who see it when in fact the person first fascination with the 18th-century (Susannah will argue that she Too Far from Home associated with it was one of the funniest people on the planet. was both a romper and a sceptic secularist), her feminism, her Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a He grows his own toothbrush moustache and hears what passers foul tongue, and her fascinating politics. And her poetry will girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in by make of it, talks to a German moustache expert about also illustrate Carter's vivid visual sense and tastes, such as her New York in the 1950s. Hitler's vanity and describes how wearing it on the day after the love of cats. Eilis' happiness in Brooklyn has been shattered by the news of BNP won seats in the last European election strengthened his For the programme Susannah goes to the British Library to look her beloved sister's death and Tony is the only one who can resolve to continue his campaign. The show was recorded in at the poems in Angela Carter's journals, and her lists of the offer her comfort. front of an audience. things that she was reading at the time she wrote them. WED 15:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo Producer ..... Alison Vernon-Smith. Readings will be done by Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense, (b01p6rz5) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. The Ghost Writer and the RSC.) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED 23:30 Revolting People (b008ff6d) Susannah was a close friend of Angela Carter's. WED 16:00 Counterpoint (b00874xv) Series 3 Contributors: Salman Rushdie, Andrew Motion, Marina [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] A Kiss Is Just a Kiss Warner, Carmen Callil, Jamie Andrews. Readings by Olivia WED 16:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII Samuel turns his shop into a bar called Sam's place...and an old Williams. (b0076j87) flame called Ingrid turns up. Producer: Rebecca Stratford. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Sitcom set just before the American War of Independence. THU 07:00 North by Northamptonshire (b018xy2d) WED 17:00 Huddwinks (b00fsmz6) Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] McGurk ...... Andy Hamilton Episode 5 WED 17:30 To Hull and Back (b06kdz3q) Samuel ...... Jay Tarses The dawn of the Dickensian festival brings chaos to [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Captain Brimshaw ...... James Fleet Wadenbrook, and Angela has something to tell Frank. WED 18:00 The Man in Black (b00yw4bc) Mary ...... Jan Ravens Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the Series 3 Joshua ...... Tony Maudsley residents of a small town in Northamptonshire. Lights Out by Christopher Golden & Amber Benson Ezekiel ...... Hugh Dennis Written by Katherine Jakeways. A group of women prisoners try to protect themselves from a Cora ...... Penelope Nice John Biggins...... Keith malevolent force stalking the corridors at night... Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Mackenzie Crook...... Rod Mark Gatiss stars as sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. Kevin Eldon...... Jonathan / Ken introduce Christopher Golden and Amber Benson's chilling tale. Shelia Hancock...... Narrator Sarah ...... Jasmine Hyde Jessica Henwick...... Helen Izra ...... Vineeta Rishi THURSDAY 05 NOVEMBER 2015 Katherine Jakeways...... Esther / Jacqui Guard ...... Joanna Monroe Felicity Montagu...... Jan Gemma ...... Leah Brotherhood THU 00:00 The Man in Black (b00yw4bc) Geoffrey Palmer...... Norman Agnes ...... Sally Orrock [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Lizzie Roper...... Angela The Ghosts ...... Deeivya Meir THU 00:30 Off the Page (b0076tvb) Penelope Wilton...... Mary More horrifying tales from The Man in Black. You might meet [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Rufus Wright...... Frank him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an THU 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance Producer: Victoria Lloyd employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of (b007jvhj) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012. a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU 07:30 Barry Cryer at 80 (b06kgvcd) his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. THU 01:30 The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for Survival Barry Cryer is one of the most significant figures in British Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 8 of 10 comedy. He wrote for Danny La Rue, David Frost and Milly ...... Sarah Thom for a fresh start in life seems too good to be true... Morecambe & Wise, and has been a fixture on television and Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan. Mark Gatiss stars as the sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, to radio since the 1960s. He is of course best-known, and best Directors: Jeremy Mortimer / Sasha Yevtushenko introduce Alison Falconer's sinister tale. beloved, to the Radio 4 audience for his work on I'm Sorry I First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012. Chrissie …. Anne-Marie Piazza Haven't A Clue, the "antidote to panel games" which has been THU 11:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Swan Moving (b01pjrry) Andrew …. Henry Devas running since 1972. The arrival of a winged visitor ruffles feathers in a village Uncle William …. Sean Baker To mark Barry's 80th birthday his son, Bob Cryer, organised a where community pride has been forgotten. Read by Fiona Ivy …. Sally Orrock gala performance at the Palace Theatre in London's West End, Walker. From July 1990. Adrian …. Tony Bell in aid of one of Barry's favourite charities. Radio 4 is delighted THU 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy The Nurse …. Deeivya Meir to present a selection of highlights from the evening, which sees (b007k1r8) Horrifying tales from The Man in Black. You might meet him friends, family, contemporaries and other acts he loves Orange Juice and Sugar at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an assemble to pay tribute to the man the comedy world knows Assassin Billy Hindle is drugged by Jack and finds himself employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of simply as "Uncle Baz". hallucinating. Stars Joanna Lumley and Charles Gray. a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on Producer ... Ed Morrish THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd) his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. A BBC Radio Comedy Production. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Director: Fiona Kelcher THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd) THU 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March Series 3 Flywheel (b0085j9l) 2011. Steptoe and Son and Son [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076s0k) A visitor brings Harold Steptoe some unexpected news. THU 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance Series 7 Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. (b007jvhn) Ronald Reagan Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Lord Powell, Margaret Thatcher's foreign affairs adviser, with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson THU 13:30 The Company of Poets (b00zd92g) chooses US President Ronald Reagan. With Francine Stock. wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] From May 2005. The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert THU 14:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mp4fv) THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007jzsd) Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Mr Quin [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] series on TV. The Soul of the Croupier THU 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell Martin Jarvis reads this compelling tale set amidst the roulette Flywheel (b0085j9l) Harold ...... Harry H Corbett tables of Monte Carlo, starring Agatha Christie's personal [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Girl ...... Gwendolyn Watts favourite character, Harley Quin. THU 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance Sailor ...... Richard Griffiths. Holidaying in the South of France, Mr Satterthwaite encounters (b007jvhn) Adapted for radio from their TV scripts by Ray Galton and a beautiful Russian Countess with a mysterious past. But with [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Alan Simpson. the sudden arrival of Mr Quin, secrets are about to be revealed. THU 20:30 The Company of Poets (b00zd92g) Producer: Bobby Jaye Can they solve a conundrum concerning her and a brash young [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1971. American? THU 21:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Swan Moving (b01pjrry) THU 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Producer/Director : Rosalind Ayres [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Flywheel (b0085j9l) A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. THU 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy Series 2 THU 14:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlptt) (b007k1r8) Episode 6 Carnival [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel heads to Hollywood and Feast days in Medieval Europe were noisy affairs - the streets THU 22:00 Barry Cryer at 80 (b06kgvcd) makes a movie. filled with processions, animal baiting, games and mystery [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the plays. THU 22:30 The Secret World (b011kqsj) adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T. Flywheel and his Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex tells the Series 1 assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors story of a Somerset town where a church ale got out of hand Episode 3 on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were and the party went on for eight weeks. Then, as now, being From Jools Holland to Ross Kemp, Jon Culshaw explores the rediscovered in 1988. raucous in the streets was a way for the dispossessed to make bizarre private lives of famous folk. From April 2009. CAST: themselves heard - and revelry could easily tip into revolt. THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b0090y11) Groucho Marx as Waldorf T. Flywheel …. Michael Roberts 30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Series 2 Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus Sound Archive. Chuckles Miss Dimple and Other Female Roles …. Lorelei King Producer: Matt Thompson. Satan is conducting interviews for a new assistant. In the Von Blitzen …. Graham Hoadly A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in running are Scumspawn and a devious dolphin. Tyrone Price …. Vincent Marzello 2013. Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell. Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b013flf3) Satan ...... Andy Hamilton Adapted by Mark Brisenden. Village SOS The Professor ...... James Grout Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. Episode 4 Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville Producer: Dirk Maggs By Val McDermid. Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991. Today's episode of Village SOS takes us to Shilwick's beach Other characters played by Philip Pope. THU 09:00 Genius (b008jdzb) house workshops, where DCI Bettany and her sidekick DS Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer Series 2 Hodgson interview even more villagers with a grudge against First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998. Sid Waddell murder victim Colin Arnott, his grieving widow Kai Ling, and THU 23:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007k4h4) Perforated bread and counselling with a twist. their plans to turn a disused chapel into a performing arts Series 1 Dave Gorman asks Darts commentator Sid Waddell to choose centre. Thomas Paine the public's best loopy idea. Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and Radical comic Mark Steel profiles the life of 18th-century Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. author and radical idealist, Thomas Paine. chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius Set in a sleepy Northumbrian community, Village SOS is a Series of humorous lectures covering historical figures who inventions, schemes and policies of the public. fictional version of the BBC One series of the same name. shaped their era. Producer: Simon Nicholls DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale With Melanie Hudson and Martin Hyder. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006. DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon Producer: Phil Clarke THU 09:30 No Commitments (b007jnvs) Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1999. Series 6 Bob Brandison ..... Bill Fellows Retiring Types Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland Charlotte, Anna and Victoria's sisterly ties are strained over a Marcus Francis ..... Adrian Grove FRIDAY 06 NOVEMBER 2015 family dinner. Stars Rosemary Leach. From August 1999. Peter Robson ..... Shaun Prendergast THU 10:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher FRI 00:00 The Man in Black (b00z2yvr) (b01p9gjy) www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Episode 4 THU 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q7) FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b0076s0k) Caderousse is dead, and the Count's ward Andrea is poised to Colm Toibin - Brooklyn [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] marry Eugenie Danglars. Being Rose's Ghost FRI 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance While Heloise de Villefort pursues her own murderous plans to Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a (b007jvhn) secure General Noirtier's inheritance for her son. The Count's girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] revenge, so long in the planning, is devastating in its conclusion. New York in the 1950s. FRI 01:30 The Company of Poets (b00zd92g) Adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas dramatised by Sebastian Following her sister's death, Eilis returns to her lonely mother in [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Baczkiewicz. Enniscorthy for a month's visit. Once there it is hard to tell the FRI 02:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mp4fv) The Count/Edmond Dantes ...... Iain Glen truth about her last action in America, and harder still to resist [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Haydee ...... Jane Lapotaire the lure of the familiar. FRI 02:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlptt) Younger Haydee ...... Amber Rose Revah THU 15:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] Mercedes de Morcerf ...... Josette Simon (b01p9gjy) FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b013flf3) Fernand, Count de Morcerf ...... Zubin Varla [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] Gerard de Villefort ...... Paul Rhys THU 16:00 Genius (b008jdzb) FRI 02:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q7) Heloise de Villefort ...... Kate Fleetwood [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] Abbe Faria ...... Richard Johnson THU 16:30 No Commitments (b007jnvs) FRI 03:00 Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo Baron Danglars ...... Toby Jones [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] (b01p9gjy) Hermine Danglars ...... Stephanie Racine THU 17:00 North by Northamptonshire (b018xy2d) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Eugenie Danglars ...... Eleanor Crooks [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 04:00 Genius (b008jdzb) Valentine de Villefort ...... Lizzy Watts THU 17:30 Barry Cryer at 80 (b06kgvcd) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Edouard de Villefort ...... Finn Monteath [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 04:30 No Commitments (b007jnvs) Max Morrell ...... Adam Nagaitis THU 18:00 The Man in Black (b00z2yvr) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Andrea Cavalcanti ...... Will Howard Series 3 FRI 05:00 North by Northamptonshire (b018xy2d) Bertuccio ...... Paul Stonehouse Uncle William's House by Alison Falconer [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Jacopo ...... Joe Sims When a young mum inherits a tumble-down cottage, her chance FRI 05:30 Barry Cryer at 80 (b06kgvcd) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 9 of 10 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] Neddie Seagoon is conned into pinching the keyboard played at Polly Pott ..... Sophie Winkleman FRI 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance the Battle of Waterloo. Lord Emsworth ..... Martin Jarvis (b007jvhq) P.G. Wodehouse ..... Ian Ogilvy 5. Slapstick Scene Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Lord Bosham ..... Simon Templeman Marius Steen has been found dead. His lover Jacqui Mitchell Milligan. Pongo Twistleton ..... Matthew Wolf suspects foul play and now that a new will has been found made Beach ..... Kenneth Danziger in her favour, Charles Paris begins to believe her. Starring: Valerie Twistleton ..... Moira Quirk Movie making becomes a horror story. Peter Sellers Webster/Footmen ..... Darren Richardson Francis Matthews stars as actor-cum-sleuth, Charles Paris. Harry Secombe Singing Gardener ..... Mark Holden Adapted by Simon Brett from his thriller. Spike Milligan Director: Martin Jarvis Charles Paris …. Francis Matthews Producer: Rosalind Ayres Jacqui Mitchell …. Fiona Hendley First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. Gerald Venable …. Jeremy Child recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest FRI 11:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Plenty Good Fiesta (b01pjzbz) Joanne Menzies …. Sandra Clark shows weren’t kept in the archive. The Spanish Civil War brings refugees to England and one little Nigel Steen …. Richard Morant boy to the attention of a young couple. Read by Anna Massey. Jean-Luc Roussel …. Harry Fowler With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. From April 1991. Garth …. Nigel Graham FRI 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1sh) P.A. …. Eileen Tully Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. Everyone's Been Burned Eric …. Mark Jones Reeling from the shooting, Billy Hindle is determined to track Producer: Martin Fisher Announcer: Wallace Greenslade down the killer. Stars James Aubrey and Joanna Lumley. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1984. FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00898pr) FRI 06:30 Gormley on Epstein (b00n86t3) Producer: Peter Eton [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Artist Jacob Epstein attracted criticism during his turbulent FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b007wvvh) career - his work was seen as too graphic or hard hitting, too First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1955. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 'ugly' or 'distorted', even 'cannibal'. FRI 09:00 The 3rd Degree (b00zlfhf) FRI 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance After his death, the younger sculptor Henry Moore paid tribute Series 1 (b007jvhq) to his courage as a pioneering artist who bore the brunt of Salford [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] critical derision, but even today, Epstein has never been Coming this week from the University of Salford, host Steve FRI 13:30 Gormley on Epstein (b00n86t3) properly celebrated for his work at the vanguard of British art. Punt puts the questions to lecturers and students alike. So if [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] In this programme made to mark the 50th anniversary of you'd like to hear a Military Historian humming Beatles songs, a FRI 14:00 Afternoon Reading (b00mp4fj) Epstein's death, contemporary artist Antony Gormley redresses Senior Lecturer in Criminology trying to identify Rihanna, or Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Mr Quin the balance, to show Epstein's vital position in art. students trying to list types of fruit that begin with the letter 'P', At the Bells and Motley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009. then this is the quiz show for you. Plus the only time in Martin Jarvis reads another story concerning investigations by FRI 07:00 The Change (b0076pdx) recording history that the word "pebble" has earned a massive the mysterious Mr Quin. For Mr Satterthwaite, a punctured car Series 3 cheer. tyre on a cold winter's evening is the start of another mystery- Episode 6 "The 3rd Degree" is a funny, lively and dynamic new quiz show solving encounter with the enigmatic Mr Harley Quin. Tensions mount as Carol approaches full term and she and aimed at cultivating the next generation of Radio 4 listeners Taking refuge at a country inn Mr Satterthwaite discovers his George appear on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4. whilst delighting the current ones. It's recorded on location at a friend Mr Quin, who invites him to re-examine the strange case Carol …. Lynda Bellingham different University each week, and it pits three of a wealthy young local woman and her new husband's George …. Philip Jackson Undergraduates against three of their Professors in a genuinely disappearance. Was it murder? Or is there some other game Violet ...... Marcia Warren original and fresh take on an academic quiz. afoot? Maureen …. Maureen Beattie Together with host Steve Punt, the show tours the (sometimes Producer/Director : Rosalind Ayres Ken …. James Vaugnan posh, sometimes murky, but always welcoming!) Union A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. Sonia …. Emma Kennedy buildings, cafés and lecture halls of six universities across the FRI 14:15 Noise: A Human History (b01rlsvg) Jerry …. Barnaby Kay UK. Restraint Dave …. Mark Powley The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General The 16th and 17th centuries brought a new emphasis on self- Researcher ...... Rosie Armstrong Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the discipline in every day life - and with it a revulsion against noise Di Aitchison ...... As herself 'Highbrow & Lowbrow' round cunningly devised to test not of every kind. City authorities banned singing and feasting from Jenni Murray ...... As herself only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, public squares and tore down maypoles, while town-dwellers Series 3 of the sitcom about a married couple's attempts to languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness of raised petitions against noisy neighbours. Spitting, snorting and smooth over their singularly troubled midlife funk - Carol is television, film, and Lady Gaga... In addition, the Head-to-Head breaking wind - once part of everyday life - were now a cause hormonal and 15-stone George is a transvestite. Onlookers can't rounds, in which students take on their Professors in their own for wrinkled noses and dismay. quite agree on the nature of their dynamic. subjects, were particularly lively, and offered plenty of scope Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex cocks a Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. for mild embarrassment on both sides... genteel ear to the polite sound-world of the 16th and 17th Producer: Elizabeth Freestone The resulting show is funny, fresh, and not a little bit surprising, centuries. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004. with a truly varied range of scores, friendly rivalry, and 30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library FRI 07:30 Shedtown (b01q977h) moments where students wished they had more than just Sound Archive. Series 2 glanced at that reading list... Producer: Matt Thompson. Death in the Afternoon Producer: David Tyler A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in In series two of Shedtown, our wooden 'man-cave', icon of A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. 2013. escape and isolation - the shed - continues to be a symbol of FRI 09:30 Albert and Me (b007jsgr) FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b013gcn9) possibility and change. Series 1 Village SOS Episode 4: Death in the Afternoon Mind That Baby Episode 5 Shedtown Mark II rings its own death knell to the tune of Single dad Bryan gets wrapped in red tape at the benefits office. By Val McDermid. Deborah Dearden's meticulously planned merry-go-round and Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as DCI Bettany fears she's no closer to finding Colin Arnott's Jimmy asks where hearts lie. Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Dilys Laye as the murderer. Colin's plans to convert a United Reformed chapel Barry...... Tony Pitts Welfare Lady/Mrs Featherstone-Haugh. into a performing arts centre made him enemies in the village. Jimmy...... Stephen Mangan Written by Jim Eldridge. Bettany hopes that spending a night in the village pub will bring Eleanor...... Ronni Ancona Producer: John Fawcett Wilson her closer to the killer. Colin...... Johnny Vegas First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977. Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and Deborah...... Emma Fryer FRI 10:00 Electric Decade (b01gf4lq) creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. William...... Adrian Manfredi Uncle Fred in the Springtime Set in Shilwick, Village SOS is a fictional version of the BBC Diane...... Rosina Carbone Episode 1 One series of the same name. Dave...... Shaun Dooley Dramatised by Archie Scottney DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale Father Michael...... James Quinn Joyous all-star spring fever, led by Alfred Molina, Patricia DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon Wes...... Warren Brown Hodge, Jared Harris, Martin Jarvis and Rufus Sewell. A pig- Peter Robson ..... Shaun Prendergast Protestor...... Sian Breckin napping romantic thriller! PGW's dialogue dances across the Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland Nell...... Eleanor Samson Blandings Castle lawns. Charming Earl of Ickenham (Uncle Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton The Wesleyans...... Isabelle Sykes & Dorothy Collins Fred) has received a plea from affably dotty Lord Emsworth to Tom Briggs ..... Christian Rodska Narrator...... Maxine Peake help foil a plot to steal his prize-winning pig. And to examine Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher Music...... Paul Heaton & Jonny Lexus the sanity of eccentric Duke of Dunstable. www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. Written and Directed by Tony Pitts Delighting in such entertainment, Uncle Fred arrives at FRI 14:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kd1q9) Produced by Sally Harrison Blandings in the guise of "brain specialist" Glossop, with Colm Toibin - Brooklyn A Woolyback production for BBC Radio 4. nephew Pongo posing as his secretary. Lively Polly Pott is the Torn in Two FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00898pr) third imposter, secretly engaged to Dunstable's nephew Ricky Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a Series 5 and hoping to charm her prospective uncle-in-law. Emsworth's girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in East Cheam Drama Festival devious secretary Rupert Baxter (Jared Harris) spots them but New York in the 1950s. Rivalling Edinburgh and Salzburg - three short plays as the lad can't call their bluff for fear of blackmail. Emsworth's sister Home for a holiday and to comfort her grieving mother, Eilis welcomes us to East Cheam Repertory Company. Connie suspects they are jewel thieves. Bosham, Emsworth's has been unable to resist the lure of the familiar. Meanwhile, Stars Tony Hancock. son, thinks all is above board. But then Polly's detective Dad is Tony waits for her in Brooklyn. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth called in. Will the pig-napping happen? FRI 15:00 Electric Decade (b01gf4lq) Williams. Cast: [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Uncle Fred ..... Alfred Molina FRI 16:00 The 3rd Degree (b00zlfhf) Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Lady Constance ..... Patricia Hodge [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Producer: Tom Ronald The Duke of Dunstable ..... Christopher Neame FRI 16:30 Albert and Me (b007jsgr) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1958. Rupert Baxter ..... Jared Harris [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b007wvvh) Ricky Gilpin ..... Rufus Sewell FRI 17:00 The Change (b0076pdx) Series 6 Horace Davenport ..... Lloyd Owen [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Napoleon's Piano Mustard Pott ..... Julian Holloway FRI 17:30 Shedtown (b01q977h) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31 October – 6 November 2015 Page 10 of 10 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 18:00 The Man in Black (b00zd7gz) Series 3 Perfect Home A man and a woman meet at a bus stop late at night - but who is fooling who..? More horrifying tales from The Man in Black. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. Mark Gatiss stars as sinister raconteur to introduce Nick Warburton's chilling tale. CAST: Heron …. Toby Jones Felice …. Zoe Tapper Director: Lucy Collingwood. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in March 2011. FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b00763t6) Series 2 Zadok Simon Halsey, Mary Davies and the Duke of Devonshire reflect on the impact of Handel's Zadok the Priest. Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks. Producer: Rosie Boulton First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2001. FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00898pr) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b007wvvh) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance (b007jvhq) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 20:30 Gormley on Epstein (b00n86t3) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 21:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Plenty Good Fiesta (b01pjzbz) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy (b007k1sh) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 Shedtown (b01q977h) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 22:30 Absolute Power (b007tcpt) Series 2 Episode 2 An old flame pits spinmeisters Charles and Martin against one another. Stars Stephen Fry and Tamsin Greig. From February 2001. FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b06q9prn) The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Dan Clark. FRI 23:00 Meet David Sedaris (b01n60m2) Series 3 Author Author; Front Row Centre with Thaddeus Bristol The multi-award winning American essayist brings more of his wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 with a series of audience readings. This week David gives his observations of life as an author on tour in "Author, Author", makes a satirical swipe at critics in "Front Row Centre with Thaddeus Bristol", and reads some extracts from his diaries. Producer: Steve Doherty A Boom Pictures Cymru production for BBC Radio 4. FRI 23:30 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap (b01r11x0) Series 1 Episode 1 After noticing that misogyny, like shiny leggings, had made an unexpected comeback - comedian Bridget Christie wonders did it ever really go away? In the first of her four-part stand up comedy series on the state of British feminism today, Bridget asks why feminism became a dirty word and whether the modern British woman needs it. An incident involving a man, a smell and a well-known bookstore made her ask what place feminism has in modern Britain, whether the fight has been won or is being fought on different fronts. Plus, why did Bic launch the "Bic for Her" - a pen specifically designed for a woman's hand? Fred MacAulay helps her remember some of the key incidents which brought her to an epiphany and a call to arms. Producer; Alison Vernon-Smith. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

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