Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 January 2013 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 05 JANUARY 2013 chance to escape her stifling in-laws in Essex. Whilst they are 'Hoax!' (15/10/96). spending a month in the Lakes, she and her sister-in-law Tina SAT 12:00 The Cazalets - Omnibus (b01pp21q) SAT 00:00 The Routemasters by Andrew McGibbon escape to Stanton on Sea. The Light Years (b007jnsh) Viola is still pining for the dashing Victor Spring - who has Episode 1 4. Wolfie and Beetie kissed her - and Tina for the beautiful chauffeur, Saxon - As the family gather for their annual summer holiday in the Raymond and Hildegard kidnap Beethoven and Mozart in their likewise. But is it all hopeless? beautiful Sussex countryside of 1938, the onset of war is about plot to create the greatest ever rock band. Stella Gibbons’ sparkling pre-war comedy of manners to change everything. Herr Grubberman comes clean, while Bernie finally discovers dramatised in two-parts by Christopher William Hill. Elizabeth Jane Howard's family saga of 'The Cazalets' vividly the truth about who - or what- is driving the time bus. Starring Victoria Hamilton as Tina, Dinah Stabb as Mother, catalogues the lives and loves of three generations. Starring Amanda Donohoe as Hilderghast, Andrew McGibbon Paul Moriarty as Father, Francine Chamberlain as Viola Simon Starring Penelope Wilton as the narrator, Raymond Coulthard as Raymond, Karl Minns as the Conductor, Owen Evans as Bubb as Victor, dam Billington as Saxon, Adjoa Andoh as as Rupert, Zoe Tapper as Zoe, Georgia Groome as Clary, Bernie, Nick Romero as Mozart, Andy Mulligan as Herr Edna, Alex Rivers as Hetty, Joan Walker as Phyllis, Ian Masters Naomi Frederick as Rachel, Shirley Dixon as The Duchy and Grubberman, Dan Freedman as Glenn Miller, Alex Lowe as as Spurrey, James Lailey as Uncle Frank, Gerald McDermott as Helen Schlesinger as Sid. Taffy and Sophie Aldred as Spikea. Mr Brodhurst. Siblings Hugh, Edward, Rupert and Rachel - and their Written by Andrew McGibbon. Additional material by Rob Director: Marion Nancarrow respective families - are reunited. Rupert is trying not to think Colley and Kevin Greening. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011. about whether he married beautiful but petulant Zoe too soon Theme by Ozzy Temple and other music by Nick Romero. SAT 04:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Sisters (b01pkjws) after his first wife's death; Hugh and his wife Sybil each try to Producer: Julian Mayers Resentment surfaces when Mrs Mason is asked questions about put the other first, not necessarily to their mutual advantage; First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. her famous sibling. Is she jealous? Read Sheila Mitchell. Edward is mulling on how he might be able to get away from SAT 00:30 Terry Pratchett (b007k1l2) SAT 04:15 Hugh Hughes - Floating (b01pkjwv) his wife, Villy, to spend time with his mistress and Rachel is Mort Fantasy recollections of Hugh Hughes and Sioned Rowlands as trying to find a private place to read her letter in secret. But the Episode 4 the Isle of Anglesey floated off from mainland Wales in April wider world is about to intrude on their lives forever and each is Death has disappeared, leaving his apprentice Mort, his 1982. increasingly to wonder what their future may hold... daughter Ysabell and Albert the cook to carry on the life- SAT 05:00 Ballylenon (b007k4hw) The first of five dramatisations by Sarah Daniels. collecting operation. Series 1 Elizabeth Jane Howard's The Light Years and her following The conclusion of Terry's Pratchett's comic fantasy set on Episode 2 novels: Marking Time, Confusion and Casting Off were Discworld. A "gramophone record recital" is the Irish town's cultural published between 1990-1995 and the fifth, All Change, in Narrated by Anton Lesser. highlight of 1953 - the start of something big? 2013. and Jon Glover as the Duke. Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in Producer: Sally Avens Mort ...... Carl Prekopp 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. Death ...... Geoffrey Whitehead every home. SAT 13:15 Sirens of Fleet Street (b01dtsgz) Albert ...... Phillip Jackson Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Free-Minded Albion's Daughter Ysabell ...... Clare Corbett Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna The life of Victorian journalist pioneer, feminist and Princess Keli ...... Alice Hart Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy campaigner, Bessie Rayner Parkes. Cutwell ...... Adam Godley Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker The first of a trilogy of plays examining the lives and writing of Rincewind ...... Philip Fox Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Aine McCartney three pioneering women journalists. Duke ...... Jon Glover Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt Introduced by Kate Perry. Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Stumpy Bonnar ...... Gerard McSorley Bessie Parkes 1829-1925 (mother of Hilaire Belloc) and her Director: Claire Grove Eithne Ni Phartalain ...... Marcella Riordan close friend Barbara Bodichon were the founders of The First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004. Aubrey Frawley ...... Dominic Letts English Women's Journal, the first newspaper owned, written SAT 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jptk) Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes and printed by women. Series 1 Director: Eoin O'Callaghan Based on Bessie's own writing, Lavinia Murray's play tells her A Case of Haddock and Plaice First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994. story, joining her as she waits to vote in the 1918 election. An elderly couple's time-share cash con sparks private SAT 05:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qcsv) Starring Sarah Parks as Bessie, Amanda Root as Barbara Leigh investigator Stephen J Blackburn's first case abroad. Series 1 Smith, Kathryn Hunt as Miss Ingle, Russell Dixon as The Teller The last of five cases for the ex-pitman turned investigator and Episode 3 and James Nickerson as Mr Brattigan/Eugene. his government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Tamsyn and Jago's smuggling exploits are to be chronicled at Director: Sue Roberts Yorkshire town that's seen better days. close quarters by a group of fly-on-the-wall balladeers. Produced at BBC Manchester by Felicity Goodall. Starring Fine Time Fontayne as Stephen J Blackburn, Judy They get some exciting material as Jago's up before an First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. Flynn as Tracey Duggan. unusually hard-line judge - and it seems there's no escape from SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b009l7jt) With Gerry Kersey, Lorraine Peters, Norman Mills, Lucia the noose... Series 6 Laratonda and James Tomlinson. 18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead The Waxwork Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. The lad is set to be immortalised in wax, but the trouble is, it's Directed for BBC North East by Dave Sheasby Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago not quite how he'd envisaged... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1989. Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Starring Tony Hancock. SAT 01:30 Gervase Fen - Frequent Hearses (b00sm4lm) Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire With Sidney James, Bill Kerr and Warren Mitchell. Episode 3 Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as Judge Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Trailing a murderous avenger, the amateur detective is led to Pettiforth and Michael Fenton Stevens as Anthony the Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Lanthorn House - and into a terrifying maze. Read by James Balladeer. Producer: Tom Ronald Wilby. Producer: Jan Ravens. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November SAT 02:00 Millport (b0076bn3) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003. 1959. Series 3 SAT 06:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Years Between SAT 14:30 Parsley Sidings (b01pjzbv) Progressive Rock (b00qm3c3) Series 1 There's much excitement on the Isle of Cumbrae over a make- In the early 1940s, Diana Wentworth's MP husband, Michael, is Who'll Be Mother over for Millport from a national newspaper. reported missing - presumed killed in action. Station Master Horace Hepplewhite reveals a surprising talent Irene fears the worst and worries the town's unique charm will Once over the shock, she builds a new life - taking over for childminding. be ruined by nosy media-meddlers. Is now really the time for Michael's seat in parliament, and falling in love with a much Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Liz her to leave? more suitable man. Fraser as Gloria, Kenneth Connor as Percy and Pat Coombs as Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as But on the eve of their wedding, a phone call brings Diana Maud. 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better shattering news.... Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway life on the mainland. Daphne du Maurier's 1945 stage play dramatised for radio by station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson Jill Hyem. generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown Stars Diana Quick as Diana Wentworth, Roger Allam as his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Alberto/Ferryman/Robert the Dog/Morris ...... Lewis McLeod Michael Wentworth, David Collings as Richard Llewelyn, Peter Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley England as Robin Wentworth, Frederick Treves as Sir Ernest Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson Foster and Derek Waring as the Vicar. Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans Director: Cherry Cookson Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made Producer: Lucy Bacon First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2002. SAT 07:30 Comedy's Coming Home (b008142h) Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop SAT 02:30 Snap (b012yvf2) Kulvinder Ghir down the line. Series 3 One of the stars of Goodness Gracious Me attempts to bring Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues. Episode 4 stand-up to his homeland. But will he get a rude awakening? Producer: Edward Taylor Doug wonders if he can rely on his ex-wife Molly for help From March 2002. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972. during his mum's convalescence. SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00x5542) SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00x5542) Series 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Continuing Paul Mendelson's sitcom about a couple trying to Episode 7 SAT 16:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Years Between rebuild their relationship after divorce. From San Francisco - the American funny man welcomes opera (b00qm3c3) tenor Raúl Melo and bluegrass singer Sara Watkins. From 2010. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Starring Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Venables as Doug, SAT 09:00 I Did It My Way (b00k21fj) SAT 17:30 Just William - Live! (b01ph83g) Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as Ryan, Marlene Simon Brett Series 3 Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn, Jonathan Tafler as Novelist, playwright and one-time BBC producer Simon Brett Aunt Arabelle in Charge Raymond and Richard Firth as Ansel. talks to Peter Reed about his radio life and times. In 2012, as part of Winchester's Best of British Festival in His radio series No Commitments, After Henry and Charles celebration of the Jubilee, Martin Jarvis performed the second Producer: David Ian Neville Paris are all firm favourites in the BBC Radio 4 Extra schedule. of two of Richmal Crompton's comic classics, live on-stage. Simon recalls his first radio moments as a listener and later as a In Aunt Arabelle in Charge, William and his faithful Outlaws First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. radio producer, revealing the career path he took along the way (Ginger, Douglas and Henry) encounter a strangely complacent SAT 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Nightingale Wood (b01pkjwp) that saw him move into TV and writing six year old who is staying in the village. This odious child turns Episode 2 Featuring 'Frank Muir Goes Into... Television' (22/09/75), out to be the hugely famous Anthony Martin, subject of his The young, widowed and pretty Viola Wither finally has the 'After Henry' (20/10/87), 'A Series Of Murders' (25/09/04) and mother's best-selling books and poems. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 January 2013 Page 2 of 7 The Outlaws need to redeem themselves in the admittedly short- Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. With September 2004. sighted eyes of Ginger's journalist aunt. She, equally, is Jo Caulfield, Caitlin Moran and Peter Bradshaw. From May SUN 18:00 The Man in Black (b018j7ww) desperate to secure an exclusive interview with the child star. 2008. Series 4 It's soon clear that this wonderfully constructed story is a SUN 08:00 Doctor in the House (b007m680) 5. The New Boy by Matthew Wilkie brilliant parody of - who else - A.A. Milne's Christopher Robin. Women and Wine Craig has a new job, but how far will he go to impress his boss? The packed Winchester audience understood this at once. In Medic Simon Sparrow's efforts to get a date for the hospital ball Mark Gatiss as the sinister raconteur, The Man in Black, Jarvis' inhabitation of both the smug infant and Ginger's aunt, turn to chaos. introduces Matthew Wilkie's tale. the comedy is unremitting. The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted Craig ...... Simon Bubb Can William sort this out and, incidentally, give the horrific for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor Mr Rubenstein ...... Stephen Greif child his just deserts? Blackmail is the answer, of course. in the House' published in 1952. Beth ...... Victoria Inez Hardy Performed by Martin Jarvis Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Nelson ...... Adam Billington Director: Rosalind Ayres Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast William ...... Christopher Webster A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4. as Taffy Evans, Norma Ronald as Matron/Vera and Joan Young More horrifying tales from The Man in Black. You might meet SAT 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b012qqvn) as Lady Spratt. him at a luggage carousel in an airport, or behind the desk at an The Screaming Woman Producer: David Hatch employment agency or he might approach you in the corridor of Has little Margaret stumbled on a murder? Ray Bradbury's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1968. a care home. Wherever you encounter him, he's eager to pass on vintage tale of suspense stars Rachael Jacobs and Beverly SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b01pp3rs) his stories. Stories to unsettle and horrify. Stories to haunt you. Rowland. The Big Rocket Director: Lucy Collingwood SAT 18:30 The Female Ghost (b00njx8j) The civil servants bungle in Britain's space race with a mix-up Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in December Afterward over Mildred. Stars Wilfrid Hyde-White. From November 2011. After an unexpected windfall on their American mine, Ned and 1962. SUN 18:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00cb1ts) Mary move to a dream home in England, but their past is SUN 09:00 Fairytales: Live From the Palace (b012lj20) Arthur Conan Doyle - The Captain of the Polestar catching up with them... Exclusive inside scoops on best-loved fairytales from top As a Dundee whaling ship becomes trapped in the Artic, strange A series of ghostly stories by women dramatised by Christopher correspondents at royal palaces. Stars Sean Baker and Alex cries sound across the ice at night and a figure is glimpsed on Hawes. Tregear. the floes. Edith Wharton's eerie tale stars Buffy Davis as Edith Wharton, SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01pp48c) Is it the Captain's lost love come to reclaim him? Carolyn Jones as Alida, John Guerrasio as Ned, Barbara Barnes Charity Pioneers Series of 3 Scottish 19th century tales of terror and mystery. as Mary, Sean Baker as Parvis, Rachel Atkins as Trimmle, Sir John Wilson Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and dramatised by Marty Christopher Scott as Peters and Alex Lowe as Robert Elwell. From Bach to Ellington - blindness campaigner and scientist Sir Ross. Producer: Marion Nancarrow John Wilson's choices. Talking with Sue Lawley. From May Craigie ...... Alec Heggie First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1997. 1994. Milne ...... James Bryce SAT 19:00 I Did It My Way (b00k21fj) SUN 10:45 Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion (b007jwt4) Doctor ...... Nick Underwood [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Mimi feels her family are drowning her. How can she keep Williamson ...... John Buick SAT 22:00 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation (b01pp21s) head above water? Read by Patience Tomlinson. McLeod ...... Brian Pettifer Series 2 SUN 11:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b007xry7) Producer: Bruce Young How to Be a Leader of Men Big Head First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. Scrutinising religion and MPs, the host's comic lecture plus The Quando brothers' hair salon is thrown into pandemonium SUN 19:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b007xry7) sketches. With Debbie Issit and Gordon Kennedy. From when the President of Uruguay arrives for his annual trim. No [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] October 1994. one must mention his enormous head... SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pp48f) SAT 22:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash (b00lgj3p) Brothers Rene, Carlo and Charlie Quando chop, snip and crimp [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Series 1 their lucky clients into shape at London's finest hair salon. SUN 19:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... Episode 1 Six-part comedy written and performed by Rainer Hersch and (b00ckz8d) Comedian Arthur Smith presents comedy and music from his Mark Maie. With Stephen Greif and Catherine Tate. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] flat in Balham, south London. Producer: Claire Jones SUN 20:00 Doctor in the House (b007m680) Paul Sinha in the lounge, Milton Jones in the bedroom and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1999. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Glenn Tilbrook in the kitchen provide music and nourishment SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pp48f) SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b01pp3rs) in the shape of Welsh rarebit. Series 4 - Omnibus [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Pippa Evans - as singer-songwriter Loretta Maine - lends a Series 4, Episodes 9-10 SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01pp48c) hand. As Tracy makes peace with her family, her father Bert turns [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith detective with Joe Grundy and Bert Fry. Is it a wild goose SUN 21:45 Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion (b007jwt4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009. chase, or could these crazy old coots be on to something? [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SAT 23:00 Ted Lewis - Jack Carter's Law (b00nw25x) SUN 11:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am Today... SUN 22:00 Heresy (b00bqf6t) Episode 1 (b00ckz8d) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] In 1970s London Soho, the legendary gangland enforcer has to Episode 2 SUN 22:30 Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (b00mk4bz) uncover a grass. Gritty thriller read by Phil Daniels. From the Sheffield Evening Star to BBC TV's 'That Was The What a Job! SAT 23:30 Adam Baron - Hold Back the Night (b00t30cn) Week That Was'. Writer David Nobbs reads from his The tall, life-embracing shopkeeper tries to prove that she can Episode 3 autobiography. get a proper job. With Patricia Hodge. From August 2008. Ex-cop Billy begins to suspect murder victim Lucy and her SUN 12:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia Omnibus (b007qpx9) SUN 23:00 Fellahs Hour with the Cheese Shop (b007jt0c) friend Donna were mixed up in something nasty. Stars David [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 1 Morrissey. SUN 13:15 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pf4xc) Woman's Hour but without women. Steve 'not the snooker [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] player' Davis hosts the comedy magazine. With Dave Lamb. SUN 13:30 Neville Watchurst - A Vital Flaw (b00mj27x) From May 2000. SUNDAY 06 JANUARY 2013 Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler has a serious health problem SUN 23:30 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp45) and Dr Felix Kersten is summoned to treat him. Series 1 SUN 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b012qqvn) So successful is he that Himmler's dependency on him is Holy Water [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] established and when war breaks out Kersten is faced with an The life of a struggling writer with his dysfunctional friends and SUN 00:30 The Female Ghost (b00njx8j) impossible dilemma. a talking geranium. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] John Duttine and Martin Jarivs star in Neville Watchurst's A sitcom for the 1990s, written by and starring comedian Nick SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00x5542) drama - a truthful account of a relationship which developed in Revell. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Germany both before and during the Second World War. With Alistair McGowan, Caroline Gruber, Kate McKenzie and SUN 02:00 The Cazalets - Omnibus (b01pp21q) Heinrich Himmler ...... John Duttine Brian Bowles. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Dr Felix Kersten ...... Martin Jarvis Special guest star: Brian Johnston and Vince the geranium. SUN 03:15 Sirens of Fleet Street (b01dtsgz) Rudolf Brandt ...... Christopher Ravenscroft Producer: Jon Magnusson [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] Irmgard ...... Louise Jameson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1992. SUN 04:00 Daphne du Maurier - The Years Between Rostery ...... Norman Bird (b00qm3c3) Bernadotte ...... Peter Harding [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Hewitt ...... David Monico MONDAY 07 JANUARY 2013 SUN 05:30 Just William - Live! (b01ph83g) Poh ...... Dominic Letts [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] Koch ...... Michael Onslow MON 00:00 The Man in Black (b018j7ww) SUN 06:00 HE Bates - Love for Lydia Omnibus (b007qpx9) Jacobseb ...... Malcolm Ward [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Episode 2 Kivimaeki ...... John Baddeley MON 00:30 The Darker Side of the Border (b00cb1ts) After the death of his friend, Richardson cuts himself off from Kaltenbrummer ...... Gareth Armstrong [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] the group and their familiar surroundings. But while out Music composed by Anthea Gomez. MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01pp48c) walking one day he comes across a figure he recognises. Directed by Sue Wilson. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] Stars Tim Pigott-Smith as Older Richardson, Jordan Frieda as First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1994 MON 01:45 Elizabeth Buchan - Submersion (b007jwt4) Richardson, Juliet Aubrey as Lydia, Jamie Bamber as Tom. SUN 15:00 Doctor in the House (b007m680) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] Clare Corbett as Nancy and Tom Mannion as McKechnie. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 02:00 Quando, Quando, Quando (b007xry7) HE Bates's semi-autobiographical novel (published in 1952) SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b01pp3rs) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] dramatised by Vivienne Allen. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pp48f) Director: Tracey Neale SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. (b01pp57b) MON 02:45 David Nobbs - I Didn't Get Where I Am SUN 07:15 Susie Boyt - My Judy Garland Life (b00pf4xc) Mel's got some top picks from the first week of the 4 O'Clock Today... (b00ckz8d) I Can't Give You Anything But Love Show in 2013. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] In her tribute to the Hollywood star, the author examines the SUN 16:30 Fairytales: Live From the Palace (b012lj20) MON 03:00 Doctor in the House (b007m680) differences between "good" and "bad" fans. Read by Tamsin [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] Greig. SUN 17:30 Freedom Pass (b00sgzk6) MON 03:30 Neville Watchurst - A Vital Flaw (b00mj27x) SUN 07:30 Heresy (b00bqf6t) Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] Series 5 Sexagenarians Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew use free MON 05:00 Fairytales: Live From the Palace (b012lj20) Episode 3 travel to venture forth on their local public transport. From [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 January 2013 Page 3 of 7 MON 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg) Knowl, 1864 glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee...' Series 2 Maud Knollyes is the daughter and heiress of a rich, eccentric Sian Thomas begins Marina Lewycka's witty and tender novel 1. A Case of Frinks and Moores recluse. After he dies, young Maud is placed in the guardianship about emigrating and immigration, family history and sisterly When an open-air sculpture exhibition is raided, pitman-turned- of her Uncle Silas. rivalry, tractors - and the lure of a green satin brassiere. private eye Steven J Blackburn is thrown into the jungle of This is intended to be a public declaration of one man's Abridged by Sally Marmion international dealing. confidence in his brother, for Silas was disgraced years before... Producer: Di Speirs CAST: Starring Teresa Gallagher. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. Stephen J. Blackburn …. Finetime Fontayne Sheridan le Fanu's Victorian gothic horror novel. MON 14:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lzbj) Tracey Duggan …. Judy Flynn Dramatised in three parts by Alan Drury. Some Grim Encounters Rollo …. Christopher Wilkinson Maud ... Teresa Gallagher The crackle of vicious machine-gun fire from another plane Kerenski …. John Graham Davies Austin.... Graham Crowden forces the Jupiter to take action. Read by Michael Palin. From Dempsey …. Kieran Cunningham Madame de la Rougierre ... Dorothy Tutin August 1981. Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby Lady Monica Knollye ... Joan Sims MON 15:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsj) Producer: Dave Sheasby Mary Quince ... Kathleen Byron [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991. Mrs Rusk ... Tessa Worsley MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pqhkh) MON 06:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td4zq) Dr Bryerley .... John Hartley Dick and Dom are back with more experiments in 'How Catch Me If You Can Dudley ... Jonathan Keeble Dangerous Is Your House'. Plus, a guide to woodland birds and Episode 1 Tom Brice.... Roger May a new story, 'The Silver Bead' by Helen Dunmore. Early memories and the first scam in the true story of a con Mr Grimston .... Geoffrey Whitehead MON 17:00 Coming Alive (b00gkwhq) man. The Rough Fellow ....Stephen Critchlow Series 2 Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams and Ringo Pianist: Michael Haslam Committed Monjo were all aliases of Frank W Abagnale - in this tale of Director: Enyd Williams With the council and Sandra both upset, Terry has his work cut deceit about one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in Ocotber 1995. out for him. Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. From and escape artists ever. MON 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories August 2000. Notorious conman Frank Abagnale Jr's autobiography, with (b01pqdsc) MON 17:30 Country Matters (b00k2fkz) Stan Redding. Read by William Hope. Mr Wrong, pt 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Abridged in 5 parts by Mark Mason. Meg comes to London to buy a second-hand car, but all is not as MON 18:00 Doctor Who (b01pqhkk) Producer: Joanna Green it seems. Chilling tale read by Matilda Ziegler. Death in Blackpool Made for BBC Radio 7 by Pier Productions and first broadcast MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01pnft0) The journey home for Christmas leads to major revelations for in 2010. Angus Deayton, Frances Barber, John Lanchester, Roses Gabor the Time Lord's companion. Eighth Doctor adventure stars Paul MON 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 and Submotion Orchestra McGann and Sheridan Smith. Years (b00g2cv0) Clive's got News For You from actor and broadcaster Angus MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wb) Episode 1 Deayton, whose early work parodied local radio in the series [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] David Williams investigates who killed wealthy womaniser Radio Active. In 1990 he put One Foot In The Grave and was MON 19:30 Jim the Great (b0116h49) William Murfitt in 1938. True mystery story read by Robert later nicknamed "TV's Mr Sex" for his suave presenting [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Lindsay. manner. Angus returns as Alan in series two of 'Pramface' MON 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg) MON 07:00 Country Matters (b00k2fkz) which sees the Derbyshire household reeling from their new [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 2 arrival. MON 20:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td4zq) Dave learns how the fete unearths the unscrupulous side of Clive meets journalist and novelist John Lanchester. John has [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] village life. Stars Jonathan Tafler and Lesley Sharp. From May described his new book 'Capital' as a "big, fat, London novel." MON 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 1994. Set against the backdrop of the financial crash, it's the story of Years (b00g2cv0) MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b01phfmx) the residents of Pepys Road. The neighbours all receive an [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Series 10 anonymous postcard with the message 'We Want What You MON 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories Episode 1 Have'. Who's behind it and what do they want? As the mystery (b01pqdsc) David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians deepens, the world around Pepys Road is turned upside down [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to and its residents lives change beyond recognition. MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01pnft0) see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their Clive also chats to actor Frances Barber who is about to star [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] opponents. Tony Hawks, Ed Byrne, Lucy Porter and Charlie alongside Kevin Bishop in a darkly comic film, 'May I Kill U?'. MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01phfmx) Higson are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate Frances plays the mother of cycle cop Baz who turns into a [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Pies, Worms, Dancing and psychopath following a freak accident on a cycle path. MON 22:30 Heresy (b00bw51v) James Bond. Nikki Bedi interviews singer Roses Gabor who has toured with [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the Gorillaz and performed in a range of venues from Madison MON 23:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pqhkm) team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Square Gardens to Glastonbury Festival. She has contributed to Series 6 Producer: Jon Naismith. some of the biggest underground records of recent years and is Episode 3 A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. now taking centre stage with her debut single 'Stars' which she The News Quiz's Sandy Toksvig and Jeremy Hardy battle The MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wb) performs in the studio. Now Show's Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. Extension with Rory Series 1 More music comes from avant-garde jazz dubstep ensemble Bremner. Episode 4 Submotion Orchestra who perform 'Thinking' from their album MON 23:45 All the World's a Globe (b007k44p) Censors lambast the BBC - and a cursed tomb in 'The Clissold 'Fragments'. 2. Civilisation Saga'. Producer: Paula McGinley. From Egypt to origami. Starring Kenneth Horne. With Kenneth Williams, Hugh MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wb) The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] World War. Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, MON 12:30 Jim the Great (b0116h49) Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - London. Announcer: Douglas Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker. Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio MON 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg) Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Broadbent and Martin Duncan. Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, MON 13:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td4zq) With thanks to Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Patrick Barlow scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and MON 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Jim Broadbent 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Years (b00g2cv0) Martin Duncan catchphrases and double-entendres. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Producer: Lissa Evans Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser MON 14:00 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990. Hayes Four. (b00w46nz) Producer: John Simmonds Episode 1 First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1965. At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five TUESDAY 08 JANUARY 2013 MON 08:30 Jim the Great (b0116h49) women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a Series 1 chocolate-related tale while eating it. TUE 00:00 Doctor Who (b01pqhkk) A Patron of the Arts At the inaugural meeting, Sarah reveals how chocolate helped [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Perpetually hard-up monarch Jim manages to slip off to the pub her make one of the biggest decisions of her life... TUE 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvg) - and appear in public. Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Historical regal romp starring Jimmy Edwards. Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims TUE 01:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td4zq) With Joan Sanderson, Julian Orchard, John Baddeley, Andrew Clementine - Paula Wilcox [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Palmer, Ronald Baddiley and David Ryall. Rosie - Helena Breck TUE 01:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Jim The Great ran for 2 series on BBC Radio 2 between 1976 - Sarah - Eleanor Bron Years (b00g2cv0) 1979. Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday] Producer: Edward Taylor Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp TUE 02:00 Heresy (b00bw51v) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1977. Luke - Peter Darney [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] MON 09:00 Heresy (b00bw51v) Director: Tracey Neale TUE 02:30 All the Young Dudes (b01b3cgf) Series 5 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Episode 4 MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life TUE 03:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsj) Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. With (b00mzw4n) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Clive James, Dave Gorman and Mark Steel. From May 2008. Ornamenting the Home TUE 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories MON 09:30 All the Young Dudes (b01b3cgf) Exploring life at home in the past, historian Amanda Vickery (b01pqdsc) Series 2 reveals sewing was a housewife's duty and also acted as valuable [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Happy Together therapy. TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01pnft0) Patrick and Helen have a massive row, while Billy arranges to MON 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] meet another Prisoner fan off the web. Comedy written by and in Ukrainian (b0129d4w) TUE 05:00 Coming Alive (b00gkwhq) starring Jim Sweeney. From September 2002. Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] MON 10:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsj) 'Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a TUE 05:30 Country Matters (b00k2fkz) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 January 2013 Page 4 of 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Maud .... Teresa Gallagher First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001. TUE 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw) Silas .... George Cole TUE 17:30 Joyce Grenfell - Hats Off (b00qs7mb) Series 2 Lady Monica Knollys .... Joan Sims [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] 2. A Case of Hearts and Flowers Madame de la Rougierre .... Dorothy Tutin TUE 18:00 Doctor Who (b01pqn8q) When his brother-in-law's Filofax is held to ransom, private eye Mary Quince ... Kathleen Byron Situation Vacant Steven J Blackburn investigates. Mrs Rusk ... Tessa Worsley Four hopefuls attend an audition to be the Time Lord's next One of four more cases for the private investigator and his Milly ... Jane Whittenshaw companion. But who compiled the shortlist? Eighth Doctor government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South Dudley ... Jonathan Keeble adventure stars Paul McGann and Niky Wardley. Yorkshire town that's seen better days. Dr Bryerley .... John Hartley TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jxxg) CAST: Zamiel .... George A Cooper [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Stephen J. Blackburn …. Finetime Fontayne Beauty ... Becky Hindley TUE 19:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook Tracey Duggan …. Judy Flynn Wyatt ... Pauline Letts (b007k11m) Mam …. Rita May Charke's servant ... David Collings [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Shirley …. Christine Cox Dr Slaithwaite .....John Evitts TUE 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw) Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby Tom Brice.... Roger May [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producer: Dave Sheasby The Coachman .... Stephen Critchlow TUE 20:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td5s4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991. Mr Grimston .... Geoffrey Whitehead [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE 06:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td5s4) Pianist: Michael Haslam TUE 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Catch Me If You Can Director: Enyd Williams Years (b00g3797) Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1995. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Renowned conman Frank Abagnale Jr eases into the guise of TUE 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories TUE 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories airline pilot when he moves to New York aged 16. Read by (b01pqn8d) (b01pqn8d) William Hope. From August 2010. Mr Wrong, part 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 After a fright on the M1, will Meg be able to sell the car that TUE 21:15 Frances Byrnes - Goldengrove (b01pqn8g) Years (b00g3797) she now knows is haunted? Read by Matilda Ziegler. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Episode 2 TUE 11:15 Frances Byrnes - Goldengrove (b01pqn8g) TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01phhb3) In the mystery case of a womanising farmer killed in 1938, With life skills to be taught, Derbyshire spinster Margaret [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] evidence mounts against his wife Gertrude. Read by Robert transforms young working class girl Narn. Stars Jill Balcon. TUE 22:30 Getting Nowhere Fast (b008jdf4) Lindsay. From July 2008. Series 2 TUE 07:00 Joyce Grenfell - Hats Off (b00qs7mb) TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jxxg) Episode 4 Song of Gladness [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Pamela has had enough of men, including Merv, so she joins a Maureen Lipman reads more of Joyce Grenfell's poems. TUE 12:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook women's group. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May 2003. Introduced by Janie Hampton. Including The Bumble Bee and (b007k11m) TUE 23:00 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b007jyzh) My Boy. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Pundemonium! TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars (b01phhb3) TUE 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw) It's Pundemonium! Series 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] A comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman Meera Syal TUE 13:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td5s4) and Nick Romero Marcus Brigstocke invites actress Meera Syal to try new [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] With Richard Coles. experiences. TUE 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Music by the Gents. How did she get on watching her first football match? Years (b00g3797) Producer: Julian Mayers Series in which guests experience new things and give their [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Pilot for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in August 1998 verdicts to Marcus Brigstocke – and explain why they've waited TUE 14:00 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club TUE 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jr62) so long to do it. (b00w4lt1) Series 3 Producer: Bill Dare Episode 2 The St Valentine's Day Mastersons First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2013. Following her mother, it's Rosie's turn to tell her shameful tale Budding starlet Genevieve hits seedy 1920s Hollywood. TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jxxg) of how her 21st birthday party nearly didn't happen... The award-winning improvised historical family saga based The Seagoon Memoirs At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five entirely on audience suggestions. Driving a piano on the Great North Road, Neddie Seagoon must women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jim Sweeney, Lee seek the assistance of Bloodnok. chocolate-related tale while eating it. Simpson, Phelim McDermott and Caroline Quentin. Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Larry Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama. Producer: Phil Clarke Stephens and Maurice Wiltshire. Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995. Starring: Clementine - Paula Wilcox Peter Sellers Rosie - Helena Breck Harry Secombe Sarah - Eleanor Bron WEDNESDAY 09 JANUARY 2013 Spike Milligan Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp WED 00:00 Doctor Who (b01pqn8q) recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest Luke - Peter Darney [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] shows weren’t kept in the archive. Director: Tracey Neale WED 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007jpvw) With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01pqn8j) WED 01:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td5s4) Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Series 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Producer: John Browell Episode 11 WED 02:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pqhkm) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1958. In today's Ambridge Extra are we in the company of the SAS of [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE 08:30 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook clue finders? The Three Musketeers? Or 3 blokes stumbling WED 02:45 All the World's a Globe (b007k4cp) (b007k11m) about in the dark? You decide. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] An 'Ep' in the Country TUE 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors WED 03:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsp) The off-screen doings of TV soap opera stars are often more in Ukrainian (b012lty7) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] interesting than the actual programmes, particularly if you never Episode 2 WED 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories watch the programme concerned. Despite the 48-year age difference, Nadia's widower father is (b01pqn8d) British show business doyen, J Kingston Platt shares determined to marry his new love Valentina. Read by Sian [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his Thomas. WED 04:15 Frances Byrnes - Goldengrove (b01pqn8g) experience from the past 40 years. TUE 14:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007lrnj) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] Performed and written by Peter Jones. Southward Again WED 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj) Producer: Pete Atkin With the Jupiter stranded, thoughts of rescue fade as the chums [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1986 realise who is roaring towards them. Read by Michael Palin. WED 05:30 Joyce Grenfell - Hats Off (b00qs7mb) TUE 09:00 The News Quiz Extra (b01pqhkm) From August 1981. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE 15:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsp) WED 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7) TUE 09:45 All the World's a Globe (b007k4cp) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Series 2 3. The Fall of Troy. The Rise of Greece TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pqn8n) 3. A Case of a Golden Smile The Fall of Troy and the Rise of Greece Mel finds out about the art of drinking tea, plus Dick and Dom When Betty Ackroyd sees her husband Archie on a TV quiz The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second are back with more science experiments in 'How Dangerous Is show, it's for the first time since he walked out 30 years ago. World War. Your House'. Private eye Stephen J Blackburn investigates. Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - TUE 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b00c6vrj) One of four more cases for the private investigator and his Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker. Series 3 government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South With guest star Juliet Stevenson. Episode 2 Yorkshire town that's seen better days. Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Sheila raises Tommy's suspicions and blood pressure, but there's CAST: Broadbent and Martin Duncan. method in her madness. Stephen J. Blackburn …. Finetime Fontayne With thanks to Ageing showbiz couple Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr Tracey Duggan …. Judy Flynn Patrick Barlow continue their second stab at fame. Mam …. Rita May Jim Broadbent Series 3 of Mike Coleman’s six-part sitcom, Mrs Ackroyd …. Ann Rye Martin Duncan CAST: Ted of Mansfield …. Norman Mills Producer: Lissa Evans Tommy Franklin …. Roy Hudd Nigel Phillips …. John Basham First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990. Sheila Parr …. June Whitfield Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby TUE 10:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtsp) Hetty Stark …. Pat Coombes Producer: Dave Sheasby Bartram-Haugh, 1865 Murray Franklin …. Julian Eardley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1991. Young heiress Maud Knollyes appears to have no choice about Louis Elstein …. Edward Halsted WED 06:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td6m9) her future... Jack Dunne …. William Franklyn Catch Me If You Can Sheridan le Fanu's Victorian gothic horror novel dramatised by Music by Frido Ruth. Episode 3 Alan Drury. Producer: Steve Doherty Conman Frank Abagnale Jr continues to fake his way around Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 January 2013 Page 5 of 7 the States. But how long will it be before he is found out? Read Crime writers Liza Cody and Reginald Hill try to solve a Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie by William Hope. From August 2010. deathly mystery in a monastery. Wooster, Paul Eddington as Lord Sidcup, Jonathan Cecil as WED 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Simon Brett hosts the murder quiz. Gussie Fink-Nottle, John Le Mesurier as Sir Watkyn Bassett, Years (b00g3g26) With witness statements from Maria McErlane and Lee Denise Coffey as Stiffy Bing, Aimi MacDonald as Madeline Episode 3 Simpson. Bassett, Vivian Pickles as Aunt Dahlia, Douglas Blackwell as In the wealthy farmer death riddle, the spotlight falls on James Producer Liz Anstree the Reverend Harold Pinker and Ann Davies as Emerald Walker and his glamorous housekeeper. Read by Robert First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998. Stoker. Lindsay. WED 10:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtst) Producer: David Hatch WED 07:00 Double Science (b012ymwf) Revelations First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980. Moving House Heiress Maud Knollyes increasingly believes her life is in WED 17:30 Double Science (b012ymwf) Incompetent teachers Kenneth and Colin are going to have to danger... [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] find new abodes quick smart. Conclusion of Sheridan le Fanu's Victorian gothic horror novel WED 18:00 Doctor Who (b01pr91q) The turmoil continues at a Sixth Form College specialising in dramatised by Alan Drury. Nevermore drama, after the arrival of new head Alison, determined to Maud .... Teresa Gallagher The Time Lord and his new companion materialise on a prison revitalise the science department. Silas ... George Cole planet, themed on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Eighth Doctor Written by and starring Ben Willbond and Justin Edwards. Madame de la Rougierre .... Dorothy Tutin adventure stars Paul McGann and Niky Wardley. With Rebecca Front, Raza Jaffrey and Margaret Cabourn- Lady Monica Knollys ... Joan Sims WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj) Smith. Mary Quince .... Kathleen Byron [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Producer: Adam Bromley Milly ... Jane Whittenshaw WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00b2kh3) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008. Dudley .... Jonathan Keeble [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 07:30 Mark Steel's in Town (b01phjb0) Zamiel .... George A Cooper WED 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7) Series 4 Beauty .... Becky Hindley [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Chipping Norton Sarah Mangles ...Linda Regan WED 20:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td6m9) Comedian Mark Steel returns with a new series, looking under Wyatt .... Pauline Letts [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] the surface of some of the UK's more distinctive towns to shed Tom Brice ..... Roger May WED 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 some light on the people, history, rivalries, slang, traditions, and The Coachman ..... Stephen Critchlow Years (b00g3g26) eccentricities that makes them unique. Mrs Sewell ..... Joan Littlewood [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Dr Bryerly .....John Hartley WED 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories Creating a bespoke stand-up set for each town, Mark performs Pianist: Michael Haslam (b01pr7s3) the show in front of a local audience. Director: Enyd Williams [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1995. WED 21:15 Frances Byrnes - An Unchoreographed World As well as examining the less visited areas of Britain, Mark WED 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01pr7s5) uncovers stories and experiences that resonate with us all as we (b01pr7s3) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] recognise the quirkiness of the British way of life and the rich Pont du Gard WED 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b01phjb0) tapestry of remarkable events and people who have shaped Alan and Ruth's unhappy marriage is brought to crisis point on [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] where we live. a family holiday in France. Read by Matilda Ziegler. WED 22:30 Gus Murdoch's Sacred Cows (b00fn9hk) WED 11:15 Frances Byrnes - An Unchoreographed World 4. Roads During this 4th series of 'Mark Steel's In Town', Mark will visit (b01pr7s5) Fearless reporter Gus Murdoch probes Britain's highways and Tobermory, Whitehaven, Handsworth, Ottery St Mary, Corby, Dancer Margot Fonteyn and her lover are trapped in Holland byways. and Chipping Norton. during the German invasion of May 1940. Stars Sophie Jerrold. Written by and starring Stephen Carlin. WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj) With Neil Edmond, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, John Rowe, This week, Mark visits Chipping Norton and uncovers the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Renton Skinner and Marc Willcox. relationship between the Camerons, the Clarksons, and a town WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00b2kh3) Producer: Tilusha Ghelani full of rebels. From January 2013. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2008. WED 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7) WED 22:45 Jelly Mountain (b00ftk74) Additional material by Pete Sinclair. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 5 Produced by Sam Bryant. WED 13:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td6m9) Musings on a footkerchief and a forest full of girls. Songs and WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jppj) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] stories from Ivor Cutler, with Beverley Crew. From May 1996. Series 6 WED 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 WED 23:00 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jgzfs) Sid's Mystery Tours Years (b00g3g26) Series 1 Sid persuades the lad to become a director of his guided tours [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Stiff Up a Lip company, but there's a snag! WED 14:00 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club The tale of Victorian social climber Edwin and his awful secret. Starring Tony Hancock. (b00w5jbt) Stars Kath Burlinson and Owen Evans. From August 2000. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Warren Mitchell, Mavis Villers Episode 3 WED 23:30 If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? and Errol McKinnon. It’s Clementine's turn to create a chocolate delight for the club (b00sz56p) Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. and Charlotte tells the tale of her terrible chocolate cravings Series 3 Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. during pregnancy... Death Producer: Tom Ronald At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five Giles needs Judith to play his wife at a funeral - he also needs First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a some transport to get there. With Tony Slattery from June 1998. 1959. chocolate-related tale while eating it. WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00b2kh3) Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama. Series 4 Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims THURSDAY 10 JANUARY 2013 Episode 9 Clementine - Paula Wilcox Radio awards time - and John and Mary's intruder. Rosie - Helena Breck THU 00:00 Doctor Who (b01pr91q) More quick-fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs and Sarah - Eleanor Bron [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] parodies. Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles THU 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w5d7) Stars Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, David Hatch, Jo Kendall Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] and Bill Oddie. Luke - Peter Darney THU 01:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td6m9) Written by Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Eric Idle and Graham Director: Tracey Neale [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Chapman. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. THU 01:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life Years (b00g3g26) 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and (b00mzw4q) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday] quickly developed a cult following. Mistress and Servants THU 02:00 After Henry (b007jpt4) Music and songs by Dave Lee and Bill Oddie. Historian Amanda Vickery on the perils of running a house in [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Producer: Humphrey Barclay Lancashire with unreliable servants. From Elizabeth THU 02:30 Foul Play (b00jz7jg) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in November 1966. Shackleton's diaries. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] WED 09:00 After Henry (b007jpt4) WED 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors THU 03:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtst) Series 3 in Ukrainian (b012b1yx) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Wedding Bells Episode 3 THU 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories 'Well, I think it's a mother's duty to keep a maternal eye on her Nadia and Vera bury the hatchet to plot how to prevent their (b01pr7s3) daughter's emotional entanglements. That's what I always tried aged father from marrying the voluptuous Valentina. Read by [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] to do with you. You know, subtly. At a distance.' Sian Thomas. THU 04:15 Frances Byrnes - An Unchoreographed World Eleanor has plans for nuptials in the family, but the family has WED 14:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m72r) (b01pr7s5) other ideas... A New Peril [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - As the evil McBain plots to steal the gold, the air ace flies off in THU 05:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who pursuit. Michael Palin reads Captain WE Johns' adventure. (b007jql7) never quite manage to see eye to eye. From August 1981. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] Sarah ...... Prunella Scales WED 15:00 Sheridan Le Fanu - Uncle Silas (b007jtst) THU 05:30 Double Science (b012ymwf) Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01pr91n) THU 06:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt) Clare ...... Gerry Cowper Mel finds out about the history of teapots, hears the next Series 2 Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV chapter of 'The Silver Bead', plus Dick and Dom are back with 4. A Case of Whistle and Run - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV more science experience in 'How Dangerous Is Your House'. A routine case for private eye Stephen J Blackburn starts to network. WED 17:00 PG Wodehouse - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves look like his final investigation Producer: Pete Atkin (b007jql7) One of four more cases for the private investigator and his First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1987. Black Eyes and Bloody Noses government scheme-funded assistant Tracey. Set in a South WED 09:30 Foul Play (b00jz7jg) Gussie Fink-Nottle gets walloped and Aunt Dahlia sends Bertie Yorkshire town that's seen better days. Series 3 on a spending spree. CAST: Murder Before Matins PG Wodehouse romp adapted in six parts by Richard Usborne. Stephen J. Blackburn …. Finetime Fontayne Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 January 2013 Page 6 of 7 Tracey Duggan …. Judy Flynn All at Sea Valentina continues her conspicuous consumption as cracks in Mam …. Rita May Aristocrat Belport and his servant Ned are called up to serve in the months-old marriage begin to show. Read by Sian Thomas. Angela …. Daryl Fishwick the navy aboard the HMS Fortunate. Fortunate by name, a THU 14:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007m9sh) Rodney …. Christopher Kent magnet for French cannons by nature... Ginger Acts Alone! Scripted by Ian McMillan, Martyn Wiley and Dave Sheasby Comic saga of an aristocrat and his servant who struggle to find Trapped in a flaming jailhouse by the angry mob, the air ace is Producer: Dave Sheasby things to do in the mid- 1830s. left with two equally harrowing choices. Read by Michael Palin. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1991. Belport ...... Paul Rider From August 1981. THU 06:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td8rp) Ned ...... Jason Done THU 15:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1mf) Catch Me If You Can Black Pete ...... Roy Barraclough [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Episode 4 Collins ...... Simon Greenall THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01ps9x2) The FBI is in hot pursuit, but Frank Abagnale Jr's scams Tony Nelson ...... Jonathan Keeble As we continue with this week's story The Silver Bead, we find become even more daring. William Hope reads the infamous Written and directed at BBC Manchester by Jim Poyser. out how to control pesky seagulls and discuss which goes on conman's story. From August 2010. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. your scone first - jam or cream? THU 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 THU 09:30 HR (b00hr5p5) THU 17:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k371) Years (b00g3x7b) Series 1 Series 3 Episode 4 A Commute The Eager Young Student Secrets are revealed at womanising farmer William Muffit's Senior manager Peter is late for work. But so is his Human 'It's not easy being a Jew' - as young Mikhail will soon discover. inquest, but his killer is still at large. Read by Robert Lindsay. Resources officer, Sam. They meet on the train, both fearful of Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between THU 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s3d19) a call from their new boss. the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield. Series 3 But, hold on, is that him in the next carriage? Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser Madness In His Method Nigel Williams’ comedy drama series charting the misfortunes Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman Robert Wilson devotes his life to someone's art. of a middle-aged HR officer and his trouble-making colleague. Melvin ...... Henry Goodman Farcical sitcom about the trials and tribulations of a young actor Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle desperately seeking work. Sam ...... Nicholas Le Prevost Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom. Nigel ...... Paul Rider Mikhail ...... Dragan Micanovic Robert ..... John Gordon Sinclair Guard ...... Stephen Critchlow Glen Curtis ...... Mark Perry Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn Director: Peter Cavanagh Music: Max Harris. Sue ..... Gina McKee First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009. Producer: John Fawcett Wilson With: THU 10:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1mf) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2002. Toby Longworth 1. Wilderness THU 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s3d19) Harriet Thorpe In 1730, drawn by a wild romantic impulse, Francis Herries [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Millie Tiffin moves his family to a tumbledown ancestral house called THU 18:00 Doctor Who (b01prcd1) Andrew Berkeley 'Herries', ringed by the Cumberland fells. The Book of Kells Simon Slater Stars Gavin Muir, Mark Bonnar and Janet Maw. The Time Lord and Tamsin are embroiled in an Irish medieval Producer: Dianne Messias Hugh Walpole's historical novel, first published in 1930. mystery surrounding an influential manuscript. Eighth Doctor First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1993. Dramatised in four parts by Eric Pringle. adventure stars Paul McGann and Niky Wardley. THU 07:30 Births, Deaths and Marriages (b01jxvnz) Francis .... Gavin Muir THU 19:00 Parsley Sidings (b01prccq) Series 1 David ... Mark Bonnar [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 5 Margaret ... Janet Maw THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b0140dgx) In this episode, Malcolm loses his registrar mojo when his ex- Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] girlfriend Emma comes into the office to register her marriage Alice Press ... Jane Slavin THU 20:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt) while Lorna tries to introduce themed weddings. Pomfret ... Stephen Thorne [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] 'Births, Deaths and Marriages' is a new sitcom set in a Local Jannice .... Shirley Dixon THU 20:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td8rp) Authority Register Office, where the staff deal with the three Father Roache ....Hugh Dickson [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] greatest events in anybody's life. Statesman Peel ....Gerard McDermott THU 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Written by David Schneider ('The Day Today', 'I'm Alan The Pedlar ....Ioan Meredith Years (b00g3x7b) Partridge'), he stars as chief registrar Malcolm Fox who is a Benjamin ....Chris Pavlo [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] stickler for rules and would be willing to interrupt any wedding Young Deborah ....Katie Clarke THU 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01prccs) service if the width of the bride infringes health and safety. Young David ....George Maguire [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] He's unmarried but why does he need to be? He's married Others parts by Joseph Head, Robert Harper, Alex Lowe, THU 21:15 Doug Lucie - Development (b01prccv) thousands of women. Alison Pettitt and Christopher Scott [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Alongside him are rival and divorcee Lorna who has been Director David Blount THU 22:00 Births, Deaths and Marriages (b01jxvnz) parachuted in from Car Parks to drag the office (and Malcolm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1997. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] into the 21st century. To her marriage isn't just about love and THU 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01prccs) THU 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially romance, it's got to be about making a profit in our new age of Whip Hand Better (b00db05r) austerity. Mrs Bracken is determined that her daughter is going to be a Series 2 There's also the ever spiky Mary, geeky Luke who's worried star, but Fern has other ideas. Read by Matilda Ziegler. Diligence he'll end up like Malcolm one day while ditzy Anita may get her THU 11:15 Doug Lucie - Development (b01prccv) The comedian examines the virtue of hard work. Tim Key and words and names mixed up occasionally but as the only parent 4 Extra Debut. Property developer Mike's debts are called in Tom Basden pay great attention to detail in their poems and in the office, she's a mother to them all. and the family au pair's brother offers a solution. Dark comedy songs. From September 2008. Cast: with Mark Bazeley. THU 23:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b00cq188) Malcolm ...... David Schneider THU 12:00 Parsley Sidings (b01prccq) Series 1 Lorna ...... Sarah Hadland [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Wendy Craig Anita ...... Sandy McDade THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b0140dgx) Sheffield's aspiring singer-songwriter takes to the airwaves once Luke ...... Russell Tovey [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] more from his very own his front room! Mary ...... Sally Bretton THU 13:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt) Aided by his producer (and sole agent) Ken Worthington, and Richard, Male Dalek Voice, Bride's father ...... Simon Greenall [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] his hard-to-please wife Mary, the inimitable John Shuttleworth Emma, Mrs Crawley ...... Jane Whittenshaw THU 13:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td8rp) presents celebrity interviews, dodgy keyboard music, and even Bride, female guest ...... Gina Peach [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] dodgier jingles. Producer: Simon Jacobs THU 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Special guests: Wendy Craig, Simon Munnery and Lorraine A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. Years (b00g3x7b) Bowen. THU 08:00 Parsley Sidings (b01prccq) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Written and performed by Graham Fellows. Series 1 THU 14:00 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club Producers: Paul Schlesinger and Martin Willis. The Concert (b00w5rkw) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998. Can showbiz seduce Station Master Horace Hepplewhite away Episode 4 THU 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00ry9j0) from the railways? Rosie delivers her creation to the club. Meanwhile, Clementine Series 1 Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Ian Lavender as Bert, Liz tells the tale of how she came to own a chocolate shop in the Trout Farm Fraser as Gloria, Kenneth Connor as Percy and Charlotte village. John Weak discovers there's a "T" missing from the end of HR, Mitchell as Miss Pennyfeather. At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five when Human Resources has a communal hot flush over his Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a witty entry on Deirdre Simmons's leaving card... station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for chocolate-related tale while eating it. Alexander Armstrong stars as John Weak in Guy Browning’s generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama. sitcom. his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims Randy, devious, sexist and workshy, John Weak puts the man Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Clementine - Paula Wilcox into management. Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Rosie - Helena Breck John Weak ...... Alexander Armstrong Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Sarah - Eleanor Bron Hayley ...... Clare Perkins Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop Luke - Peter Darney Phil Bellinger ...... Stephen Critchlow down the line. Director: Tracey Neale Clare Barrett ...... Colleen Prendergast Re-created Announcements by Keith Skues. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. Deidre Simmons ...... Susan Jameson Producer: Edward Taylor THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b01prccx) Simon Henshaw ...... Harry Myers First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in January 1972. Series 4 Producer: Jonquil Panting THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b0140dgx) Episode 12 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005. From 20/01/1955 Trouble strikes, but Bert Horrobin reveals himself to be very A Glums family feud sparks the fire brigade's arrival. Stars resourceful. Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From THU 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors FRIDAY 11 JANUARY 2013 January 1955. in Ukrainian (b012b8j7) THU 09:00 1835 (b0125lgl) Episode 4 FRI 00:00 Doctor Who (b01prcd1) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 5 – 11 January 2013 Page 7 of 7 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] change her mind about mainland life and return to the island for Ukrainian (b012brz6) FRI 01:00 The Blackburn Files (b007w3zt) good? Episode 5 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Bittersweet comedy written by and starring Lynn Ferguson as Father and his young wife Valentina argue over her visa appeal, FRI 01:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00td8rp) 30-something barmaid Irene Bruce, who hankers after a better but everyone has a cunning plan. Read by Sian Thomas. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] life on the mainland. FRI 14:45 WE Johns - Biggles Flies North (b007mc8q) FRI 02:00 1835 (b0125lgl) Irene ...... Lynn Ferguson At the Eleventh Hour [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Moira/Agnes ...... Janet Brown Tied to a tree, will the air ace and his chums meet an untimely FRI 02:30 HR (b00hr5p5) Alberto/Ferryman/Robert the Dog/Morris ...... Lewis McLeod end? Michael Palin concludes Captain WE Johns' adventure. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Ena/Bunty ...... Gabriel Quigley From August 1981. FRI 03:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1mf) Minister/Bob ...... Robert Patterson FRI 15:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1nq) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Dougie ...... Kenneth Bryans [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01prccs) Producer: Lucy Bacon FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01psb65) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002. The final chapter of this week's story The Silver Bead, plus FRI 04:15 Doug Lucie - Development (b01prccv) FRI 09:30 Snap (b0133ldg) Cornish pasta (no, not pasties), and more 'How Dangerous Is [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] Series 3 Your House' experiments with Dick and Dom. FRI 05:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b007k371) Episode 5 FRI 17:00 Ballylenon (b007k4qt) [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] Doug and Molly’s attempts to rekindle their romance after Series 1 FRI 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b00s3d19) divorcing are hampered by his mum who’s convalescing after Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] tripping over. Molly is not impressed... Vera's eavesdropping days are threatened by the Irish town's FRI 06:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl4z) new automatic telephone exchange. Bitter Medicine Paul Mendelson's sitcom stars Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1. Friendship Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in Private eye V.I. Warshawski suspects all is not well at a hospital Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Robin Weaver as Dawn and every home. after the death of a young girl who was pregnant. Jonathan Tafler as Raymond. Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Sharon Gless. Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna V.I. Warshawski is Sara Paretsky’s tough, smart and likeable Producer: David Ian Neville Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy female private investigator. Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker Dramatised in six parts by Michelene Wandor. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005 Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney V.I. Warshawski …. Sharon Gless FRI 10:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1nq) Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt Fabiano …. Robert Harper 2. Forty-Five Peg Sweeney ...... Anna Manahan Bobby Mallory …. Bill Hootkins Francis encounters Mirabell again and his fate is sealed. Joe MacMonagle ...... Kevin Flood Alan Humphries …. Chris Scott Meanwhile, the rebels are at the gates of Carlisle. Post Office Engineer ...... Robert Patterson Malcolm Tregiere …. Colin McFarlane Stars Gavin Muir, Mark Bonnar and Jane Whittenshaw. Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes Lottie Herschel …. Eleanor Bron Hugh Walpole's historical novel dramatised by Eric Pringle. Director: Eoin O'Callaghan Carol …. Joanna Monro Francis ... Gavin Muir First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994. Mrs Alvarado …. Shirley Dixon David ... Mark Bonnar FRI 17:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qx6x) Consuela …. Teresa Gallagher Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Peter Burgoyne …. William Dufris Margaret ... Janet Maw FRI 18:00 Doctor Who (b01psb69) Producer: Janet Whitaker Mirabell ... Deborah Berlin Deimos First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996. Roche ... Hugh Dickson A Martian moon has become a tourist trap. But below its FRI 06:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00tdmc4) Cumberlege ... Gordon Reid surface stirs a deadly menace, once thought extinct. Eighth Catch Me If You Can Hetty ... Alison Pettitt Doctor adventure stars Paul McGann and David Warner. Episode 5 Other parts played by: FRI 19:00 The Embassy Lark (b00srvkq) The authorities have conman Frank Abagnale Jr within their Shirley Dixon [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] reach, but he's a very slippery catch. Concluded by William Robert Harper FRI 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007js9k) Hope. From August 2010. Carolyn Jones [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 06:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Alex Lowe FRI 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl4z) Years (b00g42tg) Gerard McDermott [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Episode 5 Ioan Meredith FRI 20:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00tdmc4) Under cover of darkness, the police make one last trip to Chris Pavlo [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] wealthy farmer William Muffit's murder scene. Read by Robert Stephen Thorne FRI 20:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Lindsay. Director David Blount Years (b00g42tg) FRI 07:00 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qx6x) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Series 1 FRI 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01ps9w4) FRI 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories (b01ps9w4) Elephants to Catch Eels Child's Play [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Why would a top London journalist be so interested that love is Kate is not appreciated by her husband or daughter, but receives FRI 21:15 Michael Butt - Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre all around in Drumlin Bay? What's Tamsyn been up to? affection from an unusual source. Read by Matilda Ziegler. (b01ps9w6) It seems the new editor of 'The Times of London' is boosting FRI 11:15 Michael Butt - Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] circulation by becoming a scurrilous gossipy rag. Of course, (b01ps9w6) FRI 22:00 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tt5pw) that would never happen now... 4 Extra Debut. A Hollywood star's bizarre 1963 legal battle. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] 18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead From court records of the actor's fight to protect his name. FRI 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007v2t3) Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain. Stars Stephen Greif. Series 1 Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago FRI 12:00 The Embassy Lark (b00srvkq) Mike's House Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] The sketch show team take the audience to Mike's house, but Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire FRI 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007js9k) they get lost. Plus a phone-in on problems with phones... Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as the Editor [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Precision comedy written and performed by Tim Firth, Tim de and Michael Fenton Stevens as Lampwick. FRI 13:00 VI Warshawski (b007jl4z) Jongh, Michael Rutger and William Vandyck. Producer: Jan Ravens. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producer: Lissa Evans First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. FRI 13:30 Frank W Abagnale (b00tdmc4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1990 FRI 07:30 Nick Mohammed in Bits (b00tt5pw) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 23:00 Rigor Mortis (b00gfsmp) Mr Swallow FRI 13:45 Poison Farm: A Murderer Unmasked After 60 Series 3 Nick Mohammed (Reggie Perrin, I'm Sorry I've Got No Head) Years (b00g42tg) Episode 3 stars as lifestyle guru Mr Swallow as he presents his memory [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] Trying to guard his legacy, the professor lets Anthony and Ruth technique to a live studio audience. FRI 14:00 Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club run the path lab. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead. From February Bits showcases the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic (b00w6f7p) 2006. characters in a series of one off comic plays. Episode 5 FRI 23:30 Half Sketch (b008f40k) Produced by Victoria Lloyd. A huge cake box sits on the table, as the mysterious Mrs Drexl Series 4 FRI 08:00 The Embassy Lark (b00srvkq) tells a tale which surprisingly concerns them all - as she explains Episode 3 Spy how she came to be invited to join the club... Downing Street party time and an earthbound meteor. Northern An asylum seeker sparks some political tit-for-tat posturing. At the Muchly Bottom village chocolate lovers' club five Ireland's topical funsters. Stars Tim McGarry. From February Stars Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. From April 1966. women take turns in creating a chocolate delight and tell a 2001. FRI 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b007js9k) chocolate-related tale while eating it. Series 4 Conclusion of Moya O'Shea’s delicious five-part drama. Avoid Like the Plague the Burkiss Way Mrs Drexl - Sylvia Sims The Grim Reaper arrives, keen to spread the Red Death. Clementine - Paula Wilcox Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett. Rosie - Helena Breck Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to Sarah - Eleanor Bron 1980. Charlotte - Carolyn Pickles Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. Hot Shot - Carl Prekopp Producer: David Hatch Luke - Peter Darney First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1979. Director: Tracey Neale FRI 09:00 Millport (b0076br4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001. Series 3 FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life The End of the Beginning (b00n4wyz) The island makeover has turned horribly sour and with Irene Tea gone, the only person to save the island from being bulldozed is Historian Amanda Vickery reveals how tea's arrival in the 18th Bunty Pierce. century meant that everyone, rich or poor, could afford to But with her ailing health and hermit ways, will she leave her entertain at home. vegetables to rescue the island's integrity? And will Irene FRI 14:30 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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