Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 04 JANUARY 2020 Rice, Who Researches and Plays Little-Known Renaissance Music, Jason Slater

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 04 JANUARY 2020 Rice, who researches and plays little-known renaissance music, Jason Slater ...... Michael Begley investigates Henry VIII's musical abilties. Did he really Ned ...... Joe Caffrey SAT 00:00 Doctor Who (b08fjg55) compose 'Greensleeves' and other pieces attributed to him? He Hoskins ...... Kenneth Alan Taylor Serpent Crest was certainly a patron of music, appreciating visits from foreign Lord Belport ...... Mark Chatterton Survivors in Space, part 2/2 musicians and expanding the royal musical household. Dr Rice Millicent ...... Julia Rounthwaite The Fourth Doctor and Mrs Wibbsey finally track down the introduces music from the period, recently recorded by the Henry ...... James Nickerson hamlet of Hexford, just as the Skishtari Egg is about to hatch... Brabant Ensemble. He is joined by the Elizabeth Kenny, one of Highwayman ...... Toby Hadoke Tom Baker stars as the Fourth Doctor. the UK's leading lutenists, and together they demonstrate how Duke of Cranmere ...... John Craig Conclusion of Paul Magrs’ five-story adventure, the repertoire reflects Henry's personal concerns, his poltical Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas. The Doctor ...... Tom Baker outlook, his religious convictions and his practical abilities as a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003. Mrs Wibbsey ...... Susan Jameson musician and composer. SAT 05:30 There Was A Young Fellow Named Palin The Visitor ...... David Troughton SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b085yyzf) (m0001rzj) Mike Yates ...... Richard Franklin Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey Michael Palin, Britain’s nicest man, is probably Britain’s busiest Deirdre ...... Nerys Hughes Episode 10 man too, which might explain why he’s asked James Peak to Tish ...... Joanna Tope Catherine returns to her home after her abrupt dismissal from step in and write him some limericks. Reverend Tongue ...... Cornelius Garrett Northanger Abbey. Will she ever know what she did wrong and Limericks are the simplest of verse forms - only five lines, a bit Lucius ...... Sam Hoare more importantly will she ever see Henry Tilney again? of rhyming, and half of the first line "There once was a..." is Producer: Kate Thomas Jane Austen's satire pokes fun at the popular sensationalist already written for you. Made by BBC Audio and reversioned for broadcast by BBC fiction of the day. It's child’s play you’d think - but writing a really good limerick Radio 4 Extra. Catherine ..... Georgia Groome is not as easy as it sounds. SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b0076qjx) Henry ..... Luke Thompson Join Michael and James for a ridiculous half hour that proves, Animal Lovers Mrs Morland ..... Alison Belbin once and for all, that if you want something doing properly you Matthew Parris, Gerard Baker, Manda Scott and Hugh Mr Morland ..... John Bowler should do it yourself. Thomson discuss our relationship with animals. From February Harriet ..... Keziah Joseph With thanks to the National Poetry Library at the Southbank 2005. George ..... Luke MacGregor Centre. SAT 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007jxgg) The Book ..... Miriam Margolyes Window Cleaner ….. Harriet Carmichael One, Two Buckle My Shoe Directed by Sally Avens Limerick Expert ….. Chris McCabe (as himself) Episode 5 By Jane Austen Written by Michael Palin and James Peak. With a killer still at large, the Belgian detective finds inspiration Dramatised by Hattie Naylor Producers: Andre Jacquemin and James Peak in the words of a psalm sung by the village church choir. SAT 02:45 Book of the Week (b04vqvbq) A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4 Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt Ian Bostridge - Schubert's Winter Journey SAT 06:00 Saturday Drama (b00vv0n7) as Hercule Poirot. Episode 5 Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Literature, religion and the hurdy-gurdy man. Internationally Ten guests are separately invited to an island by a person none Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt acclaimed tenor Ian Bostridge concludes his exploration of of them knows very well, if at-all. When they arrive, it seems Chief Inspector Japp ...... Philip Jackson Schubert's existential masterpiece Winterreise, Winter's they have all been invited for different reasons. Nothing quite Frank Carter ...... Dominic Colchester Journey. adds up. Alistair Blunt ...... Philip Franks Strange old man, An anonymous voice accuses each of them of having murdered Jane Olivera ...... Amanda Waring Should I go with you? someone. By the end of the first night, one of the guests is dead. Mr Barnes ...... Patrick Godfrey Will you to my songs Stranded by a violent storm and tormented by the nursery Howard Raikes ...... Robert Portal Play your hurdy-gurdy? rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys', the ten guests fear for their Original music composed by Tom Smail. Written and read by Ian Bostridge lives. Who is the killer? Is it one of them? Director: Enyd Williams Abridged by Laurence Wareing Agatha Christie's famous detective story without a detective. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004. Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. First published in 1939. SAT 01:30 The Shipwrecked Bears (b012r6tt) SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens (b01b3fqd) Vera Claythorne ...... Lyndsey Marshal 3,000 teddy bears went missing in 1903, supposedly en route Little Dorrit Cyril ...... Harry Child for New York from their native Germany. Episode 5 Captain Lombard ...... Alex Wyndham Bear expert and storyteller-par-excellence Gyles Brandreth After her father's death Little Dorrit is still in Italy when the Emily Brent ...... Joanna Monro attempts to discover what really happened to these earliest toy newly-married Fanny has a strange visit from Mr Merdle. Dr Armstrong ...... Sean Baker bears. Arthur is struck by disaster and Mrs Clennam is forced to reveal Mr Justice Wargrave ...... Geoffrey Whitehead In 1902 the first ever toy bear was designed in Germany by the family secret at last. Anthony Marston ...... Lloyd Thomas Richard Steiff: Bär 55 PB, a lifelike bear with joints, a humped Conclusion of Charles Dickens's masterpiece of social satire Mr Blore ...... Sam Dale back and a snout. A New York toy company placed an order at and imprisonment. Narracott ...... Adeel Akhtar the Leipzig Toy Fair in 1903 for 3,000 of the novelties to be Starring Sir Ian McKellen as Charles Dickens. General MacArthur ...... John Rowe ready in time for the Christmas market. The bears were made Recorded on location in London. Mr Rogers ...... Wayne Foskett and packed up for shipment, but there is no record of them Charles Dickens ...... Ian McKellen Mrs Rogers ...... Sally Orrock reaching their destination and none of this load of US-bound Arthur Clennam ...... Julian Wadham Hugo ...... Henry Devas bears has ever been found. Mrs Clennam ...... Margaret Tyzack Gramophone Voice ...... Jude Akuwudike The templates, patterns and even photos of this bear exist but Little Dorrit ...... Jasmine Hyde Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson. not even one sample was kept. One popular explanation is that Fanny Dorrit ...... Indira Varma 'And Then There Were None' was named the world's favourite there was a shipwreck and the bears had a watery end. All that John Chivery ...... Ben Crowe Agatha Christie novel in a poll in September 2015. is certain is that if one of these bears turned up now it would be Flintwinch ...... Ioan Meredith Director: Mary Peate 'open chequebook' time for certain museums and collectors. Mr Pancks ...... Philip Joseph First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010. Witty, magical and heart-warming, the documentary reveals Mr Doyce ...... Jonathan Keeble SAT 07:30 Beyond Today - The 2010s (m000d69w) fascinating detail behind the making of the bears, including a Mr Merdle ...... Kenneth Cranham The Beyond Today podcast listens in on the big moments, trip to the Steiff factory and a rifle through their detailed Chivery ...... Gordon Reid memes, and the music that defined a decade. archives, as Gyles delights us with this little-known story, and Dramatised by Doug Lucie. Producer: Seren Jones imagines where water-logged bears might have washed up. Music by Mia Soteriou Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery Director: Janet Whitaker Editor: John Shields First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2011. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2001. SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (m0001cwc) SAT 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b06c4l24) SAT 04:00 The Food Quiz (b0076mtq) Elvis Presley Comeback Special Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay Series 2 Paul Morley tells a parallel story of Elvis and America, from the Episode 5 Episode 3 vantage point of the King's finest hour in 1968. Amory begins a new chapter, and a new relationship, in New Journalist and food critic, Jay Rayner gives four contestants a "I've got to do this sooner or later," Elvis says sheepishly, "so I York. good grilling on their knowledge of food and drink. may as well do it now." William Boyd's novel follows one remarkable woman through What's a fucivore's favourite food? How is porridge And so the 1968 Comeback Special begins: his quiff defying the decades of the 20th century. traditionally eaten? Which wine writer had a bit part in a gravity and his leather jumpsuit chafing, as he bursts into an In 1915, Amory’s uncle unknowingly sets her life on its course Hollywood blockbuster? elemental rendition of Heartbreak Hotel. It had been one of his when he gives her a Kodak Brownie No 2 as a present for her Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, food writers Anissa Helou first singles thirteen years before, initially recorded when he seventh birthday, igniting a lifelong passion for photography. and Sue Lawrence and greengrocer Charlie Hicks chew over was still a teenager living in the Jim Crow South at the Her camera will take her from high society London in the 1920s these culinary conundrums. beginning of rock and roll. to the cabaret clubs and brothels of inter-war Berlin; to 1930s Producer: Rebecca Wells Much had happened in the meantime: JFK, the Beatles, the New York, the Blackshirt riots in London’s East End, and to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004. hippies and Detroit soul. And Elvis had become a different France and Germany during the Second World War, where she SAT 04:30 The Emerald Green Show (b076c11b) person, depressed, addicted and increasingly irrelevant. becomes one of the first female war photographers. Celebrations So by 1968, after his stint in the army, the uninspired films and She eventually comes to rest on a remote Scottish island, where A vain, ambitious black woman dreams of becoming a chat- the years of absence from the stage, the Comeback Special was she drinks, writes and looks back on a personal life that has show queen. an opportunity to resuscitate Elvis's career, to claw back his been just as rich and complex as her professional one. She Lisselle Kayla's 4-part comedy series starring Llewella Gideon status as a powerful, credible force. remembers the men that have been closest to her – her father, as Emerald Green. And it did, fleetingly. He was fabulous, and his discography is her brother, her lovers – irreparably scarred by two world wars, With Jonathan Firth and Iwan Thomas. never better showcased than on that day. and reflects upon her own experiences of conflict and loss, Director: Pam Fraser Solomon But it also marked the point at which it became clear that the passion and joy. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998. King was fragile. Read by Barbara Flynn SAT 05:00 1834 (b011vffj) He was 33, a new father, and he would never be this good again. Abridged by Sara Davies London Paul Morley believes the 1968 Comeback Special shows us Producer: Mair Bosworth Trapped in 19th-century Macclesfield, bored 21st-century Jason Elvis at his best. But also that it offers a vantage point from First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015. heads to London, but is waylaid by a mint-popping which to look backwards, forwards and outwards to a changing SAT 02:15 The Hidden Henry (b00kntj0) highwayman... America - remembering where the hillbilly kid had come from Henry The Musician In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight, and poignantly aware of where he would end up. In the final programme about hidden aspects of Henry VIII, Jason is now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport with faithful Featuring historian Mary Frances Berry, filmmaker Eugene marking the 500th anniversary of his coronation, Dr Stephen valet, Ned. Jarecki, writer Luc Sante and theatre artist Greg Wohead. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 2 of 10 Producer: Martin Williams. Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best- Producer: Liz Anstee First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. known psychiatrist and earned his own vehicle, In the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996. SAT 09:00 The Inimitable PG Wodehouse (m000cz81) Psychiatrist's Chair. SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m000djzg) “Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely observed, Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also transferred James Harkin & Dan Schreiber is either immoral, illegal or fattening.” PG Wodehouse, Girl in to TV. Series highlights include conversations with Bob From 10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Blue (1970) Monkhouse, Cecil Parkinson and Gerry Adams. Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Angela Barnes chats to Alexander Armstrong is at Westminster Abbey for a special Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007. James Harkin and Dan Schreiber about the 'No Such Thing As dedication to PG Wodehouse (1881-1975), widely regarded as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997. A Fish' book. the greatest comic author of the 20th century. SAT 14:55 The Fanthorpe Investigations (b039b74y) SAT 23:00 Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar During this showcase we hear a collection of some his best The Catacomb Phenomenon (b083p88m) loved work, including a celebration of his creations, the feckless The strange tale of the Catacomb Phenomenon. Series 1 Bertie Wooster and his phlegmatic manservant, Jeeves, and his Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates Careerism many other characters. All of them brought to radio life by stars stories from the world of the strange and unexplained. Alexei reveals the surprising reason he disappeared from our including Simon Cadell, Michael Hordern and Richard Briers. Producer: Paul Arnold TV screens in the 1990's, recounts a chance meeting with Ed We’ll hear rare interviews and archive along with contributions Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2013. Miliband, discusses rampant nepotism in most coveted careers from fans, friends and family. SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (m0001cwc) and draws a striking comparison between capitalism and all you Celebrating the comic brilliance of PG Wodehouse is for [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] can eat buffets. Alexander Armstrong (Armstrong and Miller, Pointless) a SAT 16:00 Saturday Drama (b00vv0n7) The Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of personal passion, especially as he’s president of the PG [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of Wodehouse Society – which numbers fans from all over the SAT 17:30 Beyond Today - The 2010s (m000d69w) his Imaginary Sandwich Bar. world. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Written and performed by Alexei Sayle. Producer: Stephen Garner SAT 18:00 Dan Dare (m000cz85) Additional Material from Liam Beirne. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January Series 2 Producer: Joe Nunnery 2019. Operation Saturn 1/2 A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in SAT 12:00 The Rest is History (b075mnxs) It’s a year since Dan Dare and his crew helped rid Earth of The November 2016 Series 2 Mekon’s army of ruthless robots, although the evil alien is still SAT 23:30 Dr John Cooper Clarke at the BBC (b081qztt) Episode 1 at large. Series 1 Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. After disappearing a decade ago, experimental ship the Nautilus Textiles So he's devised a comedy discussion show in order to find out suddenly reappears in orbit around the Moon, so Dan, Digby The Bard of Salford performs a selection of poems on stage at more about it. and Peabody are sent to investigate. the BBC’s Radio Theatre in London. Along with his historian in residence, Professor Kate Williams, Clues point to Saturn being involved in some way, but the new * To a Tikki Shirt Frank is joined by Katy Brand and Pierre Novellie, who discuss threat to Earth comes from far closer to home... * Smooth Operetta Hodge - the cat belonging to Doctor Samuel Pepys, Nelson and More adventures based on the Eagle comic strip 'Dan Dare' * George Lady Hamilton, and the Lyme Missal. created in 1950 by the Reverend Marcus Morris and Frank * Who Stole Bongo’s Trousers? Producers: Mark Augustyn and Justin Pollard Hampson. * 21 Gun Salute Suit An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April Dan Dare …. Ed Stoppard Written and performed by Dr John Cooper Clarke. 2016.. Digby …. Geoff McGivern Introduction by Johnny Green. SAT 12:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b06r5xx2) Professor Peabody …. Heida Reed Producer: Joe Nunnery Series 7 Sondar …. Bijan Daneshmand A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in The Leaving of Barra Sir Hubert …. Michael Cochrane November 2016 Back in 1949, a young assistant director on Whisky Galore, falls Blasco …. Jonathan Rhodes SAT 23:45 Political Animals (b03ktz1b) in love with a local girl on the Hebridean island of Barra where The Vora …. Nicholas Briggs Series 2 filming is taking place. Flight Control …. Diane Spencer Barney and George Sixty six years later, his memories of that golden time come Maxwell .... Fiona McAlpine Barney reveals how President George W Bush broke his heart flooding back. On-Board Computer .... Dianne Weller by being unfaithful with a man called Tony. Stanley Baxter plays the old man who abandoned a career in Original music: Imran Ahmad Another unreliable dog's eye view of the trials and tribulations film to stay on the island with the woman he loved, and now Dramatised by Patrick Chapman from an original story by of living in the White House. faces a sad farewell. Frank Hampson. Written by Tony Bagley. Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter. Director: Andrew Mark Sewell. Director: Marc Beeby. John Anderson...... Stanley Baxter Made by B7 Media. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2013. Peggy Anderson...... June Watson SAT 18:30 Weird Tales (b01nrd24) Young John...... Scott Hoatson Series 3 Catriona ...... Samara Maclaren Original Features by Christopher William Hill SUNDAY 05 JANUARY 2020 Mary...... Tracy Wiles When Carl and Rob buy a flat in a 19th century house, it seems Other parts played by the cast. they've found their perfect home. SUN 00:00 Dan Dare (m000cz85) Written by Michael Chaplin With Carl away on business, Rob throws himself into restoring [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Director: Marilyn Imrie the flat, but he ends up with more of the original features than SUN 00:30 Weird Tales (b01nrd24) A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast he'd anticipated... [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] in December 2015. Series of chilling plays for winter nights. SUN 01:00 30 Eggs (Omnibus) (b06gx5ph) SAT 13:00 30 Eggs (Omnibus) (b06gx5ph) Carl ..... Martin Hutson [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] Weary of life in the bustling Rwandan border town of Rusumo, Rob ..... Carl Prekopp SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (m000cz83) Modeste, a blind and sickly homeless man resolves to return to Jess ..... Adjoa Andoh [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] his home village of Kibuye on the far side of the country with Girl ..... Francine Chamberlain SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b00751hc) the help of his companion, Innocent, a cheeky seven year-old Answerphone ..... Tracy Wiles [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] street orphan. Woman ..... Alex Rivers SUN 02:55 The Fanthorpe Investigations (b039b74y) The journey starts well when they stumble upon a small amount Man ..... Christopher Webster [Repeat of broadcast at 14:55 on Saturday] of money but little Innocent inadvertently spends the cash Director: Mary Peate SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (m0001cwc) purchasing a basket of thirty raw eggs during a mix up in a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2011. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] market melee. With their peculiar bounty of raw eggs the SAT 19:00 The Inimitable PG Wodehouse (m000cz81) SUN 04:00 Saturday Drama (b00vv0n7) unlikely duo set off on an adventure of a life time along the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] rising road cresting atop the many rolling hills of Rwanda. SAT 22:00 The Show What You Wrote (b06r5d0m) SUN 05:30 Beyond Today - The 2010s (m000d69w) Irish writer Eoin O'Connor's beautiful, funny and inspirational Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] story which catapults you into life in Rwanda and one Work and Play SUN 06:00 Jane Austen (b087kz86) remarkable journey. Jason Manford, Janice Connolly, Gavin Webster, Fiona Clarke Northanger Abbey (Omnibus) Omnibus of five parts. and Darren Kuppan star in the themed sketch show made Episode 2 Modeste ...... Jude Akuwudike entirely from contributions sent in by the public. Henry Tilney enraptures Catherine with his tall tales of the Innocent ...... Milanne Gordon Series 3 of the best ideas chosen from thousands of submissions gothic mysteries of his home Northanger Abbey but it's not long Grace ...... Noma Dumezweni from new writers resulting in a show like no other. before Catherine begins to suspect there may be an element of Egg Vendor ...... Nyasha Hatendi The first theme is "Work and Play" - featuring someone being truth in them. Cyclist ...... Richard Pepple really challenged about their age, a club that doesn't play First published in 1817, Jane Austen's satire pokes fun at the Customer ...... Damian Lynch anything so clichéd as music, and some naughty fun... popular sensationalist fiction of the day. Assad ...... Josiah Choto Written by: Ben Behrens, Dave Bibby, James Bugg, Keith Omnibus of the last five of ten parts dramatised by Hattie Richard ...... Khalil Vaughan Carter, Lou Conran, Stu Cooper, Rob Gilroy, Dan Hobson & Naylor Producer: Gemma McMullan Jon Bridle, Daniel Hooper, Scott Kingsnorth, Steve Nelson, Catherine ..... Georgia Groome First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2015. Christopher Stanners and Claire Wetton. John ..... Stephen Wight SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (m000cz83) Producers: Ed Morrish and Paul Sheehan. Isabella ..... Ainsley Howard Toby Stephens A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first Mrs Allen ..... Tracey Wiles Actor Toby Stephens chooses You Are In My Vision by Gary broadcast in December 2015. Mr Allen ..... Kim Wall Numan and Tubeway Army and She Belongs To Me by Bob SAT 22:30 Masala FM (b007x0c9) Henry ..... Luke Thompson Dylan. Episode 1 James ..... Finlay Robertson SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair (b00751hc) Masala FM is East London's premier Asian community radio The Book ..... Miriam Margolyes Paul Theroux station. Director: Sally Avens Controversial novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux talks to Owner, Mr Krishna, wants to make some changes and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016. Dr. Anthony Clare about what spurs him on to write. everyone's scared, except for visiting Bollywood celebrity SUN 07:15 Shorts (b06wj6y1) Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with Johnny 'Muscles' Patel... The Time Being prominent people from different walks of life. Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal The Sandwich Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Season 8 of the showcase for previously un-broadcast writers master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal Wadia. With no one to talk to and in a job that he hates, Pan Wong College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on BBC Music by Nitin Sawhney. can’t wait for lunchtime. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 3 of 10 Thom Tuck reads Ben Pedroche's short story. Luxury: Piano Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive and Ben Pedroche writes fiction, and also blogs about his two First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2000. chooses Lost Voices: Harry Fainlight who was a young man of passions - London and hip-hop music. He has published books SUN 11:00 Radiolab (m000cywg) rare promise when a trip to America to meet the Beat poets in related to London history, and lives south of the river with his Series 6 the early 1960s changed his life forever. He lived a ramshackle, wife and daughter. Blood bizarre life but produced sublimely lyrical poetry. Producer: Jeremy Osborne Radiolab explores why are we - from horrifying movies to the Brian Patten, whose poetry was a celebrated part of the 1960s A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in holy - obsessed by blood? With Jad Abumrad and Robert cultural scene, remembers a contemporary who did not survive January 2016. Krulwich. the 20th century. Harry Fainlight was a deeply troubled magus SUN 07:30 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx) From medicine to the movies, the horrifying to the holy, and and accomplished lyrical poet but he really was his own worst Episode 4 history to the present day — Radiolab considers the power and enemy. He upset people, he was upset by imagined slights, he On the last day of the walk, Ros and Laura still have 10 miles to magic of the red liquid that runs through our veins. We meet an could not bear the thought of publishers selling his work. Brian go. But when they oversleep at the hotel they weren't supposed artist who opened his veins and got labeled a terrorist, douse meets several of Harry's friends and talks to his sister, the to be staying at in the first place, it's not looking good. ourselves in the meat and metaphors of blood in Shakespeare, successful poet Ruth Fainlight, to get an idea of who Harry They're hung over and Ruth is organising a big reception for wonder if clues to a gory fountain of youth could be lurking in really was. He also shares many of Harry's finest poems, all of them at Tower Bridge - but will they get there in time? the red blood cells of mice, and trace the complicated supply which are now out of print. Comedy drama written by Katherine Jakeways with Felicity chain that gets blood from arms to operating tables. Lost Voices is a series in which poet Brian Patten explores the Montagu and Olivia Nixon. Radiolab is a Peabody-award winning show about curiosity. life and work of lesser-known or forgotten poets. A mother and daughter are undertaking a two week sponsored Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur Reader – Carl Prekopp walk along The Thames Path to raise money for the dead and between science, philosophy, and the human experience. Producer – Christine Hall divorced father's charity. Will they complete it? Hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich investigate a strange First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009. Ros ...... Felicity Montagu world. SUN 17:30 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx) Laura ...... Olivia Nixon From WNYC. First broadcast on public radio in the USA in [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Stepmother ...... Katherine Jakeways 2013. SUN 18:00 Ghosts From The Past (m000d020) With Katie Redford, Jeff Rawle Velibor Topic, George SUN 12:00 Life With The Lyons (m000d01q) Black Stockings and Broken Mirrors by Bernadette Crosthwaite Watkins, Nancy Crane and Chris Pavlo. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] A tragic accident returns to haunt Christine when she befriends Producer: Jane Berthoud SUN 12:30 Harry Worth in Things Could Be Worse her new neighbour. A BBC Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in (b09m5vf1) Bemadette Crosthwaite's first play for radio stars Maureen July 2016. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] O’Brien as Christine and Margot Boyd is Mrs Falkener. SUN 08:00 Life With The Lyons (m000d01q) SUN 13:00 Jane Austen (b087kz86) ‘Go 'Way from My Window’ is sung by Melanie Hudson. You Can’t Get Blood Out Of A Stone [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Director: Martin Jenkins. You Can't Get Blood Out of a Stone SUN 14:15 Shorts (b06wj6y1) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992. There is much excitement when Barbara invites a very [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN 18:45 Book at Bedtime (b06ptqdz) successful footballer for dinner - except from husband Ben. SUN 14:30 The Secret Commonwealth (Omnibus) The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe (m000d01w) Episode 1 Daniels and their children, Richard and Barbara. Life With the Episode 2 A dwarf seeks a guide to a certain cave on the Misty Isle. Lyons was one the BBC's most popular radio sitcoms between Lyra Silvertongue finds herself caught up in a conspiracy when Chilling revenge for a terrible crime is at the heart of Neil 1950 and 1961. It was also adapted for BBC TV. her dæmon witnesses a murder. Gaiman's multi-award-winning novelette, inspired by a With Barbara Lyon, Richard Lyon, Hugh Morton, Horace Whilst travelling in disguise, Lyra finds her quest to be even Hebridean myth and originally commissioned by the Sydney Percival, Doris Rogers, Molly Weir, David Enders, Gwen Lewis more treacherous than she imagined. Opera House for the Graphic Festival with celebrated illustrator and Philip Ray. Simon Russell Beale concludes the second volume of Philip Eddie Campbell. Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Bill Harding Pullman’s acclaimed The Book of Dust trilogy. Reader: Bill Paterson The BBC Variety Orchestra is conducted by Paul Fenoulhet, It's 20 years since the events of La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Writer: Neil Gaiman with incidental music by Arthur Wilkinson. Dust Volume One unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua Abridged and produced by Karen Rose First broadcast on the BBC Light programme in April 1953. begin her life-changing journey. It is seven years since readers A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in SUN 08:30 Harry Worth in Things Could Be Worse left Lyra and the love of her young life, Will Parry, on a park November 2015. (b09m5vf1) bench in Oxford’s Botanic Gardens at the end of the ground- SUN 19:00 Radiolab (m000cywg) Take a Chance breaking, bestselling His Dark Materials sequence. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] When Harry enters a radio quiz - will his general knowledge Now, in The Secret Commonwealth, we meet Lyra SUN 20:00 Surfacing (Omnibus) (m000d01s) gleaned from cigarette cards suffice? Silvertongue. And she is no longer a child... [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Harry blunders his way through another catalogue of mishaps. The second volume of Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust sees SUN 21:10 The Listening Project (b04jmd8r) Starring Harry Worth. Lyra, now twenty years old, and her dæmon Pantalaimon, [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] With John Baddeley, John Graham and Miriam Margolyes. forced to navigate their relationship in a way they could never SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0824q6f) Written by David McKellar and David Renwick. have imagined, and drawn into the complex and dangerous [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Producer: Simon Brett. factions of a world that they had no idea existed. They must SUN 22:00 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1976. travel far beyond the edges of Oxford, across Europe and into [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN 09:00 Surfacing (Omnibus) (m000d01s) Asia, in search for what is lost – a city haunted by dæmons, a SUN 22:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups (b06pxm45) Beneath the broad Alaskan sky, long-buried artefacts spill from secret at the heart of a desert, and the mystery of the elusive Series 3 the thawing tundra. In the eroding sand dunes of a Scottish Dust. The Madman in the Attic island, preserved Neolithic hearths and homes are uncovered by Omnibus of the last five of ten parts. With Tom's Dad advocating some rather drastic "rationalising", the wind. Abridger, Doreen Estall Tom realises that it might be time for him to have a clear-out And in a grandmother’s tenement flat, memories surface of a Producer: Michael Shannon himself. long-ago mining accident and a mother who was kind. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2019. Series 3 of the sitcom where Tom Wrigglesworth phones home Award-winning poet Kathleen Jamie's essays reflect on time, SUN 15:40 The Listening Project (b04jmd8r) for his weekly check-in with his Mum, Dad and Gran, giving memory and our connections to the past. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] listeners a glimpse into his family background and the Abridged in five parts by Linda Cracknell SUN 15:45 Travels with Bob (b0868qvw) influences that have shaped his temperament, opinions and hang- Omnibus read by Maureen Beattie 2. Neath ups. Producer: Eilidh McCreadie Paddy O’Connell travels the country with his dog, Bob, talking Tom ...... Tom Wrigglesworth First omnibus broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in January to the people he meets – perfect strangers who act as guides to Dad ...... Paul Copley 2020. where they live. Mum ...... Kate Anthony SUN 10:10 The Listening Project (b04jmd8r) This time, Paddy and Bob wander the streets of Neath in South Granny ...... Elizabeth Bennett Soo and Kristy – Adoption: Fighting for the Future Wales, in search of the story of Harry Parr Davies. In his 1940s Written by Tom Wrigglesworth and James Kettle. With Miles Fi Glover with a conversation between friends about the heyday, Davies composed many of our most famous wartime Jupp. challenges of parenting, especially when you want to make up tunes, including Gracie Fields’ Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Producer: Richard Morris to your adopted child for the difficulties of her early life. Goodbye. When he died, Fields paid tribute to him on BBC A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a radio. broadcast in November 2015. snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the Today he’s largely forgotten – even in his hometown. SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (m000dk1h) UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to With thanks to the Neath Antiquarian Society for their generous James Harkin & Dan Schreiber them about a subject they've never discussed intimately before. assistance. From 10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of Producer: Hannah Marshall Club has two hours of comedy. Plus Angela Barnes tests James producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in Harkin and Dan Schreiber, from 'No Such Thing As A Fish', in each encounter. Every conversation - they're not BBC December 2016. a trivia quiz. interviews, and that's an important difference - lasts up to an SUN 16:00 Ronnie Smith - Cherries Hung with Snow SUN 23:00 2000 Years of Radio (b007jnj7) hour, and is then edited to extract the key moment of (b0075zy2) Series 1 connection between the participants. Most of the unedited Fulham, London, 1958: It's over five years since Tommie was Steaming - Radio Victoriana conversations are being archived by the British Library and de-mobbed after National Service. Now he's come back in Steam powered fun from the Great Exhibition of 1851, plus the used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique search of some familiar faces latest inventions. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From November portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You George Cole stars in Ronnie Smith’s poignant comedy which is 2000. can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting interspersed with music of the period. SUN 23:15 Poets' Tree (b00slxyx) bbc.co.uk/listeningproject Older Tommie ...... George Cole Episode 2 Producer: Marya Burgess Younger Tommie ...... David Thorpe Islington poet Paul Hamilton meets a fruit linguist, and visits a SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b0824q6f) Lil ...... Becky Hindley young offenders institute to demonstrate the rehabilitative Americans Duckett ...... John Hartley powers of poetry. Stephen Sondheim Doreen ...... Deborah Berlin Poetry magazine spoof with Kevin Eldon and Stewart Lee. Known for his work in musical theatre, American composer Mrs Letts ...... Kate Williams With Olivia Colman and Peter Serafinowicz. and lyricist Stephen Sondheim shares his castaway choices with Hank ...... Matt Podmore Producer: Ed Morrish Sue Lawley. Director: Enyd Williams First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008. Favourite track: Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? by George First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000. SUN 23:30 As Told To Craig Brown (b00b0sh6) Gershwin SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (m000d01y) Episode 2 Book: The collected works by EB White Lost Voices - Harry Fainlight Satirist Craig Brown presents a bundle of parody, social Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 4 of 10 observation and nonsense in a romp through anything that's Bob ...... Phil Cornwell comfortable with our routines, with our social circles and the newsworthy and a good many things that aren't. Andy ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt status quo? Is it stopping our development? Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright. Joy ...... Maggie McCarthy In this TED Radho Hour TED speakers explore ways to push With John Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis Kate ...... Susannah Doyle out of comfort zones. McLeod, Sally Grace, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn- Frank ...... Roger Walker A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by riveting Smith. Ken ...... Andrew Wincott speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Producer: Victoria Lloyd Producer: Tracey Neale stage. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000. First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio in 2018. MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (m000cn4q) MON 11:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yz55m) Series 23 Series 2 MONDAY 06 JANUARY 2020 Episode 1 Charnia David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians David Attenborough has always been fascinated by fossils; even MON 00:00 Ghosts From The Past (m000d020) are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to as a boy he'd spend many hours exploring the local quarry near [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their his home in Leicestershire. MON 00:45 Book at Bedtime (b06ptqdz) opponents. Near his family home was a forest which he visited frequently, [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] Holly Walsh, Henning Wehn, Tony Hawks and Sally Phillips but didn't hunt for fossils there because he knew the rocks were MON 01:00 Jane Austen (b087kz86) are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on too old to have any post cards of early life embedded in their [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] subjects as varied as actors, rules, dogs and Finland. layers. MON 02:15 Shorts (b06wj6y1) Produced by Jon Naismith But he was wrong - those rocks harboured a wonderful secret - [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4 a secret that would rattle the cages of the big thinkers of the MON 02:30 The Secret Commonwealth (Omnibus) MON 08:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket time and would change the story of life on earth for ever. (m000d01w) (b04phln5) Written and presented by Sir David Attenborough. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] Series 1 Producer: Julian Hector. MON 03:40 The Listening Project (b04jmd8r) The Cruise - 2/2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 on Sunday] As their Mediterranean cruise continues, the Captain and the MON 12:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket MON 03:45 Travels with Bob (b0868qvw) Brigadier compete for the ladies' affections. (b04phln5) [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] Starring Dame Hilda Bracket and her lifelong companion Dr [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 04:00 Ronnie Smith - Cherries Hung with Snow Evadne Hinge. MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b008h50c) (b0075zy2) The dear ladies reside in the Suffolk village of Stackton Tressel. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] This was the genteel setting for three Radio 4 series between MON 13:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- MON 05:00 Poetry Extra (m000d01y) 1977 and 1979, with further spin-off seasons on Radio 2 until Made Bomb (m000czhc) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] 1990. In the early 1980s, they expanded over to BBC TV with [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON 05:30 Guilt Trip (b07nrlqx) the series Dear Ladies. MON 13:30 Pete & Clive (b06nnnlc) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] Dame Hilda Bracket ...... George Logan [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON 06:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Dr Evadne Hinge ...... Patrick Fyffe MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b06d2g5x) Made Bomb (m000czhc) Brigadier Roland Baines ...... Michael Bates Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay F8 and Then Infinity Captain Frobisher ...... Donald Hewlett Episode 6 “Well, that's it. Shields. The measure of the opposition. Take a Scripted by Mike Craig, Lawrie Kinsley and Ron McDonnell. Amory learns the full consequences of the Maroon Street riot. good look at it. That's what you'll be up against. Know your Produced at BBC Manchester by James Casey. William Boyd's novel follows one remarkable woman through enemy.” First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1977. the decades of the 20th century. Teacher Johnny Shields has ideas for romance, but an MON 08:30 Dad's Army (b008h50c) In 1915, Amory’s uncle unknowingly sets her life on its course unexpected meeting sparks a chain of alarming consequences... Series 3 when he gives her a Kodak Brownie No 2 as a present for her Peter Coke stars in Roy Clarke’s thriller serial set in the world Absent Friends seventh birthday, igniting a lifelong passion for photography. of highly-organised international smugglers. Captain Mainwaring returns to platoon insubordination - and an Her camera will take her from high society London in the 1920s Shields ...... Peter Coke escaped convict. to the cabaret clubs and brothels of inter-war Berlin; to 1930s The Major ...... Bob Grant Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV New York, the Blackshirt riots in London’s East End, and to Greta ...... Veronica Doran scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. France and Germany during the Second World War, where she Doreen ...... Sylvia Brayshay Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe becomes one of the first female war photographers. Tadpole ...... Derrick Gilbert Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier She eventually comes to rest on a remote Scottish island, where Muff ...... Robert Powell Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn she drinks, writes and looks back on a personal life that has Jean Hogg ...... Heather Stoney Private Frazer …. John Laurie been just as rich and complex as her professional one. She Alfie ...... Peter Stephens Private Pike …. Ian Lavender remembers the men that have been closest to her – her father, Vera ...... Elizabeth Ashton Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley her brother, her lovers – irreparably scarred by two world wars, Mrs Beckett ...... Barbara Greenhalgh Private Walker …. Larry Martyn and reflects upon her own experiences of conflict and loss, Roy Clarke went on to write TV’s longest-running TV sitcom, Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney passion and joy. Last of the Summer Wine, plus Open All Hours and Keeping Additional music by Dennis Gomm. Read by Barbara Flynn Up Appearances. Producer: John Dyas Abridged by Sara Davies Sir Alan Ayckbourn is the author of over 70 plays, including First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1976. Producer: Mair Bosworth The Norman Conquests trilogy and A Chorus of Disapproval. MON 09:00 Just a Minute (b01md9v4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015. Producer: Alan Ayckbourn Series 64 MON 14:15 Will Self's Great British Bus Journey First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1968. Episode 5 (b09pl2sh) MON 06:30 Pete & Clive (b06nnnlc) Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Liza Tarbuck, Sue Series 1 Pete Atkin and Clive James have shared a partnership in Perkins and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds. From 2012. Back to the Future songwriting for half a century since their University days in MON 09:30 Semi Circles (b007jtv2) Will Self embarks on a 1000 mile tour of the UK travelling only Cambridge, creating an archive of 300 or more songs known for Series 2 by bus and coach, exploring urban Britain and British identity at their intellectual ranking. A Liberal Education a time of flux. "Writing song lyrics is my favourite form of writing anything. Ben would like to swap his daughter for a Porsche. Or is private Bus and coach windows afford Will a different perspective on But I've never managed to become famous for it" declares education the answer? the nation. He eschews the bright lights of the big cities, Clive. The improving story of life and improving times in an heading instead for smaller urban centres. His objective is to Pete and Clive's songs are reminiscent of The Great American improving neighbourhood. speak to Britons about how they view their cities and Songbook. Although Pete is well known for performing the Starring Paula Wilcox as Helen and David Wood as Ben themselves in 2018. songs, they were also writing songs for other people to sing in a Written by Simon Brett Will's first trip takes him to Plymouth, once the cockpit of similar tradition to Tin Pan Alley. Helen ...... Paula Wilcox British naval power - a time when national identity was clear In the 1970s, their musical partnership was described as "one of Ben ...... David Wood and certain. the best song-writing partnerships alive", alongside Elton John, Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood Over ten programmes, Will takes in Swansea, West Bromwich, Joni Mitchell and The Beatles. At this time, Pete Atkin was the Alastair ...... Tony Millan Wolverhampton, Preston, Middlesbrough, East Kilbride and most booked artist on The John Peel Show for two years Producer: Pete Atkin Derry-Londonderry. In the fish and chip shops, the B&Bs, the running. The songs gained most recognition in the 1970s thanks First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1982 pubs and car repair garages, Will debates the state of British to DJ Kenny Everett and recordings by singers Julie Covington MON 10:00 Nick Warburton - Conversation from the identity - and discovers that Britain has become a highly and Val Doonican. Engine Room (b092gh2r) debatable land. In this programme, we hear revealing and personal Marriott is a school caretaker. He calls his boiler room the Producer: Laurence Grissell. reminiscences from Pete and Clive today as they discuss how it engine room of a ship, with the ship as the school and its cargo - First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. all began, the differences between writing poetry and song, and the pupils. MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b06r4bz1) their thoughts on the future of their songs. Friends and One of them is Robert, a lonely boy, just as Marriott is a lonely Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Heat and Dust colleagues contribute a personal insight into this unique pairing, man. But they have something else in common.... could it be Journeys considered to be masters of their craft by Stephen Fry, Bruce innocence? Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's beguiling story of two English women Beresford, Daniel Finklestein, Simon Wallace and Russell Nick Warburton’s school-based drama. living in India more than 50 years apart. Davies. Marriott ...... Colin Douglas In 1923, Olivia is unhappily married to a civil servant. Her step- Why is this the missing part in Clive James' career despite it Fox ...... Hugh Dickson granddaughter travels to the subcontinent years later to being the one thing he wants to be most remembered for? Miss Murdoch ...... Avril Clarke investigate Olivia's life, which her family regarded as Producer: Hayley Redmond Robert ...... Roy Merchant. ‘something dark and terrible’. A Sue Clark production for BBC Radio 4. Recorded with contributions from the Music Teacher and pupils The story centres on the experiences of two very different MON 07:00 Arrested Development (b0075vs2) of St Gildas’ School in North London. women in pre- and post- Independence India. One is Episode 3 Director: John Tydeman circumscribed by English mores and the formal social structures Kate's cottage is now in ruins thanks to an over-enthusiastic First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. of the Raj while the other is free to fall in love, live among builder. And is that really Michael Caine in the local Croydon MON 11:00 TED Radio Hour (m000czhh) Indian people, feel part of the culture. So, it's the story of social nick? Series 6 change as well as a potent love story. Simon Warne's four-part comedy serial. Comfort Zone In this opening episode, Olivia meets the Nawab while, 50 years Penny ...... Letitia Dean Host Guy Raz explores if we are all guilty of getting too later, her step-granddaughter settles into her new room... Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 5 of 10 Dramatised by Shelley Silas. News Quiz in 2019. Producer: Alan Ayckbourn Olivia ..... Pippa Bennett-Warner A review of a busy year of hypothetical ferry companies, not First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1968 Narrator ..... Abby Ford dying in ditches and some musical chairs in the News Quiz hot TUE 06:30 Ecce! Fife! or Rediscovering the Lost Latin of Douglas ..... Simon Harrison seat too. Fife (b037v8vx) The Nawab ..... Ronny Jhutti Written by Catherine Brinkworth In Fife in Scotland, schoolchildren are learning Latin through a Harry ..... David Seddon Producer: Richard Morris project run by St Andrews University and the charity IRIS. Inder Lal ..... Neet Mohan A BBC Studios Production But as Natalie Haynes discovers, Fife has a lost Latin heritage, Chid ..... Will Howard MON 23:30 Creme de la Crime (b0089jzj) and one which scholars are working to bring back into the light. Maji ..... Thusitha Jayasundera Carrion up the Jungle Producer: David Stenhouse Beth Crawford ..... Debra Baker Mutiny, murder, and a possible parking fine in a dastardly case First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2013. Dr Saunders ..... Sam Dale of felony afloat. TUE 07:00 A Month of June (b01jxrmw) Major Minnies ..... Chris Pavlo David Pershore travels to the tropics of the Far East. That is, if Now You See Me, Now You Don't Pianist ..... Laurie O'Brien he can bear to have the inoculations. There's skulduggery afoot in Mrs. Ramsbottom's safe house for Director: Gaynor Macfarlane Recalled by Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector refugees from the Sorcerers' Circle. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015. Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore Written by Andy Merriman and Peter Morfoot. MON 14:45 Clive James: Falling Towards England Using a daring mixture of reconstructions, interviews, music Series of comedies written for the many voices of legendary (m000d6b2) and specially made noises, tales from the vaults of villainy. actor June Whitfield. Soft Landing Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. Debra Cadabra ..... June Whitfield Clive James reads volume two of his autobiography. 1962 sees With: Kitty French ..... Barbara Windsor his arrival in England by boat from Australia. Olivia Colman Harry Halliday ..... Robert Blythe First published in 1985 and abridged by Brian Gear. Ewan Bailey Billy .... Joe Sims Known around the world for his dry wit, writer, broadcaster and Director: Adam Bromley Fred ..... Patrick Brennan poet Clive James was born in 1939. Moving to England in 1962, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. Mrs Ramsbottom ..... Christine Absalom he rose to prominence as a literary critic and TV columnist. He MON 23:45 Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science (b00z5hrv) Director: David Hunter went on to deliver wry commentary on international Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012. programming, most memorably in Clive James On Television. Episode 1 TUE 07:30 The Casebook of Max and Ivan (m000cn0p) Clive died aged 80 in November 2019. Funny, off-beat but factually accurate account of the science of Case #524 - New Year's Evil Producer: Pamela Howe rockets and the brilliant but occasionally warped brains behind Acclaimed double-act Max and Ivan return one last time as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988. it all. incompetent private detectives for hire. MON 15:00 Nick Warburton - Conversation from the Helen Keen, Peter Serafinowicz and Susy Kane look at the It’s New Year’s Eve, but any plans for celebration are put on ice Engine Room (b092gh2r) three fathers of modern rocket science: as Max and Ivan are tasked with investigating fearsome crime [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] * 19th Century self-taught Russian visionary Eduardovich family matriarch, Mama Shanks - played by special guest MON 16:00 Just a Minute (b01md9v4) Tsiolkovsky and his dreams of orbiting space stations and Katherine Parkinson. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Martian colonies; Word on the street is that she has something big planned for this MON 16:30 Semi Circles (b007jtv2) * American Robert H Goddard, derided in The New York very evening but, in a plot that takes in vaping, Andrew Lloyd- [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Times in the 1920s for his prediction of a lunar landing (A Webber and 10,000 bees, can Max and Ivan find out what it MON 17:00 Arrested Development (b0075vs2) retraction was printed after the Apollo 11 launch); going down before it is too late? [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] * Transylvanian-German Hermann Oberth with his brilliant Cast: MON 17:30 The Unbelievable Truth (m000cn4q) theories about space travel and his horrifying theories about Max ..... Max Olesker [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] racial supremacy. Ivan ..... Ivan Gonzalez MON 18:00 Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus Plus Helen reveals the surprising connection between space Martha Shanks ..... Katherine Parkinson (m000czhm) travel and a coach tour of the Jewels of the Rhineland. Narrator / Malcolm McMichaelmas ..... Lewis MacLeod Episode 1 Written by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill. Lumpy ..... Jessica Ransom Dark fantasy in which two young magicians become trapped in Producer: Gareth Edwards PC Gribble ..... David Reed a dangerous game. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011. Written by Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez Erin Morgenstern's debut novel about love and magic set in a Original music by Huw Olesker and Samuel H James fin-de-siècle touring circus. Developed by John Stanley Productions Read by Adjoa Andoh. TUESDAY 07 JANUARY 2020 Produced by Ben Walker Abridged in five parts by Alison Joseph A Hare and Tortoise production for BBC Radio 4 Producer: Gemma Jenkins TUE 00:00 Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k4sy) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December (m000czhm) The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved) 2011. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Grytpype-Thynne needs a crew to discover the true fate of the MON 18:30 A Good Read (b00l0z38) TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b00l0z38) mysterious brigantine. Victoria Hislop and Martin Newell [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Kate Mosse and her guests - bestselling writer, Victoria Hislop TUE 01:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Milligan and Eric Sykes. and poet and musician, Martin Newell - discus a short novel, an Made Bomb (m000czhc) Starring: autobiography and a satirical rant. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Peter Sellers On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan TUE 01:30 Pete & Clive (b06nnnlc) Harry Secombe Publisher: Vintage [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Spike Milligan The Angry Island: Hunting the English by AA Gill TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b06d2g5x) First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Publisher: Phoenix [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest The Three of Us by Julia Blackburn TUE 02:15 Will Self's Great British Bus Journey (b09pl2sh) shows weren’t kept in the archive. Publisher: Vintage [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009. TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b06r4bz1) Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. MON 19:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] Announcer: Wallace Greenslade (b04phln5) TUE 02:45 Clive James: Falling Towards England Producer: Peter Eton [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] (m000d6b2) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1954. MON 19:30 Dad's Army (b008h50c) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE 08:30 Round the Horne (b00m1d2k) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 03:00 Nick Warburton - Conversation from the Series 3 MON 20:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Engine Room (b092gh2r) Episode 8 Made Bomb (m000czhc) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Kenneth Horne's all at sea, and drops into the Bona Nature [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE 04:00 Just a Minute (b01md9v4) Clinic for advice from homeopathic practitioners Julian and MON 20:30 Pete & Clive (b06nnnlc) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Sandy. Plus Rambling Syd Rumpo sings 'The Highland Lament' [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE 04:30 Semi Circles (b007jtv2) With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill MON 21:00 TED Radio Hour (m000czhh) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Pertwee. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE 05:00 Arrested Development (b0075vs2) Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, MON 21:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00yz55m) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] London. Announcer: Douglas Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] TUE 05:30 The Unbelievable Truth (m000cn4q) Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (m000cn4q) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE 06:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, MON 22:30 On the Hour (b0090br1) Made Bomb (m000czhv) Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Series 2 Light the Blue Touch Paper and Retire scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Episode 2 After the dramatic death at the airport, Johnny Shields has 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Alan Partridge is at the Olympics. Barbara Wintergreen is in arrived in Switzerland on his secret mission. He must now wait catchphrases and double-entendres. America. for the opposition to make a move... Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser All the news as it happens, if it happens from the BBC's urgent Peter Coke stars in Roy Clarke’s thriller serial set in the world Hayes Four. and incisive news overview. of highly-organised international smugglers. Producer: John Simmonds Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris. Shields ...... Peter Coke First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967. With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick The Major ...... Bob Grant TUE 09:00 The News Quiz (m000cldf) Marber and Doon Mackichan. Greta ...... Veronica Doran [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, Doreen ...... Sylvia Brayshay TUE 09:30 Creme de la Crime (b0089jzj) Steven Wells, David Quantick, Andrew Glover and Stewart Tadpole ...... Derrick Gilbert [Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday] Lee. Muff ...... Robert Powell TUE 09:45 Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science (b00z5hrv) Producer: Armando lannucci Julie ...... Anne Stallybrass [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992. Bruno ...... David Mahlowe TUE 10:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty (m000czhx) MON 23:00 The News Quiz (m000cldf) Karl ...... Ben Kingsley Friends in High Places Series 101 Karen ...... Cynthia Grenville David Calder plays Lt Gen Lacroix, trying to police France Best of 2019 Gino ...... Ronald Harvi despite the turmoil of the Revolution. Nish Kumar starts the year with a look back at the best bits of Foster ...... Michael Stirrup A girl is murdered while Robespierre is in town. Could there be Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 6 of 10 a cover-up going on? women in pre- and post- Independence India. One is [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Nigel Baldwin's four-part detective series set in Amiens, 1791. circumscribed by English mores and the formal social structures TUE 22:00 The Casebook of Max and Ivan (m000cn0p) Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder of the Raj while the other is free to fall in love, live among [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Monet ... Brian Hibbard Indian people, feel part of the culture. So, it's the story of social TUE 22:30 Sketchorama (b06172dj) Charlotte .... Kathryn Pogson change as well as a potent love story. Series 4 Dupont .... Ian Rowlands Olivia ..... Pippa Bennett-Warner Episode 1 Roland .... Christian Rodska Narrator ..... Abby Ford The Twins Macabre, Massive Dad, and The Penny Dreadfuls. Robespierre .... Brendan Charleson Douglas ..... Simon Harrison Award winning actress and comedian Isy Suttie presents the Didier .... Steve Hodson The Nawab ..... Ronny Jhutti pick of the best live sketch groups currently performing on the Mme Rives .... Bethan Jones Harry ..... David Seddon UK comedy circuit Surgeon .... Matthew Morgan Inder Lal ..... Neet Mohan Every show spotlights three up and coming groups featuring Mme Giradou ... Lesley Rooney Chid ..... Will Howard character, improv, broken and musical sketch comedy. Duval ... Simon Ludders Maji ..... Thusitha Jayasundera There are so many incredibly talented and inventive sketch Original music by Paula Gardiner Beth Crawford ..... Debra Baker groups on the British Comedy scene but with no dedicated Director: Alison Hindell Dr Saunders ..... Sam Dale broadcast format. Sketchorama aims to bring hidden gems and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995. Major Minnies ..... Chris Pavlo established live acts to the airwaves. TUE 11:00 How Lovely on the Mountain by Lucy Gannon Dramatised by Shelley Silas. Producer: Gus Beattie (b06yfyp9) Pianist ..... Laurie O'Brien A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in A curiously behaving dog leads a postman to make a rather Director: Gaynor Macfarlane August 2015. unexpected delivery, Kevin Whately reads Lucy Gannon's short First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015. TUE 23:00 Vent (b01f9xz7) story TUE 14:45 Clive James: Falling Towards England Series 3 One of a special series about some rather Special Deliveries, (m000d6bh) Stirrings in the Night commissioned to mark the anniversary of the Royal Mail in Soul For Sale Ben and Mary's love life is in jeopardy, so Blitz recruits Lord 2016, 500 years after Cardinal Wolsey appointed the first Reappraising moral values and considering an advertising job. Byron to offer the couple some useful relationship advice. Master of the Posts in 1516. Clive James continues volume two of his autobiography. Dark sitcom about a man in a coma, travelling through the Producer: Heather Larmour First published in 1985 and abridged by Brian Gear. distinctly odd landscape of his own unconscious mind. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2016. Known around the world for his dry wit, writer, broadcaster and Written by Nigel Smith. TUE 11:15 Andy Rashleigh - Be Prepared (b0076m8m) poet Clive James was born in 1939. Moving to England in 1962, Ben ...... Neil Pearson One of the key figures of the early 20th century, Robert Baden- he rose to prominence as a literary critic, TV columnist and Mary ...... Fiona Allen Powell, founder of the Scout movement, looks back upon a life presenter. Mum ...... Josie Lawrence embodying the spirit of Imperial adventure. From the balcony Clive died aged 80 in November 2019. Blitz ...... Leslie Ash of his home, he regrets, he gives thanks, he wonders if he has at Producer: Pamela Howe Nurse ...... Jo Martin last found something like harmony and peace. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988. Derek ...... Stephen Frost Written by Andy Rashleigh. TUE 15:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty (m000czhx) Marley/Lord Byron ...... Spencer Brown The cast includes Zoe Waites, Nicholas Boulton, Jon Glover, [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith John Rowe and Philip Fox. TUE 16:00 Jest a Minute (b012n3rz) Director: Nigel Smith Directed by Cherry Cookson. Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009. First broadcast on Radio 4 in July 2004. Episode 2 TUE 23:30 A Look Back at the Nineties (b007jqk5) TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007k4sy) Justin Moorhouse, Rob Deering, Chris Corcoran and Tom Allen 1995 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] hit London in Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz. From September Sponsoring the British Army, the impact of total European TUE 12:30 Round the Horne (b00m1d2k) 2006. integration - and the House of Commons votes for the Honesty [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 16:30 Odd Balls (b0076008) Act... TUE 13:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Emma Harper: Tussles in a Theme Village Recorded in 1993 - Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Chris Made Bomb (m000czhv) Ex-headmistress Emma Harper writes a column for a village Barrie 'look back' at the rest of 1990s yet to happen - starting [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] newspaper. But when she's poached by the local radio station, with 1995. TUE 13:30 Ecce! Fife! or Rediscovering the Lost Latin of her gossip programme causes controversy, anger and revenge... A satirical review set on New Year's Eve 1999 - the Sony Gold Fife (b037v8vx) One of four character based comedies by Don Howarth. award-winning comedy recalls the events from 1995 to 1999. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Emma ...... Marcia Warren Predicted by 'Spitting Image' writers Mark Burton, John TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b06d2m00) Vicar ...... Geoff Holman O'Farrell and Pete Sinclair. Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay Sid ...... David Holt Producer: Caroline Leddy Episode 7 Mrs Cowley ...... Sara Coward First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993. Amory receives terrible news and is compelled to travel to Mr Mole ...... Ian Brooker France in search of answers. Ms Spratt ...... Sharon Muircroft William Boyd's novel follows one remarkable woman through Major Drum ...... Robert Uster WEDNESDAY 08 JANUARY 2020 the decades of the 20th century. Director: Julie Beckett In 1915, Amory’s uncle unknowingly sets her life on its course Producer: Sue Wilson WED 00:00 Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus when he gives her a Kodak Brownie No 2 as a present for her First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. (m000czj0) seventh birthday, igniting a lifelong passion for photography. TUE 17:00 A Month of June (b01jxrmw) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Her camera will take her from high society London in the 1920s [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED 00:30 Pioneers (b00xh8hq) to the cabaret clubs and brothels of inter-war Berlin; to 1930s TUE 17:30 The Casebook of Max and Ivan (m000cn0p) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] New York, the Blackshirt riots in London’s East End, and to [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED 01:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- France and Germany during the Second World War, where she TUE 18:00 Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus Made Bomb (m000czhv) becomes one of the first female war photographers. (m000czj0) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] She eventually comes to rest on a remote Scottish island, where Episode 2 WED 01:30 Ecce! Fife! or Rediscovering the Lost Latin of she drinks, writes and looks back on a personal life that has The circus recruits a promising young illusionist. Fife (b037v8vx) been just as rich and complex as her professional one. She Erin Morgenstern's debut novel about love and magic set in a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] remembers the men that have been closest to her – her father, fin-de-siècle touring circus where two young magicians are WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b06d2m00) her brother, her lovers – irreparably scarred by two world wars, trapped in a dangerous game. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] and reflects upon her own experiences of conflict and loss, Read by Adjoa Andoh. WED 02:15 Will Self's Great British Bus Journey passion and joy. Abridged by Alison Joseph (b09q440l) Read by Barbara Flynn Producer: Gemma Jenkins [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] Abridged by Sara Davies Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b06r4xwt) Producer: Mair Bosworth 2011. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015. TUE 18:30 Pioneers (b00xh8hq) WED 02:45 Clive James: Falling Towards England TUE 14:15 Will Self's Great British Bus Journey (b09q440l) Series 1 (m000d6bh) Series 1 Kim Cotton [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] Soup and Laverbread Kim Cotton talks about the emotional impact after becoming WED 03:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty (m000czhx) Will Self continues his tour of urban Britain travelling only by the UK's first surrogate. She explains to Clare English about [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] coach and bus, assessing British identity at a time of flux. how this supposedly wonderful experience was quickly WED 04:00 Jest a Minute (b012n3rz) It's a late night for Will as he speaks to some of Plymouth's overshadowed by not only a media circus, but also by public [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] homeless people who are gathering to make use of a mobile criticism. WED 04:30 Odd Balls (b0076008) soup kitchen. After just a few hours sleep, he boards the 5am She describes how she received very little support from the [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] coach bound for Swansea, where he samples a local delicacy surrogate agency which left her feeling completely isolated and WED 05:00 A Month of June (b01jxrmw) and examines the state of Welsh identity. mentally unprepared for when it came time to hand over baby [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Producer: Laurence Grissell. Cotton. WED 05:30 The Casebook of Max and Ivan (m000cn0p) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007k4sy) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b06r4xwt) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 06:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Heat and Dust TUE 19:30 Round the Horne (b00m1d2k) Made Bomb (m000d04x) The Husbands' Wedding Day [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The Minestrone Thickens and is Stirred Harry comes to stay with the Rivers in an attempt to break free TUE 20:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Shields has made contact with the Swiss gang through Karen of the Nawab while the narrator visits the Baba Firdaus shrine Made Bomb (m000czhv) and Bruno, but it's doubtful whether he'll live long enough to on the Husbands' Wedding Day. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] make use of it... Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's beguiling story of two English women TUE 20:30 Ecce! Fife! or Rediscovering the Lost Latin of Peter Coke stars in Roy Clarke’s thriller serial set in the world living in India more than 50 years apart. Fife (b037v8vx) of highly-organised international smugglers. In 1923, Olivia is unhappily married to a civil servant. Her step- [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Shields ...... Peter Coke granddaughter travels to the subcontinent years later to TUE 21:00 How Lovely on the Mountain by Lucy Gannon The Major ...... Bob Grant investigate Olivia's life, which her family regarded as (b06yfyp9) Greta ...... Veronica Doran ‘something dark and terrible’. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Doreen ...... Sylvia Brayshay The story centres on the experiences of two very different TUE 21:15 Andy Rashleigh - Be Prepared (b0076m8m) Tadpole ...... Derrick Gilbert Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 7 of 10 Muff ...... Robert Powell Improvement grants for everybody explained and a plumber New York, the Blackshirt riots in London’s East End, and to Julie ...... Anne Stallybrass muses on words. France and Germany during the Second World War, where she Bruno ...... David Mahlowe A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker. becomes one of the first female war photographers. Karl ...... Ben Kingsley With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates. Pianist: Gordon She eventually comes to rest on a remote Scottish island, where Karen ...... Cynthia Grenville Langford. she drinks, writes and looks back on a personal life that has Gino ...... Ronald Harvi Written by Tony Bilbow, Mike Fentiman, David Climie, been just as rich and complex as her professional one. She Foster ...... Michael Stirrup Gordon Langford, John Graham, Miles Kington, Roy Lomax, remembers the men that have been closest to her – her father, Jean Hogg ...... Heather Stoney Myles Rudge, Max Harris and Peter Spence. her brother, her lovers – irreparably scarred by two world wars, Alfie ...... Peter Stephens Producer John Fawcett-Wilson and reflects upon her own experiences of conflict and loss, Producer: Alan Ayckbourn First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1972. passion and joy. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1968 WED 09:00 The Rest is History (b0769tsq) Read by Barbara Flynn WED 06:30 Why Bob the Builder Has Moved Overseas Series 2 Abridged by Sara Davies (b01r12ln) Episode 2 Producer: Mair Bosworth In 2013, cartoonist Gerald Scarfe explored a crisis in British Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015. animation, a gripping tale of talent, toons and tax breaks. So he's devised a comedy discussion show in order to find out WED 14:15 Will Self's Great British Bus Journey Like so many other industries, it was moving abroad with Bob more about it. (b09q44n8) the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine both owned by the Along with his historian in residence, Professor Kate Williams Series 1 American toy giant Mattel. Tax breaks in Ireland and Canada Frank is joined by Al Murray and Isy Suttie, who discuss Robin A Trip down Rusty Lane meant much British animation was being drawn overseas. Hood, wartime slogans, Annie Oakley and a statue-related Will Self continues his tour of urban Britain travelling only by Having been involved in this business for over 50 years, Gerald history mystery. coach and bus, assessing British identity at a time of flux. Scarfe has worked for Disney on Hercules and Pink Floyd's The Producers: Mark Augustyn and Justin Pollard After checking out of his Swansea B&B, it's time to move on to Wall, as well as doing a weekly cartoon for the Sunday Times. An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2016. West Bromwich, where Will visits the place JB Priestley once His son is an animator, and his grandson wants to work in the WED 09:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b008h696) described as the worst street in England. Will finds out what the business too, but will the industry survive? Series 2 street tells us about Britain today. With contributions from Nick Park of Aardman, culture Up on the Roof Producer: Laurence Grissell. minister Ed Vaizey, and Brian Cosgrove, creator of Landing a job performing in a prison, will Robert finally get a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. Dangermouse and Count Duckula, this is a high quality insight captive audience? WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b06r5wlg) into a business we all take for granted, but for which other John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Heat and Dust nations have enormous respect. In 2012, the Chancellor George Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair Olivia Osborne, in his budget statement, stated that it was government Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn Olivia and Douglas hope for a baby. policy 'that we keep Wallace and Gromit exactly where they Sue ..... Caroline Quentin Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's beguiling story of two English women are'. With: living in India more than 50 years apart. This then is the starting point for a gripping tale of talent, toons, Stephen Garlick In 1923, Olivia is unhappily married to a civil servant. Her step- and tax breaks. Jane Slavin granddaughter travels to the subcontinent years later to Producer: Miles Warde Donald Gee investigate Olivia's life, which her family regarded as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013 David Ryall ‘something dark and terrible’. WED 07:00 Electric Ink (b011qfr8) Charles Simpson The story centres on the experiences of two very different Series 1 Marcia Warren women in pre- and post- Independence India. One is Episode 4 Moray Watson circumscribed by English mores and the formal social structures The paper hires a reality star as a columnist so Maddox must Producer: Paul Spencer of the Raj while the other is free to fall in love, live among find a way of rewriting her copy without upsetting her. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1990. Indian people, feel part of the culture. So, it's the story of social Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the WED 10:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty change as well as a potent love story. changing world of the newspaper industry. (m000d050) Olivia ..... Pippa Bennett-Warner Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay To Be a Pilgrim Narrator ..... Abby Ford Oliver ...... Alex Jennings Lacroix calls on the local sorceress to help him solve what Douglas ..... Simon Harrison Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington appears to be a ritual killing. The Nawab ..... Ronny Jhutti Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar David Calder plays Lt Gen Lacroix, trying to police France Harry ..... David Seddon Masha ...... Debbie Chazen despite the turmoil of the Revolution. Inder Lal ..... Neet Mohan Freddy ...... Ben Willbond Nigel Baldwin’s detective series set in Amiens, 1791. Chid ..... Will Howard Announcer ...... Matt Addis Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder Maji ..... Thusitha Jayasundera Debbie ...... Lizzy Watts Monet ... Brian Hibbard Beth Crawford ..... Debra Baker With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. Charlotte .... Kathryn Pogson Dr Saunders ..... Sam Dale Director: Sally Avens Madeleine .... Frances Tomelty Major Minnies ..... Chris Pavlo First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009. Didier .... Steve Hodson Dramatised by Shelley Silas. WED 07:30 The Missing Hancocks (m000cp2n) Roland .... Christian Rodska Pianist ..... Laurie O'Brien The Counterfeiter Mme des Chats ... Sue Roderick Director: Gaynor Macfarlane The Missing Hancocks recreates those episodes of the classic Surgeon ... Matthew Morgan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015. Hancock's Half Hour that have been wiped or lost from the Duval ... Simon Ludders WED 14:45 Clive James: Falling Towards England archive. Original music by Paula Gardiner (m000d6bf) The first modern sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour made stars of Director: Alison Hindell Cracking The Secret Code Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995. 1960s England: drooling over beauty and the struggle of finding Ray Galton and Alan Simpson as one of the most successful WED 11:00 Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy work. comedy-writing partnerships in history. But 20 episodes of the (m000d052) Clive James continues volume two of his autobiography. show were missing from the BBC archives. Now, after four 1. Simply Absurd First published in 1985 and abridged by Brian Gear. highly successful series, the final batch of those episodes have Absurdist Canadian comedian, Tony Law, takes us on a journey Known around the world for his dry wit, writer, broadcaster and been lovingly re-recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC through the twists and turns of Surrealism in comedy. poet Clive James was born in 1939. Moving to England in 1962, Radio Theatre. He is accompanied by historian Mary Beard, writer Will Self he rose to prominence as a literary critic, TV columnist and Tonight's episode: Hancock's fed up with Bill Kerr spending all and Noel Fielding. presenter. day in bed, and decides to find him a job. But with Sid James Featuring a rare interview from Gerard Hoffnung and Monty Clive died aged 80 in November 2019. involved, things were always going to get complicated. Python’s Terry Jones presenting ‘Simply Absurd’. Producer: Pamela Howe Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and with the classic Is the world becoming more surreal? Have the targets of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1988. score re-recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, the show stars Surrealism changed? WED 15:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty Kevin McNally, Kevin Eldon, Simon Greenall, Robin Sebastian ToneZone, as he insists the Producer calls him, investigates... (m000d050) and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. The Counterfeiter was never Producer: Kerry McCarthy. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] recorded by the original team, and the cast and crew of The Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in February WED 16:00 The Rest is History (b0769tsq) Missing Hancocks are proud to present a Hancock premiere. 2014. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Produced by Neil Pearson & Hayley Sterling. WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t3twj) WED 16:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b008h696) Written by Ray Galton & Simpson [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Music recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by WED 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead WED 17:00 Electric Ink (b011qfr8) Levon Parikian. (b00hk2f1) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] A BBC Studios Production. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 17:30 The Missing Hancocks (m000cp2n) WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t3twj) WED 13:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Series 3 Made Bomb (m000d04x) WED 18:00 Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus The Student Prince [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] (m000d055) The lad is lured to Moravia as an unknowing decoy for the WED 13:30 Why Bob the Builder Has Moved Overseas Episode 3 endangered Crown Prince. (b01r12ln) Sparks fly between Celia and Marco as the impact of their Starring Tony Hancock [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] magical game takes a sinister turn. With Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Andree Melly and Kenneth WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b06d8ssv) Erin Morgenstern's debut novel about love and magic set in a Williams. Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay fin-de-siècle travelling circus where two young magicians are Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Episode 8 trapped in a dangerous game. Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Life takes an unexpected turn after the handsome officer tracks Read by Adjoa Andoh. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Amory down in Paris. Abridged by Alison Joseph Rabinowitz. William Boyd's novel follows one remarkable woman through Producer: Gemma Jenkins Producer: Dennis Main Wilson the decades of the 20th century. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956. In 1915, Amory’s uncle unknowingly sets her life on its course 2011. WED 08:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead when he gives her a Kodak Brownie No 2 as a present for her WED 18:30 The Palace of Laughter (b007wld9) (b00hk2f1) seventh birthday, igniting a lifelong passion for photography. Series 1 Series 2 Her camera will take her from high society London in the 1920s Belfast Grand Opera House Episode 2 to the cabaret clubs and brothels of inter-war Berlin; to 1930s Geoffrey Wheeler is in Belfast meeting staff and performers at Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 8 of 10 the Grand Opera House, which emerged from the Troubles as a THU 03:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty (m000d050) Producer: Humphrey Barclay symbol of the city's regeneration. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1966. Mike Harding and Jimmy Cricket are among those recalling THU 04:00 The Rest is History (b0769tsq) THU 09:00 It's Your Round (b00zf4nz) their experiences at this classic theatre built by Frank Matcham [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Series 1 in 1895. THU 04:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b008h696) Episode 5 Series visiting variety theatres around the United Kingdom. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] 'It's Your Round' is the comedy panel show where each of the Producer: Libby Cross THU 05:00 Electric Ink (b011qfr8) panellists tries to beat the others at their own games. All the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] panellists have brought along their own round for the others to WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00t3twj) THU 05:30 The Missing Hancocks (m000cp2n) play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] unpredictable. WED 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead THU 06:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- In this episode Tim Key, Micky Flanagan, Bridget Christie and (b00hk2f1) Made Bomb (m000czqc) Nick Hancock battle it out to see who can become It's Your [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Saraband to a Burning Fuse Round champion for the week. WED 20:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Johnny Shields and Julie are now on board the St Gothard Enjoy the hilarity that ensues when each of them play the Made Bomb (m000d04x) Express bound for Lugano. Somehow they have to warn the games they've brought along. What is Micky's 'Cockney [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] authorities that Karl is in danger... Rhyming Slang Charades' all about and is it any fun to play? WED 20:30 Why Bob the Builder Has Moved Overseas Peter Coke stars in Roy Clarke’s thriller serial set in the world Can anyone understand the rules to Tim's 'No More Women'? (b01r12ln) of highly-organised international smugglers. And what is Bridget's idea of her 'Fantasy Funeral'? Find out [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Shields ...... Peter Coke the answers to these questions, and more, in this show. WED 21:00 Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy The Major ...... Bob Grant Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to make sure (m000d052) Greta ...... Veronica Doran everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Muff ...... Robert Powell Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell WED 22:00 The Missing Hancocks (m000cp2n) Julie ...... Anne Stallybrass The reader is Christine Kavanagh [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Jean Hogg ...... Heather Stoney Devised by Benjamin Partridge WED 22:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix (b00k9pcb) Walter ...... Ben Kingsley Producer: Sam Michell. Series 1 Producer: Alan Ayckbourn First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011. Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1968 THU 09:30 Capital Gains (b007qgnq) Lover's Leap, a Moon expedition - and so much more! THU 06:30 Texting Andy Warhol (b00n9097) Series 1 Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along! Does a picture made from words count as literature or art? Risk Capital Faced with a live studio audience and a couple of microphones - Bidisha talks to gallery visitors reading Richard Long's words Amateur philosopher, Julius Hutch is looking forward to the masters of improve create sketches from shouted out on the walls - how is that different from a book by Dali? spending his retirement just "pottering". suggestions. Bidisha considers text as art with Keith Tyson, Fiona Banner, But one morning, he wakes early to find that his life is changed Producer: Dawn Ellis Ed Ruscha and John Baldessari amongst others. forever... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009. Peter Jones stars as Julius Hutch. WED 23:00 Clare in the Community (b00sx2ql) THU 07:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b06rz89l) First of two series written by Collin Johnson. Series 6 Series 7 Julius Hutch ...... Peter Jones The Crush The Flying Scotsman Mrs Pauline Tone ...... Celestine Randall Clare decides to focus on her son, sparking a chance meeting at A whodunnit set on the great Flying Scotsman in the days of Kate ...... Justine Midda Toddler Tunes that could change the course of her life. steam. A rookie Detective Constable and a world weary Sexton Lewis ...... Jeffrey Wickham Meanwhile, Brian's admiration for Nali grows when she visits Detective Inspector combine forces with a recalcitrant train News Reader ...... Collin Johnson his school and tames Year 9. All this plus Clare and Libby both guard to solve a murder and expose Soho gangland supremo Producer: Andy Jordan. interview for the Team Leader post. Mickey Two Eyes and his side kick Legs Leona. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995. Clare Barker is the self-absorbed social worker who has the Stanley Baxter is the guard who rules over the passengers and THU 10:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty (m000czqf) right jargon for every problem she comes across, though never the timetable with a rod of iron, and he’s joined by Beth Health of a Nation a practical solution. But there are plenty of challenges out there Marshall and David Mara as Scotland Yard’s finest and Cathy When a doctor is found dead, his son confesses to the murder. for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. Sara as a passenger with a secret. But he's got an alibi, so why would he lie? Clare ..... Sally Phillips Cast: David Calder plays Lt Gen Lacroix, trying to police France Brian ..... Alex Lowe Train Guard...... Stanley Baxter despite the turmoil of the Revolution. Ray ..... Richard Lumsden DI Ross...... David Mara Nigel Baldwin’s detective series set in Amiens, 1791. Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck DC Sarah McLeod...... Beth Marshall Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder Megan ..... Nina Conti Lil...... Cathy Sara Monet ... Brian Hibbard Libby ..... Jess Robinson Charlotte .... Kathryn Pogson Clerk .... Alex Tregear Written by Rona Munro Madeleine ... Frances Tomelty Howard ..... Paterson Joseph Directed by Marilyn Imrie Duval ... Simon Ludders Other parts played by the cast. A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4 Ferrier ... Andrew Wincott Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden THU 07:30 Elephant in the Room (m000671w) Mme Dupre ... Sue Roderick Producer: Katie Tyrrell Episode 1 Georges .... Robert Harper First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2010. Sarah Millican hosts a new panel show using surveys to discover Panchaud ... Steve Hodson WED 23:30 Absolute Power (b007q93w) who is the most Average Jolene, and who is the most Maverick Surgeon ... Matthew Morgan Series 1 Matilda. This week's sparkling panel features Kathy Burke, Liz Original music by Paula Gardiner Episode 3 Carr, Desiree Burch and Tom Allen. Director: Alison Hindell Prentis McCabe - the machiavellian doctors of spin – get Surveys on subjects including childhood, daily rituals and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995. involved in the race for London Mayor. favourite cheese are the basis for Sarah's questions to the THU 11:00 Zarafa by Kate Woodward (b06z5jmf) Mark Tavener's comedy about the two specialists in government panellists, discovering who is the closest to, and furthest from, The tale of Zarafa, a very unusual gift for King Charles X of and media relations. the average. Surprising quirks, hilarious insights and unexpected France. Starring Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss and John Bird as anecdotes are revealed along the way. Adrian Lukis reads Kate Woodward’s short story. Martin McCabe. The winner will be the most average. But joint winner will be One of a special series about some rather Special Deliveries, With: the most different, the furthest from the norm. commissioned to mark the anniversary of the Royal Mail in Tony Gardner A little bit like a dinner party, but one where you know all of 2016, 500 years after Cardinal Wolsey appointed the first Siobhan Hayes the spoons. Master of the Posts in 1516. Colin McFarlane A Chopsy production for BBC Radio 4 Producer: Heather Larmour Hugh Parker THU 08:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b05rcy5f) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2016. Producer: Paul Schlesinger From 04/07/1965 THU 11:15 Drama (b06flmdp) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000. Doddy joins the Invercock-a-leekie Ballet Company and Andy David Spicer - Kempton and the Duke Mann prepares to go on holiday Kevin Whately stars as Kempton Bunton, the pensioner who Starring Ken Dodd. stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the THURSDAY 09 JANUARY 2020 With John Laurie, Patricia Hayes, Judith Chalmers, Wallas National Gallery in 1961. A new comedy drama by David Eaton, Percy Edwards, Alan Curtis and Graham Stark. Spicer. THU 00:00 Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus Music from The New Faces. In 1961, a portrait of the Duke of Wellington by the great (m000d055) Doddy's Diddy Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Lockyer. Spanish artist Francisco de Goya was bought by an American [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Script by Ken Dodd and Eddie Braben. collector for £140,000. Following a public outcry the British THU 00:30 The Palace of Laughter (b007wld9) Producer: Bill Worsley Government stepped in, matched the bid and saved the painting [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1965. for the nation. THU 01:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- THU 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s6n2b) It was put on display in the National Gallery from where, three Made Bomb (m000d04x) Series 3 weeks later, it was stolen by Kempton Bunton - a 61 year old [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Episode 7 retired lorry driver from Newcastle who was protesting about THU 01:30 Why Bob the Builder Has Moved Overseas Scary wannabes in 'Opportunity Flops' - and an Agatha Christie having to buy a television licence. (b01r12ln) flavoured whodunit? He was a dedicated campaigner who had already served time in [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and jail for refusing to pay for his TV licence. His plan was to get THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b06d8ssv) parodies. the Government to pay another £140,000 for the return of the [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David painting and then use this money to buy TV licences for OAPs. THU 02:15 Will Self's Great British Bus Journey Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. Once he had the painting safely stored in a wardrobe at his (b09q44n8) Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, Brian Cooke & Johnnie home in Newcastle, he started writing letters explaining his plan [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] Mortimer, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Alan Hutchinson, to the press and Chairman of the National Gallery. However, no THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b06r5wlg) Bernard King, and Peter and David Lund. one took his letters seriously. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue This is a play about a heist, a manhunt and a marvellously THU 02:45 Clive James: Falling Towards England 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and English eccentric character. It also looks at art - highbrow Goya (m000d6bf) quickly developed a cult following. versus lowbrow TV - and the relative values we place upon it. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. Kempton Bunton was a man who, although he had a 19th Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 9 of 10 century masterpiece in his wardrobe, just wanted to watch [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Emergency Ward 10 for free. THU 16:30 Capital Gains (b007qgnq) FRI 05:30 Elephant in the Room (m000671w) Written by David Spicer [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] Producer: Liz Anstee THU 17:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b06rz89l) FRI 06:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- A CPL Production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Made Bomb (m000d07j) THU 12:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b05rcy5f) THU 17:30 Elephant in the Room (m000671w) Smaller Shrinks the Standing Corn [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Shields meets Marco and collects the plates. But before he and THU 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s6n2b) THU 18:00 Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus Julie can get clear of the island, the alarm is raised by one of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] (m000czqh) Bruno's men... THU 13:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Episode 4 Peter Coke stars in Roy Clarke’s thriller serial set in the world Made Bomb (m000czqc) Celia desperately tries to find a way of bringing the game to an of highly-organised international smugglers. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] end without further loss of life. Shields ...... Peter Coke THU 13:30 Texting Andy Warhol (b00n9097) Erin Morgenstern's debut novel about love and magic set in a The Major ...... Bob Grant [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] fin-de-siècle touring circus where two young magicians are Greta ...... Veronica Doran THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b06d9lj9) trapped in a dangerous game. Julie ...... Anne Stallybrass Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay Read by Adjoa Andoh. Slip ...... Colin Edwynn Episode 9 Abridged by Alison Joseph Sergeant ...... Ben Kingsley Frustrated by her life in Scotland, Amory heads into the field Producer: Gemma Jenkins Producer: Alan Ayckbourn once more. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1968 William Boyd's novel follows one remarkable woman through 2011. FRI 06:30 Maiden Voyage: The First Woman in Space the decades of the 20th century. THU 18:30 Great Lives (b03zy2kd) (b026x9mr) In 1915, Amory’s uncle unknowingly sets her life on its course Series 33 In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova, a simple factory worker, was when he gives her a Kodak Brownie No 2 as a present for her Sarah Vine on Dante sent on a solo mission to space. She became a hero in her seventh birthday, igniting a lifelong passion for photography. "Whenever I have too much to drink, I bang on about Dante ...." country, a legend around the world and an icon of gender Her camera will take her from high society London in the 1920s Sarah Vine makes a choice from the heart - the great Italian equality. to the cabaret clubs and brothels of inter-war Berlin; to 1930s writer Dante Alighieri, father of the Italian language and author But what really happened on the flight was kept secret in Soviet New York, the Blackshirt riots in London’s East End, and to of the Divine Comedy. "I'm not an expert," she says, "mine is times and remains mysterious, earning Valentina the moniker France and Germany during the Second World War, where she more of a romantic infatuation." 'Greta Garbo of Space'. No woman would travel to space for becomes one of the first female war photographers. As well as the outspoken Daily Mail columnist, Matthew Parris nearly 20 years after she returned. She eventually comes to rest on a remote Scottish island, where is joined by Claire Honess, professor of Italian studies at Leeds Lucy Ash travels to Valentina's hometown Yaroslavl, on she drinks, writes and looks back on a personal life that has University. Moscow's Golden Ring, in search of the person behind the been just as rich and complex as her professional one. She Together they piece together an extraordinary life. Includes legend, meeting her daughter, workmates and relatives. remembers the men that have been closest to her – her father, extracts from Radio 4's production of the Divine Comedy At a time when Putin is reviving Soviet-era pride in the her brother, her lovers – irreparably scarred by two world wars, starring John Hurt motherland, we look at what Valentina's incredible journey and reflects upon her own experiences of conflict and loss, Producer: Miles Warde means today. passion and joy. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014. Producer: Dorothy Feaver Read by Barbara Flynn THU 19:00 The Ken Dodd Show (b05rcy5f) A Cast Iron Radio and Recording production for BBC Radio 4 Abridged by Sara Davies [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] first broadcast in June 2013. Producer: Mair Bosworth THU 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00s6n2b) FRI 07:00 1834 (b0121lh5) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Victorian Principles THU 14:15 Will Self's Great British Bus Journey THU 20:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- The young Queen Victoria is coming to Woolsley House for a (b09q4522) Made Bomb (m000czqc) visit. But when 21st century Jason invents the electric guitar, he Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] unwittingly changes the course of history..... Rock On at the Giffard THU 20:30 Texting Andy Warhol (b00n9097) In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy, Jason has been transported Will Self continues his tour of urban Britain travelling only by [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] back to the 18th century as Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport coach and bus, assessing British identity at a time of flux. THU 21:00 Zarafa by Kate Woodward (b06z5jmf) with faithful valet, Ned. Will visits Wolverhampton's Express & Star - which enjoys the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Stars Michael Begley as Jason Slater, Joe Caffrey as Ned, highest circulation of any local paper - before winding down THU 21:15 Drama (b06flmdp) Kenneth Alan Taylor as Hoskins, Mark Chatterton as Lord and rocking out at the town's goth pub. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Belport, James Nickerson as Henry and Caroline Harding as Producer: Laurence Grissell. THU 22:00 Elephant in the Room (m000671w) Queen Victoria. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2018. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Directed at BBC Manchester by Polly Thomas. THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b06r84r2) THU 22:30 Lewis Macleod Is Not Himself (b04kbl8h) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Heat and Dust Episode 4 FRI 07:30 Fred at The Stand (m000cyw8) Pieces of Red String A brand new impression and sketch show that looks behind the Series 1 Both women visit the Baba Firdaus shrine and make a wish. scenes at the life and work of star impressionist Lewis Macleod Lyons, Mazadza, Jones and Delaney Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's beguiling story of two English women (Newsjack, Postman Pat, The Phantom Menace, Dead Ringers) Fred MacAulay introduces some of the funniest comedians in living in India more than fifty years apart. with Kate O'Sullivan, Duncan Wisbey and Julian Dutton. the UK doing what they do best - pure stand-up comedy. In 1923, Olivia is unhappily married to a civil servant. Her step- Producer: Lyndsay Fenner. Recorded at The Stand Comedy Club in Edinburgh. granddaughter travels to the subcontinent years later to THU 23:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0076254) This week, Zoe Lyons shares her insights into Buddhism, investigate Olivia's life, which her family regarded as Series 2 newcomer Wayne Mazadza integrates into British life, Rosie ‘something dark and terrible’. Episode 2 Jones doesn't let being northern hold her back, and the The story centres on the experiences of two very different Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine have a diabolical visitor relentless Gary Delaney delivers a barrage of unstoppable one women in pre- and post- Independence India. One is while 'Eminem' and 'Lesley Garrett' perform a duet. From May liners. circumscribed by English mores and the formal social structures 2001. Produced by Richard Melvin of the Raj while the other is free to fall in love, live among THU 23:30 Cowards (b00fq6rq) A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4 Indian people, feel part of the culture. So, it's the story of social Series 2 FRI 08:00 The Burkiss Way (b007js2t) change as well as a potent love story. Episode 4 Series 4 Olivia ..... Pippa Bennett-Warner Sketch show with a comic slant on human frailties. With Tom Is Britain Going the Burkiss Way? Part 2 Narrator ..... Abby Ford Basden, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. From December 2008. The Martians Are Coming! Or are they? Is this a spoof? Or a Douglas ..... Simon Harrison spoof of a spoof? The Nawab ..... Ronny Jhutti Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett. Harry ..... David Seddon FRIDAY 10 JANUARY 2020 Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to Inder Lal ..... Neet Mohan 1980. Chid ..... Will Howard FRI 00:00 Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. Maji ..... Thusitha Jayasundera (m000czqh) Producer: David Hatch Beth Crawford ..... Debra Baker [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1979. Dr Saunders ..... Sam Dale FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b03zy2kd) FRI 08:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007jv6w) Major Minnies ..... Chris Pavlo [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Series 1 Pianist ..... Laurie O'Brien FRI 01:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel Dramatised by Shelley Silas. Made Bomb (m000czqc) Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant Ravelli get Director: Gaynor Macfarlane [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] themselves hired to guard a Rembrandt painting. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015. FRI 01:30 Texting Andy Warhol (b00n9097) Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the THU 14:45 Clive James: Falling Towards England [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his (m000d6y3) FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b06d9lj9) assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors Statistical Catastrophe [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were 1960s England: trying to impress a career girl - at the expense FRI 02:15 Will Self's Great British Bus Journey (b09q4522) rediscovered in 1988. of his own job. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Clive James continues volume two of his autobiography. FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama (b06r84r2) Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel First published in 1985 and abridged by Brian Gear. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] Ravelli Known around the world for his dry wit, writer, broadcaster and FRI 02:45 Clive James: Falling Towards England With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly. poet Clive James was born in 1939. Moving to England in 1962, (m000d6y3) Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark he rose to prominence as a literary critic, TV columnist and [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] Brisenden. presenter. FRI 03:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty (m000czqf) Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. Clive died aged 80 in November 2019. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Producer: Dirk Maggs Producer: Pamela Howe FRI 04:00 It's Your Round (b00zf4nz) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1988. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI 09:00 The Food Quiz (b0076n4w) THU 15:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty (m000czqf) FRI 04:30 Capital Gains (b007qgnq) Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Episode 6 THU 16:00 It's Your Round (b00zf4nz) FRI 05:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse (b06rz89l) Jay Rayner puts well-known gastronomes through their culinary Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 4 – 10 January 2020 Page 10 of 10 paces. ‘something dark and terrible’. break. Sketches with duo Giedroyc and Perkins. From October This week's panellists are wine writer Jancis Robinson, wild The story centres on the experiences of two very different 2002. man Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, chef Alastair Little and women in pre- and post- Independence India. One is restaurateur Ruth Watson. Issues for digestion include what a circumscribed by English mores and the formal social structures Fat Rascal is, who spent sixty-seven thousand pounds on a new of the Raj while the other is free to fall in love, live among oven, and where dried tuna sperm is served as a delicacy. Indian people, feel part of the culture. So, it's the story of social First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. change as well as a potent love story. FRI 09:30 The Emerald Green Show (b077xx1r) Olivia ..... Pippa Bennett-Warner Cut Narrator ..... Abby Ford Emerald's illusions of glamour and fame are shattered when she Douglas ..... Simon Harrison meets her TV producer. The Nawab ..... Ronny Jhutti A vain, ambitious black woman dreams of becoming a chat Harry ..... David Seddon show queen. Inder Lal ..... Neet Mohan Lisselle Kayla's four-part comedy series starring Llewella Chid ..... Will Howard Gideon as Emerald Green. Maji ..... Thusitha Jayasundera With Jonathan Firth as Tristram, Iwan Thomas as Fabio, Dean Beth Crawford ..... Debra Baker Hill as Victor, Sheila Reid as Eunice and Jonathan Keeble as Dr Saunders ..... Sam Dale David. Major Minnies ..... Chris Pavlo Director: Pam Fraser Solomon Pianist ..... Laurie O'Brien First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998. Dramatised by Shelley Silas. FRI 10:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty (m000d07l) Director: Gaynor Macfarlane Moon Conjunct Uranus First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015. The death of a young girl is linked to a magical sect. But as the FRI 14:45 Clive James: Falling Towards England evidence comes together, it seems to point back at Lacroix. (m000d6nv) David Calder plays Lt Gen Lacroix, trying to police France The Man in the Paper Bag despite the turmoil of the Revolution. 1960s England: trying to enjoy some private time with his Nigel Baldwin’s detective series set in Amiens, 1791. girlfriend. Lt Gen Lacroix ... David Calder Clive James continues volume two of his autobiography. Madeleine ... Frances Tomelty First published in 1985 and abridged by Brian Gear. Duval ... Simon Ludders Known around the world for his dry wit, writer, broadcaster and Monet ... Brian Hibbard poet Clive James was born in 1939. Moving to England in 1962, Josephine ... Bethan Jones he rose to prominence as a literary critic, TV columnist and Chalier .... Steve Hodson presenter. Surgeon ... Matthew Morgan Clive died aged 80 in November 2019. Jean .... Robert Harper Producer: Pamela Howe Roland .... Christian Rodska First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1988. Michel ... Andrew Wincott FRI 15:00 Nigel Baldwin - The Tree of Liberty (m000d07l) Simone .... Sara Harris-Davies [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Original music by Paula Gardiner FRI 16:00 The Food Quiz (b0076n4w) Director: Alison Hindell [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1995. FRI 16:30 The Emerald Green Show (b077xx1r) FRI 11:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000d07n) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Presenters recommend their favourite podcasts and speak to the FRI 17:00 1834 (b0121lh5) people who make them. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 12:00 The Burkiss Way (b007js2t) FRI 17:30 Fred at The Stand (m000cyw8) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007jv6w) FRI 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxhj) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Series 1 FRI 13:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- Unravelled Made Bomb (m000d07j) Things go from strange to stranger for Edna, Tankerton and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] both the Carlos... FRI 13:30 Maiden Voyage: The First Woman in Space Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga stars Sarah Solemani as Edna, Ben (b026x9mr) Moor as Tankerton, Duncan Wisbey as Carlo and Tim Key as [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Grant. FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b06d9t3h) Producer: Colin Anderson Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2006. Episode 10 FRI 18:30 Off the Page (b0076qn0) As her health declines, Amory wonders whether to continue. Too Clever by Half William Boyd's novel follows one remarkable woman through Matthew Parris, Toby Young, Louise Welsh and Arabella Weir the decades of the 20th century. discuss the dangers of being a smarty-pants. From February In 1915, Amory’s uncle unknowingly sets her life on its course 2005. when he gives her a Kodak Brownie No 2 as a present for her FRI 19:00 The Burkiss Way (b007js2t) seventh birthday, igniting a lifelong passion for photography. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Her camera will take her from high society London in the 1920s FRI 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007jv6w) to the cabaret clubs and brothels of inter-war Berlin; to 1930s [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] New York, the Blackshirt riots in London’s East End, and to FRI 20:00 Roy Clarke - The 17-Jewelled Shockproof Swiss- France and Germany during the Second World War, where she Made Bomb (m000d07j) becomes one of the first female war photographers. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] She eventually comes to rest on a remote Scottish island, where FRI 20:30 Maiden Voyage: The First Woman in Space she drinks, writes and looks back on a personal life that has (b026x9mr) been just as rich and complex as her professional one. She [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] remembers the men that have been closest to her – her father, FRI 21:00 Podcast Radio Hour (m000d07n) her brother, her lovers – irreparably scarred by two world wars, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] and reflects upon her own experiences of conflict and loss, FRI 22:00 Fred at The Stand (m000cyw8) passion and joy. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Concluded by Barbara Flynn. FRI 22:30 In and Out of the Kitchen (b03w01zk) Abridged by Sara Davies Series 3 Producer: Mair Bosworth The Travel Piece First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2015. Damien confronts his barbecue hatred while Mullaney is sorting FRI 14:15 Will Self's Great British Bus Journey (b09q3sp5) his “shoffice”. Stars Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards. From Series 1 2014. Jobless in Wolverhampton FRI 23:00 Party (b01n1qyg) Will Self continues his tour of urban Britain travelling only by Series 3 coach and bus, assessing British identity at a time of flux. The Splits Will speaks to jobless young people in Wolverhampton which Series 3 of the satirical comedy about a group of young idealists has some of the highest rates of youth unemployment in the trying to make waves with their new political party. This week country. the group are on their way to research for the by-election. Producer: Laurence Grissell. Written by Tom Basden. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2018. Simon .... Tom Basden FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama (b06r8bnf) Duncan .... Tim Key Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Heat and Dust Jared .... Jonny Sweet Staying On Mel .... Anna Crilly Finding themselves in the same situation, both women must Phoebe .... Katy Wix make life-changing decisions. European Man .. Jot Davies Conclusion of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's beguiling story of two Producer .... Julia McKenzie. English women living in India more than 50 years apart. First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2012. In 1923, Olivia is unhappily married to a civil servant. Her step- FRI 23:30 The Mel and Sue Thing (b0076b72) granddaughter travels to the subcontinent years later to Episode 6 investigate Olivia's life, which her family regarded as There is a shocking loss on Leather Island, and Fanny gets a Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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