Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22 – 28 October 2011 Page 1 of 7 SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER 2011 With Caroline Loncq and Kevin Eldon. Lyons. From July 2011. Producer: Jane Berthoud SAT 23:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnjn) SAT 00:00 Tanith Lee - Red as Blood (b007jq65) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1998. Deadlock In a dark Snow White fantasy, the Queen sets out to rescue her SAT 06:00 Bernard Pomerance - The Elephant Man A Hero's Death stepdaughter from her sinister heritage. Read by Stella Gonet. (b007k2by) At the funeral of her ice-hockey hero cousin, private eye V I SAT 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2sj) A disfigured man is rescued from a Victorian freak show. But Warshawski gets suspicious. Was his death really an accident? Father's Day what is 'normality'? Powerful drama starring Gerard Murphy. Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski. An estranged father and daughter's reunion is threatened by SAT 07:30 Simon Schama - Baseball and Me (b00yhqcf) With Eleanor Bron as Lottie, William Hootkins as Bobby sinister state forces. Jasmine Callan reads Ian Dudley's tale. Episode 2 Mallory, James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, Peter Marinker as SAT 00:45 The Ghostbuster Diaries (b007jyc9) After 30 years in America, English-born historian Simon Nils Greyfalk, Teresa Gallagher as Paige Carrington and My Three Ladies Schama wonders why he's still bewitched by the ever-popular William Roberts as Clayton Phillips. The past misdeeds of the infamous King Henry VIII come back sport. Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female to haunt him. Read by Paul Darrow. SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b016c22y) sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, SAT 01:00 Paul Temple (b00rq27n) Series 7 is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case Episode 1 comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she A Warning from Miss Wayne Originally cinecast to US cinemas, the American funny man never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky says of Lynn Ferguson recounts her ordeal of being kidnapped - while welcomes singers Joe Ely and Sara Watkins to Minnesota. From her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were suave sleuth Paul Temple gets some drunken advice from Betty October 2010. portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil Wayne. SAT 09:00 Ulrika's Comedy Gold (b007jvtl) or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple Episode 1 female private investigator". and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for Ulrika Jonsson's Sony Radio Academy Awards six-pack: I'm Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife. Sorry I Haven't A Clue, People Like Us, Goodness Gracious 'VI Warshawski'. With Peggy Hassard as Lynn Ferguson, James Beattie as Me, In One Ear, A Perforated Ulster and Knowing Me Dramatised by Michelene Wandor. Charlie, Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes, Grizelda Hervey Knowing You. Director: Janet Whitaker as Betty Wayne and Duncan McIntyre as Detective Inspector SAT 12:00 Disconnected Omnibus (b016827s) First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. Kingston. 4 Extra Debut. Following his son's separation, Ray is forbidden SAT 23:30 Jake Arnott - The Long Firm (b01683vn) From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective to see his granddaughter Ellie - and the legal struggle begins for Episode 10 Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, access to the child he loves. By Richard Monks. Prison sociologist Lenny gets drawn further than he ever solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular SAT 13:10 Two Minute Tales (b015zzmg) imagined into the world of Harry Starks. Read by Julian Rhind- series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails Give a Dog a Bad Name Tutt. and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore In Jimmy Richards' tale, a bad boy of British football gets his SAT 23:45 Jennifer Donnelly - A Gathering Light cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, own back on the sport's golden boy. Read by Nicholas Boulton. (b01683vq) usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. SAT 13:15 Maigret (b00fz0g3) Episode 5 Producer: Martin C Webster Series 1 Will she stay or will she go? Mattie reads Grace's last letter and First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1954. The Bar on the Seine receives some news from Miss Wilcox. And Royal awaits. SAT 01:30 Mark Gatiss - Black Butterfly (b0161mpx) A condemned man gives the French detective a fresh lead on an As the story behind Grace Brown's death unfolds, 17 year old 5. Deadly Adversary unsolved murder. With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes. Mattie Gokey must chose to between her desire to be a writer, Having followed a trail that led from Soho to Jamaica, via SAT 14:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show and the excitement of a first romance. Istanbul, Lucifer Box has finally come face to face with a (b00bx21q) Jennifer Donnelly's debut novel conlcuded by Vicki Simon. deadly adversary from his past. From 25/03/1978 Abridged by Penny Leicester. Will our hero prevent him from carrying out his evil plan? The duo welcome Penelope Keith, who does her own intro Producer: Liz Allard Written and concluded by Mark Gatiss. before performing in Ern's sketch what he wrote. From October First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004. Set in 1953, this is the third in a trilogy of spoof spy novels 1977. detailing the devilishly daring adventures of secret agent, SAT 14:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlnf) Lucifer Box. Series 3 SUNDAY 23 OCTOBER 2011 Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. TB or Not TB First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in October 2011. Sixty years of smoking takes its toll on Albert Steptoe. SUN 00:00 Francis Turnly - Lullaby (b00d7jh3) SAT 02:00 Second Holmes (b0161p3d) Starring Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] The Case of the Shadowed Minister Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association SUN 00:30 Fantastic Journeys (b00h73hy) The grandsons of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson help a with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] member of Parliament who claims he's being followed... wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b016c22y) Six light-hearted adventures involving the grandsons of The Offer featured the lives of rag and bone men Albert [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson written by Grant Eustace Steptoe and son Harold - and was the spark for a run of eight SUN 02:00 Disconnected Omnibus (b016827s) Starring Peter Egan as Stamford Holmes, Jeremy Nicholas as series on TV. [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] Dr Watson, Angela Down as Alex Messinger, Stuart Organ as Albert ...... Wilfrid Brambell SUN 03:10 Two Minute Tales (b015zzmg) Mr Belling, Jim Reid as Michael, Wendy Murray as Mrs Harold ...... Harry H Corbett [Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday] Waterfield and Miranda Forbes as Mrs Belling. Receptionist ...... Jo Manning Wilson SUN 03:15 Maigret (b00fz0g3) Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer Adapted for radio from their TV scripts by Ray Galton and [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1983. Alan Simpson. SUN 04:00 Bernard Pomerance - The Elephant Man SAT 02:30 Foul Play (b0080shw) Producer: Bobby Jaye (b007k2by) Series 1 First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1971. [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] The Corpse in the Car Park SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b016c22y) SUN 05:30 What's So Funny? (b0161nt1) Crime writers John Harvey and Margaret Yorke try to solve a [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] woman's death in a car park. Written and chaired by Simon SAT 16:00 Bernard Pomerance - The Elephant Man SUN 06:00 Soloparentpals.com Omnibus (b0169487) Brett. (b007k2by) Single parents Rosie and Tom are four months into their long SAT 03:00 The Complete Smiley (b07pszqr) [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] distance-relationship, and they still haven't told their online pals. Smiley's People SAT 17:30 What's So Funny? (b0161nt1) Sue Teddern's comedy stars Kris Marshall. Episode 2 Series 2 SUN 07:10 Two Minute Tales (b016948c) On the trail of the killer, George is reunited with an old Episode 3 It Should Have Been Me colleague and thinks of an old enemy. Stars Simon Russell Ed Byrne, Veronica Lee and Ian Stone debate British comedy, It Should Have Been Me: If marriage takes courage, how much Beale. Rafe Spall talks comic acting and Lucy Porter meets Phil nerve would it take to stop a wedding? Jimmy Richards' tale, SAT 04:00 Afternoon Reading (b007x23g) Nichol. read by Nicholas Boulton. William Trevor - Cheating at Canasta SAT 18:00 Francis Turnly - Lullaby (b00d7jh3) SUN 07:15 Five Stories by Rose Tremain (b00cr1lq) The Dressmaker's Child Kate and Patrick face terror from the sinister past of their How It Stacks Up Cahal's plans to dupe a gullible young couple backfire newly renovated house.