Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18 – 24 May 2013 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 18 MAY 2013 Intimate and moving story about a young woman on the brink Knowing Me, Knowing You of romance, who goes alone for a brain scan. Read by Clare Aha! Alan Partridge faces up to a nine-year-old prodigy, a SAT 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlpk) Corbett. hypnotist and a bad boy lawyer. Stars Steve Coogan. From 1. A Journey and a Funeral SAT 04:15 David Pownall - Nyama (b00s0wrb) December 1992. Retired solicitor Arthur Kipps recalls his visit to the remote David Pownall's cautionary tale about a money-crazed Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive market town of Crythin Gifford - and the isolated house of the entrepreneur who transports a pickled whale from the Cape of The funny man's radio drop-in centre tackles Live 8 and white- reclusive Mrs Drablow... Good Hope round Southern Africa and makes a fortune. collar boxing matches. With David Mitchell. From June 2005. John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's Other parts played by Alison Pettitt, John Biggins, David On the Hour Christmas Special chilling ghost story. Seddon, Michael Shelford and Keeley Beresford All the festive headlines. Chris Morris hosts the steaming Dramatised in four parts by Jon Strickland. Music composed and performed by Russell Taylor and Steve flambéed news spoof. With Steve Coogan. From December Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister Cooke. 1991. Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine Directed by Peter Kavanagh. SAT 12:00 15 Minute Drama (b01shnxl) Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook SAT 05:00 Second Thoughts (b00k2fl1) How Does That Make You Feel Samuel ...... Rod Arthur Series 3 Series 4 Omnibus Tomes ...... Christopher Kent Room With a Queue Series 4 Omnibus. Therapist Martha braces herself for the Bentley ...... Stuart Richman Hannah is off to university, so Bill and Faith bicker over who arrival of her patients, including an MP with a troublesome son. Isobelle ...... Jane Marlow gets her vacated bedroom. Stars Frances Tomelty. Oliver ...... Jason Done Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith beginning SAT 13:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective Music composed by Derek Pearce. married life, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza (b007jmhd) Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis. and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe. The Metropolitan Line Murder First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993. Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia Journalist Polly seeks help from an enigmatic old customer in a SAT 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (b007q9yw) Imrie as Hilary, Belinda Lang as Liza, Emma Gregory as London teahouse over her friend's killing. Stars Bernard Episode 10 Hannah and Mark Denham as Joe. Hepton. Disenchanted with society, John decides to seek solitude. Series three of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, SAT 14:00 Round the Horne (b007k1g4) Nightmare vision of the future concluded by Anton Lesser. husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. Series 2 From April 2003. A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran Episode 6 SAT 00:45 HG Wells (b01mmrhb) for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. Master Spy Kenneth Horne is on the star-studded trail of The First Men in the Moon Producer: Paul Schlesinger Doddy's joke thief, while Michael Bain and Barbara Cartload Episode 5 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991. are on 'The Seamus Android Show'. Intrepid explorers Bedford and Cavor’s first mission to the SAT 05:30 The Pickerskill Reports (b0132k5b) With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill moon comes to a surprising and unexpected conclusion. Series 2 Pertwee. First published in 1901, HG Wells’ novel abridged by Neville Timothy Spoontz Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, Teller. Written and Directed by Andrew McGibbon. London. Announcer: Douglas Smith Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith. When the new progressive headmaster Mike Poulson Jabby Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Producer: David Roper decides to impose an austerity drive in the seventies, the quality comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Made by Heavy Entertainment for BBC Radio 4 and first of the school's food is compromised as part of the tedious Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, broadcast in July 2007. process. But the inventive agricultural talents of young boarder, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the SAT 01:00 Father Brown Stories (b00yb1z9) Timothy Spoontz, helped by his successful father's growing scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Series 1 agricultural business, provide the school and Castlereagh House 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, The Sins of Prince Saradine with it's own privately delivered supply of food - until Mike catchphrases and double-entendres. A case of eloping noblemen, blood feuds and vengeful thoughts. Poulson Jabby gets wind of it. Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical Cast: Hayes Four. sleuth. Dr Henry Pickerskill ...... Ian McDiarmid Producer: John Simmonds SAT 01:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q2l1) Timothy Spoontz ...... Harry McEntire First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1966. Series 2 Mike Poulson Jabby ...... Mike Priest SAT 14:30 The Ken Dodd Show (b007jx51) The Captain Lefty Rogers ...... Tony Gardner Doddy's Daft Half Hour (20/08/1972) A series of burglaries on empty houses bears all the trademarks Stanislaw ...... Mike Sarne The King of Knotty Ash examines black magic and lands a part of one of Dock Green's most colourful characters. Stealgroynes ...... Jack Edwards in a horror movie. Or does he? But is PC Andy Crawford a bit too keen to make an arrest? Calman ...... Kris Saddler Starring Ken Dodd. Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper starring David Moorcroft ...... Joe Cooper With Hugh Paddick, Miriam Margolyes, Talfryn Thomas, John Calder and Hamish Clark. Matron ...... Mia Soteriou Graham and Jo Manning Wilson. Written for TV by Ted Willis and adapted for radio by Sue Producers: Nick Romero and Andrew McGibbon Devised and written by Ken Dodd with Malcolm Cameron, Rodwell A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. Stewart Campbell, Norman Beedle, Peter Tonkinson and John George Dixon ...... David Calder SAT 06:00 David Pownall (b01shn7f) Pye. Andy Crawford ...... Hamish Clark Under the Table Doddy's Diddy Orchestra conducted by Geoff Alderson. Tom Carr ...... Jonathan Gunning Spring 1945: A boy overcomes his terror of a world at war to Producer: Bobby Jaye The Captain ...... Bill Wallis demand of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin - who are meeting in First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in August 1972. Maurie ...... Jonathan Tafler his grandfather's greenhouse - a reason why his mother is now SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011cfjy) Director: Viv Beeby widowed and inconsolable. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006. Starring David Calder as the storyteller, Kenneth Cranham as SAT 16:00 David Pownall (b01shn7f) SAT 02:00 Clare in the Community (b00fw5jh) Seph Hammer, Robert Lang as Churchill, Andrew Sachs as [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Series 2 Stalin, David Healy as Roosevelt, Jonathan Keeble as Hitler, SAT 17:30 The Write Stuff (b01sd23j) Relax Oliver Senton as Jack, Becky Hindley as Rusty, Maureen Series 2 Romantic Brian is plotting to surprise the social worker on O’Brien as May Hammer, Peter Yapp as Mr Hunt, Natasha The Bronte Sisters holiday. Stars Sally Phillips and Gemma Craven. From Pyne as Rouille, Andrew Branch as Bags and David Antrobus as James Walton chairs the literary quiz with Sebastian Faulks, November 2005. Trevor. John Walsh, Frank Delaney and Harry Ritchie. SAT 02:30 The Brothers (b00pcn0m) Music composed by Neil Brand and performed by Sarah Author of the week: The Brontë Sisters Series 3 Homer. Reader: Becky Hindley Mix Tape Director: Eoin O'Callaghan Producer: Dawn Ellis Despite a new office, Nigel and Michael still struggle with life. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1999. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From February SAT 07:30 Fabulous Flops (b0146g6q) SAT 18:00 Fear on 4 (b007jpxl) 2007. More Fabulous Flops Series 4 SAT 03:00 James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Episode 4 Dark Feathers Mohicans (b007jpng) Paul Roseby concludes his look at Tinseltown turkeys with The Man in Black introduces the dark mystery of a less than 2. The Pursuit shows that got big laughs on Broadway for all the wrong idyllic return for Fay to the West Country. As the brutal war rages, Huron chief Magua captures Colonel reasons. Another in a series of nerve-tinglers from Fear on 4. Munro's daughters. SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011cfjy) Starring Joanna Myers as Fay and Edward de Souza as the Man Hawkeye, Captain Heyward and the Mohicans set out in Series 6 in Black. pursuit... Episode 26 With Emily Richard as Jenny, Melinda Walker as Jenny's Mum, Conclusion of J Fenimore Cooper's epic set amidst the struggle From Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the American funny man Jonathan Adams as Mr Batcombe, Matthew Morgan as Paul, between the British and the French for control of North introduces Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, and Jessica Katie Jenkins as Young Fay and Siriol Jenkins as Young Jenny. America. Dramatised in two-parts by David Calcutt. Lea Mayfield. From 2010. Written by Denise Sims. CAST: SAT 09:00 It's a Painful Business: On the Hour with Eddie Producer: Martin Jenkins Hawkeye …. Michael Feast Mair (b015bf2k) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. Major Heyward …. Philip Franks BBC Radio 4 PM presenter Eddie Mair reveals why he joined SAT 18:30 Edgar Allan Poe (b007jsry) Cora …. Helen McCrory the Newsroom in his celebration of the landmark radio series The Fall of the House of Usher Alice …. Naomi Radcliffe On the Hour. Episode 2 Chingachgook …. Okon Jones Featuring: As his behaviour starts to change, Roderick Usher reveals his Uncas …. Clarence Smith On the Hour Series 1 ep 4/5 terrible secret... Magua …. Alfredo Michelsen Chris Morris hosts the news spoof, and the sport must go on for A man's descent into madness seems bound to the house of his General Munro …. Russell Dixon bereaved Alan Partridge. With Steve Coogan. From August ancestors. General Montcalm …. John Jardine 1991. Edgar Allan Poe's classic gothic horror story, first published in David …. Robert Whelan On the Hour Series 2 ep 2/6 1839. Tamenund …. Joe Speare Alan Partridge is at the Olympics. Barbara Wintergreen is in Concluded by Sean Barrett. The Narrator …. Garrick Hagon America. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. From April 1992 Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in September 2003. Producer: Michael Fox On the Hour Series 2 ep 6/6 SAT 19:00 It's a Painful Business: On the Hour with Eddie First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995 An outside broadcast goes down, and a bluebottle rampages Mair (b015bf2k) SAT 04:00 Helen Simpson - A Bunch of Fives (b01m850d) across Essex. Chris Morris fronts the news satire. From May [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Scan 1992. SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard (b00hhjfd) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18 – 24 May 2013 Page 2 of 7 Unrepeatable Producer: Edward Taylor SUN 17:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cyywl) The garrulous stand-up comedian entertains an audience at First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1970. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] London's Albery Theatre, with a host of eclectic themes. From SUN 09:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cyywl) SUN 17:30 Alan Garner - Elidor (b0106x20) 1994. The Wild Dogs [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SAT 23:00 Saturday Drama (b0128fkt) Mowgli and Kaa plan a jungle attack against the wild dogs. SUN 18:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b011j4p6) White Nights Stars Nisha K Nayar, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones. Rendezvous With Rama By Ann Cleeves. SUN 09:30 Alan Garner - Elidor (b0106x20) Episode 2 Dramatised for radio by Iain Finlay MacLeod. Episode 1 What is space object Rama's secret? And why, years on, has the Atmospheric crime drama set in Shetland at midsummer - the Roland, Helen, David and Nicholas Watson have escaped to Commander never spoken of what he found? Stars Richard time of white nights, when the sun never quite leaves the sky Manchester to avoid helping out at their house move. After a Dillane. and birds sing at midnight. detour down a creepy backstreet, they come upon a derelict SUN 19:00 The World of Percy Edwards (b01bl27c) The launch of Bella Sinclair's art exhibition, at the Herring church and a mysterious fiddle player. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] House Gallery in the remote hamlet of Biddista, is ruined by the Little do the children know that chance didn't bring them there, SUN 19:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jt2k) appearance of a distressed stranger, claiming amnesia. The man but a prophecy hundreds of years old. One by one they realise [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] is later found hanged but local detective Jimmy Perez has a that the church isn't all it seems, as the fabric of time and space SUN 20:00 Educating Archie (b00g9m6d) hunch that it's murder not suicide. opens and they are propelled into the dying and strange world of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] When the dead stranger is finally identified, strands of clues Elidor... SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry (b010v747) point towards a dark secret held deep within the collective Alan Garner's classic fantasy adventure dramatised in four-parts [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] memory of the community, one which has brought death to the by Don Webb. SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01shrxr) present. Stars Mossie Cassidy as Roland, Raffey Cassidy as Helen, [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Cast: William Rush as Nicholas, Stephen Hoyle as David, Toby SUN 21:45 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gyls) D.I. Jimmy Perez ..... Steven Robertson Hadoke as Malebron and Fiona Clarke as Mrs Watson. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] Kenny ..... Finlay Welsh Original music composed by Ian Williams SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b008crmm) Edith ..... Anne Lacey Directed at BBC Manchester by Charlotte Riches. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Bella ..... Eileen McCallum Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2011. SUN 22:30 The Ape That Got Lucky (b0081sw3) Fran ..... Tracy Wiles SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01shrxr) Man or Monkey D.I. Roy Taylor ..... Robin Laing TV Experts A look at how so many of the things we imagine to be human Peter ..... Steven McNicoll Mary Beard characteristics are really just animal ones. Roddy ..... Finn den Hertog 4 Extra Debut. From Dylan to Handel, classicist Mary Beard Plus a glimpse at where evolution might take the human race Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From January next. 2010. A spoof exploration of the fascinating subject of human SUN 10:45 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gyls) evolution. SUNDAY 19 MAY 2013 The Obelisk Starring Chris Addison. The Story of the Siren is the first in our series of short fiction With Professor Austin Herring (aka Geoffrey McGivern), Jo SUN 00:00 Fear on 4 (b007jpxl) by EM Forster. It is an unsettling story about a sea nymph and Enright and Dan Tetsell. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] an ill fated young Sicilian. The novelist best known for Written by Chris Addison and Carl Cooper. SUN 00:30 Edgar Allan Poe (b007jsry) twentieth century classics including A Passage to India, A Producer: Simon Nicholls [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Room with a View and Maurice was also a prolific writer of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2005. SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011cfjy) short stories. In them he explored many of the themes central to SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b021zvmh) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] his novels, including the morals of the middle classes in the For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the SUN 02:00 15 Minute Drama (b01shnxl) early twentieth century, and his fascination with culture and best laughs around. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Eddie [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] mores of the beguiling South. The reader is Dan Stevens. Pepitone. SUN 03:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective Abridged by Richard Hamilton. Produced by Elizabeth Allard. SUN 23:00 Vent (b00sy275) (b007jmhd) SUN 11:00 The World of Percy Edwards (b01bl27c) Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] The wildlife impressionist muses on the countryside and brings Don't Bet on It SUN 04:00 David Pownall (b01shn7f) us birdsong and monologues. With Eric Morecambe. From May As Ben lies on a ventilator in hospital, Mary and Mum put the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] 1974. racing on to try to bring him out of his coma. It doesn't work, SUN 05:30 The Write Stuff (b01sd23j) SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jt2k) but Ben does somehow seem to have developed a knack for [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] Series 3 predicting the winners, if only he could think of a way of telling SUN 06:00 Kathryn Stockett - The Help (b01770v8) Norman Evans anyone. Kathryn Stockett - The Help Omnibus Mark Radcliffe looks back at the life and career of comic Meanwhile John Dee, Queen Elizabeth I's own fortune teller, Episode 2 Norman Evans. appears in Ben's brain, with some unhelpful observations about As racial tension rises in America, Miss Skeeter's interviews Like his more famous counterpart and mentor, Gracie Fields, what the future might hold. may land the maids in trouble. Kathryn Stockett's acclaimed Norman was born and brought up in Rochdale, where he Dark sitcom written by Nigel Smith. novel, read by Alibe Parsons and Laurel Lefkow. worked as a travelling salesman before his talent for comic Starring Neil Pearson as Ben Smith, Fiona Allen as Mary, Josie SUN 07:15 The Science of DIY (b008wfcc) speeches was spotted and he took to the stage. Lawrence as Mum and Leslie Ash as Blitzkrieg. The Wheelbarrow His genius for observing the "humour of everyday life" led to With Mark Perry, Dave Lamb, Jo Martin, Giles New, Hils The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow his most famous sketch show - "Over The Garden Wall" – Barker and David Mitchell. experts reveal the importance of leverage when conveying a playing a northern housewife plagued by "women's troubles" Producer: Gareth Edwards load. and "him at home". While Evans is less famous now, he paved First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006. SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b008crmm) the way for later comedians like Les Dawson. SUN 23:30 Listen Against (b00fl0gk) Series 4 Series exploring the tradition of influential northern comedians Series 2 The Wrong Fleece of the past, Episode 2 Ed has had the kind of idea a writer gets perhaps once in a Producer Libby Cross Time runs away in preparations for the switch-on of the BBC lifetime. Unfortunately, he can't remember where he put it. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Collider - and the Greenwich time signal pips are still running Stars Christopher Douglas. From November 2007. SUN 12:00 Kathryn Stockett - The Help (b01770v8) rogue... SUN 08:00 Educating Archie (b00g9m6d) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] The show that prises the back off your radio, fiddles around From 30/01/1957 SUN 13:15 The Science of DIY (b008wfcc) with the programmes inside and then puts it all back together Archie Andrews and Brough decide it's to move out to the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] the wrong way round. country and buy a farm. SUN 13:30 Elizabeth Morgan - Dear Countess (b01shs8c) Written by and starring Jon Holmes, Radio ventriloquism from Peter Brough and schoolboy, Archie "You will indeed be a good husband to me John. You who are With Alice Arnold. Andrews. so kind will be a perfect lover as a husband." Producer: Sam Bryant With Dick Emery, Deryck Guyler, Ken Platt, Hilda Braid and So wrote Euphemia Chalmers Gray to her husband to be, John First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008. Peter Hawkins. Ruskin. She was soon to discover, however, that the reality was Running from 1950- 1958, Educating Archie introduced a very different from the fantasy into which Ruskin steadily number of soon-to-be household names to listeners, including retired. MONDAY 20 MAY 2013 Tony Hancock, Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Dick Emery, Derek Jacobi and Timothy West star in Elizabeth Morgan's Hattie Jacques, Bruce Forsyth and Max Bygraves - all taking a turbulent tale of John Ruskin's marriage to 'Effie'. Love and MON 00:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b011j4p6) turn in tutoring Archie. tension in equal measure. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] Script by George Wadmore, Ronald Wolfe and Pat Dunlop. John Ruskin .... Derek Jacobi MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b01shrxr) Music by Ronald Chesney and the BBC Revue Orchestra Effie Ruskin ... Bridget McCann [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. Mr Ruskin ... Timothy West MON 01:45 EM Forster Short Stories (b017gyls) Producer: Roy Speer Mrs Ruskin ... Elizabeth Morgan [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1957. Mr Gray ... Henry Stamper MON 02:00 The World of Percy Edwards (b01bl27c) SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry (b010v747) Mrs Gray ... Eva Stuart [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] Fair Exchange John Everett Millals .... Michael Fenner MON 02:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jt2k) The bungling bureaucrats mix up the designs for the new pound Dr Henry Acland .... John Rye [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] note. Lady Elizabeth Eastlake ... Madi Hedd MON 03:00 Educating Archie (b00g9m6d) A weekly tribute to all those who work in government Lady Lewis .... Jean Trend [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] departments. Mr Roberts .... Nigel Graham MON 03:30 Elizabeth Morgan - Dear Countess (b01shs8c) Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma Director: Gerry Jones [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] Ronald, John Graham and Ronald Baddiley. First broadcast on Radio 4 in May 1983. MON 05:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book (b00cyywl) Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. SUN 15:00 Educating Archie (b00g9m6d) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 05:30 Alan Garner - Elidor (b0106x20) and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry (b010v747) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s) however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show Sad Cypress in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC (b01shscv) Episode 2 Radio 4 Extra. The pick of the week's 4 O'Clock Show, with Mel Giedroyc. Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt, Mrs Welman, has died in her Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18 – 24 May 2013 Page 3 of 7 sleep. And a tube of morphine has gone missing.... currently performing live on the UK comedy circuit - with First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Agatha Christie's whodunit starring Emma Fielding and David character, improv, broken and musical sketch comedy. MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2j) McAlister. This final episode of the second series is in Glasgow and also A Planet Called George Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding features a special one-off reunion performance from classic Astronomer Heather Couper looks at William Herschel's Dr Lord ...... David McAlister sketch group Absolutely. attempts to chart the cosmos using a homemade telescope, and Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson The sketch groups featured in episode four of Sketchorama are: how he doubled the size of the solar system. From June 2008. Nurse O'Brien ...... Joanna Myers ENDEMIC MON 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar (b01f9y2q) Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts Endemic came together in 2009 as a loose collective of Episode 1 Mary Gerrard ...... Susannah Corbett performers who just wanted to make new, funny stuff. This Stephen Tompkinson reads Keith Waterhouse's classic comic Mrs Welman ...... Barbara Atkinson diverse bunch of experienced comedians, musicians, writers, story about a young dreamer who fantasises about a more Mrs Bishop ...... Margot Boyd actors and film-makers have since produced a variety of exciting life. Ted Bigland ...... Eamonn Fleming comedic offerings - music videos, online sketches and live MON 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine (b01slpy1) Judge ...... Alan Cullen shows, including a run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Their Episode 6 Mr Gerrard ...... John Webb fan-base is growing, and now includes some of their own Musa has evil designs on Marta, and the others wait impatiently Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. friends and family. for the Galilean to emerge from his cave. Read by Sara Director: .Enyd Williams ABSOLUTELY Kestelman. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992. Members of the cast of Channel 4's hugely popular sketch show MON 15:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b01096ch) MON 06:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q57t) Absolutely reunited for a special, one-off radio appearance as [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Series 2 part of this second series of Sketchorama. Pete Baikie, MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01sjjhp) Andy Steps Up Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John Another week of 4 O'clock Show fun with Roald Dahl's Charlie PC Andy Crawford gets another chance to earn his stripes when Sparkes recorded the show at The Oran Mor in Glasgow and and the Chocolate Factory, and more finalists in the 500 some suspiciously priced tins of salmon turn up on Dock Green performed new and classic material from some of the show's WORDS writing competition. market. favourite characters - including Calum Gilhooley, Denzil and MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v) Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper starring David Gwynedd, The Little Girl and the Stoneybridge Town Council. Series 1 Calder and Hamish Clark. MON 09:30 Artists (b00xglb7) Spy Story Written for TV by Ted Willis and adapted for radio by Sue Series 1 Why does the bear suck his paw in winter? And what does the Rodwell. Inspired answer have to do with the First Secretary's dinner suit? George Dixon ...... David Calder Grumpy Tamsin is uninspired and blames Dolores, who aims The British Ambassador and his team plan their campaign for a Andy Crawford ...... Hamish Clark for a loan to rent her own studio. Stars Mina Anwar. From April diplomatic dinner. Duffy ...... Shaun Prendergast 2003. Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom. Mrs Jones ...... Carol MacReady MON 10:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b01096ch) Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter DI Cherry ...... Christian Rodska My Cousin Rachel Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Stephen Mary Crawford ...... Charlie Brooks Episode 1 Greif as the United States Ambassador, Susie Brann as Mrs Director: Viv Beeby Ambrose is a hero to his young ward Philip, but things change Newton and Peter Howell as George Sommers. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006. when he meets Philip's cousin. Stars Damien Lewis and Lia Producer: Pete Atkin MON 07:00 Married (b007w523) Williams. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987. Series 1 MON 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b0076lzm) MON 17:30 Married (b007w523) Episode 5 The Horse [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Just as he is starting to make the most of his new life, Robin is Angela does her homework, as her mother hosts a drinks party MON 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlps) whisked back to his old universe where his doppelganger has for some intellectual friends. Read by Emma Fielding. 2. A Causeway and a Pony Trap been wreaking havoc... MON 11:15 Loose Ends (b01shqcp) Solicitor Arthur Kipps feels rattled spending the night in the Hugh Bonneville stars in Tony Bagley's comedy. Andy McNab, Jasper Gibson, Simon Reeve, Paulette Randall, eerie isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow... Robin ...... Hugh Bonneville Danny Wallace, John Grant, Allah-Las John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's Lesley ...... Josie Lawrence This week Clive's secret mission is with novelist and former chilling ghost story. Dirk ...... Steve Frost SAS operative Andy McNab, whose bestseller 'Bravo Two Dramatised by Jon Strickland. Julia ...... Barbara Murray Zero' is the true story of eight members of the SAS regiment on . Penny ...... Melanie Hudson a top secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines. The Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister Drunk ...... Harry Myers 20th Anniversary edition is available on 23rd May. Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine Producer Claire Jones Clive treads the boards with theatre director Paulette Randall, Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1999. currently directing Lenny Henry in August Wilson's 'Fences', Bentley ...... Stuart Richman MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth (b01sd7fg) the story of a once gifted athlete denied his turn at the big time Keckwick ...... James Quinn Series 11 and now struggling through daily life in Pittsburgh. It's at Music composed by Derek Pearce. Episode 6 London's Duchess Theatre from Wednesday 19th June to Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians Saturday 14th September. First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993. are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to Danny Wallace gets his ribs tickled by Jasper Gibson; co- MON 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their founder of Britain's largest comedy website The Poke. His (b007jrfm) opponents. debut novel 'A Bright Moon For Fools' is the story of Harry Episode 1 Mark Watson, Tony Hawks, Lucy Porter and Ed Byrne are the Christmas. He is fat, unattractive, rude, deeply dishonest and After a mysterious meteor shower, Bill Masen wakes up in panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects unable to dance. On a mission to track down his late wife's hospital an eye operation to find that the world he knew will as varied as lions, pianos, fingers and the French. ancestral village, Christmas lurches across rural Venezuela from never be the same again... The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the one drunken crisis to another. As the real trouble begins, can Roger May begins a 17-part unabridged reading of John team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. redemption survive? Wyndham's cult sci-fi novel - an unsettlingly vivid and Producer: Jon Naismith G'day Mate! Clive goes bush with adventurer and presenter thrillingly realised tale of ecological apocalypse. A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Simon Reeve. Following the success of his Indian Ocean series, Producer: Susan Carson MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007k1pt) Simon embarks on another epic adventure, this time travelling Made for BBC 7 by BBC Northern Ireland and first broadcast Series 2 across Australia. Simon encounters an extraordinary array of in 2004. Episode 7 people and exotic wildlife, offering a unique insight into life in MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007k1pt) 'Dr McKinlay's Scrapbook'. a special musical comedy Down Under. 'Australia with Simon Reeve' starts on Sunday [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] extravaganza in a spoof eulogy for a TV screen doctor. 19th May at 21.00 on BBC Two. MON 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show Starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, With music from LA based alt-rockers Allah-Las, who perform (b01sjj1t) Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee. 'Tell Me (What's on Your Mind)' from their album 'Allah-Las'. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, And a welcome return to former Czars frontman John Grant, MON 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s) London. Announcer: Douglas Smith who performs 'GMF' from his album 'Pale Green Ghosts'. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio Producer: Sukey Firth. MON 20:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q57t) comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007k1pt) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b0076lzm) Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the MON 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and (b01sjj1t) MON 21:15 Loose Ends (b01shqcp) 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] catchphrases and double-entendres. MON 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s) MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01sd7fg) Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Hayes Four. MON 13:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q57t) MON 22:30 Sketchorama (b01sjj11) Producer: John Simmonds [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1966. MON 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cq1d4) MON 23:00 The Now Show (b01sdw2l) MON 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show The Marriage Series 40 (b01sjj1t) Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Charles Bovary. Episode 1 From 01/05/1978 He's happy for the first time in his life - unlike Emma, who's Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw present a comedic look at the Chips connoisseurs - and Ern hires a French au pair, in the distraught that her marriage lacks the passion and excitement of week's news, with Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin and Sara Pascoe. legendary comic duo's final show for the BBC. her fantasies. MON 23:30 And Now in Colour (b007jscz) With Anne Hamilton and Allan Cuthbertson and a song from A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first Series 2 The Nolan Sisters. great novel of adultery starring John Hurt. Stately Home Written and adapted by Eddie Braben. Narrator ...... John Hurt The team take the audience on a posh day out. Starring Tim de Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra. Charles ...... Conrad Nelson Jongh, William Vandyck and Tim Firth. From January 1991. Producer: Bobby Jaye Emma ...... Sarah Smart First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1978. Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth MON 09:00 Sketchorama (b01sjj11) Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon TUESDAY 21 MAY 2013 Series 2 Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Episode 4 a translation by Margaret Mauldon. TUE 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlps) Thom Tuck presents the pick of the new sketch groups Producer: Pauline Harris [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18 – 24 May 2013 Page 4 of 7 TUE 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest 1994. (b007jrfm) shows weren’t kept in the archive. TUE 17:30 On Baby Street (b00sr308) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k23s) With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. TUE 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jz83) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] 3. The Nursery and a Child TUE 01:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016q57t) Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. As thick fog descends, the ghostly encounters continue for [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] solicitor Arthur Kipps when he returns to the eerie isolated TUE 02:00 Sketchorama (b01sjj11) Announcer: Wallace Greenslade house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow... [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's TUE 02:30 Artists (b00xglb7) Producer: Peter Eton chilling ghost story. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Dramatised by Jon Strickland. TUE 03:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b01096ch) First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in March 1954. Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE 08:30 Jim the Great (b01sjjwr) Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine TUE 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b0076lzm) Series 1 Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] The March of Democracy Bentley ...... Stuart Richman TUE 04:15 Loose Ends (b01shqcp) King Jim is duped into holding an election. But surely he's a Mrs Daily ...... Diane Whitley [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] shoe-in for the throne? Samuel Daily ...... Rod Arthur TUE 05:00 Flying the Flag (b007jx9v) Historical regal romp starring Jimmy Edwards. Music composed by Derek Pearce. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] With Julian Orchard, John Baddeley, Andrew Palmer, Ronald Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis TUE 05:30 Married (b007w523) Baddiley, Jon Glover and Chris Emmett. First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Jim The Great ran for 2 series on BBC Radio 2 between 1976 - TUE 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids TUE 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k253) 1979. (b007jrg0) Sad Cypress Producer: Edward Taylor Episode 2 Episode 2 First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1977. Bill Masen remembers how the Triffids first came to England, Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died, but a tube of TUE 09:00 The Now Show (b01sdw2l) and why they became so prevalent. Cult novel read by Roger morphine has gone missing. Stars Emma Fielding and David [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] May. McAlister. TUE 09:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management TUE 19:00 The Goon Show (b007k31h) TUE 06:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016r51t) (b00g0536) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Series 2 Episode 1 TUE 19:30 Jim the Great (b01sjjwr) Give a Dog a Good Name Comedy series in which comedian Will Smith seeks help and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] PC George Dixon helps the newly promoted DI Andy Crawford advice - primarily from his godfather Peter - on coping with the TUE 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k253) trap a particularly vicious criminal - a man with an achilles heel onset of middle age. Peter invites Tory MP George to help Will [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] in the shape of a small dog called Shirley. speak his mind. TUE 20:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016r51t) Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper starring David With Roger Allam, Geoffrey Whitehead, Jill Cardo, Gunnar [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Calder and Hamish Clark. Cauthery, Roger Drew, Donnla Hughes, Robert Lonsdale, Dan TUE 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007rsyx) Written for TV by Ted Willis and adapted for radio by Sue Starkey, Malcolm Tierney. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Rodwell. TUE 10:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b0109gdh) TUE 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012f9s7) George Dixon ...... David Calder My Cousin Rachel [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Andy Crawford ...... Hamish Clark Episode 2 TUE 22:00 Kerry's List (b01sd5gh) Duffy ...... Shaun Prendergast Philip experiences more than one revelation when he finally [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Mrs Jones ...... Carol MacReady faces his guardian's widow. Stars Damien Lewis and Lia TUE 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b00h3h6c) DI Cherry ...... Christian Rodska Williams. Series 3 Mary Crawford ...... Charlie Brooks TUE 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007rsyx) The Thing Director: Viv Beeby Miss King Learn about medieval cooking, and view the most precious First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006. A penny is the source of much discord between Emma Bury exhibit. TUE 07:00 On Baby Street (b00sr308) and Milly Young. Read by Emma Fielding. Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins Series 3 TUE 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012f9s7) and Dan Tetsell. Episode 6 Series 2 With Lucy Montgomery. Robert and Lillian are horrified when Geraldine promotes her Top Dog Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker. book on Woman's Hour. Stars Jenny Eclair and Frances Barber. A smart stranger arrives at Warwick Hedges' restaurant with an Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor From August 1998. unusual request, but son Jack doesn't like the look of him. Stars First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006. TUE 07:30 Kerry's List (b01sd5gh) Trevor Peacock. TUE 23:00 I Think I've Got a Problem (b00cm91h) Series 1 TUE 12:00 The Goon Show (b007k31h) Series 2 Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Episode 4 The third in a four-part sketch show co-written by and starring TUE 12:30 Jim the Great (b01sjjwr) After falling over and knocking himself out, Tom - and the comedian and actress Kerry Godliman. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] band in his head - awakes to find himself in a strange world Kerry is a married mother of two, a stand up comedian and has TUE 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k253) where castrati singers are all the rage... two children. Her life can only properly function with her daily [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Starring Suggs and Bob Monkhouse. list - if she didn't compile this vital list, her life would simply TUE 13:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016r51t) Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a fall apart. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] man who can't stop himself from breaking into song. Each week, this series looks at a different list and delves into TUE 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cq60z) Tom Caine …. Suggs Kerry's madcap world by looking at various elements of that The Ball Dr Boone …. Bob Monkhouse week's list in sketches, narrative and stand up. The dazzling splendour of a Marquis ball intensifies married Bouche …. Phil Cornwell In this third episode, Kerry's List involves bleaching mugs, Emma's longing for excitement. Jake …. Andrew McGibbon napping, sorting out cobwebs, distressing a chest of drawers, A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first Monty DeVere …. Nick Romero organizing CDs, keeping my friend's secret, growing vegetables great novel of adultery starring John Hurt.. Malc …. Bill Nighy and buying Puy Lentils. Narrator ...... John Hurt Phelia …. Julia Deakin Joining Kerry is her husband Ben (played by her real husband Charles ...... Conrad Nelson Clammy …. Toby Longworth Ben Abell) and her five year old daughter Elsie (played by Emma ...... Sarah Smart Pi …. Debra Stephenson Melissa Bury) together with a range of bizarre characters - Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs including an enthusiastic council environment worker, some Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon Producers: Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis. disgruntled satsumas, a bored therapist, a Fairy Jeanmother and Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. a very keen gym instructor. a translation by Margaret Mauldon. TUE 23:30 Pleased to Meet You (b007k2t5) Any busy parent who's ever compiled a list of their own will Producer: Pauline Harris Series 1 relate to Kerry Godliman's incident filled world. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Episode 2 The cast includes David Pusey (who co-wrote the series), TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00byr2l) 90-something good-time girl Dora Dale spills the beans on her Bridget Christie, Lucy Briers, Rosie Cavaliero and Nicholas Le The Celestial Police many celebrity friends – from Elvis to Jimmy Carr. Prevost. Astronomer Heather Couper looks at the work of the planet Betraying confidences and breaking unwritten rules galore, the Kerry Godliman is fast establishing herself as a highly skilful hunter Johann Bode, tracking down asteroids. From June 2008. friend of the stars reveals some surprising and salacious secrets. stand up comic and actress, from her recent appearances on TUE 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar (b01fb3ps) Written by and starring Martin Kelner and Jake Yapp. Live at The Apollo (BBC 1), Derek (C4) and Our Girl (BBC 1). Episode 2 Made for BBC7 and first broadcast in August 2006. Producer: Paul Russell Billy is now engaged to two girls in his Yorkshire home town, An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. but he imagines an escape to London. Read by Stephen TUE 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k31h) Tompkinson. WEDNESDAY 22 MAY 2013 Series 4 TUE 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine (b01slpy7) The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System Episode 7 WED 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jz83) Captain Seagoon investigates a mustard-and-cress-flavoured Jesus resists the offers of food and drink, calling on recent [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] mystery at Clapham Junction station. memories to maintain his resolve. Read by Sara Kestelman. WED 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids TUE 15:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b0109gdh) (b007jrg0) Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Milligan. TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01sjk68) WED 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k253) Mel Giedroyc says Happy Birthday to actor Sir Ian McKellen [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] Starring: and meets the Kangaroo Man. Plus episode 2 of Charlie and the WED 01:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016r51t) Chocolate Factory, and more 500 WORDS finalists. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] Peter Sellers TUE 17:00 For Better or for Worse (b00t9yby) WED 02:00 The Now Show (b01sdw2l) Harry Secombe Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] Spike Milligan Episode 1 WED 02:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management Will undertaker's assistant Bernard ever get fiancee Iris up the (b00g0536) First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were aisle? Stars Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye. From December [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18 – 24 May 2013 Page 5 of 7 WED 03:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b0109gdh) real thing". the 500 WORDS writing competition. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Eleanor's family snaps spark arguments with daughter Sarah WED 17:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k4k2) WED 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007rsyx) over the past... Brighton Racecourse [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - Richard Stilgoe's musical revue tackles sporting life from every WED 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012f9s7) struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who angle by spending the day at Brighton Races. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] never quite manage to see eye to eye. With Charles Collingwood, Peter Blake, Belinda Lang and WED 05:00 For Better or for Worse (b00t9yby) Sarah …. Prunella Scales musical guest Kathryn Tickell. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] Eleanor …. Joan Sanderson Written by Richard Stilgoe. WED 05:30 On Baby Street (b00sr308) Russell …. Benjamin Whitrow Producer: Neil Cargill [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Clare …. Gerry Cowper First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1989. WED 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d) Auntie Lilian …. Jean Anderson WED 17:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Sad Cypress Producer: Pete Atkin Overcoat (b00nhw1v) Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1989. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Who poisoned Mary Gerrard? WED 09:30 In the Chair (b007jpw1) WED 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jls5) Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is called in to track down the Episode 1 4. Letters and Death Certificates killer. At last maverick crime reporter, George Cragge is retiring from Can solicitor Arthur Kipps finally unravel the eerie mystery of Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot the BBC to the delight of executives attending his retirement the isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow? Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt party. But his retirement is cut short by an urgent phone call - a John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding serial killer is murdering dentists in London... chilling ghost story. Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts Mark Tavener's six-part satirical comedy thriller stars Michael Dramatised by Jon Strickland. Mrs Bishop ...... Margot Boyd Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as DCI Frank Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister Dr Lord ...... David McAlister Jefferson, Hugh Laurie as the Prime Minister, Richard Griffiths Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine Mr Seddon ...... John Evitts as Crichton-Potter, John Bird as Martin, Stephen Fry as Charles Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook Ted Bigland ...... Eamonn Fleming Prentiss, Rebecca Front as Marcia Mallon, Kenneth Cranham as Stella ...... Jane Cox Wardress ...... Gudrun Ure Jim Hardie, Geoffrey Whitehead as Director of Personnel, Samuel Daily ...... Rod Arthur Policeman ...... Keith Drinkel Simon Greehall as the Chancellor, Jonathan Keeble as John and Music composed by Derek Pearce. Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Susie Brann as Caroline. Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis Director: .Enyd Williams Music by Paul Mottram. First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992. Producer: Paul Schlesinger WED 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids WED 06:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016pklm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. (b007jrgd) Series 2 WED 10:00 Frances McNeil - With a Little Help From My Episode 3 The Key of the Nick Friends (b00br7x6) It is well known that Triffids can walk, but Bill Masen wonders There's supposed to be a surprise party to celebrate George's 21 The story of Brian Epstein during his hectic, turbulent years of what other human skills they might possess. Cult novel read by years on the beat at Dock Green police station. managing The Beatles. Stars Jonathan Keeble and Kerry Shale. Roger May. But it turns into a night in cold storage instead as Dixon and WED 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk) WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k251) Crawford are held hostage... The River [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Radio revival of BBC TV's famous copper starring David A flood causes catastrophe for river-loving William and his WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00wwn0j) Calder and Hamish Clark. young daughter Frankie. Emma Fielding reads Margaret [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Written for TV by Ted Willis and adapted for radio by Sue Bonham's story. WED 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d) Rodwell. WED 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gpr6) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] George Dixon ...... David Calder Series 2 WED 20:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016pklm) Andy Crawford ...... Hamish Clark A Water Baby [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Jimmy Todd ...... Carl Prekopp As heavy rain swamps Mardle Fen, a strange child leads WED 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk) Tessa ...... Katharine Rodgers restaurant chef Warwick through the flood. Stars Trevor [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Albert Todd ...... Michael Fenton Stevens Peacock. WED 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gpr6) Director: Viv Beeby WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k251) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2006. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED 22:00 Down the Line (b01sdmxx) WED 07:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00wwn0j) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Overcoat (b00nhw1v) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED 22:30 Les Kelly's Britain (b017cjy8) The Overcoat WED 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d) Episode 3 A humble Russian civil servant's career is stuck in a dismal rut, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Les Kelly (Kevin Bishop) hosts a magazine show from hell. Les until he buys a new coat. With Stephen Moore. From April WED 13:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016pklm) is a cross between Jeremy Kyle and a slap in the face. He claims 2002. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] this is the only radio show for 'normal, decent people'. 'If you WED 07:30 Down the Line (b01sdmxx) WED 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary aren't normal or decent, this is not the show for you,' says Les. Series 5 (b00cqdwd) Should able-bodied people have the same rights as the disabled Episode 3 The Solicitor when it comes to having mobility scooters, guide dogs and The ground-breaking Radio 4 phone-in show, hosted by the As Emma and Charles move to a new town, she makes the hearing aides. This and other outrageous questions are put by legendary Gary Bellamy and brought to you by the creators of acquaintance of a young solicitor. Les Kelly, radio's most insensitive presenter. Also on the show - The Fast Show. A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first a preacher whose religious education lessons involves twisting Starring Rhys Thomas, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, great novel of adultery starring John Hurt.. balloons into the shape of Moses and Jesus, and a woman with Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, Adil Ray, Narrator ...... John Hurt an obsessive hatred of Belgians. Robert Popper and Paul Whitehouse. Charles ...... Conrad Nelson Written by Bill Dare and Julian Dutton. Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse Emma ...... Sarah Smart Produced by Bill Dare. A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. Madame Bovary Snr ...... Brigit Forsyth First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011. WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007k251) Monsieur Rouault ...... Russell Dixon WED 23:00 Buy Me Up TV (b009jcxh) Series 2 Doctor Lariviere ...... Martin Reeve Episode 3 The Marrow Contest Mere Rollet ...... Julie McCabe It's the comedy series inspired by every shopping channel The green-fingered lad takes on the authorities to save his pride Madame Lefrancois ...... Siobahn Finneran you've ever seen and every product you've never wanted to buy. and joy. Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman Starring Justin Edwards, Colin Hoult, Katherine Jakeways, Starring Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy Ewen MacIntosh, Alex MacQueen and Greg Proops. and Kenneth Williams. Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from Special guest: Rich Hall Announcer: Kenneth Williams a translation by Margaret Mauldon. Producer: Lucy Armitaqe Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Producer: Pauline Harris First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 2008. Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. WED 23:30 Knocker (b008hn0k) Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c0ny8) Incentativity Rabinowitz. Plumbing the Depths Market researcher Ian Dunn carries out a delicate immigration Producer: Dennis Main Wilson Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. survey. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1955. The science of astrophysics has emerged over the past 300 2007. WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00wwn0j) years. It began with the first attempts to measure the distances WED 23:45 Peter Bradshaw - For One Horrible Moment Series 5 of the stars but took off in late Victorian times with the (b0089jzh) Episode 14 invention of the spectroscope, a device to split starlight up into Episode 5 'The Incredible Singing Blancmange' - or 'The Dessert Song'. its component wavelengths. This led to an understanding of the The full and hideous truth is revealed. A musical comedy starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, composition of stars and the discovery of a new element on the Peter Bradshaw concludes his hilariously disturbing personal David Hatch, Bill Oddie and Jo Kendall. Sun. account of one boy's transition into adulthood in 1970s Written by Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden. WED 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar (b01fbfx5) Cambridgeshire at the hands of an eccentric father. Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue Episode 3 Read by the author 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and Billy is in big trouble both at work and home, so he returns to Producer: Jon Naismith quickly developed a cult following. his dreams of London and Ambrosia. Read by Stephen First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. Music and songs by Leon Cohen, Eric Idle, Graeme Garden and Tompkinson. Bill Oddie. WED 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine (b01slpy9) Producer: Humphrey Barclay Episode 8 THURSDAY 23 MAY 2013 First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1967. Musa tricks the others to persuading Jesus to help him. His evil WED 09:00 After Henry (b007s8gm) intent towards Marta grows. Read by Sara Kestelman. THU 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jls5) Series 4 WED 15:00 Frances McNeil - With a Little Help From My [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Family Album Friends (b00br7x6) THU 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids "Look at this old dear - roses round her cottage door, a cosy [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] (b007jrgd) smell of making cake wafting from her kitchen. I can imagine a WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01sjm48) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] lot of people buying that, putting it in a frame and claiming it as Mel meets the woman ready to face sharks and jellyfish as she THU 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k26d) their own grandmother. Probably easier to cope with than the prepares to swim from Florida to Cuba. Plus more finalists in [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18 – 24 May 2013 Page 6 of 7 THU 01:30 Dixon of Dock Green (b016pklm) romantic Belgian in 'The Glums'. THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01sjrx4) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Mel Giedroyc discovers the Inheritance Books of poet Andrew THU 02:00 After Henry (b007s8gm) Whitfield. Motion, who revisits RL Stevenson's adventure story Treasure [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Music from Wallace Eaton and the Keynotes and the BBC Island in his book 'Silver'. THU 02:30 In the Chair (b007jpw1) Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. THU 17:00 King Street Junior (b007jnkx) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Scripted by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. Series 9 THU 03:00 Frances McNeil - With a Little Help From My Producer: Charles Maxwell Relative Values Friends (b00br7x6) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1958. A new parent-governor makes waves, there's trouble in the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU 09:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0dp) school playground - and it's staff quiz night. THU 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007s9rk) Remember, Remember the Fifth of September Created by Jim Eldridge, ten series of this comedy about a [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] The blackest day of the year has come to Oglethorpe station - junior school ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior THU 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gpr6) it's June's birthday. Rocket and Points are keeping out of her Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] way, but station manager David is determined to make it a day Written by Andy Rashleigh. THU 05:00 Stilgoe's Around (b007k4k2) to remember! Stars Karl Howman as Mr Sims, James Grout as the [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] Peter Davison and Michael Williams star in Peter Morfoot's Headmaster, Deirdre Costello as Mrs Patterson, Paul Copley as THU 05:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an railway sitcom. Mr Long, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Margaret John as Overcoat (b00nhw1v) David ...... Peter Davison Mrs Stone, Vivienne Martin as Mrs Rudd, Tom Watson as Mr [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Rocket ...... Michael Williams Holliday, Karen Archer as Mrs Carter, Sarah McDonnell as THU 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p) June ...... Rosemary Martin Rachel and Jade Williams as Fatima. Sad Cypress Points ...... Phillippa Wilson Producer: John Fawcett Wilson Episode 4 Hattie ...... Madge Hindle First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996. As Hercule Poirot unravels the threads of the murder, it seems Sodd ...... Chris Emmett THU 17:30 The Older Woman (b01sjngn) like Mary Gerrard wasn't the first victim... Producer: Gareth Edwards [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars John Moffatt as Hercule First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1995. THU 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b011tsc9) Poirot. THU 09:30 Whispers (b00c3nw7) The Ravine Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt Series 2 A small-town serial strangler is stalking women, but Lavinia Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding Episode 4 Nibbs refuses to let him spoil her night out. Ray Bradbury's Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz show with scandal on its mind thriller stars Barta Heiner. Dr Lord ...... David McAlister and slander at its heart. THU 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids Wardress ...... Gudrun Ure Valerie Grove and Geoffrey Durham join team captains Lucy (b007jrh9) Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson Moore and Anthony Holden to run the gauntlet of gossip. Episode 4 Nurse O'Brien ...... Joanna Myers Producer: Elizabeth Freestone Bill Masen is horrified by what he discovers in London, but Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2004. manages to rescue a girl from danger. Cult novel read by Roger Director: Enyd Williams THU 10:00 Ray Connolly - Lost Fortnight (b00j2j79) May. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992. Based on film producer John Houseman's memoirs of The Blue THU 19:00 Dad's Army (b007jlcs) THU 06:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? Dahlia and risk-taker Raymond Chandler. Stars Peter [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] (b007jq0p) Barkworth. THU 19:30 Take It From Here (b019jshq) Episode 1 THU 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Given just days to live, a Victorian policeman is ready to make The Two Mrs Reeds THU 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p) his final confession Two women with the same name convalesce in a maternity [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] He candidly reveals his involvement in a murder case many ward. Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story. THU 20:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? years before. As a young police constable in London, he recalls THU 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gqw6) (b007jq0p) how a young woman burst in with news of a gruesome killing... Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Detective story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1881. Old Boggie THU 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh) Read by Ronald Pickup. Invited to lunch in a remote part of the Fens, chef Warwick [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Producer: Joanne Reardon discovers treasure guarded by a ghost-dog. Stars Trevor THU 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gqw6) Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003. Peacock. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU 07:00 The Older Woman (b01sjngn) THU 12:00 Dad's Army (b007jlcs) THU 22:00 Heresy (b01sdrh5) Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Episode 1 THU 12:30 Take It From Here (b019jshq) THU 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b00j4kbz) Roy Hitchcock is a hack journalist on a provincial paper with [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Series 7 big ideas and an attitude problem. THU 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p) Episode 5 When he meets his former English teacher, his private fantasies [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Hell is not what it was since the baby turned up. get a new lease of life as he sets out to win her against all the THU 13:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? Satan's become a one-man adoption agency whilst his chief odds. (b007jq0p) demon is reading Penelope Leach. But can Satan place the baby Tony Bagley's romantic comedy drama serial with a twist. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] with a good family? Starring Zoe Wanamaker as Miss Callaghan, Martin Clunes as THU 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cql2l) Stars Andy Hamilton as Satan, Annette Crosbie as Edith, Roy Hitchcock, Toyah Wilcox as Elsa, David Troughton as Mr The Longing Robert Duncan as Scumspawn and Jimmy Mulville as Thomas. Say, Keith Drinkel as Joyce, David Holt as Yeats, Melanie Emma's memory of young solicitor Leon becomes the core of Other roles played by Mike Fenton Stevens, Philip Pope and Hudson as Sheila and Geoff McGivern as Dick. her despair. Felicity Montagu. Producer: Paul Schlesinger: A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first Written by Andy Hamilton. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1993. great novel of adultery starring John Hurt.. Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer THU 07:30 Heresy (b01sdrh5) Narrator ...... John Hurt First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009. Series 9 Charles ...... Conrad Nelson THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b021zwc1) Episode 1 Emma ...... Sarah Smart For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the The first in a new series of the programme that dares to commit Leon Dupuis ...... James D'Arcy best laughs around. Plus Tom Wrigglesworth has more chat heresy. Monsieur L'Heureux ...... Seamus O'Neill with Patrick Kielty about the BBC Radio New Comedy Award. Victoria Coren Mitchell and her guests have fun challenging Felicite ...... Sarah Jayne Hallworth THU 23:00 Delve Special (b00t5zzv) knee-jerk public opinion, and exposing the wrong-headedness Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike Series 1 of received wisdom. Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from The Shifton Scandal In the first programme of the series Victoria Coren Mitchell is a translation by Margaret Mauldon. In 1982, four men mounted an illegal operation to build joined by comedians Lee Mack and David Schneider, and Producer: Pauline Harris London's third airport at Shifton, 20 miles north east of writer-broadcaster Germaine Greer, to argue about foxes, maths First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Birmingham. and Andy Murray THU 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c3fnn) David Lander now concludes his investigation into the notorious Producers: Victoria Coren Mitchell and Daisy Knight The Milky Way demolition scandal with a look at the arrests, the trial and the An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4. Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. disturbing aftermath. THU 08:00 Dad's Army (b007jlcs) Galileo realised that the Milky Way was a glowing band of stars Studio production by Stephen Fry, Jack Klaff, Tony Robinson Series 1 across the sky and philosopher Immanuel Kant recognised that and Moray Watson and Brenda Bleythn. The Enemy Within the Gates our Sun was just one member of a vast star system. But for With Peter Wear, Mark Arden, Stephen Frost and Robert As their new uniforms arrive, Captain Mainwaring's platoon try centuries, few recognised the true nature of our galaxy. In the Bathurst. to capture Germans - for a cash reward. late 19th century, William Herschel realised that the Milky Way Dramatic reconstruction by Phil Nice, Arthur Smith, John Bond The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard was a giant body of stars, but still his discovery was ignored. It and Carol Boyd. platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. was not until early in the 20th century that Harlow Shapley Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet. Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV began to estimate the distances of the stars and hence map out Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer. scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. the Milky Way in three-dimensional detail. Radio astronomy Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later Captain Mainwaring …. Arthur Lowe finally yielded the ability to penetrate the dark clouds towards transferred to TV as: This is David Lander. Sergeant Wilson …. John Le Mesurier the galactic centre and see the true distribution of matter in the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1984. Corporal Jones …. Clive Dunn skies. THU 23:30 The Skivers (b007jq44) Private Walker …. James Beck THU 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar (b01fcqlh) Series 1 Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Episode 4 Britt Ekland Private Pike …. Ian Lavender As he goes to perform his pub act, things get even more New age DIY, the wonders of Sweden and Sinatra sings punk. Captain Winogrodzki …. Carl Jaffe, complicated for the three-timing romeo. Read by Stephen Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh's skilful sketch show with Other parts …. David Sinclair Tompkinson. special guest Britt Ekland who's not in the mood for romance. Announcer …. John Snagge THU 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine (b01slpyc) Written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh. Producer: John Dyas Episode 9 With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1974. Musa callously attacks Marta. Jesus finally leaves his cave and Producer: Jon Naismith THU 08:30 Take It From Here (b019jshq) the others prepare for a burial. Read by Sara Kestelman. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1994. From 12/03/1958 THU 15:00 Ray Connolly - Lost Fortnight (b00j2j79) Scary tales of "Javanese witchmen" - and Ron and Eth plan a [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18 – 24 May 2013 Page 7 of 7 FRIDAY 24 MAY 2013 Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Episode 10 Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Mrs Musa and the rest end their isolation early and head their FRI 00:00 Bradbury 13 (b011tsc9) Povey, Ronnie Barker as Lieutenant Bird, Tenniel Evans as Sir separate ways, their lives changed forever. Read by Sara [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] Willoughby Todhunter-Brown and Michael Bates as the Padre. Kestelman. FRI 00:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS FRI 15:00 Charles Dickens (b019fx2g) (b007jrh9) Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] series between 1959 and 1976. FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b01sjt47) FRI 01:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k27p) Scripted by Lawrie Wyman Mel has three more finalists in the 500 WORDS competition, [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] Incidental Music by Tommy Riley and James Moody. another Magical Mystery Tour, and a singing mobile library FRI 01:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq0p) Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. man. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1966. FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts (b00k89mf) FRI 02:00 Change at Oglethorpe (b007k0dp) FRI 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jf6rv) Series 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] From 29/01/1984 Foreign Exchange FRI 02:30 Whispers (b00c3nw7) From playing Doxon of Dick Green, to a troop of Beefeaters. With his sister Hannah away at university, why is Faith's son [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] The ultimate one-man show, written by the host. From January Joe so keen to have an Italian student to stay with them? FRI 03:00 Ray Connolly - Lost Fortnight (b00j2j79) 1984. Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill and Faith beginning [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI 09:00 Clare in the Community (b00fyvqy) married life, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza FRI 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007sygh) Series 2 and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Meet the Press Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Emma FRI 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012gqw6) International stardom beckons when the social worker appears Gregory as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe and Danielle Allan as [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] on the radio. Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005. Gina. FRI 05:00 King Street Junior (b007jnkx) FRI 09:30 The Brothers (b00pm1nv) Series three of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] Series 3 husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. FRI 05:30 The Older Woman (b01sjngn) Gothic A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Nigel is haunted, while Michael thinks he is Bruce Willis. Stars for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'. FRI 06:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y) Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From February 2007. Producer: Paul Schlesinger Sad Cypress FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens (b019fx2g) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1991. Episode 5 Mrs Lirriper FRI 17:30 The Pickerskill Reports (b01381nf) As Elinor Carlisle stands accused of murder, Belgian sleuth Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Hercule Poirot uncovers evidence of greed and deceit. Meet the formidable and huge-hearted Mrs Lirriper and the FRI 18:00 Bradbury 13 (b0120vy9) The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunnit starring John eccentric collection of lodgers who rent rooms from her - one Night Call, Collect Moffatt as Hercule Poirot. of whom leaves behind more than anyone could have expected A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. Hercule Poirot ...... John Moffatt Charles Dickens's neglected classic dramatised and produced by Finally at age 80, his phone rings. Ray Bradbury's thriller stars Elinor Carlisle ...... Emma Fielding Ellen Dryden. Morgan White. Nurse Hopkins ...... Pauline Letts Starring Julia McKenzie as Mrs Lirriper, John Fortune as the FRI 18:30 John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids Dr Lord ...... David McAlister Major, Jordan Clarke as Jemmy, Alison Skilbeck as Miss (b007jrhp) Roddy Welman ...... Charles Simpson Wozenham and Jonathan Dryden Taylor as Mr Edson. Episode 5 Sir Edwin Bulmer ...... David King Made by First Writes Radio for BBC Radio 4. First broadcast With the carnivorous plants on the rampage, Josella is Sir Samuel Atterbury ...... Peter Penry-Jones in 2007. devastated when she returns to her home with Bill. Cult novel Dr Garcia/Clerk ...... John Church FRI 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007tzqb) read by Roger May. Inspector Brill ...... Eric Allan The Professor's Daughter FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b01sjs44) Judge ...... Alan Cullen Four-year-old Britta and her fearful imagination cause social [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Mr Wargrave ...... Jonathan Adams embarrassment for Miss Jenner. Read by Emma Fielding. FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jf6rv) Mr Littledale ...... Gordon Reid FRI 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012h806) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Amelia Sedley ...... Ann Windsor Series 2 FRI 20:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y) Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Silver Ribbon [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Director: Enyd Williams Roller-skating chef Warwick challenges bike-riding son Jack to FRI 20:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq12) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1992. a race to the cathedral door. Stars Trevor Peacock and Sam [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 06:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq12) Dale. FRI 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino (b007tzqb) Episode 2 FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b01sjs44) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] With just days to live, a Victorian policeman continues his final [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen (b012h806) confession from his death bed. FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00jf6rv) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] With mystery still surrounding the brutal murder of John [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town (b00jd6rf) Zebedee, he recalls his determination to solve the case when the FRI 13:00 Hercule Poirot (b007k28y) Series 1 rest of the police force had given up. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Lewes Detective story by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1881. FRI 13:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? (b007jq12) Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates a Concluded by Ronald Pickup [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] stand-up show for a local audience based on what he finds out Producer: Joanne Reardon FRI 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary (b00cqzj4) about the area. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in October 2003. The Temptation FRI 07:00 The Pickerskill Reports (b01381nf) Emma meets wealthy land owner Rodolphe Boulanger, and Mark records a show in Lewes, East Sussex, celebrating fires, Series 2 succumbs to temptation... pub fights and stroppiness. From April 2009. Richard and Gregory Severin A French masterpiece of betrayal and wantonness; the first FRI 22:30 The Consultants (b0076prd) Written by Andrew McGibbon. great novel of adultery starring John Hurt.. Series 2 It is the late forties and Gregory and Richard Severin, soon to Narrator ...... John Hurt Episode 3 head off to university, become entranced by the in-vogue Charles ...... Conrad Nelson When warding off dark lords, salad is acceptable. Cerebral teachings of Lenin, Marx, Engels and Trotsky and the Soviet Emma ...... Sarah Smart sketch show with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. From experiment. Rodolphe Boulanger ...... Jude Akuwudike December 2003. In a bid to save himself from being bored to death by their Madame Lefrancois ...... Siobhan Finneran FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b02wsthm) endless Spartist dogma, Pickerskill uses a detention with them Monsieur Homais ...... David Fleeshman For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the to say that he is secretly one of them - a communist, and that Gustave Flaubert's novel is dramatised by Diana Griffiths from best laughs around. Plus Arthur Smith talks to Gina Yashere on they must remain silent until he gives them the signal to join a translation by Margaret Mauldon. her return from LA. him in the vanguard of the great British workers proletarian Producer: Pauline Harris FRI 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth (b00ysfh6) rebellion. Unfortunately, his false pledge of allegiance is First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006. Episode 3 overheard by the cook of Castlereagh House who happens to be FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest (b00c3h3t) The urban warrior's comedy-music mix looks at clubbing plus the daughter of a murdered White Russian anti-communist. Deep Space the full lowdown on fashion. Cast: Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. More undeniable truths to a nation crying out for direction and Dr Henry Pickerskill ...... Ian McDiarmid In 1845 the third Earl of Rosse completed the biggest telescope guidance. Richard Severin ...... Tom Kane in the world at his castle in the centre of Ireland. In spite of Written by and starring Simon Munnery. Gregory Severin ...... James Rowland cloudy skies, this leviathan enabled him to see spectacular detail With Peter Serafinowicz and Mandy Knight. A.R.F. Somerset Stephenson ...... Mike Sarne in the sky, including a spiral structure in certain fuzzy patches Producer: Aled Evans Mrs Stroove ...... Mia Soteriou known as nebulae. Some of these seemed so big that First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in March 1995. Cartwright/Dawson ...... Toby Longworth astronomers thought they must be rotating clouds of gas out of The Colonel/Pyotr Stroove ...... Andrew McGibbon which planetary systems are born. Producers: Nick Romero and Andrew McGibbon Henrietta Swan Leavitt refuted this, studying variable stars and Directed by Andrew McGibbon realising that a certain type of star varied at a rate that was A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. linked to its brightness. These so-called Cepheid variables could FRI 07:30 The Write Stuff (b01shsv6) be used to estimate the vast distances of space. Series 16 In 1919, the young Edwin Hubble used a new telescope in Mark Twain California to search for Leavitt's Cepheids in spiral nebulae. He Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with discovered, to his astonishment, that the nearest, the team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests John Andromeda nebula, lay well outside our own galaxy and O'Farrell and Jane Thynne. constituted an island universe in its own right. Produced by Alexandra Smith. Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b01sjs44) and John Palmer. Series 8 FRI 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar (b01f9wj6) Charitably Taking Part Episode 5 The crew of HMS Troutbridge see stars at a fundraiser for Billy's fantasies have all been exposed. Will he leave to start a seamen who are down on their luck new life in London? Concluded by Stephen Tompkinson. Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the FRI 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine (b01slpyf) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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