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Radio 4 Extra Listings for 20 – 26 March 2021 Page 1 of 10 SATURDAY 20 MARCH 2021 nation's favourite clown, despite early rejection by the BBC for postcard from the edge of the Union. his "poor diction and unpleasant manner." Recorded remotely in front of a virtual, Northern Irish SAT 00:00 The Spaceship (b007jvq8) Fans, friends and family also help recall the magical mayhem of audience. 5. Enemies Tommy Cooper. Written and performed by Patrick Kielty. The crew at last make contact with another race, but not before Featuring: Michael Parkinson, Barry Cryer and Tom O’Connor. Additional material by Lee Stuart Evans and Jon Hunter. a minor rebellion on board. Producer: Geoff Ballinger Produced by Claire Jones. Conclusion of the sci-fi comedy starring James Fleet. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002. Executive Producer: Stephen Stewart. Written by Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst. SAT 03:00 Martyn Wade - Stepniak (b00sfby9) Production Coordinator: Tamara Shilham. In the year 2104, a fleet of research cruisers were launched into The bitter-sweet real-life love story of Olive Garnett (sister of Sound Designer: David Thomas. space, with every moment aboard the Really Invincible III, the famous Russian Translator, Constance) who meets and falls A Green Inc production for BBC Radio 4 Macclesfield Division preserved by wall-to-wall monitoring, for a Russian expatriate whose charms hide a secret and rather SAT 06:00 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (b00wwbcl) and transmitted back to Earth. sinister past... Death and the Dancing Footman What you hear took place live, four years ago, 70,000 light Written by Martyn Wade. Jonathan Royal is a man rich enough to indulge his somewhat years from home. Olive Garnett ...... Justine Waddell extravagant sense of the theatrical. Captain Gordon Taylor …. James Fleet Stepniak ...... David Horovitch But when he bizarrely throws a weekend party for guests with Melissa Patterson …. Emily Joyce Connie Garnett ...... Jennie Stoller good reasons to loathe one another, his malicious comedy Karen …. Rose Cavaliero Fanny Stepniak ...... Elizabeth Bell quickly turns to tragedy - leaving Chief Inspector Roderick Stuart …. Paul Barnhill Olive Rossetti ...... Jasmine Hyde Alleyn investigating murder... Clive …. Neil Warhurst Edward Garnett ...... Charles Simpson Dame Ngaio Marsh's detective thriller stars Nigel Graham. Ion …. Jason Chan Director: Cherry Cookson Dramatised by Alan Downer. The King of the Dwapeye …. Stephen Hogan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001. Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn ... Nigel Graham Narrator …. Nicholas Boulton SAT 04:00 It's Not What You Know (b01ckr46) Jonathan Royal ... Laurence Payne Director: Sally Avens Series 1 Aubrey Mandrake ... Steven Pacey Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in June 2005. Episode 2 Sandra Compline ... Avril Clark SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b00l5mhs) "The Thick Of It" star, Rebecca Front, Fast Show actor and William Compline ... Stuart Organ Vegas comedian, Simon Day, and award-winning Geordie comic, Nicholas Compline ... Stephen Hattersley Dominic Arkwright, Joe Queenan, Karen Marchbank and Jason Cook nominate one of their intimate circle to answer Chloris Wynne ... Jane Leonard Michael Simkins debate the excesses and quirks of Las Vegas. questions about their relationship, to try and prove how well Dr Francis Hart ... Alan Downer From June 2009. they know them. Mme Elise Lisse ... Natasha Pyne SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b007w39f) With Miles Jupp chairing – if the panel can predict the Lady Hersey Amblington ... Margaret Ward Paul Temple and the Alex Affair responses their nominees gave, they get points. Troy Alleyn ... Elaine Claxton 8. Introducing Alex Rebecca thinks she knows her father, Charles Front, a retired James Bewling ... Peter Tuddenham The suave sleuth invites the key players to his home, but has he illustrator and calligrapher, pretty well. Simon examines his Reverend Copeland ... Shaun Prendergast finally managed to identify the blackmailing murderer? relationship with best friend, Conrad Butlin, a stylist from Detective Inspextor Fox ... Brian Hewlett Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple Notting Hill in London. And Jason plumps for his mother, Pat, Director: David Johnston and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in the conclusion of another a recruitment consultant from Hebburn in Newcastle - and, it First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1986, intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his turns out, something of a Loose Women fan... SAT 07:30 Great Lives (b07cvlmd) glamorous wife. Producer: Sam Michell. Series 39 Paul Temple …. Peter Coke First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012. Frank Turner on Joseph Grimaldi Steve …. Marjorie Westbury SAT 04:30 Fat Chance (b019fwxg) Frank Turner chooses Joseph Grimaldi, the first celebrity of Sir Graham Forbes …. James Thomason Weigh in with Wendy Pantomime who changed the face of Clowning forever. Inspector Crane …. Haydn Jones Graham joins the members of a slimming club run by Wendy Matthew Parris presents, and Mattie Faint is the expert. Leo Brent …. Dennis Hawthorne Bottomley. Grimaldi was born into a theatrical family, making his stage Wilfred Davis …. Basil Jones Jenny McDade's high-fat bittersweet five-part comedy - for debut aged two dressed as a monkey and being flung around the Ricky …. Frank Henderson those believing there's a thin person inside them begging to get stage on the end of a chain by his tyrannical father. The chain Dr Kohima …. Roy Lefebvre out. snapped but Grimaldi survived, making the papers and turning Mrs Trevelyan …. Barbara Mitchell Graham Pitscottie ..... Gareth Corke Grimaldi into a little celebrity. His performances as 'Clown', Carl Lathom …. Simon Lack Wendy Bottomley ..... Janine Duvitski combining acrobatics, satire and music, made him a big draw Producer: Martin C Webster Clive Bottomley ..... Michael Troughton for the crowds, and his role in 'Mother Goose' turned him into a First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1968. Soo Pitscottie ..... Anne Reid huge star. SAT 01:30 Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (b007jr6j) Tina Tattersall ..... Julia Deakin He developed the make-up we now associate with clowns but Episode 10 Kelly Chambers ..... Tilly Gaunt behind this iconic look was a man suffering from depression, The fugitive is pursued through the countryside by the clever Lee Dubs ..... Harry Myers extreme physical disintegration and a series of personal strategies of his sinister nemesis - Major Quive-Smith. Mrs Enright ..... Frances Jeater tragedies. Geoffrey Household's classic British thriller was first published Producer: Sally Avens Frank Turner, former punk and now folk singer-songwriter, shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1999. sees himself primarily as an entertainer and has developed an Read by Michael Jayston. SAT 05:00 Clare in the Community (b082hg9n) interest in Pantomime and Music Hall. For him, Grimaldi gave Producer: David Jackson Young. Series 11 everything to his audiences and physically destroyed himself in Made for BBC 7 by BBC Scotland and first broadcast in 2004. Fight Them on the Beaches the process - something he sees as honourable. He describes SAT 02:00 Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham Clare is in charge of a day at the seaside for some elderly Grimaldi's farewell speech as one of the most beautiful eulogies (b079rd1y) residents of the estate. to the business of being a performer. Episode 5 They turn out to be a bit more feisty than the Sparrowhawk Producer: Toby Field Chris Packham concludes his painfully honest memoir. He is a team were expecting, which makes it tricky for Clare to impress First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016. confirmed outsider - almost overwhelmed – but determined to her new student, Cilla. SAT 08:00 Heresy (b07cx3b9) do things his way, on his terms. Back at home, Brian is coaching Nali for a musical audition. Series 10 Chris is a naturalist, nature photographer and author, best Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all the Episode 3 known for his BBC TV work. right jargon but never a practical solution. Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show Chris brings to life his childhood in the 1970s, moving back and A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering in which dares to commit heresy. forth through time, to capture recent, more exposing other people's lives on both a professional and personal basis. With Lee Mack, Konnie Huq and Dave Gorman. recollections from adulthood. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all Together they talk about CGI, Air BnB and Rupert Murdoch's Read by Chris Packham and Rachel Atkins. of which are occasional causes of discomfort to her. marriage. Abridged by Jo Coombs Clare continues her struggle to control both her professional and An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in Producer: Pippa Vaughan private life. In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges June 2016. A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in out there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. SAT 08:30 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0085j96) May 2016. Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden Series 1 SAT 02:15 44 Scotland Street: Edinburgh for Pretenders Clare ...... Sally Phillips Episode 6 (b07cyvjm) Brian ...... Alex Lowe The First Attempt To Reach The Moon - and a slice of Episode 5 Nali ...... Nina Conti Edwardian life. Will Irene receive a warm welcome on her return to Edinburgh? Ray ...... Richard Lumsden Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia And what of Big Lou and her political boyfriend? Libby ...... Sarah Kendall Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton. Portrait painter, Angus Lordie, observes the goings on of his Joan ...... Sarah Thom Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s neighbours and friends in and around 44 Scotland Street.