Radio 4 Extra Listings for 9 – 15 August 2014 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 09 AUGUST 2014 Quizmaster .... Graham Blockey master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV College of Psychiatrists. After becoming a regular on BBC SAT 00:00 EM Forster - A Passage to India (b007jyv9) - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV Radio 4's Stop the Week in the 1980s, he became Britain's best- Episode 15 network. known psychiatrist and earned his own vehicle, In the As Dr Aziz makes his mind up about Cyril Fielding, he finds Producer: Pete Atkin. Psychiatrist's Chair. Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 himself thinking about the late Mrs Moore. Read by Samuel First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1986. and also transferred to TV. Series highlights include West. SAT 05:30 Smelling of Roses (b00fh6w1) conversations with Bob Monkhouse, Cecil Parkinson and Gerry SAT 00:15 Centurions (b007jzjp) Series 4 Adams. Albert Camus: The Outsider Episode 6 Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007. Ray Davison and Oliver Todd discuss the impact of the author's For Rosie Burns, life offers a fashion show, a potential First broadcast on Radio 4 in October 1998 pioneering novel on post-war European thought and literature. romantic interest...and a parting of the ways. SAT 14:00 The Navy Lark (b04cg41q) SAT 00:30 15 Minute Drama (b00mfkd2) A final assignment for Rosie Burns and the event management Bunging Up David and Caroline Stafford - Au Pairs company, where the clients are only part of the problem... A lost toothbrush sparks chaos amongst the crew aboard HMS Episode 5 Rosie Burns …. Prunella Scales Troutbridge. Comedy by David and Caroline Stafford about manners, Jo …. Rebecca Callard Tenniel Evans as the Admiral, Michael Bates as the morals, accidental chaos and heavy-duty childcare. The story Bob …. Duncan Preston Commander and Lawrie Wyman as AS Tiddy. follows the fortunes of two au pairs, Alvy from Ireland and Tess …. Annette Badland Stars Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray. Dorkia from Hungary, who bond over their mutual Brad …. Colin Stinton Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS condemnation of modern parenting. Henry …. Benjamin Whitrow Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive 13 series Major life changes beckon. If only Alvy and Dorika can get that Reggie …. Rowland Davies between 1959 and 1976. vase off Louis' head. Written and produced by Simon Brett. The Sub-Lieutenant ...... Leslie Phillips Dorika ...... Anna Maxwell Martin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2003. The Chief Petty Officer ...... Jon Pertwee Alvy ...... Sharon Gavin SAT 06:00 Emlyn Williams - The Corn Is Green (b04d0kl1) The Number One ...... Stephen Murray Directed by Marc Beeby. Scene: Glansarno, a small village in a remote Welsh Captain Povey ...... Richard Caldicot SAT 00:45 Book at Bedtime (b009fspj) countryside. Heather ...... Heather Chasen Sadie Jones - The Outcast Time: a period of three years in the latter part of the 19th The Admiral ...... Tenniel Evans Desecration century. The Commander ....... Michael Bates Increasingly alone and at odds with the world, self-loathing Teacher Miss Moffat is determined to win local miners over to AS Tiddy ...... Lawrie Wyman Lewis makes a dramatic gesture of despair. Read by Emma her English ways in this semi-autobiographical work by Emlyn Written by Lawrie Wyman. Fielding. Williams. Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. SAT 01:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00s0hn9) Cast - Miss Moffat: Gladys Young. Morgan Evans: Richard First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1969. Series 2 Burton. Welsh folk songs sung by boys from Aberdare County SAT 14:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jqv4) Episode 2 School. Series 3 Arthur Smith invites us into his Balham flat in south London for Adapted for broadcasting by T Rowland Hughes. Produced by How to Succeed in Business The Burkiss Way comedy, music and entertainment. PH Burton. "It's That Script Again!" with fast-talking old-time radio With his guests: Paloma Faith, Miles Jupp and Tom First broadcast on Saturday Night Theatre - BBC Home Service comedy fun - and at the Council Planning Committee, will Wrigglesworth. 27th January 1945. Satan eat a cucumber or offer a million pound bribe? Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith SAT 07:15 Alex Shearer - Play Chopsticks for Me Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2010 (b04d0kl3) Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to SAT 01:30 Fry's English Delight (b00lv1ln) The Great Stromberg is a great piano teacher, but his student 1980. Series 2 begins to suspect that he may be a fraud. Read by Jonathan Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. So Wrong It's Right Keeble. Producer: John Lloyd Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English SAT 07:30 Yes Yes Yes (b00t2y92) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977. language. Series 1 SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b04d0kl5) Stephen examines how 'wrong' English can become right The Great Escape [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] English. For example, nowadays, more people use the word John Rawling relives the final day of football's 1998/99 season, SAT 16:00 Emlyn Williams - The Corn Is Green (b04d0kl1) 'wireless' in a computer context than in a radio one. With help as Carlisle United battled Scarborough to stay in Division [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] from a lexicographer, an educationalist, a Times sub-editor and Three. SAT 17:15 Alex Shearer - Play Chopsticks for Me a judge, Stephen examines the way in which usage changes SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b04d0kl5) (b04d0kl3) language. In the Dark Tower - Louis MacNeice at the BBC [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] He applauds the council leader who claimed the services 4 Extra Debut. Poet Paul Muldoon recalls a fellow Belfast SAT 17:30 John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music (b04c9xd3) provided by her local authority should be seen as strawberry- wordsmith who innovated radio production, loved rugby and Series 1 flavoured and castigates attempts at banning government jargon drank hard. From January 2007. Leee John of Imagination like step change and synergy. Banning words is fruitless; he SAT 09:00 The BBC Tour (b04d0kl7) Aspiring singer/songwriter John Shuttleworth has been posting favours blue sky thinking, and strawberry flavouring. Savoy Hill, Broadcasting House, Lime Grove, TV Centre, audio cassettes of his "finest songs to date" to pop stars SAT 02:00 Nick Warburton - Paradise (b04cpl74) Maida Vale and Bush House are just some of the iconic BBC throughout the land, in the hope that someone would record his 4 Extra Debut. Antonia swaps her City job for life in the buildings brought alive by Nick Baker in this fascinating tour of material. But all to no avail. country, but why is the cottage she wants so cheap? Stars the archives from 1922 to the present. However, the BBC has very kindly given John a series and Amanda Root and Liz Smith. After the Queen opened the new extension to London asked him to invite pop stars to bring their music to his SAT 02:30 Up A Gum Tree (b0075kfc) Broadcasting House in 2013, regular guided public tours took Sheffield home. So it is that Chas and Dave, Heaven 17, Toyah It's a health-giving, circulation-boosting, teeth-preserving, place. Sculptor Eric Gill's statue of Prospero and Ariel over the Willcox and Leee John find themselves in John's lounge having breath-freshening, digestion-aiding, brain-clearing, chest- 1932 art deco front entrance sparked controversy over part of tea with wife Mary, being flirted with by Mary's friend Joan developing, nerve-settling national past time. Love it or hate it, the latter's anatomy. BBC buildings have made news ever since. and hassled by John's agent Ken Worthington, as they try and chewing gum is here to stay. But it turns out it's not only today's The BBC's first home in Savoy Hill was described by DG Lord perform not only one their greatest hits but more importantly, teenagers who munch on gum. The ancient remains of a gum Reith as a miserable sort of place, but for ten years it broadcast one of John's. buried with a stone-age teenager have also been discovered. a variety of talks and even some agonisingly slow Wimbledon It's the last show in the series this week but John is feeling a So just how long has chewing gum been around? Pete commentaries. little stressed despite the fact all the jingles are recorded. John's McCarthy takes you on a whirlwind tour of the bubblegum Lime Grove in Shepherd's Bush was bought by the BBC in final guest is Leee John from Imagination who's a very busy years. 1949 to temporarily house its fledgling TV service, but it man involved with charity work, singing, acting and making a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. remained in use for 42 years. Ludovic Kennedy shares its documentary - and John is worried that Leee is doing too much SAT 03:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (b01r81tv) history. and should take things a bit easy. Maybe they could take a trip Episode 4 BBC TV Centre is recalled by perhaps the most celebrity vox to the reservoir to check the levels as that's a very relaxing thing Determined to solve the mystery of the diamond, Blake makes a pop ever assembled. to do? shocking discovery and sets up a re-enactment.