Radio 4 Extra Listings for 15 – 21 April 2017 Page 1 of 8 SATURDAY 15 APRIL 2017 responsible for the tabloid campaign against her. SAT 07:30 Tiny Tim (b0076sg9) Sound design: Eloise Whitmore CP Lee tells the story of unlikely ©60s pop star Tiny Tim, who SAT 00:00 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner (b007jrtt) Broadcast assistant: Kath Willgress warbled his way through a series of prewar songs such as ©Tiptoe Episode 4 Executive producer: Joby Waldman Through the Tulips©, accompanying himself on ukelele. He Jarral must destroy Prince Mephtik and his knife before the full Abridged by Helen Meller married three times, once on TV before a live audience of 45 moon, or he©ll die. Douglas Hill©s fantasy stars Eric Allen and Produced and directed by Polly Thomas million. From June 2005. Hugh Dixon. A Somethin© Else production for BBC Radio 4. SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 (b040h1d7) SAT 00:30 Soul Music (b01qm2fw) SAT 02:45 Book of the Week (b03bx81y) Dark Horse: An Alec Guinness Archive Series 15, She Moved through the Fair Olivier, Episode 5 Alistair McGowan reveals the private side of a purportedly The Irish traditional song She Moved Through The Fair is well Published when the National Theatre turned 50 in 2013, Philip ©retiring© artist - a man who forged one of the most stunningly loved and well recorded by many. To some it is a ghost story that Ziegler©s biography, based on previously unseen letters and successful theatrical and cinematic careers of the last century with tells of unfulfilled longings and of hopes and aspirations cut short. diaries, tells the story of Laurence Olivier as he developed his intelligence, guile and a deep understanding of the creation of Sinead O© Connor and others talk about the haunting beauty of craft, focusing on his career path from early school days through image. this ancient song and of why its imagery is carved into their souls. rep theatre to Hollywood, before returning to triumph in his One of the most extraordinary aspects of the film, television, SAT 01:00 Falco (b008m17q) greatest role ever, as the first director of the National Theatre. stage and radio career that made Sir Alec the most successful Shadows in Bronze, Episode 6 Episode 5: British character actor of the 20th century was his apparent talent A final showdown for the Roman sleuth - but his reunion with Olivier goes to the Royal Court to star in ©The Entertainer© which, for anonymity. Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness© mentor and co- Helena proves bittersweet. in turn, sets him on a path to the last two great loves of his life - star, famously described him as ©a dark horse© in a leading article Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis©s witty Joan Plowright and the National Theatre. in Time Magazine. detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome. Reader: Toby Jones A remarkably good mimic, Sir Alec preferred, it seemed, to With Ben Crowe as Petronius, Robert Lister as Decimus Producer: Clive Brill define himself by the roles he played. Was he really the scholarly, Camillus, Fiona Clarke as Tullia, Anna Madeley as Helena A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. unworldly artist he appeared to be? He was a diarist, raconteur, Justina, Michael Tudor Barnes as Vespasian, Christian Rodska as SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus (b083lky7) and polished Hollywood operator, who turned self-deprecation Gordianus and Sean Connolly as Atius Pertinax, 30 January-3 February 1917 into an art-form, took pride in not being recognised and disliked Dramatised by Mary Cutler. In the week, in 1917, when America formally broke diplomatic showmanship. Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild. relations with Germany, and in Tynemouth, people are making Alistair McGowan examines the many contradictions in the life of First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. small steps forwards. this enigmatic man through archive of interviews with the actor SAT 01:30 John Gielgud - An Actor in His Time (b08m0kt1) Written by Katie Hims himself and those who knew him well. Hamlet tomorrow or next Thursday, but just not tonight! Directed by Jessica Dromgoole Producer: Frank Stirling "I©d used to trail around, waving my cloak in the air and posing Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. with my sword and crying a lot, and I thought - I don©t think that©s Sound: Martha Littlehailes SAT 09:00 The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That the thing at all." Composer: Matthew Strachan Made Us Laugh (b08mj8hq) The 1929 - 31 seasons at London©s Old Vic established Sir John Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews Comedy in the 21st Century Gielgud as a new and exciting Shakespearean performer. With Note: Instead of guest Comedy Controllers, choosing their comedy John Miller. This is the final omnibus of this season of Home Front, which favourites, it is now the turn of those who, in their own ways, Actor and theatre director, Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) was returns to Radio 4 on 17th April 2017. have to take the blame for many of the shows often featured on regarded as one of the greatest thespians of his generation. SAT 04:00 Who Goes There? (b00fj2bw) Radio 4 Extra. Between them, Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Producer: John Powell Series 3, Episode 2 Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville have well over a 150 years of gut- First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1978. Martin Young©s famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Fred busting, side-aching woofers, gags and - let©s be honest - the SAT 02:00 John Buchan - Sick Heart River (b00lkk0v) Housego, Amanda Foreman and Maria McErlane. occasional horrific mistimed silence. Episode 10 SAT 04:30 Tickets Please (b00p5xc2) In front of an audience in the iconic Radio Theatre in Moved by their plight, Leithen spends his last days helping the Episode 4 Broadcasting House - the home of British Radio comedy - they Canadian Indians. John Buchan©s novel read by Paul Young. Will the tangled web of love and lust be unpicked before arrival reveal why they do it and what it was (and is) that made them SAT 02:15 Publishing Lives (b03xgslw) in Exeter St David©s? With Alex Kelly. From December 2009. laugh. Series 2, Carmen Callil SAT 05:00 Old Dog and Partridge (b007v07y) Programme 4. Comedy in the 21st Century - The Real Comedy Robert McCrum explores the stories of five great British Episode 2 Controllers argue whether broadcast comedy has run out of publishers. As she settles back into the pub, Nicola struggles to bond with her ideas... and asks where do we go for laughs today. Episodes Carmen Callil set out to change the world with her pioneering father Jack. Stars Michael Williams. From January 1999. featured include: feminist publishing house, Virago Press. Arriving in London from SAT 05:30 Hal (b08lgdpn) Over The Garden Wall Australia in 1960, she started as a "publicity girl", then one of the Series 2, Teenagers Norman Evans plays toothless Lancastrian housewife Fanny few publishing jobs available to women who did not want to be The second series of the sitcom with Hal Cruttenden finds the Fairbottom, later inspiring Les Dawson©s homage Ada. From secretaries. hapless house husband still trying to cope with his mid-life crisis October 1948. In 1973 she founded Virago Press to "publish books by women and doubting his every move. Down The Line which celebrated women©s lives, and which would, by so doing, His wife Sam (Kerry Godliman) is still a highly successful Hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy, starring Rhys Thomas, spread the message of women©s liberation to the whole business woman, his two daughters Lily and Molly continue to Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson and population". Virago©s first publication was Fenwomen: A Portrait grow into teenagers and find their dad just a little annoying, his Paul Whitehouse. With special guests Adil Ray and Arabella of Women in an English Village by Mary Chamberlain. This oral bitter and embittered sister Pippa (Abigail Cruttenden) has Weir. First broadcast in February 2011. history set out as Virago meant to go on, giving voice to inconveniently decided to stay with Hal alongside her angry Museum of Curiosity previously silent women. teenage son Oberon, racist neighbour Penny (Ronni Ancona) Professor of Ignorance John Lloyd and his curator Sarah Millican Despite some criticism from the established literary world, Virago proves to be a major thorn in Hal©s side and best mates Fergus (Ed welcome the singer, photographic playboy and failed accountant quickly became a success. In 1978, Carmen launched the hugely Byrne) and Barry (Gavin Webster) hinder rather than help Hal©s Ken Dodd; Dr Hannah Fry who took up mathematical modelling influential Modern Classics series, with their distinctive green goal of finding himself. to get to grips with dating; and Greg Jenner who checks the spines, celebrating and reviving the work of hundreds of often In this first episode, eldest daughter Lily is about to introduce the historical accuracy of over 1,200 songs and sketches that make up neglected female writers. Since then, the Modern Classics series family to her new hip boyfriend, Bazman, and Hal©s need to re- Horrible Histories. First broadcast in January 2016, has become Virago©s hallmark. kindle his own romantic past leads to unforeseen challenges. Hal©s I©m Sorry I Haven©t A Clue Carmen left Virago to run Chatto in the 80s, and retired from sister Pippa has also come to stay unexpectedly after her husband The long-running, self-styled antidote to panel games.