Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 November 2012 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2012 A Most Treasured Home SAT 07:30 A Shared Vision (b00xj0hp) A most treasured home is exactly what 25 Durham Square has Poet John Hegley visits Zanzibar in East Africa with an old pair SAT 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn9k) become for Miss Susan Leg. of his glasses in the hope that someone might be able to use The Ninth Removal But will its treasure turn to dross with the threatened unravelling them. From April 2003. Horror legend Vincent Price's unnerving tale of a secretary's of the mystery surrounding her secret life? SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00w6gl0) murderous revenge. Pauline Collins stars as Miss Susan Leg. Series 6 Co-starring Freda Jackson, Richard Pearson, Clare Sutcliffe, Conclusion of EF Benson’s 1932 novel dramatised iby Aubrey Episode 1 Michael Segal and Alan Rowe. Woods The American funny man hits downtown Des Moines, Iowa Written by R Chetwynd-Hayes and dramatised by Barry Miss Susan Leg ...... Pauline Collins with Francine Roche and BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet. Campbell. Margaret Mantrip ...... Margot Boyd From 2009. Producer: John Dyas Jimmie Mason ...... Ronald Herdman SAT 09:00 Open Mike: Mike Craig's Radio Memoirs First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1974. Elizabeth Conklin ...... Rachel Gurney (b00c0077) SAT 00:30 HP Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth Lady Eva Lowndes ...... Pauline Letts Mike Craig was a prolific producer and writer of over 1200 (b015fv26) Mr Cartwright ...... Peter Howell comedy shows for both BBC Radio and TV – including Episode 5 Bosanquet ...... John Church Morecambe and Wise, Ken Dodd, Jimmy Tarbuck, Al Reid, Robert Olmstead flees Innsmouth, only to discover years later a Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds Harry Worth and The Grumbleweeds shocking secret linking him to the town. Read by Richard Minnie Mimps ...... Sheila Grant It was Mike who wrote the legendary high-kicking sketch on Coyle. Head Waiter...... Manning Wilson the 1976 Morecambe and Wise Christmas TV Show with SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b007rwkt) Mr Gandish ...... George Parsons newsreader Angela Rippon. Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery Ellen ...... Jennifer Piercey In this 3 hour showcase of his radio memoirs, Mike presents a Mainly About Wyman Doctor ...... Gordon Reid selection of his own favourites: The suave sleuth probes whether an international criminal is Mr Salt ...... Jonathan Tafler * Castle's On The Air behind Julia's murder. Augustus ...... Andrew Branch 13/12/1975 Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple Vicar ...... Tim Reynolds Record-breaking Roy Castle brings you espionage, The Three and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for Narrated by Aubrey Woods. Musketeers and the perils of powering a car with cooking BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. Music by John Owen Edwards. sherry explained by Stanley Unwin. With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Simon Lack as Producer: Ian Cotterell * Jimmy's Cricket Team Superintendent Raine, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, Julian First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987. Series.1 (3/8) Somers as George Kelburn, June Tobin as Linda SAT 04:00 90 by 90 The Full Set (b01nw86y) Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket with a letter from his mammy Kelburn/Sidney, James Beattie as Charlie and Douglas Storm as Episode 9 and more! With Bill Pertwee, Peter Goodwright and Noreen Detective Inspector Burton. Celebrating 90 years of BBC radio, a selection of short features Kershaw. Written by Eddie Braben. From 1990. From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective marking some memorable radio moments. * Bernie Clifton's Comedy Shop Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, SAT 04:15 Shelagh Delaney - Out of the Pirate's Playhouse 05/10/1982 solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular (b0076d28) From restaurants to great moments in history - a non-stop series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails Five 11-year-olds are shocked to learn they are too old for their barrage of gags. With Caroline Turner, Tony Pearce and Pat and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore activity centre. Drama with Daniel Hanbridge and Brooke Mooney. cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, Vincent. * Ho-di-ho starring The Grumbleweeds usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. SAT 05:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008p7w7) 23/11/1986 Producer: Martin C Webster Series 3 The Grumbleweeds decide to go on holiday to Maplin's holiday First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961. Episode 2 camp. With Ruth Madoc and Paul Shane. SAT 01:30 Hercule Poirot (b007jm4n) Wartime escapades of the Belle of the Southern Command – * Al Read Says Such Is Life Evil Under the Sun and a reporter meets the oldest living old person... The Lancashire sausage-maker turned comedian illustrates Episode 5 Richard Ingrams John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims amd pages of his autobiography with excerpts from his classic Determined to pinpoint the American starlet's killer, the Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton. performances. From 1987 Belgian sleuth invites everyone on his list of suspects to a With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and * Ken Dodd's Easter Special picnic. featuring June Whitfield. 04/04/1988 The finale of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring John Moffatt Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s From the City Varieties Theatre, Leeds, Spring is in the air and as Hercule Poirot. surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a Doddy's tackling romance and there's trouble at t'mill. With Hercule Poirot …. John Moffatt great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created Johnny Moore, Paula Tilbrook, Colonel Weston …. George Baker between the wars. Based mainly in Manchester, Mike retired from the BBC in Christin Redfern …. Susannah Corbett Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. 1993. He died aged 75 on 28th October 2010. Patrick Redfern …. Iain Glen Announcer: Brian Perkins. Recorded at BBC Manchester and compiled for transmission by Rosamund Darnley …. Sabina Franklyn Producer: Harry Thompson Mik Wilkojc. Linda Marshall …. Lindsey Fawcett First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994. Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in June 2008 Captain Kenneth Marshall …. Robin Ellis SAT 05:30 Up the Garden Path (b0082g3d) SAT 12:00 Derailed Omnibus (b01p03v7) Inspector Colgate …. Gerrard McDermott Series 2 Made for 4 Extra. Marie discovers that being married to a Horace Blatt …. John Hartley On the Side of the Angels touring musician is not all plain sailing. Stars Sara Poyzer. Gladys …. Nicol Forbes Izzy faces confusion when fiancé Charles takes her home to the Written by Steve Chambers. Carrie Gardener …. Wendy Craig family mansion. SAT 13:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007zghc) Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy. With David Robb as Charles, Murder West One Producer: Enyd Williams Neil McCaul as Bill, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Dafydd 3. Five Star Killing First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998. Hywel as Gwyn, Melissa Wilson as Sharon and Catherine At a glitzy London hotel, the body of an unknown woman is SAT 02:00 Bristow (b00cq588) Clarke as Lorraine. discovered in the service area amongst the empty champagne Series 1 Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something bottles. Stranger on a Train teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men. Detective Superintendent Julie Enfield must unravel a high Bristow helps his colleague, Jones, to plan an escape from An eight-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 class mystery... Chester Perry novel. The second of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Nick Fisher's thriller stars Imelda Staunton. Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying Granada also adapted the series for ITV. DSI Julie Enfield ...... Imelda Staunton clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows Producer: Jonathan James-Moore Dad ...... Geoffrey Matthews it. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988. Jean-Pierre Renaud ...... Alan Bourgouin Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper SAT 06:00 Georgette Heyer - Friday's Child (b007jq09) Trevor Jones ...... Giles Fagan cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years "I'm going back to London! And I'm going to marry the first Ken ...... Ben Crowe from 1961. woman I see!" John Manning ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Bristow …. Michael Williams So cries young Lord Sheringham when his proposal of marriage Ralph Bingley ...... Robert Harper Jones …. Rodney Bewes is rejected by Isabella, the Incomparable. Stephen Willis ...... Tom Bevan Fudge, Mr Frost, Station Master and the Stranger on the Train True to his word, he takes the even younger Hero Wantage as Director: Richard Wortley …. Jon Glover his bride... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. Miss Sunman …. Katie Odie Published in 1944, Georgette Heyer’s Regency tale of romance SAT 14:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Post Boy and Godfrey …. Simon Schatsberger dramatised by John Peacock. Flywheel (b00f9y6d) Tea Lady …. Sarah Huntley Viscount Anthony Sheringham …. James Frain Series 3 Music: John Whitehall Hero Wantage …. Elli Garnett Episode 1 Producer: Neil Cargill Montagu Revesby …. Nicholas Boulton Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel stays in a haunted mansion. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. Lady Saltash …. Mary Wimbush With guest star Spike Milligan as The Mayor of Witchfield. SAT 02:30 The Brothers (b007k4wc) Ferdy Fakenham …. Julian Rhind-Tutt Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the Series 1 Jasper Tarleton …. Simon Russell Beale adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his Episode 2 Lord George Wrotham …. Ian Hughes assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors Brothers Nigel and Michael review a new website and Oonagh Jason …. Peter Kenny on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were becomes a therapist. Isabella Milborne …. Annabel Mullion rediscovered in 1988. Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard. Gil …. Paul Panting Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Comedy series about two brothers starting a website-design Ruth …. Cathy Sara Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel company - written by Caroline and David Stafford. Lady Sheringham …. Susan Sheringham Ravelli. Nigel ...... Adam Godley Jane Bagshot …. Eva Stuart With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Dick Vosburgh. Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard Mrs Milborne …. Tessa Worsley Written by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Oonagh...... Pauline McLynn Lady Jersey …. Jilly Bond Brisenden. Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley The Postboy …. David Antrobus Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. Sally ...... Alice Hart Groombridge …. David Bannerman Producer: Dirk Maggs Producer: Marc Beeby Music by Trevor Allan Davies First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. Producer: Ned Chaillet. SAT 14:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00stsd9) SAT 03:00 EF Benson - Secret Lives (b014tcjb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1995. Series 4 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 November 2012 Page 2 of 8 Episode 2 SAT 23:45 Ira Levin - The Boys From Brazil (b014sntb) Part of Ian Hislop's investigation into the conflicting and Scottish Music Night, and a rubbish bird impressionist. Episode 3 confusing history of the four national saints. More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and As Liebermann investigates the murders, he discovers a Producer: Philip Sellars. parodies. disturbing common factor among the victims. Read by Alex First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall Jennings. SUN 12:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple Omnibus and Bill Oddie. (b00kj2hv) Written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Eric Idle and Peter & David Lund. SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2012 SUN 13:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b0090bb6) Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and SUN 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b011tsc9) SUN 13:30 William Rose - The Ladykillers (b007jnlr) quickly developed a cult following. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] An old lady is fooled by a crooked lodger and his gang. Bruce Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. SUN 00:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wt987) Bedford's Ealing film comedy adaptation with Edward Producer: Humphrey Barclay [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Petherbridge. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1966. SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00w6gl0) SUN 15:00 Doctor in the House (b007jt20) SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00w6gl0) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN 02:00 Derailed Omnibus (b01p03v7) SUN 15:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jp0b) SAT 16:00 Georgette Heyer - Friday's Child (b007jq09) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN 03:15 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007zghc) SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show SAT 17:30 The Golden Age (b01nx4j3) [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] (b01p09m8) Saturday Sports Parade SUN 04:00 Georgette Heyer - Friday's Child (b007jq09) Mel Giedroyc with the best bits of this week's 4 O'Clock Show. Tharb and Lord Reith have to help the King overcome a bizarre [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Mel hears some animal impersonations, and what the ukulele speech impediment, with the dubious aid of tempestuous SUN 05:30 90 by 90 The Full Set (b01nwbm6) means if you are from Hawaii. children's presenter, Lancelot Wyndham. Episode 10 SUN 16:30 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv7wq) Meanwhile, Mabel tries to revamp the BBC's flagship sports Celebrating 90 years of BBC radio, a selection of short features [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] show, "Saturday Sports Parade". marking some memorable radio moments. SUN 17:00 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pgnqd) Set in the BBC's Broadcasting House in London during the SUN 05:45 Ira Levin - The Boys From Brazil (b014sntb) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] 1930s, this series follows head of programmes, John Tharb and [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Saturday] SUN 17:30 Arthur Askey - Before Your Very Eyes his assistant, Mabel Hopcraft as they struggle to deal with the SUN 06:00 Alice Walker - The Color Purple Omnibus (b01p09mb) foibles and fragile egos of radio's biggest stars. (b00kj2hv) Waggon Goes To War These include the perpetually drunk band-leader, Ronaldo and Episode 2 Comic Arthur Askey reads his life story. Arthur's film career the most boring man in radio, Mallard Tofts. Tharb's task is not Celie battles the segregation of America's Deep South, and new gets underway, but sadly so does the Second World War. From made any easier by having to constantly defer to the whims and truths about her family history. Stars Nadine Marshall. July 1975. wishes of his irascible boss, Lord Reith. SUN 07:15 Back to the Drawing Board (b0090bb6) SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b011ddmx) Robert Bathurst stars in the first radio sitcom to be written by Episode 4 The Whispering Forest Channel 4's Father Ted writer, Arthur Mathews. Many inventors have poor business skills, but one man is out to Episode 3 Robert Bathurst.....John Tharb build bridges and change perceptions. Matthew Harvey reports. Nyssa and Turlough uncover the secrets of the Takers, and the Vicky McClure.....Mabel Hopcraft SUN 07:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007779x) Time Lord walks into a trap. Fifth Doctor adventure stars Peter Ford Kiernan.....Lord Reith Series 2 Davison and Mark Strickland. Peter Egan.....Lancelot Wyndham Barrister SUN 18:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Pippa Evans.....The Queen Consort The surreal comedian tackles an expert role each week, with no (b007k4mr) Kevin Bishop.....The King / Edward Fellowes ability whatsoever. With Tom Goodman-Hill. From May 2007. The Devil's Harvest Ewan Bailey.....Gerald Merry SUN 08:00 Doctor in the House (b007jt20) As fires erupt - why is Ralph Exon's new plant strain mutation Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer. Our First Operation growing so rapidly? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012. Sir Lancelot Spratt causes alarm for medic Simon Sparrow in James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna. SAT 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b011tsc9) the operating theatre. Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna The Ravine The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams A small-town serial strangler is stalking women, but Lavinia for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley Nibbs refuses to let him spoil her night out. Ray Bradbury's in the House' published in 1952. Ralph Exon ...... Clifford Rose thriller stars Barta Heiner. Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as DI Balfour ...... Peter Wickham SAT 18:30 Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare (b00wt987) Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast Commander ...... Rod Beacham All Hallows as Taffy Evans and Ann Murray as Sister. Nurse ...... Joan Matheson On a hot summer's evening, a weary traveller is oppressed by Producer: David Hatch Voice in Climatorium ...... Jennifer Piercey the supernatural atmosphere inside a gigantic cathedral by the Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London. Producer: David Spencer sea. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968. First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in Read by Richard E Grant. SUN 08:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jp0b) March 1978. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was a popular award-wining Series 13 SUN 19:00 Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! poet, short story writer and novelist. He wrote for both children Any More for the Beach (b016vk54) and adults. The cheeky schoolboy sparks chaos on a family holiday at the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Abridged by Doreen Estall. seaside. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From September 1969. SUN 19:30 The Real Patron Saints (b00768vq) Producer: Lawrence Jackson SUN 09:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv7wq) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2010. Going for Gold SUN 20:00 Doctor in the House (b007jt20) SAT 19:00 Open Mike: Mike Craig's Radio Memoirs To what lengths is spotty bespectacled 11-year-old George [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] (b00c0077) prepared to go, to win the teenage Tamsin's heart? Stars Judy SUN 20:30 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jp0b) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Brooke. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SAT 22:00 Act Your Age (b00ftb87) SUN 09:30 L Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz (b00pgnqd) SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01p09m6) Series 1 Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Episode 3 Dorothy befriends the Scarecrow, the Tinman and the Lion on SUN 21:45 Frederic Raphael - A Fairly Regular Four Simon Mayo discovers which generation is the funniest. With the Yellow Brick Road. Stars Barbara Barnes and Maureen (b018ts6x) Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker. From December Lipman. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] 2008. SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01p09m6) SUN 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007779x) SAT 22:30 The Jason Byrne Show (b01p03v9) Turner Prize Winners [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Series 3 Sir Howard Hodgkin SUN 22:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b00807sc) Ever Been Proposed to in a Pub? From Coward to Stravinsky - artist Sir Howard Hodgkin's Series 1 Award-winning comedian Jason Byrne muses on the merits of castaway choices, in conversation with Sue Lawley. From Normal Kids matrimony. November 1994. Cartoonist Steven unearths an alien conspiracy to turn the world Stand up and sketches with Laurence Howarth and Daisy SUN 10:45 Frederic Raphael - A Fairly Regular Four into a holiday camp for kids. Haggard. (b018ts6x) Starring Paul McCrink as Steven Appleby. Producer: Julia McKenzie Cheating, competition and class loom large for a male quartet Featuring Rachel Atkins, Ewan Bailey, Nigel Betts and First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 2010. of tennis players. Read by Norman Rodway. Rosalind Paul. SAT 23:00 P Division (b00rfr3b) SUN 11:00 Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! Written by Steven Appleby Two Way Cut (b016vk54) Producer: Toby Swift Episode 3 Hush! Here Comes a Whizzbang First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001 Samuel Lurinaky was a law abiding accountant and deeply in Love and war feature in the comic celebration of the words and SUN 22:45 2000 Years of Radio (b007scys) love with a lady from the Orient. So why was he murdered and music of renowned songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee. Series 1 what does the owner of the Zambesi nightclub have to do with Starring Roy Hudd as Bert Weston and Billy Dainty as Bert Dark Age FM it? Lee. It's AD 500, history's most miserable time, when Britain was Stars Eliza Langland as WPC Elka Willems, Jake D'Arcy as DS Devised and written by Roy Hudd. invaded twice a week and the country was run by a bloke called Ray Sussock, Frank Gallagher as DC Malcolm Montgomery, Musical arrangements by Ian Smith. Arthur. Paul Morrow as PC Wanless, Sedhar Chozam as Chi Chiu Producer: Jonathan James-Moore But there was always Steve in the Afternoon to help Britons Lorinksi and Crawford Logan as DI Donoghue. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1982. through these difficult times Published in 1988, this is Peter Turnbull's fifth P Division novel SUN 11:30 The Real Patron Saints (b00768vq) Six-part series that taps into the radio archive of a bygone age. about his Glaswegian cops. Saint Andrew Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Claire Downes , Dramatised by Stephen Mulrine. How did a Palestinian fisherman who had never even heard of Stuart Lane, Al Holloway, Danny Robbins and Dan Tetsell. Producer: Hamish Wilson Scotland become the patron saint? Have the Scots got the wrong Producers: Paul Dodgson & Sean Grundy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. man? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2000. SAT 23:30 Kenneth Noye - A Killer on the Run (b01p03vc) Ian Hislop pieces together a rather unsaintly tale of Andrew the SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01p8pps) Episode 3 apostle posthumously elbowing out his local rivals to the title, From 10pm until midnight, Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club A murder trial yields a verdict of not guilty, but the bullion trial only to be challenged in later years by a romantic drunk, a poet offers two hours of comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Ella Kenion. has a very different outcome. Read by Philip Jackson. - and Mel Gibson. SUN 23:00 Radio Active (b007jrnl) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 November 2012 Page 3 of 8 Series 2 Written and read by Mark Gatiss. Series 11 What's Going On Abridged by David Jackson Young. The World Your indispensable guide to bargains in Margate and mouth- Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. By Frank Burton. A man wakes up to discover that he can see watering lunchtime theatre - from your local national radio Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first and hear everything that is happening in the world. Read by station. broadcast in October 2011. Karl Davies. Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey MON 07:00 Second Holmes (b015frk0) MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01p02sc) Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens. 2. The Case of the Maltese Pearls Bobby Womack, Sir David Frost, Mark Steel, Angela Hartnett, Music by Philip Pope. The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson probe the Danny Wallace, Willy Mason Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins with Richard mysterious theft of a necklace. Clive looks Through The Keyhole to nosey at the remarkable Curtis, Jon Canter, James Hendrie, Michael Fenton-Stevens and Six light-hearted adventures involving the grandsons of broadcasting career of Sir David Frost. Among the world Jimmy Mulville. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson written by Grant Eustace. figures he has interviewed are six British Prime Ministers, Producer: Jimmy Mulville CAST: seven US Presidents, from Tony Blair to Richard Nixon and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1982 Stamford Homes …. Peter Egan many outside the political world. Sir David is celebrating the SUN 23:30 The Boosh (b007jmhj) Dr Watson …. Jeremy Nicholas 50th anniversary of the pioneering satirical programme 'That Tundra Charles Mapleton …. Alex Jennings Was The Week That Was' with a dedicated evening at London's Bad-tempered zoo boss Bob Fossil has a couple of assignments Jane Mapleton …. Kathryn Hurlbutt BFI Southbank on Tuesday 27th November. for his star zookeepers. Neville Clarke …. Edward Cast Clive's burning up in Hell's Kitchen with chef Angela Hartnett, He's sending Vince to Spain to find a friend for the zoo's lonely Katrin …. Wendy Murray who cooks up a storm in her Michelin-starred restaurant, prawn, and he's sending Howard to the Arctic, just for the sake Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Murano. Angela's chair of the judges on this year's BBC Food of it First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983. and Farming Awards, searching for the most delicious and Written by and starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b01nxh2s) innovative food in Britain today. The winners will be announced The Boosh is a surreal adventure based on the Perrier Award- Series 58 at the BBC Good Food Show, NEC, Birmingham on winning comedy show, featuring Howard and Vince's battles Episode 2 Wednesday 28th November. Yes chef! with zoo manager Bob Fossil. The 58th series of Radio 4's multi award-winning antidote to Danny Wallace starts a Revolution with author and comedian Howard Moon ...... Julian Barrattt panel games promises more homespun wireless entertainment Mark Steel, who's made a virtue of the touring comedian's life. Vince Noir ...... Noel Fielding for the young at heart. This week the programme pays a return Mark returns to Radio 4 to scrutinise some of the UK's more Bob Fossil ...... Rich Fulcher visit to the Grove Theatre in Dunstable. Regulars Graeme distinctive towns and sheds some light on the people, history After BBC radio gave them their big break with this series, they Garden, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor are once again and eccentricities that makes them unique. 'Mark Steel's in transferred to BBC TV where The Mighty Boosh ran for three joined on the panel by Tony Hawks with Jack Dee in the chair. Town' is on Wednesday 28th November at 18.30. series. At the piano - Colin Sell. Producer - Jon Naismith. Clive crosses 110th Street to hang loose with legendary soul Producer: Danny Wallace. MON 08:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00dp7nk) singer Bobby Womack whose career began as lead singer in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2001. Kenneth Horne's high-drama in the Himalayas and Rodney and 'The Valentinos' and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist. Since Charles enter Eurovision. With Kenneth Williams. From then, Bobby's been in The Safety Zone, gone Back To His February 1964. Roots and Saved The Children.... to name just a few of his 27 MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 MON 08:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and albums. Bobby reveals why he's now 'The Bravest Man in the Flywheel (b0089jcz) Universe' and performs 'Deep River' from his Q award-winning MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b011ddmx) Series 3 Album of the Year. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Episode 2 With more music from low-fi, alt-folkie golden boy Willy MON 00:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor An escaped murderer is after the shady lawyer Waldorf T Mason who performs 'I Got Gold' from his album 'Carry On'. (b007k4mr) Flywheel. Producer: Cathie Mahoney. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the MON 12:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00dp7nk) MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01p09m6) adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors MON 12:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and MON 01:45 Frederic Raphael - A Fairly Regular Four on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were Flywheel (b0089jcz) (b018ts6x) rediscovered in 1988. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T MON 13:00 Paul Temple (b007rwnw) MON 02:00 Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat! Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] (b016vk54) Ravelli. MON 13:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b01614qr) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] With Lorelei King, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON 02:30 The Real Patron Saints (b00768vq) Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark MON 14:00 After Happy Ever (b00pgrq4) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] Brisenden. Rapunzel MON 03:00 Doctor in the House (b007jt20) Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. What became of the fairytale heroine who let her hair down [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] Producer: Dirk Maggs once too often? Stars Geraldine James, Carl Prekopp and John MON 03:30 William Rose - The Ladykillers (b007jnlr) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992. Rowe. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON 09:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007cnxp) MON 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the MON 05:00 Bill Taylor - Likely Stories (b00tv7wq) Series 2 Country (b00rql6f) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] Explorer Humphry Repton MON 05:30 90 by 90 The Full Set (b01p03xt) The surreal comedian's new challenge is to be an explorer, with Laurence explores changing ideas about the countryside, Episode 11 no ability whatsoever. With Tom Goodman-Hill. From May starting with early 19th-century landscape designer Humphrey Celebrating 90 years of BBC radio, a selection of short features 2007. Repton. marking some memorable radio moments. MON 09:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv2q) MON 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas MON 05:45 Back to the Drawing Board (b0090bb6) Series 2 (b008wfdp) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] Episode 3 Episode 1 MON 06:00 Paul Temple (b007rwnw) A seven foot squirrel drives ad man Ken Handley nuts, but can Robin Marantz Henig's biography about the Moravian monk Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery some face cream help? who pioneered genetic research. Read by Liza Ross and A Time to Worry Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in Michael Williams. The suave sleuth edges one step closer towards solving the the competitive world of advertising MON 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose murder and discovering the identity of The Fence. Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis (b011d77m) Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin Episode 1 and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for Freddie ...... Lockwood West Visiting his wife in hospital, Georgy Jachmenev recalls early BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. Deborah ...... Rosalind Ayres life in Imperial Russia. David Warner reads John Boyne's novel. With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Simon Lack as Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson MON 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq3z) Superintendent Raine, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, Julian Leo Gale ...... Glyn Owen [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Somers as George Kelburn, June Tobin as Linda Kelburn, Joan Christina ...... Jo Manning Wilson MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p0gsl) Matheson as Mrs Fletcher, Mary Wimbush as Dr Benkaray, Receptionist ...... Maggie McCarthy We start listening to a new story - Up On Cloud Nine by Anne Hugh Manning as Larry Cross, James Beattie as Charlie and George ...... Peter Tuddenham Fine. We'll also get a guide to garden birds and find out about Kenneth Dight as Inspector Milton. With Joss Ackland, James Griffiths, John Shrapnel, Imelda the legacy of Concorde. From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Staunton and David Tate. MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b7bd3) Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, Producer: Pete Atkin Series 2 solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1984. The Anniversary Blues series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails MON 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq3z) Tommy has big celebration plans for Sheila, but then Lewis gets and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore Marriages Remain involved. cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, Sorrowful at the departure of his mentor and only friend, the 30 years after sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. local school master, 11-year-old Jude Fawley resolves that one the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, the musical double-act are Producer: Martin C Webster day he'll follow his teacher to academia - as symbolised by the back in the big time. First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961. gleaming spires of distant Christminster. June Whitfield and Roy Hudd star in Mike Coleman's sitcom. MON 06:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b01614qr) Growing up, however, Jude finds more obstacles in his path Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd 1. Taking Action then merely difficulties of study... Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield It's 1953. Our hero Lucifer Box is approaching retirement and Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth With Pat Coombs, Julian Eardley, Edward Halstead, Paul dismayed to find that he's now more used to veneration than North. Rogan and Tracy-Ann Oberman. exhilaration. Patronised by his successor and generally feeling Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, Mark Straker as Music by Frido Ruth. jaded, Box decides to take action. Carter, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, Constance Chapman as Producer: Steve Doherty What better to put the spring back in his step than a date with Aunt Drusilla Fawley, Hazel Ellerby as Annie, John First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1999. his charming young secretary Miss Beveridge? There's also the Normington as Phillotson, Elva Makins as Arabella, Jesse MON 17:30 Second Holmes (b015frk0) glimmer of an exciting new case, as Box begins to investigate Lawrence as Young Jude, Esmond Rideout as Farmer Troutham [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] what - or who - caused his oldest friend Christopher Miracle to and Richard Wasley as Tiler. MON 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jm89) drive his car off a cliff and plunge to his death. Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller. An Eye for an Eye The third in a trilogy of spoof spy novels detailing the devilishly First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. Even horror legend Vincent Price can't face the meal that is daring adventures of debonair secret agent, Lucifer Box. MON 11:00 Opening Lines (b01p0gsj) placed before him. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 November 2012 Page 4 of 8 Co-starring Christopher Bidmead, Anne Jameson and Roger of his self-pity when he witnesses a most curious assassination; Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth Snowdon. soon he's heading across Europe, in the wake of the mysterious North. Written by William Ingram. killer. Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, June Barrie as Producer: John Dyas Written and read by Mark Gatiss. Widow Edlin, John Normington as Phillotson, Constance First broadcast on the BBC World Service in April 1974. Set in the 1950s, this is the third in a trilogy of spoof spy novels Chapman as Aunt Drusilla Fawley, Elizabeth Garvie as Sue MON 18:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p0gsn) featuring the adventures of debonair - if now slightly decrepit - Bridehead, Brian Jackson as Tinker Taylor, Gregory Phillips as Fiat Homo secret agent Lucifer Box. Jack Stagg, Nicholas Blane as the Policeman, Stella Riley as Episode 1 Abridged by David Jackson Young. Miss Fontover, Kim Hicks as Freckles, Jack Harding as the The 26th-century life of novice monk Brother Francis Gerard Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Warder, Andrew Black and Paul Wilce as the students. of Utah. 1960 post-apocalyptic alternate history read by Nigel Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller. Lindsay. broadcast in October 2011. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. MON 19:00 Beyond Our Ken (b00dp7nk) TUE 07:00 Semi Circles (b007jtw6) TUE 11:00 Opening Lines (b01p0rpz) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 2 Series 11 MON 19:30 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and The Liberated Generation Atlantic Flats Flywheel (b0089jcz) "Ours is the generation of freedom, of permissiveness. We By Richard Knight. An old man wonders if he can ever [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] aren't shocked by anything. I mean, we may not want to recapture the relationship he had with his daughter as a child. MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b007rwnw) participate, but there's nothing we actually disapprove of..". Read by Malcolm Tierney. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Ben and Helen's marriage is at a standstill. Will Dick and TUE 11:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld MON 20:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b01614qr) Marian get it moving? (b00rdspc) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] The improving story of life and improving times in an A novelist is losing readers. But then he encounters two MON 21:00 Opening Lines (b01p0gsj) improving neighbourhood. hardened criminals breaking into his house. Starring Richard E [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Starring Paula Wilcox as Helen and David Wood as Ben Grant. MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01p02sc) Written by Simon Brett TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jq80) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Helen ...... Paula Wilcox [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b01nxh2s) Ben ...... David Wood TUE 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Mrs Kelly ...... Pay Heywood (b007k02m) MON 22:30 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007cnxp) Alastair ...... Tony Millan [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Dick ...... David Gooderson TUE 13:00 Paul Temple (b007rwp2) MON 23:00 The Now Show (b01ny0fh) Marian ...... Jean Trend [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Series 38 Producer: Pete Atkin TUE 13:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161cl2) Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1982 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Budgets, Bishops, and Bullying. This was the week that David TUE 07:30 Bleak Expectations (b01nxt2d) TUE 14:00 After Happy Ever (b00pgwgq) Cameron threatened to use his veto at the EU, the Church of Series 5 Goldilocks England voted against female bishops, and the BBC appointed a A Pleasant Yet Dull Life Re-Evilled What becomes of the fairytale heroine who tries out other new DG. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in stand- Pip Bin is beginning to miss the conflict with his absent evil people's houses for size? Lynn Ferguson's story stars Leslie up and sketches, and Mitch Benn bashes the bishops. With Jon nemesis Mr Gently Benevolent when he receives an intriguing Ash. Holmes, Laura Shavin, and Sarah Kendall. Produced by invitation to a house party with Britain's poshest man, the Baron- TUE 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Victoria Lloyd. Viscount-Marqu-earl-et the Lord-Dukey Clampvulture of Too- Country (b00rvzb9) MON 23:30 On Baby Street (b00flbp3) Many Titles. William Wordsworth and the Sublime Landscape Series 2 But one of the other guests may not be all he seems.... How Wordsworth expressed a sense of nature's powers in his Episode 3 Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles poetry that has influenced thinking about the countryside ever New mum Geraldine's after a nanny, while Shona's flat out at Dickens. since. work. Stars Jenny Eclair and Frances Barber. From September Sir Philip ...... Richard Johnson TUE 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas 1997. Young Pip Bin ...... Tom Allen (b008wmwt) Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head Episode 2 Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman Despite struggles with other duties, the monk begins his TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 Clampvulture ...... Geoffrey Whitehead experiments. Robin Marantz Henig's biography, read by Ripely ...... Sarah Hadland Michael Williams. TUE 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jm89) Pippa ...... Susy Kane TUE 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] General Kartoffel-Kopf ...... Mark Evans (b011dd7k) TUE 00:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p0gsn) Producer: Gareth Edwards. Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012. Georgy recalls his position in St Petersburg as companion to the TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007rwnw) TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jq80) Tsar's son, Alexei. Read by David Warner. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] The Million Pound Penny TUE 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4d) TUE 01:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b01614qr) Two tales for the price of one - The Sockjelly Murder and the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] story of Ned The Miser! TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p0rq1) TUE 02:00 Another Case of Milton Jones (b007cnxp) Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Mel celebrates the birthday of musician Randy Newman, finds [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Milligan. out about the work that goes into cooking food for hospital TUE 02:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jv2q) Starring: patients, and searches for noctilucent clouds. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Peter Sellers TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx0t) TUE 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq3z) Harry Secombe Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Spike Milligan The Late, Late Show TUE 04:00 Opening Lines (b01p0gsj) First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Where do Faith's children fit in, now that Bill's around? [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01p02sc) shows weren’t kept in the archive. Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00b7bd3) Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. and Joe. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith and James Bolam as Bill. TUE 05:30 Second Holmes (b015frk0) Producer: John Browell Series one of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1958. husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. TUE 06:00 Paul Temple (b007rwp2) TUE 08:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery (b007k02m) for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. The Visitor Dick Turpin Faith ...... Lynda Bellingham With time running out, can the suave sleuth finally confront The veteran of many parts recounts the story of a scheme to Bill ...... James Bolam who murdered Julia Kelburn? make a fortune from flops which puts "the Producers" to Hannah ...... Kelda Holmes Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple shame. Joe ...... Mark Denham and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for The doyen of British show business, J Kingston Platt shares Christi ...... Ian Targett BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his Producer: Pete Atkin With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Simon Lack as experience from the past 40 years. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988. Superintendent Raine, Tommy Duggan as Mike Langdon, Julian Performed and written by Peter Jones. TUE 17:30 Semi Circles (b007jtw6) Somers as George Kelburn, June Tobin as Linda Kelburn, Joan Producer: Pete Atkin [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Matheson as Mrs Fletcher, Mary Wimbush as Dr Benkaray, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1986. TUE 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmcf) James Beattie as Charlie and Hugh Manning as Larry Cross. TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01ny0fh) Blind Man's Bluff From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Horror legend Vincent Price's chilling tale of an eerie passenger Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, TUE 09:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012h800) who joins him on a train heading west. solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular Series 1 Co-starring Freddie Jones and Geoffrey Collins. series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails Androids in Love Written by William Ingram. and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore Comedy series by Christopher William Hill, set in 1961. A Producer: John Dyas cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, BBC producer struggles to make a radio soap set in the First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1975. usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. unimaginably futuristic world of 2006. TUE 18:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p0rq3) Producer: Martin C Webster A top Shakespearean actor guests on the show as an android. Fiat Homo First heard on the BBC Light Programme in 1961. With Peter Bowles, Cheryl Campbell, John Fortune and Leslie Episode 2 TUE 06:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161cl2) Phillips. The consequences of Brother Francis's extraordinary find 2. Oblivion TUE 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4d) become clear. Post-apocalyptic alternate history read by Nigel Of an indeterminate age, Lucifer Box is heading towards So Near, So Far Lindsay. retirement as Head of the Royal Academy, aka the very secret, His marriage to the local pig breeder's daughter having ended TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jq80) Secret Service. disastrously, Jude once again trains his eyes and thoughts of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Having had his advances rejected by his successor's secretary, academia on the magical Christminster, where his cousin Sue TUE 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook Box heads to Soho in search of oblivion. There, he's shaken out lives... (b007k02m) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 November 2012 Page 5 of 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Black Butterfly. competition where children could spend a day with an MP to TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007rwp2) Written and read by Mark Gatiss. discover what politics is really like. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Set in 1953, this is the third in a trilogy of spoof spy novels Unfortunately the winner is a ferociously obnoxious child TUE 20:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161cl2) detailing the devilishly daring adventures of secret agent, prodigy. Nothing is ever simple for the MP who craves a quiet [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Lucifer Box. life. TUE 21:00 Opening Lines (b01p0rpz) Abridged by David Jackson Young. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis's topical sitcom from 2006 about a [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. hapless backbench MP. TUE 21:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first Stars James Fleet as Duncan Stonebridge. (b00rdspc) broadcast in October 2011. With Simon Greenall, Geoffrey McGivern, Geraldine McNulty, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED 07:00 The Alan Davies Show (b007jsk4) Neil Edmond, Matilda Ziegler and Sarah Coleman. TUE 22:00 Bleak Expectations (b01nxt2d) Episode 6 Producer: Adam Bromley [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Struggling actor Alan has a date with an X-rated actress, whilst First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2006. TUE 22:30 Such Rotten Luck (b01p0rq5) Peruvian Flu strikes at the Gazette. WED 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4p) Series 1 Alan Davies stars in his own sitcom. The Curse of Consciousness Red Whales in the Funhouse Written by Ben Silburn, Tony Roche and Alan Davies. Rebuffed from going to college at Christminster, Jude learns he Wordsmith Woodhouse tries an oratorio and some candid Alan ...... Alan Davies may train for the priesthood elsewhere - perhaps at Melchester, writing about a pregnancy. Murray ...... Alan Francis where his cousin Sue has become a teacher. The ups and downs of a second class writer Kate ...... Ronni Ancona Denied the possibility of courting her due to his marriage to Comedy drama series written by Ronald Hayman. With Debra Stephenson and Kevin Eldon. Arabella, Jude can't resist travelling to Melchester to be near Woodhouse ...... Tim Pigott-Smith Producer: Jane Berthoud her.... Gila ...... Zoe Wanamaker First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998. Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth Seamus ...... Stephen Rea WED 07:30 Gloomsbury (b01nlbff) North. Wilhelmina ...... Susie Bran Series 1 Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, John Normington as Henrietta Masterson ...... Miriam Karlin He's Got to Be Stopped Phillotson, Constance Chapman as Aunt Drusilla Fawley, Hamish McVomitory ...... Bill Wallis Vera Sackcloth-Vest is bracing herself for the departure of her Elizabeth Garvie as Sue Bridehead, Brian Jackson as Tinker With Eva Stuart, Susan Sheridan and Shaun Prendergast as the adored husband Henry on a Foreign Office posting to Romania. Taylor, Elva Makins as Arabella, Anthony Morse as Parson, other members of the Creative Writing Class. Her friends Ginny and Lionel Fox have come down to Alexa Romanes as the Landlady, Melvyn Bedford as the Music by Elizabeth Parker of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Sizzlinghurst to support her, along with her slightly demented Shepherd and Abigail Docherty, Adele Griffiths and Bob Director: Piers Plowright devotee Venus Traduces. Whilst maintaining a veneer of Docherty as the children. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in September 1989. cheerful serenity, Vera is inwardly desperate and hatches Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller. TUE 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007jwv0) several intricate plots to detain him: an ominous dream, a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. Series 2 succession of spurious telegrams, an extensive repertoire of WED 11:00 Opening Lines (b01p0twx) Food ailments. She even attempts, disastrously, to persuade the cook Series 12 The Athens restaurant regulars set up a 'last supper' menu of to stage a staff crisis. Horses hemlock. Stars Stephen Moore. From April 2002. Meanwhile, down in the gazebo at midnight, Venus encourages By Emma Greengrass. A glimpse of four coal-black horses TUE 23:30 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007t32k) Henry to resist all Vera's attempts to detain him as she will proves to be a life-affirming experience for an elderly lady. Series 1 surely give in at the last moment and go with him to Romania. Read by Julia McKenzie. Love Cast: WED 11:15 Neil Brand - Joanna (b00r9xm6) The sci-fi star and his crew set sail on a romantic cruise. With Vera Sackcloth-Vest ..... Miriam Margolyes An old piano recalls the hands that played her, and the passion Tom Baker, Richard Herring and Stewart Lee. From November Henry Mickleton ..... Jonathan Coy and pain she has observed. Musical drama starring Haydn 1992. Mrs Gosling ..... Alison Steadman Gwynne. Venus Traduces ..... Morwenna Banks WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jph6) Lionel Fox ..... Nigel Planer [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2012 Mrs Ginny Fox ..... Alison Steadman WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sxklf) Mr Gosling ..... Nigel Planer [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmcf) Produced by Jamie Rix WED 13:00 Raffles (b01p0twv) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 00:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p0rq3) WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jph6) WED 13:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0162lr1) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Series 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007rwp2) The Gourmet WED 14:00 After Happy Ever (b00pgydb) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] The lad thinks he's a connoisseur of food, so Sid enters him in Snow White WED 01:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161cl2) an eating competition. What becomes of the fairytale heroine who makes her way back [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Starring Tony Hancock. to the forest? Written by and starring Lynn Ferguson. With Jon WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01ny0fh) With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell and Hugh Glover. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Morton. WED 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the WED 02:30 Tomorrow, Today! (b012h800) Special guest star: BBC sports commentator, Ray Glendenning. Country (b00rzmkj) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The Sporting Estate WED 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4d) Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. The stylist explores how field sports contributed to the idea of [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Producer: Tom Ronald the country house as a seat of social and political power. WED 04:00 Opening Lines (b01p0rpz) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959. WED 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sxklf) (b008x0vt) WED 04:15 Michael Butt - Harry in the Underworld Series 4 Episode 3 (b00rdspc) Episode 3 The pioneer geneticist presents his findings to a baffled [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] It's bath night for John Cleese, plus a nude surprise in an art audience. Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael WED 05:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx0t) gallery. Williams. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and WED 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose WED 05:30 Semi Circles (b007jtw6) parodies. (b011djvh) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall Episode 3 WED 06:00 Raffles (b01p0twv) and Bill Oddie. Royal household newcomer Georgy takes a train with the Series 1 Written by Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Tsarevich to army headquarters. Read by David Warner. 1. The Ides of March Peter Hutchins and Leslie Sellers. WED 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4p) Bunny Manders desperately needs ready cash to repay a Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] gambling debt. 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p0twz) His old schoolfellow, the celebrated English cricketer AJ quickly developed a cult following. We dish up some delicious Sikh food to mark the celebration of Raffles knows just the person to help a fellow out. He's a Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. Guru Nanak, hear the Inheritance Tracks of Grease star Olivia jeweller in London's Bond Street - and, funnily enough, Raffles Producer: Humphrey Barclay Newton John, and find out why children fib! had planned to pay him a surprise visit that very night ... First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1966. WED 17:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00p4yp8) EW Hornung's early Raffles stories of the renowned cricketer WED 09:00 Winston (b007k4b8) Series 1 and gentleman thief. Series 1 The Older Man Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane. A Happy Family Patrick is delighted with Alison's new boyfriend, but what about AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde Nancy has recently moved to the village with sister Rosie, the rest of the family? Stars Duncan Preston. From September Bunny ...... Michael Cochrane brother William and her Father. 2003. Lord Upton ...... George Parsons When Winston, the local poacher and handyman, is thrown out WED 17:30 The Alan Davies Show (b007jsk4) Crony ...... Graham Blockey by his wife because of his infidelities, he invites himself to stay [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Crony ...... Shaun Prendergast with them and starts to spoil the family by acquiring a brand WED 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmn9) Constable ...... John Church new freezer for them, by doing all the washing and ironing and Goody Two Shoes Young Bunny ...... James Dykes by cooking them superb meals. Horror legend Vincent Price's sobering tale of Anne and David Dramatised by David Buck. But they are deeply suspicious. What could be Winston's and their unwelcome lodger. Signature tune composed by Jim Parker. motives? Married for five years, David and Anne Fordyce escape the Director: Gordon House Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as London rat race by buying a deserted cottage in Devon. But A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, their idyllic life is shattered by the intrusion of a previous tenant in October 1985. Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William. - from another century... WED 06:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0162lr1) Directed at BBC Bristol by Shaun MacLoughlin. David Fordyce ...... Michael Jayston 3. The Trail First broadcast on BBC Radio in April 1989. Anne Fordyce ...... Sandra Clark The debonair, if now slightly decrepit, Lucifer Box has WED 09:30 The Party Line (b012r7lf) Mrs Perkins ...... Daphne Heard followed the trail of the mysterious assassin, Kingdom Kum, to Series 2 Victoria ...... Frances Jeater Istanbul. Episode 4 Charles ...... Nigel Graham Box must discover who the young man's paymaster is and the Hapless backbench MP Duncan Stonebridge is worried about Written by William Ingram. culprit behind the production of the deadly hallucinogenic drug, his majority. To boost his popularity his office organised a Producer: John Dyas Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 November 2012 Page 6 of 8 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1983. Dramatised by David Buck. and David Sharp as the Townsman. WED 18:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p0v60) Signature tune composed by Jim Parker. Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller. Fiat Homo Director: Gordon House First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. Episode 3 A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast THU 11:00 Opening Lines (b01p0xc8) The saga of the Flame Deluge and the Era of Simplification in October 1985. Series 12 unfolds. 1960 post-apocalyptic alternate history read by Nigel THU 06:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0162k8q) The Amazing Arnolfini and His Wife Lindsay. 4. Jamaica By Jonathan Pinnock. Travelling across America, the daredevil WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jph6) Lucifer Box has learned that Kingdom Kum is a CIA operative, husband-and-wife tightrope walkers promise a jaw-dropping [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] and that they are both investigating the same case: the poisoning finale. Read by Laurel Lefkow. WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00sxklf) of obscure members of the British establishment with a deadly THU 11:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] hallucinogenic drug called Black Butterfly. An idyllic holiday runs into problems as Beth and Simon get WED 20:00 Raffles (b01p0twv) The killer's trail has led the men to Jamaica, where the stuck in an airport. Stars Renny Krupinski and Belinda Sinclair. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] suspected next victim, Lord Battenburg, is about to chair the THU 12:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p0x1b) WED 20:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0162lr1) World Government Summit. Will they reach him in time? [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Written and read by Mark Gatiss. THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b011db7s) WED 21:00 Opening Lines (b01p0twx) Set in 1953, this is the third in a trilogy of spoof spy novels [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] detailing the devilishly daring adventures of secret agent, THU 13:00 Raffles (b01p0wps) WED 21:15 Neil Brand - Joanna (b00r9xm6) Lucifer Box. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. THU 13:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0162k8q) WED 22:00 Gloomsbury (b01nlbff) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] broadcast in October 2011. THU 14:00 After Happy Ever (b00ph6s9) WED 22:30 Just Plain Gardening (b007jn83) THU 07:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013cx3p) The Princess and The Pea You Can't Plant Daffodils on Tulips, Clover Series 3 What became of the fairytale heroine who knocked on a door Can style-conscious new girl Clover impress the school digging Dream Genie one stormy night? Lynn Ferguson's story stars Melanie Hill. corp? Stars Celia Imrie and Julie Hesmondhalgh. From April Derek is devastated when he hears that his ex-wife Jackie is THU 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the 2002. unwell. Country (b00s1pds) WED 22:45 The Consultants (b00dbj10) After using Wendy as a shoulder to cry on, he rushes to Jackie's Feargus O'Connor and the Chartist Land Plan Series 1 side, leaving Maureen feeling uncharacteristically panicky at the The legacy of O'Connor's 1842 plan for poor Britons to plough Episode 3 thought of being without him. their own furrow for financial independence and social dignity. The team tackle an unusual case of sexual harassment. With Sitcom about the mundane lives of childless couple, Robin and THU 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. From Wendy and their friends and neighbours - with a twist. (b008x3q5) February 2003. Wendy ...... Kay Stonham Episode 4 WED 23:00 The Hare Lane Diaries (b00m2dcc) Robin ...... Brian Capron Other scientists, including Darwin, receive the monk's findings. Episode 5 Derek ...... Martin Trenaman Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael Williams. As Rex and landlady Jessica yearn for adventure, they must Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore THU 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose unexpectedly cooperate. Stars David Bamber. From September Written by Kay Stonham. (b011f57x) 2001. Devised by Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall Episode 4 WED 23:30 Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking Producer: Helen Williams Painful memories for Georgy over Zoya's betrayal and Alexei's (b00773md) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004. accident while in his care. Read by David Warner. Series 1 THU 07:30 Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like THU 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5l) Episode 4 This? (b01nxwnd) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] A day in the life of a lock keeper and a return to Chingley Hall. Money THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p0xcd) Award-winning comedian Laura Solon's sketch and character Andrew Lawrence continues his comic explanation of our An exploration of the Hollywood Costumes exhibition at the comedy series development via stand up, sketch and song. V&A Museum, and we'll find out if you can really tell when With Ben Moor, Katherine Parkinson and Ben Willbond. This time, Andrew explores money. someone is telling a bare-faced lie. Written by Laura Solon. With additional material by the cast, Sara Pascoe and Marek Larwood assist. THU 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jnbv) Carl Cooper, Tony Roche and Andy Marlatt. Producer: Jane Berthoud Series 7 Producer: Colin Anderson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012. Beside the Seaside First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2007. THU 08:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p0x1b) Staff and pupils set off on a school trip, but trouble soon erupts Series 1 at their guest house. Stars James Grout. From May 1992. The Inspector Calls THU 17:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013cx3p) THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2012 The threat of closure from an official inspection calls for [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] desperate measures at the sleepy station. THU 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jnhf) THU 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jmn9) Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Kenneth To My Dear, Dear Saladin [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Connor as Percy, Liz Fraser as Gloria and John Graham as Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of a cat - and its THU 00:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p0v60) Phineas Perkins. unusual inheritance. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway To Emily, Great Aunt Hesta leaves her entire fortune, including THU 01:00 Raffles (b01p0twv) station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for her home, Longbridge Manor. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that To her beloved cat, Saladin, she bequeaths continuing life on THU 01:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0162lr1) his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk the estate. But Emily's husband, Freddie has other ideas and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, dearly pays the price... THU 02:00 Winston (b007k4b8) Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Starring Edward Woodward as Freddie, Annette Crosbie as [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Emily, Steve Hodson as Smiley and Lewis Stringer as the THU 02:30 The Party Line (b012r7lf) Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made Solicitor [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Scripted by William Ingram. THU 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq4p) Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop Producer: John Dyas [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] down the line. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983. THU 04:00 Opening Lines (b01p0twx) Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues. THU 18:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p0xjc) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Producer: Edward Taylor Fiat Homo THU 04:15 Neil Brand - Joanna (b00r9xm6) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1971. Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b011db7s) Now a professed monk, Brother Francis begins his devotional THU 05:00 Ring Around the Bath (b00p4yp8) From 26/11/1953 blueprint in honour of his Order's founder. 1960 post- [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] Sabotage at the BBC, and Eth dithers over home decor in The apocalyptic alternate history read by Nigel Lindsay. THU 05:30 The Alan Davies Show (b007jsk4) Glums. With Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From THU 19:00 Parsley Sidings (b01p0x1b) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] November 1953. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU 06:00 Raffles (b01p0wps) THU 09:00 Unnatural Acts (b00k7xd4) THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b011db7s) Series 1 Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 2. Gentlemen and Players Mean Streets THU 20:00 Raffles (b01p0wps) When Raffles and Bunny are engaged for cricketing weeks at With Kit's new shop and the Neighbourhood Watch enrolling [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] country estates, the playing of cricket can hardly be said to be Caroline, the boys take action. Stars Jeremy Hardy. From THU 20:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0162k8q) their chief preoccupation. March 1998. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Bunny is an incorrigible ladies' man, while amateur cracksman, THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b01p0x1d) THU 21:00 Opening Lines (b01p0xc8) AJ Raffles takes an understandable professional interest in his Ludo and spilling the beans. Nicholas Parsons welcomes Linda [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] fellow guests' portable property... Smith, Clement Freud, Stephen Fry and Paul Merton. From THU 21:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g) EW Hornung's early Raffles stories of the renowned cricketer July 2000. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] and gentleman thief. THU 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5l) THU 22:00 Andrew Lawrence: How Did We End Up Like Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane. The Unusual Tragedy of Love This? (b01nxwnd) AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde Dashed down by Sue's marriage to Phillotson, Jude returns to [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Bunny ...... Michael Cochrane Christminster as a stonemason. His drunken speechifying THU 22:30 Elvenquest (b00k9d80) Crawshay ...... Ron Pember makes him the butt of jokes in the local public houses. Series 1 Lord Amersteth ...... David Garth Arabella, the wife of his disastrous first marriage, has returned Episode 5 Inspector MacKenzie ...... Henry Stamper from Australia, destitute and determined to reclaim him.... The Oracle enlightens in the quest for the Sword of Asnagar. Rector's Daughter ...... Melinda Walker Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth Fantasy comedy starring Darren Boyd and Dave Lamb. From Batsman ...... James MacPherson North. May 2009. Umpire ...... Gordon Reid Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, Elizabeth Garvie as THU 23:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b007k1j3) Maid ...... Jane Leonard Sue Bridehead, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, John Normington Series 2 Porter ...... Christopher Scott as Phillotson, Elva Makins as Arabella, Ian MacFarlane as the Episode 8 Member ...... Graham Blockley Voice, John Church as Gillingham, Debbie Papworth as Janey, Motson's Syndrome - and a nuclear attack. Andy Hamilton and Guest ...... Jamie Roberts Richard Morgan as the Vicar, Hubert Tucker as the Showman Nick Revell's sharp-edged topical humour. From October 1986. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 November 2012 Page 7 of 8 THU 23:30 Sounding Off with McGough (b007k4lr) Meanwhile, Tharb does his best to cheer up BBC Radio's most Time, John Linstrum as Dr Vilbert, Barrie Shore as the Rough Heroes and Villains depressed newsreader, Roger Eves. Woman and Jerold Wells as the Auctioneer. Roger McGough's poetic reflections on relatives and retsina. Set in the BBC's Broadcasting House in London during the Produced at BBC Bristol by Brian Miller. With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator 1930s, this series follows head of programmes, John Tharb and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. Andy Roberts. his assistant, Mabel Hopcraft as they struggle to deal with the FRI 11:00 Opening Lines (b01p10tk) Recorded at the Bath Festival. foibles and fragile egos of radio's biggest stars. Series 12 Producer: Sara Davies Robert Bathurst stars in the last episode of the radio sitcom Kiss First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2000. written by Arthur Mathews. by Heather Reid. Thoughts of her all-important first kiss THU 23:45 The Tape Recorded Highlights of a Humble Bee Robert Bathurst.....John Tharb occupy a teenager's mind as she heads home on the school bus. (b00p4y6t) Vicky McClure.....Mabel Hopcraft Read by Morven Christie. 'Red Admiral' and 'Doing the Dishes' Ford Kiernan.....Lord Reith FRI 11:15 Rumours of Guns (b007jw38) A hapless, jazz-loving insect's audio diary of his mainly Peter Egan.....Doctor Ganley A powerful Battle of Britain drama about the emotional cost of uneventful life. With Mark Williams and Tim Whitnall. From Malcolm Tierney.....Sergeant Major war. By Andrew Greig and Kathleen Jamie. Stars Stella Forge. July 2003. Kevin Bishop.....Ordinary Cockney Father / Perfumed Pete FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b015qxph) Pippa Evans.....Ordinary Cockney Mother [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Ewan Bailey.....Roger Eves / Fancy Dan FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrtv) FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2012 Moisty.....Arthur Mathews [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Producer: Simon Mayhew-Archer. FRI 13:00 Raffles (b01p10th) FRI 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jnhf) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b015qxph) FRI 13:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161mpx) FRI 00:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p0xjc) Series 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] The Potarneyland Training Exercise FRI 14:00 After Happy Ever (b00ph8rq) FRI 01:00 Raffles (b01p0wps) Sub-Lieutenant Phillips's navigation skills are hired out to a Cinderella [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] foreign power, but diplomacy breaks down. What becomes of the fairytale heroine who goes for an FRI 01:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0162k8q) Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the orthopaedic shoe fitting? Lynn Ferguson's story stars Janet [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Brown. FRI 02:00 Unnatural Acts (b00k7xd4) Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as WREN FRI 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Chasen, Ronnie Barker as Commander Bell, Tenniel Evans as Country (b00s54j7) FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b01p0x1d) LS Goldstein and Michael Bates as the Potarneyland Officer. Octavia Hill [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS How Octavia set up the National Trust, based on her belief in FRI 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5l) Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series the importance of nature for the working class. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] between 1959 and 1976. FRI 14:30 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas FRI 04:00 Opening Lines (b01p0xc8) Scripted by Lawrie Wyman (b008x8b6) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. Episode 5 FRI 04:15 Renny Krupinski - No Problem (b007jw1g) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September The monk's religious duties take precedence, but his legacy [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] 1965. remains. Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael FRI 05:00 King Street Junior (b007jnbv) FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrtv) Williams. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] Series 4 FRI 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose FRI 05:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b013cx3p) Remember the Burkiss Way (b011f7m7) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] It's the clash of the game shows! Jo Kendall, Chris Emmett, Episode 5 FRI 06:00 Raffles (b01p10th) Fred Harris and Nigel Rees try to win the car. In wartime London, an intelligence agency recruits Georgy to Series 1 Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to translate Russian documents. David Warner reads John Boyne's 3. A Costume Piece 1980. novel. Reuben Rosenthall has made his millions in the diamond fields Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. FRI 15:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5z) of South Africa, and it seems only right and proper to Raffles Producer: David Hatch [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] that some of this wealth should be redistributed. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1979. FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01p1pl6) But his attempts to seize the diamonds don't quite go according FRI 09:00 Bristow (b00ct8w3) Mel waxes lyrical about wax, we'll munch some haggis on St to plan, as a low-key stakeout spirals into a terrifying scramble Series 1 Andrew's Day, and hear the final chapter of this week's story, for survival. The Great Escape Up On Cloud Nine, by Anne Fine. EW Hornung's early Raffles stories dramatised by David Buck. Bristow plots the summer holiday of a lifetime - in Mudsea. FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008qs53) Starring Jeremy Clyde and Michael Cochrane. Michael Williams stars as Bristow, the Chester-Perry buying Series 3 AJ Raffles ...... Jeremy Clyde clerk. He is but a small cog in a gigantic wheel... and he knows Episode 3 Bunny ...... Michael Cochrane it. A woman struggles to take off her shoe – and the perils of Reuben Rosenthall ...... Geoffrey Matthews Adapted from by Frank Dickens from his famous newspaper drinking different types of alcohol. 'Slammer' Purvis ...... John Hollis cartoon strip. Syndicated internationally, it ran for 51 years Richard Ingrams John Wells, John Sessions, Joan Sims amd Jala ...... Alton Kumalo from 1961. Patricia Routledge recreate the world of JB Morton. Lady 1 ...... Natasha Pyne Bristow …. Michael Williams With Brian Bowles, Simon Greenall, Henrietta Gooden and Lady 2 ...... Jane Leonard Jones …. Rodney Bewes featuring June Whitfield. Odd Bodd ...... Graham Blockey Mrs Purdy …. Dora Bryan Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s Signature tune composed by Jim Parker. Hewitt …. Owen Brenman surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a Directed by Gordon House Miss Sunman …. Katy Odey great deal of modern humour – thanks to characters he created A BBC Radio 4/ BBC World Service production first broadcast Fudge …. Jon Glover between the wars. in November 1985. BJ …. Christopher Benjamin Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams. FRI 06:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161mpx) Post Boy …. Simon Schatzberger Announcer: Brian Perkins. 5. Deadly Adversary Francine …. Carol Starks Producer: Harry Thompson Having followed a trail that led from Soho to Jamaica, via Turner …. David Ryall First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1994. Istanbul, Lucifer Box has finally come face to face with a Other parts played by the cast. FRI 17:30 Up the Garden Path (b0084qnz) deadly adversary from his past. Music: John Whitehall [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Will our hero prevent him from carrying out his evil plan? Producer: Neil Cargill FRI 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn3p) Written and concluded by Mark Gatiss. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. The Family Album Set in 1953, this is the third in a trilogy of spoof spy novels FRI 09:30 The Brothers (b007m477) Horror legend Vincent Price introduces a tale of faceless detailing the devilishly daring adventures of secret agent, Series 1 commuter Arthur, who proves to be a formidable adversary as Lucifer Box. Episode 3 danger strikes. Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. Liquidised orchids, tropical fish and John Travolta's cuff links. Stars Maurice Denham as Arthur Goodby, Liz Fraser as Rose First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2011. More events for brothers Nigel and Michael. Has one of them Goodby, James Kerry as Harry, Aubrey Morris as Mr Martin FRI 07:00 Up the Garden Path (b0084qnz) got a date? and Anthony Newlands as The Coroner. Series 2 Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard. Scripted by William Ingram. You Shall Go to the Ball Comedy series about two brothers starting a website-design Producer: John Dyas Izzy gets invited to a ball in Cambridge, but she could do with a company - written by Caroline and David Stafford. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1983. fairy godmother... Nigel ...... Adam Godley FRI 18:30 A Canticle for Leibowitz (b01p1pl8) Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard Fiat Homo teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men. Oonagh...... Pauline McLynn Episode 5 Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy. Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley Brother Francis heads to New Rome for the canonisation of An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. Daughter...... Alice Hart Saint Leibowitz, his greatest hope fulfilled. 1960 post- The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada Dad ...... John Glover apocalyptic alternate history read by Nigel Lindsay. also adapted the series for ITV. Producer: Marc Beeby FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b015qxph) Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Charles ...... David Robb FRI 10:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure (b007jq5z) FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrtv) Dick ...... Mike Grady We Wronged No Man [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost Sue can no longer go on living with Phillotson as his wife, and FRI 20:00 Raffles (b01p10th) Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank elopes with Jude, who's now free of Arabella. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Louise ...... Phyllida Nash Sue, however, is intensely fearful of further entanglements, and FRI 20:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161mpx) Gwyn ...... Dafydd Hywel cannot but see Jude's natural feelings for her in a brutal, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Producer: Jonathan James-Moore barbaric light.... FRI 21:00 Opening Lines (b01p10tk) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1988. Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel dramatised in six parts by Elizabeth [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 07:30 The Golden Age (b01p068b) North. FRI 21:15 Rumours of Guns (b007jw38) Minority Appeal Stars Michael Pennington as Jude Fawley, Elizabeth Garvie as [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Mabel suggests making some programmes for "minorities"; a Sue Bridehead, June Barrie as Widow Edlin, Elva Makins as FRI 22:00 The Golden Age (b01p068b) suggestion which takes Lord Reith by surprise. Arabella, Hazel Ellerby as Annie, Jesse Lawrence as Father [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 24 – 30 November 2012 Page 8 of 8 FRI 22:30 Goodness Gracious Me (b01p1plb) Series 3 Episode 2 The embarrassing auntie gets hip, and some curious memories of the British Raj. Starring: Sanjeev Bhaskar Kulvinder Ghir Meera Syal Nina Wadia Gold Winner of the Sony Radio Academy Awards. The sketch comedy show originally ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998, later transferring to TV on BBC TWO from 1998 to 2001. Scripted by Richard Pinto, Sharat Sardana, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Sanjeev Kohli. Script Editor: Sharat Sardana Producer: Anil Gupta. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998. FRI 23:00 Tales from the Tower (b00df7j6) Penne Arrabiata No Chips From the top of Blackpool Tower, caretaker Bob Braithwaite spies on a wedding organiser. Stars David Holt. From August 2001. FRI 23:30 Dial M for Pizza (b009y1q0) Series 1 Episode 3 Sketch show capers from sauna novices to Batman in his dotage. Stars Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst. From December 1987.

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