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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22 – 28 December 2012 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 22 DECEMBER 2012 Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne Beyond Our Ken ran for 7 series, while Round The Horne ran Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone for 4. Hear the very first and last editions of both series starring SAT 00:00 The Spaceship II (b0091tns) Tony Weller .... John Hollis Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty The End Mrs Weller .... Stella Tanner Marsden, Bill Pertwee, Ron Moody, Stanley Unwin and The crew is brought face-to-face with reality when they reach Mr Stiggins .... Christopher Benjamin Douglas Smith. the end of the universe. Stars James Fleet and Emily Joyce. Mr Wardle --- Jack May The FIRST Beyond Our Ken - 1st July 1958: SAT 00:30 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jp0g) Old Mrs Wardle .... Kathleen Helme Kenneth Horne’s diary, poking fun at tax bills and Horn-o-rama. 5. Things Hot Up Emily .... Heather Bell The LAST Beyond Our Ken - 16th July 1964: When Norman introduces the Oblivions to the pleasures of the Isabella .... Anne Rosenfeld Kenneth Horne’s week, Horn-o-rama and Drama of the Week flesh, one thing leads to another... Arabella Allen .... Rosalind Ayres The FIRST Round the Horne - 7th March 1965: Colin Swash's sci-fi comedy about two space-age humans Ben Allen ..... Tim Piggott Smith Trends, the BBC's Backroom Boys and part one of 'The stranded on a friendly alien planet. Bob Sawyer .... Nigel Anthony Clissold Saga'. Norman ...... Tony Robinson Joe .... Michael Troughton The LAST Round The Horne - 9th June 1968: Max ...... David Haig Emma ... Jane Knowles Nobody knew it was the last show, but a surprise was in store Stella ...... Louise Lombard Coachman ... Michael Goldie for Julian and Sandy Macari ...... Michael Troughton Mr Trundle .... Kenneth Shanley Producer: Peter Reed Terayz ...... Carla Mendonca Director: Jane Morgan Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in May 2004. Clive ...... Guy Witcher First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. SAT 12:00 Modesty Blaise (b01pfb33) Buzz ...... Peter Serafinowcz SAT 04:00 Perspectives (b00lxfbj) A Taste for Death Producer: Richard Wilson Attendance Made for 4 Extra. Peter O'Donnell's hero takes on a mission First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. By Elizabeth Reeder. A man comes to a life-changing decision involving a young girl with ESP, a desert location and a villain SAT 01:00 Falco (b008klh0) as he observes his lover tending to a dying relative. Read by intent on murder. Shadows in Bronze Robin Laing. SAT 13:15 Petrella (b007jmbt) 2. Resort SAT 04:15 Alex Ferguson - My Uncle Freddie (b007jw6h) Series 1 Probing the murder of a conspirator against the Emperor, A Catalogue of Disasters Vengeance Foreseen Roman sleuth Falco is sent to a fashionable resort. Set-backs and surprises unite the family, making Lecky the The philosophising sleuth's probe of murky protection rackets Starring Anton Lesser. hero of the hour. 1930s Jarrow childhood trilogy with Shaun sparks trouble a bit too close to home. Stars Philip Jackson. Lindsey Davis's witty detective, Marcus Didius Falco patrols Prendergast. SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k06k) the streets of 1st-century Rome. SAT 05:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008y6pd) Series 6 Falco ....... Anton Lesser Series 3 The Christmas Club Petronius ....... Ben Crowe Episode 6 The lad lives to regret answering a knock at the front door. Vespasian ....... Michael Tudor Barnes More odd stories, idiotic court hearings and surprises from the Starring Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Wilfred Babbage, Silvia ....... Sara Poyzer dictionary. Hugh Morton and Frank Partington. Larius ....... Christopher Kelham Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims and Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Caprenius Marcellus ....... Paul Webster Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton. Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Helena Justina ....... Anna Madeley With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and Producer: Tom Ronald Dramatised by Mary Cutler. featuring June Whitfield. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s 1959. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005. surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a SAT 14:30 Round the Horne (b00j05w2) SAT 01:30 Andrew Sachs - The Revenge (b007jr11) great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created Series 1 Que? Andrew Sachs's pioneering thriller featuring sound effects between the wars. Episode 2 and 11 actors, but no written dialogue. Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. Kenneth Horne's secrets from the BBC backroom boys and This experimental play for radio an attempt to tell a story in Announcer: Brian Perkins continuing 'The Clissold Saga'. terms of sounds alone. There is no dialogue, and no coherent Producer: Harry Thompson With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill speech, yet the play is a thriller with a straightforward storyline First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1994. Pertwee. full of action and dramatic tension. SAT 05:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007mcc4) Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, Recorded on location using the naturalistic recording techniques Series 1 London. Announcer: Douglas Smith of binaural stereo. Episode 1 Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Written and interpreted by Andrew Sachs, The Revenge, was If smugglers were the rock stars of the day, Tamsyn Trelawny comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric the world's first radio drama without words... was Drumlin Bay's very own Ms Dynamite-ee-ee. Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, With Andrew Sachs, Sean Barrett, Fraser Kerr, Graham Ashley, But how will she cope when a keen young soldier from London Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Paul Rosebury, Michael Deacon, Blain Fairman, John Rye, is appointed the new local customs collector.? scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Melody Sachs, Frances Jeater and Leonard Fenton. 18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Producer: Glyn Dearman Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. catchphrases and double-entendres. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978. Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser SAT 02:00 Millport (b0076bfv) Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Hayes Four. Series 3 Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Producer: John Simmonds Wild Rover Bascombe, Julia Deakin as Lady Mary, Mark Felgate as Dewey First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1965. The Cumbrae Club is up and running and the islanders are and Phil Nice as Various Characters. SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00wt94f) already arguing over how it should be run. Producer: Jan Ravens. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Meanwhile back at Bruce House, Moira is in hysterics over her First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003. SAT 16:00 Peter Roberts - Holy Fool (b014gj3c) missing pet pooch. But will Irene risk missing the ferry and SAT 06:00 Peter Roberts - Holy Fool (b014gj3c) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] losing her job to help her unhappy sister? Living a glorious, chivalrous dream - or just crazy? SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b01pdy7q) Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as A knight errant sails through a series of adventures involving Ed Byrne, Kerry Godliman and Paul Chowdhry preview the 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better the greatest figures in the medieval world. The story of William best Christmas comedy, plus tales of panto and Ed interviews life on the mainland. the Marshall - with a real-life Don Quixote and his cohort. Lee Mack. Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson Peter Roberts's drama stars Michael Williams as Jean d'Erlee, SAT 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b012f50v) Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown William Chubb as William Marshal, Garard Green as Henry II, Kaleidoscope Alberto/Dr Hume/Ferryman/Robert the Dog /Morris ...... Lewis Christopher Scott as Henry FitzHenry, Martin Head as Richard The aftermath of a disaster in space. Can there be beauty in McLeod Lionheart, Francis Thomson as the Poet, Susan Jeffrey as dying? Ray Bradbury's classic tale stars Scott Wilkinson. Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley Isabella Chepstow, SAT 18:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson Other parts played by Tom Roberts, Simon Carter, Graham (b00wwd8m) Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans Padden and Neal Foster. The Almond Tree Producer: Lucy Bacon Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant. A man looks back on the complex relationship between his First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. parents and a female friend of his father's. It's one that will SAT 02:30 Snap (b012llxz) SAT 07:30 Jack and the Genetically Modified Beanstalk influence the rest of his life... Series 3 (b018ft4x) Read by Julian Wadham. Episode 2 4 Extra Debut. Stage and science collide to show how Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining Trying to rebuild their relationship after divorcing, Molly and laboratory research may one day make panto fantasies a reality. poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children Doug try changing their least appealing traits. With Sharon Ann Holgate. and adults. But life isn't that simple... SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00wt94f) Abridged by Doreen Estall.