Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 May – 3 June 2011 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 28 MAY 2011 Series 1, Episodes 15-16 among the Franciscan brothers causes Paolo Baldi to suspect Jamie's got money troubles, while Fallon is all ears. foul play. SAT 00:00 (b011f87h) SAT 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51g) Starring David Threlfall as Paolo Baldi, Tina Kellegher as Tina The Cradle of the Snake The Spy Who Came in From the Cold Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Patrick Ryecart as Father Episode 2 Episode 2 Cyril, Barry Cassin as Abbot Frederick and Rudolph Walker as There's relief for Tegan, but a Manussan mystic predicts that Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic novel Brother Vincent. the time travellers' problems have only just begun. Fifth Doctor featuring intelligence officer George Smiley. Murder mystery written by Simon Brett. adventure stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding. The trap is set to catch the East German spymaster who has Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC SAT 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4d) ruthlessly destroyed Alec Leamas's Berlin network - and the . Series 2 bait is Leamas himself. Directed in by Lawrence Jackson. The Red Planet Smiley ...... First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. The Space Force crew make a discovery in Egypt - while Alec Leamas ...... SAT 14:00 (b007k43y) stowaways are reported on the Mars-bound ship. Fiedler ...... Series 5 Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Liz Gold ...... Ruth Gemmell The Affair of the Lone Banana Barry Foster. Control ...... John Rowe Neddie Seagoon tracks young Fred Nurke, who’s vanished from Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane his banana-growing family's home. Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson Mundt ...... Sam Dale Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock Ashe ...... Jamie Newall Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba Doorman ...... Stephen Hogan Milligan. With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard, Bernard Brown and Miss Crail ...... Liza Sadovy Mia Soteriou. Mr Pitt ...... Philip Fox Starring: Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and Grocer ...... David Hargreaves successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic CIA Man ...... Benjamin Askew. 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of SAT 05:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00776jn) Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, How Michelangelo Done the Sistine Chapel years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio Desmond Olivier Dingle and the National Theatre of Brent to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television! recreate the Renaissance. Stars Patrick Barlow. From April First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer 2007. recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1985. SAT 05:30 Snap (b00tky99) shows weren’t kept in the archive. SAT 01:00 Wimsey (b007jvl4) Series 1 Clouds of Witness Episode 4 With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray. The Speech for the Defence Doug's planning a surprise 70th birthday party for his mum. Lord Peter Wimsey gathers vital evidence in New York to try Can he get it right without Molly's help? Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott. and clear his brother Gerald of murder, but there's a sting in the Paul Mendelson’s sitcom about life for a couple after they've tail... split. Announcer: Wallace Greenslade Starring as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as Molly …. Rebecca Lacey Bunter, Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker, Maria Aitken as Doug …. Paul Venables Producer: Peter Eton Lady Mary Wimsey, Brian Oulton as Sir Impey Biggs, Elizabeth Kaz …. Soumaya Keynes Proud as Mrs Grimethorpe, Nigel Lambert as Freddie Ryan …. Jessie Sullivan First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in October 1954. Arbuthnot, John Forrest as Benson, James Villiers as the Duke …. Marlene Sidaway SAT 14:30 Dad's Army (b007jscw) of Denver, Bridget McConnell as Simone, Jo Manning Wilson Dawn …. Rebecca Front Series 1 as Madame Brigette, John Bull as Sugg and Malcolm Hayes as Ansel …. Richard Firth Operation Kilt Murbles. Producer: David Ian Neville 's squad is challenged to try and capture the British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003. headquarters of the Highland platoon. number of detective novels and short stories by English crime SAT 06:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (b007k49r) The comic exploits of a Second World War Home Guard writer, Dorothy L Sayers. Clouds of Witness was first published Twelve-year-old Matthew has an imaginary friend, or is she an platoon in Walmington-on-Sea. in 1926. alien life force? Psychological drama with and Adapted for radio from and David Croft's TV Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio Cathy Tyson. scripts by and . from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations SAT 07:30 What's So Funny? (b011f7m1) Captain Mainwaring …. broadcast between 1972 and 1975. [Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 ] …. Adapted for radio in eight episodes Peter Jones and Tania SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y) Corporal Jones …. Lieven. Series 6 Private Godfrey …. Arnold Ridley Producer: Simon Brett. Episode 27 …. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1974. From the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, the Private Frazer …. John Laurie SAT 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011f5km) American funny man is joined by The Wailin' Jennys and Captain Ogilvy …. Jack Watson Series 1 Andra Suchy. From 2010. Mrs Pike …. Pearl Hackney The Walkers of Dembley SAT 09:00 Goon Again (b011hz60) Announcer …. John Snagge Keen to get closer to James - the sleuth gets embroiled in a saga 4 Extra Premiere. A re-recording of an original script for the Producer: John Dyas of murder, lust and Wellington Boots. 50th Goon Anniversary in 2001. With Andrew Secombe, Jon First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1974. stars as Agatha Raisin. Glover and Jeffrey Holland. SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y) Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. SAT 10:00 - The Radio Years (b0088z58) [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Agatha Raisin …. Penelope Keith The late and much missed Eric Sykes, in conversation with Paul SAT 16:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (b007k49r) James Lacey …. Jackson, reflects back on his radio years writing scripts for [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Mrs Bloxby …. Liza Sadovy , Archie Andrews and the Goons. SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b011f7m1) DC Bill Wong …. Ben Crowe Producer: Paul Kobrak. [Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 today] Deborah Camden …. Rachel Atkins SAT 11:00 The Goon Show (b0080hxc) SAT 18:00 The Scarifyers (b00vjktx) Mr Boggle …. David Holt The Last Goon Show of All The Curse of the Black Comet Sir Charles Whitaker …. Philip Fox Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers reunite to Episode 4 Jessica Keller …. Alice Hart celebrate the 50th anniversary of the BBC in 1972. With Dunning entombed alive and Lionheart en route to Nazi Kelvin …. Bertie Carvell Recorded on 30th April 1972, their farewell performance with Germany, can the duo save the world? Stars Nicholas Courtney. Director: Carol Smith a distinguished audience is broadcast complete with the pre- SAT 18:30 Weird Tales (b00vknkm) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. show warm-up at the Camden Theatre, . It was Series 1 SAT 02:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00c5r8c) simultaneously recorded for broadcast on BBC TV. Bleeder by Ed Hime Series 1 Written by Spike Milligan and featuring: Trainee surgeon Andy is left with a recurring nightmare after The Mould in the Gold Peter Sellers as Grytpype-Thynne, , Major Denis being involved in a car crash which killed his friend. Father Benedict is holding a Golden Oldie night in honour of Bloodnok, Henry Crun. The flashbacks give him problems in the operating theatre, and, the late Gregory Patterson. But is it the right occasion for a Harry Secombe as Neddy Seagoon in floral cretonne. when his dreams start changing, Andy can no longer be sure eulogy from his only son, Robert? Spike Milligan as , Minnie Bannister, Moriarty what is fantasy and what really happened. Not when Barbara Patterson is determined to ruin the evening. With the Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and the Wally Written by Ed Hime. A six-part black comedy by Martin Davies Stott Orchestra conducted by Peter Knight. Series of four chilling dramas inspired by Lovecraft's stories of Stars Desmond Barrit as Father Benedict, Brenda Blethyn as Producer: John Browell magical rites and forbidden lore. Mrs Patterson, Paul Parris as Robert Patterson, Charlotte First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 5th October 1972. Alice ...... Lizzy Watts Coleman as Barbara Patterson, Martino Lazzeri as Guy SAT 12:00 The Gap (b011j0c8) Andy ...... Joseph Kloska Entwhistle, Mark Straker as Andy, Claire Skinner as Janet and Omnibus. A drama about an family breaking up Richard ...... Benjamin Askew Jill Meers as the Manageress. during their daughter's gap year. Lovecraft ...... Stephen Hogan Producer: Lissa Evans SAT 13:10 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9r3) Inside Out Man ...... Ewan Bailey First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993. Hold the Back Page Dr Larson ...... Jonathan Tafler SAT 02:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lh5tp) "The paper's policy was to identify with the man in the street - Producer: Jessica Dromgoole Series 1 and unfortunately, our man in the street seemed to have escaped First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2009. Episode 3 from some sort of asylum." SAT 19:00 Goon Again (b011hz60) Vic Reeves hosts, as Sean Lock, Liz Smith, Suggs and Patrick A disastrous foray into journalism is recounted in [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] Kielty answer questions from the audience. From July 2007. embarrassment by Leonard Rossiter (1926-1984). SAT 20:00 Eric Sykes - The Radio Years (b0088z58) SAT 03:00 What's So Funny? (b011f7m1) Written by Barry Pilton. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Series 1 Producer: Louise Purslow SAT 21:00 The Goon Show (b0080hxc) Episode 8 First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1981. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Rufus Hound and guest Richard Herring preview and review SAT 13:15 Baldi (b00803g1) SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Definite Article (b007jvtj) what's happening in comedy this week. Features include kids Series 1 Episode 1 doing stand up and comedians who dress as women. Death Cap The inimitable comedian entertains an audience with his stream SAT 03:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011f7m3) At a monastic retreat far out in County Cork, a sudden death of consciousness at London's . From 1995. Supported by .co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 May – 3 June 2011 Page 2 of 8 SAT 23:00 Craig Russell - Lennox (b011j0m7) SUN 12:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A Omnibus (b00l3pxs) Friendless, jobless Angus breaks free from his sheltered-life Episode 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] shackles to go on a date. Waking up in hospital, the private eye wonders who attacked SUN 13:10 Chain Gang (b00mz47s) Nick Ball’s sitcom about the unemployed son of a high-flying him. Are they connected to the McGahern hit? Read by Grant [Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today] mother. O'Rourke. SUN 13:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes Angus Dry ...... Nick Ball SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller (b011j0m9) (b009n49b) Mum ...... Louisa Rix Hakan Nesser - Woman With Birthmark [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] With Robert Harley, Toby Longworth and Julie Gibbs. Episode 4 SUN 13:30 's Support Group (b011d6rf) Producer: Gareth Edwards In this Scandinavian chiller, one man suspects he could be the [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1995. serial killer's next victim. Read by Michael Maloney. SUN 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5) Series 6 The Last Bus Home MONDAY 30 MAY 2011 29 MAY 2011 It's a long walk home in the rain when Sid, Bill and The Lad Himself get stranded. MON 00:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b011j4p6) SUN 00:00 The Scarifyers (b00vjktx) Starring . [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, and Hugo MON 01:00 Revisited (b011j239) SUN 00:30 Weird Tales (b00vknkm) Morton. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. MON 01:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6) SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y) Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Producer: Tom Ronald MON 02:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z) SUN 02:00 The Gap (b011j0c8) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN 14:30 The Party Line (b010p0pf) MON 02:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011f7m3) SUN 03:10 Leonard Rossiter - In a Nutshell (b00sj9r3) Series 1 [Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday] Episode 1 MON 02:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008hkr4) SUN 03:15 Baldi (b00803g1) The frustrations of a backbench MP. Topical sitcom from Steve [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] Punt and Hugh Dennis. Starring James Fleet. From May 2005. MON 03:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jpd5) SUN 04:00 John Wyndham - Chocky (b007k49r) SUN 15:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rzky4) [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] Series 2 MON 03:30 The Party Line (b010p0pf) SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b011f7m1) An Englishman Abroad [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] [Repeat of broadcast at 03:00 on Saturday] Monte Guano, the pettiest of Italian states, plays host to an MON 04:00 The Leopard in Autumn (b00rzky4) SUN 06:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A Omnibus (b00l3pxs) honoured English aristocratic guest - the somewhat suspect [Repeat of broadcast at 15:00 on Sunday] Episode 2 Lord Luton. MON 04:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011f7pk) Will Thomas lose the biggest cash prize on Indian TV? The Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy [Repeat of broadcast at 15:30 on Sunday] inspiration for hit film Slumdog Millionaire. Stars Anand devised by Neal Anthony. MON 05:00 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b011j237) Tiwari. Written by Sue Limb. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] SUN 07:10 Chain Gang (b00mz47s) Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, MON 05:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rglts) Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] Episode 1 Paul Bigley as Alessandro and Nicholas Grace as Lord Luton. MON 06:00 (b007jpkt) Honeymooners Brian and Susan Ferguson are in for a shock. Producer: Helen Williams A Caribbean Mystery The first instalment of an amazing story written by our listeners. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002. Episode 1 SUN 07:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes SUN 15:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011f7pk) Amateur sleuth Jane Marple's peaceful island break is disrupted (b009n49b) Humph's last show features Sound Charades and the Swanee by a death - and a photo. It's the Reaction Kazoo. With Andy Hamilton and Jack Dee. From 's whodunit stars as Miss Poignant Second World War experiences of women in Britain. Peterborough. Marple. A spinster's life resumes in peacetime. Read by Sylvestra Le SUN 16:00 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b011j237) From the thriller first published in 1964 and dramatised in five Touzel. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] parts by Michael Bakewell. SUN 07:30 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011d6rf) SUN 16:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rglts) Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] Major Palgrave …. Windsor Davies 4. 'It's me or the dog' SUN 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b011hz5y) Dr Graham .... John Rowe "It's me or the dog!" [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Canon Prescott …. David King "My phobias are out of control but I'm too scared to even admit SUN 18:00 Arthur C Clarke Stories (b011j4p6) Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee it" Rendezvous With Rama Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones Sarah Millican is a life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt Episode 2 Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice What is space object Rama's secret? And why, years on, has the Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman for real people. Commander never spoken of what he found? Stars Richard Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr Assisted by her very own team of experts of the heart - man of Dillane. Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit the people local cabbie Terry, and self qualified counsellor SUN 19:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z) Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe Marion, [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Victoria .... Amanda Gordon Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on and has a solution SUN 19:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011f7m3) Jim Ellis …. Anthony Ofoegbu for everything. [Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday] Raymond West …. Iwan Thomas Sarah ...... Sarah Millican SUN 19:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008hkr4) Director: Enyd Williams Marion ...... Ruth Bratt [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1997. Terry ...... Simon Daye SUN 20:00 The Goon Show (b007k43y) MON 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h) Laura ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday] Series 1 Barry ...... Harry Peacock SUN 20:30 Dad's Army (b007jscw) A Marriage of Convenience John ...... Tim Key [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday] Investigating the murder of a militant rambler, Agatha and Written by Sarah Millican. SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011j239) James go undercover as a married couple. Stars Penelope Keith. Producer: Lianne Coop [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011 SUN 21:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6) Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. SUN 08:00 The Goon Show (b007k43y) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 today] Agatha Raisin …. Penelope Keith [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Saturday] SUN 22:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011d6rf) James Lacey …. Malcolm Sinclair SUN 08:30 Dad's Army (b007jscw) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Mrs Bloxby …. Liza Sadovy [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Saturday] SUN 22:30 The Masterson Inheritance (b007jsy1) DC Bill Wong …. Ben Crowe SUN 09:00 Michelle Magorian - Back Home (b011j237) Series 1 Deborah Camden …. Rachel Atkins Episode 4 The Mastersons Lose Everything Mr Boggle …. David Holt In an emotional climax, both Rusty and her mother decide that London 1890. Auberon Masterson is the epitome of decadence, Sir Charles Whitaker …. Philip Fox their lives have to change. Stars Jessica Marshall-Gardiner. but will his unsavoury habits ruin the family? Kelvin …. Bertie Carvell SUN 09:30 FH Burnett - The Secret Garden (b00rglts) An improvised historical saga of a family at war with itself - Director: Carol Smith Episode 2 based entirely on audience suggestions. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004. Will orphaned Mary ever find her way into the locked garden? Starring Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Caroline Quentin, Jim MON 07:00 Ballylenon (b00g2djy) Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic tale, with Harriet Walter. Sweeney and Phelim McDermott. Series 2 SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011j239) Producer: Phil Clarke Episode 3 Miriam Margolyes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1993. With clergy rumours buzzing - Vera McConkey's extra busy in Kirsty Young presents gems from the Desert Island Discs SUN 23:00 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00dr4t0) the telephone exchange archive. In the fourth of our series featuring the castaway Controlling the Universe Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in choices of , we hear from Miriam Margolyes. Chris Addison goes on a journey through the vast and rich 1954, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in SUN 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6) subject of civilisation and explains exactly what we need to every home. Frank Skinner create a new one. Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. The funny man talks about his comedy career, getting older and In the opening episode, he investigates the notion of a Phonsie Doherty …. T.P. McKenna theology - in conversation with John Wilson. controllable universe. Muriel McConkey …. Margaret D'Arcy SUN 11:00 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z) With: Vera McConkey …. Stella McCusker An archaeologist is amazed by her nurse's likeness to an Professor Austin Herring (Geoffrey McGivern) Vivienne Boal …. Aine McCartney Egyptian painting discovered in a tomb. Read by Janet Maw. Jo Enright Guard Gallagher …. John Hewitt SUN 11:15 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011f7m3) Dan Tetsell Stumpy Bonnar …. Gerard McSorley [Repeat of broadcast at 03:30 on Saturday] Producer: Simon Nicholls Packy McGoldrick …. Charlie Bonnar SUN 11:45 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008hkr4) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2006. Josie Doherty …. Ciara McKeown A showcase of the author's wit and irony - two tales of an SUN 23:30 Dry Slopes (b00lvl1l) Rev Samual Hawthorne …. Gerard Murphy unwanted guest and an outspoken hitch-hiker. Read by Series 1 Mr. Mawhinney …. Harry Towb Crawford Logan. Families and How to Conceive Them Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 May – 3 June 2011 Page 3 of 8 Director: Eoin O'Callaghan featuring intelligence officer George Smiley. With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995. The deadly game of deceit and betrayal reaches its climax at the Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and MON 07:30 Down the Line (b011j51z) foot of the Berlin Wall. successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic Series 2 Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Immigration and Love Alec Leamas ...... Brian Cox Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in discussing immigration. Fiedler ...... Henry Goodman years before the first moon landing. It was the last Stars Rhys Thomas, Matt Lucas and Arabella Weir. From Mundt ...... Sam Dale to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television! January 2007. Liz Gold ...... Ruth Gemmell Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer MON 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jlnp) Ashe ...... Jamie Newall First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1985. Series 3 Tribunal President ...... Siobhan Redmond MON 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jlnp) Episode 1 Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Kenneth Horne in war romp 'The Plastic Max', Seamus Android Commissar ...... Liza Sadovy MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011j5lh) at Pinewood and Jules and Sandy bewail their parts Agent ...... Stephen Hogan [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Miss Crail ...... Liza Sadovy MON 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt) Pertwee. Mr Pitt ...... Philip Fox [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, Grocer ...... David Hargreaves MON 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h) London. Announcer: Douglas Smith CIA Man ...... Benjamin Askew. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio MON 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jlnp) MON 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51j) comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, MON 12:30 (b011lhrb) MON 22:00 Just a Minute (b011lhrb) Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the Series 60 [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and Episode 2 MON 22:30 Mark Tavener - Absolute Power (b007jqw0) 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, Ever-popular panel show hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Series 1 catchphrases and double-entendres. MON 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt) Episode 1 Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Having left the BBC, Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe Hayes Four. MON 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h) embark on a new career as spin doctors in the world of Producer: John Simmonds [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] government and media relations. First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1967. MON 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011j6lv) They’re visited by the Chairman of the Conservative Party, who MON 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b011j5lh) Two Suitors offers to establish them on the road to solvency... Series 7 Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and Mark Tavener's political comedy stars as Charles Episode 9 a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite Prentiss and John Bird as Martin McCabe. Professor Prune is incarcerated and Bill Oddie rhapsodises the society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she With: flowers in the garden. choose wisely between passion and virtue? Jeremy Clyde Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Perthshire and London - Tony Gardner David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie. dramatised in ten parts by Gerda Stevenson. Simon Greenall Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie . Siobhan Hayes Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue In the opening episode, Colonel Hargrave's sexual advances are Martin Hyder 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and too much for Laura - and she places her suitor on a two-year Producer: Paul Schlesinger quickly developed a cult following. probation. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000. Music and songs by Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee. Narrated by . MON 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011j6lq) Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1969. Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott MON 23:30 Weak at the Top (b00tgch7) MON 09:00 Never Too Late (b011j605) Lady Harriet Montreville ...... Phyllida Law Series 2 Down Memory Lane Jeannie ...... Colette O'Neil Booty Feisty Hilda's senior citizen holiday sees man-mad Mildred Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall John Weak reveals the feminist metatext of a chocolate bar ad after a nostalgic destination. Mary Brunton was a Scottish novelist much admired by Jane that features a bikini-clad model with lips that could suck the A surviving episode from the BBC archive of Terry Gregson's Austen; and Self Control, first published in 1811, deals with hair shirt off a Benedictine monk at 50 yards. sitcom about a group of highly active pensioners starring Thora similar themes to Sense and Sensibility. Randy, devious, sexist and workshy, John Weak puts the man Hird. Producer: Bruce Young into management – in Guy Browning’s sitcom. Hilda Spriggett …. Thora Hird First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. Starring Alexander Armstrong as marketing maestro and "totty" Mildred Emmett …. Avis Bunnage MON 14:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes magnet John Weak. Albert Pickles …. Kenneth Connor (b009n49b) Hayley ...... Clare Perkins Emily Holroyd …. Megs Jenkins [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] Sir Marcus ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Tommy Preston …. Joe Gladwyn MON 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qsc98) Bill Peters ...... Ron Cook Producer: Edward Taylor Episode 1 Sasha ...... Tracy Wiles First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1981. Born to a family of actors in Venice, sickly Giacomo is Tibet ...... Adjoa Andoh MON 09:30 The Party Line (b00sp1tv) expected to die. reads the libertine's Ski Guy ...... Kim Wall Series 1 biography. Producer: Jonquil Panting Episode 2 MON 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006. MP Duncan welcomes a French delegation - will he end up with (b011j7kl) 'oeuf' on his face? Punt and Dennis's June 2005 topical sitcom. Episode 6 MON 10:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011j6lq) Georgy takes to his new role in the library, but is his work TUESDAY 31 MAY 2011 Series 2 strictly bibliographical? David Warner reads John Boyne's 5. 'I'm a mother in need of quiet' novel. TUE 00:00 Doctor Who (b011j7ks) "Sibling Rivalry: The grass is always greener in my brother's MON 15:00 Have Your Cake (b011j7kn) [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] massive garden" Unusual Christening Cake TUE 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4v) "I'm a mother in need of quiet - do drum kits have a mute The cake club prepares for a christening, as Tess and Maggie [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] button?" struggle with secrets. Nicola Baldwin's drama stars Lesley TUE 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jpkt) Sarah Millican is a life counsellor and modern-day agony aunt Sharp. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] tackling the nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice MON 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World TUE 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j50h) for real people. (b00lbsx9) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] Assisted by her very own team of experts of the heart - man of Episode 1 TUE 02:00 Never Too Late (b011j605) the people local cabbie Terry, and self qualified counsellor The Bard gets his first taste of theatre. Reconstructing the life, [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] Marion, work and era of , read by Toby Stephens. TUE 02:30 The Party Line (b00sp1tv) Sarah tackles the nation's problems head on and has a solution MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011j7kq) [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] for everything. Mel Giedroyc is back in The 4 O'Clock Show seat, hearing TUE 03:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group (b011j6lq) Sarah ...... Sarah Millican about the biggest tree house in the country and introducing a [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] Marion ...... Ruth Bratt brand new set of stories from the Just William series. TUE 03:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00cxr1f) Terry ...... Simon Daye MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b00g2djy) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Monday] Melissa ...... Isabel Fay [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51j) Michael ...... Miles Jupp MON 17:30 Down the Line (b011j51z) [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] Janet ...... Annie Aldington [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE 05:00 Ballylenon (b00g2djy) Written by Sarah Millican. MON 18:00 Doctor Who (b011j7ks) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] Producer: Lianne Coop The Cradle of the Snake TUE 05:30 Down the Line (b011j51z) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011 Episode 3 [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] MON 10:30 The House I Grew Up In (b00cxr1f) Can the 's companions save him, or is the Mara's TUE 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb) Series 2 malign influence just too much to resist? Fifth Doctor A Caribbean Mystery Mona Siddiqui adventure stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding. Episode 2 Wendy Robbins presents a series revisiting the childhood MON 18:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4v) After Major Palgrave's sudden death, the amateur sleuth neighbourhoods of influential Britons. Series 2 wonders whether it was murder? Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic Studies at The Great Martian Pyramid Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss University, takes Wendy back to her childhood home in Landing on Mars, the Space Force crew start explorations - but Marple. . She recalls growing up in a literary family and find their welcome is far from warm. Miss Marple …. June Whitfield her mother's insistence on living separately from the wider Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper Muslim community. Barry Foster. Dr Graham .... John Rowe MON 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51j) Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell The Spy Who Came in From the Cold Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee Episode 3 Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic novel Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 May – 3 June 2011 Page 4 of 8 Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit mind. Gretel, learns how to master a jigsaw puzzle and introduces Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe TUE 10:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z) another Just William story. Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] TUE 17:00 The World As We Know It (b00ftbx1) Victoria .... Amanda Gordon TUE 10:30 It's a Funny Business (b011klyw) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Jackson …. Andrew Wincott Betty Driver TUE 17:30 The Sunday Format (b011klym) Daventry …. David Brooks 's legendary barmaid relives some humorous [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] showbiz moments from her long career with Mike Craig. From TUE 18:00 Doctor Who (b011kmbs) Dramatised by Michael Bakewell January 1986. The Cradle of the Snake Director: Enyd Williams TUE 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt2m0) Episode 4 First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. The Looking Glass War The power of the Mara is released on the unsuspecting TUE 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn) Episode 1 Manussans - time for an unlikely hero to step forward. Fifth Series 2 Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's novel, adventure stars Peter Davison and Janet Fielding. 1. The Curious Curate fourth to feature spymaster George Smiley. TUE 18:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn58) When the village curate is found murdered, retired PR guru When word reaches The Department that Soviet missiles are Series 2 Agatha Raisin vows to bring his killer to justice, particularly if being installed close to the West German border, they seize the A Test of Endurance the investigation also brings her closer to her handsome next- opportunity to relive former glories. Held captive in an underground city on Mars, the Space Force door neighbour, Colonel Lacey... Leclerc ...... Ian McDiarmid crew are set to learn their fate... Penelope Keith stars as Agatha Raisin. George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. Avery ...... Patrick Kennedy Barry Foster. Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith Haldane ...... Philip Jackson Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair Woodford ...... David Hargeaves Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy Sarah ...... Fenella Woolgar Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan Control ...... John Rowe Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba Richard Binser ...... Nicky Henson Carol ...... Annabelle Dowler With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown. Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray Taylor/Sutherland ...... Philip Fox Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and Miss Partle ...... Ella Smith Peersen ...... Stephen Hogan successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic Director: Carol Smith Lansen ...... Matt Addis 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005. Girl ...... Lizzy Watts Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, TUE 07:00 The World As We Know It (b00ftbx1) Fred Leiser ...... Piotr Baumann years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama The Murderer Is in This Very Room Directed by Marc Beeby. to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television! Things have become a little boring recently in the household. TUE 12:00 (b011klyp) Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer So, Johnny holds a video festival to try and entertain everyone [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985. and The Stranger suggests a game of murder mystery... TUE 12:30 Clare in the Community (b00srjdd) TUE 19:00 Take It From Here (b011klyp) Sitcom by Luke Sorba. Series 6 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Donna ...... Meera Syal Clare v God TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0) Johnny ...... Toby Longworth Social worker Clare doesn't like people on her patch - especially [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Patrick ...... Luke Sorba an interfering Vicar. TUE 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb) Abigail ...... Carla Mendonca Clare Barker is the self-absorbed social worker who has the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] The Stranger ...... Simon Greenall right jargon for every problem she comes across, though never TUE 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn) Producer: Elizabeth Anstee a practical solution. But there are plenty of challenges out there [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999. for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. TUE 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt2m0) TUE 07:30 The Sunday Format (b011klym) Clare ..... Sally Phillips [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Series 2 Brian ..... Alex Lowe TUE 22:00 Clare in the Community (b00srjdd) Episode 6 Ray ..... Richard Lumsden [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Tea towels are a form of communication. Radio's very own Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck TUE 22:30 Vent (b00szjy0) posh paper tells you how. With Alexander Armstrong. From Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti Series 1 December 2000. Libby ..... Sarah Kendall Wouldn't You Like to Get Away TUE 08:00 Take It From Here (b011klyp) Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden Mary and Mum have a break when Ben's unconscious body gets From 03/12/1953 Producer: Katie Tyrrell. driven to a medical conference in Birmingham. But they can't Listener confusion over June Whitfield and Alma Cogan, and First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2010. quite bring themselves to leave the hospital. the Glums are hard up. Stars . From December TUE 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb) Meanwhile, Ben's mind also takes a trip. Unfortunately, it's a 1953. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] trip back to the hotel in Paris, where he had the most miserable TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0) TUE 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn) night of his life. Series 2 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Dark sitcom written by Nigel Smith. This is Your Life the Burkiss Way TUE 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011km7g) CAST: ' famous Big Red Book spells surprises. A Future Lost Ben …. Neil Pearson The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living. Radio's Amazing Laura's skills as a painter are praised by a London artist - but Jean/Mum …. Josie Lawrence Revelation Course in which the programme's subject is ...... her father receives some terrible news about his investments... Mary …. Fiona Allen (We can't tell you yet, because it's a secret) Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in Blitzkrieg …. Leslie Ash Do you remember these voices from Jo Kendall. Nigel Rees Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda with Dave Lamb, Mark Perry, Jo Martin, Hils Barker, Giles Chris Emmett and Fred Harris? Stevenson. New, Lucy Montgomery, Scarlett Milburn-Smith and Elizabeth And who wrote these words? (Here's a clue - Andrew Marshall Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and Bell. and David Renwick) a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite Producer: Gareth Edwards And whose name is in producer Simon Brett’s little black book society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2006. this week? choose wisely between passion and virtue? TUE 23:00 Ed Reardon's Week (b007k3ym) Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February Narrated by Maureen Beattie. Series 2 1977. Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott The Last Laugh TUE 09:00 1834 (b011klyr) Lady Harriet Montreville ...... Phyllida Law Embittered writer Ed takes action when he sees his bank Strong Continental Lager Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson statement. 21st-century teacher Jason decides 19th-century Macclesfield Jeannie ...... Colette O'Neil Welcome to the comical world of Ed Reardon, author, pipe needs a decent pub with decent beer. Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall smoker, consummate fare-dodger and master of the abusive e- In Jim Poyser's riotous comedy of transportation and delight, Mr Foster ...... David Timson mail. Jason is now Tarquin, third son of Lord Belport with a faithful Producer: Bruce Young Christopher Douglas stars as Ed Reardon. valet, Ned. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. Written by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. Jason Slater ...... Michael Begley TUE 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b011klyt) Featuring: Ned ...... Joe Caffrey [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Stephanie Cole Hoskins ...... Kenneth Alan Taylor TUE 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qsvzq) John Fortune Lord Belport ...... Mark Chatterton Episode 2 Martin Hyder Stubbs ...... Glenn Cunningham The young cleric's scandalous affair with a married woman Rita May Millicent ...... Julia Rounthwaite leads to a flight to Constantinople. Read by Benedict Geoffrey McGivern Directed at BBC by Polly Thomas. Cumberbatch. Barunka O'Shaughnessy First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2003. TUE 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose Sally Grace TUE 09:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s3bcz) (b011km7j) Geoffrey Whitehead Series 2 Episode 7 Tom Colebrook Salvatore's Apotheosis Fear blights Georgy's mind, recounting a dread of Rasputin's Dan Tetsell Plethora decides it's time for son and heir Salvatore to be betrayal and panic of almost losing his wife. Read by David Matthew Holness ordained as a priest - by nonagenarian Father Ignazio. Warner. Andy Hamilton Second series of the comedy drama set in Renaissance Italy TUE 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k1w4) Producer: Simon Nicholls devised by Neal Anthony. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006. Written by Roger Danes. A Scandal in Bohemia TUE 23:30 The Cabaret of Dr Caligari (b007jq2f) Stars David Swift as Ludovico, Sian Phillips as Plethora, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective traces a compromising A Word in Your Ear Graham Crowden as Francesco, Saskia Wickham as Rosalie, photo, but meets his match in Irene Adler. Stars Clive Merrison. The dark, surreal goings-on in a nightclub owned by Dr Nicholas Grace as Lord Luton and Kim Wall as Father Ignazio. TUE 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World Caligari. A late night DJ drops in. Starring John Woodvine. Producer: Dawn Ellis (b00lbwgf) From 1991. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2002. Episode 2 TUE 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b011klyt) The Bard leaves his family for London. Reconstructing the life, Series 1 work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens. WEDNESDAY 01 JUNE 2011 Episode 17 TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011km7l) Chaz is trying to keep out of trouble and Pip's got a lot on her Mel Giedroyc hears about the history of stories like Hansel and WED 00:00 Doctor Who (b011kmbs) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 May – 3 June 2011 Page 5 of 8 [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Patricia Hayes, Ann Lancaster, Mimi ..... Sarah Alexander WED 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn58) Elizabeth Fraser and Wilfred Babbage. Tom ...... Finlay Christie [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Lucy ..... Phoebe Abbott WED 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jplb) Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. Jennifer ..... Emily Bruni [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] Producer: Tom Ronald Freddie ...... Oliver Dillon WED 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011j8wn) First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1959. Harry ...... Stuart Milligan [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED 08:30 Yes Minister (b007jmj1) Writer: Marcella Evaristi WED 02:00 1834 (b011klyr) Series 1 Director: [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] The Writing on the Wall Producer: Gordon Kennedy WED 02:30 The Leopard in Autumn (b00s3bcz) Finally losing patience with Sir Humphrey, MP Jim Hacker's An Absolutely Production for BBC Radio 4. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] big plans to slim down the Civil Service come home to roost. WED 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv) WED 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b011klyt) Starring Paul Eddington, and Derek Fowlds. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn satirical sitcom ran on BBC TV WED 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh) WED 03:15 Elizabeth Buchan - Archaeology (b007z09z) between 1980 and 1984. Yes Minister is centred around the [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] hapless Jim Hacker and a collection of civil service underlings WED 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011kqj4) WED 03:30 It's a Funny Business (b011klyw) headed by the Machiavellian Sir Humphrey Appleby and London [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Tuesday] obsequious Bernard. Laura and her father travel to London in search of their lost WED 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt2m0) Jim Hacker ...... Paul Eddington annuity - and meet a man who talks like a parrot, dresses like a [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] Sir Humphrey Appleby ...... Nigel Hawthorne monkey, and smells like a civet-cat. WED 05:00 The World As We Know It (b00ftbx1) Bernard ...... Derek Fowlds Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] Frank Weisel ...... Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda WED 05:30 The Sunday Format (b011klym) Sir Frederick ...... Peter Cellier Stevenson. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] Foreign Secretary ...... Tenniel Evans Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and WED 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv) Dr Donald Hughes ...... Edward Petherbridge a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite A Caribbean Mystery Butler ...... Kerry Francis society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she Episode 3 Adapted for radio by producer Pete Atkin. choose wisely between passion and virtue? Tensions start to grow on the beautiful tropical island. First broadcast on Radio 4 in November 1983. Narrated by Maureen Beattie. The authorities have been called in and a murder investigation WED 09:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvv7) Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott is underway. Series 2 Lady Harriet Montreville ...... Phyllida Law Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss Episode 2 Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson Marple. Three Deborahs, one stingy bank and an impending divorce Jeannie ...... Colette O'Neil Miss Marple …. June Whitfield perplex ad man Ken Handley. Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones Martin Jarvis stars in Guy Jenkin and Jon Canter’s satire set in Montague De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright the competitive world of advertising Wilkins ...... David Timson Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman Ken Handley ...... Martin Jarvis Warren ...... Thomas Arnold Greg Dyson …. Brian Parr Sandy ...... Christopher Godwin Producer: Bruce Young Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit Freddie ...... Lockwood West First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe Deborah ...... Rosalind Ayres WED 14:15 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008hkr4) Victoria …. Amanda Gordon Ambrose ...... Paul Jesson [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 on Sunday] Jim Ellis …. Anthony Ofoegbu Stella ...... Imelda Staunton WED 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qsxf2) Inspector Weston …. David Bannerman Stella's Heavy ...... Jim Carter Episode 3 Daventry …. David Brooks Angus ...... Michael Jenner Giacomo Casanova creates a stir at the French court of King Cook …. Chris Pavlo Researcher ...... Stacey Tendeter Louis XV. Benedict Cumberbatch reads the libertine's Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Subjects ...... David Peart/Michael Jenner biography. Director: Enyd Williams Mr Cheater ...... James Griffiths WED 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. With Joss Ackland, James Griffiths, Miriam Margolyes, John (b011kqj6) WED 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh) Shrapnel and David Tate. Episode 8 Series 2 Producer: Pete Atkin Past and present, tradition and revolution, all collide. Fugitive 2. Duck and Cover First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1984. Georgy flees time and again. Read by David Warner. Episode 8 Still reeling from the death of their curate, the inhabitants of WED 09:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011kqj0) of 10. Carsley decide on Duck Racing and Morris Dancing to cheer Humphrey Lyttelton's comedy panel game with Kenny Everett, WED 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k1xh) themselves up. Willie Rushton, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes But the Village Fete is unlikely to go smoothly whilst the killer May 1985. The Red-Headed League is still amongst them... WED 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011j239) The detective investigates why a pawnbroker is paid four Penelope Keith stars as PR guru turned amateur sleuth, Agatha [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] sovereigns a week to copy out an encyclopaedia. Stars Clive Raisin. WED 10:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6) Merrison. Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] WED 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith WED 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51p) (b00lc4d2) James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair The Looking Glass War Episode 3 Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy Episode 2 The Bard finds his feet in London. Reconstructing the life, DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's novel, the work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens. Richard Binser ...... Nicky Henson fourth to feature spymaster George Smiley. WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011kqkp) Roy ...... James Holmes As Leiser's clandestine mission into East German territory Mel Giedroyc explores the world of sibling rivalry and hears the Mrs Wendle ...... Tina Gray proceeds, it soon becomes clear that nothing is quite what it inheritance tracks of comedian and poet John Hegley. Plus, Miss Partle ...... Ella Smith seems. another story from Richmal Crompton's Just William. Farmer Ruskin ...... Gerard McDermott Leclerc ...... Ian McDiarmid WED 17:00 Life in London (b011kpfk) Director: Carol Smith George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005. Avery ...... Patrick Kennedy WED 17:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00ftjn2) WED 07:00 Life in London (b011kpfk) Haldane ...... Philip Jackson [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] Mr Lushington Fred Leiser ...... Piotr Baumann WED 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p) If Pierce can't meet his deadline, how will the audience hear Jack Johnson ...... Ben Crowe Episode 1 about a visit to the slums, George IV's interior decorating, and a Anna ...... Ania Sowinski Aspiring poet Saul Judd gets drawn into a web of dark and dog fighting a monkey? Sarah ...... Fenella Woolgar mysterious forces - as a leprous prince ignores sinister warnings Starring Greg Wise, Mark Gatiss and James Bachman. Control ...... John Rowe and a Bath playgroup's blind terror baffles the adults... Pierce Egan’s 19th-century comic novel adapted by Dan Tetsell. Carol ...... Annabelle Dowler Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial in six Pierce Egan .... Geoffrey McGivern Official ...... Philip Fox episodes. Hustle .... Alex Macqueen Soldiers ...... Matt Addis, Benjamin Askew .... Saul Judd Corinthian Tom .... Greg Wise Directed by Marc Beeby. Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd Pickpocket .... Neil Edmond WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0090xjy) Freddie Jones .... The Scribe Jerry Hawthorn .... Mark Gatiss [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife Jarvey .... Ben Graves WED 12:30 The Gobetweenies (b011ckxb) Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria Bob Logic .... James Bachman Series 1 John Telfer .... Prince Bladud Fishwife .... Laura Shavin Befriending Freddie Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant Mrs Egan .... Alys Torrence David Tennant and Sarah Alexander star as the exes determined Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel Corinthian Kate .... Amanda Abbington to be double not single parents and bring the kids up together June Barrie .... The Chairwoman Producer: Tilusha Ghelani apart. Geoff Serle .... The Northern Man First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2006. But Lucy needs compensation for moving house every week... Jonathan Adams .... WED 07:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00ftjn2) If it's Wednesday it must be Holloway. Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. Series 2 It turns out Mimi's new husband says he is into fatherhood after Music realised by Robin Lever. Episode 3 all, and Lucy tells her Dad and Tom all about Mum's Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) When the comedian's Arctic search for Santa leaves him condition... Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan freezing to death, his life flashes before his eyes. From Mimi is desperate to bring the kids to New York for the First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. November 1999. premiere of her new husband's play but Tom has found a new WED 18:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn5r) WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0090xjy) friend whose cute yogic mother Joe is drawn to... Series 2 Series 6 When Lucy refuses to miss out on her best friend's birthday Living With Death The Picnic because of a planned visit to her stepfather in New York, Mimi Elevated to the priesthood of God-King Ra - the captive crew Bill, Sid and The Lad Himself eat al fresco to impress their fails to get Joe's back-up. of Space Force seize a chance to escape. dates from the local Palais. Cast List: Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Starring Tony Hancock. Joe ..... David Tennant Barry Foster. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 May – 3 June 2011 Page 6 of 8 Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster Dramatised by Michael Bakewell Lead Balloon. Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson Director: Enyd Williams Ute Lemper's career has seen her in prime roles in Chicago, Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. Cats and Cabaret. She's been on stages in London's West End, Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba THU 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc) Vienna, Paris, Las Vegas and Broadway. As part of this years With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown. Series 2 Bath International Music Festival, Ute Lemper performs Last Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and 3. Buried Treasure Tango in Berlin, a homage to Marlene Dietrich, Piazolla, Edith successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic When Agatha embarks on a plan to give up smoking, little does Piaf and Weimar cabaret. To close the festival on Sunday 5 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of she know it will lead to a treasure hunt, humiliation and a rather June, there will be a Brecht and Weill Night with performances Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, nasty murder... by Frances Rufelle, Clive Rowe and Roger Lloyd-Pack. years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama Penelope Keith stars as PR guru turned amateur sleuth, Agatha From early roles alongside Ray Winstone in Scum and most to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television! Raisin. notably Jimmy the Mod in Quadrophenia, Phil Daniels has Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. doggedly stuck to his working class roots throughout his 35 year First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985. Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith career. More recently he's been in Eastenders and he was also WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b0090xjy) James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair the voice of Blur's 'Parklife'. He talks to Clive about his life [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Mrs Margaret Bloxby ...... Liza Sadovy encapsulated in his autobiography 'Class '. WED 19:30 Yes Minister (b007jmj1) DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan What's the difference between a Young Fop and a Dandy? A [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Roy Silver ...... James Holmes Cad and a Crusty Old Duffer? Jon Holmes answers these WED 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv) Mrs Friendly ...... Joanna Brookes questions and more from the consummately well dressed British [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Mrs Hicks ...... Lynda Baron Gentleman and founder of Chap Magazine, Gustav Temple. WED 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh) Director: Carol Smith With music from Brighton's Mechanical Bride, the musical [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005. moniker of Lauren Doss who brings her eerie folk pop to Radio WED 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51p) THU 07:00 The Brothers (b00nn2hg) 4. She plays Young Gold from her soon to be released debut [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Series 2 album Living With Ants. WED 22:00 The Gobetweenies (b011ckxb) Episode 1 And from the former vocalist with Zero 7 Sophie Barker, who [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] Michael gets a circus obsession and Nigel has an odd encounter. performs from her second album, Seagulls. WED 22:30 The Secret World (b011kqsj) Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From September Producer: Cathie Mahoney. Series 1 2005. THU 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v0) Episode 3 THU 07:30 Electric Ink (b011kvmn) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy From Jools Holland to Ross Kemp, Jon Culshaw explores the Series 1 Episode 1 bizarre private lives of famous folk. From April 2009. Episode 3 Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic WED 23:00 Tales From the Mausoleum Club (b007k1w6) Editor Oliver wants Terry from Tottenham, as 'street boy' novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley. The Inaudible Man Freddy inadvertently breaks a top story in the Treasury. Ever since the capture and torture of their agent in 1903: a murky autumn day. The Honourable Clarence Green Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the Czechoslovakia, the British Secret Intelligence Service has been enters the lobby of what turns out to be one of the queerest changing world of the newspaper industry. in trouble. Now, the government has been forced to call George clubs in London. Maddox ...... Smiley back from retirement to investigate the whole incident In the Smoking Room he eagerly listens to the first creepy tale Oliver ...... and to seek out the mole they believe to be at the heart of the of an otolaryngologist. Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington service. Starring Terence Stamp, Joss Ackland and Spike Milligan. Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale Star-packed curious and macabre comedy series written by Ian Masha ...... Debbie Chazen Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor Brown and James Hendrie Freddy ...... Ben Willbond Jim Prideaux ...... Anthony Calf Dr Bates ...... Terence Stamp Announcer ...... Matt Addis Peter Guillam ...... Ewan Bailey Wyvern ...... Joss Ackland With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. Oliver Lacon ...... Alex Jennings Psychiatrist ...... Spike Milligan Director: Sally Avens Ricki Tarr ...... Jamie Foreman Arturo ...... Andrew Sachs First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009. Irina ...... Vera Filatova Green ...... Royce Mills THU 08:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011kvmq) Mendel ...... Mrs Boyle ...... Sheila Steafel Transatlantic Trouble Connie Sachs ...... Maggie Steed Felch ...... Michael Ripper: The bumbling bureaucrats welcome a niece from America and Magyar ...... Peter Majer Policeman ...... Arthur Smith face up to a new Under-Secretary. Roddy Martindale ...... Philip Fox Hornby ...... Adam Wide A weekly tribute to all those who work in government Bill Roach ...... Ryan Watson. Music by Max Harris. departments. THU 12:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011kvmq) Producer: Paul Spencer Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. With Norma [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1987. Ronald, Ronald Baddiley and John Graham. THU 12:30 The Simon Day Show (b011cfmx) WED 23:30 Deep Trouble (b00tb9f4) Written by Edward Taylor and John Graham. Series 1 Series 2 'The Men from the Ministry' ran for 14 series between 1962 Simon Day Episode 2 and 1977. Deryck Guyler replaced Wilfrid Hyde-White from Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The It's a case of 'goodbye Samantha, hello Sam' for Jack Trainor as 1966. Sadly many episodes didn't survive in the archive, Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. Each he meets an old chum. Stars Ben Willbond. From May 2007. however the BBC's Transcription Service re-recorded 14 shows week one of Simon's characters come to perform at The in 1980 - never broadcast in the UK, until the arrival of BBC Mallard and we hear the highlights of that night's show along Radio 4 Extra. with the back stage and front of house goings on at the theatre THURSDAY 02 JUNE 2011 Producer: Edward Taylor itself. First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1971. In the final episode of the series British comedy legend and star THU 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js7p) THU 08:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms) of The Fast Show, Down the Line and Bellamy's People, Simon [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] Series 3 Day visits The Mallard Theatre as "himself". THU 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn5r) Oh, Claudius! Cast list: [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] After losing his Kingdom, the King is now a grumpy galley Simon Day ..... Simon Day THU 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jplv) slave rowing to Rome. Starring Jimmy Edwards. From Catherine ..... Catherine Shepherd [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] September 1979. Goose ..... Felix Dexter THU 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011kpfh) THU 09:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009hsqj) Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] Series 1 Written by Simon Day THU 02:00 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful (b007jvv7) Episode 3 Produced by Colin Anderson. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] Management and publicity problems plague the return of duo THU 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc) THU 02:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b011kqj0) Tommy and Sheila. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] Winners of the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest, sweethearts THU 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc) THU 03:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited (b011j239) Tommy Franklin and Sheila Parr are back in the limelight. The [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] only snag is they can't stand the sight of each another... THU 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011kw71) THU 03:50 Front Row Interviews (b011j2c6) Mike Coleman's sitcom stars June Whitfield and . A New Admirer [Repeat of broadcast at 10:50 on Sunday] Tommy Franklin ...... Roy Hudd Colonel Hargrave pursues Laura from Perthshire to London - THU 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt51p) Sheila Parr ...... June Whitfield where Laura meets a new admirer. [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] With , Julian Eardley, Joshua Henderson, Edward Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in THU 05:00 Life in London (b011kpfk) Halsted, Rachel Smith and Jenny Lee. Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] Singers: John Barr and Lisa Peace. Stevenson. THU 05:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00ftjn2) Music by Frido Ruth. Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] Producer: Steve Doherty a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite THU 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998. society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she A Caribbean Mystery THU 09:30 Just a Minute (b011kvmx) choose wisely between passion and virtue? Episode 4 From London, chairman Nicholas Parsons welcomes Peter Narrated by Maureen Beattie. With the island's murder tally now standing at two, the spinster Jones, Clement Freud, Paul Merton and Tony Hawks. From Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson sleuth needs an ally. February 1999. Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott Agatha Christie's whodunit stars June Whitfield as Miss THU 10:00 Ambridge Extra (b011kw6x) Lady Harriet Montreville ...... Phyllida Law Marple. Series 1 Jeannie ...... Colette O'Neil Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Episode 18 Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper Pip wants to build bridges, and Kirsty's worried she's out in the Montague De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Dr Graham .... John Rowe cold. Wilkins ...... David Timson Miss Prescott …. Jenny Lee THU 10:15 Loose Ends (b011j2g5) Warren ...... Thomas Arnold Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, Producer: Bruce Young Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones music and comedy. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003. Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright Clive is joined by grumpy stand-up and I'm Sorry I Haven't A THU 14:15 Ambridge Extra (b011kw6x) Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit Clue host, Jack Dee. Jack's alter ego, Rick Spleen, a failed [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe comic and serial liar, returns for more trials and tribulations in THU 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qt2hm) Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 May – 3 June 2011 Page 7 of 8 Episode 4 been sent to a special centre for the entertainingly afflicted. The Series 2 Giacomo Casanova's intrigues in London lead him to a soaking treatment's going well - until the band can't take any more and Episode 1 in the Thames. Benedict Cumberbatch the libertine's biography. make Tom burst into song. Separated for over a year, Doug and Molly are still finding it THU 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose Reunited once more, Tom and the band decide they've missed hard to keep out of each other's lives. (b011kw7t) each other and hatch an escape plan... When the decree absolute arrives and Doug hears that Molly is Episode 9 Andrew McGibbon and Nick Romero's everyday story about a having a drinks party he's furious. But is all as it seems? On the run, Georgy tracks the Imperial Royal Family, and man who can't stop himself from breaking into song. Paul Mendelson’s sitcom stars Rebecca Lacey as Molly, Paul Anastasia, to a house in Yekaterinburg. Read by David Warner. Suggs ..... Tom Caine Venables as Doug, Soumaya Keynes as Kaz, Jessie Sullivan as THU 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k1ys) ..... Dr Boone Ryan, Marlene Sidaway as Annie, Jonathan Tafler as Raymond The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Phil Cornwell ..... Bouche and Samantha Spiro as Dawn. A Case of Identity Andrew McGibbon ..... Jake Producer: David Ian Neville The detective agrees to help locate a missing husband, but can Nick Romero ..... Monty DeVere First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004. he do so without leaving 221B Baker Street? Stars Clive Bill Nighy ..... Malc FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007wwf0) Merrison. Julia Deakin ..... Phelia Series 3 THU 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World Toby Longworth ..... Clammy 50th Show - Mr Murray's Houseboat (b00lc99p) Tracy-Ann Oberman Number One entrusts Uncle Ebeneezer and his tug with the Episode 4 Songs: Andrew McGibbon. Nick Romero and Suggs purchase of his new houseboat - meaning disaster isn't The Bard faces the death of his son. Reconstructing the life, Producers: Andrew McGibbon and Dawn Ellis. faraway... work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011l7dn) THU 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years The 50th show in the series stars as the Chief Petty Mel Giedroyc hears how the perfect movie trailer voice is (b00dbj12) Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray achieved, finds out about the skills of persuasion and dishes up Tossed in Space as the Number One, as AS Johnson Tenniel another Just William story for you. Dan and Nick serves up a salad family who are Tossed in Evans as Nunky, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey and THU 17:00 The Brothers (b00nn2hg) Space, plus Robin Wood and abroad. Heather Chasen and Michael Bates as Mr & Mrs Granthamum. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] Comedy extravaganza written by and featuring Dan Freedman THU 17:30 Electric Ink (b011kvmn) and Nick Romero. Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] With Richard Coles. Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen THU 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82) Music by the Gents. series between 1959 and 1976. Episode 2 Producer: Julian Mayers After aspiring poet Saul Judd and his family win a competition, First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1998 Scripted by Lawrie Wyman. strange events happen. Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston and under - Bath. FRIDAY 03 JUNE 2011 Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd FRI 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js82) 1960. Freddie Jones .... The Scribe [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI 08:30 (b00rvzks) Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife FRI 00:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn65) Series 1 Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] The Economist John Telfer .... Prince Bladud FRI 01:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc) Fuming Harold decides their rag and bone business needs some Trevor Cooper .... Rough Peasant [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] bite. Sam Dastor .... Karim el Hatel FRI 01:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc) Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. June Barrie .... The Chairwoman [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist FRI 02:00 Like They've Never Been Gone (b009hsqj) with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson Liz Goulding .... Rita [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's in 1962. Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. FRI 02:30 Just a Minute (b011kvmx) The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert Music realised by Robin Lever. [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of 8 series Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) FRI 03:00 Ambridge Extra (b011kw6x) on TV. Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] Albert …. Wilfrid Brambell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. FRI 03:15 Loose Ends (b011j2g5) Harold …. Harry H. Corbett THU 18:30 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn65) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday] With Ian Burford. Series 2 FRI 04:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v0) Adapted for radio from 's TV script by Unto Death - And Beyond [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] Gale Pedrick. Stranded on the Golden Planet, the Space Force crew must find FRI 05:00 The Brothers (b00nn2hg) Produced by Bobby Jaye a way to return to Mars. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1966. Conclusion of Charles Chilton's second intergalatic adventure FRI 05:30 Electric Ink (b011kvmn) FRI 09:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00cb1m8) starring Barry Foster. [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] Series 1 Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster FRI 06:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx) Hungry Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson A Caribbean Mystery Robert's mum is doing so much work for the church he can't get Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock Episode 5 enough to eat. And it seems his and family can’t seem to Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba After two murders and an attempted suicide, amateur sleuth get enough of something else. With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard, Bernard Brown and Miss Marple is battling to find a link. A six-part black comedy by Martin Davies Mia Soteriou. The conclusion of Agatha Christie's whodunit starring June Stars Desmond Barrit as Father Benedict, Brenda Blethyn as Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and Whitfield as Miss Marple. Mrs Patterson, Paul Parris as Robert Patterson, Charlotte successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic Miss Marple …. June Whitfield Coleman as Barbara Patterson, Martino Lazzeri as Guy 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Mr Rafiel …. George A. Cooper Entwhistle, Mark Straker as Andy, Claire Skinner as Janet and Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, Tim Kendall …. David Thorpe Jill Meers as Lady At Counter and Gordon Reid as Father Hugh years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama Molly Kendall …. Alison Pettit Producer: Lissa Evans to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television! Esther Walters …. Yvonne Edgell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1993. Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Evelyn Hillingdon …. Carolyn Jones FRI 09:30 Does The Team Think? (b00lkk0q) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985. Edward Hillingdon …. Christopher Wright Series 1 THU 19:00 The Men from the Ministry (b011kvmq) Lucky Dyson …. Tracy-Ann Oberman Episode 4 [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] Jackson …. Andrew Wincott Vic Reeves hosts, as Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Arthur Smith, THU 19:30 Jim the Great (b011kvms) Canon Prescott …. David King Tom Baker and Jo Caulfield tackle the questions. From July [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] Dr Graham .... John Rowe 2007. THU 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmc) Dramatised by Michael Bakewell FRI 10:00 What's So Funny? (b011lb9q) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Director: Enyd Williams Series 1 THU 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011ktgc) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1997. Episode 9 [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI 06:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8) Rufus Hound and guest Gina Yashere preview and review THU 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v0) Series 2 what's happening in comedy this week. Features include a day [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] 4. The Civil War in the studio with comedy boyband Midnight Beast. THU 22:00 The Simon Day Show (b011cfmx) The search to find the killer leads Agatha and James to the FRI 10:30 Ambridge Extra Omnibus (b011lb9s) [Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today] dreaming spires of Oxford, where they soon get intimate - in a Series 1, Episodes 17-18 THU 22:30 The Museum of Everything (b007k3wp) cupboard full of EM Forster first editions... Jamie's got money troubles, while Fallon is all ears. Series 2 Penelope Keith stars as PR guru turned amateur sleuth, Agatha FRI 11:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v7) The Museum Reopens Raisin. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Discover the fate of Badgerland as well as finding out about the Dramatised by David Semple from MC Beaton’s novel. Episode 2 life and work of Victorian author Thomas Queesley. Agatha Raisin ...... Penelope Keith Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic Feel free to wander around our many galleries and experience James Lacey ...... Malcolm Sinclair novel. the history of everything. DC Bill Wong ...... Stephen Hogan George Smiley, called back from retirement, tries to piece Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins Mrs Friendly ...... Joanna Brookes together the events of the past to find the mole he believes is and Dan Tetsell. Mrs Hicks ...... Lynda Baron tearing apart the British Secret Intelligence Service. With Lucy Montgomery. Professor Wolf ...... Simon Treves George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker. Director: Carol Smith Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2005. Control ...... John Rowe First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005. FRI 07:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00776tk) Peter Guillam ...... Ewan Bailey THU 23:00 I Think I've Got a Problem (b00cc4qg) The Taj Mahal and How It Was Done Percy Alleline ...... Bill Paterson Series 2 The National Theatre of Brent recreates 17th-century India's Ricki Tarr ...... Jamie Foreman Episode 1 greatest love story. Stars Patrick Barlow. From April 2007. Toby Esterhase ...... Sam Dale In an attempt to rid him of the band that lives in his head, Tom’s FRI 07:30 Snap (b00tnmtj) Bill Haydon ...... Michael Feast Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/ Radio 4 Extra Listings for 28 May – 3 June 2011 Page 8 of 8 Roy Bland...... David Hargreaves Kurt Vonnegut's short story is read by Stuart Milligan. Sam Collins ...... Nicholas Boulton. One of the outstanding figures of modern US literature, Kurt FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007wwf0) Vonnegut (1922-2007) was a cult figure among students in the [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] 1960s and 1970s with his classics of US counterculture. FRI 12:30 (b011ckxs) The bombing of Dresden by allied forces in 1945 was the Series 74 pivotal moment of his life, which informed his best-known Episode 7 work 'Slaughterhouse Five'. A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins Toksvig. Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2007. FRI 13:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx) FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007wwf0) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI 13:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8) FRI 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b00rvzks) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI 14:00 Mary Brunton - Self Control (b011lcx2) FRI 20:00 Miss Marple (b007jpmx) Desperation [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] Laura's father is ill, their money is running out and Colonel FRI 20:30 Agatha Raisin (b011l9l8) Hargrave is growing desperate. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] Published in 1811, Mary Brunton’s romantic tale set in FRI 21:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pt1v7) Perthshire and London - dramatised in ten parts by Gerda [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] Stevenson. FRI 22:00 The News Quiz Extra (b011ld9s) Laura Montreville is loved by two men - a reckless libertine and A new programme for Radio 4 Extra, featuring jokes that you a dignified but reserved landowner. In a world where polite won't have heard in this week's News Quiz, some clips from the society and sexual hypocrisy rub shoulders easily, can she archives and exclusive behind-the-scenes material. choose wisely between passion and virtue? FRI 22:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b007jmzw) Narrated by Maureen Beattie. Series 1 Laura ...... Gerda Stevenson Normal Death Hargrave ...... Andrew Wincott Steven sells his soul to the Devil in the hope of securing eternal Mrs Stubbs ...... Phyllida Law life. Beggar ...... Colette O'Neil The main side effect is that he becomes rather like a certain Montreville ...... Bernard Horsfall Hollywood icon Montague De Courcy ...... Tom Goodman-Hill Starring Mark Perry as cartoonist Steven Appleby who takes an Producer: Bruce Young abnormal look at everyday life. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003. Featuring Rachel Atkins, Ewan Bailey, Nigel Betts and FRI 14:15 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b007jwv8) Rosalind Paul. Cruise Written by Steven Appleby Sailing round the Mediterranean, a young lady writes about the Producer: upper-class antics on board ship. Read by Abigail Docherty. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001 From March 2003. FRI 23:00 What's So Funny? (b011lb9q) FRI 14:30 Ian Kelly - Casanova (b00qtpnw) [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] Episode 5 FRI 23:30 Sorry About Last Night (b00mzvfq) The Italian libertine goes to a ball in St Petersburg, but meeting A Loft Catherine the Great proves fruitless. Read by Benedict writes and stars in the comedy about life, love and Cumberbatch. not living together. With Siobhan Redmond. From October FRI 14:45 John Boyne - The House of Special Purpose 1999. (b011lcx4) Episode 10 Recalling the Russian Imperial Family's fate, Georgy faces another loss - that of his beloved wife. Concluded by David Warner. FRI 15:00 Sherlock Holmes (b007k202) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Boscombe Valley Mystery When a man is murdered, his blood-covered son stands accused. But the detective has his own theory. Stars Clive Merrison. FRI 15:45 Stephen Greenblatt - Will in the World (b00lcltq) Episode 5 At 40, the Bard meditates on old age. Reconstructing the life, work and era of William Shakespeare, read by Toby Stephens. FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show (b011lcyk) Mel Giedroyc finds out about the Scottish pupils learning bushcraft skills and we'll hear about the life of the urban chicken. Plus, Just William and another Daily Dalek. FRI 17:00 The Arts and How They Was Done (b00776tk) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI 17:30 Snap (b00tnmtj) [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson (b007js8d) Episode 3 Haensel Sethria warns Elise Judd, and Saul Judd is summoned to meet Selwyn Fist. Bruce Bedford's time-hopping supernatural thriller serial set in - and under - Bath. Robert Glenister .... Saul Judd Sharon Duce .... Elise Judd Freddie Jones .... The Scribe Kate Binchy .... The Scribe's Wife Constance Chapman .... Haensel Sethria Gordon Reid .... Priscus Michael Stroud .... Stranger Jonathan Tafler .... Landlord Timothy West .... Selwyn Fist John Abineri .... Roman Officer Jonathan Adams .... The Guardian Original music composed by Thomas Johnson. Music realised by Robin Lever. Special effects: Dick Mills (Radiophonic Workshop) Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. FRI 18:30 Kurt Vonnegut - The Euphio Question (b0088zh5) A way of producing and harnessing happiness is revealed when a physicist plays out the sound of dark matter during a local radio programme. The sound lulls the listeners into a state of euphoria, producing an effect not unlike a large dose of sedative. The ethical and moral implications of marketing this new found product become evident - as the temptation to make money and control huge numbers of people proves too great. Supported by bbc.co.uk/programmes/

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