Radio 4 Extra Listings for 13 – 19 June 2015 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2015 Madeleine ...... Anne Carroll Stockholm, seven decades apart, to receive the Nobel Prize for Cleaner ...... Tara Dominic Literature. SAT 00:00 Philip K Dick - We Can Remember It for You Matron ...... Anna Cropper With the sad loss of Seamus Heaney this year, this Archive on Wholesale (b007mfgq) Maxine ...... Valerie Sarruf Four looks at the journeys of Yeats and Heaney, from being an Episode 2 Claire Cortin ...... Alice Arnold Irish Poet to becoming a "world poet". How did their lives and Does a childhood fantasy hold the key to the human race's Gazelle (at 17) ...... Elizabeth Mansfield work mirror each other and what kind of parallels, deliberate or survival? Philip K Dick's classic tale concluded by William Music by Stephen Warbeck. otherwise, can we see in their poetry and their careers? Hootkins. Director: Jane Morgan Yeats, as the recorded archive of his interviews and readings SAT 00:30 My Life in Five Songs (b01p97pr) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1989. demonstrates, was acutely aware of his position as a poet who Series 5 SAT 04:00 The 99p Challenge (b01rhdwk) gave voice to the different traditions in Irish politics. Heaney Eleanor McEvoy Series 5 wrote of his admiration for Yeats as a person who "took the Eleanor McEvoy is one of Ireland's most successful and popular Episode 2 strain of both the major ideologies that were exacerbating Irish singers. Crazy panel show capers with Sue Perkins, Miranda Hart, Peter political life." She wrote the song Only A Woman's Heart which was on the Serafinowicz, Armando Iannucci and Rob Rouse. From As well as admiring Yeats, Heaney consciously emulated him. album A Woman's Heart which also featured fellow musicians September 2004. As early as Wintering Out (1972), a collection which Heaney Mary Black, Dolores Keane, Sharon Shannon, Frances Black SAT 04:30 Sneakiepeeks (b00p6307) published after he left Belfast and moved to Dublin, reviewers and Maura O'Connell and was the biggest selling album in Irish Honeytrap Hotel were noting the influence of Yeats on his writing. But arguably musical history. Comedy by Harry Venning and Neil Brand about a team of it was in Heaney's public persona that the influence of Yeats In the 20 years since the album's release Eleanor has made her inept, backstabbing surveillance operatives. can most clearly be seen. Heaney was a poet from Northern mark on the music scene at home in Ireland and abroad. Beagle Team infringe every civil liberty in the book in the name Ireland who moved to Dublin and became a powerful poetic Born in Dublin she took an interest in music and song from an of national security. voice for the whole island. Also like Yeats he joined an elite early age, joined the Junior Irish Youth Orchestra as a young Bill .... Richard Lumsden band of English Language poets globally known, and who was teenager and for four years played with the National Symphony Sharla .... Nina Conti as likely to be found lecturing at Harvard as at a literary festival Orchestra of Ireland before pursuing her career in popular Mark .... Daniel Kaluuya in County Sligo or Serbia. music. Tony Savage .... Kevin Eldon Fintan O'Toole looks back at the reputations of two of Ireland's Eleanor tells Phil Cunningham about her love of both pop and Geoff .... John Biggins greatest poets and most important public figures. classical music and she picks five tracks that have been Ted .... Shaban Arifi Producer Mark Rickards. milestones along her musical journey. Nanny/Milij .... Alex Tregear SAT 09:00 Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy Phil opens the show with the track Only a Woman's Heart and Mr Smith .... Nigel Hastings (b03vztjc) Eleanor goes on to pick these five songs: Mrs Smith .... Kate Layden Absurdist comedian, Tony Law, takes us on a journey through Mama Weer All Crazee Now" by Slade Bishop .... Ewan Hooper the twists and turns of Surrealism in comedy, with rare Sylvia's Mother from Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show Producer: Katie Tyrrell interviews from Gerard Hoffnung, Monty Python sketches, plus Music For a While - Henry Purcell. Sung by countertenor James First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009 Peter Cook and Chris Morris's "Why Bother". Bowman. SAT 05:00 Lucky Heather (b0075smn) Helping Tony make sense of it all; Historian, Mary Beard talks Memphis Tennesseeby by Chuck Berry High Noon about the oldest surviving joke book; Comedian, Sean Hughes Someone Like You by Adele 16 years ago, Heather's best friend Dawn ran off with Heather's remembers Elvis the talking spider; Comedy Writer Robert Phil closes the programme with Eleanor's song You'll Hear man Joe. Now Dawn has the cheek to ask Heather to check if Popper confesses to a prank call about Gordon Brown that got Better Songs (Than This). Joe is having an affair! slightly out of hand; and Writer, Will Self renders the entire SAT 01:00 Sherlock Holmes (b0075zg4) Just this side of nosey, Heather is western movie-mad. She's exercise practically pointless by asking us to be clearer about The Beekeeper's Apprentice also the Sherlock Holmes of the rundown Sutter Estate. what the word Surrealism actually means. A Battle Royal Sue Teddern's six-part comedy series star Lindsey Coulson as Is the world becoming more surreal? Have the targets of In the aftermath of another bomb - with their lives in grave Heather. (Carol Jackson in BBC TV's EastEnders until 2015) Surrealism changed? danger - Holmes and Mary formulate a tactical plan to catch the With Tessa Peake-Jones as Dawn, Dearbhla Molloy as Maev, ToneZone, as he insists the Producer calls him, investigates... killer. But can they outwit the devious mind behind the bombs? Abigail Hart as Natalie, Ben Crowe as Ryan, Gavin Muir as Joe, SAT 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jmp0) Starring James Fox as Holmes, Shaun Prendergast as Watson, Gerard McDermott as Lou and David Holt as the Waiter. Series 2 Monica Dolan as Mary Russell and Sian Thomas as Donleavy. Director: David Hunter Don't Forget the Diver Laurie King's witty and humorous homage to Sir Arthur Conan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000. Enlisting the additional services of a bird warbler, a scarecrow Doyle - dramatised by Shaun Prendergast. SAT 05:30 The Rivals (b03brnrj) and a flock of sheep, Captain Mainwaring's Home Guard Directed in Manchester by Melanie Harris Series 2 platoon mount a river attack on Captain Square's HQ. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. The Intangible Clue Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le SAT 01:30 It's About Time... (b00h62pm) By Anna Katharine Green Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Ian Comedian and writer Dave Cohen seeks help from experts in Dramatised By Chris Harrald. Lavender as Private Pike, John Laurie as Private Frazer and trying to achieve a 'work-life balance'. He hardly sees his family Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock Arnold Ridley as Godfrey. - during any 'downtime' he is actually looking for more work. Holmes stories. Now he is writing his memories and has a Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV Years of freelancing and the current economic climate make it chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. He scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. hard to say no to any offer. continues with gifted amateur sleuth Lady Violet Strange trying First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1975. SAT 02:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmbr) to solve a horrific murder with apparently no clues. SAT 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b00s3cgj) Episode 5 Producer: Liz Webb. Series 1 Barnaby takes his mother to visit his daughter, while his 'angel' SAT 06:00 Wimsey (b007jvhy) The Diploma Sofia leaves a message on his machine. Read by William Hope. Whose Body? Harold Steptoe drops a bombshell by quitting the family rag and SAT 02:15 The Making of Music (b007s42x) A body is found and a body is lost - but whose body has bone business for a new career as a TV repair man. Series 1 appeared in a bath in Battersea? Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. Albertopolis Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical Where is the body of famous financier Sir Reuben Levy who with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson influences that affected the course of classical music. went to bed one night in his flat in Park Lane and simply wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. 30/30. Albertopolis disappeared? Debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey investigates. The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert The Royal Albert Hall opened in 1871 and celebrated a Prince Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series Consort who championed both music and culture. Dorothy L Sayer's whodunit dramatised for radio by Michelene on TV. SAT 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmxc) Wandor. Starring Gary Bond as Lord Peter Wimsey and John Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell Episode 20 Cater as Bunter. Harold …. Harry H. Corbett With Marius in his arms and barely alive, Valjean struggles to Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by find a way out of the Parisian sewers. Starring Roger Allam. British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a Gale Pedrick. SAT 02:45 John Major - More Than a Game (b00sy253) number of detective novels and short stories by English crime Producer: Bobby Jaye Episode 5 writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Whose Body? was first published in First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966. Moving on to the 20th century and the threat of war, the former 1923. SAT 13:00 HighLites Omnibus (b05ysyt7) prime minister reads from his book about cricket's rich past. Episode 5 SAT 03:00 John Peacock - Posters of the Moulin Rouge Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Bev and Shirl, the world's worst hairdressers, get an enormous (b007js47) Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton and tax bill. Comedy starring Lorraine Ashbourne and Rosie 4. Jane Avril Oxford, before serving in the military during the First World Cavaliero. They called her Crazy Jane because of the way she danced, but War. SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b05ysyt9) it was not an affectionate nickname. Jane Avril used people all Stewart Lee her life and reaped the consequences... Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by producer Vanessa Whitburn. Comedian Stewart Lee chooses 'Solitary Man' by Neil Diamond Starring Angela Pleasence. and 'Chicken Nuggets For Me' by The Fish Police. When the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Montmartre, Paris First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1987. SAT 14:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwvb) in 1889, Toulouse-Lautrec was commissioned to paint a series SAT 07:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester Series 1 of posters. A performer's career was made if they secured an (b01k9tt3) The Singer Not the Song appearance. The Reluctant Jester When a newspaper magnate is murdered, the obvious suspect is John Peacock brings Toulouse Lautrec's poster characters to An Actor's Life for Me - But Not for Very Long his much younger wife, but when the police discover that Daunt life, in the first of four plays about those entertainers, whose More memories from the founding member of The Goon Show, and Dervish were actually in the grounds of the house that lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint. Michael Bentine - recalling his disastrous first foray into acting evening - they're not only under suspicion, but their licence is Jane Avril ...... Angela Pleasence and finally taking to the air. suspended. The only way to get it back will be for them to beat Gazelle ...... Vivian Pickles Michael Bentine CBE was born in 1922 and died in 1996. the police to the discovery of the real murderer... Andre Vaubert ...... Jack Galloway Producer: Andy Aliffe With the Second World War over, former spies Josephine Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ...... Clive Merrison First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1993. Daunt and Susan Dervish are running their own detective Arsene Ondet ...... David King SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b03c241n) agency. Charles Zidler ...... Norman Jones Yeats and Heaney: A Terrible Beauty Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Annine ...... Jo Kendall Fintan O'Toole addresses and explores the careers of the two Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Nicky Henson Chairman ...... John Bull "smiling public men" who have embodied the different political as Daniel Slater. Alain Marais ...... Brian Miller traditions of Ireland and stood at the same podium in Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 13 – 19 June 2015 Page 2 of 8 Meredith. to a City lawyer who works 20 hours a day, visits Taylor as the Reverend Mercer. Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker. Pricewaterhouse Coopers to see how they tackle the issue and Music by Stuart Hutchinson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. writer Jon Ronson confesses to being a workaholic. Adapted and produced: Matthew Walters SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b03c241n) SUN 07:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b0192t2k) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1994. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 3 SUN 17:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b0192t2k) SAT 16:00 Wimsey (b007jvhy) Piddler on the Roof [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] The showbiz veteran has a mishap, but must the show always go SUN 18:00 Classic Serial (b00zl943) SAT 17:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester on? Stars Steve Delaney and Sue Perkins. From February 2008. Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost World (b01k9tt3) SUN 08:00 Ray's a Laugh (b00ssp46) A Bridge to the Unknown [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] From 15/11/1949 1/2 A Bridge to the Unknown SAT 18:00 Doctor Who (b05ysz8d) Ted and Kitty quarrel over her frock - and reporter George gets By Arthur Conan Doyle, dramatised by Chris Harrald. The hot- Trail of the White Worm festive. headed Professor Challenger claims that extinct species of The legend dates back to Roman times, at least: a great White Starring Ted Ray. animals are still to be found living on an isolated Amazonian Worm, as wide as a man, slithers out of the rocks of the Dark With Kitty Bluett, Peter Sellers, Patricia Hayes, Fred Yule and plateau. Dr Summerlee, Lord John Roxton and the intrepid Peak Gap to take animals, sometimes even children, for its Leslie Perrins. reporter, Edward Malone, find themselves committed to a food. Ray's A Laugh - the successor to ITMA - follows the comedy journey of a lifetime. When the Doctor and Leela arrive in the wilds of Derbyshire, exploits of Ted's life at home with his 'radio' wife Kitty, as well Professor Challenger...David Robb only to get caught up in the hunt for a missing girl, they soon as in a variety of jobs. It ran from 1949 to 1961. Dr Diana Summerlee...Jasmine Hyde discover that the legend of the Worm is very much alive - even Scripted by Eddie Maguire and Ted Ray. Lord John Roxton...Jamie Glover now, in 1979. Music from Bob & Alf Pearson and The Beaux and The Belles. Edward Malone...Jonathan Forbes Worse still, it seems that the Doctor isn't the only renegade BBC Dance Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black. Gomez...Milton Lopes Time Lord on the trail of this deadly and mysterious Worm... Producer: George Inns Beaumont...Sam Dale Tom Baker is the Fourth Doctor, with his ancient warrior First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1949. Meldrum...Sean Baker companion, Leela, played by Louise Jameson. SUN 08:30 Harry Worth (b00rl56h) Maple White...Nyasha Hatendi Written by Alan Barnes and directed by Ken Bentley. Thirty Minutes Worth Tarp Henry...Brian Bowles A Big Finish production. The Burglar Edith Challenger...Jane Whittenshaw SAT 19:00 Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy Cat burglar Fingers Fogerty pays Harry Worth an unwelcome Indian tribesman...Vinicius Salles (b03vztjc) visit. Directed by Marilyn Imrie [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Starring Harry Worth. Dramatist Chris Harrald is a writer for radio film and television. SAT 22:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially With Jacqueline Clarke, Roger John-Lee and Michael Robbins. He won the 2009 Sony Gold award for radio drama for his play Better (b00kkfk6) The amiable, woolly-minded bumbler, causes more confusion! 'Mr Larkin's Awkward Day'. Series 1 Written by Vince Powell. SUN 19:00 Here's Bob Monkhouse (b00bwjjp) Envy Producer: Mike Craig [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Mark Watson investigates envy as he continues his quest to free First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1988. SUN 20:00 Adventures in Human Being Omnibus us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy. SUN 09:00 Adventures in Human Being Omnibus (b05yxj0n) Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and jealous (b05yxj0n) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] glances. Physician Gavin Francis' cultural map of the body. It's an SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks (b05yxj98) Producer: Katie Marsden adventure in what it means to be human. Read by Bill Paterson. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007. SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks (b05yxj98) SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b05yxkbr) SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive Jo Nesbo [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] (b007w3c6) Writer Jo Nesbo chooses 'I Know What I Like in Your SUN 22:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b0192t2k) Series 3 Wardrobe' by Genesis, and 'Perfect Skin' by Lloyd Cole and the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Episode 1 Commotions. SUN 22:30 Very Old Pretenders (b015crrf) Armando Iannucci offers a heady mix of topical comedy, chat, SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b05yxkbr) On Television bluster and kerfuffle with guests Stewart Lee and Mark Watson. Military The last episode in the present series of Carl Gorham's culture From August 2007. Andy McNab clash comedy. With his marriage under severe strain, Andrew SAT 23:00 The Lee Mack Show (b00bwzv3) 4 Extra Debut. From the Clash to the Pogues, soldier-turned- Merron introduces the Jacobites to the world of television. He Sophie Ellis-Bextor writer Andy McNab shares his castaway choices with Sue attempts to turn the radio show he is making into a TV series Sophie Ellis-Bextor joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, Lawley. From January 2005. and is on the verge of a deal when the executive in charge sketches and music. With Angela McHale. From March 2005. SUN 11:00 Here's Bob Monkhouse (b00bwjjp) accidentally insults the scots and they attack him with his own SAT 23:30 Innes Own World (b0178mxy) Bob Monkhouse hosts an hour of comedy and music with Bafta. A depressed Merron then finds his wife has left him and Episode 2 ventriloquist Ray Alan and Lord Charles, The Stutz Bear Cats hits the bottle, introducing the men to the ways of modern self A radio programme that takes you inside Neil Innes's head and and special guest Victoria Wood. -pity. The picture looks hopeless till Merron finds help from an doesn't let you out for half an hour. Stand by for gags galore from Bob - and discover whether Ray unlikely source. Featuring "The Breakfast Things", Neil's own version of The Alan is really ready to go it alone without Lord Charles? Cast: Today Programme, broadcast from his kitchen table. Plus Victoria Wood hits the piano to explain how handicrafts Andrew Merron...... David Haig Script Editor: John Dowie can save your life - and the perils of dieting and keeping off Denise Merron...... Rebecca Front Producer: Claire Jones that weight. Rab ...... Jack Docherty First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2003. Recorded at the Hippodrome Theatre in Hulme, Manchester Macdonald...... Gordon Kennedy Written by Bob Monkhouse. 'Baby' sketch by George Evans. David Roberts ...... Nicholas Burns Musical Director: Roy Hilton. Producer: Gordon Kennedy SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2015 Producer: Mike Craig. An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1984. SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b05zh0tz) SUN 00:00 Doctor Who (b05ysz8d) SUN 12:00 Ray's a Laugh (b00ssp46) From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Kieran SUN 01:00 HighLites Omnibus (b05ysyt7) SUN 12:30 Harry Worth (b00rl56h) Hodgson. [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN 23:00 All the World's a Globe (b007jwv5) SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b05ysyt9) SUN 13:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus 6. The Interregnum & The Age of Turmoil [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] (b007jtvf) Tales of Cromwell, Roundheads versus Cavaliers and William SUN 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwvb) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] of Orange to name but a few. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN 14:15 Bad Habits (b00f6qmv) The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b03c241n) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] World War. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN 14:30 Owen Sheers - I Saw a Man (Omnibus) Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - SUN 04:00 Wimsey (b007jvhy) (b05yxlsc) Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Episode 2 Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim SUN 05:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester In his neighbour's house, Michael has an unexpected encounter Broadbent and Martin Duncan. (b01k9tt3) that will have tragic consequences for all. Read by Mark With guest star Peter Barker. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] Bazeley. From June 2015. With thanks to SUN 06:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus SUN 15:45 The Great Western Adventure (b0076xr2) Patrick Barlow (b007jtvf) God's Wonderful Railway Jim Broadbent Episode 4 Short stories inspired by structures created by Isambard Martin Duncan Can Marius persuade his Grandfather to let him marry Cosette Kingdom Brunel, made to celebrate his bicentenary in 2006. Producer: Lissa Evans before Valjean takes her to England? God's Wonderful Railway, by Hattie Naylor. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990. Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 If you have the sort of face that encourages people to talk to SUN 23:15 The Shuttleworths (b01mlrf0) episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan. you - even ghosts - then the train journey through Brunel's Box Series 4 Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor tunnel can be an unsettling place. Read by Sheila Hannon. Cough in the Loft Hugo, Lucy Whybrow as Cosette, Jonathan Forbes as Marius, SUN 16:00 JB Priestley - When We Are Married The return of Sheffield's favourite singer-songwriter John Leslie Phillips as Gillenormand, Patsy Palmer as Eponine, Peter (b007jvkd) Shuttleworth and his family. Darney as Enjolras, Carl Prekopp as Combeferre, Annette Three couples receive a very rude shock in the midst of their Wife Mary is busy having a clear-out and asks John to put some Badland as Toussaint, Leagh Conwell as Gavroche and Sean joint silver wedding celebrations. things in the loft for storage. Baker as Vendor. First performed on stage in 1938, JB Priestley's classic comedy Whilst up there he hears an old digital watch bleeping and he Producer: Sally Avens with a star-packed cast. decides to find it. So armed with cheese and piccalilli First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. Starring Alun Armstrong as Albert Parker, Alan Bennett as sandwiches for fortification, he sits and waits until it bleeps SUN 07:15 Bad Habits (b00f6qmv) Herbert Soppitt, Brenda Blethyn as Clara Soppitt, Michael once more... Workaholism Jayston as Joe Helliwell, Polly James as Lottie, Nicola Pagett as Written and performed by Graham Fellows. Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad Maria Helliwell, Gwen Taylor as Annie Parker, Elizabeth Producer: Dawn Ellis habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly affect Spriggs as Mrs Northrop, Peter Woodthorpe as Ormonroyd, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003. all of us in our daily working lives. Cathryn Bradshaw as Ruby, Timothy Watson as Gerald, SUN 23:30 Jon Ronson On (b010t6lf) Richard explores the rising problem of workaholism. He talks Deborah Berlin as Nancy, Paul Panting as Fred and James Series 6 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 13 – 19 June 2015 Page 3 of 8 Spying Annie ...... Harvey Virdi It's 1954: As Irene struggles with a career at home, Alex seems Writer and documentary maker Jon Ronson returns for another Producer: Elizabeth Freestone to be turning into the bad boy on the Hollywood big-screen. series of fascinating stories shedding light on the human First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2006. Series 2 about the lives of four young actors fresh from Charm condition. MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b05xd5jw) School. Jon Ronson talks to comedian Josie Long who found herself in Series 72 Starring Tabitha Wady as Irene, Giles Thomas as Alex, Charlie a situation where she had to make a choice on whether to spy on Episode 4 Simpson as Hugh, John Sharian as Stan, Beth Chalmers as someone's life... did morality step in? Writer Danny Wallace Nicholas Parsons hosts the perennially popular panel game in Mary, Sarah- Jane Holm as Peggy and Charlie Simpson as recalls the days when a spy was sent to his home to spy on his which guests Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Lucy Beaumont, Hugh. father, a leading expert on East German literature. and Marcus Brigstocke attempt to talk for 60 seconds with no Written by Sue Teddern Johnny Howorth, rookie documentary maker, was also in a hesitation, repetition or deviation. Director: Marion Nancarrow situation where he was asked by US Marshals to spy on the Hayley Sterling blows the whistle. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. couple Ed and Elaine Brown who were convicted of tax crimes. Produced by Victoria Lloyd. MON 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jmrm) As he naively got more deeply involved, he feared another A BBC Comedy Production. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Wako and had to make a difficult decision... John Symonds, a MON 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jmrm) MON 12:30 Marriage Lines (b05yy74l) so-called 'romeo spy' also tells his sometimes shocking story. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Producers: Laura Parfitt and Simon Jacobs If the Cap Fits MON 13:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt0gs) An Unique production for BBC Radio 4. Captain Mainwaring decides to promote fractious Private [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Frazer with some unexpected results. MON 13:30 And Go To Innisfree (b00pnp9h) Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MONDAY 15 JUNE 2015 Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, MON 14:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmcv) John Laurie as Private Frazer, Ian Lavender as Private Pike and Episode 6 MON 00:00 Classic Serial (b00zl943) Arnold Ridley as Godfrey. Sofia grows increasingly fond of Barnaby, but her flatmate and [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV mother are not impressed with him. Read by William Hope. MON 01:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. MON 14:15 On the Map (b00rd8yv) (b007jtvf) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1975. The Map Makers [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON 08:30 Marriage Lines (b05yy74l) Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern MON 02:15 Bad Habits (b00f6qmv) Series 2 cartography. If a picture paints a thousand words, a map can [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] Episode 1 paint a million. They help us navigate our way through MON 02:30 Owen Sheers - I Saw a Man (Omnibus) George Starling is being driven mad by his wife Kate's unfamiliar landscapes and cities, entice us into new places and (b05yxlsc) preparations for their first baby. give us a bigger picture of the world we inhabit. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] Richard Briers and Prunella Scales star in their second series Mike considers the maps he first fell in love with as a teenager - MON 03:45 The Great Western Adventure (b0076xr2) based on the mutual love and mistrust of a young married Ordnance Survey maps. [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] couple. MON 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmyd) MON 04:00 JB Priestley - When We Are Married Originating on BBC TV, it was adapted for radio due to its Episode 21 (b007jvkd) popularity by Richard Waring from his own TV scripts. Once more Jean Valjean puts his life into Inspector Javert's [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] A decade later, Richard Briers was starring as Tom Good in hands... MON 05:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b0192t2k) The Good Life whilst Prunella Scales starred as Sybil in Fawlty Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] Towers. They remained friends until Richard Briers' death in episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan. MON 06:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt0gs) 2013. Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor Craig Island Producer: Charles Maxwell Hugo, Lucy Whybrow as Cosette, Jonathan Forbes as Marius, When Inuit Edie Kiglatuk takes two tourists out on a routine Recorded at the BBC Paris Studio in London. David Schofield as Javert. Leslie Phillips as Gillenormand, hunting trip to Craig Island, she has no idea that it will end in First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967. Shuna Snow as Mme Gillenormand, Annette Badland as murder. MON 09:00 Quote... Unquote (b00sx2qn) Toussaint and Ewan Bailey as Basque. This is bad enough, but when her beloved stepson Joe also The quotations quiz hosted by Nigel Rees. Producer: Sally Avens becomes embroiled, she's determined to penetrate the mystery As ever, a host of celebrities will be joining Nigel as he quizzes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. surrounding the deaths. them on the sources of a range of quotations and asks them for MON 14:45 Attention All Shipping: A Journey Around the Read by Denise Gough. the amusing sayings or citations that they have personally Shipping Forecast (b0170s05) White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged collected on a variety of subjects. North Utsire, South Utsire, Cromarty by Polly Coles. Reader ..... Peter Jefferson. Charlie Connelly's voyage in search of the Shipping Forecast Producer: Clive Brill Produced by Sam Bryant. sets off from a Norwegian island. Tom Goodman-Hills reads. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions. MON 09:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b0081lf5) MON 15:00 Saturday Drama (b0171ydt) MON 06:30 And Go To Innisfree (b00pnp9h) Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Poet Kenneth Steven explores WB Yeats's The Lake Isle of Episode 4 MON 16:00 Quote... Unquote (b00sx2qn) Innisfree. Merv gains strong support from an unlikely source when the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] In his famous poem, Yeats declared that he will 'arise ... and go cafe faces closure. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From December 2001. MON 16:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b0081lf5) to Innisfree', and Kenneth does exactly that: journeying from MON 10:00 Saturday Drama (b0171ydt) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] the Strand in London, where Yeats had the idea, to the the Lake Bar Mitzvah Boy MON 17:00 The Other Man (b0076xms) Isle of Innisfree in Lough Gill, near Sligo, investigating why the BAR MITZVAH BOY [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] poem strikes a chord with so many people. by Jack Rosenthal, Adapted for radio by Amy Rosenthal MON 17:30 Just a Minute (b05xd5jw) Yeats spent many childhood summers on Lough Gill, a large A radio version of Jack Rosenthal's award-winning television [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] lake with several small islands. Then his family moved to play about a boy having his Bar Mitzvah - the ceremony in MON 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076ph0) London, to a depressingly grey area of Kensington. One day which a thirteen year old becomes a man in the Jewish faith. Gas while he was walking along the Strand he saw in a shop a At the tender age of thirteen Eliot Green is about to become a "Katherine felt tired and cold. It was only nine o'clock. The fountain with a ball balanced on top of the jet and, somehow, man - in the Jewish religion at least. In synagogue, in front of dentist entered silently, breathing an antiseptic welcome ..." the water transported him imaginatively back to the lough and the whole congregation, he will read and sing in Hebrew from An eerie journey on the way home from the dentist. Read by the Isle of Innisfree. So he wrote the short poem which became the Torah (the Hebrew scrolls) - this after a year of intensive Tamara Kennedy. perhaps his best known, somewhat to his chagrin (he was once tuition. Later he will enjoy receiving gifts from relatives and The Scottish author Dorothy K Haynes (1918-1987) was a faced by 10,000 boy scouts, chanting it in unison). friends as he celebrates with them at his Bar Mitzvah party. prolific writer of short stories who specialised in the The poem is a work of contrasts, opposing the city with the All eyes are on Eliot as he is called up in synagogue for his big supernatural and the unsettling. country, crowds with solitude, and peace not with war (though moment! But is he ready to become a man? The first of five readings taken from her award-winning the situation in Ireland at the time was tense) but with stress and This play along with many others established the late Jack collection, Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch - first published in anxiety. It also demonstrates the poet's early philosophical Rosenthal as one of Britain's best loved television writers. A 1949 with illustrations by Mervyn Peake. thinking. When he speaks of planting nine rows of beans and master at creating characters that you could recognise and Produced by David Jackson Young living in 'the bee-loud glade', it is clear that he has been reading empathise with, his plays were always sharp and finely tuned First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. Henry Thoreau's Walden Pond, which, as well as being radical with a rich helping of humour. MON 18:15 John Connolly - Five Ghost Stories (b007jx41) in its environmental concerns, is about freedom, about the This new version of Bar Mitzvah Boy is specially adapted for The Erlking individual in relation to society (it was published with his great radio by Jack's daughter, the playwright Amy Rosenthal. A man relives childhood memories of the forest spirit who essay On Civil Disobedience) and about that society in relation Produced and directed by David Ian Neville. came prying at the windowpane and cast a blight upon his life. to other powers. MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b011pkg6) The first of five supernatural stories written by Dublin author, Kenneth Steven's own life and work share similar concerns. He Lido John Connolly. too is drawn to the remote and rural, and is deeply concerned Lido Lover Read by Tony Doyle. with the cultural and political integrity of his country, Scotland. by Michèle Roberts. Producer: Lawrence Jackson Here Kenneth explores all this on his journeying to the Lake Three stories that explore the most evocative experience of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Isle of Innisfree, starting, like Yeats, on the Strand in the rain, summer - outdoor swimming. MON 18:30 A Good Read (b0075qls) and while speaking to Yeats experts, historians and other poets, An English woman finds a kind of fulfilment on the Venetian Bonnie Greer, John Polkinghorne and Arnold Brown journeys from London to Sligo to Lough Gill and rows across to Lido. Bonnie Greer and guests philosopher John Polkinghorne and the Isle itself. Read by Joanna Tope. comedian Arnold Brown discuss favourite paperbacks by JM MON 07:00 The Other Man (b0076xms) Michèle Roberts is the author of twelve highly acclaimed Coetzee, Keith Ward and Alison Lurie. From 1999. The Hotel novels, including The Looking Glass and Daughters of the Desperately trying to get their affair under way, Travis and House which won the WHSmith Literary Award and was The War Between the Tates by Alison Lurie Grace decide to meet at a hotel. Surely nothing will go wrong shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her memoir Paper Houses was Publisher: Vintage this time? BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week in June 2007. She has also And the Serena/Charlie/Alice love knot shows no signs of published poetry and short stories, most recently collected in God, Faith & the New Millennium by Keith Ward untangling, so Alice decides to take matters into her own hands Mud- stories of sex and love (2010). She is Emeritus Professor Publisher: One World Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. Travis ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt Producer Gaynor Macfarlane. Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee Grace ..... Charlotte Randle MON 11:15 The Charm Factory (b03h7ffw) Publisher: Minerva. Charlie ..... Paul Reynolds Series 2 MON 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jmrm) Serena ..... Alice Lowe Happy Days and Lonely Nights [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 13 – 19 June 2015 Page 4 of 8 MON 19:30 Marriage Lines (b05yy74l) Edie begins to realise that there are unusual numbers of Starring Ken Dodd. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] foreigners taking an interest in the geology of Craig Island, With Jo Manning Wilson, Gretchen Franklin, Talfryn Thomas, MON 20:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt0gs) north of the Arctic Circle. Chris Emmett and Michael McClain. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] She's also increasingly sure of a link between her stepson's Devised and written by Ken Dodd with Dave Dutton, David MON 20:30 And Go To Innisfree (b00pnp9h) apparent suicide and the murder of the two southern tourists. McKellar-Philip, Norman Beadle and John Pye. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Then, she comes across a mysterious stone which might be the Doddy's Diddy Orchestra conducted by Geoff Alderson. MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b011pkg6) key to everything. Producer: Bobby Jaye [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Read by Denise Gough. First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in September 1975. MON 21:15 The Charm Factory (b03h7ffw) White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b05yyjq5) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] by Polly Coles. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b05xd5jw) Producer: Clive Brill TUE 09:45 Creme de la Crime (b00807sd) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] MON 22:30 Kerry's List (b01s7yvx) TUE 06:30 Henry Cyril Paget: Lord of the Dance TUE 10:00 Classic Serial (b00c7kl4) Series 1 (b00m36bl) The Ring and the Book Episode 2 As a child Sheila McClennon spent her summer holidays in Episode 1 The second in a four-part sketch show co-written by and Anglesey, where she became obsessed with the story of the Robert Browning's poetic masterpiece of sex, lies and murder, starring comedian and actress Kerry Godliman. Fifth Marquis, Henry Cyril Paget, an extravagant eccentric who adapted by Martyn Wade. Kerry is a married mother of two, a stand up comedian and has converted the chapel at his stately home into a a theatre and Rome is rife with speculation in the aftermath of a triple two children. Her life can only properly function with her daily spent enough to bankrupt the family in the space of six years. stabbing. list - if she didn't compile this vital list, her life would simply His was a life of jaw-dropping excess. After the bankruptcy, a Browning ...... Anton Lesser fall apart. series of auctions held to recoup some of the money he had Guido Franceschini ...... Roger Allam Each week, this series looks at a different list and delves into spent lasted several months and consisted of 17,000 lots, Pompilia ...... Loo Brealey Kerry's madcap world by looking at various elements of that including some of the most lavish costumes in existence and Caponsacchi ...... Dominic Rowan week's list in sketches, narrative and stand up. jewels worth millions of pounds in today's money. Pietro Comparini ...... Andrew Sachs In this second episode, Kerry's List includes cancelling the The family was keen to erase him from their history, and little Violante Comparini ...... Frances Jeater organic food box, adopting a panda, searching through the has been known about him until now, as Sheila returns to the Paolo Franceschini ...... Dan Starkey baby's poo, being grateful, changing the water in the fish tank, scene of her family holidays to find out more about the man First Roman ...... Stephen Critchlow learning the oboe and selling the Cath Kidston Potting Shed. dubbed by locals, 'The Mad Marquis'. Second Roman ...... Ben Crowe Joining Kerry is her husband Ben (played by her real husband TUE 07:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cm6x0) Conti ...... Chris Pavlo Ben Abell) and her five year old daughter Elsie (played by Series 4 Margherita ...... Joan Walker Melissa Bury) together with a range of bizarre characters - Episode 3 Judge ...... John Rowe including an enthusiastic council environment worker, some Tommy and Sheila's nightmare stay at a posh hotel isn't quite Directed by Abigail le Fleming. disgruntled satsumas, a bored therapist, a Fairy Jeanmother and what it seems. TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b011pls1) a very keen gym instructor. Sweethearts Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr won the 1962 Lido Any busy parent who's ever compiled a list of their own will Eurovision Song Contest, but now they're back in the big time. The Horizon Pool relate to Kerry Godliman's incident filled world. The problem is, they can’t stand each other… by Linda Cracknell. The cast includes David Pusey (who co-wrote the series), Mike Coleman's sitcom starring Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. Three stories that explore the most evocative experience of Bridget Christie, Lucy Briers, Rosie Cavaliero and Nicholas Le Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd summer - outdoor swimming. Prevost. Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield An unexpected swimming companion in the UK's northernmost Kerry Godliman is fast establishing herself as a highly skilful Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes outdoor pool - the Trinkie in Wick - may hold the key to stand up comic and actress, from her recent appearances on Murray …. Julian Eardley recovery for a teenage boy. Read by Finn den Hertog. Live at The Apollo (BBC 1), Derek (C4) and Our Girl (BBC 1). Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted After winning the Macallan/Scotland on Sunday short story Producer: Paul Russell Freda …. Emma Kennedy competition in 1998 Linda Cracknell's first collection, Life An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. Music by Frido Ruth. Drawing, was published, which was shortlisted for the Saltire MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b05yyjq5) Producer: Steve Doherty First Book of the Year Award in 2001. Her second collection, Series 14 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2002. The Searching Glance, was published in 2008. Episode 5 TUE 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b05xggjr) As well as fiction, Cracknell has written numerous radio plays A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Series 6 and drama scripts, and teaches creative writing in workshops Toksvig. Barnard Castle across Scotland and internationally. In 2002 to 2005 she was MON 23:45 Creme de la Crime (b00807sd) "Barnard Castle - The Hidden Gem" writer-in-residence at Brownsbank Cottage near Biggar, the Series 1 Mark Steel visits the County Durham town of Barnard Castle. A final home of Hugh MacDiarmid. Heist Society picturesque place - home to a castle, friendly locals and one of TUE 11:15 The Charm Factory (b03h7y6p) A tale of 1960s cunning villainy coinciding with the World the most impressive and surprising museums on earth (really, Series 2 Cup. it's ridiculous). In spite of all this, hardly anyone knows the Secret Love Recalled by Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector town exists. Attempting to reach 'Barney' by public transport is 1950s London, and actors Hugh and Betty marry in order to Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore not an easy task, taking so long that Mark begins to wonder if in hide what's really going on in their private lives. With Jan Using a daring mixture of reconstructions, interviews, music fact it is a real place at all. Goodman. and specially made noises, tales from the vaults of villainy. Mark speaks to local policeman PC Steven Purchase about the TUE 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j272g) Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. alarmingly low levels of crime in the area; marvels at the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] With: majesty of a silver, clockwork swan and tries to get to the TUE 12:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b05z1jdy) Emma Kennedy bottom of why the people of Barnard Castle seem to keep the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Simon Greenall place such a secret. TUE 13:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt4pv) Director: Adam Bromley Mark Steel returns for a sixth series of the award winning show [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001. that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage TUE 13:30 Henry Cyril Paget: Lord of the Dance and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their (b00m36bl) uniqueness, and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUESDAY 16 JUNE 2015 local residents. TUE 14:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmdc) Written and performed by ... Mark Steel Episode 7 TUE 00:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076ph0) Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair Sofia finally meets Barnaby's parents, but then bitter [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Production co-ordinator ... Hayley Sterling accusations start to fly. Read by William Hope. TUE 00:15 John Connolly - Five Ghost Stories (b007jx41) Producer ... Carl Cooper TUE 14:15 On the Map (b00rghjm) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday] A BBC Radio Comedy Production for BBC Radio 4 first Mapping the Metropolis TUE 00:30 A Good Read (b0075qls) broadcast in 2015,. Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j272g) cartography. TUE 01:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt0gs) Series 1 How do you make sense of a strange city and turn a bewildering [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Episode 15 maze of streets into a map that's instantly informative to a TUE 01:30 And Go To Innisfree (b00pnp9h) Special agent Kenneth Horne investigates sinister giant milk confused visitor? Mike Parker hits the city streets to find out [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] bottles in Haiti, while Fiona and Charles are very glad. what makes the ideal map for steering us through the urban TUE 02:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmcv) Julian and Sandy are selling Bona Seats - but Kenneth Williams jungle. He meets the man who has made it his mission to single- [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] is feeling very unloved by everyone. handedly create a new map of Manchester, and discovers how TUE 02:15 On the Map (b00rd8yv) With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill digesting the entire London A to Z makes cabbies' brains [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] Pertwee. bigger. TUE 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmyd) Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, From 2010. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] London. Announcer: Douglas Smith TUE 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmyw) TUE 02:45 Attention All Shipping: A Journey Around the Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Episode 22 Shipping Forecast (b0170s05) comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Unaware that Marius has survived the Revolution, Cosette is [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, convinced he has died at the barricades. Starring Joss Ackland. TUE 03:00 Saturday Drama (b0171ydt) Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the TUE 14:45 Attention All Shipping: A Journey Around the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Shipping Forecast (b0170vfd) TUE 04:00 Quote... Unquote (b00sx2qn) 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] catchphrases and double-entendres. Charlie Connelly's quest takes in 'the St Tropez of the North' TUE 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b0081lf5) Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser and 'the most boring place in the world.' Tom Goodman-Hills [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Hayes Four. reads. TUE 05:00 The Other Man (b0076xms) Producer: John Simmonds TUE 15:00 Classic Serial (b00c7kl4) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1965. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 05:30 Just a Minute (b05xd5jw) TUE 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b05z1jdy) TUE 16:00 The Write Stuff (b05z1t16) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] From 14/09/1975 Series 9 TUE 06:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt4pv) Shocks, suggestions, banjos and sackings are tickling the King AA Milne The Wolf and the Stone of Knotty Ash. James Walton quizzes the panel in the literary quiz show. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 13 – 19 June 2015 Page 5 of 8 Team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Producer: Claire Bartlett Comedy series that explores the triumphs and disasters of Sue Limb and John O'Farrell. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2006. human ingenuity. The Author of the Week and subject for pastiche is AA Milne TUE 23:30 King Cutler (b008vr1b) Helen Keen together with co-stars Peter Serafinowicz and Susy Reader: Beth Chalmers. King Cutler III Kane look at the biggest problems that have faced our species Producer Katie Marsden Another zesty batch of poems, songs and stories from Phyllis since the dawn of time, and describe humanity's incredible and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006. King and Ivor Cutler. sometimes absurd solutions. TUE 16:30 Electric Ink (b011qfr8) Interrupting from beyond the harmonium are Dylan Edwards , Written by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill Series 1 David Lloyd and Craig Murray-Orr. Producer: Gareth Edwards Episode 4 Producer: Neil Cargill A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first The paper hires a reality star as a columnist so Maddox must First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in January 1990. broadcast in June 2015. find a way of rewriting her copy without upsetting her. WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007v15c) Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the Series 3 changing world of the newspaper industry. WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2015 Mutiny aboard Troutbridge Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay The crew of HMS Troutbridge set sail across the sea, but end up Oliver ...... Alex Jennings WED 00:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076phk) with very crossed wires. Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar WED 00:15 John Connolly - Five Ghost Stories (b007jx46) Starring Stephen Murray as the Number One, Jon Pertwee as Masha ...... Debbie Chazen [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday] the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Freddy ...... Ben Willbond WED 00:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k14d) Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Richard Caldicot as Captain Announcer ...... Matt Addis [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Povey, Tenniel Evans as Sir Willoughby Toddhunterbrown Debbie ...... Lizzy Watts WED 01:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt4pv) Heather Chasen as Lady Toddhunterbrown and Michael Bates With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] as Lt. Bates. Director: Sally Avens WED 01:30 Henry Cyril Paget: Lord of the Dance First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009. (b00m36bl) Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS TUE 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cm6x0) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED 02:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmdc) series between 1959 and 1976. TUE 17:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b05xggjr) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED 02:15 On the Map (b00rghjm) Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. TUE 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076phk) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] The Gay Goshawk WED 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmyw) Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. An injured knight hopes for help from his trained hawk. From [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] Dorothy K Haynes' 1949 story collection. Read by Finlay WED 02:45 Attention All Shipping: A Journey Around the First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November Welsh. Shipping Forecast (b0170vfd) 1960. TUE 18:15 John Connolly - Five Ghost Stories (b007jx46) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00cbcpl) Mr Pettinger's Demon WED 03:00 Classic Serial (b00c7kl4) Series 5 A priest is sent to investigate the incumbent at a remote parish [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Episode 6 church. Has his colleague uncovered an ancient evil? Read by WED 04:00 The Write Stuff (b05z1t16) Extreme cat taming - and a magnificent Roman epic. Tony Doyle. [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and TUE 18:30 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k14d) WED 04:30 Electric Ink (b011qfr8) parodies. Nick Wisdom [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall Norman Wisdom's son chats to Sally Magnusson about his life WED 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00cm6x0) and Bill Oddie. growing up with a famous funny father. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Written by Lizzie Evans, Eric Idle and Bill Oddie with Derek Producer: Mike Walker WED 05:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b05xggjr) Farmer and Graeme Chapman. First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in Octobber 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue TUE 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j272g) WED 06:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntj7h) 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Astrobleme quickly developed a cult following. TUE 19:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b05z1jdy) Inuit hunter and guide Edie Kiglatuk is now convinced that her Music and songs by Dave Lee, Leon Cohen and Bill Oddie. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] stepson Joe did not commit suicide, but was murdered. Producer: Humphrey Barclay TUE 20:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01nt4pv) Realising that the plane with the green livery carrying two First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1967. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Russians into Autisaq for a duck shooting expedition, is the WED 09:00 Counterpoint (b05z235m) TUE 20:30 Henry Cyril Paget: Lord of the Dance same aircraft which Joe saw on the day of the second murder, 1998 (b00m36bl) Edie follows the trail to Greenland. Heat 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Read by Denise Gough. Ned Sherrin's music quiz with Judy Chatterton Dickson of TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b011pls1) White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged Salisbury, West Yorkshire's Gordon Balmforth and Thomas [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] by Polly Coles. Dyer of London. From February 1998. TUE 21:15 The Charm Factory (b03h7y6p) Producer: Clive Brill. WED 09:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqlp) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions. September: Watch the Birdie TUE 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b05xggjr) WED 06:30 The Body of Art (b00kt8r3) An everyday story of sheep, sin and scholarship under the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Bob Dickinson talks to performance artists who have used their shadow of the Long Mynd. TUE 22:30 The Boosh (b007jmf4) own bodies as a site for art, and in doing so challenged the Sue Limb’s pastoral sitcom follows six months in the life of the Stolen limits of what it means to be human. Jones family, who live on a small farm in rural Wales. Zookeepers Howard Moon and Vince Noir try to catch an In 2008 the Australian artist, Stelarc, began a new project in It’s the start of the farming year, as daughter Megan sets her animal thief at Bob Fossil's Zoo - with the help of a deer which he grew a genetically-cloned ear on his left arm. This sights on Mr Bootle... costume. cloned organ will, after continuing surgery, be fitted with a Mr Jones ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Written by and starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, microphone and linked to the internet, so that we will all be able Ma Jones ...... Lisabeth Miles The Boosh is a surreal adventure based on the Perrier Award- to listen, from our PCs, to what Stelarc is hearing through his Megan Jones ...... Rebecca Front winning comedy show, featuring Howard and Vince's battles 'extra ear'. At the same time, the French artist, Orlan, produced Owen Jones ...... Matthew Morgan with zoo manager Bob Fossil. an installation, Harlequin Coat, which uses recombinant DNA Mr Jenkins ...... Nickolas Grace Vince is a regular 'Mowgli in flares' due to his affinity with technology to fuse living cells taken from her body with the Bootle ...... Michael Fenton Stevens animals and adoration for all things Seventies, whereas Howard cells of other humans, and animals. Recorded on location. likes to think he's more the brains of the duo, destined for Bob Dickinson talks to these artists and others, including Music composed by John Whitehall. better things. Marina Abramovic, Franko B and the Chinese artist He Yun Producer: Jonathan James Moore. Howard Moon ...... Julian Barrattt Chang, and asks them what makes them want to endure First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000. Vince Noir ...... Noel Fielding discomfort, pain and isolation. He reports on the way in which WED 10:00 Classic Serial (b00cq7p2) Bob Fossil ...... Rich Fulcher certain artists are now moving away from the limited space of The Ring and the Book Graham ...... Lee Mack their bodies, fascinated by the way technology and genetic Episode 2 Bloke ...... Simon Evans engineering are remapping our understanding of the self. Robert Browning's poetic masterpiece of sex, lies and murder, After BBC radio gave them their big break with this series, they WED 07:00 Are You From the Bugle? (b01jcc07) adapted by Martyn Wade. transferred to BBC TV where The Mighty Boosh ran for three Rovers Return Accused of murder, Guido fights desperately for his life. series. A celebrity is visiting Butterthwaite. Can Graham get the story? Browning ...... Anton Lesser Producer: Danny Wallace. John Gradwell's six-part sitcom about life in Butterthwaite's Guido Franceschini ...... Roger Allam First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001. local newspaper office. Pompilia ...... Loo Brealey TUE 23:00 Rubbish (b00770xw) Bert Ball …. Jeffrey Holland Caponsacchi ...... Dominic Rowan Series 1 Graham Carpenter …. Robert Beck Bottini ...... Michael Maloney Rage Brenda Thistlethwaite …. Frances Jeater Arcangeli ...... Stephen Moore Martin is dragged along to Life Editing by its course tutor and Arnold Beasley …. David Ryall Pietro Comparini ...... Andrew Sachs on-off girlfriend Sarah. Vicky Cox …. Sue Devaney Violante Comparini ...... Frances Jeater The one thing that would improve his life, he decides, would be Lawrence Stevens …. Dean Williamson Paolo Franceschini ...... Dan Starkey being able to say no. But this doesn't mean that people won't All other parts played by Rachel Atkins, Mark Gatiss and Peter Margherita ...... Joan Walker carry on saying no to him. Serafinowicz. Judge ...... John Rowe Reece Dinsdale stars as local government officer, cynic and Producer: Kathy Smith. Directed by Abigail le Fleming. manic-depressive, Martin Christmas in Tony Bagley's sitcom. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996. WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b012l1yv) Martin ...... Reece Dinsdale WED 07:30 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b05xh31b) The Foxes Come at Night Woman ...... Susie Donkin Series 1 Gondolas Roger ...... Paul Copley Death Now in his eightieth year, Cees Nooteboom is one of Holland's Peter/Chris ...... Jim North The biggest problem of them all - death. leading and most respected authors, a writer of both novels and Sarah ...... Nicola Walker From praying for life everlasting to uploading our minds into a travel books and a consummate short story writer. The Foxes Scott ...... Kevin Eldon giant cloud of data - is there anything at all we can do to avoid Come at Night, his recent collection, has won the 2010 Gouden Barney ...... James Lance it? Uil - the most prestigious literary award in Flanders and is now Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 13 – 19 June 2015 Page 6 of 8 published in English. WED 21:15 The Charm Factory (b03h7z6g) today. The collection is set in the cities and islands of the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU 07:00 HR (b00hr5p5) Mediterranean, territory Nooteboom knows well. The stories WED 22:00 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b05xh31b) Series 1 are linked by their meditations on memory and age, on love [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] A Commute won and lost and on the fragments of life treasured in a WED 22:30 Will Smith Presents the Tao of Bergerac Senior manager Peter is late for work. But so is his Human photograph or a detail. (b007wh7j) Resources officer, Sam. They meet on the train, both fearful of In 'Gondolas' a fine art dealer finds the past stirred by a Episode 4 a call from their new boss. photograph taken on the same Venetian canal bank forty years Jersey-born comedian Will Smith continues his obsession with But, hold on, is that him in the next carriage? ago. In 'Thunderstorm' a couple's own fissures are reflected in a 1980s BBC TV detective series Bergerac. Nigel Williams’ comedy drama series charting the misfortunes horrific moment on a beach. And in 'Late September' a woman He's using an audio book of its star, John Nettles, reading the of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague. waits on a windblown Spanish cafe terrace before the inevitable Tao, to navigate the minefield of his life, with the help of a Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce conclusion to her lonely day. special guest. Sam ...... Nicholas Le Prevost Written with haunting attention to detail and pitch perfect How Will is wondering how he can defend his machismo when Nigel ...... Paul Rider prose, sensitively translated by Ina Rilke, these stories show one he is scared of his builders. Guard ...... Stephen Critchlow of the European masters of the genre at his best. With Ewan Bailey, John Nettles, Dan Tetsell, Roger Drew and Director: Peter Cavanagh Reader Ian McDiarmid Rachel Bavidge. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009. Abridger Sally Marmion Producer: Tilusha Ghelani THU 07:30 Best Behaviour (b05xhyrk) Producer Di Speirs. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2007. Episode 6 WED 11:15 The Charm Factory (b03h7z6g) WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b05zw11j) Holly Walsh presents the comedy panel show that defines 21st Series 2 Two hours of comedy, plus Jessica Fostekew chats to Caroline century etiquette. Answer Me Mabey. The guest panellists are comedians Sarah Millican, Rob Beckett In 1950s London, Phyllis Dent is a successful star. But her WED 23:00 Revolting People (b007jrzv) and Katherine Ryan, who are all seeking to supply the new best gambling husband Eddie is on the way down. With Luisa Series 1 behaviour rules to navigate modern life. Bradshaw-White. Tons of Storm Clouds The etiquette of love and relationships comes under comic WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007v15c) A revolutionary orator is after more than just Mary's support. examination, along with the new rule of 'not having to talk to [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Historical sitcom set in Boston in 1770, written by Andy other parents on the school run' and the need for all pedestrians WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00cbcpl) Hamilton and Jay Tarses. to have indicators. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Samuel Oliphant …. Jay Tarses The panel also tackle a problem from the studio audience: 'How WED 13:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntj7h) Sergeant McGurk …. Andy Hamilton can I persuade my flatmate to do their share of the washing up?' [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Mary Oliphant …. Sophie Thompson Produced by Aled Evans WED 13:30 The Body of Art (b00kt8r3) Captain Brimshaw …. James Fleet A Zeppotron production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Ezekiel Spriggs …. Hugh Dennis THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b00s5xtn) WED 14:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmdw) Cora Oliphant …. Felicity Montagu Series 1 Episode 8 Joshua Oliphant …. Tony Maudsley Steptoe a la Carte The police pay a visit to Barnaby, who finally takes action over Mrs Arbuthnot …. Susie Blake After meeting Monique on his round, Harold's hoping he's the repayment of his debts. Read by William Hope. Announcer/Nathaniel Hopkins …. Michael Fenton Stevens found true love with a French twist. But what will she make of WED 14:15 On the Map (b00rghjp) Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer his dad Albert? Motoring Maps First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000. Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern WED 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association cartography. (b007jyzh) with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson The ultimate in cheap and ubiquitous mapping, there's scarcely Pundemonium! wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. a vehicle in the land that doesn't contain a dog-eared road atlas. It's Pundemonium! The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Road maps and their digital descendent, the sat nav, may guide A comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series us efficiently around our nation's highways but they don't tell us and Nick Romero on TV. much else about the landscape we're speeding through. Mike With Richard Coles. Albert Steptoe …. Wilfrid Brambell recalls a bygone age of elegant motoring maps and considers Music by the Gents. Harold Steptoe …. Harry H Corbett how modern road mapping and its unrelenting emphasis on our Producer: Julian Mayers Monique …. Gwendolyn Watts motorways and trunk roads has changed our picture of Britain. Pilot for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 1998 The Butler …. Ian Burford WED 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmz9) Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Episode 23 Gale Pedrick. It's Marius and Cosette's wedding day. But is that trouble THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2015 Producer: Bobby Jaye lurking outside the church? With Leslie Phillips and Henry First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in August 1966. Goodman. THU 00:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pj7) THU 08:30 Yes Minister (b007k14t) WED 14:45 Attention All Shipping: A Journey Around the [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Series 2 Shipping Forecast (b0175jj0) THU 00:15 John Connolly - Five Ghost Stories (b007jx4f) The Whisky Priest Wight, Portland, Fitzroy [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Wednesday] Facing a moral dilemma over the sale of British-made weapons, Charlie Connelly travels to a literary island, the Portland Race THU 00:30 Off the Page (b0076q40) Jim Hacker tries to shun Sir Humphrey's advice. and the End of the World. Tom Goodman-Hills reads. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] Starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds. WED 15:00 Classic Serial (b00cq7p2) THU 01:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntj7h) Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn's satirical sitcom centred around [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] the hapless MP Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service WED 16:00 Counterpoint (b05z235m) THU 01:30 The Body of Art (b00kt8r3) underlings headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] and obsequious Bernard. WED 16:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqlp) THU 02:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmdw) It first ran on BBC TV between 1980 and 1984. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] Jim Hacker …. Paul Eddington WED 17:00 Are You From the Bugle? (b01jcc07) THU 02:15 On the Map (b00rghjp) Sir Humphrey Appleby …. Nigel Hawthorne [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] Bernard …. Derek Fowlds WED 17:30 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b05xh31b) THU 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmz9) Major Saunders …. Anton Rodgers [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] Annie …. Diana Hoddinott WED 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pj7) THU 02:45 Attention All Shipping: A Journey Around the The Chief Whip …. Edward Jewesbury Pentecost - a Flashback Shipping Forecast (b0175jj0) Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. Series of 5 stories by Scottish author Dorothy K Haynes, [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1984. originally published in 1949. 3: Pentecost - a Flashback. A THU 03:00 Classic Serial (b00cq7p2) THU 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b00vhfb8) prayer meeting in wartime Glasgow is rudely interrupted, and [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Series 6 the life of the hall caretaker is changed forever. Read by THU 04:00 Counterpoint (b05z235m) Episode 5 Tamara Kennedy. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians WED 18:15 John Connolly - Five Ghost Stories (b007jx4f) THU 04:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins (b007jqlp) are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to Mr Gray's Folly [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their An unsightly building in the grounds of a country house THU 05:00 Are You From the Bugle? (b01jcc07) opponents. harbours an ancient, irresistible secret. Read by Tony Doyle. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Tony Hawks, Arthur Smith, Henning Wehn and Graeme WED 18:30 Off the Page (b0076q40) THU 05:30 Big Problems with Helen Keen (b05xh31b) Garden are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate This Green and Pleasant Land [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Noses, Apples, Fishing and Matthew Parris presents the discussion show. THU 06:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntnsb) Lord Byron. Pauline Black, fabulous lead singer with the Selecta, joins Salt The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones and Guy Walters to write about and Edie finds herself taken prisoner. In her attempt to discover the team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. discuss who the countryside is for. truth about her stepson Joe's death, she's uncovering a web of Producer: Jon Naismith Pauline won't leave town because her colour makes her feel intrigue and financial interests extending far beyond her native A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. conspicuous. Wilfred says that rural life isn't for thin-skinned land - even reaching back generations into the past. THU 09:30 Safety Catch (b0178ncg) blacks. Read by Denise Gough. Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005. White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged Brothers in Arms WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007v15c) by Polly Coles. Darren Boyd is back as reluctant arms dealer Simon McGrath [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Clive Brill who is generally a nice chap - he just happens to work as an WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00cbcpl) Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions. arms dealer, or 'Defence and security equipment system [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU 06:30 Wrecked (b00jn0pw) solutions broker' as he prefers to call it. WED 20:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntj7h) Neil McCarthy explores the history of the illicit activities of the Whilst battling with his conscience he justifies to himself why [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Wirral peninsula's wreckers, who ransacked Liverpool-bound five years on he's still in a job he just fell into - after all, what WED 20:30 The Body of Art (b00kt8r3) vessels with notorious ferocity. After the end of the wrecking he really wants is to pursue is his career in electronic music. But [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] era, huge crowds came to the Victorian seaside resort of New until that takes off he'll stay where he is, and as his mother so WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b012l1yv) Brighton, but they too have now gone. Neil tries to discover eloquently puts it, "any job where you get your own desk and a [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] whether the wild spirit of the wreckers lives on in the area hot dinner can't be all bad". Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 13 – 19 June 2015 Page 7 of 8 And so as we renew our acquaintance with Simon we find him, Thenardier prepares his blackmail plans. Starring Joss Ackland. 3) An end to bank fees for those on a family income of less using his 'flair for original ideas' to go to extreme lengths to THU 14:45 Attention All Shipping: A Journey Around the than £30,000. prove to everyone just how badly he feels about doing the job Shipping Forecast (b0176kpb) Plus there are plenty of "any other business" policy suggestions he does. Fastnet, Irish Sea, Rockall from the audience. Series two of Laurence Howarth's black comedy of modern Charlie Connelly visits the centre of Irish emigration and cycles Written and presented by Mark Thomas morality set in the world of arms dealing. the TT course (after a fashion). Tom Goodman-Hills reads. Produced by Colin Anderson. Simon Mcgrath...... Darren Boyd THU 15:00 John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman THU 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews (b05zw1bv) Anna Grieg...... Joanna Page (b00hhn1j) Two hours of comedy, plus Jessica Fostekew chats again to Boris Kemal...... Lewis Macleod [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Caroline Mabey. Judith McGrath...... Sarah Smart THU 16:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b00vhfb8) THU 23:30 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes (b01bpjtg) Angela McGrath...... Brigit Forsyth [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Series 1 Madeleine Turnbull...... Rachel Atkins THU 16:30 Safety Catch (b0178ncg) Inventors Peter...... Gus Brown [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] More historical heroism - as Owain Glyndwr and William Paramedic...... Philip Fox THU 17:00 HR (b00hr5p5) Robert Grove are put to the Totaliser Test. Producer: Dawn Ellis. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009. THU 17:30 Best Behaviour (b05xhyrk) determine the ultimate heroes of Wales. THU 10:00 John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] With Ben Partridge and Nadia Kamil. (b00hhn1j) THU 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pjr) Written by Elis James, Gareth Gwyn and Benjamin Partridge. Episode 1 The Memory Producer: Sharif Shahwan 1867 Lyme Regis: Charles Smithson's complacent snobbery is A child is convinced that she witnessed an execution. From First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in February 2012 about to be shattered as he encounters a young social outcast, Dorothy K Haynes' 1949 collection. Read by Tamara Kennedy. Sarah Woodruff. THU 18:15 John Connolly - Five Ghost Stories (b007jx4l) John Hurt narrates John Fowles' passionate epic of two lovers in The Ritual of the Bones FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2015 conflict with starched Victorian society. Scholarship boy Jenkins is intimidated by the traditions of his Narrator ...... John Hurt new school. Especially the one involving some bones in boxes. FRI 00:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pjr) Charles ...... Jonathan Firth Read by Tony Doyle. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Sarah ...... Emily Bruni THU 18:30 Great Lives (b0076lny) FRI 00:15 John Connolly - Five Ghost Stories (b007jx4l) Ernestina ...... Kelly Reilly Series 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday] Mrs Tranter ...... Elizabeth Spriggs Benjamin Disraeli FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b0076lny) Dr Grogan ...... TP McKenna 4 Extra Debut. Kenneth Clarke chooses the Victorian politician, [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Mrs Poulteney ...... Susan Jameson Benjamin Disraeli. With Humphrey Carpenter and Jane Ridley. FRI 01:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntnsb) Sam ...... Nick Sayce From May 2004. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Mary ...... Ella Smith THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b00s5xtn) FRI 01:30 Wrecked (b00jn0pw) The Dairyman ...... Gerard McDermott [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Mrs Fairley ...... Colleen Prendergast THU 19:30 Yes Minister (b007k14t) FRI 02:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmfc) Ostler ...... Wayne Foskett [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Dramatised by Graham White. THU 20:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntnsb) FRI 02:15 On the Map (b00rghjr) Producer: Peter Kavanagh [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. THU 20:30 Wrecked (b00jn0pw) FRI 02:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmzr) THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b012l4nx) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] The Foxes Come at Night THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b012l4nx) FRI 02:45 Attention All Shipping: A Journey Around the Thunderstorm [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Shipping Forecast (b0176kpb) Now in his eightieth year, Cees Nooteboom is one of Holland's THU 21:15 The Charm Factory (b03h849l) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] leading and most respected authors, a writer of both novels and [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 03:00 John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman travel books and a consummate short story writer. The Foxes THU 22:00 Best Behaviour (b05xhyrk) (b00hhn1j) Come at Night, his recent collection, has won the 2010 Gouden [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Uil - the most prestigious literary award in Flanders and is now THU 22:30 Don't Start (b01685zr) FRI 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b00vhfb8) published in English. Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] The collection is set in the cities and islands of the Idea FRI 04:30 Safety Catch (b0178ncg) Mediterranean, territory Nooteboom knows well. The stories Celery rears its ugly head again as Neil attempts his Androcles [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] are linked by their meditations on memory and age, on love and the lion tactic when making tea, and Kim admits she has FRI 05:00 HR (b00hr5p5) won and lost and on the fragments of life treasured in a grievance nostalgia. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] photograph or a detail. What do long term partners really argue about? Sharp new FRI 05:30 Best Behaviour (b05xhyrk) In 'Gondolas' a fine art dealer finds the past stirred by a comedy from Frank Skinner. A masterclass in the great art of [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] photograph taken on the same Venetian canal bank forty years arguing. Starring Frank Skinner and Katherine Parkinson. FRI 06:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntrgb) ago. In 'Thunderstorm' a couple's own fissures are reflected in a Well observed, clever and funny, Don't Start is a scripted Exhumation horrific moment on a beach. And in 'Late September' a woman comedy with a deceptively simple premise - an argument. Each On the trail of a clue which Inuit hunter and guide Edie has waits on a windblown Spanish cafe terrace before the inevitable week, our couple fall out over another apparently trivial found in stepson Joe's bedroom, she returns with Derek and conclusion to her lonely day. flashpoint - a text from a friend, a trilby and a bad night's sleep. Willa to his burial place on Craig Island - and they disinter his Written with haunting attention to detail and pitch perfect Each week, the stakes mount as Neil and Kim battle with body. prose, sensitively translated by Ina Rilke, these stories show one words. But these are no ordinary arguments. The two outdo What they find there leads them to a resolution of the mystery of the European masters of the genre at his best. each other with increasingly absurd images, unexpected literary of his death which they could never have imagined possible. Reader Tracy-Ann Oberman references (Androcles and the Lion pop up at one point) and Concluded by Denise Gough. Abridger Sally Marmion razor sharp analysis of their beloved's weaknesses. White Heat is Essex born MJ McGrath's first novel. Abridged Producer Di Speirs. Cast: by Polly Coles. THU 11:15 The Charm Factory (b03h849l) Neil ..... Frank Skinner Producer: Clive Brill Series 2 Kim ...... Katherine Parkinson Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pacificus Productions. I Still Believe Producer/Director: Polly Thomas FRI 06:30 My Daddy Told Me (b0076xzl) 1950s London, and film star Alex is back from Hollywood, An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. 4 Extra Debut. Jenni Trent Hughes explores paternal advice - missing Irene. News forces him to change direction. With Giles THU 22:45 Warhorses of Letters (b0174gm8) the nuggets imparted from fathers to their sons. With Michael Thomas. Series 1 Winner. From April 2006. THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son (b00s5xtn) Episode 4 FRI 07:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tlmwv) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] More passionate letters from Copenhagen, the Duke of Series 4 THU 12:30 Yes Minister (b007k14t) Wellington's horse, to his hero Marengo in this epistolary Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] equine love story. Mrs Roberts has fallen from power and Mr Barnum is the new THU 13:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntnsb) A story of two horses united by an uncommon passion, cruelly council leader. Political satire with John Baddeley. From July [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] divided by a brutal conflict. 1991. THU 13:30 Wrecked (b00jn0pw) Frisky young racehorse Copenhagen is about to be the new FRI 07:30 The Rivals (b03c482b) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] mount for the Duke of Wellington. Series 2 THU 14:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmfc) Wars rage on as Copenhagen lives it up in Paris and Marengo The Game Played in the Dark Episode 9 tries to enjoy a quiet retirement. By Ernest Bramah Mrs Glynn calls, and Barnaby discovers that settling his family Marengo ..... Stephen Fry Dramatised By Chris Harrald. debts is no straightforward matter. Read by William Hope. Copenhagen ..... Daniel Rigby Inspector Lestrade was made to look a fool in the Sherlock THU 14:15 On the Map (b00rghjr) Narrator ..... Tamsin Greig Holmes stories. Now he is writing his memories and has a Social Mapping Written by Robbie Hudson and Marie Phillips. chance to get his own back, with tales of Holmes' rivals. He Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern Director: Steven Canny finishes the present series with the blind detective Max cartography. Producer: Gareth Edwards. Carrados who tries to stop international master criminal Fane There's no more effective way of representing our lives than a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011. from selling compromising letters which could derail an map: social and political conditions, health trends and the THU 23:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b01ckggk) upcoming royal wedding. movements of goods and ideas have far greater impact when Series 4 Producer: Liz Webb. they're plotted in multicoloured cartography. Mike asks how Episode 4 FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrry) society is now being analysed online in cartographic mash-ups Comedian-activist Mark Thomas and his studio audience at The Series 4 and crowd-sourced data. He also discovers how mapping the Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow consider policy proposals for a The Stolen Petrol human condition, its needs and habits, its highs and its lows, People's Manifesto. Sid sees the return of petrol rationing as a money spinner, with goes back to way before the digital age. This week's agenda: some help from the lad. From 2010. 1) A kick-starter to kick Scotland out of the Union. Starring Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth THU 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jmzr) 2) Bankers to be given bonuses in the form of NHS donation Williams and Hattie Jacques. Episode 24 cards. Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Jean Valjean tells Marius about his criminal past, while and Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 13 – 19 June 2015 Page 8 of 8 Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. His estranged English wife, Maud FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrry) Rabinowitz. Gonne, actress, fanatical Irish republican and famous beauty, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Dennis Main Wilson was in Paris helping nurse war casualties at the time. Forbidden FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b007jlcp) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December by the British from returning to Ireland to fight for the cause, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 1956. she went to the coast of Normandy for the summer with her FRI 20:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntrgb) FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b007jlcp) children and there she was visited by Yeats who had been in [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Series 5 love with her for many years. FRI 20:30 My Daddy Told Me (b0076xzl) The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea With him he brought the draft of a poem in which MacBride is [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Constable Neddie Seagoon sets out to apprehend Minnie and attacked for his private behaviour but praised for what his FRI 21:00 Afternoon Reading (b012lkkq) Henry's Sussex assailant. Stars Spike Milligan. From October sacrifice will achieve in sanctifying the struggle. Over many [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] 1954. weeks Yeats pleads with Maud to marry him now she is free, FRI 21:15 Drama (b011zmqh) FRI 09:00 The 99p Challenge (b01rmc20) reading his poem to her as he works on improving it. Why, she [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Series 5 asks, is Ireland's greatest poet doing the job of the British press FRI 22:00 The Rivals (b03c482b) Episode 3 in vilifying John MacBride, a national hero? But will Yeats [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Crazy panel show capers with Sue Perkins, Simon Pegg, Dan change his poem, realising doing so will greatly increase the FRI 22:30 Victor Lewis-Smith (b05z6gk1) Antopolski, Peter Baynham and Armando Iannucci. From chances of his proposal? Episode 7 September 2004. FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jrry) Fly on the wall TV and suffering with the 'common touch'. The FRI 09:30 Sneakiepeeks (b00p8dkd) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] darkly comic world of Victor Lewis-Smith. Storm Warning FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jlcp) Award-winning controversial comedy surfaced on BBC Radio 1 Beagle Team are tasked with the surveillance of a Russian [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] in 1990 in the shape of Victor Lewis-Smith. The writer and billionaire. The nation's security and gas supply are at stake. FRI 13:00 MJ McGrath - White Heat (b01ntrgb) producer took a comedy cudgel to the self-satisfied, mid- Comedy by Harry Venning and Neil Brand about a team of [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Atlantic style of the very network he was appearing on - with inept, backstabbing surveillance operatives. FRI 13:30 My Daddy Told Me (b0076xzl) hoax phone calls, sketches, plus comic takedowns of high Bill ...... Richard Lumsden [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] profile celebs. It's all deliciously sandwiched between the Sharla ...... Nina Conti FRI 14:00 Anne Tyler - A Patchwork Planet (b007jmfv) original jangly Radio 1 jingles made by JAM Creative Mark ...... Daniel Kaluuya Episode 10 Productions in Dallas, USA. Captain Le Clerc ...... Kevin Eldon Money matters come to a head between Sofia and Barnaby, Winner of the British Comedy Awards 1990 for Best Radio Bolkonski ...... Shaban Arifi whose thoughts return to the 'Gaitlin Angel'. Read by William Comedy. Boris ...... John Biggins Hope. After making a series of late night programmes for Radio 1, Russian Girls ...... Alex Tregear/Kate Layden FRI 14:15 On the Map (b00rghjt) Victor took aim at TV in 1993 with BBC TWO's Inside Victor Russian Crew ...... Nigel Hastings/Ewan Hooper. The Lie of the Land Lewis Smith, before sparking another stir on Channel 4 in 1998 Producer: Katie Tyrrell Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern with TV Offal. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2009 cartography. Written by Victor Lewis Smith and Paul Sparks FRI 10:00 John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman There are lies, damned lies, statistics - and then there are maps. Produced by Victor Lewis Smith (b00hk2dv) Borders can be moved and countries expanded, shrunk or even First heard on BBC Radio 1 in May 1990. Episode 2 left off the map altogether. We'd like to believe that maps are a FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b060x951) Charles's life as a complacent Victorian gent has been purely factual representation of the world with no bias or Two hours of comedy, plus Arthur Smith chats to Hal overturned by his secret meetings with the mysterious Sarah on agenda, but in fact every cartographer decides what to include Cruttenden. the under-cliff at Lyme. on their map and what to exclude. Mike Parker discovers how FRI 23:00 The Consultants (b05z6glc) Having vowed to end the liaison he finds himself lured one last maps can be used as tools of power, politics and propaganda. Series 4 time. He kisses Sarah passionately. Then discovers they're being From 2010. Episode 1 watched... FRI 14:30 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jn05) The lighthouse tour and the old-fashioned parents. John Hurt concludes John Fowles' passionate epic of two lovers Episode 25 Cerebral sketch show written by and starring Neil Edmond, in conflict with starched Victorian society. As Thenardier attempts to blackmail Marius, can there be a Justin Edwards and James Rawlings. Narrator ...... John Hurt final reconciliation for Valjean and Cosette? Starring Roger Producer: Will Saunders Charles ...... Jonathan Firth Allam. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005. Sarah ...... Emily Bruni FRI 14:45 Attention All Shipping: A Journey Around the FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007qx6y) Ernestina ...... Kelly Reilly Shipping Forecast (b0176pbp) Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix Dr Grogan ...... TP McKenna Hebrides, Faeroes, South East Iceland Episode 3 Mrs Endicott ...... Susan Jameson Charlie Connelly ends his voyage by discovering some Dave Podmore refuses to stand idly by as English cricket stares Sam ...... Nick Sayce legendary whiskey and land younger than himself. Tom down both barrels of a bottomless doldrum. Mary ...... Ella Smith Goodman-Hills reads. On a chaotic overseas tour, his private life takes a turn for the Mr Freeman ...... Gerard McDermott FRI 15:00 John Fowles - The French Lieutenant's Woman worse. Mrs Rogers ...... Colleen Prendergast (b00hk2dv) Christopher Douglas stars as Pod. Montague ...... Wayne Foskett [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Prostitute ...... Sophie Roberts FRI 16:00 The 99p Challenge (b01rmc20) Nickolds. Curate ...... John Cummins [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Dave ...... Chris Douglas Dramatised by Graham White. FRI 16:30 Sneakiepeeks (b00p8dkd) Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds Producer: Peter Kavanagh [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] With Nicola Sanderson and Chris Pavlo. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. FRI 17:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b00tlmwv) Producer: Richard Wilson FRI 11:00 Afternoon Reading (b012lkkq) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001. The Foxes Come at Night FRI 17:30 The Rivals (b03c482b) Late September [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Cees Nooteboom is one of Holland's leading and most respected FRI 18:00 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (b0076pkb) authors, a writer of both novels and travel books and a Windfall consummate short story writer. The Foxes Come at Night, his A woman sells her trinkets to a passing salesman. From Dorothy recent collection, has won the 2010 Gouden Uil - the most K Haynes' 1949 collection. Read by Mark McDonnell. prestigious literary award in Flanders and is now published in FRI 18:15 John Connolly - Five Ghost Stories (b007jx4s) English. Nocturne The collection is set in the cities and islands of the Sounds of a piano played at night lead a father and his son into Mediterranean, territory Nooteboom knows well. The stories a confrontation with a malign adversary. Read by Tony Doyle. are linked by their meditations on memory and age, on love FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Songs (b01pf1ng) won and lost and on the fragments of life treasured in a Series 5 photograph or a detail. Seth Lakeman In 'Gondolas' a fine art dealer finds the past stirred by a Seth Lakeman has established himself as a leading folk photograph taken on the same Venetian canal bank forty years musician. A celebrated singer he's also a multi-instrumentalist ago. In 'Thunderstorm' a couple's own fissures are reflected in a and respected songwriter. horrific moment on a beach. And in 'Late September' a woman Growing up in Devon with musical parents Geoff and Joy it is waits on a windblown Spanish cafe terrace before the inevitable little wonder he and his brothers Sam and Sean became conclusion to her lonely day. musicians. Written with haunting attention to detail and pitch perfect Seth tells Phil Cunningham how music was always a feature of prose, sensitively translated by Ina Rilke, these stories show one the family home along with a good dose of healthy rivalry. The of the European masters of the genre at his best. annual highlight was when they all went on family busking Reader Hannah Gordon holidays in France where they performed as the Frantic Five. Abridger Sally Marmion Now in demand throughout the country Seth has several albums Producer Di Speirs. to his name and recalls playing on BBC Scotland's Hogmanay FRI 11:15 Drama (b011zmqh) Live along with Phil. A Terrible Beauty Phil's association with the family goes back many years having The poet WB Yeats travels to propose to legendary beauty played at Geoff Lakeman's 40th birthday celebrations where a Maud Gonne soon after her husband was executed by the young Seth knew him as Mr Monkey! British in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Phil opens the show with Seth's song Lady of the Sea before by David Pownall Seth picks these five tracks: with original music composed and performed by Max Pownall Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - Shine YEATS...... JOHN KAVANAGH Randy Newman - Short People MAUD...... FIONA VICTORY Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning YSEULT...... LYDIA WILSON Joan Osborne - St Teresa ELSIE...... JANE WHITTENSHAW Toots and the Maytals - Louie Louie Directed by Peter Kavanagh Phil closes the show with the track Hard Road from Seth's latest Irish patriot John MacBride was shot by the British after the album, Tales from the Barrel House. 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