Radio 4 Extra Listings for 30 April – 6 May 2011 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2011 Narrator... Miles Jupp. SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b010t4pd) Producer: Julia McKenzie [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 ] SAT 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010nyk4) Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2008. SAT 16:00 The Other Side of the Hill (b010t4pb) Night Watch SAT 05:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008h619) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 2 The Princes of this World SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b010nwwc) Chasing a villain called Carcer, Commander Sam Vimes of the Jesus has been taken prisoner. Dorothy L Sayers' cycle of plays [Repeat of broadcast at 02:00 today] City Watch has been thrown back in time. The Old Watch are a on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf. SAT 18:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vfjsh) lack-lustre bunch and they've taken him prisoner. SAT 05:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jstk) 5. Desperation Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks. Episode 2 Will spy hero Lucifer Box reach cult leader Olympus Mons' Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Howard Baker can do no wrong up in Heaven - and his wife Satanic lair, deep beneath the Swiss Alps, in time to prevent the Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Peter Marinker as Tilden, Clare forgives his bad behaviour. Celestial satire read by Martin sacrifice of the "perfect victim"? Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Jarvis. Mark Gatiss concludes his own fiendishly gripping adventure. Lawn and Matt Addis as Knock. SAT 06:00 The Other Side of the Hill (b010t4pb) Abridged by David Jackson Young. Director: Claire Grove It's a Long Way From Talavera Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. The 1808-1813 peninsular campaign of the Duke of Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Scotland and first SAT 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b0084sqq) Wellington. First of Peter Luke's two linked plays with Michael broadcast in 2010. Delhi by Vandana Singh Pennington. SAT 18:30 JG Ballard - The Drowned World (b00hwyq3) A man living in present-day Delhi is haunted by visions of the SAT 07:30 What's So Funny? (b010nwwc) Episode 1 city as it was in the past - and how it will be in the future... [Repeat of broadcast at 02:00 today] JG Ballard's 1962 debut novel, set in a futuristic Vandana Singh’s story is read by Shiv Grewal. SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b010t4pd) submerged with the onset of global warming. Read by Robert Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories Series 6 Glenister. from around the world. Episode 23 SAT 19:00 Some of Our Archives Were Missing (b0089b35) Director: Gemma Jenkins The American funny man is in Virginia, Guy Noir is on the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2007. election trail and in Lake Wobegon the moon is bright. From SAT 22:00 Saturday Stand-Up (b010t7jh) SAT 01:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jv8w) 2010. Sean Hughes - Live A Curry at Kelmscot SAT 09:00 Some of Our Archives Were Missing (b0089b35) The frank and funny Irish captured at the end of his Jennifer joins Mark and his mutt's Thames quest, but there is a Stuart Maconie presents classic programmes thought lost 1995 tour - entertaining an audience in Glasgow. surprise on their menu. Stars Timothy Spall. From January forever, but now returned to the BBC's vaults thanks to attentive SAT 22:45 Fabulous (b00hy947) 1993. radio fans: Series 1 SAT 01:30 (b008m9f6) It Sticks Out Half a Mile (19/07/1981) Episode 4 Series 1 Comedy Parade: Hush, Hush, Here Comes the Bolshie Man Faye has money troubles, so she's hoping her mum will lend her Stewart Lee (14/03/1971) £10,000. From a self-cleaning fish tank with a twist to a CD player-cum- Thirty Minute Theatre: The Green Machine (23/04/1975) stars as Faye in Lucy Clarke’s about a microwave oven? Story Time: Eye Witness Accounts - The Great Fire of London woman who wants to be fabulous but can't cope. asks comedian Stewart Lee to select the public's (20/01/1970) With: best loopy idea. Things Could Be Worse (15/09/1976) Adam Buxton The first of three radio comedy series where award-winning The Worst Show on the Wireless (12/02/1975). Matthew Holness comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the The BBC's Treasure Hunt initiative of the early noughties ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, focussed its efforts on missing radio and Anne Reid schemes and policies of the public. programmes, dating from prior to 1980. It was an invitation to Joanna Scanlan Producer: Simon Nicholls collectors, fans and even former BBC staff who might have Joanna Neary First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005. possessed domestic recordings of missing comedies and Geoffrey McGivern SAT 02:00 What's So Funny? (b010nwwc) dramas. Among other gems, a missing episode of The Likely Music by Osymyso. Series 1 Lads was returned. An eclectic collection of radio curios made Producer: Simon Nicholls Episode 4 its way home - some of them shared in this programme. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2007. and guests with news, reviews and previews of Stuart Maconie is a writer and broadcaster - a fixture of BBC SAT 23:00 RD Wingfield (b00sw79x) what's happening in comedy this week. Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, and a compadre of fellow radio The Cellar SAT 02:30 Omnibus (b010nwwf) legend Mark Radcliffe. Behind a bricked-up entrance lurks a suspenseful tale of horror Series 1, Episodes 7-8 SAT 12:00 Karen Blixen - Out of Africa (b010t4ph) below stairs. Stars John Pullen and Rosalind Ayres. Fallon's got a busy day ahead, and Alice is glad to be back. Omnibus. A spirited and independent woman makes Africa her SAT 23:15 Ruth Rendell Stories (b00b5ppw) SAT 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jtdf) home. In 1913 Karen travels to Kenya to start a farm with her A Dark Blue Perfume Persuasion new husband. A retired businessman returns from abroad to search for his ex- Accidents and Encounters SAT 13:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010t4pk) wife, who left him years ago for another man. Read by John Captain Wentworth has returned to the village of Uppercross - Peter Hook Rowe. becoming the centre of social life for the Musgrove family. The musician inherits 'Strangers in the Night' sung by Frank SAT 23:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hy945) Only Anne Elliot appears to remember the past and her Sinatra and passes on Candi Staton's 'You Got the Love'. Episode 9 rejection of his love eight years ago. But is it coldness of SAT 13:15 Baldi (b007jljw) Convinced that Erik is the murderer, Wallander tackles his indifference which she now senses in his attitude towards her? Series 1 suspect's mother. Henning Mankell's thriller read by David First published in 1817, Jane Austen's last fully completed The Prodigal Son Warner. novel, dramatised by Michelene Wandor. Paolo Baldi - Franciscan priest and philosophy lecturer - SAT 23:45 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hzh3c) Anne Elliot …. Juliet Stevenson accidentally becomes involved in solving a murder at an Italian Episode 10 Captain Wentworth …. Tim Brierley chip shop. Inspector Wallander gets a vital clue in his investigation of Jane Austen …. Sorcha Cusack Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as Tina Lovgren's murder. Henning Mankell's thriller read by David Sir Walter Elliot …. Roger Hume Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Gerard McSorley as Warner. Elizabeth Elliot …. Claire Faulconbridge Doctor Graham and Owen Roe as Superintendent Rynne. Mr Elliot …. Peter Harlowe Murder mystery written by Barry Devlin. Mary Musgrove …. Kathryn Hurlbutt Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC 01 MAY 2011 Charles Musgrove …. Alister Cameron . Louisa Musgrove …. Jayne Dowell Directed in by Lawrence Jackson. SUN 00:00 The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss (b00vfjsh) Henrietta Musgrove …. Alison Dowling First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Mrs Musgrove …. Sheila Grant SAT 14:00 The Goon Show (b007jl9j) SUN 00:30 JG Ballard - The Drowned World (b00hwyq3) Lady Russell …. Patricia Gallimore Series 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Admiral Croft …. Jeffery Dench The Whistling Spy Enigma SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b010t4pd) Sophia Croft …. Tina Gray Spy Neddie must make contact with his informer. But can he [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Mrs Clay …. Hedli Niklaus whistle the secret tune? Stars Spike Milligan. From September SUN 02:00 Karen Blixen - Out of Africa (b010t4ph) Mrs Smith …. Carole Boyd 1954. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Captain Harville …. Paul Alexander SAT 14:30 Dad's Army (b007jlfs) SUN 03:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010t4pk) Captain Benwick …. Tony Turner Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 13:05 on Saturday] Square piano (William Rolfe and Sons c 1810) played by The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage SUN 03:15 Baldi (b007jljw) Kenneth Mobbs Summer, 1940: Convinced a German invasion has begun, [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by . Captain Mainwaring and his men mount a gun placement at SUN 04:00 The Other Side of the Hill (b010t4pb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1986. Godfrey's cottage. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SAT 04:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Chaos, inevitably, ensues... SUN 05:30 Morpurgo's Islands of Inspiration (b010t80d) Works of (b007k2xh) The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard Children's writer Michael Morpurgo meets Scillonians, as he Episode 4 platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. tours the Isles of Scilly to investigate local myths and legends. The Royal Dingle Company wreak havoc in Stratford-Upon- Adapted for radio from and David Croft's TV SUN 06:00 Daughters of Britannia Omnibus (b00c8txc) Avon. Stars Patrick Barlow and Louise Lombard. From scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. Episode 2 September 1995. Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe Katie Hickman examines the lives of "the women of the SAT 04:30 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcq) Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier embassies" through their letters and diaries. The Brothers Faversham Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn SUN 07:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010t8t8) Augustus Faversham Private Walker …. James Beck June Spencer The story of Victorian Britain's most celebrated magician - Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley actress inherits 'I'll See You Again' by Noel Augustus Faversham. Private Pike …. Ian Lavender Coward and passes on Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1. The comedy sketch trio present swashbuckling tales of four Private Frazer …. John Laurie SUN 07:15 Love Stories (b010nxrt) brothers born into the same privileged aristocratic family - Cissie Godfrey …. Nan Brawnton The Lark Horatius, Theseus, Leonidas and Augustus. Percy the Parrot …. Percy Edwards By . A widow's life is transformed by an Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Announcer …. John Snagge unexpected love affair. Read by Joanna Tope. Tuck. Producer: John Dyas SUN 07:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b010mztl) Alexandra Faversham ... Ingrid Oliver First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974. Series 3 Supported by .co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 30 April – 6 May 2011 Page 2 of 7 Episode 4 SUN 15:00 Chain Reaction (b00mj5rt) MON 02:00 Love Stories (b010tbkk) Arthur Smith presents comedy and music from his flat in Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Balham, south London. Phill Jupitus Interviews John Hegley MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b010nwwf) With Billy Jenkins, Kevin Eldon, Imran Yusef plus poetry from The comedian and comic poet get chatting in the tag talk show, [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Saturday] Kate Fox where one week's guest is the following week's interviewer. MON 02:45 Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley (b010tbkm) Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith SUN 15:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn64) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2011. The Beast in the Cage MON 03:00 Genius (b00brvcm) SUN 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jl9j) Victor suffers a bank holiday traffic nightmare stuck in a jam - [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday] and so do Margaret and Jean! MON 03:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue SUN 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jlfs) Richard Wilson stars as Victor and Annette Crosbie as his long- (b007jq2b) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday] suffering wife Margaret. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] SUN 09:00 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010tbk9) Adapted for radio by David Renwick from his BBC TV script. MON 04:00 Chain Reaction (b00mj5rt) Episode 4 Victor Meldrew ...... Richard Wilson [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday] Time has run out for the Watson family and Malebron. The Evil Margaret Meldrew ...... Annette Crosbie MON 04:30 One Foot in the Grave (b007jn64) have broken through worlds and have a lock on the hidden Mrs Warboys ...... Doreen Mantle [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] Treasures. With Michael Fenton-Stevens, Ainslee Foster, Paul Rogan, MON 05:00 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010tbk9) The only hope for Helen to find Findhorn to foil the Evil, Stephanie Pack and Keith Wickham. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] otherwise the world of Elidor will be destroyed. Winning numerous awards, six series were made for TV plus MON 05:30 The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier (b010tbkc) Conclusion of Alan Garner's classic fantasy adventure numerous specials on BBC ONE from 1990 to 2000. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] dramatised in four-parts by Don Webb. Producer: Diane Messias MON 06:00 The Toff (b007jr60) Stars Mossie Cassidy as Roland, Raffey Cassidy as Helen, First broadcast in February 1995 on BBC Radio 2. The Toff and the Runaway Bride William Rush as Nicholas, Stephen Hoyle as David, Toby SUN 16:00 Alan Garner - Elidor (b010tbk9) 1. Honeymoon for One Hadoke as Malebron, Fiona Clarke as Mrs Watson, Sarah [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Barbara Lawn is about to marry the Toff's old chum, Major McDonald Hughes as Jennifer and Gerard Fletcher as the SUN 16:30 The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier (b010tbkc) Guy Lessing - against her father's wishes - in a gripping tale of Foreman. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] blackmail and murder. Original music composed by Ian Williams SUN 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b010t4pd) Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur Directed at BBC Manchester by Charlotte Riches. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2011. SUN 18:00 The Sorcerer's Apprentice (b008j0gn) First published in 1959, John Creasey’s The Toff and the SUN 09:30 The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier (b010tbkc) A young magician is left alone in his master's workshop. Judith Runaway Bride dramatised in six parts by Roy Lomax. Episode 1 French updates Goethe's tale. Starring Paul Rhys and Harry The Toff ...... Terence Alexander When the Germans march into Poland in 1939, the Balicki Towb. Jolly ...... Robert Dorning family are suddenly torn apart by war. Stars Sarah McDonald SUN 18:45 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b010tbkp) Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks Hughes. The Nine Billion Names of God Aunt Gloria ...... Peggy Ann Wood SUN 10:00 Revisited (b010tbkf) The Sentinel Holy Joe ...... David Graham Children's Writers The story from which Arthur C Clarke developed the Maggie ...... Frances Jeater Michael Morpurgo '2001: A Space Odyssey' with Stanley Kubrick. Read by Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson From Beethoven to Buddy Holly. Shrapnel. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson War Horse creator, Sir Michael Morpurgo shares his castaway SUN 19:00 Love Stories (b010tbkk) First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975. choices with Sue Lawley. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjb) His other works include Kensuke's Kingdom, Why the Wales SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b010nwwf) The Course of True Love Came and Private Peaceful. [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Saturday] Rumpole muses on the case of a teacher accused of seduction. The widely respected children's author and the former SUN 19:45 Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley (b010tbkm) "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Children's Laureate styles himself as a 'story-teller/writer' and [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law the themes he explores are the relationships between young and SUN 20:00 The Goon Show (b007jl9j) Horace Rumpole. old, children and animals and children's experiences of [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday] With Denys Hawthorne as Judge George Frobisher and Michael loneliness and self-reliance. SUN 20:30 Dad's Army (b007jlfs) Spice as Guthrie Featherstone. Together with his wife, Clare, he set up the charity Farms for [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday] Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John City Children in Devon to give inner-city children the SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010tbkf) Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- opportunity to experience life on a farm, working with animals [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal and being close to nature. SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b010tbkh) Court of and Wales. Producer Lisa Jenkinson [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today] Director: Peter King First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004. SUN 22:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b010mztl) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b010tbkh) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b00ft0t2) Ronnie Corbett SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jspx) Series 1 The legendary funny man in conversation with Mark Lawson, Series 1 Episode 5 reflecting on his career and double act with Ronnie Barker. The Mastersons and Johnson Phonsie calls in a few favours from his friend Joe MacMonagle. SUN 11:00 Love Stories (b010tbkk) The French Revolution is in full swing and the fate of the Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in Fish and Chips Masterson family is inextricably linked with that of a tumble 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in By Freya North. An inheritance by the sea broadens a young dryer. every home. woman's horizons. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Read by Melody Grove. based entirely on audience suggestions. Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b010nwwf) Starring , , Caroline Quentin, Jim Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy [Repeat of broadcast at 02:30 on Saturday] Sweeney and Phelim McDermott. Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker SUN 11:45 Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley (b010tbkm) Producer: Phil Clarke Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney Not the football club, but a one-legged, partially sighted First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1993. Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt wheeler-dealer from Lancashire. Bernard Cribbins tells the tale. SUN 23:00 The Ape That Got Lucky (b008039f) Stumpy Bonnar ...... Gerard McSorley From January 1995. Language and Communication Aubrey Frawley ...... Dominic Letts SUN 12:00 Daughters of Britannia Omnibus (b00c8txc) ’s exploration of the fascinating subject of human Jonathan Ffrench O'Dowd ...... Wesley Murphy [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] evolution begins with languages. Primrose Ffrench O'Dowd ...... Marcella Riordan SUN 13:05 Inheritance Tracks (b010t8t8) With over 5,000 or so now in use - why is it fortunate that the Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:05 today] original human language developed in Africa rather than Director: Eoin O'Callaghan SUN 13:15 Love Stories (b010nxrt) England? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] We also hears from a man who thinks his bees are telling him MON 07:30 Chain Reaction (b00mpnkr) SUN 13:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b010mztl) about unsolved crimes, and Professor Austin Herring Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] demonstrates his valve-based translation machine. John Hegley and Jack Dee SUN 14:00 Genius (b00brvcm) Starring Chris Addison. The comic poet and comedian get chatting in the tag talk show, Series 1 With Professor Austin Herring (aka Geoffrey McGivern ), Jo where one week's guest is the following week's interviewer. Neil Innes Enright and Dan Tetsell. MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007k2gd) From bunk chairs to helium-filled bubble wrap. Written by Chris Addison and Carl Cooper. Series 2 Dave Gorman asks musical comedian Neil Innes to select the Producer: Simon Nicholls Episode 10 public's best loopy idea. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. Suspense in Kenneth Horne's 'The Portrait of Florian Thrust', Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest SUN 23:30 Elvenquest (b00k9d80) plus a bout of bona wrestling for Julian and Sandy. chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius Series 1 With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill inventions, schemes and policies of the public. Episode 5 Pertwee. Producer: Simon Nicholls The Oracle enlightens in the quest for the Sword of Asnagar. Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005. Fantasy comedy starring Darren Boyd and Dave Lamb. From London. Announcer: Douglas Smith SUN 14:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue May 2009. Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio (b007jq2b) comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Series 1 Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Cults MONDAY 02 MAY 2011 Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Radio's sofa-bound daytime presenter duo look at cults and the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and plight of the homeless MON 00:00 The Sorcerer's Apprentice (b008j0gn) 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Bill Dare's sitcom starring Robert Duncan as Mike and Julia [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] catchphrases and double-entendres. Hills as Sue. MON 00:45 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b010tbkp) Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser With Debbie Isitt, Roger Blake, Mark Kilmurry and Dan [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] Hayes Four. Strauss. MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010tbkf) Producer: John Simmonds Music by Mark Burton. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1966. Producer: Pete Sinclair MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b010tbkh) MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b010tcrn) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] Series 7 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 30 April – 6 May 2011 Page 3 of 7 Episode 5 see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook The History of Transport - and the search is on for the Lost City opponents. Gary Peyton ...... Ewan Bailey of Atlantis courtesy of Professor Prune. Alan Davies, Jack Dee, and Lucy Porter are Gavin Smedley ...... Gerard McDermott Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on Paul ...... Harry Myers David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. subjects as varied as: Eyes, Snakes, Cutlery and Dieting. Producer: Jonquil Panting Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie with Simon The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005. Brett. team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue Producer: Jon Naismith 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. TUESDAY 03 MAY 2011 quickly developed a cult following. MON 13:00 The Toff (b007jr60) Music and songs by Liam Cohen, Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010tzfb) Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge MON 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjb) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in February 1969. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE 00:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k3d0) MON 09:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue MON 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpnz) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] (b007jq4v) At Home Abroad TUE 01:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue Series 1 To scold or not to scold? Katie Hickman reveals how the wives (b007jq4v) Shopaholics of British diplomats were advised to deal with their servants. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Radio's sofa-bound daytime presenter duo look at shopaholics MON 14:15 Love Stories (b010nxrt) TUE 01:30 Safety Catch (b00fgq18) and dangerous ducks. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Bill Dare's sitcom starring Robert Duncan as Mike and Julia MON 14:30 David Park - The Truth Commissioner TUE 02:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b010twf6) Hills as Sue. (b010txv8) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] With Debbie Isitt, Lee Cornes and Martin Hyder. Episode 1 TUE 02:30 Morpurgo's Islands of Inspiration (b010t80d) Music by Mark Burton. 4 Extra Premiere. A new appointment is made as the Truth and [Repeat of broadcast at 05:30 on Sunday] Producer: Pete Sinclair Reconciliation process is adopted in Northern Ireland. Read by TUE 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jtdp) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996. Gerard Murphy. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] MON 09:30 Safety Catch (b00fgq18) MON 14:45 Paul Collins - Banvard's Folly (b010txvb) TUE 04:00 Ballylenon (b00ft0t2) Series 1 Banvard's Folly [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] A Wanting Man Once the world's most famous painter, John Banvard died TUE 04:30 Chain Reaction (b00mpnkr) Simon wonders whether to stay faithful to his girlfriend, when penniless - why? The stories of forgotten people read by [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] he suspects a friend of his sister may be attracted to him. Andrew Sachs. TUE 05:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008h3nq) Starring Darren Boyd as Simon McGrath. MON 15:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008h3nq) [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Monday] Laurence Howarth’s black comedy of modern morality. Simon King of Sorrows TUE 05:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jsv5) is essentially a nice man who also happens to be an arms dealer. Will the death of Jesus satisfy the Sanhedrin? Dorothy L Sayers' [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Monday] With: cycle of plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf. TUE 06:00 The Toff (b007jr8v) Joanna Page MON 15:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jsv5) The Toff and the Runaway Bride Lewis MacLeod Episode 3 2. The Finger of Suspicion Sarah Smart Adapting well to his new life in Heaven, Howard Baker gets a After bride Barbara's disappearance, the Honourable Richard Brigit Forsyth new job. Celestial satire read by Martin Jarvis. Rollison faces more mystery - on the trail of Major Guy Catherine Shepherd MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010tzf8) Lessing's first wife... Producer: Dawn Ellis hears from comedian Ed Byrne about his mania Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007. about mountains, hunts for sharks in UK seas, and reveals sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison. MON 10:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b010twf6) which of The Archers' loves skinny dipping. John Creasey's thriller dramatised by Roy Lomax. Series 2 MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b00ft0t2) The Toff ...... Terence Alexander 1. 'My partner is too controlling - a fight for the TV remote' [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Jolly ...... Robert Dorning "My partner is too controlling - a fight for the television MON 17:30 Chain Reaction (b00mpnkr) Major Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson remote" [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks "I'm a non drinker with no friends - should I just buy a cat?" MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010tzfb) Doctor ...... Dennis McCarthy Sarah Millican returns as a life counsellor and modern-day Night Watch Kevin Brennan ...... Robert Lawn agony aunt tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out Episode 3 Superintendent ...... Godfrey James real advice for real people. Thrown back in time, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Producer: John Fawcett Wilson. Assisted by her very own team of experts of the heart - man of Watch is training his young self in the art of policing - then runs First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975. the people local cabbie Terry, and self qualified counsellor into his old enemy, Carcer. TUE 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjp) Marion, Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks. The Perils of the Sea Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on and has a solution Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young Rumpole recalls the case of murder. How did Barney Bateman for everything. Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as die? Sarah ...... Sarah Millican Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Peter Marinker as Tilden "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Marion ...... Ruth Bratt and Rachel Atkins as Lady Meserole. Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Terry ...... Simon Daye Director: Claire Grove Horace Rumpoleand Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole. Linda ...... Diane Morgan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. With Norman Shelley as the Judge and Michael Spice as Matthew ...... Will Smith MON 18:30 Fantastic Tales (b007k3d0) Guthrie Featherstone. Written by Sarah Millican. The Silken-Swift by Theodore Sturgeon Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Producer: Lianne Coop A man is caught between a good witch and a wicked witch, but Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011. a unicorn holds the key to true happiness... by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal MON 10:30 Morpurgo's Islands of Inspiration (b010t80d) Written in 1953, Theodore Sturgeon's intense fantasy is read by Court of England and Wales. [Repeat of broadcast at 05:30 on Sunday] Mark Bonnar. Director: Ian Cotterell MON 11:00 Jane Austen (b007jtdp) Fantastic Tales is a collection of weird and wonderful stories First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Persuasion from around the world. TUE 07:00 The World As We Know It (b00fd7zl) Friendly Persuasion Director: Gemma Jenkins The End Louisa Musgrove has become engaged to Captain Benwick and Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in April 2007. Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail woke up on Saturday Anne Elliot dares to hope that Captain Wentworth's affections MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007k2gd) morning to find they were the last four people left on earth. might, once again, be hers... [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Two days later and the implications of what has happened are The conclusion of Jane Austen's novel dramatised by Michelene MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b010tcrn) beginning to sink in, as they start the first week of the rest of Wandor. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] their lives... Anne Elliot …. Juliet Stevenson MON 20:00 The Toff (b007jr60) Sitcom by Luke Sorba. Captain Wentworth …. Tim Brierley [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Johnny ...... Toby Longworth Jane Austen …. Sorcha Cusack MON 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjb) Donna ...... Meera Syal Sir Walter Elliot …. Roger Hume [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Patrick ...... Luke Sorba Elizabeth Elliot …. Claire Faulconbridge MON 21:00 Jane Austen (b007jtdp) Abigail ...... Carla Mendonca Mr Elliot …. Peter Harlowe [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] The Stranger ...... Simon Greenall Mary Musgrove …. Kathryn Hurlbutt MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b010m2k7) Producer: Elizabeth Anstee Charles Musgrove …. Alister Cameron [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1999. Henrietta Musgrove …. Alison Dowling MON 22:30 The Atkinson People (b007jsb0) TUE 07:30 The Sunday Format (b010v0rn) Mrs Musgrove …. Sheila Grant Sir Corin Basin Series 2 Lady Russell …. Patricia Gallimore The , raconteur and general bore talks to just about anyone Episode 1 Sophia Croft …. Tina Gray who will listen. Stars Rowan Atkinson. From April 1979. Is Gardening the New Skateboarding? More column inches on Mrs Clay …. Hedli Niklaus MON 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b010twf6) the radio. With Tracy-Ann Oberman. From October 2003. Mrs Smith …. Carole Boyd [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE 08:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Captain Harville …. Paul Alexander MON 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00rmygl) (b007nf1x) Square piano (William Rolfe and Sons c 1810) played by Series 1 End of an Era Kenneth Mobbs Smoked Meat It's Bob and Thelma's big day - and he's on tranquilisers! Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Vanessa Whitburn. Sir Marcus wants a global web presence by the end of the week. Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1986. Mean marketing director John Weak descends to the IT Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers.. MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007k2gd) netherworld to do battle with Gavin Smedley, an IT director With Sheila Fearn, Joan Hickson, Anita Carey, Daphne Heard [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] grown from the sweat of a techie's armpit. and Barbara Ogilvie. MON 12:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b010m2k7) Alexander Armstrong stars as John Weak in Guy Browning’s Created and scripted for BBC TV by and Ian La Series 7 sitcom. Frenais. Episode 4 John Weak ...... Alexander Armstrong Adapted for radio and produced by John Browell. David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four Hayley ...... Clare Perkins Audio recovered from a listener to BBC 7. are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1975. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 30 April – 6 May 2011 Page 4 of 7 TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fr) Foreign menus were a challenge for some diplomatic women. He may have only one pair of trousers and a seven-figure Series 2 Katie Hickman reveals how others relished the local cuisine. Amazon sales ranking, but no writer knows more about Commemorate Jubilees the Burkiss Way TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b010v2fg) freeloading than Ed Reardon. A comedy celebration of the Queen's 25 years on the throne. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon. The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living is radio's limited edition TUE 14:30 David Park - The Truth Commissioner Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. correspondence course. (b010v36h) Featuring: With mock-hide instruction from Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees, Chris Episode 2 Philip Jackson Emmett and Fred Harris. In his new post, Henry Stanfield's estranged daughter thinks he Alice Lowe Embossed scrollwork script from Andrew Marshall and David can help in the search for Connor Walshe. Read by Gerard Geoffrey Whitehead Renwick. Murphy. Martin Hyder A genuine leatherette production by Simon Brett (a gift you will TUE 14:45 Paul Collins - Banvard's Folly (b010v381) Stephanie Cole treasure for always) The Man With N-Ray Eyes Sally Hawkins Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January Distinguished French physicist Rene Blondlot is now unknown - Melanie Hudson 1977. why? The stories of forgotten people read by Andrew Sachs. Geoffrey McGivern TUE 09:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx6f) TUE 15:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008h4ww) Stephanie Cole Mrs Garland's Good Deeds The King Comes to His Own Ronnie Golden "The over 70's keep fit club has got completely out of hand, Mr At last, the Son of Man returns. Dorothy L Sayers' cycle of John Fortune Critchley. Can't you see how cruel it is expecting pensioners to plays on the life of Jesus Christ. Stars Gabriel Woolf. Dan Tetsell vault over a horse?" TUE 15:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jsvf) Rita May More crazy happenings for hapless vicar Timothy Carswell. Episode 4 Producer: Simon Nicholls Stephen Sheridan's six-part series starring James Grout.. Howard realises that his life in heaven is not quite what he First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2005 Reverend Timothy Carswell ...... James Grout thought it was. Celestial satire read by Martin Jarvis. TUE 23:30 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jh6jp) Mrs Garland ...... Rosemary Martin TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010v39x) Series 1 Simon Garland ...... Daniel Strauss Mel Giedroyc says happy birthday to actor and comedian Rob I Say, I Say, I Say Critchley ...... Fraser Kerr Brydon, hears what life is like with no sense of smell, and Disabled comedian Bill finds popularity once more and Dr Warlock ...... Christopher Good discovers the joys of keeping your own pigs. embarks on one final gig. Owen Evans' monologue from Miss Shaw ...... Auriol Smith TUE 17:00 The World As We Know It (b00fd7zl) September 2000. Mr Vaughan ...... Michael Turner [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Mr Shaw ...... Ronald Herdman TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b010v0rn) Producer: Lissa Evans. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WEDNESDAY 04 MAY 2011 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991. TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v3d7) TUE 09:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c683t) Night Watch WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v3d7) Series 1 Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] The Future Begins Here Thrown back in time, Commander Sam Vimes of the City WED 00:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Prince Ludovico battles his enemies in the local tavern while his Watch relives the glorious revolution of his youth. But he must (b007k4lg) wife Princess Plethora tries to reconcile her quarrel-some sons. also protect his younger self from arch-enemy Carcer. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Neal Anthony's 16th century comedy about the chaotic Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised by Robin Brooks. WED 01:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue lives of the ruling family of Renaissance Italy's most Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young (b007jx6f) inconsequential city-state. Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Joseph Kloska as Reg Shoe WED 01:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00c683t) Graham Crowden as Francesco, Paul Bigley as Alessandro, and Peter Marinker as Major Clive. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, Nick Romero as Salvatore, Director: Claire Grove WED 02:00 Ambridge Extra (b010v2fg) Christopher Kelham as Guido and Kim Wall as Doctor Dolfini. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Producer: Helen Williams TUE 18:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor WED 02:15 Love Stories (b010tbkk) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001. (b007k4lg) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] TUE 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b010v2fg) The Seeds of Creation WED 02:30 It's a Funny Business (b010v2y1) Series 1 Ralph Exon - working for an international fertiliser corporation [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday] Episode 9 - has created a new strain of plant: a mutation which he hopes WED 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jr87) Alice has a guilty conscience, and Fallon thinks romance is in will bring relief to the famine-ridden countries of the world. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] the air. It's an innocent-looking plant. But in that plant, known as the WED 04:00 The World As We Know It (b00fd7zl) TUE 10:15 Love Stories (b010tbkk) Exon strain, there also lurks the Destruction Factor... [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] James Follett’s sci-fi thriller in six-parts starring TP McKenna. WED 04:30 The Sunday Format (b010v0rn) TUE 10:30 It's a Funny Business (b010v2y1) Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Bob Monkhouse Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams WED 05:00 The Man Born to Be King (b008h4ww) The popular comedian shares some showbiz career highlights Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Tuesday] with Mike Craig, including meeting his heroes Laurel and Ralph Exon ...... Clifford Rose WED 05:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jsvf) Hardy. From 1977. Balfour ...... Peter Wickham [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Tuesday] TUE 11:00 Jane Austen (b007jr87) Garrard ...... Rod Beacham WED 06:00 The Toff (b007jrcm) Mansfield Park Ted Downes ...... Bruce Beeby The Toff and the Runaway Bride The Family at Mansfield Kathy Downes ...... Joan Matheson 3. No Sleep for the Wicked Jane Austen's unlikely heroine Fanny Price is plucked from her Milly ...... Karen Archer With Guy and Barbara both now murder suspects - the Toff impoverished family and brought up by her wealthy relatives at Anne ...... Christine Absalom gets a shock when he breaks into the Major's flat. Mansfield Park. Harriet ...... Debby Cumming Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur Classic tale dramatised in three parts by Elizabeth Proud. Producer: David Spencer sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison. CAST: First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in John Creasey's thriller dramatised by Roy Lomax. Jane Austen …. Hannah Gordon March 1978. The Toff ...... Terence Alexander Fanny …. Amanda Root TUE 19:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Jolly ...... Robert Dorning Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams (b007nf1x) Superintendent ...... Godfrey James Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7fr) Police Officer ...... Clifford Norgate Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Major Guy Lessing ...... Alan Cuthbertson Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher TUE 20:00 The Toff (b007jr8v) Rose Lessing ...... Denise Buckley Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Holy Joe ...... David Graham Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian TUE 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjp) Producer: John Fawcett Wilson. McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975. Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson TUE 21:00 Jane Austen (b007jr87) WED 06:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsk0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] The Age of Retirement TUE 12:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? TUE 22:00 Down the Line (b010m9tg) Rumpole reconsiders his future - as does a hardened thief. (b007nf1x) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] "The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 22:30 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007jrrn) Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law TUE 12:30 Down the Line (b010m9tg) Snuff Radio Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole Series 4 Sean and Hamish compete in a European Radio Drama With Robert Harris as Mr Justice Vosper and Brian Carroll as Episode 7 competition. Erskine-Brown. The return of the ground-breaking, Radio 4 show, hosted by the Surreal comedy starring award-winning double act Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators of The and Hamish McColl, the Right Size. Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case- Fast Show. With: by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Down The Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Rose English Court of England and Wales. Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Count Arthur Strong Director: Ian Cotterell Lucy Montgomery, and . Chris Larner First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Special guests are Rosie Cavaliero, Julia Davis, Robert Popper, Mark Stevens WED 07:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1q4) Adil Ray and Arabella Weir. Producer: Lissa Evans Episode 5 Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2000. Edgar Finchley goes on a crusade, Master Finchley plays truant A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b007wvmx) and a barber gets a close shave. TUE 13:00 The Toff (b007jr8v) Series 1 Victor Canning's novel about the adventures of a man and his [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] The Winona Defence horse-drawn caravan touring the 1930s countryside of . TUE 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsjp) The writer falls in love, but his cat proves an obstacle to happy- CAST: [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] ever-after. Mr Finchley …. Richard Griffiths TUE 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jppg) Welcome to the world of Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, Mr Blain …. John Bird Eating and Drinking consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail. Turk …. Peter Vaughan Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 30 April – 6 May 2011 Page 5 of 7 Robert Finchley …. Robert Gill Murphy. THU 04:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1q4) Mr Harbottle …. Piers Gibbon WED 14:45 Paul Collins - Banvard's Folly (b010v5f4) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Miss Slater …. Kate Binchy The Clever Dullard THU 04:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007qtpy) Sir Simon Penickle …. Alan Thompson What made William Henry Ireland the society? [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] The Mechanic …. David Howarth The stories of forgotten people read by Andrew Sachs. THU 05:00 The Medical Detectives (b007k0nf) Narrated by James Villiers. WED 15:00 The Medical Detectives (b007k0nf) [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Wednesday] Adapted in six parts by Andy and Eric Merriman. Death in the Parish THU 05:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jsvq) Producer: Gareth Edwards When a cholera epidemic strikes London in 1854, the brilliant [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Wednesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1993. but mercurial Dr John Snow investigates. Starring Bill Nighy. THU 06:00 The Toff (b007jrfz) WED 07:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007qtpy) WED 15:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jsvq) The Toff and the Runaway Bride Series 1 Episode 5 4. Death Is No Alibi Episode 5 Howard's career change in Heaven goes well, but his personal As the murder count mounts, the police hunt Richard - and Choking and ending up in his own gut, the comedian faces an life suffers a shock. Celestial satire read by Martin Jarvis. there's a discovery in the River Thames... internal examination. With Alexander Armstrong. From WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010v5f6) Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur September 1998. Mel Giedroyc discovers why teenagers can't get up in the sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison. WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008v13d) morning, whether a toaster could beat a shark in a fight, and John Creasey's thriller dramatised by Roy Lomax. Series 5 what Len Goodman got for his 16th birthday. The Toff ...... Terence Alexander The Sleepless Night WED 17:00 Mr Finchley Takes the Road (b007k1q4) Jolly ...... Robert Dorning The lad tries to get a good night's sleep, but everybody else [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Inspector Ellerby ...... Roger Gartland keeps him awake. WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007qtpy) Sergeant ...... Michael Shannon Starring Tony Hancock. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Inspector Reno ...... Godfrey James With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v5f8) Robert Lawn ...... Kevin Brennan Williams. Night Watch Barbara Lessing ...... Rosalind Shanks Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Episode 5 Producer: John Fawcett Wilson. Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch, thrown back into First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975. Producer: Tom Ronald his own past, has little time left there to undo the harm done by THU 06:30 Mark McShane - Seance on a Wet Afternoon First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1958. his arch-enemy Carcer, before coming back to his present... (b00r89n7) WED 08:30 Ken Dodd's Palace of Laughter (b007jm84) The conclusion of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel dramatised Episode 1 The veteran comedian's fun-packed Tickle Tour arrives at by Robin Brooks. To enhance her reputation, clairvoyant Myra Savage and her Chads Theatre, Cheadle Hume. With Colin Edwynn. From Stars Philip Jackson as Sam Vimes, Carl Prekopp as Young husband embark on a terrible course of action. Read by Anton September 1987. Sam, Paul Ritter as Carcer, Clare Corbett as Rosie, Sam Dale as Lesser. WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cc0qv) Colon, Ben Onwukwe as Dr Lawn, Joseph Kloska as Reg Shoe, THU 06:45 Frank W Abagnale (b00td4zq) Series 1 Peter Marinker as Major Clive and Rachel Atkins as Lady Catch Me If You Can Episode 6 Mesarole. Episode 1 Angry Ken Handley looks set to quit the ad agency. Stars Director: Claire Grove Early memories and the first scam in the true story of a con Martin Jarvis, Sheila Stefael and . From First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. man. February 1982. WED 18:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams and Ringo WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b010v3sc) (b007k4mr) Monjo were all aliases of Frank W Abagnale - in this tale of Comedy panel game with Humphrey Lyttelton, Willie Rushton, The Devil's Harvest deceit about one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From As fires erupt - why is Ralph Exon's new plant strain mutation and escape artists ever. April 1984. growing so rapidly? Notorious conman Frank Abagnale Jr's autobiography, with WED 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010tbkf) James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna. Stan Redding. Read by William Hope. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna Abridged in 5 parts by Mark Mason. WED 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b010tbkh) Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams Producer: Joanna Green [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley Made for BBC Radio 7 by Pier Productions and first broadcast WED 11:00 Jane Austen (b007jrc2) Ralph Exon ...... Clifford Rose in 2010. Mansfield Park DI Balfour ...... Peter Wickham THU 07:00 The Brothers (b007k4nx) Mr Crawford Changes Tack Commander ...... Rod Beacham Series 1 The Crawfords cause confusion for Fanny Price, and her Nurse ...... Joan Matheson Episode 1 brother William returns. Voice in Climatorium ...... Jennifer Piercey A couple of years ago brothers Nigel and Michael gave up Jane Austen’s classic tale dramatised by Elizabeth Proud. Producer: David Spencer respectable careers to set up a website-design company. That CAST: First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in was their first mistake... Jen Austen …. Hannah Gordon March 1978. Starring Adam Godley and Raymond Coulthard. Fanny …. Amanda Root WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008v13d) First of three comedy series by Caroline and David Stafford. Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Nigel ...... Adam Godley Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire WED 19:30 Ken Dodd's Palace of Laughter (b007jm84) Michael ...... Raymond Coulthard Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Oona ...... Pauline McLynn Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson WED 20:00 The Toff (b007jrcm) Zorro ...... Pearce Quigley Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producer: Marc Beeby Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott WED 20:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsk0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. Tom Bertram …. Kim Wall [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU 07:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lyvz7) Maria Bertram …. Cathy Sara WED 21:00 Jane Austen (b007jrc2) Series 2 Julia Bertram …. Tracy Wiles [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Kuala Lumpur Mr Rushworth …. Michael Onslow WED 22:00 Act Your Age (b010mrzk) A week on stand-by at the airfield gives Arthur an opportunity Mr Yates …. Malcolm McKee [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] to brush up on his stewarding skills, while Douglas seems to Mrs Grant …. Sharon Bayliss WED 22:30 Naked Radio (b00mgxcr) have disappeared. And why is everyone terrified of Dirk the William Price …. Richard Curnow The Scottish comedy team pokes fun at topical events. From groundsman? Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian Glasgow's Tron Theatre. With Ian Aldred. From March 1992. Starring McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings. WED 23:00 Acropolis Now (b007n1x9) Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson Series 1 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Gods Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b008v13d) It's Socrates' birthday - so it's up to The Affable Ones to take Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] him to the underworld. Stars Stephen Moore. From January Dave ..... Paul Putner WED 12:30 Act Your Age (b010mrzk) 2001. George ..... Roger Morlidge Series 3 WED 23:30 Deep Trouble (b00sjp2s) Written by John Finnemore. Episode 6 Series 1 Produced & directed by David Tyler Simon Mayo hosts the three-way battle between the comedy Episode 2 A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4 generations to find out which is the funniest. Will it be the Up- The US Navy's special Seals force causes excitement aboard THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b010v747) and-Comers, the Current Crop or the Old Guard who will be nuclear submarine Goliath. Stars Jim Field Smith. From Fair Exchange crowned, for one week at least, as the Golden Age of Comedy. October 2005. The bungling bureaucrats mix up the designs for the new pound This week Holly Walsh is joined by Andrew Lawrence, Rufus note. Hound teams up with Paul Foot and Ted Robbins is paired with A weekly tribute to all those who work in government Stu Francis. THURSDAY 05 MAY 2011 departments. Devised and Produced by Ashley Blaker and Bill Matthews. Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma WED 13:00 The Toff (b007jrcm) THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b010v5f8) Ronald, John Graham and Ronald Baddiley. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. WED 13:30 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsk0) THU 00:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] (b007k4mr) and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from WED 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jppy) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, Keeping Healthy THU 01:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b00cc0qv) however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows From boils to smallpox - Katie Hickman reveals how the wives [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC of British diplomats battled with medical matters abroad. THU 01:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b010v3sc) Radio 4 Extra. WED 14:15 Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley (b010tbkm) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Producer: Edward Taylor [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] THU 02:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b010tbkf) First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1970. WED 14:30 David Park - The Truth Commissioner [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] THU 08:30 The Al Read Show (b0090v01) (b010v5f2) THU 02:50 Front Row Interviews (b010tbkh) From 6/2/1966 Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] The legendary Northern comic pokes fun at fireman and The newly appointed Minister for Children and Culture in THU 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jrc2) hospitals. Belfast needs to prove himself in his new post. Read by Gerard [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] Monologues and sketches presenting "life with the lid off". Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 30 April – 6 May 2011 Page 6 of 7 With Susan Maughan, The Countrymen, and Woolf Phillips and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] display. his Orchestra. THU 13:30 Mark McShane - Seance on a Wet Afternoon Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins Devised by Al Read and scripted by Ronnie Taylor. (b00r89n7) and Dan Tetsell. Producer: Bill Worsley [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] With Lucy Montgomery. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1966. THU 13:45 Frank W Abagnale (b00td4zq) Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker. THU 09:00 No Commitments (b007jp3z) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor Series 8 THU 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpqb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004. Impossibly High Standards Family Life THU 23:00 I Think I've Got a Problem (b007wp39) Victoria grows more irritating, as Anna gets a surprise Juggling official duties with their home lives, Katie Hickman Series 1 proposition. Simon Brett comedy starring Celia Imrie. From reveals how diplomats' wives still found time to walk the dog. Episode 1 January 2002. THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b010v76h) Tom Caine awakes one morning to discover he can't stop THU 09:30 (b00l5zqc) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] singing at inappropriate moments. As a result, he loses his job From Edinburgh, Nicholas Parsons welcomes Clement Freud, THU 14:30 David Park - The Truth Commissioner and his girlfriend Sadie. Derek Nimmo, Peter Jones and Paul Merton. From February (b010v7cj) Who are the strange bunch of musicians following him around? 1998. Episode 4 Why can't anyone else see them? Will Tom reach the high THU 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b010v76h) The Truth and Reconciliation process investigates the notes? Series 1 disappearance of Connor Walshe during the Troubles. Read by Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a Episode 10 Gerard Murphy. man who can't stop himself from breaking into song. Fallon is playing Cupid, and Alice's evening takes an THU 14:45 Paul Collins - Banvard's Folly (b010v7dy) ..... Tom Caine unexpected turn. The Pneumatic Underground Bob Monkhouse ..... Dr Boone THU 10:15 Loose Ends (b010r7cd) Alfred Beach tried to bring pneumatic transit to New York - Mika Simmons ..... Sadie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, why did he fail? The stories of forgotten people read by Phil Cornwell ..... Bouche music and comedy. Andrew Sachs. Michael Roberts ..... Clammy Clemence British actor John Simm became a household name in TV THU 15:00 The Medical Detectives (b007k0pn) Andrew McGibbon ..... Jake dramas The Lakes and Life on Mars. He's back on our screens The Last Infirmity Nick Romero ..... Monty DeVere playing prodigal son Tom in Exile; a dream-team collaboration Two ambitious young doctors tackle a yellow fever epidemic in Emma Clarke ..... Miss Lie between writer Paul Abbot and actors , Timothy 19th-century Cuba. Starring Colin Stinton and William Hope. Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs West and Olivia Colman. He talks to Clive about all star casts THU 15:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jsw1) Director: Chris Neill and returning to the North. Episode 6 Producers: Torquil MacLeod. Julian Mayers and Andrew Imogen Stubbs joins Clive to discuss the latest production in her Horrified by the betrayal of his best friend, Howard decides to McGibbon. long theatrical career; an upcoming staging of Ibsen's Little take action. Celestial satire read by Martin Jarvis. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001. Eyolf. THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010v7lc) THU 23:30 Ectoplasm (b007wwd6) Clive is joined by Michael Mosley, presenter of the new BBC Today Mel Giedroyc gets theatrical with , and The Adventure of the Stupid Ignorant Americans One series which takes us on a rather personal journey Inside discovers how acting cured one student's shyness. Plus chapter Lord Zimbabwe faces his greatest challenge yet - a voyage to Our Human Body. As well as closely examining the landscape four of Theresa Breslin's Dream Master Nightmare. the moon to rescue an American who has been subject to a of our veins, pores and hairs, Michael will be accompanying THU 17:00 The Brothers (b007k4nx) cruel alien snatch. wannabe embryos on the journey of reproduction. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] This could only mean one thing...... And Jon Holmes talks to The League of Gentlemen's Steve THU 17:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lyvz7) Dan Freedman and Nick Romero’s comedy about the Pemberton about the new series of Pyschoville in which he [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] swashbuckling exploits of Lord Zimbabwe, occultist and plays a stuffed toy collecting millionaire and a serial-killer THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b007jlxd) adventurer. obsessive... Only You Can Save Mankind Lord Zimbabwe ...... Nick Romero With music from The Leisure Society who perform This 1. ScreeWees are for Real? Dr Lilac ...... Dan Freedman Phantom Life from their new album Into the Murky Water. As the alien fleet crosses the computer screen, 12 year-old Cletus ...... Owen Oakeshott And Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter and record Johnny Maxwell prepares to blow the ScreeWee into a million Marylou Coyotecock ...... Sophie Aldred producer Raphael Saadiq plays Good Man from his new album, pieces - sparking a wild seesaw adventure involving space Vicar ...... Colin Guthrie Stone Rollin. warfare, starships and aliens. Theremin ...... Peter Donaldson Producer: Cathie Mahoney. Terry Pratchett's sci-fi fantasy novel stars Tim Smith and Janet Other parts played by the cast. THU 11:00 Jane Austen (b007jrff) Dale. Producer: Helen Williams Mansfield Park Dramatised in three parts by Bob Hescott. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2000. Portsmouth and After Johnny Maxwell …. Tim Smith Both Fanny and Tom face disappointment and hope in equal ScreeWee Captain …. Janet Dale measure. Gunnery Officer …. Michael Angelis FRIDAY 06 MAY 2011 Conclusion of Jane Austen’s classic tale dramatised by The PT Teacher …. Mark Finn Elizabeth Proud. Wobbler …. Akhbar Karim FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b007jlxd) CAST: Johnny’s Mother …. Marian Kemmer [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Jane Austen …. Hannah Gordon Johnny’s Father …. Laurence Rew FRI 00:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor Fanny …. Amanda Root ScreeWee Crew Member …. Tessa Harrison (b007k4ny) Sir Thomas Bertram …. Michael Williams Newscaster …. Terry Pearson [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] Mrs Norris …. Jane Lapotaire Yo-less …. Peter Dalton FRI 01:00 No Commitments (b007jp3z) Edmund Bertram …. Robert Glenister Big Mac …. Michael Peristrello [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Lady Bertram …. Louise Jameson Kirsty …. Natalie Moore FRI 01:30 Just a Minute (b00l5zqc) Mary Crawford …. Teresa Gallagher Mr Patel …. Renu Setna [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Henry Crawford …. Andrew Wincott Producer: Brian Lighthill FRI 02:00 Ambridge Extra (b010v76h) Tom Bertram …. Kim Wall First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] William Price …. Richard Curnow THU 18:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor FRI 02:15 Loose Ends (b010r7cd) Mrs Price …. Sunny Ormonde (b007k4ny) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday] Mr Price …. Terry Molloy The Wings of Azreal FRI 03:00 Jane Austen (b007jrff) Susan price …. Katherine Mount Can a corporation's new plant strain mutation bring relief to [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Rebecca …. Anne-Marie Francis famine stricken countries? FRI 04:00 The Brothers (b007k4nx) Price children: Tim Black, Stephanie Luxton, Zoe Ganjavi and James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Richard Ganjavi. Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna FRI 04:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lyvz7) Music composed by Anthea Gomez and played by Christian Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] McKay, Jill Heartfield, Audrey Douglas and Katharine Gittings. Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley FRI 05:00 The Medical Detectives (b007k0pn) Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Sue Wilson Nurse ...... Joan Matheson [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. Anne ...... Christine Absalom FRI 05:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jsw1) THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b010v747) Blowers ...... Michael Shannon [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Thursday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: David Spencer FRI 06:00 The Toff (b007jrjk) THU 12:30 The Simon Day Show (b010mv50) First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in The Toff and the Runaway Bride Series 1 March 1978. 5. Motive for Murder Tony Beckton THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b010v747) With fresh clues discovered over Barbara's history - the Toff is legend and star of , Down the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Paris-bound, when police stop his car... Line and Bellamy's People, Simon Day debuts his own Radio 4 THU 19:30 The Al Read Show (b0090v01) Terence Alexander stars as the Toff - upper-class amateur character comedy show. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] sleuth, the Honourable Richard Rollison. Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to the Mallard, THU 20:00 The Toff (b007jrfz) John Creasey's thriller dramatised by Roy Lomax. a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. Each week one [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] The Toff ...... Terence Alexander of Simon's characters come to perform at the Mallard and we THU 20:30 Mark McShane - Seance on a Wet Afternoon Jolly ...... Robert Dorning hear the highlights of that night's show, along with the back (b00r89n7) Inspector Ellerby ...... Roger Gartland stage and front of house goings on at the theatre itself. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Lady Gloria ...... Peggy Ann Wood Episode 2 of 6: Tony Beckton. Reformed violent criminal Tony THU 20:45 Frank W Abagnale (b00td4zq) Sergeant ...... David Graham Beckton visits the Mallard Theatre to read from his memoirs as [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Police Constable ...... John Bull part of his rehabilitation. THU 21:00 Jane Austen (b007jrff) Producer: John Fawcett Wilson. Tony Beckton / Peter ..... Simon Day [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1975. Catherine ..... Catherine Shepherd THU 22:00 The Simon Day Show (b010mv50) FRI 06:30 Mark McShane - Seance on a Wet Afternoon Goose ..... Felix Dexter [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] (b00r8fl5) Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall THU 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k0zt) Episode 2 Stacey ..... Susan Harrison Series 1 Craving publicity, clairvoyant Myra Savage and her husband Written by Simon Day School Parties Welcome have kidnapped a girl. Anton Lesser reads Mark McShane's Produced by Colin Anderson. The Museum enjoys a visit from some schoolchildren as they thriller. THU 13:00 The Toff (b007jrfz) learn the origin of scampi in the new Undersea Adventure FRI 06:45 Frank W Abagnale (b00td5s4) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 30 April – 6 May 2011 Page 7 of 7 Catch Me If You Can August 1978. advancement continues. Episode 2 Her friend Imogen is the first to realise she may be in danger... James Follett’s sci-fi thriller starring TP McKenna. Renowned conman Frank Abagnale Jr eases into the guise of Dramatised by Neville Teller from the novel by Jill Paton Max Flinders ...... TP McKenna airline pilot when he moves to New York aged 16. Read by Walsh. Denise Exon ...... Rosalind Adams William Hope. From August 2010. Imogen Quy ..... Barbara Flynn Howard Rogers ...... Paul Copley FRI 07:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Janet Somerfield ..... Rosemary Leach Blowers ...... Michael Shannon Works of William Shakespeare (b007k33j) Francis Bullion ..... Tracy Wiles Prime Minister ...... Noel Johnson Episode 5 Josh ..... Robert Harper Shand ...... Gregory de Polnay 's expert masterclass reaches a surprising Dr Mistral ..... James Greene Wayne ...... Roy Spencer conclusion about the Bard. Stars Patrick Barlow. From October Lady Buckmote ..... Marlene Sidaway Dymond ...... Rod Beacham 1995. Sir William Buckmote ..... Geoffrey Whitehead Producer: David Spencer FRI 07:30 Snap (b00td5sb) Professor Maverack ..... Colin Starkey First broadcast as 2 x 90 minute plays on BBC Radio 4 in Series 1 Meredith Bagadeuce ..... Peter Howell( March 1978. Episode 1 Pamela Zephyr ..... Di Botcher FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007v15c) When a couple have history, how can they ever be history? David Swann ..... Iwan Thomas [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Molly and Doug are separating but as he's only moving a few Director: Janet Whitaker FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jl5j) streets away, can they make a clean break? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Paul Mendelson’s sitcom stars Rebecca Lacey and Paul FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007v15c) FRI 20:00 The Toff (b007jrjk) Venables. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Molly …. Rebecca Lacey FRI 12:30 (b010mwm1) FRI 20:30 Mark McShane - Seance on a Wet Afternoon Doug …. Paul Venables Series 74 (b00r8fl5) Kaz …. Soumaya Keynes Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Ryan …. Jessie Sullivan A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi FRI 20:45 Frank W Abagnale (b00td5s4) Scarlet …. Rebecca Front Toksvig. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Mrs Lonsdale …. Marlene Sidaway FRI 13:00 The Toff (b007jrjk) FRI 21:00 Jill Paton Walsh - A Piece of Justice (b010vyt7) Ansel …. Richard Firth [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Producer: David Ian Neville FRI 13:30 Mark McShane - Seance on a Wet Afternoon FRI 22:00 The News Quiz Extra (b0117js7) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003. (b00r8fl5) A new programme for Radio 4 Extra, featuring jokes that you FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007v15c) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] won't have heard in this week's News Quiz, some clips from the Series 3 FRI 13:45 Frank W Abagnale (b00td5s4) archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material. Mutiny aboard Troutbridge [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] FRI 22:45 Elastic Planet (b007k399) The crew of HMS Troutbridge set sail across the sea, but end up FRI 14:00 Daughters of Britannia (b007jpqr) The Objects with very crossed wires. Living Without Children Revealing the links between the art of siren writing, the Tragic tales of separation and loss, as Katie Hickman introduces discovery of pants, the Church of England motorcycle display Starring Stephen Murray as the Number One, Jon Pertwee as more letters charting the lives of diplomatic families. team and the flamenco guitar. the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, FRI 14:15 Daphne Du Maurier (b00bdn13) Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben Ronnie Barker as AS Johnson, Richard Caldicot as Captain The Supreme Artist Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections. Povey, Tenniel Evans as Sir Willoughby Toddhunterbrown The matinee is over, but who is the visitor waiting at the stage With Rebecca Front, Dan Strauss, Kerry Shale, Geoff Heather Chasen as Lady Toddhunterbrown and Michael Bates door? Michael Drew reads Daphne du Maurier's short story. McGivern, Ben Moor, Raymond Baxter and . as Lt. Bates. FRI 14:30 David Park - The Truth Commissioner Producer: Jon Naismith (b010vyt9) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1995 Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Episode 5 FRI 23:00 What's So Funny? (b010vycc) Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen The man who recruited Connor Walshe as an informer has to [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] series between 1959 and 1976. appear before the new Irish Commission. Read by Gerard FRI 23:30 Lenin of the Rovers (b007jvcl) Murphy. Series 2 Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. FRI 14:45 Paul Collins - Banvard's Folly (b010vzpg) Ghosts and Ghoolies Solresol and the Prophet of Sound Ricky Lenin decides to write a column in a tabloid newspaper, Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. Whatever happened to Jean Francois Sudre's universal but ends up learning a few painful lessons about life, love, truth, language? The stories of forgotten people read by Andrew and Gloria Hunniford. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November Sachs. More adventures of communist football club, Felchester Rovers 1960. FRI 15:00 The Medical Detectives (b007k0qq) starring Alexei Sayle. FRI 08:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jl5j) The Epping Jaundice Ricky Lenin ...... Alexei Sayle Series 1 A strange epidemic sweeps through the inhabitants of a quiet Jeff Frankly ...... John Sessions The Offer Essex suburb. Starring Bernard Hepton and Roger Allam. Frank Lee Brian ...... Kenneth Wolstenholme After a row with his father Albert, Harold decides to leave their FRI 15:45 Sweet Dreams (b007jsw8) Colonel Brace Cartwright ...... Donald Hewlett rag and bone business and take up another offer of Episode 7 Stevie Stalin ...... Andrew McLean employment. As Howard gets to know God, he does well for himself and gets Terry Trotsky ...... Phil Cornwell Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as a promotion. Celestial satire concluded by Martin Jarvis. Curvy Corinne ...... Jacqueline Ashman Harold. FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b010vzpj) Announcer ...... John Witty Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association Join Mel Giedroyc as she finds out about luxury bus stops, and Written by Marcus Berkmann. with Tony Hancock, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 the Scottish island with a Viking past. Plus, stand-up Russell Producer: . pilots for BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. Howard, and Andi Osho's comedy Sneaky Peeks. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1989. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring FRI 17:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold Works of William Shakespeare (b007k33j) and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Adapted for BBC radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script FRI 17:30 Snap (b00td5sb) by Gale Pedrick. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Produced by Bobby Jaye FRI 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b007jlxx) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. Only You Can Save Mankind FRI 09:00 Boogie Up the River (b007jz40) 2. I’ll See You in My Hallucinations Lechlade, Twinned with Zanzibar The ScreeWee Captain asks Johnny to lead them, but the Mark is celebrating, but with dog hair in the champers. Can a Gunnery Officer has other ideas. living legend save the day? Stars Timothy Spall. From January As the alien fleet crosses the computer screen, 12 year-old 1993. Johnny prepares to blow the ScreeWee into a million pieces - FRI 09:30 Genius (b008gh65) sparking a wild seesaw adventure involving space warfare, Series 1 starships and aliens. Paul Daniels Terry Pratchett's sci-fi fantasy novel stars Tim Smith and Janet From the 99p coin to steel drum urinals. Dale. Dave Gorman asks magician Paul Daniels to select the public's Dramatised by Bob Hescott. best loopy idea. Johnny Maxwell …. Tim Smith The first of three radio comedy series where award-winning ScreeWee Captain …. Janet Dale comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the Gunnery Officer …. Michael Angelis ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, Newscaster …. Renu Setna schemes and policies of the public. Wobbler …. Akbar Karim Producer: Simon Nicholls Big Mac …. Michael Perestrelo First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005. Yo-less …. Peter Dalton FRI 10:00 What's So Funny? (b010vycc) ScreeWee Crew Member …. Tessa Harrison Series 1 Kirsty …. Natalie Moore Episode 5 Johnny’s Father …. Laurence Rew Rufus Hound and guests with news, reviews and previews of Johnny’s Mother …. Marian Kemmer what's happening in comedy this week. Nozzer …. David Hawkins FRI 10:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b010vycf) Shane …. Matthew Campion Series 1, Episodes 9-10 The Architect …. Simon Carter Alice has a guilty conscience and Fallon thinks romance is in Producer: Brian Lighthill the air. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996. FRI 11:00 Jill Paton Walsh - A Piece of Justice (b010vyt7) FRI 18:30 James Follett - The Destruction Factor When Fran gets the chance to take over the biography of the (b007jpbg) great mathematician Gideon Summerfield, she rapidly Birdstrike discovers there's a mystery over a few days he went missing in After sparking a plane crash, the deadly Exon plant strain's Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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