Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 March 2013 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 02 MARCH 2013 Desperate to see an Everton football match, a boy turns to him First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013. for help... SAT 13:15 John Mortimer - The Antisocial Behaviour of SAT 00:00 Haunted (b01qyswf) Written by Vincent McInerney. Horace Rumpole (b01r1b3c) The Grey Ones, by JB Priestley Read by Richard Tate. Rumpole on Trial A patient fears evil is at work in the shape of a sinister Producer: Michael Earley 4 Extra Debut. The magician of the Old Bailey at his conspiracy. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. implacable best defending our ancient freedoms. Drama stars Will his psychiatrist be able to help? SAT 04:15 The Recall Man (b00kkdkk) Timothy West. JB Priestley's creepy tale dramatised by Patricia Mays. Stepping Out SAT 14:00 The Al Read Show (b0090v01) Patson ...... Tony Britton Dr Joe Aston feels threatened when a rival psychologist is hired From 6/2/1966 Dr Smith ...... Jack May. to investigate baffling attacks on women. Stars Jeremy Swift. The legendary Northern comic pokes fun at fireman and Producer: Derek Hoddinott SAT 05:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxd2) hospitals. Director: Martin Williamson Series 2 Monologues and sketches presenting "life with the lid off". First broadcast on the BBC World Service in July 1983. Episode 4 With Susan Maughan, The Countrymen, and Woolf Phillips and SAT 00:30 James Follett - Earthsearch (b007jp2r) Troubles abound in the village boatyard and surgery - with a his Orchestra. Earthsearch II sleazy press. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From August Devised by Al Read and scripted by Ronnie Taylor. Earthvoice 1989. Producer: Bill Worsley The crew of spaceship Challenger's search is over, but Earth is SAT 05:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00vl38x) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1966. not how they left it... Series 2 SAT 14:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k2kl) The conclusion of James Follett's cult sci-fi drama. London Pike in Love Commander Telson ...... Sean Arnold Jago’s been kidnapped and taken to London, but Dewey’s far Mrs Pike asks Arthur to talk to her son, Frank about the birds Sharna ...... Amanda Murray more interested in seeing "Bedlam", which is now in its sixth and bees... Darv ...... Haydn Wood record-breaking year. A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, Astra ...... Kathryn Hurlbutt It's 1793 and in the small Cornish village of Drumlin Bay, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee. Angel One ...... Sonia Fraser heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny is still running rings around Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier Angel Two ...... Gordon Reid the customs men, assisted by her drunken father Jago. Frank Pike ...... Ian Lavender Bran ...... Michael Maloney Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. Bert Hodges ...... Bill Pertwee Elka ...... Jill Lidstone Starring Sheridan Smith as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Miss Perkins ...... Vivienne Martin Tidy ...... David Gooderson Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Avril ...... Carol Hawkins Peeron ...... George Parsons Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Mavis Pike ...... Janet Davies Earthvoice ...... Michael Tudor Barnes Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey and Mark Perry as Hobbs. Telephone Engineer ...... Gordon Salkild Director: Glyn Dearman Producer: Jan Ravens. Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1982. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b00cc4m0) SAT 06:00 Alan Bennett - The Lady in the Van (b0120vy5) Producer: Martin Fisher Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery A radio version of Alan Bennett's celebrated autobiographical First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1983. Introducing Madison stage play about a woman who takes refuge in his Camden SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yzj3q) New production of an adventure by Francis Durbridge, first garden for three months, and ends up staying 15 years. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] broadcast in 1949. Starring Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd and Alan Bennett as SAT 16:00 Alan Bennett - The Lady in the Van (b0120vy5) Paul springs his trap, and the secret of the watch-chain is finally Adrian Scarborough and Alan Bennett 2. With Marcia Warren, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] revealed. Matt Addis, Janice Acquah and Stephen Critchlow. SAT 17:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section Paul Temple ...... Crawford Logan Dame Maggie Smith also stars in the BBC film version. (b01f883m) Steve ...... Gerda Stevenson Music composed by Simon Morecroft Series 2 Hubert Greene ...... Richard Greenwood Adapted and Directed by Gordon House With Danny Baker Stella Portland ...... Emma Currie First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009. Another series of the comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and Inspector Vosper ...... Michael Mackenzie SAT 07:30 The Secret History of Bagpipes (b007k2d3) his five piece band and specially written, original music. Sir Graham Forbes ...... Gareth Thomas Tom Morton investigates pipes and politics, from Northern This opening epsiode explores the theme of 'games' and guest Chris Boyer ...... Nick Underwood Ireland to Galicia via Scotland and Northumbria. From January stars Danny Baker who sings with the band and champions an Charlie ...... Greg Powrie 2004. instrument that can't fail to put a smile on your face. George Kelly ...... Robin Laing. SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yzj3q) Plus the funkiest song you're ever likely to hear about Chess; an SAT 01:30 Falco (b00kf0yz) Series 6 Ode to Chris Hoy and music to exercise to. Venus in Copper Episode 15 With electric guitarist Ben Jones. Episode 6 The American funny man is in Seattle: the cowboys get a job Alex's Horne Section are: Falco begins to understand the lengths that a lover will go to for and Guy Noir goes to sea. With the Wailin' Jennys. From Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland revenge. March 2010. Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown The case is still unsolved, but Falco has a couple of ideas that SAT 09:00 Mark Billingham's Rule Book of Crime Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier may lead to the culprit... (b01r19jd) Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds Anton Lesser stars as Ancient Rome's favourite detective in the Best-selling crime writer Mark Billingham has always been Piano/keyboard .... Ed Sheldrake gripping conclusion of Lindsey Davis's best seller. obsessed with the creative criminal minds of the past. Producer: Julia McKenzie. Marcus Didius Falco …. Anton Lesser Over three hours, Mark sets out to detect the clues dropped in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013. Helena Justina …. Ann Madeley the BBC archives, by his favourite crime writers: SAT 18:00 The Man in Black (b00yng5w) Petronius …. Ben Crowe Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Series 3 Appius Priscillus …. Kim Wall Dame Agatha Christie The Printed Name by Nicholas Pierpan Pollia …. Julia Hills Raymond Chandler Having your heart's desire offered to you on a plate can be a Severina Zotica …. Tracy Wiles PD James difficult temptation to resist. Cossus …. Jonathan Tafler Henning Mankell Jack is a failing writer who stumbles into a devilish pact with a Thalia …. Chipo Chung Clues that reveal why their sleuthing creations - Sherlock mysterious businessman. The Parrot …. Colin Rote Holmes, Miss Marple, Philip Marlowe, Adam Dalgliesh and Mark Gatiss stars as the sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, to Dramatised by Mary Cutler. Kurt Wallander - are so enduring. introduce Nicholas Pierpan's sinister tale. Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. Having created his own flawed crime fighter, Detective Jack …. Ewan Bailey First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2006. Inspector Tom Thorne, Mark’s wrestled with the thorny issue of Rob …. Ryan Watson SAT 02:00 Tony's (b007jt1y) inventing a distinctive new voice amongst a myriad of detecting Thomas …. Nicholas Boulton Series 1 greats. What’s more important, devious plotting or debauched Hermione …. Christine Kavanagh Money Money Money heroes, a killer in plain sight or rug-pulling twists? The Grandfather …. Sean Baker While checking the pipes in the cellar, the corner-shop barber In plundering the archive for answers, Mark has uncovered a The TV Announcer …. Claire Harry makes a discovery. Stars Victor Spinetti. From November 1979. hidden BBC radio detecting gem. Debuting in the late 1970s More horrifying tales from The Man in Black. You might meet SAT 02:30 The Brothers (b00ntdnr) and running for a few seasons into the 1980s, it starred an actor him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an Series 2 who could be a lead in TV classic Cathy Come Home and voice employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of Episode 2 an iconic children’s cartoon. It was penned by a writer that a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on The two dysfunctional siblings Nigel and Michael win an award. worked on TV police dramas Z Cars and Softly Softly. his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From October All is revealed in Mark Billingham’s Rule Book of Crime. Director: Gemma Jenkins 2005. Producer: Peter McHugh Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in February 2011. SAT 03:00 Classic Serial (b01mnqms) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in March 2013. SAT 18:30 Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath SAT 12:00 The Cazalets - Omnibus (b01r1b39) (b007jvp4) Episode 3 Marking Time 1. The Visitor By John Steinbeck Episode 2 In 17th Century Leyden, young Flemish painter Godfrey Dramatised by Donna Franceschild The realities of the Second World War are brought home to Schalken's love for his master's daughter, Rose, receives a A Pulitzer Prize winning novel about economic migration and Polly and Christopher when a plane crashes near Home Place setback when a mysterious visitor comes calling one night by the endurance of the human spirit set against the backdrop of and the children find themselves first on the scene. the name of Vanderhausen... America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga of 'The Cazalets' vividly An unabridged reading of Sheridan Le Fanu's supernatural tale Just as the Joads money and food run out, they find work on a catalogues the lives and loves of three generations. in two episodes. peach farm. But Tom discovers they're breaking a strike led by Starring Penelope Wilton as the narrator, Flora Spencer- Read by Ian McDiarmid. their old friend Casy the Preacher. Tom and Casy are ambushed Longhurst as Polly, Will Howard as Christopher, Georgia Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) is regarded by many by a Deputy Sheriff and a mob of vigilantes and Casy is killed. Groome as Clary, Sarah-Jane Holm as Sybil, Dominic Mafham critics as the greatest master of the English ghost story. A In his fury, Tom hits back before running for his life. as Hugh, Carol Macready as Miss Milliment and Robert Blythe product of the decaying Anglo-Irish culture of the early and The Joad family's dream of a promised land is about to end. as Mr York. mid-19th Century, he sums up in his work better than any of his Director: Kirsty Williams. Dramatised by Lin Coghlan contemporaries the fears and dreads that may haunt the SAT 04:00 Mr Ossie's Rolled-Gold Fish and Chip Shop 'The Cazalets' saga consists of The Light Years, Marking Time, sensitive individual. (b00bwjcq) Confusion and Casting Off published between 1990-1995 and Producer: Lawrence Jackson Behind the counter at Mr Ossie's fish and chip shop was a glass the fifth, All Change, in 2013. Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland. display case full of gold-capped fountain pens. Produced and directed by Sally Avens and Marion Nancarrow First broadcast in June 2005. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 March 2013 Page 2 of 8 SAT 19:00 Mark Billingham's Rule Book of Crime Starring Paul Venables as William Crimsworth, Jonathan Recorded at The Maltings Arts Centre, St Albans. (b01r19jd) Keeble as Edward Crimsworth, Gerard McDermott as Lord Michael Bentine CBE was born in 1922 and died in 1996. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Tynedale and Ruth Sillers as Mrs Crimsworth. Producer: Andy Aliffe SAT 22:00 The Mark Steel Revolution (b00fz849) Director: Tracey Neale First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1994. The American Civil War First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. SUN 11:30 Double Trouble (b007jpl1) Radical comic Mark Steele asks if the battling was part of a SUN 07:15 Postscripts: JB Priestley (b00nskjq) Flanders and Swann revolution. Episode 1 Stuart Maconie celebrates Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, A series of lectures on the theme of revolution, Mark examines Reflecting on the evacuation of Dunkirk, the broadcaster's 1940 a comedy famous duo whose revues included At the Drop of a some of the major historical forces at work during revolutions wartime observations are read by Patrick Stewart. Hat and At the Drop of Another Hat. With Ian Wallace. as well as holding up a mirror to our own age. SUN 07:30 Bleak Expectations (b00wlgnn) SUN 12:00 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m4vxd) With Martin Hyder and Carla Mendonca. Series 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producer: Phil Clarke A Life Destroyed Then Repaired and Rehappied SUN 13:15 Postscripts: JB Priestley (b00nskjq) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998. Pip in the company of Pippa, the Reverend Fecund and Harry [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SAT 22:30 Hardeep at The Stand (b017cqv0) Biscuit, now just a brain in a jar, have tracked Mister SUN 13:30 John Fletcher - The Legend of Robin Hood Series 1 Benevolent to the heart of the vast Russian Empire. (b007jxgp) Episode 5 But when they find him, he is at the head of a mighty army. Great English hero Robin Hood's adventures take him from 5/6 Who will triumph in the final battle between good and evil? May Day revels in Sherwood to crusading battles in the Holy First on stage in this episode is an international comedian, Will Harry get a new body? Will Mister Benevolent detonate his Land - and back again to a life and death struggle with the enjoying huge success in the USA. Matt Kirshen realises that infamous cheese bomb? And what is the correct way to spell Sheriff of Nottingham and an even more sinister enemy... there's some truth in Santa's stories and demystifies cowboys in Czar? Drawing on the original Robin Hood ballads, John Fletcher's a way you wont expect. Boothby Graffoe has had a very loyal As fate decides these crucial questions it seems there are a few epic play stars John Nettles as Robin, Norman Rodway as the following over the years and with a spectacular fast paced surprises in store for Pip. Sheriff of Nottingham, Michael Tudor Barnes as Friar Tuck, musical performance from him you will soon be a fan too. Mark Evans's epic Victorian comedy in the style of Charles Gerry Hinks as Little John and Tamsin Grieg as Alice. Keeping the Scottish side of comedy up for this episode is the Dickens. Composer: Vic Gammon instantly loveable John Gillick, who has crafted his material Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson Producer: Nigel Bryant over a number of years around the UK, making him one of Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Scotland's best joke slingers. Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head SUN 15:00 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l) SAT 22:45 Hardeep at The Stand (b017pj3t) Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 1 Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b00yzb5d) Episode 6 Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 6/6 Pippa ..... Susy Kane SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show This week we hear a very familiar voice in a very familiar Reverend Godly Fecund ..... David Mitchell (b01r1ccz) setting, it's Scotland's number one stand up comedian Fred Producer Gareth Edwards. Mel Giedroyc picks her highlights from this week's 4 O'Clock MacAulay - that man simply has funny bones. Hardeep chats First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2010. Show programmes, including boxing, sausages and making the with Sarah Millican about her "catastrophic" career, there's a bit SUN 08:00 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l) perfect violin. of stand up from the amazing Neil Delamere and some jokes The Captain's Problem SUN 16:30 Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth about wonky teeth and texting from Ireland's titter merchant Ship's doctor Simon Sparrow diagnoses trouble ahead with (b00shp2n) Colm O'Regan. Captain Spratt! [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT 23:00 Julie Enfield Investigates (b007jlbn) The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - SUN 17:00 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00pbtvj) The Smithfield Murders adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] 4. A Mushroom Diet 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955. SUN 17:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007k4rl) The Smithfield community play throws Detective Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Series 2 Superintendent Julie Enfield's meaty murder trail into Captain Spratt, Ray Cooney as First Mate Jock Hornbeam, Al Read confusion. Edward Cast as Colonel Smith and Peter Jones as Easter. Mark Radcliffe profiles the Salford sausage-maker who became Starring Imelda Staunton as Detective Superintendent Julie Producer: David Hatch one of BBC radio's most popular comedians, Al Read. Enfield. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1969. Series exploring some of the North's best-loved and most Atmospheric thriller written by Nick Fisher. SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b00yzb5d) influential comedians. DSI Julie Enfield ..... Imelda Staunton A Rotten System Producer: Libby Cross Alex Wild ...... Deborah Berlin Chaos erupts when Number 2 and Mildred overhear a doctor First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Joey Jones ...... Don McCorkindale mention Number 1's "complaint". SUN 18:00 The Scarifyers (b01c6hvf) Stephen Temple ...... Gavin Muir A weekly tribute to all those who work in government The Magic Circle DS Lawrence Evans ...... Ross Livingstone departments. Episode 4 Benjamin Travis ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Starring Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. Lionheart's daughter Lily is in the clutches of Montague Blake. Henry Sinclair ...... John Turner Number One ...... Deryck Guyler Can Dunning and Crow get there in time? Stars David Warner. Sally ...... Jane Whittenshaw Number Two ...... Richard Murdoch SUN 18:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pgnqn) Johnson ...... Jonathan Keeble Mildred Murfin ...... Norma Ronald The Lady of the House of Love Rachel Jones ...... Jilly Bond With Joan Sanderson and John Graham. By Angela Carter. A vampire tale with a twist. On the eve of Gordon Richards ...... David Timson Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. war, an unwary army officer meets the last of the Nosferatu Voice 1 ...... David Collings 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 family. Read by Indira Varma. Voice 2 ...... John Hartley and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from SUN 19:00 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester Producer: Richard Wortley 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, (b01r1cc0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1995. however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller (b012wzzl) in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC SUN 19:30 Double Trouble (b007jpl1) Camilla Lackberg - The Ice Princess Radio 4 Extra. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] Episode 3 Producer: Edward Taylor, SUN 20:00 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l) An unexpected visitor turns up at Alex's funeral and police First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1969. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] close in on a suspect. Alex Tregear continues the Swedish SUN 09:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b00yzb5d) thriller. (b00shp2n) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Episode 3 SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01r1btk) After finding the legion's lost Eagle, Marcus and Esca must risk [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUNDAY 03 MARCH 2013 everything to retake it. Stars Tom Smith and Tony Kearney. SUN 21:45 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty (b008rtky) SUN 09:30 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00pbtvj) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN 00:00 The Man in Black (b00yng5w) Episode 3 SUN 22:00 Bleak Expectations (b00wlgnn) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] The incredible shrinking woman's sister arrives with a very [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN 00:30 Schalken the Painter by Sheridan Le Fanu handy handbag. Based on Alf Proysen's books. Stars Alison SUN 22:30 The Sofa of Time (b00hy949) (b007jvp4) Steadman. Night of the Sexicle [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01r1btk) Sexy assassin Morpheena is called in, while Milford and Parker SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00yzj3q) Dancers grab a cab. Stars Mark Heap and Nick Frost. From November [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Sir Anton Dolin 2002. SUN 02:00 The Cazalets - Omnibus (b01r1b39) From Callas to Coward, ballet dancer and choreographer Sir SUN 23:00 Newsjack (b01qyrz9) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Anton Dolin's second turn as Roy Plomley's castaway. From Series 8 SUN 03:15 John Mortimer - The Antisocial Behaviour of June 1982. Episode 3 Horace Rumpole (b01r1b3c) SUN 10:45 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty (b008rtky) BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show which anyone can [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] Episode 3 write for. With Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Justin Edwards, SUN 04:00 Alan Bennett - The Lady in the Van (b0120vy5) Peter White sets off to navigate the London tube, shopping and Pippa Evans and Lewis Macleod. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] crossing the road, as he explores how blind people experience SUN 23:30 The Harpoon (b00cmgpb) SUN 05:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section beauty. Series 3 (b01f883m) SUN 11:00 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] (b01r1cc0) Across the Atlantic alone, and great beverages from history. SUN 06:00 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m4vxd) The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back More nostalgic fun in the spoof of boys' adventure story papers Omnibus 1/2 The Goon Show - this week incorporating 'Lathe Monthly'. Orphaned William Crimsworth is a young man with nothing. As Recalling the start of 'The Goon Show' and the characters who Performed by Alistair McGowan, Peter Baynham, Susie Brann, he sets out to make his way in the world he doesn't want to be inspired his friend Peter Sellers. Mary Elliot-Nelson and Julian Dutton. indebted to anyone. But running parallel with this need for self- Founding member of The Goon Show and one of the foremost Producer: Sarah Smith control is the desperate need to love - and be loved in return. comic minds of his generation - Michael Bentine offers more First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1994. The least-known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, behind-the-scenes tales of his offbeat and extraordinary life in ambiguous and unsettling love story. showbiz. Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes dramatised by Rachel With extracts from some of his most memorable comic MONDAY 04 MARCH 2013 Joyce. performances and eccentric characters. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 March 2013 Page 3 of 8 MON 00:00 The Scarifyers (b01c6hvf) Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, From one war zone to another as Clive defuses an explosive [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] London. Announcer: Douglas Smith encounter with actor Tony Gardner. Waltzing in from his Last MON 00:30 A Short History of Gothic (b00pgnqn) Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Tango In Halifax, Tony is now playing the commander of an [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric entire bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. BBC Three's MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01r1btk) Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, new comedy drama 'Bluestone 42' follows the camaraderie, [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the bonds and banter of a bunch of soliders and how they pass the MON 01:45 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty (b008rtky) scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and time in between saving lives. The series starts on Tuesday 5th [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, March at 22.00. MON 02:00 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester catchphrases and double-entendres. The over easy Robin Ince enjoys a full English with author and (b01r1cc0) Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser breakfast blogger Seb Emina. His new book 'The Breakfast [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Hayes Four. Bible' about the most important meal of the day intersperses the MON 02:30 Double Trouble (b007jpl1) Producer: John Simmonds practicalities of putting a good breakfast together with essays [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1965. and miscellanies from a crack team of eggsperts..and that's no MON 03:00 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l) MON 08:30 The Al Read Show (b007s198) yolk! [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] From 7/10/1995 Clive takes refuge with prolific writer and Rastafarian dub poet MON 03:30 John Fletcher - The Legend of Robin Hood Telling all on courting, marriage, kids and football - a Benjamin Zephaniah whose powerful novel 'Refugee Boy' (b007jxgp) compilation of the much-loved northern comic's 1950s charts one boy's courageous fight for recognition, alone in a [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] monologues. strange country. Benjamin's book has been adapted for the stage MON 05:00 Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth MON 09:00 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7) by fellow poet Lemn Sissay and is at West Yorkshire Playhouse (b00shp2n) Series 1 from Saturday 9th to Saturday 30th March. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] Fishing for Compliments With music from London based singer-songwriter Sivu, who MON 05:30 Alf Proysen - Mrs Pepperpot (b00pbtvj) Is there something fishy about Bernard, apart from his VAT performs his debut single 'Better Man Than He'. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] returns? And from award winning steel pan maestro Fimber Bravo who MON 06:00 Miss Marple (b0100lqx) Bed and Breakfast for Beginners. First of two series of Sue plays 'The Way We Live Today' from his solo album 'Con- Nemesis Limb's sitcom about events at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Fusion'. Episode 1 Norwich. Producer: Cathie Mahoney. The wishes of a dead man sees amateur sleuth Miss Marple Starring Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes as sisters Alison MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x3) being sent on the ultimate mystery tour. and Maud. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Published in 1971, Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Alison …. Denise Coffey MON 12:30 The Al Read Show (b007s198) Whitfield as Miss Marple. Maud …. Miriam Margolyes [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Dramatised in five-parts by Michael Bakewell. Father …. Joss Ackland MON 13:00 Miss Marple (b0100lqx) Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper Bernard …. Geoffrey Whitehead MON 13:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back Cherry …. Jane Whittenshaw Marina …. Phyllida Nash (b01r1cwl) Mr Broadribb …. Geoffrey Whitehead Producer: Jonathan James-Moore [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Esther Anderson …. Yvonne Edgell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002. MON 14:00 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m52xf) Mrs Risely-Porter …. Margot Boyd MON 09:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007js81) Frances Joanna Crawford …. Molly Gaisford Series 3 William becomes intrigued by the shy and gentle Frances, but Richard Jameson …. Charles Simpson Episode 4 someone is watching him from the shadows. Miss Temple …. Jill Balcon Freshly wed ad man Ken receives a wedding invite and faces The least known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, Producer: Enyd Williams. upset at a photo shoot. ambiguous and unsettling love story dramatised in ten parts by First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998. Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in Rachel Joyce. MON 06:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back the competitive world of advertising. Starring Paul Venables as William Crimsworth, Roger May as (b01r1cwl) Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis Pelet, Niamh Cusack as Zoraide Reuter and Claire Price as Episode 1 Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin Frances. Mark's world spins out of control when someone says they've Freddie ...... Lockwood West Director: Tracey Neale seen the ghost of his dead son. Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. American writer Christopher Coake's You Came Back is read April ...... Shelley Thompson MON 14:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00zllm4) by John Chancer. Larry Childs ...... William Hootkins Horses Thirty-something Mark Fife believes he has moved on from the Loretta-Jane Duff ...... Toni Coyne Winston Churchill took part in Britain's last imperial cavalry accidental death of his young son Brendan and the subsequent Dawn ...... Sally Watts charge at Omdurman, had a passion for polo, hunting, and break-up of his marriage. He's successful, in love again, and he Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths racing, which brought him into friendly competition with the thinks he's mastered his own memories at last. But when a Sally ...... Jane Leonard Queen later in his life. strange woman tells him she believes her house is haunted by With Miriam Margolyes, John Shrapnel, David Tate, Sally In this programme, historian Sir David Cannadine explores Brendan's ghost, his life is thrown into turmoil. Grace, Enn Reitel and Anton Rogers. Churchill's sentimental connection to the horse as a symbol of Mark doesn't believe in ghosts, but his distressed ex-wife does, Producer: Pete Atkin the fast disappearing, aristocratic world he so strongly believed and he really wants to help her. So much so that he begins to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1986. in. doubt his own beliefs - and endanger the relationships that MON 10:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrhz) With Roger Allam as Winston Churchill. really matter to him now - with his fiancee and his tough and March 1846 Producer: Melissa FitzGerald sceptical father. A mysterious letter from New Orleans arrives to disturb the A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4. Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by the Waters Partnership. untroubled existence of Combe Raven House in West MON 14:30 William Boyd - Armadillo (b007k2cv) MON 07:00 Safety Catch (b0184tdb) Somersetshire. Episode 6 Series 2 What is the secret being kept by Mr and Mrs Vanstone from Loss adjuster Lorimer Black faces threats after rejecting a vast There Will Be Paint their devoted daughters, Magdalen and Norah? claim for insurance. Read by Stephen Critchlow. Simon decides it's about time he and his colleagues prove they Published in 1862, Wilkie Collins novel dramatised in six parts MON 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star understand the true horrors of war by getting out there and by Ray Jenkins. (b00s5ztz) actually fighting. Magdalen Vanstone ...... Sophie Thompson Episode 1 So it is that team Heathcote Sanders go paintballing. Okay, so Captain Wragge ...... Jack May Paul Theroux retraces his 1973 journey from The Great it's not quite the same as fighting in an actual war, but you can't Norah Vanstone ...... Elizabeth Mansfield Railway Bazaar, starting with London to Georgia. Stuart expect Simon to take part in one of those - I mean, people Miss Garth ...... Kathleen Helme Milligan reads. actually die in those things. So join Simon for one last time as Mrs Vanstone ...... Jo Kendall MON 15:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrhz) he searches for the hero inside himself. Mr Vanstone ...... Michael Graham Cox [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Laurence Howarth's black comedy of modern morality set in Mr Clare ...... Peter Woodthorpe MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01r1vql) the world of arms dealing. Frank Clare ...... Paul Downing Mel Giedroyc introduces the first part of The Amazing Maurice Simon McGrath...... Darren Boyd Manager ...... Christopher Good and his Educated Rodents, by Sir Terry Pratchett. She also Anna Grieg...... Joanna Page Miss Marable ...... Susan Sheridan hears from the world's loudest cat. Boris Kemal...... Lewis Macleod Mrs Marable ...... Joanna Mackie MON 17:00 Coming Alive (b00hhjfg) Judith McGrath...... Sarah Smart Mr Pendril ...... John Moffatt Series 3 Angela McGrath...... Brigit Forsyth Narrator ...... Philip Sully Good Sports Madeleine Turnbull...... Rachel Atkins Music by Peter Brewis and played by Maurice Cambridge. Sandra's mother starts meddling over Terry, and there is a Roger/Dave...... Philip Fox Director: Janet Whitaker surprising sporting challenge. Stars Karl Howman. From Guide...... Gus Brown First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1989. October 2001. Producer: Dawn Ellis. MON 11:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door MON 17:30 Safety Catch (b0184tdb) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009. (b016w0m4) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON 07:30 Just a Minute (b01qw93l) Wednesday MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b007jmk0) Series 65 Series of stories by Dorothy Whipple, an often overlooked Guards! Guards! Episode 3 writer of the interwar years who was described by JB Priestley Episode 1 How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, as 'the Jane Austen of her age'. Ankh-Morpork, the elucidated brethren of Ebon Night have repetition & deviation? Julian Clary, Jenny Eclair, Richard A divorced mother prepares for another painful meeting with turned their hands to magic. Herring and Paul Merton attempt to do so under the watchful her estranged children. Read by Stella Gonet. When Zebbo Mooty is mysteriously vaporised in an alley, eye of Nicholas Parsons. MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01qzk4d) Captain Vimes of the watch, knows it's time to act. MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x3) Barbara Taylor-Bradford, Benjamin Zephaniah, Tony Gardner, Can a stolen library book lead to the reinvention of dragons? Series 1 Robin Ince, Seb Emina, Fimber Bravo, Sivu Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. The Man with the Golden Thunderball Clive's joined by best-selling novelist and Woman of Substance First published in 1989, the 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic Kenneth Horne, Master Spy probes a robot plot, while Julian Barbara Taylor Bradford, who tells Clive what has driven her to fantasy stories set on Discworld. and Sandy tackle his patio courtesy of Bona Homes and Fabe publish twenty-eight novels, selling eighty-two million copies Narrator …. Martin Jarvis Gardens. worldwide. Barbara's latest novel 'Secrets From The Past' tells Captain Vimes …. John Wood With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill the story of war photographer Serena, who, following the death Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Pertwee. of her father, steps away from the war zone to reassess her life. Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 March 2013 Page 4 of 8 Carrot …. Robert Gwilym [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Suddenly orphaned with no name and no inheritance - what next The Landlord …. Crawford Logan TUE 02:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007js81) for Magdalen and Norah Vanstone? Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Wilkie Collins' novel dramatised by Ray Jenkins. Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall TUE 03:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrhz) Magdalen Vanstone ...... Sophie Thompson Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Captain Wragge ...... Jack May Death …. Himself TUE 04:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door Norah Vanstone ...... Elizabeth Mansfield Dramatised in six parts by Michael Butt. (b016w0m4) Miss Garth ...... Kathleen Helme Director: John Taylor [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Mr Clare ...... Peter Woodthorpe First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in November 1992. TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01qzk4d) Frank Clare ...... Paul Downing MON 18:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] Mr Pendril ...... John Moffatt (b00vkxxk) TUE 05:00 Coming Alive (b00hhjfg) Mrs Wragge ...... Vivian Pickles Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] Bulmer ...... John Bull High in the Antarctic, a team of scientists make an unexpected TUE 05:30 Safety Catch (b0184tdb) Narrator ...... Philip Sully discovery. HP Lovecraft's tale of terror read by Richard Coyle. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Music by Peter Brewis and played by Maurice Cambridge. MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x3) TUE 06:00 Miss Marple (b0101p1x) Director: Janet Whitaker [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Nemesis First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1989. MON 19:30 The Al Read Show (b007s198) Episode 2 TUE 11:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door (b016ywr7) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The investigation by amateur sleuth Jane Marple leads to a Family Crisis MON 20:00 Miss Marple (b0100lqx) dilapidated manor house with a deadly reputation. Highly respectable Mr Parker loses his composure when his [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss daughter's departure threatens his orderly life. Read by Neil MON 20:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back Marple. Dudgeon. (b01r1cwl) Miss Marple …. June Whitfield TUE 11:15 Dave Sheasby - Incident at Boulonvilliers [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper (b00w0705) MON 21:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door Miss Cooke …. Tricia Hitchcock June 1982, and three D-Day veterans return to Normandy, (b016w0m4) Miss Barrow …. Delia Lindsay bringing them face-to-face with their past. Stars Geoffrey [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Lavinia Glynne …. Louie Ramsay Whitehead. MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01qzk4d) Anthea Bradbury-Scott …. Thelma Barlow TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b00jz5x2) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Clotilde Bradbury-Scott …. Mary Wimbush [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b01qw93l) Amy …. Freda Dowie TUE 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Emyln Price …. Roger Moss (b007jzss) MON 22:30 Hard to Tell (b016817k) Professor Wanstead …. David Swift [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Series 1 Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. TUE 13:00 Miss Marple (b0101p1x) Episode 3 Producer: Enyd Williams [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Hard To Tell is a four part relationship comedy by Jonny Sweet First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998. TUE 13:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r1yr7) (Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer 2009). who TUE 06:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r1yr7) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] conjures up characters depicting every relationship from father Episode 2 TUE 14:00 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m570x) and daughter to the mirror in the bathroom and the feller hiding Tracked down by a woman who lives in the house where his son Loss at a party; from the stalker and the stalked to dog owners and died, Mark's future happiness is threatened. Read by John William spurns Mademoiselle's advances, and Frances their dogs; and from lifelong friends to long term partners and Chancer. From March 2013. disappears from class. their dearly departed. TUE 07:00 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009m51j) The least known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, In episode 3, if your son is visiting with his new girlfriend, how Series 3 ambiguous and unsettling love story dramatised in ten parts by far apart should their beds be placed? Can she be trusted with a Episode 1 Rachel Joyce. remote control? And is it OK to indulge your fondness for Irangate surprise, and ethical robbers. Andy Hamilton and Nick Starring Paul Venables as William Crimsworth, Roger May as Helen Mirren? Revell's sharp-edged banter and sketches, with Harry Enfield. Pelet, Niamh Cusack as Zoraide Reuter, Claire Price as Frances Producer: Lucy Armitage From October 1987. and Penelope Rawlins as Sylvie. A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4. TUE 07:30 Elvenquest (b01qwc8m) Director: Tracey Neale MON 23:00 The Now Show (b01qwk3v) Series 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. Series 39 The Fat Hog TUE 14:15 Churchill's Other Lives (b00zllpz) Episode 3 The Questers find themselves seeking succour at the Fat Hog, a Religion Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Mitch Benn, Jon hostelry famed for its excellent cuisine, and run by its quixotic Churchill once admitted he did not support the Church from the Holmes, Laura Shavin and Andy Zaltzman to take a satirical headchef Nigressa. inside like a 'pillar' but from the outside more like a 'flying look at the events of the week, including the Eastleigh by- Meanwhile, Lord Darkness is having trouble with his new Ball buttress'. His relationship with God blew hot and cold and yet election, Italian elections and Britain losing its AAA credit of Infinite Vision. he had a sense of himself as a man gifted by fate with a higher status. Starring: purpose, as he called it, a 'glow worm'. MON 23:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b015mzzd) Darren Boyd as Vidar In this programme, historian Sir David Cannadine explores Series 4 Kevin Eldon as Dean/Kreech Churchill's faith and his powerful and driving sense of destiny. Linehan, Sutherland, Scales Dave Lamb as Amis With Roger Allam as Winston Churchill. Hosted by the Professor of Ignorance from the University of Stephen Mangan as Sam Written and Presented by Professor Sir David Cannadine Buckingham John Lloyd C.B.E. and the intensely curious Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness Producer: Melissa FitzGerald comedian Dave Gorman. Ingrid Oliver as Penthiselea A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4. This week's guests: and TUE 14:30 William Boyd - Armadillo (b007k2f8) Coming from a long line of vicars, Robin Ince is the UK's most Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Nigressa Episode 7 rational comedian, and he tests his reason to the limit once Written by James Cary. Insurance loss adjuster Lorimer Black faces accusations over a every year by performing at least four shows a day at the Producer: Sam Michell. claimant's suicide. Read by Stephen Critchlow. Edinburgh fringe. His infamous Bad Book Club, which in TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b00jz5x2) TUE 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star which he invites his fellow comedians to celebrate awful Series 9 (b00s6496) literature, has become an institution, and his massive Christmas The Tay Bridge Episode 2 show Nine Lessons and Carols For Godless People is now a On Scotland's crab-ridden shores, Neddie Seagoon is bridging a In Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, Paul Theroux encounters an huge event, featuring the likes of Jarvis Cocker, Dara O Briain gap. Stars Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. From February oil boom and 'evil eye deflectors'. Read by Stuart Milligan. and Richard Dawkins. 1959. TUE 15:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrlw) Roger Highfield is a scientist, science author and the editor of TUE 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] New Scientist, but if you met him, you wouldn't immediately (b007jzss) TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01r1z3v) guess that science is his thing. He's jolly and worldly and has Series 3 Mel says Happy Birthday to Craig and Charlie Reid, otherwise the hearty laugh of a comic supervillain. He first made his name The Clock known as The Proclaimers. And the delicious aroma of as a scientist be being the first person ever to bounce a neutron Author Gerald and his wife Diana hear some bumps in the chocolate brownies is in the air. off a soap bubble. Roger has written and co-written 9 best- night. TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfns) selling science books, including a book on the hows and whys of The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Series 2 Dolly the sheep, an explanation of the science of Harry Potter Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his Health and Efficiency and a biography of Einstein. wife, Diana. Faith heads to a health farm, leaving Bill to mind the happy Gareth Edwards is a filmmaker whose success and methods of With Douglas Blackwell and Patricia Hughes. home. achieving it have sent ripples of fear through the studios of Written by Basil Boothroyd. Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Hollywood. His movie Monsters is an apocalyptic blockbuster Producer: Bobby Jaye Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the which he made for one five hundredth of the budget for Avatar First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1979. demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah by shooting with a small, mobile team, hiring non-actors on the TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01qwk3v) and Joe. spot and using dazzling-but-cheap CGI effects. [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia TUE 09:30 The Personality Test (b00m5tks) Imrie as Hilary, Belinda Lang as Liza, Kelda Holmes as Series 1 Hannah, Norman Bird as Mr Burrows and Nicholas Courtney as TUESDAY 05 MARCH 2013 Gyles Brandreth Ray. Broadcaster, author and ex-MP Gyles Brandreth quizzes a panel Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b007jmk0) about himself. husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Sue Perkins, Alan Carr and Lucy Porter battle with queries A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran TUE 00:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness based on Gyle's life, whims and interests for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. (b00vkxxk) Series in which a fresh host every episode quizzes a comedy Producer: Sioned Wiliam [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] panel about themselves. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1989. TUE 01:00 Miss Marple (b0100lqx) Script by Richard Turner TUE 17:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009m51j) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Devised & produced by Aled Evans. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 01:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r1cwl) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006. TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p7x8) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE 10:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrlw) Guards! Guards! TUE 02:00 Alison and Maud (b007k1w7) July 1846 Episode 2 Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 March 2013 Page 5 of 8 Could a long-extinct beast have carried out recent crimes? [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and Will Captain Vimes get any joy from dragonologist and society WED 01:00 Miss Marple (b0101p1x) quickly developed a cult following. heavyweight Lady Ramkin? [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] Music and songs by Dave Lee, Leon Cohen and Bill Oddie. Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. WED 01:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back Producer: Humphrey Barclay The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on (b01r1yr7) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in May 1967. Discworld. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED 09:00 Winston (b007np4w) Narrator …. Martin Jarvis WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01qwk3v) Winston Comes to Town Captain Vimes …. John Wood [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] A Tweak of Thread Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes WED 02:30 The Personality Test (b00m5tks) Father's poorly so the family must leave Winterleaf Gunner and Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] return to London, but Nancy is distraught. Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood WED 03:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrlw) What's going to happen to Winston - village poacher, Carrot …. Robert Gwilym [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] philosopher and Romeo? Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan WED 04:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door Will he come with them? Will London survive with Winston? Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher (b016ywr7) Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial. Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Winston ...... Bill Wallis Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts WED 04:15 Dave Sheasby - Incident at Boulonvilliers Father ...... Maurice Denham Dramatised by Michael Butt. (b00w0705) Nancy ...... Shirley Dixon Director: John Taylor [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Rosie ...... Liz Goulding First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in November 1992. WED 05:00 Second Thoughts (b00fnfns) William ...... Christian Rodska TUE 18:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] Director: Shaun MacLoughlin. (b00vl2hh) WED 05:30 The Million Pound Radio Show (b009m51j) First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 1990. Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED 09:30 The Party Line (b013n0q4) A grisly discovery at Professor Lake's camp sparks a perilous WED 06:00 Miss Marple (b0102h2y) Series 3 two-man flight over monstrous mountains. Read by Richard Nemesis Episode 2 Coyle. Episode 3 MP Duncan Stonebridge faces trial by ballroom dance. Steve TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b00jz5x2) The potential witness has a suspicious 'accident', so amateur Punt and Hugh Dennis's sitcom stars James Fleet. From [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] sleuth Jane Marple widens the net. October 2008. TUE 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss WED 10:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrpm) (b007jzss) Marple. June 1847 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Magdalen, with the aid of the swindler Captain Wragge, is TUE 20:00 Miss Marple (b0101p1x) Joanna Crawford …. Molly Gaisford determined to get back her inheritance from her cousin Noel. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Miss Temple …. Jill Balcon Wilkie Collins’ novel dramatised by Ray Jenkins. TUE 20:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r1yr7) Professor Wanstead …. David Swift Magdalen Vanstone ...... Sophie Thompson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Lavinia Glynne …. Louie Ramsay Captain Wragge ...... Jack May TUE 21:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door (b016ywr7) Clotilde Bradbury-Scott …. Mary Wimbush Norah Vanstone ...... Elizabeth Mansfield [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Anthea Bradbury-Scott …. Thelma Barlow Frank Clare ...... Paul Downing TUE 21:15 Dave Sheasby - Incident at Boulonvilliers Mrs Merrypit …. Kathleen Helme Mrs Wragge ...... Vivian Pickles (b00w0705) The Postmistress …. Patricia Scott Landlady ...... Susan Sheridan [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Emyln Price …. Roger Moss Vicar ...... Joe Dunlop TUE 22:00 Elvenquest (b01qwc8m) The Coroner …. Colin Pinney Lizzie ...... Alice Arnold [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Mrs Lecount ...... Eleanor Bron TUE 22:30 World of Pub (b007sygy) Producer: Enyd Williams. Noel Vanstone ...... Nigel Anthony Series 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998. Captain Kirke ...... Robin Ellis Episode 2 WED 06:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back Narrator ...... Philip Sully The Red Lion's almost bankrupt - can Dodgy Phil get the (b01r1zk2) Music by Peter Brewis and played by Maurice Cambridge. punters back? Episode 3 Director: Janet Whitaker Tony Roche's comedy about the world's worst pub in London's Mark and Chloe must face the news that a child living in their First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989. East End. old home says he has seen their dead son's ghost. Read by John WED 11:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door (b016z61c) Dodgy Phil ...... John Thomson Chancer. From March 2013. The Handbag Barry ...... Phil Cornwell WED 07:00 Fat Chance (b01bn4qm) A councillor's neglected wife lays a trap for her vainglorious Garry ...... Alistair McGowan Secrets and Lies husband. Patience Tomlinson reads Dorothy Whipple's story. With Debra Stephenson and Simon Greenall. Will Graham be the next Blue Peter presenter and why did WED 11:15 Drama (b01jl8hv) Special effects: Carl Phillips and Nick Romero. Tina's husband leave her? The Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer Music: Bill Bailey Jenny McDade's high-fat bittersweet comedy for those Glasgow 1780. Lawyer Enoch Dalmellington represents the Producer: Jane Berthoud believing there's a thin person inside them begging to get out. ambiguities of Scottish society since the Union. He detests the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. Graham Pitscottie ..... Gareth Corke corruption of Glasgow's merchants, but can't resist being bought TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01rfzl5) Wendy Bottomley ..... Janine Duvitski off by them; he dreams of Scottish independence, but is too For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the Clive Bottomley ..... Michael Troughton canny to mention it. And there's a wake-up call to a city whose best comedy around. Plus Sara Pascoe is joined by Cariad Soo Pitscottie ..... Anne Reid history has always been more rich, varied and morally Lloyd. Tina Tattersall ..... Julia Deakin ambiguous than the dominant narrative of victimhood allows. TUE 23:00 I Think I've Got a Problem (b007xvrp) Kelly Chambers ..... Tilly Gaunt Dalmellington ..... Ian McDiarmid Series 1 Lee Dubs ..... Harry Myers Directed by Jeremy Mortimer Episode 3 Mrs Enright ..... Frances Jeater Iain Heggie was born in Glasgow in 1953. 'A Wholly Healthy Tom gets a job as an international courier and has to deliver a Producer: Sally Avens Glasgow' , and his John Whiting award-winning play, American package to a contact in Spain. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999. Bagpipes, both premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre in However, after his "imaginary" band spark mayhem on the WED 07:30 Dilemma (b01qwglw) Manchester, and were later seen at The Royal Court in London. plane, Tom and Sadie find themselves caught up in a world of Series 2 Recent plays include' Love Freaks' (a new take of Double death and deception. Episode 2 Inconstancy) and 'Sauciehall Street'. Still, if a good song won't cheer them all up, nothing will. Sue Perkins puts Josie Long, Owen Jones, Clare Grogan and WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jy6l) Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a Andrew Maxwell through the moral and ethical wringer. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] man who can't stop himself from breaking into song. The panellists finely balanced dilemmas include a catering faux WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00v8nk9) Suggs ..... Tom Caine pas, putting a value on human life and/or robots, keeping the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Bob Monkhouse ..... Dr Boone back yard tidy and hearing the patter of tiny feet. WED 13:00 Miss Marple (b0102h2y) Mika Simmons ..... Sadie Devised by Danielle Ward. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Phil Cornwell ..... Bouche Producer: Ed Morrish. WED 13:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back Michael Roberts ..... Clammy Clemence WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jy6l) (b01r1zk2) Andrew McGibbon ..... Jake The New Car [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Nick Romero ..... Monty DeVere The lad thinks he should buy a car to keep up appearances, so WED 14:00 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m5qlj) Emma Clarke ..... Air Stewardess Sid offers to help. But there's a big surprise when he takes it for Turmoil Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs a spin. William realises he loves Frances, so he sets out to find her. Director: Chris Neill Starring Tony Hancock. The least-known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, Producers: Torquil MacLeod. Julian Mayers and Andrew With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James and Kenneth ambiguous and unsettling love story dramatised in ten-parts by McGibbon. Williams. Rachel Joyce. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001. Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Starring Paul Venables as William Crimsworth, Shaun Dooley TUE 23:30 Spats (b007jzp6) Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Recorded as Hunsden, Roger May as Pelet, Niamh Cusack as Zoraide Mankind v Nature by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. Reuter and Claire Price as Frances. Are we with Mother Nature - or against her? Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Director: Tracey Neale Luke Roberts tackles the big arguments and solves them using First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. light entertainment. 1954. WED 14:15 The Generation Gap (b00qszyv) Producer: Ed Morrish WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00v8nk9) Series 1: Respect Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in December 2006 Series 5 Teachers Episode 3 Series of programmes in which two people from different An estate agent bully - and 'The Legend of William Tell'. generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature of WEDNESDAY 06 MARCH 2013 More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and Britain. parodies. The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p7x8) Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall Kevin Madden started teaching in a Catholic, inner-city [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] and Bill Oddie. Manchester boys' school in 1945. His grandson Patrick WED 00:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness Written by Graeme Garden, Eric Idle and Bill Oddie. McMahon has just started teaching in a mainly moslem school (b00vl2hh) Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue in Rochdale. They discuss the changing nature of respect Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 March 2013 Page 6 of 8 between pupils and teachers and how schools have reflected Robert Duncan as Scumspawn and Jimmy Mulville as Thomas. The Friends of Frambourne Pier wider society. Other characters played by Michael Fenton Stevens, Philip Frank Pike and Bert Hodges try to enlist some volunteers to A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. Pope and Felicity Montagu help restore the pier. WED 14:30 William Boyd - Armadillo (b007k2gm) Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, Episode 8 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2007. Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee. Loss adjuster Lorimer Black gets an unexpected offer of help to Arthur Wilson … John Le Mesurier investigate the insurance claim. Read by Stephen Critchlow. Bert Hodges …. Bill Pertwee WED 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star THURSDAY 07 MARCH 2013 Frank Pike …. Ian Lavender (b00s6dgr) Fred Guthrie …. Glynn Edwards Episode 3 THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p9wy) Miss Perkins …. Viviene Martin The author continues to retrace his route from The Great [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Mrs Briggs … Hilda Braid Railway Bazaar, through India to Sri Lanka. Read by Stuart THU 00:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness Ernest Woolcott …. Michael Knowles Milligan. (b00vlq6b) Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the WED 15:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrpm) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU 01:00 Miss Marple (b0102h2y) Producer: Martin Fisher WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01r21jh) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1984. Survival expert Bear Grylls chooses his musical Inheritance THU 01:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b016951g) Tracks, and Mel hears the hair-raising story of Phil Harwood's (b01r1zk2) From 14/04/1955 five-month solo trip down the Congo River. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] The Glums grapple with a crossword, and there's a cautionary WED 17:00 No Commitments (b01r21gq) THU 02:00 Winston (b007np4w) tale from Monte Carlo. With Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley. Series 11 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] From April 1955. Hard Times THU 02:30 The Party Line (b013n0q4) THU 09:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007k3yd) Victoria is down in the dumps about money, while Charlotte is [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] The T Machine on a high about work. Stars Felicity Montagu. From February THU 03:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrpm) Copper trousers, murderous intent and a paradoxical tale of the 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] villainous Dr Julius Venn and his misbegotten future history. WED 17:30 Fat Chance (b01bn4qm) THU 04:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door (b016z61c) Stars Roy Kinnear. From October 1988. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU 09:30 Jest a Minute (b017ptbk) WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008p9wy) THU 04:15 Drama (b01jl8hv) Series 2 Guards! Guards! [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] Episode 5 Episode 3 THU 05:00 No Commitments (b01r21gq) Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from the Glee Club in Cardiff. The people of Ankh-Morpork have a no-nonsense approach to [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] With Greg Davies, Eggsy, Lloyd Langford and Chris Corcoran. entertainment. THU 05:30 Fat Chance (b01bn4qm) Producers: Paul Forde and Gareth Gwynn. While they're looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales in 2009. be happy to settle instead for seeing the avenging warrior baked THU 06:00 Miss Marple (b0102tmh) THU 10:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrs9) in his own armour. Nemesis July 1847 Why is Captain Vimes suspicious? Episode 4 In her attempt to regain her inheritance from her cousin Noel, Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. Amateur sleuth Jane Marple curtails her tour to investigate the Magdalen has disguised herself as Susan Bygrave and gone to The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on murders - and the manor house beckons... stay near Noel in Aldeburgh. Discworld. Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss But Mrs Lecount suspects her true identity... Narrator …. Martin Jarvis Marple. Wilkie Collins’ novel dramatised by Ray Jenkins. Captain Vimes …. John Wood Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Magdalen Vanstone ...... Sophie Thompson Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Professor Wanstead …. David Swift Captain Wragge ...... Jack May Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne Anthea Bradbury-Scott …. Thelma Barlow Miss Garth ...... Kathleen Helme Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood Emyln Price …. Roger Moss Noel Vanstone ...... Nigel Anthony Carrot …. Robert Gwilym Miss Barrow …. Delia Lindsay Mrs Wragge ...... Vivian Pickles Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan Miss Cooke …. Tricia Hitchcock Little Boy ...... Susan Sheridan Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher Mrs Blackett …. Hilda Schroder Mrs Lecount ...... Eleanor Bron Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall Archdeacon Brabazon …. Desmond Llewelyn Chemist ...... Christopher Good Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Postmaster ...... Simon Bullock Death …. Himself Producer: Enyd Williams. Servant ...... Jo Kendall Dramatised by Michael Butt. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998. Narrator ...... Philip Sully Director: John Taylor THU 06:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r2tnv) Music by Peter Brewis and played by Maurice Cambridge. First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992. Episode 4 Director: Janet Whitaker WED 18:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness Mark and Chloe don't believe in ghosts, but when they try to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1989. (b00vlq6b) dispel their fears and hopes, nothing is as it seems. Read by THU 11:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door Episode 3 John Chancer. From March 2013. (b017071m) Dyer and student geologist Danforth discover sprawling THU 07:00 Up the Garden Path (b007jqkw) Cover evidence of an incredible ancient civilisation. Read by Richard Series 3 A young wife is unable to free herself from the guilt of her Coyle. A Dick in Shining Armour scandalous past. Stella Gonet reads Dorothy Whipple's story. WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jy6l) Will pregnant Izzy be able to finally settle down with the man THU 11:15 Clare Bayley - The Secret Place (b01r2vh1) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] of her dreams? Stars Imelda Staunton. From October 1993. Andy and Safi's wedding is unusual: they won't even be sharing WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00v8nk9) THU 07:30 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation (b01qwhx0) their marriage bed tonight because Andy is serving a life [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Series 9 sentence for murder. WED 20:00 Miss Marple (b0102h2y) How to Exercise Power Clare Bayley's drama stars Paul Hilton as Andy Heaton, Helen [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Stand by your radios! Jeremy Hardy returns to the airwaves Longworth as Safi Harrison, Tracey Wilkinson as Leyla and WED 20:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back with a broadcast of national comic import as he asks the Rod Arthur as Patrick Gilbert. (b01r1zk2) question "Does power come from the barrel of a gun or from a Director: Claire Grove. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] jar of onion marmalade?" First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. WED 21:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door (b016z61c) Helping him fail to find the answers will be actor and Jeremy THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jps8) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] regular Gordon Kennedy ("Absolutely", "Sherlock") and special [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 21:15 Drama (b01jl8hv) guest Katy Brand THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b016951g) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Welcome to "Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation", a series of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 22:00 Dilemma (b01qwglw) debates in which Jeremy Hardy engages in a free and frank THU 13:00 Miss Marple (b0102tmh) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] exchange of his entrenched views. Passionate, polemical, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED 22:30 Richard Herring's Objective (b00vcqm7) erudite and unable to sing, Jeremy returns with a new series of THU 13:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r2tnv) Series 1 his show, famous for lines like - [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] The Hoodie "Kids should never be fashion slaves, especially in the Far East. THU 14:00 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m5tkq) Richard Herring reclaims objects that we've grown to hate - a My 12-year old daughter asked me for a new pair of trainers. I Joy and Sorrow tracksuit top with a hood. With Emma Kennedy. From October told her she was old enough to go out and make her own" and, Happy news for William and Frances, but the orphan worries 2010. "Islam is no weirder than Christianity. Both are just Judaism for their future. WED 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k498) with the jokes taken out." The least known of Charlotte Bronte's novels: a subtle, Series 2 Few can forget where they were twenty years ago when they ambiguous and unsettling love story dramatised in ten parts by Under New Management first heard "Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation". The show Rachel Joyce. Discover the secret of computer techniques in film, experience was an immediate smash-hit success, causing pubs to empty on Starring Paul Venables as William Crimsworth, Shaun Dooley the history of rock'n'roll and meet the Museum's curious new a Saturday night, which was particularly astonishing since the as Hunsden and Claire Price as Frances. curator. show went out on Thursdays. The Light Entertainment Director: Tracey Neale Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins department was besieged, questions were asked in the House First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. and Dan Tetsell. and Jeremy Hardy himself became known as the man THU 14:15 The Generation Gap (b00qszz5) With Lucy Montgomery. responsible for the funniest show on radio since Money Box Series 1: Respect Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker. Live with Paul Lewis. Nobility Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor Since that fateful first series, Jeremy went on to win Sony Series of programmes in which two people from different First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005. Awards, Writers Guild nominations and a Nobel Prize for generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature of WED 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00whwzs) Chemistry. Britain. Series 6 The show is a Pozzitive production, and is produced by The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. Psychiatry Jeremy's long-standing accomplice, David Tyler. Viscount De L'Isle and his daughter The Hon Sophia Sidney, Edith quizzes Satan about "The Fall", but Satan sees it more as Written by Jeremy Hardy whose family have owned Penshurst Place for the past 400 "The Push" and feels God has anger-management issues. Produced by David Tyler years, discuss the changing attitudes towards the aristocracy Andy Hamilton's comedy set in Hell. A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. during their lifetimes. Starring Andy Hamilton as Satan, Annette Crosbie as Edith, THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jps8) A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 March 2013 Page 7 of 8 THU 14:30 William Boyd - Armadillo (b007k2j1) Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" A live drama serial could make money for Troutbridge TV. But Episode 9 magnet John Weak. can they manage to produce it? Mighty mysterious forces are shaping the destiny of loss Hayley ...... Clare Perkins After 4 series of 'The Navy Lark', the BBC decided the comedy adjuster Lorimer Black. Read by Stephen Critchlow. Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead crew needed a new setting, so where better than brand new THU 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook independent station, Troutbridge TV? (b00s6n2d) Tim ...... Ewan Bailey However, after just 10 episodes, this proved to be only a Episode 4 Ted ...... Kim Wall temporary change of course for the crew of HMS Troutbridge - The author retraces his route from The Great Railway Bazaar, Rebecca ...... Colleen Prendergast as the crew were soon back aboard 'The Navy Lark'. through Burma and its crumbling cities. Read by Stuart Music: David Pickvance Stars Jon Pertwee as the Floor Manager, Leslie Phillips as The Milligan. Producer: Jonquil Panting Director, Stephen Murray as the Producer, Ronnie Barker as THU 15:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrs9) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006. Fatso Johnson and Richard Caldicote as the Deputy Controller. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Scripted by Lawrie Wyman THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01r2vky) Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. Mel Giedroyc hears the remarkable story of the invention of FRIDAY 08 MARCH 2013 First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1963 Braille, and meets a former CIA agent who now writes spy joke . books. Author Lauren Child chooses her Inheritance Books. FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc2z) FRI 08:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b007jx21) THU 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jnfn) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] From 01/02/1949 Series 8 FRI 00:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness A proposed Bindebourne Festival needs some famous guests... Beginnings and Endings (b00vlw5s) Starring Kenneth Horne and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch. He's newly retired, but Mr Holliday is soon back at school for a [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] With Sam Costa, Maurice Denham, Maureen Riscoe and Helen day of drama. FRI 01:00 Miss Marple (b0102tmh) Hill. Created by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy about a [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Much Binding in the Marsh ran from 1944 to 1954 initially set junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior FRI 01:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r2tnv) at a remote RAF station before being converted to a country Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] club and later the action moved to a newspaper. (The show also Written by Ivan Shakespeare and Dave Single. FRI 02:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club (b007k3yd) ran for a season with commercial breaks on Radio Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Luxembourg). Headmaster, Tom Watson as Mr Holliday, Margaret John as FRI 02:30 Jest a Minute (b017ptbk) Written by Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne. Mrs Stone, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Deirdre Costello as Mrs [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Music by the Augmented Dance Orchestra conducted by Patterson, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Marlene Sidaway as FRI 03:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrs9) Stanley Black. Miss Lewis, Moya O'Shea as Adele McAfee and Ian Gostling as [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Producer: Leslie Bridgemont Anwar. FRI 04:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door (b017071m) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1949. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI 09:00 Tony's (b007k2tv) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995. FRI 04:15 Clare Bayley - The Secret Place (b01r2vh1) Series 1 THU 17:30 Up the Garden Path (b007jqkw) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Is This True Love? [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 05:00 King Street Junior (b007jnfn) Still single at 41, the barber's mother - and fate - seem THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc2z) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] determined to take a hand. Stars Victor Spinetti. From Guards! Guards! FRI 05:30 Up the Garden Path (b007jqkw) November 1979. Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI 09:30 The Brothers (b00ny721) "The Dewey system has its fine points" reflected the librarian, FRI 06:00 Miss Marple (b010330g) Series 2 picking a parasite from its fur, "But when you're setting out to Nemesis Episode 3 look for a crucial stolen book within the multi-dimensional Episode 5 The arrival of Nigel and Michael's father sparks more havoc. folds of L-space, what you really need is a ball of string." Amateur sleuth Jane Marple's friends come to her aid, as she Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From October Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. battles to solve the murder mystery. 2005. The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June FRI 10:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrw2) Discworld. Whitfield as Miss Marple. August 1847 Narrator …. Martin Jarvis Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Will Magdalen marry her cousin Noel, whom she loathes, in Captain Vimes …. John Wood Professor Wanstead …. David Swift order to try and regain her inheritance? Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Lavinia Glynne …. Louie Ramsay Wilkie Collins’ novel dramatised by Ray Jenkins. Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne Clotilde Bradbury-Scott …. Mary Wimbush Magdalen Vanstone ...... Sophie Thompson Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood Anthea Bradbury-Scott …. Thelma Barlow Captain Wragge ...... Jack May Carrot …. Robert Gwilym Miss Cooke …. Tricia Hitchcock Miss Garth ...... Kathleen Helme Lord Vetinari … Crawford Logan Miss Barrow …. Delia Lindsay Norah Vanstone ...... Elizabeth Mansfield Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher Michael Rafiel …. Peter Gunn Noel Vanstone ...... Nigel Anthony Brother Doorkeeper …. Jeff Nuttall Mr Broadribb …. Geoffrey Whitehead Mrs Wragge ...... Vivian Pickles Brother Fingers …. Michael Roberts Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Mrs Lecount ...... Eleanor Bron Death …. Himself Producer: Enyd Williams. Pendril ...... John Moffatt Director: John Taylor First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998. Admiral Bartram ...... Alan MacNaughtan First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992. FRI 06:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r2wd7) George Bartram ...... Christopher Scott THU 18:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness Episode 5 Louisa ...... Susan Sheridan (b00vlw5s) With Mark's commitment to Allie called into question, how can Coachman ...... Joe Dunlop Episode 4 he earn a future and lay to rest the past? Read by John Chancer. Loscombe ...... Christopher Good Investigating fantastic ancient structures high in the Antarctic, From March 2013. Servant ...... Jo Kendall Dyer and Danforth face pure terror. Read by Richard Coyle. FRI 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00vsx4v) Narrator ...... Philip Sully THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007jps8) Series 2 Music by Peter Brewis and played by Maurice Cambridge. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Mother Director: Janet Whitaker THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b016951g) Tamsyn's mother, 'Lizabeth, suddenly turns up at the tavern - First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] and greets Tamsyn with the immortal phrase " 'Ello, princess..." FRI 11:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door (b016z738) THU 20:00 Miss Marple (b0102tmh) It's 1793 and in the small Cornish village of Drumlin Bay, Summer Holiday [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] heroic smuggler Tamsyn Trelawny is still running rings around A child's innocent remark has devastating consequences for a THU 20:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r2tnv) the customs men, assisted by her drunken father Jago. nursemaid. Patience Tomlinson reads Dorothy Whipple's story. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. FRI 11:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own THU 21:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door Starring Sheridan Smith as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as (b00b4038) (b017071m) Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, To escape their children who won't leave home, Kenneth and [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Clare move to a smaller house - with no space for visitors. THU 21:15 Clare Bayley - The Secret Place (b01r2vh1) Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey and Mark Perry as Roderick But the couple are soon plagued by former residents and visitors [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] and Alison Steadman as 'Lizabeth. - unaware that the previous owner Mrs Hooper has departed... THU 22:00 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation (b01qwhx0) Producer: Jan Ravens. Martyn Wade's comedy starring David Troughton as Kenneth [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004. and Barbara Flynn as Clare. THU 22:30 Newsjack (b01r2vl0) FRI 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section With Margaret Tyzack as Mrs Hooper, Richenda Carey as Miss Series 8 (b01r0c5r) Grainger-Taylor, Jonathan Keeble as Mr Norton, Wayne Episode 4 Series 2 Foskett as Maurice, Harry Myers as George and Colleen BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show which anyone can With Phill Jupitus and Lady Lykez Prendergast as Jill. write for. With Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Justin Edwards, Comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and his five piece band Production note: Pippa Evans and Lewis Macleod. and specially written, original music. 'A Home of Their Own' was due to be recorded on location in a THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01rfzl9) This episode explores the theme of 'the body' including songs house used for a number of Martyn's previous plays, but which For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the on shampoo, beards and catarrh. had become too noisy for period plays. best comedy around. Plus Sara Pascoe has more chat with Guest starring: Ironically during the recording, the cast and crew had to Cariad Lloyd. Phill Jupitus who sings with the band and reads a poem decamp to a studio as severe building work at both the back and THU 23:00 The Secret World (b011kqsj) Plus a rap from Lady Lykez. front of the house made the recording inaudible. Perhaps the Series 1 Alex's Horne Section are: house was having the last word..? Episode 3 Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland Producer: Cherry Cookson From Jools Holland to Ross Kemp, Jon Culshaw explores the Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. bizarre private lives of famous folk. From April 2009. Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier FRI 12:00 The TV Lark (b01b3flq) THU 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tlwzg) Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 2 Piano/keyboard .... Ed Sheldrake FRI 12:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b007jx21) Otters Producer: Julia McKenzie. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] John Weak turns Smokehouse as green as the Jolly Green Giant, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013. FRI 13:00 Miss Marple (b010330g) while saving Sir Marcus from an eco-Nazi who insists on paper FRI 08:00 The TV Lark (b01b3flq) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] underwear. Z Ambulances FRI 13:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r2wd7) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 2 – 8 March 2013 Page 8 of 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Songster Ivor Cutler slips a disc and shares his secrets about FRI 14:00 Charlotte Bronte - The Professor (b00m5wdp) moonshine, housemaids and a bully called Smith. From 1994. Victor FRI 23:10 The Comedy Club Interviews (b01rfzlc) Married to the woman he adores and successful in his work, For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the William is on the verge of bringing his journal to a close best comedy around. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Neil Innes. Conclusion of Charlotte Bronte's subtle, ambiguous and FRI 23:15 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (b00scw61) unsettling love story dramatised in ten parts by Rachel Joyce. Diplodocus v Concreton Starring Paul Venables as William Crimsworth, Shaun Dooley The surreal saga of a dynasty delicately balanced on the edge of as Hunsden, Claire Price as Frances and Jack Joseph Miller as sanity. the Boy Written by and starring Viv Stanshall. Director: Tracey Neale Contains an edit of an original John Peel session as first heard First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. on BBC Radio 1. FRI 14:15 The Generation Gap (b00qszyz) Music composed and performed by Viv Stanshall using Series 1: Respect additional musicians. Policemen Producer: John Walters Series of programmes in which two people from different First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996. generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature of FRI 23:30 Great Lives (b00pcklz) Britain. Series 20 The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. Vivian Stanshall Two policemen who have seen changes on the beat in levels of Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his respect from society. guests choose someone who has inspired their lives. A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. Musician and performer Neil Innes discusses the life of his FRI 14:30 William Boyd - Armadillo (b007k2kf) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band colleague and friend Vivian Episode 10 Stanshall. Neil recalls the moment he met Vivian Stanshall in Loss adjuster Lorimer Black types up his findings over the London: he was wearing Billy Bunter trousers, a Victorian frock massive bogus insurance claim. Concluded by Stephen coat and horrible purple pince-nez glasses and carrying a Critchlow. euphonium. So began a friendship and a musical partnership FRI 14:45 Paul Theroux - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star that exploded into life with The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, (b00s6rcn) culminating in tours and TV series. Vivian's second wife, Ki Episode 5 Longfellow, joins the discussion to help explore the man behind The author concludes the retracing of his route from The Great the colourful public persona. Railway Bazaar, via Vladivostok and Perm. Read by Stuart Milligan. FRI 15:00 Wilkie Collins - No Name (b007jrw2) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01r2wdt) Mel Giedroyc learns how to make the perfect bread and butter pudding, and picks up some DIY tips that might just save your home from disaster. FRI 17:00 Little Blighty on the Down (b007jxwl) Series 2 Episode 5 Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts finds it hard to relax on her holiday. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From August 1989. FRI 17:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b00vsx4v) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 18:00 Terry Pratchett (b008pc0b) Guards! Guards! Episode 5 "That dragon isn't going to accept any mealy-mouthed, wishy- washy liberal nonsense.... Do you know what you're getting with a dragon? Unashamed strong leadership." The dragon strikes. But will Captain Vimes triumph? Stars John Wood and Martin Jarvis. The 8th of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy stories set on Discworld. Narrator …. Martin Jarvis Captain Vimes …. John Wood Nobby …. Melvyn Hayes Sergeant Colon …. Stephen Thorne Lady Ramkin …. Helen Atkinson-Wood Carrot …. Robert Gwilym Lord Vetinari …. Crawford Logan Supreme Grand Master …. Brett Usher Chief Merchant …. Jeff Nuttall Librarian …. Michael Roberts Little Girl …. Kate McEnery Director: John Taylor First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1992. FRI 18:30 HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness (b00vnf09) Episode 5 Battling in the Antarctic, can Dyer and Danforth escape with their lives? Richard Coyle concludes HP Lovecraft's tale of terror. FRI 19:00 The TV Lark (b01b3flq) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 19:30 Much Binding in the Marsh (b007jx21) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 20:00 Miss Marple (b010330g) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI 20:30 Christopher Coake - You Came Back (b01r2wd7) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 21:00 Dorothy Whipple - The Closed Door (b016z738) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI 21:15 Martyn Wade - A Home of Their Own (b00b4038) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01r0c5r) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive (b007zd04) Series 1 Episode 5 The funny man's radio drop-in centre tackles Live 8 and white- collar boxing matches. With David Mitchell. From June 2005. 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