Radio 4 Extra Listings for 17 – 23 July 2021 Page 1 of 11 SATURDAY 17 JULY 2021 Narrator ...... James Fleet First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013. Beryl Bainbridge ...... Samantha Bond SAT 04:30 To the Manor Born (b007k4vh) SAT 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jrdj) Author: Brendan King Sons of the Fathers The World in Peril Abridger: Pete Nichols Clearing out the cellar - Audrey finds more than she'd Episode 5 Producer: Karen Rose bargained for. Jet and Lemmy monitor strange calls coming in on the ship-to- A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in Starring Penelope Keith and Keith Barron. ship intercom. September 2016. Lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, forced to sell her Completing the sci-fi trilogy of the adventures of Captain Jet SAT 02:15 Shardlake (b09l2299) beloved Grantleigh Estate, has decamped to the tiny Old Lodge Morgan, Mitch, Doc and Lemmy. Heartstone cottage with her butler in tow. Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds Episode 10 From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and disapproving Stephen ‘Mitch’ Mitchell …. Don Sharp Concluding Colin MacDonald's dramatisation of the Tudor eye on new owner, the nouveau-riche Richard DeVere. Doc Matthews …. Guy Kingsley-Poynter mystery novel by C.J. Sansom. Adapted for radio by Peter Spence from his BBC TV script. Lemmy Barnet …. Alfie Bass Matthew Shardlake is on board the Mary Rose when the Audrey fforbes-Hamilton …. Penelope Keith Various …. Alan Tilvern warship is sunk in battle with the loss of more than four Keith Barron ..... Richard DeVere Various and Announcer …. David Jacobs hundred lives. Among the handful of survivors, Shardlake Angela Thorne ..... Marjory Frobisher Music composed by Van Phillips reports back to Queen Catherine with the results of his Nicholas McArdle ..... Brabinger Written and produced by Charles Chilton. investigations into the Curteys children and the family of Sir Margery Withers ..... Mrs Polouvicka First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in October 1955. Nicholas Hobbey. And he pays a final visit to Ellen Fettiplace Frank Middlemass ..... Ned SAT 00:30 Off the Page (b00vrxk3) in the Bedlam. First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it ever On the Road Matthew Shardlake ..... Justin Salinger appeared, before finally arriving home in 1997. "The facts are that four out of five male children start life Hugh Curteys ..... Will Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence. predisposed in favour of adventure," wrote Peter Fleming in Howard George Leacon ..... Finn den Hertog Producer: Jane Berthoud 1933. "They do it because they want to. It suits them. It is their Queen Catherine ..... Emily Wachter First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1997. cup of tea." Sir Richard Rich .... Nicholas Murchie SAT 05:00 Guilt Trip (b07m7833) In this travel themed edition, Dominic Arkwright asks domestic Ellen Fettiplace ..... Kath Weare Episode 2 obsessive Lucy Mangan and Johnny Green, the former road Sailor 1 ..... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong It's day six of the walk and Ros is concerned that they aren't manager of the Clash, whether this is really the case. Sailor 2 ..... Philip Bretherton doing enough to revive the bond between them, while Laura is Writer Justin Marozzi weighs in with a compelling account of a Other parts played by members of the cast. worried that she doesn't have a passion and focus in her life. mercury drinker he met in Uzbekistan, while debate centres on Writer ..... C. J. Sansom Will they both find what they are looking for? whether the nomadic urge is innate. Dramatist ..... Colin MacDonald Comedy drama written by Katherine Jakeways with Felicity Producer: Miles Warde Director ..... David Jackson Young Montagu and Olivia Nixon. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018. A mother and daughter are undertaking a two week sponsored SAT 01:00 Find The Lady (m000dz0w) SAT 02:30 Essex, My Essex (b03w38q3) walk along The Thames Path to raise money for the dead 2. In Which Andrew Marsh Loses a Car Essex born and bred, writer Ian Sansom goes back to the county father's charity. Andrew Marsh is reeling from the shock news about his friend which made him who he is. But the mother and father divorced nine years ago and he'd re- Roger. Ian's grandparents moved there from east-end London to fulfil married, so relationships between them all have been strained. With growing police suspicions over his role in the loss of his their dreams. For them, Essex was a promised land of milk and Things come to a head at any mention of the French Oak gable cheque book, Andrew decides to start his own fraud honey, of golden harvests and Harvester restaurants. table that Ros and her now dead ex bought together in Camden. investigation Ian left 30 years ago and hasn't really been back since. This has somehow ended up in the stepmother's house, much to Starring Noel Johnson. But a lot can happen in 3 decades and in that time just about Ros's annoyance: "I mean she sits at it! It's my table and she sits Thriller serial by David Ellis. everything has happened to Essex. When Ian left there was no at it." Andrew Marsh …. Noel Johnson Essex man, no jokes about Essex girls, no Birds of a Feather, no Ros ...... Felicity Montagu Joyce Marsh …. Madi Hedd Gavin and Stacey, and The Only Way is Essex was a mere glint Laura ...... Olivia Nixon Detective Sergeant Rankin …. Henry Stamper in the average commuter's eye. Stepmother ...... Katherine Jakeways Constable …. Peter Baldwin Now, with the London-overspill county occupying a new space Boyfriend ...... Tim Key Harry Yates …. Leonard Fenton in the public imagination, Ian retraces the steps back to his past. With Javone Prince, Evie Killip and Amelia Lowdell. Salesman …. Rolf Lefebvre Talking to people who've stayed there, meeting family and Producer: Jane Berthoud Constable …. Peter Baldwin friends, going back to landmarks that meant something to him A BBC Radio Comedy production for BBC Radio 4 first Margaret Everard …. Eva Haddon in his younger days, Ian finds out what's changed. broadcast in July 2016. Producer: Betty Davies. Between the low-rise housing and out-of-town retail parks, he SAT 05:30 Taboo (m000xskv) First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1969. finds an anarchist community which uses the county as a place Kate Copstick and special guests Desiree Birch, Scott Capurro, SAT 01:30 Hercule Poirot (m0002cvc) to reimagine life's possibilities. Tanyalee Davies, Jordan Gray, Roger Mahony, Tim Renkow The Mystery of the Blue Train Plus a secret nuclear bunker from which a post-apocalyptic and Kate Smurthwaite tackle the tricky subject of taboo in 5. A Dancer's Revenge Essex generation would emerge and a retired vice Lord comedy, exploring what's wrong with woke, who can say what After Ruth Kettering was found murdered on the Blue Train Lieutenant who hopes limericks can change perception of Essex to whom, where and when, and asking why can't we all just with her priceless rubies stolen, both her husband Derek and girls. lighten up and laugh. Unless you object to the use of the word former lover are suspects. This is it. This is his Essex. lighten... which is not meant in any sense of lighter being So when Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot discovers the latter Producer: Conor Garrett better... has recently acquired a set of rubies, the case would seem to be First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014. Written and Presented by Kate Copstick cut and dried. SAT 03:00 Inspector Chen (b08dmgjw) With Special Guests: Desiree Burch, Scott Capurro, Tanyalee Or is it..? Series 2 Davis, Jordan Gray, Roger Mahony, Tim Renkow and Kate Starring Maurice Denham. 3. The Mao Case Smurthwaite Agatha Christie's thriller based on a short story, The Plymouth It's a dangerous and politically sensitive case for Inspector Chen Studio Engineer and Editor: Gerry O'Riordan Express. when he's asked to investigate the sudden change of fortune of Produced by Gordon Kennedy Hercule Poirot …. Maurice Denham the granddaughter of Chairman Mao's mistress. Recorded at The Soundhouse Studios Katherine Grey …. Janet Maw Starring Jamie Zubairi. An Absolutely production for BBC Radio 4 Rufus Van Aldin …. Robert Beatty Qiu Xiaolong's mysteries featuring the academic turned Special SAT 06:00 JCW Brook - Jonas (b083gwvc) Derek Ketterin …. Anthony Smee Case Squad detective set in 1990s Shanghai. Married friends Max and Julie, and Hugo and Pat enjoy cordial Major Knighton …. Michael Deacon Inspector Chen ...... Jamie Zubairi bridge nights. Mirelle …. Judy Buxton Party Secretary Li ...... Daniel York One evening, after deciding to try out a Ouija board that Max Monsieur Carrege …. Gordon Reid Mr Xie ...... David Yip found in a junk shop, they become embroiled in a spiritual Le Comte de la Roche …. Nigel Graham Jiao ...... Alice Hewkin mystery. Mason …. Pauline Letts Old Hunter ...... David Hounslow Is the board cursed..? Zia …. Jane Leonard Lieutenant Song ...... Chike Chan A spirit world mystery written by JCW Brook. Papopoulos …. Ronald Herdman Long ...... Paul Chan Max Brown …. Julian Holloway George …. Edward de Souza Yong ...... Keziah Joseph Julie Brown …. Anna Cropper Waiter …. Jamie Roberts Peng ...... David Sterne Hugo Stevens …. John Rye Dramatised by Michael Bakewell. Gu ...... John Dougall Pat Stevens …. Prunella Scales Director: David Johnston. Hua ...... John Bowler Waitress …. Carole Boyd First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985. Ling ...... Natasha Cowley Mohammet Asif …. David March SAT 02:00 Beryl Bainbridge: Love By All Sorts Of Means Maid ...... Catriona McFarlane Other parts played by the cast. (b07tc375) Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson Producer: Ian Cotterell 5.