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. Third and final series of Paul Mendelson’s sitcom Series 6 Producer: Lawrence Jackson Starring Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, Episode 5 Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2010. Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene From New York's Town Hall - the festive American funny man SAT 19:00 Horne of Plenty: Beyond Our Ken to Round The Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn, Jonathan Tafler as with Norah Jones and the city's Russian Chamber Chorus. From Horne (b007k2b6) Raymond and Richard Firth as Ansel. 2009. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Producer: David Ian Neville SAT 09:00 Horne of Plenty: Beyond Our Ken to Round The SAT 22:00 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation (b007jrj6) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. Horne (b007k2b6) Series 2 SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers The fascinating inside story behind two of BBC radio's all-time How to Be a Popular Figure Around Town (b007jzkz) favourite comedies: 'Beyond Our Ken' and 'Round the Horne'. Out to make a good impression, it's the host's comic lecture plus Christmas and a Wedding Presented by a former BBC Head of Radio Light sketches. With Debbie Issit and Gordon Kennedy. From Back from Ipswich, Samuel Pickwick prepares for his Entertainment, Jonathan James-Moore October 1994. Christmas visit to Dingley Dell... Featuring cast members: Ron Moody and Bill Pertwee. Plus, the SAT 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01pfrm4) Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry son of Beyond Our Ken scriptwriter Eric Merriman - Andy Series 3 Campbell and Constance Cox. Merriman, Lyn Took - who was married to Barry Took, writer Use Your Imagination to Have the Best Fun Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell for both series – and the last surviving Round The Horne Jason Byrne looks at the subject of technology – getting all Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones scriptwriter, Brian Cooke. nostalgic over the novelty of 24 hour photos. Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond Extracts from Kenneth Williams diaries are read by David Amongst the audience, he discovers a human wheelbarrow; an Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox Benson. advertiser who struggles to give a name to things and everything Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22 – 28 December 2012 Page 2 of 8 he needs to recreate the sounds of a Clangers' convention. Donna's heart is all of a flutter, Keith is having a tough time, Steven Appleby concludes his series with a look at the world of Themed audience comedy show with high-energy stand-up and and there's a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel for Tracy, work. sketches featuring Laurence Howarth and Margaret Cabourn- but will it all come good? However, pondering on why he became a cartoonist instead of Smith. SUN 11:45 Completely Crackers (b00pd389) getting a "proper job" proves to be rather more dangerous and Producer: Julia McKenzie Episode 2 revealing than he intended. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010. Linda Smith concludes her panoramic investigation with a visit Starring Paul McCrink as cartoonist Steven Appleby who takes SAT 23:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl to the World Cracker Pulling extravaganza. From December an abnormal look at everyday life. (b0131yvn) 2001. Steven ...... Paul McCrink Episode 3 SUN 12:00 Ladies of Letters (b01pft3x) Mum ...... Rosalind Paul As each day passes with Greg still missing after the fight, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Mr Two ...... Ewan Bailey Detective Lippenholtz is finding Robert's story harder to SUN 13:15 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pdzg3) Dad ...... Nigel Betts believe. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] Lauren ...... Rachel Atkins Patricia Highsmith's intriguing tale of obsession stars John SUN 13:30 Frost Fair (b00g6t3m) Steven Appleby ...... As Himself Sharian as Robert Forester, Adrian Lester as Greg Wyncoop, Francine Stock and guests assemble in Somerset House, Other parts played by the cast. Joanne McQuinn as Jenny Theirolf, Briony Glassco as Nickie overlooking the River Thames, to re-evoke the extraordinary Written by Steven Appleby Jurgen and Peter Marinker as Detective Lippenholtz. frost fairs held on the frozen river between the early-17th and Producer: Toby Swift Adapted by Shaun McKenna. early-19th centuries. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002. Music composed and performed by David Chilton Joining her to learn about the fairs and to offer their own SUN 22:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007jnj7) Director: Marion Nancarrow reflections on ice and the British imagination are guests Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. including Seamus Heaney, Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Steaming - Radio Victoriana SAT 23:30 Adam Baron - Hold Back the Night (b00sydl4) Morpurgo, Norwegian 'ice musician' Terje Isungset and Steam powered fun from the Great Exhibition of 1851, plus the Episode 1 culinary historian Ivan Day, who provides traditional gin and latest inventions. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November Ex-cop turned private-eye Billy Rucker scours London's hot and gingerbread. 2000. humid underbelly for runaway teenagers. Stars David SUN 15:00 Doctor in the House (b007k4k7) SUN 23:00 1966 and All That (b010hcwh) Morrissey. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] The 1960s SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jw8n) Albert Einstein discovers the Beatles, while for the first time, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] the nation discovers sex. SUNDAY 23 DECEMBER 2012 SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show Plus a look at the era of "Flour Power"; the World Cup is won (b01pft45) by a team of men all called Bobby; and the with-it Royal try SUN 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b012f50v) The best of this week's 4 O'Clock Show programmes, including barbecuing. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] a visit to a brussels sprout farm, making the perfect Christmas Craig Brown's satirical history of Britain reaches the 1960s. SUN 00:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare pudding, and celebrating The Snowman's birthday. With: (b00wwd8m) SUN 16:30 The Sarah Jane Adventures (b01pft3z) Joss Ackland [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Eleanor Bron SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00wt94f) SUN 17:30 Arthur Askey - Before Your Very Eyes Rory Bremner [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] (b01pftld) Ewan Bailey SUN 02:00 Modesty Blaise (b01pfb33) Behind The Heart Margaret Cabourn-Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] The famous comedian's life story reaches an end. Tragedy John Humphrys SUN 03:15 Petrella (b007jmbt) strikes, but Arthur proves how big his heart is. From July 1975. Producer: Victoria Lloyd [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN 18:00 The Man in Black (b0180hnl) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006. SUN 04:00 Peter Roberts - Holy Fool (b014gj3c) Series 4 SUN 23:30 The Harpoon (b007k4t8) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] 3. The Beaten Track by Dawn King Series 2 SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b01pdy7q) A young couple ignore warnings on a New Zealand getaway. Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] Mark Gatiss as the sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, The complete story of evolution from Little Blobby Thing to SUN 06:00 Ladies of Letters (b01pft3x) introduces Dawn King's tale of ignorance. Homo Erectus Britishus Imperius. Ladies of Letters Go Crackers Aaron ...... Adam Billington Plus an advert for some sticks. Omnibus Louise Kirsty ...... Oswald All in your nostalgic spoof of boys' adventure story papers. Vera faces homelessness and Irene is inundated. Carole Motel Owner ...... Jonathan Forbes With Susie Brann , Alistair McGowan , Mary Elliot-Nelson, Hayman and Lou Wakefield's missives star Anne Reid and Sandy ...... Clare Corbett Julian Dutton and Peter Baynham. Prunella Scales. James ...... Christopher Webster Producer: Sarah Smith SUN 07:15 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pdzg3) More horrifying tales from The Man in Black. You might meet First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an Lucien Freud's daughter compares her family Yuletides to the employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of sometimes difficult childhood of her heroine. Read by Tamsin a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on MONDAY 24 DECEMBER 2012 Greig. his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. SUN 07:30 Heresy (b00b7wwz) Director: Jeremy Mortimer MON 00:00 The Man in Black (b0180hnl) Series 5 Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Episode 1 2011. MON 00:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Victoria Coren chairs the programme that likes to think the SUN 18:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor (b007k4t9) unthinkable. (b007k4t9) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Former host David Baddiel makes a special appearance, joined World Without Fire MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01pft41) by David Mitchell and Rev Richard Coles. After sparking a plane crash, the deadly Exon plant strain's [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. advancement continues. MON 01:45 Bright Young Things (b00pfslv) SUN 08:00 Doctor in the House (b007k4k7) Conclusion of James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] Happy Christmas McKenna. MON 02:00 Armstrong and Miller (b00t5x2s) The Dean asks Sparrow, Evans and Benskin to organise St Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Swithin's festivities. Stars Richard Briers. From August 1968. Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pft43) SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jw8n) Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] Double Trouble (Christmas Edition) Nurse ...... Joan Matheson MON 02:45 Completely Crackers (b00pd389) The cheeky schoolboy causes confusion by doing a good turn Craig ...... Noel Johnson [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] for an old lady. Starring Jimmy Clitheroe. Blowers ...... Michael Shannon MON 03:00 Doctor in the House (b007k4k7) SUN 09:00 The Sarah Jane Adventures (b01pft3z) Miss Anderson ...... Diana Olson [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] The Glittering Storm Scott ...... Diana Olsson MON 03:30 Frost Fair (b00g6t3m) After disturbing a burglar, Sarah Jane Smith investigates a Helicopter Pilot ...... Peter Wickham [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] mysterious clinic. Doctor Who spin-off adventure by Stephen Farmer ...... Roy Spencer MON 05:00 The Sarah Jane Adventures (b01pft3z) Cole, read by Elisabeth Sladen. Corporal ...... Gregory de Polnay [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01pft41) Sachs ...... Denis Goacher MON 06:00 Falco (b008kmgp) Just a Minute Producer: David Spencer Shadows in Bronze Nicholas Parsons First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in 3. Friends Without repetition, deviation or hesitation, Nicholas Parsons March 1978. At the villa of Helena's former father-in-law, Falco meets some shares his castaway picks with Kirsty Young. From November SUN 19:00 Armstrong and Miller (b00t5x2s) old friends of the senator's daughter. 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Starring Anton Lesser. SUN 10:45 Bright Young Things (b00pfslv) SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pft43) Lindsey Davis's witty detective, Marcus Didius Falco patrols P G Wodehouse - Jeeves and the Yuletide Spirit [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] the streets of 1st-century Rome. 4 Extra Debut. An unexpected invite to spend Christmas in the SUN 19:45 Completely Crackers (b00pd389) Falco ...... Anton Lesser country throws Jeeves's plans into disarray. Read by Julian [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] Helena Justina ...... Anna Madeley Rhind-Tutt. SUN 20:00 Doctor in the House (b007k4k7) Larius ...... Christopher Kelham SUN 11:00 Armstrong and Miller (b00t5x2s) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Caprenius Marcellus ...... Paul Webster Episode 3 SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jw8n) Aemilius Rufus ...... Timothy Watson Australian lifestyle, and a Euro rock band. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Aenelia ...... Jaimi Barbakoff Sketches and songs with Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01pft41) Dramatised by Mary Cutler. in their first series for radio. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. With Samuel West and Tony Gardiner. SUN 21:45 Bright Young Things (b00pfslv) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005. Written by Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON 06:30 Miss Marple (b007jpp2) Producer: Gareth Edwards SUN 22:00 Heresy (b00b7wwz) The Murder at the Vicarage First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1998. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Episode 1 SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pft43) SUN 22:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b012216l) Even the vicar of St Mary Mead detests a certain member of his Series 4 - Omnibus Series 1 flock. But murder seems to be carrying things a bit far? Series 4, Episodes 5-6 Normal Work First published in 1930, Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22 – 28 December 2012 Page 3 of 8 Whitfield as Miss Marple. Mrs Bardell ... Elizabeth Spriggs MON 17:00 Coming Alive (b00gdw1p) Rev Leonard Clement...... Francis Matthews Mrs Cluppins ... Cecile Chevreau Series 2 Griselda Clement...... Imelda Staunton Mrs Sanders ... Diana Bishop Just One Night Dr Haydock...... Nigel Davenport Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond Terry and Sandra come to blows when his ex winds up staying Dennis...... Nicholas Boulton Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox at the community centre. Stars Karl Howman. From August Lettice Protheroe...... Rachel Atkins Barmaid ... Brenda Kaye 2000. Miss Wetherby...... Joan Matheson Director: Jane Morgan MON 17:30 Second Holmes (b016px9c) Mrs Price-Ridley...... Margot Boyd First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Mrs Lestrange...... Jilly Meers MON 10:55 Christmas Diaries (b01pfwmy) MON 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00tvk9s) Lawrence Redding...... James Telfer Traveller 1. Pursuit Anne Protheroe...... Frances Jeater The first Christmas through the eyes of those it touched. A Opening in 1920s Manhattan, Edwardian dandy and secret Colonel Protheroe...... James Greene traveller meets Joseph and reflects on the past. With Nicola agent, Lucifer Box is in hot pursuit of the dodgy dealer Mary...... Alice Arnold Walker. responsible for an influx of cheap cocaine to the city. Inspector Slack...... John Baddeley MON 11:00 Hans Christian Andersen - The Fir Tree Mark Gatiss reads his novel abridged in five parts by David Dramatised in five parts by Michael Bakewell (b01pfwn0) Jackson Young. Director: Enyd Williams Out in the woods amongst his many large companions, a nice Dashing hero, Lucifer Box is an assassin, spy and sometime First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993. little fir tree is keen to grow up. Read by Paul Copley. portrait painter. MON 07:00 Second Holmes (b016px9c) MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01pf5sn) Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. The Case of the Missing Link Macy Gray, James Purefoy, Bryan Ferry, Matthew McFadyen Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson meet a and Freshsteps broadcast in 2010. member of the Moriarty family. Clive talks All That Jazz with musician, songwriter and Jealous MON 18:30 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jp39) Six light-hearted adventures involving the grandsons of Guy Bryan Ferry. Following the huge success of Roxy Music in 6. Sacrifice Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson written by Grant Eustace the 70's and 80's, Bryan is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Oblivio is in the grip of an Ice Age. Starring Peter Egan as Stamford Holmes, Jeremy Nicholas as his incredible career and has re-recorded some of his own When the UME spaceship lands on the surface, Norman and Dr Watson, Simon Hewitt as James Macpherson, David compositions on new album 'The Jazz Age'. It's performed by Max make a sacrifice... Gooderson as Inspector Winter, Lolly Cockerell as Mrs Pettifer 'The Bryan Ferry Orchestra' in the style of the decadent, roaring Conclusion of Colin Swash’s sci-fi comedy about two space-age and John Dunn as himself. Twenties. humans stranded on a friendly alien planet. Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Clive's on the run from actor James Purefoy, who's about to star Norman ...... Tony Robinson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1983. in cat and mouse thriller 'The Following', alongside Kevin Max ...... David Haig MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b01pbq3t) Bacon. After playing cunning Roman general Mark Antony in Stella ...... Louise Lombard Series 58 the HBO series 'Rome', James is playing a notorious serial killer Macari ...... Michael Troughton Episode 6 who escapes from death row and embarks on a new killing Suzy ...... Carla Mendonca Back for a second week at the Charter Theatre in Preston, spree. 'The Following' starts on Tuesday 22nd January on Sky Louise ...... Ronni Ancona regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor Atlantic HD. Ume ...... Lorelei King are joined on the panel by the great Victoria Wood, with Jack Arthur Smith talks to Mr Darcy, 'Pride & Prejudice' star Vince ...... Daniel Main Dee in the chair. Piano accompaniment is provided by Colin Matthew MacFadyen. From aloof romantic hero to forward Producer: Richard Wilson Sell. thinking detective, Matthew's playing Inspector Edmund Reid First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. Producer - Jon Naismith. in a fictionalised trek into the heart of London's East End in the MON 19:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - Ye Bandit of MON 08:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - Ye Bandit of blood soaked aftermath of Jack the Ripper. 'Ripper Street' starts Sherwood Forest (b01pfwmw) Sherwood Forest (b01pfwmw) on BBC One on Sunday 30th December at 21.00. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] A pantomime favourite Eric co-wrote with Spike Milligan. Will Clive checks in On How Life Is for Grammy award-winning MON 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and outlaw Neddie risk the lot for Maid Marion? From December singer-songwriter Macy Gray. Since she shot to fame in 1999 Flywheel (b008hzh9) 1954. with 'I Try', Macy has been Dancing With The Stars, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and collaborated with The Black Eyed Peas and appeared in such MON 20:00 Falco (b008kmgp) Flywheel (b008hzh9) Hollywood blockbusters as 'Spiderman'. Her latest album [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Series 3 'Talking Book' is a love letter to its creator, Stevie Wonder. MON 20:30 Miss Marple (b007jpp2) Episode 6 Macy performs 'You and I' in the 40th Anniversary year of [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel is collecting for 'charity' in a Stevie's timeless masterpiece. MON 20:55 Christmas Diaries (b01pfwmy) seasonal scam. And South Coast collective FreshSteps have just what we need [Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 today] Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the and perform 'Need You Now' from their album 'The Sound of MON 21:00 Hans Christian Andersen - The Fir Tree adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his Urban Soul-Jazz Vol 1'. (b01pfwn0) assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors Producer: Cathie Mahoney. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were MON 12:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - Ye Bandit of MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01pf5sn) rediscovered in 1988. Sherwood Forest (b01pfwmw) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Groucho Marx as Waldorf T. Flywheel …. Michael Roberts [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b01pbq3t) Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli …. Frank Lazarus MON 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello. Flywheel (b008hzh9) MON 22:30 Heresy (b00bcv9f) Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Brisenden. MON 13:00 Falco (b008kmgp) MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pfwzr) Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Series 6 Producer: Dirk Maggs MON 13:30 Miss Marple (b007jpp2) Episode 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1992. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] An extended version of the News Quiz, featuring jokes that you MON 09:00 Heresy (b00bcv9f) MON 14:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvkm) won't have heard already, some clips from the archives and Series 5 Episode 1 exclusive behind-the-scenes material. Episode 2 Winter has come to Evensford. As the first snowflakes of 1931 MON 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jwp2) Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. With settle, Lydia Aspen has come to live with her two aunts. The Creation Sue Perkins, Euan Ferguson and Richard Herring. From May Richardson, a young reporter on the local paper, watches as the The National Theatre of Brent tells the chaotic story of life on 2008. shy heiress passes by in a Daimler. His editor tells him "go and Earth. Stars Patrick Barlow and Jim Broadbent. From May MON 09:30 Son of Santa (b007jqrz) get the story"... 1990. Freshly qualified as a management consultant, Santa's son has Stars Tim Pigott-Smith as Older Richardson, Jordan Frieda as big plans for the North Pole. Stars Ron Moody. From Richardson, Juliet Aubrey as Lydia, Margaret Tyzack as Miss December 1999. Bertie, Angela Thorne as Miss Juliana, Philip Fox as Bretherton TUESDAY 25 DECEMBER 2012 MON 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers and Jamie Bamber as Tom. (b007jznk) HE Bates's semi-autobiographical novel (published in 1952) TUE 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00tvk9s) Trials and Tribulations dramatised by Vivienne Allen. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] The past comes back to haunt the founder of the travelling Director: Tracey Neale TUE 00:30 Paradise Lost in Space (b007jp39) society, Samuel Pickwick, in a court of law... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life TUE 01:00 Falco (b008kmgp) Campbell and Constance Cox. (b00mvg01) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell Every Man's Home Is His Castle TUE 01:30 Miss Marple (b007jpp2) Bob Sawyer .... Nigel Anthony Elaborate rituals of locking up at night, plus records of Old [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Ben Allen ..... Tim Piggott Smith Bailey trials. Amanda Vickery's hidden history of the home TUE 02:00 Heresy (b00bcv9f) Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones over 400 years. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Mr Hopkins ... Peter Baldwin MON 14:30 Alan Bennett - Untold Stories (b00kmtmn) TUE 02:30 Son of Santa (b007jqrz) Mrs Raddle ... Pauline Letts Wanting to Go Unnoticed [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Betsy ....Karen Archer The much-loved writer reads tales of his Yorkshire family. TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone Retiring to a village in the Dales, his mam is hugely intimidated. (b007jznk) Tony Weller .... John Hollis MON 14:45 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Brother Humm ... Michael Goldie Road (b007jw7k) TUE 04:00 Hans Christian Andersen - The Fir Tree Brother Tadger ... Eric Allen Emmitt's Arrival (b01pfwn0) Brother Stiggins ...Christopher Benjamin A new city manager arrives, determined to tame the wilderness. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Mr Perker ... Timothy Bateson Then the snow starts to fall. Alaskan tales read by their author. TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01pf5sn) Mr Phunky .... Gavin Campbell MON 15:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] Mr Unwitch... Kenneth Shanley (b007jznk) TUE 05:00 Coming Alive (b00gdw1p) Sgt Snubbins ... Malcolm Gerard [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Sgt Buzz Fuzz ... Peter Vaughan MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pfwn2) TUE 05:30 Second Holmes (b016px9c) Justice Stareleigh ... Gerald Cross Mel Giedroyc introduces a new series especially for The 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Dodson... John Gabriel O'Clock Show. Dick and Dom present 'How Dangerous...', TUE 06:00 Falco (b008ktyq) Fogg.... Michael Tudor Barnes exploring the surprising science of everyday life. Shadows in Bronze Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22 – 28 December 2012 Page 4 of 8 4. Party (b007jzpx) Starring Anna Massey as Madame Giry, Peter Guinness as The Falco heads to a party thrown by the wealthy and influential Walls and Bars Phantom, James D'Arcy as Raoul de Chagny Helen Goldwyn as Crispus. With the verdict announced, Samuel Pickwick is determined Christine Daaé Helena gets shocking news and the Roman sleuth receives a not to pay a penny in damages. "The Phantom of the Opera" is a classic tale of murder, nasty surprise. Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry romance and suspense in 19th-century Paris. Gaston Leroux's Starring Anton Lesser. Campbell and Constance Cox. original novel, "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra" was published in 1911 Lindsey Davis's witty detective, Marcus Didius Falco patrols Simon Cadell .... Charles Dickens and it's never been out of print since. The subject of countless the streets of 1st-century Rome. Freddie Jones .... Mr Pickwick plays, films and musicals - this is the first adaptation to Falco ...... Anton Lesser Philip Bond .... Mr Winkle remaining utterly faithful to the spirit and plot of Leroux's Helena Justina ...... Anna Madeley Michael Graham Cox .... Mr Tupman original. There are many sequences here which have never Aufidius Crispus ...... Bertie Carvel Stephen Thorne .... Mr Snodgrass appeared before in any adaptation. Petronius ...... Ben Crowe Douglas Livingstone .... Sam Weller Leroux was a prolific writer in many genres, as well as being a Silvia ...... Sara Poyzer John Hollis .... Tony Weller playboy and globetrotter. But he started out as a journalist, Aemilius Rufus ...... Timothy Watson Paul Chapman .... Mr Jingle which is how he came across the true stories forming the basis Aenelia ...... Jaimi Barbakoff Timothy Alcock .... Mr Perker for the plot of "The Phantom of the Opera": a misshapen Aufidius Crispus ...... Bertie Carvel Alan Dudley .... Mr Roker skeleton unearthed in the foundations of the Paris Opera House, Atius Pertinax ...... Sean Connolly Paddy Ward .... Mr Namby a subterranean lake, a fatal accident with the chandelier and, of Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Peter Woodthorpe .... Mr Smangle course, rumours of the Opera Ghost. Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Michael Goldie .... Mr Mivins This adaptation was the first version to include the correct First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005. Hugh Dickson .... Chancery Prisoner operatic sequences referred to in the novel: arias from Charles TUE 06:30 Miss Marple (b007jppk) Rosalind Ayres .... Arabella Allen Gounod's Faust and his Romeo et Juliette, and Desdemona's The Murder at the Vicarage Alison Frazer .... Mary famous aria from Rossini's Otello. These were specially Episode 2 Kenneth Shanley .... Scientific Gent recorded by singers from the ENO and Opera Diva. Much to the Vicar's embarrassment, a murder has been Director: Jane Morgan In the novel, The Phantom performs a section of his own self- committed in his study. But who killed Colonel Protheroe? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. penned opera - Don Juan Triumphant - and this too is included Miss Jane Marple is on the case. TUE 10:55 Christmas Diaries (b01pg582) in this adaptation, composed by classical musician Tim Sutton. Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple Mary Tim also wrote a new score for the entire adaptation with a Rev Leonard Clement...... Francis Matthews The first Christmas through the eyes of those it touched. Mary theme tune played by violinist Ruth Rogers. Griselda Clement...... Imelda Staunton finds the birth isn't how she dreamed of it. With Lizzy Watts. Freshly translated, dramatised and produced by Barnaby Dr Haydock...... Nigel Davenport TUE 11:00 John Mortimer - Not So Tiny Tim: God Bless Us Edwards. Lettice Protheroe...... Rachel Atkins Everyone (b007jtzf) A Big Finish Production. Mary...... Alice Arnold Sir Timothy Cratchit's selfish Christmas spent in Africa is TUE 19:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - The Tales of Colonel Melchett...... Richard Todd rudely interrupted. Read by Nicholas Le Prevost. Montmartre (b01pg57t) Constable...... Malcolm Ward TUE 11:15 NF Simpson - Cue! Eric Sykes: A Resounding [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Butler...... Lewis Jones Tinkle (b01pg584) TUE 19:30 Cue! Eric Sykes: With Great Pleasure Anne Protheroe...... Frances Jeater 4 Extra Debut. Eddie Izzard introduces a slice of not-so- (b01pg586) Lawrence Redding...... James Telfer everyday suburbia by Eric's favourite writer. Stars Deryck [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Inspector Slack...... John Baddeley Guyler. From July 1960. TUE 20:00 Falco (b008ktyq) Gladys Cram...... Oona Beeson TUE 12:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - The Tales of [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Montmartre (b01pg57t) TUE 20:30 Miss Marple (b007jppk) Director Enyd Williams [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993. TUE 12:30 Cue! Eric Sykes: With Great Pleasure TUE 20:55 Christmas Diaries (b01pg582) TUE 07:00 Second Thoughts (b007jzst) (b01pg586) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 today] The Fight Before Christmas 4 Extra Debut. Eric shares his literary and poetry favourites TUE 21:00 John Mortimer - Not So Tiny Tim: God Bless Us Faith's children and Bill's ex-wife threaten her dream of a with readings by Dennis Waterman and Imelda Staunton. Everyone (b007jtzf) perfect festive lunch. Introduced by Eddie Izzard. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] A festive edition of the popular sitcom about the lives of two TUE 13:00 Falco (b008ktyq) TUE 21:15 NF Simpson - Cue! Eric Sykes: A Resounding middle-aged divorcees, starring Lynda Bellingham as Faith and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Tinkle (b01pg584) James Bolam as Bill. TUE 13:30 Miss Marple (b007jppk) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] With Julia Sawalha as Hannah, Belinda Lang as Liza and Mark [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE 22:00 Bleak Expectations (b01p9l4v) Denham as Joe. TUE 14:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007jvkr) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Four series of 'Second Thoughts' were made for the BBC Episode 2 TUE 22:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b007k1xx) (1988-1992) before it transferred to ITV using the adapted Reporter Richardson spends more time with the headstrong Series 2 radio scripts. heiress. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith, Juliet Aubrey and Jordan Episode 3 Written by: Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie Frieda. Competitive capitalism engulfs the CyberPass Bistro as Merv Producer: Paul Schlesinger TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pg588) creates an internal market. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992. Series 4 2003. TUE 07:30 Bleak Expectations (b01p9l4v) Episode 7 TUE 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b00cl63c) Series 5 An increasingly desperate Donna takes action. Keith is low and Series 5 A Terrifying Life Made Even Scarier a Bit Some More under pressure. The situation is explosive and needs careful I Blame the Media A new and terrible danger threatens Victorian Britain as Harry handling - is hot-headed Tracy the right person? Whilst Satan's away morally cleansing the media and internet, Biscuit becomes possessed by the evil Pen of Penrith, which TUE 14:30 Alan Bennett - Untold Stories (b00kmys8) revolt is brewing in Hell. turns his heart to inky black. Dad Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell. Pip and Gently Benevolent join forces to take on this new, cruel Recalling tales of his Yorkshire family, the writer reflects on Satan …. Andy Hamilton and cake-obsessed nemesis and his army of robot swans. They his Dad - who Mam says never pushes himself forward. Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville also turn out to share a love of antiquing in the Cotswolds. TUE 14:45 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Road (b007k06s) Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Hugh Dennis, Dickens. Argus and Emmitt Tony Maudsley and Philip Pope. Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson On a December night, a man and his dog turn up at a log cabin. Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen There's a smell of burning. Alaskan tales read by their author. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005. Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers TUE 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jr0v) Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman (b007jzpx) Series 3 Servewell ...... James Bachman [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] The Masterson Bunch Clampvulture ..... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pg58b) Suffragettes split the Masterson family, sparking drama at the Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland Mel pulls the party poppers and presents a guide to festive food, races. Pippa ..... Susy Kane and Dick and Dom show how to make your own crackers. Plus The award-winning improvised historical family saga based Lily ...... Sarah Hadland there's more from Terry Deary's Vicious Vikings. entirely on audience suggestions. Hector the Holy Horse ...... Mark Evans TUE 17:00 Ken Dodd's Christmas Cracker (b00pdkdr) Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee Producer: Gareth Edwards The King of Comedy hosts half an hour of festive frolics. With Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2012. Colin Edwynn and Sybie Jones. From December 1987. Producer: Phil Clarke TUE 08:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - The Tales of TUE 17:30 Second Thoughts (b007jzst) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995. Montmartre (b01pg57t) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Eddie Izzard introduces the final episode that Eric co-wrote TUE 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00tz24d) with Spike Milligan. Artistic passion in Paris. From January 2. Accused WEDNESDAY 26 DECEMBER 2012 1956. Probing a Fascist cult in 1920s New York, Edwardian dandy TUE 08:30 Cue! Eric Sykes: In Touch (b01pg57w) and secret agent, Lucifer Box's plans to infiltrate nasty Fascist WED 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00tz24d) 4 Extra Debut. Disability specialist Peter White asks how Eric cult F.A.U.S.T. have gone awry. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] managed hearing and sight loss. Introduced by Eddie Izzard. Mark Gatiss reads from his own novel. WED 00:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera From January 1999. Dashing hero, Lucifer Box is an assassin, spy and sometime (b008hvvp) TUE 08:45 Cue! Eric Sykes: It's A Fair Cop (b01pg57y) portrait painter. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Eric plays a hapless copper on a bank stake-out. Introduced by Abridged by David Jackson Young. WED 01:00 Falco (b008ktyq) Eddie Izzard. Stars Deryck Guyler and Dick Emery. From June Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] 1961. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first WED 01:30 Miss Marple (b007jppk) TUE 09:15 Cue! Eric Sykes: Desert Island Discs - Revisited broadcast in 2010. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] (b01pg580) TUE 18:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pfwzr) 4 Extra Debut. Eddie Izzard introduces the music and memories (b008hvvp) [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] from Eric Sykes' second spell as a castaway. With Sue Lawley. Episode 1 WED 02:45 All the World's a Globe (b007jwp2) From June 1997. Tragedy strikes at the Opera House in 19th century Paris - [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers home to a fabled ghost. WED 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22 – 28 December 2012 Page 5 of 8 (b007jzpx) barrel. From December 2012. as Harley. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Director: David Johnston WED 04:00 John Mortimer - Not So Tiny Tim: God Bless Additional material by Pete Sinclair. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1984. Us Everyone (b007jtzf) Produced by Sam Bryant. WED 12:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - The Sinking [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED 08:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - The Sinking of Westminster Pier (b01pg64v) WED 04:15 NF Simpson - Cue! Eric Sykes: A Resounding of Westminster Pier (b01pg64v) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Tinkle (b01pg584) Eric selects a favourite episode he co-wrote with Spike WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00t9zpz) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Milligan. Neddie hunts oysters in the Thames. From February [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 05:00 Ken Dodd's Christmas Cracker (b00pdkdr) 1955. WED 13:00 Falco (b008l1cb) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00t9zpz) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 05:30 Second Thoughts (b007jzst) Series 4 WED 13:30 Miss Marple (b007jpq1) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Episode 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 06:00 Falco (b008l1cb) Making movie news: 'The Lone Hydrangea' and 'The Sound of WED 14:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007n9k5) Shadows in Bronze Monks' and 'The Curse of the Flying Wombat' continues... Episode 3 5. Surprise More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and As they go off dancing, Richardson realises both Alex and Tom Roman sleuth Falco closes in on his man, but gets more than he parodies. are also falling under the heiress' spell. Stars Juliet Aubrey. bargained for from Helena's old school friend... Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life Starring Anton Lesser. and Bill Oddie. (b00mzw4f) Lindsey Davis's witty detective, Marcus Didius Falco patrols Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Ian Lang, Graeme Chapman, All My Life Is a Struggle With Dirt the streets of 1st-century Rome. John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Eric Idle, and Bill Women's struggle to clean and care for their families in a Falco ...... Anton Lesser Oddie. household moral mission. Amanda Vickery's hidden history of Helena Justina ...... Anna Madeley Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue the home. Atius Pertinax ...... Sean Connolly 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and WED 14:30 Alan Bennett - Untold Stories (b00kn1hy) Larius ...... Christopher Kelham quickly developed a cult following. Aunty Myra Silvia ...... Sara Poyzer Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. The writer recalls tales of his Yorkshire family. Visiting his Marcellus...... Paul Webster Producer: Humphrey Barclay mother's sister, she always shared her military service Aufidius Crispus ...... Bertie Carvel First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1966. memories. Aemilius Rufus ...... Timothy Watson WED 09:00 Winston (b007m660) WED 14:45 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the Gordianus ...... Christian Rodska Series 1 Road (b007k082) Aenelia ...... Jaimi Barbakoff Whacko Jolly Dee The Best Sauna Story So Far Dramatised by Mary Cutler. The wily village poacher and handyman's plans for a life of A cosy evening at the lake with food, drink and good company. Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. bliss with Nancy hit a snag. What can possibly go wrong? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005. Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy. WED 15:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers WED 06:30 Miss Marple (b007jpq1) CAST: (b007jzr7) The Murder at the Vicarage Winston …. Bill Wallis [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Episode 3 Father …. Maurice Denham WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pghdq) Multiple confessions to the murder of Colonel Protheroe mount Nancy …. Shirley Dixon Mel introduces the next episode of 'How Dangerous...' where up in the village of St. Mary Mead. Rosie …. Liz Goulding Dick and Dom explore the science of Christmas decorations. But who does amateur sleuth Jane Marple believe? William …. Christian Rodska Plus there's more from Terry Deary's Vicious Vikings. Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Marple Directed at BBC Bristol by Shaun MacLoughlin. WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves Rev. Leonard Clement...... Francis Matthews First broadcast on BBC Radio in May 1989. (b007jqgh) Griselda Clement...... Imelda Staunton WED 09:30 Foul Play (b00jm6kb) Bartholomew, Blackmail and Barefaced Lies Mrs Lestrange...... Jillie Meers Series 3 An expensive statue lands Bertie Wooster in a pickle. Mary...... Alice Arnold The Proof of the Pudding PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six-parts by Richard Usborne. Hilda...... Lisa Howard Crime writers PD James and HRF Keating probe a death at Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Dr Haydock...... Nigel Davenport dinnertime. Wooster, Paul Eddington as Roderick Spode, John Le Mesurier Lawrence Redding...... James Telfer Simon Brett hosts the murder quiz. as Sir Watkin Bassett, Ronald Fraser as Major Plank, Jonathan Dennis...... Nicholas Suspects played by Maria McErlane and Lee Simpson. Cecil as Boko Fittleworth, Denise Coffey as Stiffy Bing and Boulton Producer Liz Anstree Percy Edwards as Bartholemew the Dog. Hawes...... David Thorpe First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997. Producer: David Hatch Dr Stone...... Timothy Alcock WED 10:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Raymond West...... Ian Masters (b007jzr7) WED 17:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn64) Inspector Slack...... John Baddeley A Matter of Principle [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Gladys Cram...... Oona Beeson Holed up in a debtors' prison - will Samuel Pickwick manage to WED 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00v7b52) Nancy...... Vivienne get himself released? 3. Aboard Rochester Conclusion of Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight Falsely accused of murder, Lucifer Box has fled the USA Dramatised by Michael Bakewell parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox. aboard a leaky tub bound for England. Director: Enyd Williams Simon Cadell .... Charles Dickens He's spent the journey trying to discover what links a silken First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993. Freddie Jones .... Mr Pickwick fragment of an ancient heathen prayer to the Convent of St WED 07:00 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn64) Philip Bond .... Mr Winkle Bede. The Beast in the Cage Michael Graham Cox .... Mr Tupman A comely cabin girl provides welcome distraction. Victor suffers a bank holiday traffic nightmare stuck in a jam - Stephen Thorne .... Mr Snodgrass Mark Gatiss continues his own novel. and so do Margaret and Jean! Douglas Livingstone .... Sam Weller Abridged by David Jackson Young. Richard Wilson stars as Victor and Annette Crosbie as his long- John Hollis .... Tony Weller Producer: Kirsteen Cameron suffering wife Margaret. Paul Chapman .... Mr Jingle Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first Adapted for radio by David Renwick from his BBC TV script. Timothy Alcock .... Mr Perker broadcast in 2010. Victor Meldrew ...... Richard Wilson Michael Goldie .... Isaac WED 18:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera Margaret Meldrew ...... Annette Crosbie Rosalind Ayres .... Arabella Allen (b008jw9j) Mrs Warboys ...... Doreen Mantle Elizabeth Spriggs .... Mrs Bardell Episode 2 With Michael Fenton-Stevens, Ainslee Foster, Paul Rogan, Pauline Letts .... Mrs Raddle Christine Daae has disappeared. Is she with the mysterious Stephanie Pack and Keith Wickham. Cecile Chevreau .... Mrs Cluppins Angel of Music? Stars Anna Massey, Peter Guinness and James Winning numerous awards, six series were made for TV plus Kenneth Shanley .... Mr Raddle D'Arcy. numerous specials on BBC ONE from 1990 to 2000. Heather Bell .... Tommy Bardell WED 19:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - The Sinking Producer: Diane Messias Margot Boyd .... Mrs Rogers of Westminster Pier (b01pg64v) First broadcast in February 1995 on BBC Radio 2. Peter Wickham .... Mr Jackson [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b01pc3by) Christopher Benjamin .... Mr Stiggins WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00t9zpz) Series 4 Stella Tanner .... Mrs Weller [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Ottery St Mary Director: Jane Morgan WED 20:00 Falco (b008l1cb) Comedian Mark Steel returns with a new series, looking under First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] the surface of some of the UK's more distinctive towns to shed WED 10:55 Christmas Diaries (b01pg64x) WED 20:30 Miss Marple (b007jpq1) some light on the people, history, rivalries, slang, traditions, and Shepherd [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] eccentricities that makes them unique. The first Christmas through the eyes of those it touched. A WED 20:55 Christmas Diaries (b01pg64x) shepherd faces his fears on a dark hillside. With Ben Crowe. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 today] Creating a bespoke stand-up set for each town, Mark performs WED 11:00 A Ghost for Christmas (b007jtz4) WED 21:00 A Ghost for Christmas (b007jtz4) the show in front of a local audience. The Woodman's Enigma by Gary Kilworth [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] A Christmas visit to their Uncle proves to be a haunting WED 21:15 MR James (b01pg64z) As well as examining the less visited areas of Britain, Mark experience for young Jill and Colin. Read by Edward de Souza. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] uncovers stories and experiences that resonate with us all as we WED 11:15 MR James (b01pg64z) WED 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b01pc3by) recognise the quirkiness of the British way of life and the rich Echoes from the Abbey [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] tapestry of remarkable events and people who have shaped One of his few great passions in life was a fascination for our WED 22:30 Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows (b00fgq45) where we live. great English Abbeys. So when he received an invitation to 2. Bank Hols spend Christmas at Medborough Abbey, James accepted Incisive reporter Gus Murdoch investigates the pros and cons of During this 4th series of 'Mark Steel's In Town', Mark will visit without a second thought. But had he known of the strange, bank holidays. Tobermory, Whitehaven, Handsworth, Ottery St Mary, Corby, supernatural and eventually tragic series of events that were to Written by and starring Stephen Carlin. and Chipping Norton. take place, he might have thought again - or perhaps not...? With: Inspired by a fragment of his writing, Sheila Hodgson provides Neil Edmond This week, Mark visits Ottery St Mary in Devon to discuss MR James with a ghostly encounter at Christmas. Margaret Cabourn-Smith Coleridge's embarrassing childhood, pixies, and what happens Stars David March as James, Arnold Diamond as Arthur Stephen Carlin when you put five thousand people in a square with a lit tar Layton, Ysanne Churchman as Nora Layton and Timothy Stark Helen Longworth Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22 – 28 December 2012 Page 6 of 8 Chris Pavlo First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993. Across the Fields Producer: Tilusha Ghelani THU 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b01pglt3) A brother and sister are in for a ghostly surprise when taking a Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2008. Series 3 short cut home on Christmas Eve. Read by Anna Keaveney. WED 22:45 Jelly Mountain (b00fkp5z) Prat On A Hot Tin Roof THU 11:15 Sheila Hodgson - Turn, Turn, Turn (b01pglt9) Episode 3 Colours nailed to the mast, Robert Wilson gets his party In which MR James - in an effort to heal a breach between a A visit to the circus heralds arcane amusements. Songs and politicals in a pickle. young man and his father - tells a cautionary and chilling tale of stories from Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr. From May Farcical sitcom about the trials and tribulations of a young actor evil and witchcraft. 1996. desperately seeking work. One of a number of dramas written by Sheila Hodgson inspired WED 23:00 Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music (b007k0c8) John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom. by MR James and portraying him as the diarist of a series of Series 1 Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair fictional ghost stories. Excess Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn Starring David March as James, Michael Cochrane as Charles Pop excess is the stuff of legends... but sometimes it just gets a Sue ..... Gina McKee Fenton, Gerald Cross as Sir John Cheke, Alan Lawrance as the bit too much. With: Rev Nicholas Fenton and Colin Etherington as Mark Palgrave. Mitch Benn continues his journey through the showbiz glitz and Sally Grace Director: David Johnston backstage little of pop music. Toby Longworth First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. With Robert Ince, Alfie Joey, Tash Baylis and Kirsty Newton Ainsley Foster THU 12:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - The Last Producer: Adam Bromley Ian Angus Wilkie Tram (From Clapham) (b01pglt5) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004. Christopher Roe [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? Producer: Diane Messias THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b011vffg) (b00sttpy) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1993. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Series 3 THU 07:30 Births, Deaths and Marriages (b01jhnyh) THU 13:00 Falco (b008m17q) Riot Grrrl! Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] The three London flatmates Judith, David and Giles enter a Episode 3 THU 13:30 Miss Marple (b007jpqf) writing competition. Stars Tony Slattery. From June 1998. A new sitcom set in a Local Authority Register Office where [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] staff deal with the three greatest events in anybody's life. THU 14:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007ncy6) Written by David Schneider (The Day Today, I'm Alan Episode 4 THURSDAY 27 DECEMBER 2012 Partridge), he also stars as chief registrar Malcolm Fox who is a Party plans are afoot to celebrate the heiress' 21st birthday and stickler for rules and would be willing to interrupt any wedding Richardson comes to a decision. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith. THU 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00v7b52) service if the width of the bride infringes health and safety. THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pgltc) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] He's not married - but why does he need to be? He's married Series 4 THU 00:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera thousands of women. Episode 8 (b008jw9j) Alongside him are rival and divorcee Lorna who has been Events are out of control and rushing towards a terrifying [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] parachuted in from Car Parks to drag the office (and Malcolm) conclusion, but will it be a happy one for Donna, Tracy and THU 01:00 Falco (b008l1cb) into the 21st century. To her, marriage isn't just about love and Poochie? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] romance, it's got to be about making a profit in our new age of THU 14:30 Alan Bennett - Untold Stories (b00kn5x3) THU 01:30 Miss Marple (b007jpq1) austerity. Aunty Kathleen [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] There's also the ever spiky Mary, geeky Luke who's worried Recalling tales of his Yorkshire family, the writer reflects on THU 02:00 Winston (b007m660) he'll end up like Malcolm one day, while ditzy Anita may get the brisk marriage of his Mam's sister. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] her words and names mixed up occasionally but as the only THU 14:45 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the THU 02:30 Foul Play (b00jm6kb) parent in the office, she's a mother to them all. Road (b007k09c) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] In this episode, Malcolm is distracted by a breast feeding The Town Tree THU 03:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers mother during a birth registration, causing Lorna to suspect he Will the town's first communal Christmas tree be greeted with (b007jzr7) might have made his first ever mistake. peace and goodwill to all men? Alaskan tales read by their [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Cast: author. THU 04:00 A Ghost for Christmas (b007jtz4) Malcolm...... David Schneider THU 15:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pglt7) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Lorna...... Sarah Hadland [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU 04:15 MR James (b01pg64z) Anita...... Sandy McDade THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pgltf) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] Luke...... Russell Tovey Mel Giedroyc serves up more seasonal science from Dick and THU 05:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves Mary...... Sally Bretton Dom's new series 'How Dangerous...'. Plus there's more from (b007jqgh) Mr Carrick...... Andrew Brooke Terry Deary's current story The Vicious Vikings. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] Mrs Carrick...... Kerry Godliman THU 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jnc6) THU 05:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn64) Mrs Ferguson/ Series 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Mrs Goldring/ Mrs Smith...... Jane Whittenshaw Taking the Rap THU 06:00 Falco (b008m17q) Producer: Simon Jacobs School trouble is brewing over a pupil playing truant and a strict Shadows in Bronze A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. disciplinarian on the staff. With Dilys Laye. From May 1992. 6. Showdown THU 08:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - The Last THU 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b01pglt3) A final showdown for Roman sleuth Falco - but his reunion Tram (From Clapham) (b01pglt5) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] with Helena proves bittersweet. Eric selects a favourite episode he co-wrote with Spike THU 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vc8bl) Starring Anton Lesser. Milligan. Neddie searches for a lost London tram. From 4. Rescue Lindsey Davis's witty detective, Marcus Didius Falco patrols November 1954. Dandy spy hero Lucifer Box must rescue the 'perfect victim' to the streets of 1st-century Rome. THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b011vffg) foil Olympus Mons' dastardly plan to raise the devil. Falco ...... Anton Lesser From 14/01/1954 Mark Gatiss continues his own novel. Petronius ...... Ben Crowe Dick Bentley asks Jimmy Edwards for help with a speech, and Abridged by David Jackson Young. Helena Justina ...... Anna Madeley Ron and Eth ponder eloping in The Glums. From January 1954. Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Decimus Camillus ...... Robert Lister THU 09:00 Unnatural Acts (b00kt1q6) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first Vespasian ...... Michael Tudor Barnes Series 2 broadcast in 2010. Silvia ...... Sara Poyzer To Catch a Thief THU 18:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera Tullia ...... Fiona Clarke It's all hands to the duster as Paul makes an interesting (b008lz2f) Gordianus ...... Christian Rodska discovery in Ashdown Forest. Stars Jeremy Hardy. From April Episode 3 Atius Pertinax ...... Sean Connolly 1988. As Christine faces grave danger, a mysterious figure offers to Dramatised by Mary Cutler. THU 09:30 HR (b00hg6mz) help her. Stars Anna Massey, Peter Guinness and Helen Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Series 1 Goldwyn. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005. An Appraisal THU 19:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - The Last THU 06:30 Miss Marple (b007jpqf) An angry senior manager has been caught verbally abusing a Tram (From Clapham) (b01pglt5) The Murder at the Vicarage client. His HR officer must take him to task. Can he? [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 4 Nigel Williams’ comedy drama series charting the misfortunes THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b011vffg) Investigations into the murder of Colonel Protheroe don't go at of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] all to plan. Who is the killer? Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce THU 20:00 Falco (b008m17q) Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Sam ...... Nicholas Le Prevost [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Marple. Director: Peter Cavanagh THU 20:30 Miss Marple (b007jpqf) Rev. Leonard Clement...... Francis First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Matthews THU 10:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pglt7) THU 20:55 Christmas Diaries (b01phnmv) Griselda Clement...... Imelda Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:55 today] Staunton Miss Mackenzie, a woman past the bloom of youth, inherits a THU 21:00 A Ghost for Christmas (b007jv0g) Lettice Protheroe...... Rachel fortune and is then beset by suitors. But whom will she choose? [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Atkins Anthony Trollope's tale stars David Troughton as Anthony THU 21:15 Sheila Hodgson - Turn, Turn, Turn (b01pglt9) Dr Haydock...... Nigel Trollope, Hattie Morahan as Miss Mackenzie, Philip Franks as [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Davenport John Ball and Margaret Tyzack as Lady Ball. THU 22:00 Births, Deaths and Marriages (b01jhnyh) Anne Protheroe...... Frances Dramatised by Martyn Wade [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Jeater Director: Tracey Neale THU 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Inspector Slack...... John Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope was the runner-up in Better (b00d45ny) Baddeley BBC Radio 4's 'Neglected Classics' vote in 2011. Series 2 Gladys Cram...... Oona First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011. Generosity Beeson THU 10:55 Christmas Diaries (b01phnmv) The comedian examines the virtue of generosity. With poetry Hawes...... David Lawyer and songs by Tom Basden and Tim Key. From August 2008. Thorpe The first Christmas through the eyes of those it touched. A THU 23:00 The Atkinson People (b007k271) Mrs Price-Ridley...... Margot Boyd lawyer muses on the stars, and their observers. With Anton Barry Good Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Lesser. A wry, startling, in-depth probe into the life of a spoof pop star. Director: Enyd Williams THU 11:00 A Ghost for Christmas (b007jv0g) Stars Rowan Atkinson. From November 1979. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22 – 28 December 2012 Page 7 of 8 THU 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00rmygl) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003. Pots and Pans Series 1 FRI 07:30 Just William - Live! (b01pfrrc) What do letters and diaries tell us about running the home in the Smoked Meat Series 3 16th and 17th centuries? Why do pots and pans matter? Sir Marcus wants a global web presence by the end of the week. William Holds the Stage FRI 14:30 Alan Bennett - Untold Stories (b00kn8k3) Mean marketing director John Weak descends to the IT Last May, as part of Winchester's Best of British Festival in Mam netherworld to do battle with Gavin Smedley, an IT director celebration of the Jubilee, Martin Jarvis performed the first of Recalling tales of his Yorkshire family, the writer explains how grown from the sweat of a techie's armpit. two of Richmal Crompton's comic classics, live on-stage. his Mam's memory is beginning to fail. Alexander Armstrong stars as John Weak in Guy Browning’s In William Holds the Stage, when an old boy of the school gives FRI 14:45 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the sitcom. a lecture on Hamlet, William gets a somewhat confused idea Road (b007k0bq) John Weak ...... Alexander Armstrong that Shakespeare's plays were written by a man called Ham, and Yet Another New Year Hayley ...... Clare Perkins that Shakespeare poisoned Ham, and stole the plays and New Year is a time of celebration - and an annual fist fight. But Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead pretended he had written them. Then a man called Bacon got a dense fog descends. Alaskan tales read by author Tom Bodett. Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook involved and possibly someone called Eggs as well. FRI 15:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pgs6s) Gary Peyton ...... Ewan Bailey When it's announced that the class will perform a scene from [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Gavin Smedley ...... Gerard McDermott Hamlet in front of a live audience, William decides that, despite FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pgs6x) Paul ...... Harry Myers being cast as an attendant, he'd prefer to play the leading role Mel Giedroyc presents the next episode of 'How Dangerous...' Producer: Jonquil Panting himself. But things don't go entirely to plan. in which Dick and Dom climb to the top of the Christmas tree First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005. A packed house at the Theatre Royal rocks with laughter as to find out how fairy lights work. Jarvis performs William's hilariously inventive version of FRI 17:00 Ballylenon (b007nfs3) Shakespeare's masterpiece. Just William as 'stand-up'. Series 1 FRIDAY 28 DECEMBER 2012 Performed by Martin Jarvis Episode 1 Director: Rosalind Ayres. 1953: Trouble brews when the McConkey sisters join forces FRI 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vc8bl) A Jarvis and Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. with hotel owner, Phonsie Doherty to campaign for the [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI 08:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - Lurgi Strikes demolition of the Georgian courthouse to make way for a car FRI 00:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera Britain (b01pgs6q) park. (b008lz2f) Eric selects a favourite episode he co-wrote with Spike Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Milligan. Doctor Neddie tackles a curious epidemic. From 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in FRI 01:00 Falco (b008m17q) November 1954. every home. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00crq2m) Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. FRI 01:30 Miss Marple (b007jpqf) Series 4 Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Repeat Yourself the Burkiss Way - Part 1 Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna FRI 02:00 Unnatural Acts (b00kt1q6) Enter the 'Pardon,Sir?' school of languages. Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett. Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker FRI 02:30 HR (b00hg6mz) Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Aine McCartney [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] 1980. Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt FRI 03:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pglt7) Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Producer: David Hatch Rev Samuel Hawthorne ...... Gerard Murphy FRI 04:00 A Ghost for Christmas (b007jv0g) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1979. RL Watson ...... Roma Tomelty [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI 09:00 Millport (b0076bk4) O'Brollochain ...... Kevin Flood FRI 04:15 Sheila Hodgson - Turn, Turn, Turn (b01pglt9) Series 3 Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] The Siege Director: Eoin O'Callaghan FRI 05:00 King Street Junior (b007jnc6) Millport's under siege by the neighbouring islands, furious that First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] this little insignificant town has its own independent public FRI 17:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007nchq) FRI 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b01pglt3) house. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Amidst the madness Irene and Moira find romance where they FRI 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vfjsh) FRI 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jprs) least expect it - and Alberto unveils an unusual secret defence 5. Desperation Series 1 system. Will spy hero Lucifer Box reach cult leader Olympus Mons' A Case of Making Good Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as Satanic lair, deep beneath the Swiss Alps, in time to prevent the A rich woman receives a mysterious parcel of tenners and the 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better sacrifice of the "perfect victim"? past unfolds like a flower. Can redundant pitman turned life on the mainland. Mark Gatiss concludes his own fiendishly gripping adventure. discrete private investigator, Stephen J Blackburn solve the Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson Abridged by David Jackson Young. case? Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. One of five cases for the ex-pitman turned investigator and his Alberto/Dr Hume/Robert the Dog/Mr Shetland /Mr Sky ...... Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Lewis McLeod broadcast in 2010. Yorkshire town that's seen better days. Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley FRI 18:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera Starring Fine Time Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy Minister/Bob/Mr Dunoon/Mr Orkney ...... Robert Patterson (b008p5cw) Flynn as Tracey Duggan. Dougie/Mr Arran ...... Kenneth Bryans Episode 4 With Rita May, Vanessa Rosenthal, Lorraine Peters, Lucia Producer: Lucy Bacon Raoul and the Persian enter the Phantom's lair to search for Laratonda and Robin Polley. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002. Christine. Stars Peter Guinness, Helen Goldwyn and James Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby FRI 09:30 Snap (b012s2gf) D'Arcy. Directed for BBC North East by Dave Sheasby Series 3 FRI 19:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - Lurgi Strikes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1989. Episode 3 Britain (b01pgs6q) FRI 06:30 Miss Marple (b007jpqv) Divorced Doug and Molly come to blows over his mum Annie, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] The Murder at the Vicarage who seems to be going senile. FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00crq2m) Episode 5 Continuing Paul Mendelson's sitcom about a couple trying to [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Amateur sleuth Jane Marple battles to unearth the proof she rebuild their relationship after divorce. FRI 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jprs) needs to reveal the murderer's identity - along with a few other Starring Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] surprises. Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene FRI 20:30 Miss Marple (b007jpqv) The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn and Jonathan Tafler [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Whitfield as Miss Marple. as Raymond. FRI 21:00 Fay Weldon Stories (b007k04g) Rev. Leonard Clement...... Francis Producer: David Ian Neville [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Matthews First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. FRI 21:15 Ben Lewis - Blue Sky Thinking (b01pgs6v) Griselda Clement...... Imelda FRI 10:00 Anthony Trollope - Miss MacKenzie (b01pgs6s) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Staunton Episode 2 FRI 22:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jzzh) Lettice Protheroe...... Rachel Atkins After two marriage proposals, Margaret Mackenzie has turned Christmas Special 2002 Colonel Melchett...... Richard Todd down the first, but what of the second? Stars Hattie Morahan. The Roll of the Dice Dr Haydock...... Nigel FRI 11:00 Fay Weldon Stories (b007k04g) Satan embarks on an epic quest - and encounters Queen Davenport Living By the Small Print Victoria, Harpo Marx and a highly intelligent bluebottle. Inspector Slack...... John Baddeley A penny-pinching young woman with an eye for a bargain Meanwhile the saintly Hope Fraser's arrival in Hell sparks Gladys Cram...... Oona Beeson begins to realise the consequences. Read by Rebecca Front. confusion... Mrs Sadler...... Tina Gray FRI 11:15 Ben Lewis - Blue Sky Thinking (b01pgs6v) Andy Hamilton's two-part devilishly funny, festive special from Constable...... Dominic Looking forward to her wedding, Karen's life begins to unravel Hell. Letts following the arrival of a stranger. Stars Nicola Stapleton. Satan ...... Andy Hamilton Dramatised by Michael Bakewell FRI 12:00 Cue! Eric Sykes: The Goon Show - Lurgi Strikes The Professor ...... James Grout Director: Enyd Williams Britain (b01pgs6q) Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1993. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan FRI 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007nchq) FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00crq2m) Hope ...... Claire Skinner Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] With Philip Pope, Felicity Montagu and Michael Fenton Episode 2 FRI 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jprs) Stevens. Sly barmaid Tamsyn Trelawny and her band of smugglers battle [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer to try and outwit local customs officer, Captain Marriott. FRI 13:30 Miss Marple (b007jpqv) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002. 18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01pgs6z) Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. FRI 14:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia (b007nfd7) Series 3 Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Episode 5 Episode 6 Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, As a midsummer night draws to an end, some life-changing The Archers and The Waltons with a twist, and the Minx Twins Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire events await Richardson. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith and Juliet tackle feminism. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar. From June 1998. Bascombe, Julia Deakin as Edna, Mark Felgate as Dewey and Aubrey. FRI 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b00g2glp) Phil Nice as Roy. FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life Series 3 Producer: Jan Ravens. (b00mzw4j) Episode 1 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22 – 28 December 2012 Page 8 of 8 It's New Year in the mortuary and the pathologists must tackle a befuddled mother. Stars Peter Davison. From January 2006. FRI 23:30 Half Sketch (b007k022) Series 4 Episode 1 Bill Clinton's next career move revealed. Northern Ireland's comedy troupe go topical. Stars Tim McGarry. From January 2001.

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