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SATURDAY 28 JANUARY 2017 A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4. stood by him at that ceremony, it seemed that here was an honest SAT 03:00 The Real George Orwell (b01qdr2w) man of integrity. Yet much detail has emerged since that time SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007js79) Homage to Catalonia, Episode 2 demonstrating that the 37th President of the United States was The World in Peril, Episode 15 Adapted by Mike Walker. The final episode of Eric Blair's less than upstanding in his dealings with his Democrat opponents Stranded on the surface of the asteroid, Jet Morgan and Doc fight autobiographical account of the Spanish Civil War. The fighting and the American people. desperately to be rescued. Sci­fi classic from 1956 stars Andrew at the front is deadlocked. Freezing temperatures, ancient guns But who was Nixon the man? What was he really like? Do all Faulds and David Jacobs. and dud ammunition only add to their woes. Eric's spirits are those allegations and solid facts alluding to his dirty tricks ­ the SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b01bwmw6) cheered by a visit from his wife, Eileen, but when they take the wire­tapping, the break­ins, the pay­offs, the "Commie" slurs, the Series 13, Rachmaninov, 2nd Piano Concerto train to Barcelona they find the atmosphere changed. Last time Machiavellian manoeuvrings ­ add up to a thoroughly dishonest Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto, which was famously there were no class divisions, no masters and servants, only and dislikeable man? featured in 's film "Brief Encounter", is of the comrades. Now the waiters are calling their customers 'Sir' again. Many of the Nixon insiders, some of whom were jailed and world's most popular pieces of classical. In this programme To add to the confusion the different factions of the Left are all several of whom were sacked by their boss after the Watergate people describe the way in which Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano fighting each other. Then Georges Kopp is arrested and scandal, were not critical of Nixon ­ and others, such as Bob Concerto has touched and shaped their lives. The programme imprisoned; others are tortured. The Blairs begin to realise they Haldeman, while not admitting to a love of Nixon, still claimed to features a pianist from Taiwan whose memories of a repressive are in terrible danger and must flee for their lives. respect him after the event. childhood were dispelled by the emotions contained within this A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. Many observers and colleagues point to Nixon's awkwardness music. Plus a story from an acclaimed pianist from Argentina SAT 04:00 Who Goes There? (b00kmtcf) and aloofness, citing that he came across in this way because he who was told she would never play the piano again after a serious Series 2, Episode 3 was a diffident man who was not a natural politician. His car accident, but who has recently performed this piece in New Martin Young's famous people quiz. With , speeches were often mawkishly sentimental and manipulative, York. And finally an account of the place that this piece of Carmen Calil, Fred Housego and Victoria Glendinning. From simplistic in their appeal to an American down­home passionate and heartfelt music played in the life of John Peel and July 1998. conservatism and a hatred of Communism. Yet he won two his family, told by his wife Sheila Ravenscroft. SAT 04:30 No Commitments (b007jzbf) elections ­ the second a landslide despite the parlous state of a The concerto is also given historical and musical context in the Series 12, Soft Soap country being riven in two because of the Vietnam war. programme by pianists Peter Donohoe and Howard Shelley. Charlotte's acting career looks set to be revived, but can the same In this programme, the man who got close to Nixon when in 1977 Producer: Rosie Boulton. be said for Anna's love life? Stars . From May 2006. he taped nearly 29 hours of interviews with Nixon, Sir David SAT 01:00 Cadfael (b007jlbz) SAT 05:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx6f) Frost, searches through the BBC archives and the White House Monk's Hood, Judgement Mrs Garland's Good Deeds tapes to try to discover just what kind of man Richard Nixon was. With Edwin arrested for murder, Brother Cadfael seeks justice in "The over 70's keep fit club has got completely out of hand, Mr Producer: Neil Rosser the local court. Critchley. Can't you see how cruel it is expecting pensioners to A Ladbroke production for BBC Radio 4. Ellis Peters' medieval thriller narrated by Sir Michael Hordern vault over a horse?" SAT 09:00 at 75 (b08cd2fk) stars Philip Madoc as Brother Cadfael, Ian Hogg as Sergeant More crazy happenings for hapless vicar Timothy Carswell. celebrates 75 years of Desert Island Discs with William Warden, Ian Targett as Brother Mark, Geoffrey Stephen Sheridan's six­part series stars James Grout as the some of the wonderful voices in the archive and chooses some of Whitehead as Prior Robert, Timothy Carlton as Martin Belcott Reverend Timothy Carswell, Margaret Courtenay as Miss Tilling, her favourite interviews from her 10 years as presenter. and Richard Pearce as Edwin Gurney. Jean Heywood as Miss Tapp, Jacqueline Tong as Hilary and From Dustin Hoffman to Maya Angelou, Stephen Hawking to From the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters. Patricia Hayes as Miss Willow. Victoria Wood, we have glimpses into the castaways' lives and Dramatised by Bert Coules. Producer: Lissa Evans. times. Producer: Lissa Evans First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991. Coronation Street stalwart, Betty Driver explains why she chose a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. SAT 05:30 Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate song she hates to take with her to the island, recalls SAT 01:30 Requiem for a Moth (b010t6nr) Encyclopaedia of Evolution (b06kgvcs) the infamous 'puddle' scene in the Vicar of Dibley and legendary Britain's enthusiasm for moths gets far less attention than its love One of Britain's finest comedians, Rob Newman returns to Radio broadcaster Richard Dimbleby describes his very early days in of bird watching. But "moth­ing" is a fast growing, sociable 4 with a witty, fact­packed series mixing stand­up and sketches, broadcasting. Cilla Black, interviewed in 1964, describes how her recreation that draws us closer to the biodiversity of our cities and challenging notions of Survival of the Fittest and The Selfish career began, talks about the early days of James countryside. Gene with a new theory that's equal parts enlightening and Bond and Louis Armstrong reveals how he first began playing the Martin Wainwright seeks out the men and women who pursue the hilarious. trumpet. thousands of brightly coloured species of moth. Rob is our guide on a journey through a unique audio A­Z of Extracts from the programmes of all the previous presenters ­ Roy Composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle talks about his life­long passion nature that takes in everything from altruistic amoebae and Plomley, Sue Lawley and Sir Michael Parkinson ­ include the for the insects and how his music, receiving its premiere in dancing squid to Richard Dawkins wrestling naked with a postal voices of Baroness Barbara Castle, Alfred Wainwright, Russell October 2012, will pay tribute to their enduring appeal. worker. Harty, Jacqueline de Pre, Catherine Cookson and Lady Thatcher. Martin spends an evening in the woods of Yorkshire welcoming Piecing these fragments together allows Rob to correct some Kirsty's favourite moments include Noel Gallagher remembering in the new season of moths, and meets Madeleine Moon MP, who major distortions of Darwinism, as well as rejig the theory of being forced to dance at his wedding, explaining reveals why moths are so crucial to our survival and why moth­ natural selection in the light of what we now know about why she chose the Frog Chorus and Sir 's fancying is a peculiarly British pastime. epigenetics, neurons and the Flintstones. choice of disc ­ the Lyre Bird. Producer: Iain Chambers Written by Rob Newman Castaways also explain their choice of luxury, introduce a diverse A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4. Starring Claire Price, with Jenni Murray as the voice of the selection of their choice of discs and describe what they would do SAT 02:00 (b00k2yds) Encyclopaedia. to survive on the desert island. The House of Special Purpose, Episode 5 Producer: Jon Harvey Producer: Cathy Drysdale David Warner reads John Boyne's haunting novel which travels to Executive Producer: Richard Wilson Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra. the heart of the Russian empire where young imperial family A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 12:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08bs9qt) bodyguard Georgy Jachmenev is privy to the secrets of Tsar SAT 06:00 The Playboy of the Western World (b007jskv) Series 2, Old Grey Mare Nicholas and his circle. 1907: Pegeen is set to marry a timorous west of Ireland farmer, Jennifer is 'expecting' and the family are expectant ­ a country In wartime , Georgy finds himself recruited by an until a real adventurer walks into her life. week­end is planned, but some alarms spoil the excursions. intelligence agency to translate Russian documents. John Millington Synge's play adapted for radio by Peter Starring Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, Francis Matthews as SAT 02:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life Kavanagh. Henry Corner, Charlotte Mitchell as Mary, Roberta Tovey as Trudi, Hugo Keith­Johnston as Robin, Jill Riddick as Amanda (b00mvg01) Stars Aisling O'Sullivan as Pegeen Mike, Finbar Lynch as Christy and Ross Hutchinson as Dr Steele. Every Man's Home Is His Castle Mahon, Dillie Keane as Widow Quin and Michael Elphick as Old The second series of comedy mishaps of the Corner family: Elaborate rituals of locking up at night, plus records of Mahon. Jennifer and Henry and their three children Trudi, Amanda and trials. Amanda Vickery's hidden history of the home over 400 Producer: Peter Kavanagh Robin. Not in Front of the Children originally ran for four series years. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. from 1967 to 1970 on BBC TV. Richard Waring adapted his own SAT 02:30 Gustave Flaubert ­ Madame Bovary (b00cvbj4) SAT 07:30 Touchline Tales (b0132pjz) scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original Episode 10 Series 2, A Game of Two Halves reel­to­reel tapes. Exhausted from her debts and betrayal, Emma opts for a swift Old friends Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew return with a Wendy Craig won a Best Actress BAFTA award for the TV course of action. Stars John Hurt and Sarah Smart. second series of the programme in which they head for some version of Not in Front of the Children in 1969. This was the first SAT famous sporting venues ­ to enjoy, observe, reminisce and trade 02:45 (b045kcjh) of several housewife roles that Wendy Craig was to play on tales about some of the greatest pleasures in their lives. This time A Broken Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord, Episode 5 television. Later series included And Mother Makes Three/Five round, they muse along to the sound of leather on willow at the As Leonard Cohen turns 80, a new biography by Liel Leibovitz and Butterflies. Oval and drop in on a local equestrian meet in the heart of rural explores the life, work and passion of the poet­turned­musician. Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst . But they begin the series amongst the youthful fans at an What makes Cohen such an enduring international figure in the Producer: Trafford Whitelock. open day held by Brighton & Hove Football Club. cultural imagination? First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1970. Granted extraordinary access to Cohen's personal papers, As a commentator and friend of sporting stars, Des has a fund of SAT 12:30 Nineteen Ninety­Four (b013dntm) Leibovitz evokes a complicated, sometimes contradictory figure. stories to tell, and insights to reveal, about the men and women in Work Is Freedom Born into a Canadian religious Jewish family, for years a professional sport ­ their lives, their characters, their training Edward Wilson gets embroiled in mysterious government reclusive lyricist on the Greek island of Hydra, known for his regimes, their triumphs and their disasters. But Christopher more machinations. Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay. From bold political commentary, his devotion to Buddhist thought and than matches him with his own experiences as a lifelong spectator March 1985. his later despair over contemporary Zionism, Cohen hardly at the highest levels of sport (and, like Des, an occasional SAT 13:00 Louisa May Alcott ­ Little Women: Omnibus follows the rules of a conventional rock star. participant at the lowest), as well as with his observations on An intimate look at a man who, despite battles with stage fright sporting events he finds himself attending for the first time. (b08cd2sj) and years spent in hermit­like isolation, is still touring and now Indeed, amusing, informative and entertaining talk between old Episode 2 seems to be reaching a new peak of popularity. friends is what these programmes are all about. War is now over, John Brooke is safely home and everyone is In the final episode, Cohen begins the 1990s as a hugely Recorded entirely on location, their extended discourses have looking forward to Meg and John's wedding. Stars Julianna successful songwriter, poet and performer. Yet spiritual crises been edited down to a seamless half hour ­ with each programme Jennings. still plague him, and he retreats to the San Gabriel Mountains to capturing the atmosphere, the passion, the frustration, the humour SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks (b08cd3vx) spend time with his guru. By 2006, he's forced to start touring and, at times, the sheer quaintness, of entertainments regularly Pam St Clement again when evidence emerges that a long­time employee and enjoyed by millions of people up and down the land. Actress Pam St Clement with Bing Crosby & The Andrews friend may have stolen millions of dollars from him. Producer: Paul Kobrak. Sisters' 'Accentuate the Positive' and Maria Callas's 'Casta Diva'. Read by Julian Barratt, with Leonard Cohen quotes read by Colin SAT 08:00 (b01p9f64) SAT 14:15 Sentimental Journey (b08cd3w0) Stinton. Frost on Nixon Eric Newby Abridged by: Jo Coombs Watching Richard Nixon's first inauguration ceremony in January Wine, women and a panoramic view of the Appenines. Producer: Pippa Vaughan 1969, and hearing the prayer of the Reverend Billy Graham who Arthur Smith joins travel writer Eric Newby returning to

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Fontanellato, Italy, where he was held as a prisoner of war from SUN 02:15 Sentimental Journey (b08cd3w0) greatest gift' and describes Victor Hugo's life as he penned this 1943. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] epic. Producer: Rebecca Moore SUN 02:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rr6s) SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks (b08cd9yh) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1999. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Saturday] Matt Baker SAT 14:45 Uncle Mort's South Country (b007rr6s) SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 (b01p9f64) TV presenter Matt Baker shares 'Brothers in Arms' by Dire Straits Series 1, In a Jam [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' by the Sherman Brothers. Carter's uncle gets time to reflect, stuck on a busy motorway to SUN 04:00 The Playboy of the Western World (b007jskv) SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b08cgzmp) the coast. Peter Tinniswood's adventures with Sam Kelly. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] 75 years, Malcolm Sargent SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 (b01p9f64) SUN 05:30 Touchline Tales (b0132pjz) 4 Extra Debut. From Elgar to Beethoven. Conductor Sir Malcolm [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 ] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] Sargent shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley. From SAT 16:00 The Playboy of the Western World (b007jskv) SUN 06:00 Gustave Flaubert ­ Madame Bovary Omnibus April 1955. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] (b00cz223) SUN 10:45 Why Bother? (b08ch021) SAT 17:30 Touchline Tales (b0132pjz) Episode 2 Prisoner of War [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Emma prepares to leave Charles, but her complicated and stars as Sir Arthur Streeb­Greebling in a series of SAT 18:00 Atomic Tales (b007qtm4) unfulfilled love­life is beginning to fall apart. Stars John Hurt and exclusive interviews with Chris Morris. Unstoppable! Sarah Smart. The renowned statesman, scholar and tycoon tries to make more A white­knuckle ride of instellar thrills as a space train hurtles SUN 07:15 The Paper Round (b014pw4p) sense of his extraordinary life ­ by discussing his time in a towards Earth Sir Japanese concentration camp. 1950s American sci­fi spoof starring John Guerrasio, Jeff A series in which five public figures revisit the route of their Scripted by Peter Cook and Chris Morris. Harding, Allison Warnyca, Lewis McLeod, Colin Stinton and paper round to reveal how it influenced their attitudes to work, Producer: Jane Berthoud Liza Ross. creativity and independence. A Talkback production for BBC Radio 3 first broadcast in 1994. Written by Adam Tandy and Nat Sones. Having a paper round is a rite of passage for many children, and SUN 11:00 The Moth Radio Hour (b08ch0rn) Producer: Adam Bromley. many successful public figures claim to have braved the early Series 4, Holiday Special 2016: Unexpected Gifts of December Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in August 2006. mornings and the elements to deliver newspapers. For some, it's a True stories told live in in the USA: Sarah Austin Jenness SAT 18:30 Ursula Le Guin ­ Earthsea (b05sz766) chance for independence and freedom, or a temporary escape introduces tales of gifts, escapes, blizzards and strange meetings. Dragonfly from the horrors at home. For others, it provides money to spend The Moth is an acclaimed not­for­profit organisation dedicated to Ursula Le Guin's enduring fantasy saga set on the magical on music, fashion and girl/boyfriends. the art and craft of storytelling based in the USA. Since 1997, it archipelago rich with wizards and dragons. Actor and former paper boy Bob Kingdom joins his guests in has celebrated both the raconteur and the storytelling novice, who Based on the novel The Farthest Shore by Ursula Le Guin. , Wales and Northern Ireland as they reflect on the has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it. Adapted by Judith Adams. formative years of their paper round. Originally formed by the writer George Dawes Green as an It's now over 20 years since the action of The Tombs of Atuan, In the first episode, award­winning film director Sir Alan Parker intimate gathering of friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths and magic has gone out of Earthsea. Mages have forgotten their retraces his route in North London which provided the inspiration would flutter in through a hole in the screen), and then recreated spells and the springs of wizardry have running dry. Ged, for some of the key moments in his films. in a New York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to Dragonlord and now Archmage of Earthsea, sets out with a young Producer: Olivia Landsberg produce immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around prince to seek the source of the darkness. A Ladbroke Production for BBC Radio 4. New York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts Ged ..... Shaun Dooley SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03gvqlz) of the world. Tenar ..... Vineeta Rishi Series 9, The Personal Statement The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live and Arren ..... Will Featherstone Episode 1: "The Personal Statement" without notes, to standing­room­only crowds worldwide. The Sailor ..... Jude Akudwudike He's back. Despite many thwarted attempts at literary success and Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year. Doorkeeper ..... Stephen Critchlow a lifetime of scrimping and scraping to keep mind, soul and cat Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, from the Summoner ..... Sam Dale together, the curmudgeon's curmudgeon can never be kept down humorous to the heart­breaking. Sopli ..... Chris Pavlo for long and returns to Radio 4 for a new series. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic Hare ..... David Acton Ed Reardon once more finds himself grabbing at whatever scraps Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed by Woman ..... Syesha Antoine his agent, Ping, throws his way, with his only source of regular the Public Radio Exchange. Egre ..... David Hounslow income coming from teaching the increasingly savvy and SUN 11:55 (b02143tc) Woman ..... Jessica Turner adventurous pensioners their module in short story writing. Jaz Craig and Luke ­ No Laughing Matter Original music by Jon Nicholls Milvane continues to be his nemesis, somehow making money Fi Glover Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a veteran Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. out of mad schemes whilst Ed makes nothing and his love life stand­up and a newcomer in the series that proves it's surprising SAT 19:00 Desert Island Discs at 75 (b08cd2fk) remains, like his payment of utility bills, erratic to say the least. what you hear when you listen. What they have in common is the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] As we renew our acquaintance with Ed we find him grovelling to fear of failure and the excitement that comes from living on the SAT 22:00 The Show (b01kbld1) his former girlfriend Fiona, claiming to be a 'changed man'. But edge. Series 2, Brian Pern as she quite rightly points out, he's still wearing the same socks The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The Mallard, and sandals. As Ed tries to get back into her good books, he finds of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. Each week one himself retiring from the writing trade and applying for real jobs. to have a conversation with someone close to them about a of Simon's comic characters come to perform at The Mallard So it is, he writes a personal statement and attends his first subject they've never discussed intimately before. The while the staff struggle with rivalries, self­doubt and the new interview for a salaried position since, well, ever...... conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of owner's vision for the theatre's future. Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate This week brings washed up rocker, Brian Pern to the Mallard Produced by Dawn Ellis. each encounter. Every conversation ­ they're not BBC interviews, Theatre as he's interviewed on stage by pretend 6Music journalist, SUN 08:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b0082bbs) and that's an important difference ­ lasts up to an hour, and is then Ben (). The Bishop Rides Again edited to extract the key moment of connection between the Cast list: The Bishop works to secure a bequest. Clerical comedy adapted participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being Brian Pern ..... Simon Day from TV. archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection Emanuel Akinyemi ..... Felix Dexter Starring Robertson Hare as the Archdeacon, William Mervyn as of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second Pat Bennet ... Morwenna Banks the Bishop, Derek Nimmo as Bishop's Chaplain ­ the Reverend decade of the millennium. You can upload your own Ron Bone / Wozak ..... Simon Greenall Mervyn Noote and John Barron as the Dean. conversations or just learn more about The Listening Project by Ben ... Rhys Thomas visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject Written by Simon Day with additional material from Rhy Thomas The ecclesiastical sitcom started life as a TV pilot in Comedy Producer: Marya Burgess. and Felix Dexter Playhouse, ahead of a run on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. Selected SUN 12:00 All Gas and Gaiters (b0082bbs) Original music arranged by Steve Burge scripts were revised and re­recorded for Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Produced by Colin Anderson. The series revolves around the intrigues and rivalries of the SUN 12:30 The and Show SAT 22:30 Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (b00mf2n3) fictional St Ogg's Cathedral. The regular characters are the easy­ (b01kbqjl) What a Flirt going Bishop, the elderly Archdeacon who enjoys a tipple with an [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] The tall, life­embracing, self­effacing clown has much to learn eye for the ladies; and the naive and accident­prone Bishop's SUN 13:00 Gustave Flaubert ­ Madame Bovary Omnibus about retail and men. With Patricia Hodge. From August 2008. Chaplain. Their wish to live a quiet bachelor life is under (b00cz223) SAT 23:00 4 Extra Stands Up (b038xn7b) continuous threat from the overbearing Dean. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] 4 Extra Stands Up, At the Edinburgh Festival Back in the swinging 60s, the series initially aroused some SUN 14:15 The Paper Round (b014pw4p) Host Daniel Sloss presents some of the best and brightest controversy because of its portrayal of senior clergy as bungling [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] comedians from 2013's Edinburgh Fringe Festival: incompetents, although some clergy quite enjoyed it. SUN 14:30 Reading Europe: Norway ­ The Bird Tribunal * Kai Humphries shares some of his northern observations Omnibus (b08ch51f) * Ronny Chieng defends the Chinese Written by husband­and­wife team Pauline Devaney and Edwin Episode 1 * Eric Lampaert wonders about Wally Apps. Omnibus. Two people, each with a secret, seek atonement for past * John Moloney reveals all about his cat Produced by David Hatch. sins. Agnes Ravatn's psychological thriller read by Lydia Wilson. * Vikki Stone sings a rude song about her favourite scientist. SUN 15:45 David Benedictus ­ Twitch (b08ch51m) Producer: Richard Melvin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1971. 4 Extra Debut. David Benedictus reads his own story about the Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Dabster Productions. SUN 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show success and sacrifice of a talented golfer. From October 1995. (b01kbqjl) SUN 16:00 (b01k9lcd) Series 1, Episode 6 Menna Gallie ­ Strike for a Kingdom 29 JANUARY 2017 Arty Eric bags a bargain and an industrial espionage what By Menna Gallie Ern wrote. Dramatised by Diana Griffiths SUN 00:00 Atomic Tales (b007qtm4) Special singing guest: It's 1926 and in the small Welsh valleys village of Cilhendre, the [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] Written by Eddie Braben miners are on strike. When the local mine's manager is found SUN 00:30 Ursula Le Guin ­ Earthsea (b05sz766) With Ann Hamilton and Arthur Tolcher. dead, the murder investigation begins to expose the tensions and [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra. secrets of this close knit community. SUN 01:00 Louisa May Alcott ­ Little Women: Omnibus Producer: John Browell Paul Rhys stars in a new adaptation of Menna Gallie's classic (b08cd2sj) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1975. novel. First published in 1959, Strike for a Kingdom was Menna [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN 09:00 The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Gallie's first book. Menna grew up in a small village in the SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks (b08cd3vx) Adventure of Les Miserables (b08cd678) valley which serves as a template for the fictional [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] Omnibus: David Bellos explores why Les Miserables is 'France's Cilhendre. She was six at the time of the miner's strike, though Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 January – 3 February 2017 Page 3 of 7 deeply affected by its impact on her community. Margaret Cabourn­Smith and John Humphrys, Ross Hutchinson as Dr Steele and Alexander John as Dr Walker. Strike for a Kingdom is two things: It's a darkly engrossing Producer: Victoria Lloyd The second series of comedy mishaps of the Corner family: murder mystery that keeps you guessing until the end. But it's First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006. Jennifer and Henry and their three children Trudi, Amanda and also a beautifully poetic evocation of a close knit community Robin. Not in Front of the Children originally ran for four series struggling to survive in a world of extreme poverty. from 1967 to 1970 on BBC TV. Richard Waring adapted his own Directed by James Robinson MONDAY 30 JANUARY 2017 scripts for this radio version, now fully restored from the original A BBC Cymru Wales production. reel­to­reel tapes. SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra (b08ch51p) MON 00:00 Spine Chillers (b08ch63p) Wendy Craig won a Best Actress BAFTA award for the TV [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] version of Not in Front of the Children in 1969. This was the first BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits BBC MON 00:45 Ray Bradbury ­ The Pedestrian (b0076mvx) of several housewife roles that Wendy Craig was to play on radio's poetry archive with 'The House I Grew Up In', featuring [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] television. Later series included And Mother Makes Three/Five Jackie Kay. MON 01:00 Gustave Flaubert ­ Madame Bovary Omnibus and Butterflies. Recalling a childhood in Glasgow which inspired her to write, the (b00cz223) Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst poet takes Wendy Robbins to meet her mum and dad back at the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] Producer: Trafford Whitelock. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1970. family home. MON 02:15 The Paper Round (b014pw4p) MON Adopted at birth, Jackie was raised with her brother ­ the only [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] 08:30 Dad's Army (b007k1s5) black children in the neighbourhood. Meeting friends, relatives Series 1, The Man and the Hour MON 02:30 Reading Europe: Norway ­ The Bird Tribunal and neighbours, Jackie reveals how her childhood experiences 14th May 1940: George Mainwaring, manager of Swallow's Bank Omnibus (b08ch51f) inspired her to start writing. in Walmington­on­Sea, answers his country's wartime call to [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. form a platoon of Local Defence Volunteers ­ with the help of a MON 03:45 David Benedictus ­ Twitch (b08ch51m) SUN 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03gvqlz) misfit bunch of tradesmen and bankers. [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Six years after legendary sitcom Dad's Army started on BBC TV, MON 04:00 Saturday Drama (b01k9lcd) SUN 18:00 Spine Chillers (b08ch63p) these specially adapted radio versions began recording with the [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] 4/5 Dracula in White, by Peter Redgrove original cast. MON Prisoners up and down the country seem to be disappearing 05:00 Poetry Extra (b08ch51p) Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier mysteriously from Her Majesty's jails. [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, Ian Lavender Fearing they've been used as guinea­pigs in some unspeakable MON 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b03gvqlz) as Private Pike, John Laurie as Private Fraser, James Beck as experiments, TV journalist Joanna sets out on a perilous course to [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] Private Walker, Arnold Ridley as Godfrey and John Snagge as the verify her worst suspicions... MON 06:00 Poirot (b007jvp9) announcer. Peter Redgrove's chilling drama stars Maggie McCarthy as Lord Dies, Episode 1 Adapted from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's original BBC TV Joanna, Benjamin Whitrow as Dr Exeter­ White and Jerold Wells At a nightclub, Belgian sleuth, and Captain scripts by Michael Knowles and Harold Snoad. as Sam Mellish. Hastings meet the elegant Lady Edgware who has a surprising Producer: John Dyas Directed at BBC by Brian Miller personal request... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1974. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1984. 's whodunit stars John Moffat as Hercule Poirot, MON 09:00 (b00qtt8c) SUN 18:45 Ray Bradbury ­ The Pedestrian (b0076mvx) Simon Williams as Captain Hastings, Nicola Pagett as Jane and Series 56, Episode 8 4 Extra Debut. Ray Bradbury's vision of a future time when Carlotta, James Greene as Lord Edgware and Norman Jones as Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game with Graham pedestrians will not be allowed to walk by the authorities. Read Inspector Japp. Norton, Sue Perkins, and Tony Hawks. From by David Horovitch. From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised by Michael February 2010. SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour (b08ch0rn) Bakewell. MON 09:30 Anything Legal (b0084hrs) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Director: Enyd Williams Episode 3 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. SUN 19:55 The Listening Project (b02143tc) The city gents' new business makes them money, but at what MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:55 today] 06:30 Too Many Books (b01351q2) cost? Stars Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles. From It's something that most of us have to do, from time to time: get SUN 20:00 The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary November 1984. rid of old books. People moving house, someone whose partner Adventure of Les Miserables (b08cd678) MON 10:00 Nicholas Monsarrat ­ The Cruel Sea (b01qxyw3) has died, those simply needing more space in the kitchen find that [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Episode 1 their bookshelves just aren't big enough. SUN Dramatised by John Fletcher. 21:10 Inheritance Tracks (b08cd9yh) Sarah Cuddon examines the difficult decisions behind the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] 1 of 2. seemingly mundane choices we make when deciding which The first part of Nicholas Monsarrat's searing classic novel about SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b08cgzmp) books stay and which books go. the men and ships who fought who fought in the North Atlantic [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] Amongst the people she talks to are Brian, who lives in Dorset. during the 2nd World War. SUN 21:45 Why Bother? (b08ch021) One shelf at a time, he wades through, weighing up a Delia Smith Lockhart ..... Gwilym Lee [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] against a book about Spike Milligan. Does it stay on the shelf? Ericson ..... Jonathan Coy SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b03gvqlz) Should it go in the box? Angel is contemplating a vast and varied Ferraby ..... Carl Prekopp [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] collection of valuable volumes left after the death of her husband. Wainwright ..... David Seddon SUN 22:30 Cabin Pressure (b00ctl6w) Whilst Trevor in South East London peruses each title, skimming, Phillips ..... Peter Hamilton­Dyer Series 1, Fitton pausing to reflect on his attachment to Boswell, Hunter S Gregg ..... Harry Livingstone Sitcom by John Finnemore about the pilots of a tiny charter Thompson and James Lee Burke. They all stare at their shelves Mavis ..... Tracy Wiles airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs are too and start making painful decisions, based on their human Coxswain ..... James Lailey difficult. relationship with individual books. Donnelly ..... Adam Billington The crew are grounded, so Arthur shows the crew why apples are What will happen to them? Are they destined for ebay? A high Sound by Caleb Knightley the secret of happiness and Martin shows Carolyn how to be an end auction? Or to get rained­on in a sad­looking plastic bag Directed by Marc Beeby air hostess. outside a charity shop? The Cruel Sea is the story of the crew of a newly commissioned Carolyn Knapp­Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole Sarah visits Britain's largest second hand bookshop. Every book corvette, Compass Rose, a ship that forms part of the escort to 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam has to justify its shelf space and Sarah discovers the fate of merchant convoys during World War II. The crew are mostly Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch thousands of unwanted ones. inexperienced men from non­naval backgrounds and the story Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore Arriving early, pavement bookseller Mike assesses the clutter and focuses on their differing reactions to the horrifying experiences Mr Goddard ...... Adam G Goodwin junked belongings at a car boot sale. they have as German U­boats attack their convoys with increasing Helena Richardson ...... Melisande Cook. As the stories unfold, we learn that the reasons people hold on to success. Some will survive the war, and some won't ­ but all of SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b08ddmgr) them are as individual as the books. them will be changed by their experiences. The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Suzi Presenter: Sarah Cuddon But this isn't just a war story. In a surprisingly subtle way, The Ruffell. Producer: Tamsin Hughes Cruel Sea also chronicles the often abrasive process by which SUN 23:00 Newsjack (b08bwvk3) A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4. classes, previously unknown to each other, were thrown together Series 16, Episode 1 MON 07:00 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me (b0076hjw) onboard ship and had to learn to rub along ­ and how the earned BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show Newsjack returns for its Series 1, I Could Write a Book respect, in the long term, led to the future Welfare State and the 16th series with brand new host Angela Barnes. Roy must face up to life after the loss of Leonard, his beloved social equity and cooperation of the 50's and 60's. Irreverent and satirical, Newsjack is the scrapbook sketch show trombone. Stars Ram Jam Holder. From October 2003. The novel, published in 1951, was an immediate success and it written entirely by the Great British public, and then bought to MON 07:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b08b7t22) has never been out of print since. It brings home the realities of life by a revolving cast of sketch performers. Series 10, Episode 3 the longest battle in the second world war, the Battle for the In this week's show the cast discover alternative facts in the White This week, Professor his curator welcome a Atlantic, but it does so not through harrowing depiction of the House, Meet The Spiralizer and go Trainspotting on Southern fashion historian with a taste for nautical chic, Amber Butchart; a horrors involved, but through its detailed depiction the people Rail. quizzer with a business head and 57 trillion entries in his address involved, people we come to care about, to admire, and to mourn. Cast: George Fouracres, Freya Parker and Jason Forbes. book, Jack Waley­Cohen; and a comedian who's as big Down MON 11:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dtmr0) Producers: Adnan Ahmed and Abby C. Kumar Under as he is internationally, Jimeoin. Friendly Fire Script Editors: Ed Amsden and Tom Coles This week, the Museum's guests investigate a failed cure for Shelley gets to grips with her cleaning job, and her thoughts turn The programme continues to be a showcase for new comedy malaria that made the world go crazy for mauve; an inventive use to her son who is serving in . Read by Julia Ford. writing: anyone can submit material (sketches and one­line jokes) of adverbs that will obsess inventive punsters; and a new unit of MON 11:15 Martyn Wade ­ Miss Kilmansegg and Her ­­ these can be submitted every week of the six week run. velocity for compressed curd. Precious Leg (b00t9xxf) Details for submitting material can be found here: Researched by Anne Miller of QI and Mike Turner. Comic tale of greed and corruption in Victorian London, based on http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kvs8r The production coordinator was Sophie Richardson. Thomas Hood's epic poem. With James Grout and Rachel Atkins. BBC Studios Production. The producers were Richard Turner and . MON 12:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08cgp53) SUN 23:30 1966 and All That (b01phm54) It was a BBC Studios Production. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] The 1980s and 90s MON 08:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08cgp53) MON 12:30 Dad's Army (b007k1s5) Neil Knock­Knock becomes leader of the Labour Party; Jeffrey Series 2, Bundle of Joy [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Archer reveals he's won the Nobel Prize; Lloads of London goes Jennifer's baby is due and everybody is agog, especially the MON 13:00 Poirot (b007jvp9) pear­shaped; and John Minor stands against himself . . . and loses. children. Of course, the girls want a sister and son Robin hopes [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] for a brother ... MON 13:30 Too Many Books (b01351q2) 's satirical history of Britain reaches the 1980s and Starring Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, Francis Matthews as [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] 90s. Henry Corner, Charlotte Mitchell as Mary, Roberta Tovey as Stars Joss Ackland, Eleanor Bron, , Ewan Bailey, Trudi, Hugo Keith­Johnston as Robin, Jill Riddick as Amanda, Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 January – 3 February 2017 Page 4 of 7

MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00k3mdq) Producer: Hayley Sterling Written for TV and adapted for radio by and Alan The House of Special Purpose, Episode 6 A BBC Studios Production. Simpson. David Warner reads John Boyne's haunting novel which travels to MON 23:45 Why Bother? (b08ch021) Produced by Bobby Jaye the heart of the Russian empire where young imperial family [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1972. bodyguard Georgy Jachmenev is privy to the secrets of Tsar TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry (b019drtz) Nicholas and his circle. Where There's a Will Georgy and Anastasia steal out of the Winter Palace in disguise to TUESDAY 31 JANUARY 2017 The government is promised millions, but the duo must sort out a see the White Nights, but are they being watched? sculpture. With Deryck Guyler. Re­recorded in April 1980. MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life TUE 00:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007js9j) TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra (b08chtsg) (b00mzw4f) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] All My Life Is a Struggle With Dirt TUE 00:30 (b0076gdj) TUE 09:45 Why Bother? (b08ch021) Women's struggle to clean and care for their families in a [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] household moral mission. Amanda Vickery's hidden history of the TUE 01:00 Poirot (b007jvp9) TUE 10:00 Nicholas Monsarrat ­ The Cruel Sea (b01qyj6m) home. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] Episode 2 MON 14:30 Victor Hugo ­ Les Miserables (b007jmkt) TUE 01:30 Too Many Books (b01351q2) Dramatised by John Fletcher. Episode 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] 2 of 2. France 1815: Jean Valjean ­ sentenced to 19 years hard labour for TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b00k3mdq) The second part of Nicholas Monsarrat's searing classic novel stealing a loaf of bread ­ is finally released from prison. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] about the war in the North Atlantic. Given shelter by the kind­hearted Bishop of Digne, he's tempted TUE 02:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life Lockhart ..... Gwilym Lee to carry out one more criminal act. (b00mzw4f) Ericson ..... Jonathan Coy Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] Hallam ..... Tracy Wiles episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan. Wainwright ..... David Seddon TUE 02:30 Victor Hugo ­ Les Miserables (b007jmkt) Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor Raikes ..... Gerard McDermott [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] Hugo, David Schofield as Inspector Javert and David De Keyser Phillips ..... Peter Hamilton­Dyer TUE 02:45 Book of the Week (b01d0ky6) as Bishop Myriel. Ferraby ..... Carl Prekopp [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] Producer: Jeremy Mortimer Gregg ..... Harry Livingstone TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001. 03:00 Nicholas Monsarrat ­ The Cruel Sea (b01qxyw3) The Operator ..... Adam Billington [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] MON 14:45 Book of the Week (b01d0ky6) Coxswain ..... James Lailey TUE Svetlana Alliluyeva ­ 20 Letters to a Friend, Episode 1 04:00 Just a Minute (b00qtt8c) Sound by Caleb Knightley By Svetlana Alliluyeva. Abridged by Eileen Horne. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Directed by Marc Beeby. Writing as if to a close friend, Josef Stalin's daughter recalls her TUE 04:30 Anything Legal (b0084hrs) TUE 11:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dts86) extraordinary life as an eyewitness to history, beginning with the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] Because the Night, pt 1 searing memory of her father's final hours, and the turmoil TUE 05:00 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me (b0076hjw) When her parents decide to have a party, Kristen comes up with provoked by his terrible death... [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] an escape plan. Coming of age story read by Susie Riddell. Read by Stella Gonet TUE 05:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b08b7t22) TUE 11:15 Graham Swannell ­ The Gift (b05tbrqz) Producer: Clive Brill [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] A young man, dying of an incurable disease, asks an old school A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. TUE 06:00 Poirot (b007jvpg) friend to join him on a journey to the sun. Stars David Collings. MON 15:00 Nicholas Monsarrat ­ The Cruel Sea (b01qxyw3) Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 2 TUE 12:00 (b007k0rm) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Lord Edgware has been murdered at his house in Regent Gate and [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON 16:00 Just a Minute (b00qtt8c) Inspector Japp suspects Lady Edgware of the crime. TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry (b019drtz) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffat as Hercule Poirot, [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON 16:30 Anything Legal (b0084hrs) Simon Williams as Captain Hastings, Nicola Pagett as Jane TUE 13:00 Poirot (b007jvpg) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Wilkinson, Jean Reeve as Poirot's Housekeeper, Eric Allan as the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Duke of Merton, Brett Usher as Bryan Martin and Norman Jones MON 17:00 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me (b0076hjw) TUE 13:30 Mastering the Art of the Kimono (b017chpt) as Inspector Japp. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised by Michael MON 17:30 The Museum of Curiosity (b08b7t22) TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00k3mds) Bakewell. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] The House of Special Purpose, Episode 7 Director: Enyd Williams MON 18:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007js9j) David Warner reads John Boyne's haunting novel which travels to First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. The World in Peril, Episode 16 the heart of the Russian empire where young imperial family TUE 06:30 Mastering the Art of the Kimono (b017chpt) Captain Jet Morgan and the crew of the Discovery ambush the bodyguard Georgy Jachmenev is privy to the secrets of Tsar Japan: Despite being an enduring cultural symbol, the kimono Lunar Controller. Nicholas and his circle. industry in steep decline. Roland Buerk asks why. From Continuing the 20­part serial ­ the third of Charles Chilton's Fear blights Georgy's mind as he recounts the dread that Rasputin November 2011. classic sci­fi trilogy set in 1972. would betray him, and the panic of almost losing his beloved TUE Stars Andrew Faulds as Jet Morgan, Alfie Bass as Lemmy 07:00 Life in London (b011vjfn) wife, Zoya. The Show Folks Barnett, Guy Kingsley­Poynter as Doc and Don Sharp as Mitch. TUE 14:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life Desperate for money, Pierce Egan tries to get Tom, Bob and With David Jacobs and Alan Tylvern. (b00mzw4j) Jerry's adventures onto the stage. Stars Greg Wise. From May Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips. Pots and Pans 2006. Written and produced by Charles Chilton. What do letters and diaries tell us about running the home in the TUE 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956. 16th and 17th centuries? Why do pots and pans matter? (b08b7wd3) MON 18:30 A Good Read (b0076gdj) TUE 14:30 Victor Hugo ­ Les Miserables (b007jmld) Series 6, Episode 5 Anthony Green & Kathleen Griffin Episode 2 John Finnemore, writer and star of Cabin Pressure and John Sue MacGregor is joined by the exuberant painter Anthony Green Jean Valjean has broken the terms of his parole, and is on the run. Finnemore's Double Acts and regular guest on and writer Kathleen Griffin to discuss books by UA Fanthorpe, Dramatisation of Victor Hugo's epic novel with Joss Ackland. and The Unbelievable Truth, returns for a sixth series of his Ernst Gombrich and Robert Sole. From 2003. TUE 14:45 Book of the Week (b01dd3wj) multi­award­winning Souvenir Programme, joined as ever by Consequences by UA Fanthorpe Svetlana Alliluyeva ­ 20 Letters to a Friend, Episode 2 Margaret Cabourn­Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin, and Carrie Publisher: Peterloo Poets By Svetlana Alliluyeva. Abridged by Eileen Horne. Quinlan. The Story of Art by EH Gombrich Svetlana describes her early childhood, which slowly turned from John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme was described by The Publisher: Phaidon idyll to nightmare as her father's power grew and his tyranny as "the best sketch show in years, on television or Birds of Passage by Robert Sole began to destroy close friends and family. radio", and by as "funny enough to make Publisher: Harvill Press. Read by Stella Gonet even the surliest cat laugh". Already the winner of a BBC Audio MON 19:00 Not in Front of the Children (b08cgp53) Producer: Clive Brill Drama Award and a Radio Academy Silver Award, John was [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. named the 2016 Radio Broadcaster of the Year by the MON 19:30 Dad's Army (b007k1s5) TUE Broadcasting Press Guild for his work on Souvenir Programme. 15:00 Nicholas Monsarrat ­ The Cruel Sea (b01qyj6m) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] 5/6 [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON 20:00 Poirot (b007jvp9) This week on Souvenir Programme, we take another tip Behind TUE 16:00 Trivia Test Match (b00whw4d) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Closed Doors; a famous author takes drastic measures to improve From 12/11/1991 MON 20:30 Too Many Books (b01351q2) his sales; and we find out what a certain celebrity is really like. Brian Johnston umpires, as Willie Rushton and Paul Merton battle [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Written by & starring ... John Finnemore and Alfred Marks. From November 1991. MON 21:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dtmr0) Cast ... Margaret Cabourn­Smith TUE 16:30 Tony's (b00tr846) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Cast ... Simon Kane Series 2, Danger in the Night MON 21:15 Martyn Wade ­ Miss Kilmansegg and Her Cast ... Lawry Lewin Someone's got a grudge against hairdressers ­ so where's the Precious Leg (b00t9xxf) Cast ... Carrie Quinlan safest place to sleep? [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] Original music composed and performed by ... Susannah Pearse. Series 2 of the misadventures in the life of a corner­shop barber MON 22:00 The Museum of Curiosity (b08b7t22) Production Coordinator...Sophie Richardson starring Victor Spinetti as Tony, Deryck Guyler as Stanley, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Producer ... Ed Morrish Deborah Watling as Maisie. MON 22:30 The Show (b00c4cd2) A BBC Studios Production. With guests: Norma Ronald, Mike Grady, Edward Kelsey and Toyah Willcox TUE 08:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k0rm) Robert Gillespie. Toyah Willcox joins the sharp comedian for stand­up, sketches Series 4, The Lodger Written by Jim Eldridge. and music. With Angela McHale and Steve Brown. From April Albert and Harold Steptoe argue over their lack of cash. Incidental music by Max Harris. 2005. Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Producer: John Fawcett Wilson MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b08dmfzz) Harold. With William Eadie. First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1981. The best in contemporary comedy. Iain Lee chats to Kieran Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association TUE 17:00 Life in London (b011vjfn) Hodgson. with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra (b08chtsg) 10 pilots for the BBC TV's in 1962. The Offer TUE 17:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme Series 19, Episode 4 was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of (b08b7wd3) Miles Jupp chews the headline fat with Jeremy Hardy, Zoe rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Lyons, Helen Lewis and Vicki Pepperdine. the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.

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TUE 18:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007jscg) It's been well­documented how Jews have dominated the US WED 11:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dvvrw) The World in Peril, Episode 17 entertainment industry but in the UK, says Schneider, it's been a Because the Night, part 2 With few resources available, Jet and his crew race to make radio different story. He investigates why Jewish comics and writers Kristen's plan to escape her parents' party hits an annoying snag. contact. Sci­fi classic from 1956 stars Andrew Faulds and David have lagged behind and whether, with the airing of two new Coming of age story concluded by Susie Riddell. Jacobs. Jewish sitcoms on British television, 'Grandma' House' and WED 11:15 Clare Seal ­ Voyages of Descent (b00hhn1g) TUE 18:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp99) 'Friday Night Dinner', the tide is finally turning. Does this mean a Captain Fitzroy sails to tragedy, as Charles Darwin finds fame. Series 1, Jimmy James greater sense of self­confidence for British Jewish comic identity Poetic journey of evolution and creation with Fenella Fielding. Mark Radcliffe looks at the comedians' comedian, Jimmy James, and for the community as a whole, or just a greater acceptance of WED 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007jmzt) a teetotaller revered for his stage act of playing a drunk. Jewishness in mainstream media? [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE 19:00 Steptoe and Son (b007k0rm) Schneider speaks to Robert Popper, the writer of 'Friday Night WED 12:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Dinner', and to Dan Swimer who co­wrote 'Grandma's House' [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry (b019drtz) about how both shows were keen to avoid Jewish stereotypes and WED 13:00 Poirot (b007jvpl) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] portray families with universal appeal. Writers Laurence Marks [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] and Maurice Gran talk about their difficulties in getting a Jewish TUE 20:00 Poirot (b007jvpg) WED 13:30 Curb your Judaism (b015n6q1) sitcom commissioned in the past and how they decided to write [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Jewish characters instead, such as Dorian in 'Birds of a Feather'. TUE 20:30 Mastering the Art of the Kimono (b017chpt) WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00k3mdv) Meera Syal discusses the contrast with British Asian comedy and [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] The House of Special Purpose, Episode 8 why it's been so successful, while considers how TUE 21:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dts86) David Warner reads John Boyne's haunting novel which travels to political correctness has impacted on Jewish comedy in this [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] the heart of the Russian empire where young imperial family country. Finally Schneider speaks to one of Britain's most TUE bodyguard Georgy Jachmenev is privy to the secrets of Tsar 21:15 Graham Swannell ­ The Gift (b05tbrqz) successful Jewish comedians , who says he's now Nicholas and his circle. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] ready to explore his own ethnicity further with his sitcom project When the Tsar renounces the throne and is captured, Georgy finds TUE 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme 'Four Generations'. himself a fugitive. (b08b7wd3) Presented by David Schneider WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Producer: Simon Jacobs 14:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life TUE 22:30 2000 Years of Radio (b007szjn) A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4. (b00mzw4l) Series 2, Beagle FM WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007szmj) Kitchen Physic 1836, and DJ Suzanne Canker joins Charlie Darwin aboard HMS Series 1, Separate Troubles Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the Beagle. Recreation of the wireless archives with Hazel Grain. Sue has thrown actor Robert out. What could possibly bring them hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on first­hand From September 2002. together again? Stars John Gordon­Sinclair and Caroline Quentin. accounts from letters and diaries, many of which have never been heard before. Including songs which have been specially recorded TUE 22:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom (b007n101) WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? (b08bb33b) for the series. Series 1, Gossip Series 3, Working for a Living From rabies to madness and piles, the housewives of the past The comedian asks exactly who starts rumours? Brendan Burns Sitcom about comedian Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s were expected to concoct medicines which would cure any and Sarah Kennedy help silence wagging tongues. From August South London. Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K condition. 2003. Amos. Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly and TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b08dmg5z) This week Stephen takes his first steps into working life. Simon Tcherniak. The best in contemporary comedy. Iain Lee chats to Kieran Starring Ellen Thomas, Laurie Kynaston, Stephen K Amos, Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Hodgson. Frances Barber, Bola Okun, Emerald Crankson, Karen Bartke and Owen Norris at the keyboard. TUE 23:00 The Nick Revell Show (b007jp45) David Sterne. A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. Series 1, Episode 1 Produced by Paul Sheehan. WED The life of a struggling writer with dysfunctional friends and a Production Coordinator Beverly Tagg. 14:30 Victor Hugo ­ Les Miserables (b007jmly) talking geranium. With Alistair McGowan. From January 1992. A BBC Studios Production. Episode 3 Jean Valjean wins respect as the Mayor of Montreuil, but life is TUE 23:30 Delve Special (b007jmj8) WED 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007jmzt) less rosy for Fantine. Victor Hugo's epic stars Joss Ackland. Series 3, Cowboys The TV Documentary WED Reporter David Lander investigates Britain's cowboy builders. Confusion abounds when HMS Troutbridge gets a telly makeover 14:45 Book of the Week (b01dd3x5) Stars and Dawn French. From September 1986. as a German wartime frigate Svetlana Alliluyeva ­ 20 Letters to a Friend, Episode 3 Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub­Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the By Svetlana Alliluyeva. Abridged by Eileen Horne. Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Commanding Officer, Finally resolving to confront the past, Svetlana describes her WEDNESDAY 01 FEBRUARY 2017 Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Mrs paradoxical adoration for a strict and judgmental mother, and the Povey, Michael Bates as the Rear Admiral and Tenniel Evans as awful truth about her mother's untimely death.... Read by Stella Gonet WED 00:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007jscg) the Admiral. Producer: Clive Brill [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. WED 00:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jp99) Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series WED 15:00 Leslie Charteris ­ The Saint (b00b9k9p) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] between 1959 and 1976. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED 01:00 Poirot (b007jvpg) Scripted by Lawrie Wyman and George Evans. WED 16:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01gf5wk) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED 01:30 Mastering the Art of the Kimono (b017chpt) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1972. WED 16:30 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED 08:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg) Holmes (b00bf0l6) WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b00k3mds) The Expresso Bar [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] Making no money out of being in showbiz, the lad sees his future WED 17:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007szmj) WED 02:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life in selling . Starring Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] (b00mzw4j) Williams and Hattie Jacques. WED 17:30 What Does the K Stand For? (b08bb33b) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED 02:30 Victor Hugo ­ Les Miserables (b007jmld) Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded WED 18:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007jsfq) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. The World in Peril, Episode 18 WED 02:45 Book of the Week (b01dd3wj) Producer: Dennis Main Wilson With the Martians in pursuit, Jet Morgan and the crew try [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1956. desperately to get a message to Earth. Sci­fi classic from 1956 WED 03:00 Nicholas Monsarrat ­ The Cruel Sea (b01qyj6m) WED 09:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01gf5wk) stars Andrew Faulds and Alfie Bass. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Series 9, Episode 4 WED 18:30 Off the Page (b00smq83) WED 04:00 Trivia Test Match (b00whw4d) David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are Entitlement [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see When did what we become what we feel we deserve ? In WED 04:30 Tony's (b00tr846) how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their an age when foreign holidays have become routine and over [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] opponents. Tony Hawks, Arthur Smith, and Graeme 25,000 public sector workers earn £100,000 a year and more, we WED 05:00 Life in London (b011vjfn) Garden are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate tackle this mood of relentless entitlement with Heather Brooke, [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Restaurants, Barbie dolls, whose tireless use of the Freedom of Information act helped to WED 05:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme Feet and Garlic. break the MPs expenses scandal; stand up , whose (b08b7wd3) The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the routine includes a description of his accent as exotic 'and that's [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. because it is educated'; and Naomi Alderman whose first novel WED 06:00 Poirot (b007jvpl) Produced by Jon Naismith Disobedience won the Orange Award for Young Writers and who Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 3 A Random Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4. feels our sense of entitlement should be replaced by a purer A second victim of murder is revealed ­ but were they really WED 09:30 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock feeling of gratitude. The presenter is Dominic Arkwright and the involved in the death of Lord Edgware? Questions galore for Holmes (b00bf0l6) producer is Miles Warde. Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Holmes Strikes a Happy Medium WED 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007jmzt) Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffat as Hercule Poirot, The spoof sleuth tries to unravel murderous goings­on at a seance. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Simon Williams as Captain Hastings, Nicola Pagett as Jane Stars Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. From February 1999. WED 19:30 Hancock's Half Hour (b007r3dg) Wilkinson, Clarence Smith as Edgware's Butler, Eva Stuart as WED 10:00 Leslie Charteris ­ The Saint (b00b9k9p) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Miss Carroll and Norman Jones as Inspector Japp. The Saint Overboard WED 20:00 Poirot (b007jvpl) From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised by Michael Leslie Charteris' square­jawed, haloed hero Simon Templar ­ [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Bakewell. otherwise known as The Saint ­ sets out to solve the WED 20:30 Curb your Judaism (b015n6q1) Director: Enyd Williams disappearance of missing sunken bullion. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. Stars Paul Rhys as Simon Templar, Patsy Kensit as Loretta Page, WED 21:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dvvrw) WED 06:30 Curb your Judaism (b015n6q1) Jonathan Keeble as Peter Quentin and Geoffrey Whitehead as [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Comedian and writer David Schneider investigates why British Vogel. WED 21:15 Clare Seal ­ Voyages of Descent (b00hhn1g) Jewish comedy has lagged behind compared to its much more Dramatised by Neville Teller, this is the 16th book in the [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] self­confident American equivalent. Mention Jewish humour in adventures of The Saint first published in 1936. WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? (b08bb33b) this country and the first names that spring to mind would most Director: Matthew Walters [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] likely all be American: , , Jackie Mason, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld and so on. 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WED 22:30 My First Planet (b01fjt0g) fishing community the winner's prize was a 'creel' and a 'skull' THU 10:00 Leslie Charteris ­ The Saint (b00b9xgx) Series 1, The Landing Has Landed (the headdress and basket used to carry fish). The consolation The Saint Closes the Case Day 1 on the colony and they've lost the food, the air, the prizes were 'two fine silk handkerchiefs from Barcelona'. Simon Templar is confronted by arch­villain Dr Rayt Marius in a Commander and the Mood Music. Meanwhile, Chief Physician Musselburgh Links is the site of the oldest remaining golf course deadly struggle to save the world from an evil weapon. Lillian makes a terrible discovery about Project Adam... in the world. This nine­hole course is a relic from the 'cradle of Stars Paul Rhys as Simon Templar, Kim Thomson as Patricia A sitcom set on a shiny new planet where we ask the question ­ if golf' and remains as a testimony to what was the centre of Holm, Charles Simpson as Roger Conway, John Hollis as Orace, humankind were to colonize space, is it destined to succumb to Scottish golf during its greatest era. The course itself is Joshua Towb as Norman Kent, Sandor Eles as Dr Rayt Marius self­interest, prejudice and infighting? (By the way, the answer's fascinating. Unexpectedly it is on the infield of a race course, and John Baddeley as Inspector Claude Eustace Teal. "yes". Sorry.) slap­bang in the middle of a horse racing track. From Leslie Charteris's third book first published in 1930 under Welcome to the colony. We're aware that having been in deep Rhona Cameron was born and raised in Musselburgh and is a the title 'The Last Hero' and dramatised for radio by Roger Danes. cryosleep for 73 years, you may be in need of some keen golfer. For this programme she will play a round on the Director: Matthew Walters supplementary information. famous Musselburgh links course, whilst exploring the history of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. Unfortunately, Burrows the leader of the colony has died on the this famous game and considering the origins of women's golf THU 11:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dvzd3) voyage, so his Number 2, Brian (Nicholas Lyndhurst) is now in more generally. Journey Home charge. He's a nice enough chap, but no alpha male, and his desire Producer: Kevin Dawson Snowbound in Paris, Alec worries about why his sister back home to sort things out with a nice friendly meeting infuriates the A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4. hasn't replied to his text. Short story read by Adam Billington. colony's Chief Physician Lillian (Vicki Pepperdine ­ "Getting THU 07:00 Mark Tavener ­ In the Red (b007k0qh) THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama (b01ghgk5) On"), who'd really rather everyone was walking round in tight Episode 6 Anita Sullivan ­ The Hedge colour­coded tunics and saluting each other. She's also in charge Reporter George is due in court ­ while BBC controllers keep on By Anita Sullivan. of Project Adam, the plan to conceive and give birth to the first plotting to axe the Director General. Marion and Richard live a quiet life in their perfect garden, colony­born baby. Unfortunately, the two people hand­picked for London is plagued by a series of bizarre murders of bank sheltered from a turbulent world by their manicured hedge. Then this purpose ­ Carol and Richard ­ were rather fibbing about being managers. Hot on the trail of the killer are an old­style Chief one day, after an explosive row with their daughter Sophie, out of a couple, just to get on the trip. Police Inspector and BBC Radio's crime correspondent, George the hedge emerges a mysterious hand. Slowly the outside world Add in an entirely unscrupulous Chief Scientist, Mason and also Cragge. starts to bleed into their fragile haven. Archer, an idiot maintenance man who believes he's an "empath" A blackly humorous murder mystery set in the world of City A strange and darkly allegorical tale about a family and its fears. rather than a plumber, and you're all set to answer the question ­ if finance, the BBC and political parties. Dramatised in seven­parts Directed by James Robinson humankind were to colonize space, is it destined to succumb to by Mark Tavener and Peter Baynham from Mark Tavener's novel. A BBC Cymru Wales Production. self­interest, prejudice and infighting? (By the way, the answer's Starring Michael Williams as George Cragge, Stephen Moore as THU 12:00 Stop Messing About! (b00c5rfw) "yes". Sorry.) Geoffrey Crichton­Potter, Julian Rhind­Tutt as Henry, Barry [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Written by Phil Whelans Foster as Frank Jefferson, Stephen Fry as Controller Radio 2, THU 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw) Produced & directed by David Tyler John Bird as Controller Radio 4, Peter Serafinowcz as Andrew [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. James and Benjamin Whitrow as Dominic De'ath. THU 13:00 Poirot (b007jvpv) WED 23:00 Life: An Idiot's Guide (b045xxst) Music by Paul Mottram [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Producer: Paul Schlesinger Series 3, Mortality THU 13:30 Ladies of the Links (b012zwz0) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. Stephen K Amos is joined by comedians Jason Cook, Brendon [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Burns and to present a guide to mortality. THU 07:30 The Cold Swedish Winter (b06sg2mm) THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00k3mdx) Additional material by Stephen Grant and Hugh Sington. Series 2, Winter The House of Special Purpose, Episode 9 Produced by Colin Anderson. The second series of this sitcom from Danny Robins (co­creator David Warner reads John Boyne's haunting novel which travels to WED Lenny Henry comedy Rudy's Rare Records), set and recorded in 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years (b00dbj12) the heart of the Russian empire where young imperial family Sweden and starring Edinburgh Comedy Award­winner Adam Tossed in Space bodyguard Georgy Jachmenev is privy to the secrets of Tsar Riches, Danny Robins and a cast of Sweden's most popular TV Dan Freedman and Nick Romero serve up a salad family who are Nicholas and his circle. comedy actors. Tossed in Space, plus Robin Wood and abroad. On the run, Georgy tracks the Imperial Royal Family ­ and Geoff has moved to Yxsjö in northern Sweden, to start a new life From August 1998. Anastasia ­ to a house in Yekaterinburg. with his girlfriend Linda in the (frequently frosty) bosom of her THU 14:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life family. (b00mzw4n) THURSDAY 02 FEBRUARY 2017 This year, new dad Geoff has plenty of fresh experiences to contend with, including three varieties of pickled cabbage, Ornamenting the Home Exploring life at home in the past, historian Amanda Vickery THU 00:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007jsfq) sinister Christmas elves and an unpleasant visit from Sweden's answer to the BNP. It's all worth it though for Linda (Sissela reveals sewing was a housewife's duty and also acted as valuable [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] therapy. THU Benn, star of the Swedish version of The Office) and baby John. 00:30 Off the Page (b00smq83) THU 14:30 Victor Hugo ­ Les Miserables (b007jmmg) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] While Geoff and Linda now have their own place, he still has to deal with her disapproving Dad, Sten (comedian Thomas Episode 4 THU 01:00 Poirot (b007jvpl) Poorly Fantine fears desertion, while Jean Valjean resolves to let [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] Orredsson from Crimes of Passion), her alarmingly flirtatious mother Gunilla (comedian Anna­ Lena Bergelin) and her God decide his fate. Victor Hugo's epic stars Joss Ackland. THU 01:30 Curb your Judaism (b015n6q1) apparently suicidal, arsonist brother, Anders (award­winning THU 14:45 Book of the Week (b01dd3xr) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] stand upFredrik Andersson). Svetlana Alliluyeva ­ 20 Letters to a Friend, Episode 4 THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b00k3mdv) Geoff is determined to be more Swedish than the Swedes as he By Svetlana Alliluyeva. Abridged by Eileen Horne. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] takes to his new country with renewed enthusiasm, and he has Turning to her teenage years, Svetlana writes to her friend of the THU 02:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life help, in the form of fellow ex­pat, cynical Ian (Danny Robins), an heartbreaking period before and during the war when she loses a (b00mzw4l) unending source of (slightly misleading) information, and Soran brother and gains a lover, against her father's wishes... [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] (Farshad Kohlgi of The Killing), a Danish Kurd with Read by Stella Gonet THU 02:30 Victor Hugo ­ Les Miserables (b007jmly) Swedophobia. Producer: Clive Brill [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] Episode 1: A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. THU 02:45 Book of the Week (b01dd3x5) Geoff and the Anderssons celebrating baby John's first Christmas, THU 15:00 Leslie Charteris ­ The Saint (b00b9xgx) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] as Geoff unwisely volunteers to organise the festivities for the [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU 03:00 Leslie Charteris ­ The Saint (b00b9k9p) whole family. THU 16:00 The Personality Test (b007vt9q) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] Writer: Danny Robins [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU 04:00 The Unbelievable Truth (b01gf5wk) Director: Frank Stirling THU 16:30 Nineteen Ninety­Four (b013plyd) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU 04:30 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock THU 08:00 Stop Messing About! (b00c5rfw) THU 17:00 Mark Tavener ­ In the Red (b007k0qh) Holmes (b00bf0l6) Series 1, Episode 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] ' admirers are set to meet, some nautical polari ­ THU 17:30 The Cold Swedish Winter (b06sg2mm) THU 05:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007szmj) and it's murder in San Francisco. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] With , and announcer, Douglas Smith. THU 18:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007jshx) THU 05:30 What Does the K Stand For? (b08bb33b) After the unexpected death of in 1969, plans for The World in Peril, Episode 19 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] the next series of were axed. Instead ­ using an Despite their best efforts, Jet Morgan and the crew are prised THU 06:00 Poirot (b007jvpv) old catchphrase of Kenneth Williams as a series title ­ Kenneth from their ship by the Martians. Sci­fi classic from 1956 stars Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 4 joined Hugh Paddick to continue the comedy tradition and was Andrew Faulds and David Jacobs. Inspector Japp has tracked down the taxi driver who drove two also reunited with his "" film co­star Joan Sims. THU 18:30 (b00cvbkm) very unlikely passengers to Regent Gate on the night of Lord Written by Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke and Myles Rudge Series 16, Lord Longford Edgware's murder... With the Max Harris Group. Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris. Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffat as Hercule Poirot, Producer: John Simmonds Jon Snow argues the case for the prison reform campaigner and Simon Williams as Captain Hastings, Norman Jones as Inspector First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1969. former member of Attlee's cabinet. He is assisted by Longford's Japp and Charles Millham as Ronald Marsh. THU 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw) daughter Rachel Billington and his biographer Peter Stanford. From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised by Michael From 20/05/1984 THU 19:00 Stop Messing About! (b00c5rfw) Bakewell. From a murderous martial art to an unexploded double bass, it's [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Director: Enyd Williams the ultimate one­man show, written by the host. From May 1984. THU 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. THU 09:00 The Personality Test (b007vt9q) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU 06:30 Ladies of the Links (b012zwz0) Series 3, Eve Pollard THU 20:00 Poirot (b007jvpv) Marking the bi­centenary of the first ever women's golf All about Eve ­ ex­newspaper editor Eve Pollard tests a panel [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] tournament, Rhona Cameron plays a round at Musselburgh, both about herself. With Sue Perkins and Will Smith. From August THU 20:30 Ladies of the Links (b012zwz0) the scene of that historic competition and also her home course. 2007. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU Records show that during the nineteenth century a women's golf 09:30 Nineteen Ninety­Four (b013plyd) THU 21:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dvzd3) competition was held annually on New Years Day among the Freedom Is Choice [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Sub­Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in fishwives of Musselburgh. The earliest known reference to an THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama (b01ghgk5) Cumbria. Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay. From March open women's golf competition at Musselburgh dates from 9th [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] 1985. January 1811. THU 22:00 The Cold Swedish Winter (b06sg2mm) To ensure a bumper entry from the hard­working women of the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today]

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THU 22:30 Newsjack (b08cj5yy) Reverend Timothy Carswell, Margaret Courtenay as Miss Tilling, Historian Amanda Vickery on the perils of running a house in Series 16, Episode 2 Jean Heywood as Miss Tapp, Garrick Hagon as the Reverend Lancashire with unreliable servants. From Elizabeth Shackleton's This week's stories bashed, mashed and moulded into sketches, Hornblower and Elizabeth Mansfield as Mrs Muir. diaries. one­liners and vox­pops. Trying to make sense of it all is new Producer: Lissa Evans. FRI 14:30 Victor Hugo ­ Les Miserables (b007jmmy) host, Angela Barnes. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1991. Episode 5 THU 23:00 King Cutler (b0090bdh) FRI 07:30 Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia The Mayor of Montreuil reveals his true identity, while Fantine Episode 6 of Evolution (b06mts69) lies dangerously ill. Victor Hugo's epic stars Joss Ackland. Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler present offbeat humorous songs, One of Britain's finest comedians, Rob Newman returns to Radio FRI 14:45 Book of the Week (b01dd3y4) stories and poems. With Ted Harrison. From February 1990. 4 with a witty, fact­packed series mixing stand­up and sketches, Svetlana Alliluyeva ­ 20 Letters to a Friend, Episode 5 THU 23:30 Old Harry's Game (b00j16ky) challenging notions of Survival of the Fittest and The Selfish By Svetlana Alliluyeva. Abridged by Eileen Horne. Series 7, Episode 4 Gene with a new theory that's equal parts enlightening and Svetlana and her father become estranged after her first love is Why is a baby in Hell? Only God can bring people back to life, hilarious. exiled from Moscow, only to find some accord after the war when but can God be persuaded? Rob is our guide on a journey through a unique audio A­Z of she becomes a mother.... Stars Andy Hamilton as Satan, Annette Crosbie as Edith, Robert nature that takes in everything from altruistic amoebae and Read by Stella Gonet Duncan as Scumspawn, Jimmy Mulville as Thomas and Timothy dancing squid to Richard Dawkins wrestling naked with a postal Producer: Clive Brill West as God. worker. A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Other roles played by Felicity Montagu Piecing these fragments together allows Rob to correct some FRI 15:00 Leslie Charteris ­ The Saint (b007jtvy) Written by Andy Hamilton. major distortions of Darwinism, as well as rejig the theory of [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Producer: Paul Mayhew­Archer natural selection in the light of what we now know about FRI 16:00 Who Goes There? (b007w4f8) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2009. epigenetics, mirror neurons and the Flintstones. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Written by Rob Newman FRI 16:30 No Commitments (b03905p7) Starring Claire Price, with Jenni Murray as the voice of the [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRIDAY 03 FEBRUARY 2017 Encyclopaedia. FRI 17:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx7h) Producer: Jon Harvey [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007jshx) Executive Producer: Richard Wilson FRI 17:30 Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] of Evolution (b06mts69) FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives (b00cvbkm) 08:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00pgypp) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Series 1, Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton ­ Journey Into Space (b007jsl4) Popular music under the lofty eye of a BBC Arts show ­ and a FRI 01:00 Poirot (b007jvpv) The World in Peril, Episode 20 look back to the unusual year of Nineteen Thirty Foot. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] As the invasion fleet reaches Earth, can Jet Morgan and his crew More quick­fire sketches, terrible puns, humorous songs plus TV FRI 01:30 Ladies of the Links (b012zwz0) save the day? Sci­fi classic from 1956 stars Andrew Faulds, Alfie and cinema parodies. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Bass and David Jacobs. Written and performed by Tim Brooke­Taylor, John Cleese, FRI 02:00 Book at Bedtime (b00k3mdx) FRI 18:30 Soul Music (b01c7pqb) David Hatch, Jo Kendall, Bill Oddie and Anthony Buffery. [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] Series 13, Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue FRI 02:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life The powerful song, Non, je ne regrette rien, made famous by 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and Edith Piaf, is this week's Soul Music. (b00mzw4n) quickly developed a cult following. Written in 1960 by Charles Dumont, in a fit of despair, he gave [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] Songs by Bill Oddie and Hugh Macdonald. the music to lyricist Michel Vaucaire, but was surprised by the FRI 02:30 Victor Hugo ­ Les Miserables (b007jmmg) Producer: Humphrey Barclay words he wrote. Dumont thought the song should be about war or [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in April 1964. revolution. Vaucaire explained he wanted to give the song to FRI 02:45 Book of the Week (b01dd3xr) FRI 08:30 The Goon Show (b007jy5b) Edith Piaf. She was living in Paris at the time, having recently [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] Queen Anne's Rain finished her 'suicide tour' during which she had collapsed. At that FRI 03:00 Leslie Charteris ­ The Saint (b00b9xgx) Min is counting rain drops, but why is everyone so wet? Is royalty time, Piaf didn't think much of Charles Dumont and tried to [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] to blame? Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1958. cancel their appointment. But on hearing the song, Piaf told FRI 04:00 The Personality Test (b007vt9q) FRI 09:00 Who Goes There? (b007w4f8) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] Dumont that with this song, she would sing again. Series 2, Episode 4 Contributers include; FRI 04:30 Nineteen Ninety­Four (b013plyd) Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Fred Charles Dumont who lives in Paris at the same apartment, with [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Housego, Polly Toynbee and Miles Kington. From July 1998. the same piano on which he wrote the song in 1960. He plays the FRI 05:00 Mark Tavener ­ In the Red (b007k0qh) FRI 09:30 No Commitments (b03905p7) song on the very same piano. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] Series 12, Game, Set and Match Lord Lamont, who became associated with the song when asked FRI 05:30 The Cold Swedish Winter (b06sg2mm) With Emily and Nick safely married, can Victoria persuade Roger by a reporter which he regretted most ­ talking about the 'green [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] to buy a house in France? Stars Celia Imrie. From May 2006. shoots of recovery' or allegedly singing in the bath after the FRI 06:00 Poirot (b007jvpx) FRI 10:00 Leslie Charteris ­ The Saint (b007jtvy) withdrawal of Britain from the Exchange Rate Mechanism. Lord Edgware Dies, Episode 5 The Saint Plays With Fire Lamont famously replied 'Je ne regrette rien.' Ross has had to abandon a telephone conversation with Hercule Heroic adventurer, Simon Templar uncovers a fascist conspiracy Christine Bovill, who tours a one­woman show about Piaf's life. Poirot to answer the doorbell. When he doesn't return, the panic­ to seize power in France. Carolyn Birke, biographer of Piaf. stricken Belgian sleuth and Captain Hastings hurry round to his Stars Paul Rhys as Simon Templar, Kim Thomson as Patricia FRI 19:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00pgypp) apartment. Holm, Fiona Fullerton as Valerie, John Baddeley as Inspector [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Will the murderer finally be unmasked? Claude Eustace Teal, Jonathan Keeble as Peter Quentin, John FRI 19:30 The Goon Show (b007jy5b) Agatha Christie's whodunit stars John Moffat as Hercule Poirot, Hartley as Fairweather and Geoffrey Whitehead as Luker. [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Simon Williams as Captain Hastings, Norman Jones as Inspector From Leslie Charteris's 19th book first published in 1930 and FRI 20:00 Poirot (b007jvpx) Japp, Adjoa Andoh as Jenny Driver, Nicola Pagett as Jane dramatised for radio by Neville Teller. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Wilkinson, Brett Usher as Bryan Martin and Paula Jacobs as Director: Matthew Walters FRI 20:30 The Man with Many Names (b015ck96) Ellis. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] From the book first published in 1933 and dramatised by Michael FRI 11:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dw5lw) FRI 21:00 Tessa Hadley ­ Married Love (b01dw5lw) Bakewell. Pretending [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Director: Enyd Williams Bittersweet recollections of a childhood friendship founded on FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. pretending games. Short story read by Saskia Wickham. 21:15 Hattie Naylor ­ The Devil and Paganini (b007591m) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI 06:30 The Man with Many Names (b015ck96) FRI 11:15 Hattie Naylor ­ The Devil and Paganini (b007591m) FRI Brian O'Nolan he was born ­ or perhaps Brian O Nuallain if you Niccolò Paganini is regarded as one of the world's greatest ever 22:00 Robert Newman's Entirely Accurate Encyclopaedia want to be strictly accurate. He spoke Irish at home and learned violinists. An English journalist is intent on eliciting the Italian of Evolution (b06mts69) English second (and German too); yet arguably his greatest work maestro's secret of his genius. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] ­ the Third Policeman ­ is a tour de force of English linguistical Born in Genoa in 1782, some people believed the brilliant FRI 22:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto (b00x9zdj) pyrotechnics and Lewis Carroll­like absurdist exoticism ­ people composer and performer sold his soul in a pact with the Devil in Series 3, Episode 2 turning into bicycles is par for the course. order to become a musical prodigy. Comedian­activist, Mark Thomas collates policies suggested by He published his books as Flann O'Brien; he penned a must­read Tom Baker stars as Beelzebub in Hattie Naylor's play. With the studio audience to add to his People's Manifesto. daily column in the Irish Times as Myles na gCopaleen and at Marcello Magni as Nicolo Paganini and David Bamber as Scotty. These policies are intended to improve our world, nation or just various times in his short life wrote as George Knowall, John Violinist: Abigail Young Producer: Jeremy Mortimer our own lives, with tonight's agenda including: James Doe, Matt Duffy, Count O'Blather, Brother Barnabas and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. 1. 50% Minimum Participation in Elections Sean O'Longain... But as Brian O'Nolan he was also a senior civil FRI 12:00 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00pgypp) 2. Converting Fast Food into Renewable Gas servant and adviser to government ministers, and his habit of [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] 3. Imposing an Earning Cap of £30k on All Bank Employees retiring early to The Scotch House to consume many, many pints FRI 12:30 The Goon Show (b007jy5b) Plus there are plenty of "any other business?" suggestions from of plain, while tolerated for years ended up finishing his career. In [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] the studio audience. FRI fact 'the little weakness' as one contributor calls it finally cost FRI 13:00 Poirot (b007jvpx) 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews (b08dw54z) O'Nolan his life. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club To mark the centenary of O'Nolan's birth, Peter Day ­ a longtime FRI 13:30 The Man with Many Names (b015ck96) has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Chris Flann fan ­ travels to in search of the reality behind the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] McCausland. multiple personas, and meets those who drank with him, supped FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime (b00k3mdz) 23:00 The Boosh (b007jmg2) with him at the family dinner table and have made careers out of The House of Special Purpose, Episode 10 Jazz studying him... David Warner reads John Boyne's haunting novel which travels to The surreal zoo's staff tackle gangsters, a spirit and porpoises. Producer: Simon Elmes. the heart of the Russian empire where young imperial family Stars Julian Barratt and . From October 2001. FRI 07:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (b007jx7h) bodyguard Georgy Jachmenev is privy to the secrets of Tsar FRI 23:30 Inside Alan Francis (b00hv1rj) The Resurrection of Reverend Carswell Nicholas and his circle. Episode 3 "I have something that the Reverend Hornblower will never As he recalls the fate of the Russian Imperial Family, Georgy Comedy series in which comedian Alan Francis explores the enjoy; the love and respect of my congregation..." must face another loss, that of his beloved wife. workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends and long­ Shocks galore for the hapless vicar, Timothy Carswell with a FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery ­ A History of Private Life suffering girlfriend Jane. disappearing congregation ­ and shock new title. Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors. 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