15 March, 2013

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 16/03/2013 - 22/03/2013

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SAT SATURDAY 16 MARCH 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Fantastic Journeys b00hql36 (Listen) SAT If at First, by Peter F Hamilton SAT A diligent detective discovers how multi-millionaire SAT businessman Marcus Orthew stays ahead of his rivals. Read by SAT Sam Dale. SAT SAT 00:30 A Night With a Vampire b00w47nx (Listen) SAT Clarimonde, by Theophile Gautier SAT As a young man approaches his first moments as a priest his SAT eyes glance to heaven - and sees leaning over the sanctuary SAT railing - a young woman of extraordinary beauty. And so SAT begins a sensational struggle for his soul...... SAT Written by Theophile Gautier. SAT Read by David Tennant. SAT Producer: Clive Brill SAT A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:45 Dermot Bolger - Haunting Women b016q02f (Listen) SAT The Riding Crop SAT A bitter dispute between sisters 200 years ago means a SAT precious wedding gift must be cared for in the present. SAT SAT 01:00 Cadfael - Monk's Hood b007jlbz (Listen) SAT Judgement SAT With Edwin arrested for murder, Brother Cadfael seeks SAT justice in the local court. Stars Philip Madoc and Sir SAT Michael Hordern. SAT SAT 01:30 Boxer and Doberman b00wh02c (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Black Widow SAT When Bob Boxer falls for a seductive TV presenter, his SAT detective partner Shona Doberman grows suspicious. Stars SAT Anita Vettesse. SAT SAT 02:00 Tony's b00tdlr8 (Listen) SAT The Italian Connection SAT The salon and owner are attacked by gangsters, but can a SAT cousin speak their language? Stars Victor Spinetti. From SAT November 1979. SAT SAT 02:30 The Brothers b00p2z5w (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 4 SAT The arrival of Nigel and Michael's father sparks more havoc. SAT Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From October 2005. SAT SAT 03:00 Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone b01r81tv (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT Determined to solve the mystery of the diamond, Blake makes SAT a shocking discovery and sets up a re-enactment. Stars Paul SAT Rhys. SAT SAT 04:00 Brian Friel Stories b01r81tx (Listen) SAT The Death of a Scientific Humanist SAT When her brother Cormac is refused burial on consecrated SAT ground, Angela Cassidy must make other plans. Read by Adrian SAT Dunbar. SAT SAT 04:15 The Lady Detectives b00cql2n (Listen) SAT The Law and the Lady, by Wilkie Collins SAT Valeria Woodville tries to clear her husband of murdering SAT his first wife. Sensational Gothic tale starring Abigail SAT Docherty. SAT SAT 05:00 For Better Or for Worse b00g2glt (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Dithering Bernard's tries to get engaged to his flighty SAT partner Iris. Stars Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye. From SAT February 1993. SAT SAT 05:30 The Right Time b009v5dn (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 1 SAT 40 is the new 21. Sketch show written and performed by the SAT well-lived. Stars Eleanor Bron and Graeme Garden. From April SAT 2002. SAT SAT 06:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote b007k0m0 (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT The intrepid knight embarks on a new adventure with faithful SAT companion Sancho Panza in this 1615 classic. Stars Bob Grant SAT and Bernard Cribbins. SAT SAT 07:30 Rembrandt Today b00yb5ck (Listen) SAT Why was the Dutch Master painter so fascinated with SAT self-portraits? Nigel Warburton investigates. From October SAT 2006. SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b00zfz9q (Listen) SAT Series 6, Episode 17 SAT From Tennessee, the American funny man welcomes guitarist SAT Steve Wariner and legendary musician Cowboy Jack Clement. SAT From 2010. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller b01r9rh7 (Listen) SAT Colin Murray SAT Made for 4Extra. BBC Radio 5 live's sports presenter digs up SAT Mel Brooks' Desert Island Discs, Knowing Me Knowing You, SAT Many a Slip, and Mark Thomas and Stewart Lee in Chain SAT Reaction. SAT SAT 12:00 Writing the Century: The Journal of a Joskin - Omnibus SAT b01r9rh9 (Listen) SAT Exploring the 20th Century through the diaries and SAT correspondence of real people, such as Yorkshire farm SAT labourer Fred Kitchen. SAT SAT 13:15 Baldi b007jljw (Listen) SAT Series 1, The Prodigal Son SAT Franciscan priest Paolo Baldi turns amateur sleuth in an SAT Italian chip shop. Barry Devlin's murder mystery with David SAT Threlfall. SAT SAT 14:00 Desert Island Discs: Long-play b018j65d (Listen) SAT Sir Michael Caine SAT Marking Sir Michael Caine's 80th birthday, an extended SAT edition of his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From SAT December 2009. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b00zfz9q (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote b007k0m0 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01r51fb (Listen) SAT Series 2, With guest Charlie Baker SAT New series of the comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and his SAT five piece band and specially written, original music. SAT Guests across this series include Phill Jupitus, Charlie SAT Baker, Nick Mohammed, Doc Brown, Matt Lucas and Danny Baker. SAT This third episode explores the theme of love including SAT songs on chat up lines and romance in Bognor as well as a SAT foray into drum and bass and a look at the history of the SAT flute. Guest starring Charlie Baker who deconstructs a SAT classic love song. SAT Host .... Alex Horne SAT Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland SAT Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown SAT Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier SAT Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds SAT Piano/keyboard .... Ed Sheldrake SAT Guest performer .... Charlie Baker SAT Producer .... Julia McKenzie. SAT SAT 18:00 The Man in Black b00z2yvr (Listen) SAT Series 3, Uncle William's House SAT Mark Gatiss introduces Alison Falconer's chilling tale of a SAT young mum inheriting a haunted cottage. Stars Anne-Marie SAT Piazza. SAT SAT 18:30 Stories of Ray Bradbury b00tf7b6 (Listen) SAT Golden Apples of the Sun & The One Who Waits SAT A rocket ship's mission to the sun, followed by a tale of a SAT somewhat scary game in the dark. Short stories read by Sean SAT Barrett. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller b01r9rh7 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 The Mark Steel Revolution b00g1zs8 (Listen) SAT The Theory of Evolution SAT The radical comedian re-assesses Darwin's description of the SAT development of life. With Carla Mendonca. From August 1998. SAT SAT 22:30 Hardeep at The Stand b01ml1c8 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 1 SAT 1/6 SAT The Stand captures the entire comedy experience, there's SAT backstage revelations, jokes, anecdotes and lots and lots of SAT laughter. In this episode, LA resident and genuine Hollywood SAT star, Greg Proops talks of his impressions of Glasgow, Zoe SAT Lyons recounts family holidays in Scotland and there are SAT some good old-fashioned jokes from Stuart Mitchell and Jim SAT Park. SAT SAT 22:45 Hardeep at The Stand b01mrgck (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 2 SAT 2/6 SAT Join Hardeep Singh Kohli for some hilarious stand up comedy SAT from a selection of the best comedians working in the world SAT right now. Hardeep At The Stand captures the entire comedy SAT experience, there's backstage revelations, jokes, anecdotes SAT and lots and lots of laughter. In this episode, Martin Mor SAT electrifies the venue with his high energy presence, Bob SAT Mills demonstrates the gentle art of stand up to perfection SAT and there's some good old fashioned jokes from Chris Grady SAT and Jo Jo Sutherland. SAT SAT 23:00 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jl8w (Listen) SAT The Smithfield Murders, A Passion for Hunting Something SAT With big business involved, the Detective Superintendent SAT finds herself trapped with hired killers. Stars Imelda SAT Staunton. SAT SAT 23:30 Scandinavian Chiller b0131yvq (Listen) SAT Camilla Lackberg - The Ice Princess, Episode 4 SAT Erica confronts the father of Alex's love child and Patrick SAT uncovers a new lead. Alex Tregear continues the Swedish SAT thriller. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 17 MARCH 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 The Man in Black b00z2yvr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Stories of Ray Bradbury b00tf7b6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b00zfz9q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Writing the Century: The Journal of a Joskin - Omnibus SUN b01r9rh9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Baldi b007jljw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote b007k0m0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01r51fb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton Omnibus b007yltk (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN A cotton weaver's daughter is wooed and her Aunt goes SUN missing. Elizabeth Gaskell's novel frankly depicts life in SUN the lower classes of Manchester in the 1840s. Stars Emma SUN Rydal. SUN SUN 07:15 Postscripts: JB Priestley b00nsnhn (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Describing a wartime outing to Margate, the broadcaster's SUN 1940 wartime observations are read by Patrick Stewart. SUN SUN 07:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b00fkwx4 (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 2 SUN Milton Jones bestrides the globe as an expert in his field, SUN with no ability whatsoever. SUN Milton is an antiques expert whose passion for Faberge Eggs SUN leads him to bankruptcy, a Russian sleigh ride and a SUN mysterious Swiss schloss. SUN With Tom Goodman-Hill, Ingrid Oliver, Ben Willbond. SUN SUN 08:00 Doctor At Large b009xxrs (Listen) SUN In General Practice SUN Sparrow lands a job in Aberdeen, where he's forced to tackle SUN a pepped-up port-loving lady. With Richard Briers. From July SUN 1969. SUN SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b00zfp3l (Listen) SUN The Ship That Wagged Its Tail SUN The blundering duo make headlines mixing up dogs with boats. SUN Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From April 1969. SUN SUN 09:00 Arthur Ransome - Swallows and Amazons b007jy5f (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN The Walker children set sail and encounter the Amazons for SUN the first time in this classic Lakeland tale. Stars Jean SUN Anderson. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01r9syn (Listen) SUN Dancers, Dame Beryl Grey SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Joplin to Sibelius, ballerina Dame Beryl SUN Grey shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From March SUN 2002. SUN SUN 10:45 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty b008s3b1 (Listen) SUN Episode 4 SUN Peter White tackles sporting events and the game of love in SUN his exploration of what beauty means to blind people. SUN SUN 11:00 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01r9t6w (Listen) SUN Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back, Episode SUN 5 SUN Michael Bentine remembers riding the rapids, a trick by SUN Alfred Hitchcock and tales of the Secret Service. From SUN November 1994. SUN SUN 11:30 Double Trouble b007jmv5 (Listen) SUN The Two Ronnies SUN One of the most popular comedy partnerships of all time. SUN Stuart Maconie explores the individual characteristics that SUN made the pairing of Ronnies Corbett and Barker so special. SUN SUN 12:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton Omnibus b007yltk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Postscripts: JB Priestley b00nsnhn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Noel Coward - The Vortex b00d06t9 (Listen) SUN The notorious 1924 drama lifting the lid on the lives of the SUN country house set. Stars Elizabeth Sellars and Martin SUN Jarvis. SUN SUN 15:00 Doctor At Large b009xxrs (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry b00zfp3l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b01r9vlh (Listen) SUN Mel Giedroyc introduces the best of this week's 4 O'Clock SUN Show, from training dogs for Hollywood to bongo playing, via SUN Broadway! SUN SUN 16:30 Arthur Ransome - Swallows and Amazons b007jy5f (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 How Tickled Am I? b007m5v6 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Will Hay SUN Mark Radcliffe profiles popular comedian Will Hay, SUN remembered for both his film acting talents and his passion SUN for astronomy. SUN SUN 18:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01r527b (Listen) SUN London Below SUN Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A SUN subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube SUN stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere. SUN An act of kindness sees Richard Mayhew catapulted from his SUN ordinary life into a subterranean world under the streets of SUN London. Stopping to help an injured girl on a London street, SUN Richard is thrust from his workaday existence into the SUN strange world of London Below. SUN So begins a curious and mysterious adventure deep beneath SUN the streets of London, a London of shadows where the tube SUN cry of 'Mind the Gap' takes on new meaning; for the SUN inhabitants of this murky domain are those who have fallen SUN through the gaps in society, the dispossessed, the homeless. SUN Here Richard meets the Earl of Earl's Court, Old Bailey and SUN Hammersmith, faces a life-threatening ordeal at the hands of SUN the Black Friars, comes face to face with Great Beast of SUN London, and encounters an Angel. Called Islington. SUN Joining the mysterious girl named Door and her companions, SUN the Marquis de Carabas and the bodyguard, Hunter, Richard SUN embarks on an extraordinary quest to escape from the SUN clutches of the fiendish assassins Croup and Vandemar and to SUN discover who ordered them to murder her family. All the SUN while trying to work out how to get back to his old life in SUN London Above. SUN A six part adaption of Neil Gaiman's novel adapted by Dirk SUN Maggs for Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra, sees James McAvoy as SUN Richard lead a stellar cast which includes Natalie Dormer, SUN David Harewood, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Cumberbatch, SUN Christopher Lee, Anthony Head, David Schofield, Bernard SUN Cribbins, Romola Garai, George Harris, Andrew Sachs, Lucy SUN Cohu, Johnny Vegas, Paul Chequer, Don Gilet and Abdul Salis. SUN SUN All episodes will be available to catch up on demand until SUN 29 March 2013. SUN SUN Credits SUN Richard Mayhew: James McAvoy SUN Lady Door: Natalie Dormer SUN Marquis de Carabas: David Harewood SUN Hunter: Sophie Okonedo SUN Croup: Anthony Head SUN Vandemar: David Schofield SUN Old Bailey: Bernard Cribbins SUN Jessica: Romola Garai SUN Gary: Paul Chequer SUN Anaesthesia: Yasmin Page SUN Lord Ratspeaker: Johnny Vegas SUN Iliaster: Paul Stonehouse SUN Varney: Stephen Marcus SUN Letting Agent: Stephen Marcus SUN Sylvia: Karen Archer SUN Lord Portico: John Glover SUN Mr Figgis: Neil Gaiman SUN Fop (with no name): Neil Gaiman SUN Director: Dirk Maggs SUN Producer: Heather Larmour SUN Writer: Neil Gaiman SUN SUN 19:00 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01r9t6w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 Double Trouble b007jmv5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Doctor At Large b009xxrs (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry b00zfp3l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01r9syn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty b008s3b1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones b00fkwx4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Meet David Sedaris b011tzmn (Listen) SUN Series 2, The Incomplete Quad, and The Squirrel and the SUN Chipmunk SUN The multi-award winning American essayist brings his wit and SUN charm to BBC Radio 4 for a second series of audience SUN readings. This week a memoir of one nefarious summer while SUN studying at college: "The Incomplete Quad" and a modern take SUN on the anthropomorphic fable in: "The Squirrel & The SUN Chipmunk". SUN Producer: Steve Doherty SUN A Boomerang production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b01rk90r (Listen) SUN For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the SUN best comedy around. Plus Arthur Smith is joined by Andy SUN Parsons. SUN SUN 23:00 Newsjack b01r80wj (Listen) SUN Series 8, Episode 5 SUN BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show which anyone can SUN write for. With Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Justin Edwards, SUN Nadia Kamil and Lewis Macleod. SUN SUN 23:30 Nick Revell Show b007k1n0 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Homeless SUN The writer and his talking geraniums outstay their welcome SUN at Craig and Shona's place. With Alistair McGowan. From June SUN 1993. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 18 MARCH 2013 MON MON 00:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01r527b (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01r9syn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Peter White - Blind Man's Beauty b008s3b1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01r9t6w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Double Trouble b007jmv5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Doctor At Large b009xxrs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Noel Coward - The Vortex b00d06t9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Arthur Ransome - Swallows and Amazons b007jy5f (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvp9 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON The Belgian sleuth gets embroiled in some mysterious upper MON class marital problems. Agatha Christie whodunnit with John MON Moffatt. MON MON 06:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012llr0 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Crime reporter Michael Quigley's evening is ruined by the MON latest escapade of a mysterious master criminal. Read by MON Danny Webb. MON MON 06:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01blcc3 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Journalist Rhoda Gradwyn checks into an exclusive cosmetic MON surgery clinic. PD James detective mystery with Christine MON Kavanagh. MON MON 07:00 Edge Falls b00d9yq6 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 2 MON Sitcom by Paul Barnhill and Neil Warhurst, set in a retail MON park. MON Edge Falls is licensed for marriage, with traumatic results. MON Mick ...... Mark Benton MON Sonya ...... Frances Barber MON Rez ...... Emil Marwa MON Valerie ...... Sarah Hadland MON Darryl ...... Paul Barnhill MON Fred ...... Ben Crowe MON Justine ...... Helen Longworth MON Karl ...... Neil Warhurst MON Milosh ...... Stephen Critchlow MON Phil ...... Dan Starkey MON Directed by Sally Avens. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b01r55x3 (Listen) MON Series 65, Episode 5 MON Gyles Brandreth, Alun Cochrane, Stephen Mangan and Paul MON Merton attempt to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, MON repetition or deviation under the watchful eye of Nicholas MON Parsons. MON MON 08:00 Round The Horne b00hzh39 (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 14 MON Special agent Kenneth Horne probes a pirate invasion of the MON BBC, and Kenneth Williams throws a hissy fit. From June MON 1965. MON MON 08:30 The Al Read Show b008xzwj (Listen) MON Right monkey! MON Right monkey! A collection of the Northern comic's 1950s MON monologues. Al takes a peek inside the world of horse MON racing. MON MON 09:00 Alison and Maud b007k2d1 (Listen) MON Series 1, Family Hold Back MON B&B landlady Maud comes up trumps in the middle of the MON night. Stars Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes. From MON December 2002. MON MON 09:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful b007jw2r (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 6 MON Ad man Ken struggles with the women in his life, and ex-boss MON Freddie causes a stir. Stars Martin Jarvis. From November MON 1986. MON MON 10:00 Playing for Time - Three Days in May 1940 b007k4c7 (Listen) MON Facing defeat in Dunkirk, the War Cabinet challenges Winston MON Churchill over May bank holiday weekend 1940. Stars Robert MON Hardy. MON MON 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rb1t7 (Listen) MON Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir MON Made for 4 Extra. As a stranger returns, Hardy's inimitable MON Wessex characters recount village tales of Longpuddle life. MON Read by Richard Mitchley. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b01r93sk (Listen) MON Joey Skaggs, Kevin Eldon, Pippa Haywood, Ed Stafford, Arthur MON Smith, Stornoway, Julie Hawk MON Clive's duped by satirist, prankster and media critic Joey MON Skaggs. As one of the originators of culture jamming, Joey's MON famously disrupted or subverted media culture and its MON mainstream cultural institutions. He tells Clive how he MON managed to pull off his famous pranks, such as Cathouse for MON Dogs and Brooklyn Bridge Lottery. Joey's a guest speaker at MON Advertising Week Europe, which runs from Monday 18th to MON Thursday 21st March. MON Clive needs to talk about Kevin with actor and comedian MON Kevin Eldon, who has appeared in countless comedies; Brass MON Eye, Big Train and Nighty Night to name just a few. He now MON has his own sketch show, a veritable catnip for comedy MON nerds, starring the likes of Julia Davis and Simon Day. MON 'It's Kevin' starts on BBC 2 on Sunday 17th March at 22.30 MON Arthur Smith's castaway this week is explorer, adventurer MON and real life Robinson Crusoe, Ed Stafford. After Walking MON the Amazon, Ed's latest extreme survival challenge sees him MON washed up on a desert island, south east of Fiji, with only MON his brain, bare hands and a camera to keep him alive. 'Naked MON and Marooned With Ed Stafford' is on each Thursday on MON Discovery Channel at 21.00. MON Clive's banged up with actress and Mrs Brittas Pippa MON Haywood, who's starring in the second series of BBC One's MON 'Prisoner's Wives'. There's more porridge for Pippa, as she MON returns to our screens as Harriet, a respectable middle-aged MON upstanding member of the local community whose son is in MON jail. 'Prisoner's Wives' is on Thursdays at 21.00. MON With music from Oxford Indie folksters Stornoway who lay MON their first single 'Knock Me On The Head' from their album MON 'Tales From Terra Firma'. MON And more musical bling from Julie Hawk who performs the MON title track of her EP 'The Value of Gold'. MON Producer: Cathie Mahoney. MON MON 12:00 Round The Horne b00hzh39 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Al Read Show b008xzwj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvp9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012llr0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 13:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01blcc3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] MON MON 14:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton b007yn9k (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Tragedy strikes for Jem, but will occupied Mary offer any MON comfort? Frank portrayal of 1840s Manchester life with Emma MON Rydal. MON MON 14:15 The Generation Gap b00qzrjc (Listen) MON Series 2: Sex, Underwear and Sex Shop Entrepreneur MON Series of programmes in which two people from different MON generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature MON of Britain. MON The theme of the second series of five programmes is Sex. MON Jane runs an underwear shop in a seaside town, and has MON recently started stocking sex toys for the older generation. MON Her son helps out in the shop, and they discuss attitudes to MON sex across the generations. MON A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's b0089jbx (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Fred is approached by a stranger, who has been watching MON Holly Golightly's New York apartment. Truman Capote's famous MON tale is read by Henry Goodman. MON MON 14:45 John Gielgud - Gielgud's Letters b0082ckb (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Actor Sir John Gielgud's remarkable life told through his MON letters. In 1936, he was Hamlet in New York. Read by Derek MON Jacobi. MON MON 15:00 Playing for Time - Three Days in May 1940 b007k4c7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01pqhkh (Listen) MON Dick and Dom are back with more experiments in 'How MON Dangerous Is Your House'. Plus, a guide to woodland birds MON and a new story, 'The Silver Bead' by Helen Dunmore. MON MON 17:00 Coming Alive b00hrt7t (Listen) MON Series 3, Betting Fever MON Terry agrees to babysit for Sandra, but reckons without her MON mother. Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. From October MON 2001. MON MON 17:30 Edge Falls b00d9yq6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01rb2c1 (Listen) MON Earl's Court MON Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A MON subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube MON stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere. MON MON All episodes will be available to catch up on demand until MON 29 March 2013. MON MON 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse b00m9p2w (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Millions of years from now, a small tribe battles to stay MON alive in Earth's dense jungle. Sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth MON Thomas. MON MON 19:00 Round The Horne b00hzh39 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Al Read Show b008xzwj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvp9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012llr0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 20:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01blcc3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] MON MON 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rb1t7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b01r93sk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b01r55x3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Nick Mohammed: Apollo 21 b00nqht7 (Listen) MON Mockumentary by Nick Mohammed, recorded at Bedford MON University. MON Forty years after man first landed on the moon, the MON surviving astronauts tell us what it was like to be part of MON the moon mission. MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b01r5r15 (Listen) MON Series 39, Episode 5 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Mitch Benn, Laura MON Shavin, Maeve Higgins and Nathan Caton to present the a MON comic run through the week's news. MON MON 23:30 The Museum of Curiosity b0167zkv (Listen) MON Series 4, Haynes, McCandless, Crystal MON Hosted by the Professor of Ignorance from the University of MON Buckingham John Lloyd C.B.E. and the intensely curious MON comedian Dave Gorman. MON This week's guests: MON Natalie Haynes is an author, comedian and critic. Her book, MON The Ancient Guide To Modern Life is all about the wisdom and MON lifestyles of the ancient Greeks and Romans and uses them to MON give us a better perspective of our own time. Natalie is MON bubbling with facts and loves busting cherished myths about MON the classical past. Natalie is also a massive fan of MON detective fiction, to which she has applied her prodigious MON intellect. An obsessive Diagnosis Murder fan, Natalie would MON give up a year of her life to live in the time in which Dick MON Van Dyke was the "biggest star in the world". MON David McCandless is a journalist and the author of MON Information Is Beautiful, a book which uses imaginative new MON ways to display complex statistical information, using novel MON graphics. David was also once the UK's Doom video game MON champion, narrowly beaten in the world final by a MON 14-year-old boy with a moustache. MON David Crystal is the Professor of Linguistics at the MON University of Wales, Bangor. He is without doubt Britain's MON top linguist. He has written over a hundred books on the MON subject, including the standard texts read by every MON linguistics student in the country, and edited the Cambridge MON Encyclopaedia of the English language. He knows exactly how MON many different words there are in an average edition of the MON Sun, because he's counted them, knows just why people are MON wrong when they say that txtspk is the death of English, and MON once sold two dozen adjectives at a shilling each. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 19 MARCH 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01rb2c1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse b00m9p2w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvp9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012llr0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01blcc3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Alison and Maud b007k2d1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful b007jw2r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Playing for Time - Three Days in May 1940 b007k4c7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rb1t7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b01r93sk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Coming Alive b00hrt7t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Edge Falls b00d9yq6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpg (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Edgware is dead. Her ladyship is the prime suspect for his TUE murder - but whodunnit? Stars John Moffatt and Nicola TUE Pagett. TUE TUE 06:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012m9vx (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE After musing in his surgery, Dr Marford and Sergeant Elk are TUE soon confronted by a fresh murderous mystery. Read by Danny TUE Webb. TUE TUE 06:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01blgj9 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Journalist Rhoda Gradwyn's plastic surgery is over, but TUE Commander Dalgliesh soon gets a phone call. Stars Christine TUE Kavanagh and Richard Derrington. TUE TUE 07:00 The Million Pound Radio Show b00nd0tf (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 3 TUE New NHS slot machines, and killer furniture on the loose. TUE Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. From October TUE 1987. TUE TUE 07:30 Elvenquest b01r5lnp (Listen) TUE Series 4, The Bard TUE The Questers find themselves in possession of the magical TUE Dagger of Razzak-Dar, which kills anyone it touches, and TUE realise this might be a golden opportunity to use it on Lord TUE Darkness. The problem is, Lord Darkness' castle is TUE impentrable. TUE Luckily, Lord Darkness is looking for a new bard to soothe TUE his nerves, so decides to hold a talent contest so throws TUE open the doors of his castle to welcome applicants. TUE If only one of the Questers had any musical or acting TUE experience. TUE Enter Penthiselea, stage left... TUE Starring: TUE Darren Boyd as Vidar TUE Kevin Eldon as Dean/Kreech TUE Dave Lamb as Amis/The Vet/Grunter TUE Stephen Mangan as Sam TUE Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness TUE and TUE Ingrid Oliver as Penthiselea TUE Written by James Cary TUE Producer: Sam Michell. TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b00k7xd2 (Listen) TUE The £50 Cure TUE Kenneth Connor takes Harry Secombe's place, as Ned picks up TUE a lavish NHS prescription for his broken legs. From February TUE 1959. TUE TUE 08:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter TUE b008h45n (Listen) TUE Series 4, The Villa TUE Headed abroad, the author is not keen to visit wife Diana's TUE friend. Stars Ian Carmichael and Charlotte Mitchell. From TUE May 1981. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b01r5r15 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 We've Been Here Before b007rsyw (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 2 TUE Clive Anderson's panel show of the past with Jon Holmes, TUE Simon Brett, Gyles Brandreth and Lewis Shaffer. TUE TUE 10:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress b00fcd6c (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE The 17th century epic adventures of pilgrim Christian and TUE his perilous journey to the Celestial City. Stars Anton TUE Rodgers. TUE TUE 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rbqc6 (Listen) TUE Tony Kytes, the Arch-Deceiver TUE A comic tale of a local swain who courts rather too many TUE maids at once. Read by Richard Mitchley. TUE TUE 11:15 Martin Sorrell - Trapped b01hc5tq (Listen) TUE The heroes of the great Exeter theatre fire of 1887. Martin TUE Sorrell's recreation of real events. With Geoffrey TUE Whitehead. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b00k7xd2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter TUE b008h45n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012m9vx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 13:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01blgj9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton b007yp2k (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE There's bad news for Jem, while Mary is teased about her TUE flirtation with mill owner's son, Henry Carson. Stars Emma TUE Rydal. TUE TUE 14:15 The Generation Gap b00qzrjg (Listen) TUE Series 2: Sex, Prostitution TUE Series in which two people from different generations TUE discuss a topic that reveals the changing nature of Britain. TUE The theme of the second series of five programmes is Sex. TUE Helen worked as a bar hostess and prostitute in the 1970s. TUE She talks to Maria, who is currently funding her way through TUE university by being a sex worker. How do their experiences TUE differ? TUE A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's b0089kf3 (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Fred comes to a realisation, while Holly Golightly reacts TUE badly over the arrival of some sad news. Read by Henry TUE Goodman. TUE TUE 14:45 John Gielgud - Gielgud's Letters b0082g2s (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE In 1952, John Gielgud travelled to Hollywood to star in TUE Julius Caesar. Derek Jacobi reads his remarkable letters. TUE TUE 15:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress b00fcd6c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01pqn8n (Listen) TUE Mel finds out about the art of drinking tea, plus Dick and TUE Dom are back with more science experiments in 'How Dangerous TUE Is Your House'. TUE TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts b00fnfnz (Listen) TUE Series 2, The Rhythm of Strife TUE Faith and Bill bicker over her children, then his ex-wife TUE turns up. Stars James Bolam and Lynda Bellingham. From TUE December 1989. TUE TUE 17:30 The Million Pound Radio Show b00nd0tf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01rbsc4 (Listen) TUE The Angel Islington TUE Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A TUE subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube TUE stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere. TUE TUE All episodes will be available to catch up on demand until TUE 29 March 2013. TUE TUE 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse b00mdx7n (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE The tribal elders have gone, leaving the children to face TUE the Earth's dense jungle alone. Sci-fi fantasy read by TUE Gareth Thomas. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b00k7xd2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter TUE b008h45n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012m9vx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 20:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01blgj9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rbqc6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Martin Sorrell - Trapped b01hc5tq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Elvenquest b01r5lnp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 World of Pub b007v1dk (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 4 TUE Dodgy Phil lays on an unusual awards ceremony to improve TUE Barry and Garry's fortunes. Stars John Thomson. From January TUE 1999. TUE TUE 23:00 Hut 33 b00ljn73 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Bridge Too Far TUE Three wartime code-breakers tackle Nazi ciphers, but hate TUE each other. Bletchley Park romp with Robert Bathurst. From TUE June 2007. TUE TUE 23:30 Spats b00cqd0k (Listen) TUE Series 2, The Living v the Dead TUE Comedian Luke Roberts tries to solve the big arguments using TUE light entertainment. With Nadia Kamil. From July 2008. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH 2013 WED WED 00:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01rbsc4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse b00mdx7n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012m9vx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01blgj9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 The Now Show b01r5r15 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:30 We've Been Here Before b007rsyw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress b00fcd6c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rbqc6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Martin Sorrell - Trapped b01hc5tq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Second Thoughts b00fnfnz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Million Pound Radio Show b00nd0tf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpl (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Why did Edgware change his mind? Where is his letter? Who WED phoned Jane? The sleuth has questions galore. Stars John WED Moffatt. WED WED 06:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012mh0j (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Whose death has Dr Manford witnessed? What could a lowly WED small-time light-fingered felon know about it? Read by Danny WED Webb. WED WED 06:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bllts (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Commander Dalgliesh arrives to investigate a high profile WED murder at an exclusive clinic in Dorset. Stars Richard WED Derrington. WED WED 07:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi b007k0wh (Listen) WED Series 1, The New Synagogue WED A single phone call turns Rabbi Fine's comfortable Jewish WED community upside down. Stars Tracy-Ann Oberman. From WED November 1999. WED WED 07:30 Dilemma b01r5pxg (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 4 WED In Dilemma, Sue Perkins puts four panellists through the WED moral and ethical wringer by posing a series of WED finely-balanced dilemmas and then cross-examining them on WED their answers. So, in the first series, Dominic Lawson was WED asked if he would provide an alibi for someone he hated; Fi WED Glover was offered £25,000 to give a talk to a company that WED once screwed over her husband; John Finnemore was asked if WED he'd grass up a sweet old lady who was shoplifting. (Yes, WED Yes, No, were the answers if you're interested.) WED As well as these hypothetical questions, the show also WED features a variety of rounds which may include: Audience WED Dilemmas, where the panel 'solve' any problems the audience WED may be having; What Did I Do?, where each panellist relates WED a dilemma they were faced with in their own lives and the WED others have to guess how they resolved it; Why I Was Right, WED where each panellist is given an indefensible action that WED they must morally justify in 30 seconds; Choose Your Own WED Adventure, where the panellists get a series of dilemmas, WED each one following on from the last as they burrow their way WED deeper into a moral quagmire; and Quickfire, where shades of WED grey are dismissed in favour of a fingers-on-the-buzzers WED binary choice - "Would you rather eat a kitten or fight a WED swan?". WED This week's show sees comedian Roisin Conaty changing WED history; journalist Samira Ahmed dip into the archives; WED member of sketch team The Penny Dreadfuls David Reed get WED injust justice; and comedian and host of Radio 4's The WED Infinite Monkey Cage Robin Ince learn about a maths WED teacher's non-standard deviation. WED The show was devised by the award-winning comedian Danielle WED Ward, and is presented by Sue Perkins. WED Producer: Ed Morrish. WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jz69 (Listen) WED A Trip to France WED The lad is longing to sample life across the English WED Channel, but Sid has other ideas. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid WED James. From January 1955. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00vhx36 (Listen) WED Series 5, Episode 5 WED Britain through the wars, and singing in the bath. Songs and WED sketches with John Cleese and Graeme Garden. From May 1967. WED WED 09:00 Winston Comes to Town b007qzh8 (Listen) WED Has Anyone Seen Winston? WED The family has moved to London, and Nancy is worried when WED the old rogue disappears. Stars Bill Wallis. From January WED 1990. WED WED 09:30 The Party Line b0147flp (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 4 WED MP Duncan's ability to stay awake for long periods is sorely WED tested by an all-night vigil. Stars James Fleet. From WED October 2008. WED WED 10:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress b00fd2td (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Determined to reach the Celestial City, Christian must pass WED through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. John Bunyan WED dramatisation with Neil Dudgeon. WED WED 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rbw3r (Listen) WED The History of the Hardcomes WED Recollections of Tony Kytes' wedding bring to mind the WED unusual circumstances of the Hardcomes. Read by Richard WED Mitchley. WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00c1d1r (Listen) WED Nick Warburton - Foundling WED By Nick Warburton. WED A man famous for finding lost people arrives in a small WED town. Why will he not help a young woman find her lost WED child? WED Laura ...... Emma Fielding WED Roach ...... Peter Marinker WED Gilbert ...... Ben Crowe WED Directed by Peter Kavanagh. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jz69 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00vhx36 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012mh0j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 13:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bllts (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] WED WED 14:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton b007jqhj (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Mr Barton is desperate for work, and a long-lost relative WED warns him over Mary. 1840s Manchester tale stars David WED Calder, Emma Rydal and Fiona Clarke. WED WED 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j657 (Listen) WED Mr Voysey - The Architect of Middle England WED 4 Extra Debut. Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the history WED of our homes from the 1920s to the present, beginning with a WED profile of the 'father of the English suburb'. WED WED 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's b0089m5n (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED After receiving tragic news, Holly Golightly tries to look WED to the future, but Paul has concerns. Truman Capote's story WED read by Henry Goodman. WED WED 14:45 John Gielgud - Gielgud's Letters b0082h7m (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED In 1959, actor John Gielgud faced the threat of blackmail WED over his homosexuality. Derek Jacobi reads his remarkable WED letters. WED WED 15:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress b00fd2td (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01pr91n (Listen) WED Mel finds out about the history of teapots, hears the next WED chapter of 'The Silver Bead', plus Dick and Dom are back WED with more science experience in 'How Dangerous Is Your WED House'. WED WED 17:00 No Commitments b007jmz6 (Listen) WED Series 11, Ill Winds WED Roger's retirement looms, while Anna tries to help Charlotte WED with a tricky problem. Sitcom following three 40-something WED sisters. Stars Bill Nighy and Celia Imrie. From Feb 2005. WED WED 17:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi b007k0wh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01rbwlv (Listen) WED The Black Friars WED Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A WED subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube WED stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere. WED WED All episodes will be available to catch up on demand until WED 29 March 2013. WED WED 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse b00mj3gd (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED The manipulative Morel fungus guides Gren and Poyly's lives WED without their tribe. Sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jz69 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00vhx36 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012mh0j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 20:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bllts (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] WED WED 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rbw3r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00c1d1r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Dilemma b01r5pxg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Richard Herring's Objective b00vkycj (Listen) WED Series 1, Dolly the Sheep WED Comedian Richard Herring reclaims those things we've grown WED to hate. In the final show of the series Richard reclaims WED Dolly the sheep as he examines why we are fearful and WED suspicious of the idea of cloning without really WED understanding it. WED Richard talks to a genetics professor about how cloning WED works and what it was like to meet Dolly. Richard also asks WED science writer Dr Ben Goldacre whether evil scientists exist WED and whether he is allowed to clone Dr Who assistant Amy WED Pond. WED The show was recorded in front of an audience. Producer WED ..... Tilusha Ghelani. WED WED 23:00 The Museum of Everything b007k4r1 (Listen) WED Series 2, By Royal Appointment WED Marvel at the monarchy, thanks to the new Royal theme park. WED Stars Marcus Brigstocke and Dan Tetsell. From April 2005. WED WED 23:30 Old Harry's Game b00wtb2v (Listen) WED Series 6, Episode 6 WED Satan resolves Edith's murder, while she's astonished by WED humans descended from angels. Satanic sitcom stars Andy WED Hamilton. From November 2007. WED WED THU THURSDAY 21 MARCH 2013 THU THU 00:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01rbwlv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse b00mj3gd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012mh0j (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bllts (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Winston Comes to Town b007qzh8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 The Party Line b0147flp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress b00fd2td (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rbw3r (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00c1d1r (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 No Commitments b007jmz6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi b007k0wh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpv (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU The evidence makes Ronald Marsh the murderer, but the THU Belgian sleuth is not so sure. Stars John Moffatt and Simon THU Williams. THU THU 06:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012n3rn (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU What crime scene discovery will put pressure on Quigley? THU What trouble will Bateman's death bring for Janice? Read by THU Danny Webb. THU THU 06:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bmpth (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU After journalist Rhoda Gradwyn's murder, Dalgliesh discovers THU evidence at the victim's London home. PD James mystery stars THU Richard Derrington. THU THU 07:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b0076syq (Listen) THU Series 4, Congratulations, It's a Hob Nob THU Wendy is busy preparing for the baby's arrival. THU Unfortunately, Robin isn't feeling very well and takes to THU his bed, much to the frustration of everyone. THU Robin ...... Brian Capron THU Wendy ...... Kay Stonham THU Derek ...... Martin Trenaman THU Maureen ...... Amelia Bullmore. THU THU 07:30 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation b01r5s28 (Listen) THU Series 9, How to Be a Man in the 21st Century THU Stand by your radios! Jeremy Hardy returns to the airwaves THU with a broadcast of national comic import as he asks the THU question "Does power come from the barrel of a gun or from a THU jar of onion marmalade?" THU Helping him fail to find the answers will be actor and THU Jeremy regular Gordon Kennedy ("Absolutely", "Sherlock") and THU special guest Katy Brand. THU THU The show is a Pozzitive production, and is produced by THU Jeremy's long-standing accomplice, David Tyler. THU Written by Jeremy Hardy THU Produced by David Tyler THU A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jpyj (Listen) THU Marooned THU A visit to the pier theatre ends in disaster for Arthur THU Wilson and Miss Perkins. Dad's Army spin-off stars John Le THU Mesurier. From January 1984. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b016vh18 (Listen) THU From 05/05/1955 THU Will Eth manage to triumph in her plans to wed Ron Glum? THU Stars Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From THU May 1955. THU THU 09:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes THU b00b01jz (Listen) THU The Case of the Clockwork Fiend THU The spoof sleuth probes mystery deaths from some new fangled THU inventions. Stars Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. From January THU 1999. THU THU 09:30 The 99p Challenge b01rcg42 (Listen) THU Series 5, Episode 1 THU Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins tests Jon Holmes, THU Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham and Simon Pegg. From August THU 2004. THU THU 10:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress b00fd62f (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU Christian strays from the right path and finds himself in THU the clutches of the Giant Despair. John Bunyan dramatisation THU with Anton Rodgers. THU THU 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rch8j (Listen) THU Andrey Satchel and the Parson and Clerk THU The master thatcher regales the travellers with Andrey's THU attempt to get married while still in his cups. Read by THU Richard Mitchley. THU THU 11:15 Ray Jenkins - Stolen b01rch8l (Listen) THU A German archaeologist is drawn into a race to steal THU Buddhist treasures along the Silk Road. Stars Siobhan THU Redmond. From October 1999. THU THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jpyj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b016vh18 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012n3rn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 13:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bmpth (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] THU THU 14:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton b007jqht (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Mary is worried about her father's savage behaviour, and Jem THU makes his intentions clear. Stars Emma Rydal and David THU Calder. THU THU 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j65c (Listen) THU Modernism THU Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explores the history of our homes THU from the 1920s. The modernist social experiment came close THU to being realised with the blocks of flats built in the THU 1930s. THU THU 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's b0089kv5 (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Girl-about-town Holly Golightly hits New York's headlines THU for all the wrong reasons. Read by Henry Goodman. THU THU 14:45 John Gielgud - Gielgud's Letters b0082j2s (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU In 1970, Gielgud contemplates taking a part in an exciting THU new play at London's Royal Court Theatre. Read by Derek THU Jacobi. THU THU 15:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress b00fd62f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01ps9x2 (Listen) THU As we continue with this week's story The Silver Bead, we THU find out how to control pesky seagulls and discuss which THU goes on your scone first - jam or cream? THU THU 17:00 King Street Junior b007jngs (Listen) THU Series 8, Confusion THU An anonymous message for Mr Sims - someone's idea of a joke? THU Trouble is, the message isn't very funny. Stars Karl Howman. THU From May 1995. THU THU 17:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b0076syq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01rcky1 (Listen) THU Market Afloat THU Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A THU subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube THU stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere. THU THU All episodes will be available to catch up on demand until THU 29 March 2013. THU THU 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse b00mpnkm (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Gren and Poyly survive the volcano, but the Morel is THU becoming increasingly frustrated. Sci-fi fantasy read by THU Gareth Thomas. THU THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jpyj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b016vh18 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012n3rn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 20:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bmpth (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] THU THU 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rch8j (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Ray Jenkins - Stolen b01rch8l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation b01r5s28 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Newsjack b01rcl71 (Listen) THU Series 8, Episode 6 THU BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical sketch show which anyone can THU write for. With Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Justin Edwards, THU Nadia Kamil and Lewis Macleod. THU THU 23:00 The Secret World b011vld9 (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 5 THU From Sir Alan Sugar to Boy George, Jon Culshaw explores the THU bizarre private lives of famous folk. From May 2009. THU THU 23:30 Revolting People b007jrt6 (Listen) THU Series 1, More Storm Clouds THU The wedding reception of the year ends in drunken chaos. THU 1770 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From January 2000. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 22 MARCH 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01rcky1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse b00mpnkm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012n3rn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bmpth (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes FRI b00b01jz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 The 99p Challenge b01rcg42 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 John Bunyan - The Pilgrim's Progress b00fd62f (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rch8j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Ray Jenkins - Stolen b01rch8l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 King Street Junior b007jngs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends b0076syq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpx (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Where is Ross? Why is Paris important? And will Belgian FRI sleuth Hercule Poirot finally unmask the murderer? Agatha FRI Christie whodunnit with John Moffatt. FRI FRI 06:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012llpk (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Confusion reigns. If Lorna isn't an addict, why does she FRI seem to have a well-used syringe in her possession? Read by FRI Danny Webb. FRI FRI 06:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bn2f3 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Evidence at victim Rhoda's flat leads Dalgliesh and Kate FRI northwards, as the murder trail grows darker. PD James FRI mystery stars Richard Derrington. FRI FRI 07:00 The Right Time b009z658 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 2 FRI Wearing beige and bailiffs - the sketch comedy for people FRI growing older disgracefully. Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme FRI Garden and Neil Innes. From April 2002. FRI FRI 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01r961y (Listen) FRI Series 2, With guest Nick Mohammed FRI New series of the comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and his FRI five piece band and specially written, original music. FRI Guests across this series include Phill Jupitus, Charlie FRI Baker, Nick Mohammed, Doc Brown, Matt Lucas and Danny Baker. FRI This fourth episode explores the theme of destiny including FRI songs on allergies and chance meetings as well as showcasing FRI Alex Horne's skills as a dream interpreter. Guest starring FRI comedian Nick Mohammed who plays with the band and has a FRI trick up his sleeve. FRI Host .... Alex Horne FRI Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland FRI Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown FRI Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier FRI Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds FRI Piano/keyboard .... Ed Sheldrake FRI Guest performer .... Nick Mohammed and The Middle School FRI Choir from Hall School, Hampstead FRI Producer .... Julia McKenzie. FRI FRI 08:00 The TV Lark b01by95t (Listen) FRI Back to Portsmouth FRI Troutbridge TV is offered coverage of the arrival of FRI Potarneyland's retiring governor. Navy Lark spin-off stars FRI Jon Pertwee. From February 1963. FRI FRI 08:30 Much Binding in the Marsh b018sjr1 (Listen) FRI From 10/05/1950 FRI Still looking for work, the ex-RAF gang turns its hand to FRI babysitting. Stars Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch. From FRI May 1950. FRI FRI 09:00 Tony's b007k30t (Listen) FRI All That Glitters FRI The barber decides his corner shop needs a makeover. Stars FRI Victor Spinetti, John Laurie and Deborah Watling. From FRI November 1979. FRI FRI 09:30 The Brothers b00p6b1t (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 5 FRI Oonagh makes a discovery and Nigel is at last pushed to the FRI brink. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From October FRI 2005. FRI FRI 10:00 Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey b00cm5tg (Listen) FRI A young woman dismays her family by choosing to earn her own FRI living as a governess. Stars Poppy Miller and Robert Whelan. FRI FRI 11:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rcw0n (Listen) FRI An Incident in the Life of Georgy Crookhill FRI Anxious not to be outdone, the registrar relates a story of FRI treachery among thieves. Read by Richard Mitchley. FRI FRI 11:15 Nought Happens Twice Thus b007jw3b (Listen) FRI Adam Thorpe's play about Thomas Hardy's strained marriage FRI with second wife Florence. Set in July 1921. Stars Patrick FRI Malahide. FRI FRI 12:00 The TV Lark b01by95t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 Much Binding in the Marsh b018sjr1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012llpk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 13:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bn2f3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton b007jqj4 (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Margaret has an admirer, and Jem hears Mary's secret via a FRI mysterious stranger. 1840s Manchester tale stars Emma Rydal, FRI Roy Hudd and Teresa Gallagher. FRI FRI 14:15 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's History of Home b009j65h (Listen) FRI Prefab and Utility FRI Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen visits a pre-fab and considers ways FRI in which the post-war government urged a reluctant public to FRI embrace 'good design'. FRI FRI 14:30 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's b0089htv (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI With the police hot on her tail, Holly Golightly makes FRI decisions about her future. Concluded by Henry Goodman. FRI FRI 14:45 John Gielgud - Gielgud's Letters b0082kbb (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Now in his 70s, Gielgud appears in a film called Arthur. He FRI continues to act well into his 90s. Concluded by Derek FRI Jacobi. FRI FRI 15:00 Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey b00cm5tg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01psb65 (Listen) FRI The final chapter of this week's story The Silver Bead, plus FRI Cornish pasta (no, not pasties), and more 'How Dangerous Is FRI Your House' experiments with Dick and Dom. FRI FRI 17:00 For Better Or for Worse b00g43w6 (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI Sweethearts Iris and Bernard miss the film when they go to FRI the pictures. Stars Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye. From FRI February 1993. FRI FRI 17:30 The Right Time b009z658 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere b01rcwkv (Listen) FRI The Key FRI Beneath the streets of London there is another London. A FRI subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube FRI stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere. FRI FRI All episodes will be available to catch up on demand until FRI 29 March 2013. FRI FRI 18:30 Brian Aldiss - Hothouse b00mtpl0 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI A parting of the ways for the Morel and Gren, but the search FRI for a home goes on. Sci-fi fantasy read by Gareth Thomas. FRI FRI 19:00 The TV Lark b01by95t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 Much Binding in the Marsh b018sjr1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies b007jvpx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Edgar Wallace - White Face b012llpk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 20:45 Adam Dalgliesh - The Private Patient b01bn2f3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Thomas Hardy Short Stories b01rcw0n (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Nought Happens Twice Thus b007jw3b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01r961y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Down the Line b0112zz9 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 1 FRI War, chocolate and toothpaste. Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof FRI phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas with Catherine Tate. From FRI January 2007. FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b01rngdl (Listen) FRI For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the FRI best comedy around. Plus Arthur Smith competes in the Humble FRI Quest for Universal Genius. FRI FRI 23:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You b007jsdd (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI A-ha! Host Alan Partridge faces up to a nine-year-old FRI prodigy, a hypnotist and a bad boy lawyer. Stars Steve FRI Coogan. From December 1992. FRI FRI 23:30 The Simon Day Show b010mv50 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Tony Beckton FRI British comedy legend and star of The Fast Show, Down the FRI Line and Bellamy's People, Simon Day debut's his own Radio 4 FRI character comedy show. FRI Simon Day and his characters welcome listeners to The FRI Mallard, a small provincial theatre somewhere in the UK. FRI Each week one of Simon's characters come to perform at The FRI Mallard and we hear the highlights of that night's show, FRI along with the back stage and front of house goings on at FRI the theatre itself. FRI Episode 2 of 6: Tony Beckton. Reformed violent criminal Tony FRI Beckton visits the Mallard Theatre to read from his memoirs FRI as part of his rehabilitation. FRI Tony Beckton / Peter ..... Simon Day FRI Catherine ..... Catherine Shepherd FRI Goose ..... Felix Dexter FRI Ron Bone ..... Simon Greenall FRI Stacey ..... Susan Harrison FRI Written by Simon Day FRI Produced by Colin Anderson. FRI