03 May, 2013

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 04/05/2013 -10/05/2013

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SAT SATURDAY 04 MAY 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Planet B b00pgqf0 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Dark Star SAT Lioba faces her biggest test, floating alone in pitch SAT darkness where only Cerberus feels truly at home. Stars SAT Tessa Nicholson. SAT SAT 00:30 Daphne du Maurier - The Birds b007jq79 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Will the Triggs be able to help Nat's family, or have the SAT avian attackers got to them first? Read by Charlie Barnecut. SAT SAT 01:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00sy3lc (Listen) SAT David Nelson Explains SAT A new production of the 1947 detective serial 'Paul Temple SAT and Steve.' One of the great radio detectives returns SAT refreshed and reinvigorated to the airwaves to investigate SAT the activities of a shadowy and ruthless criminal mastermind SAT in post-war London. SAT The investigation into the activities of the mysterious Dr. SAT Belasco lead him to a murder scene in a flat above a London SAT dry-cleaning business; but then the clues begin to point far SAT away from the great city, to a lonely country house on SAT Romney Marsh. SAT Paul Temple ..... Crawford Logan SAT Steve ..... Gerda Stevenson SAT Sir Graham Forbes ..... Gareth Thomas SAT Kaufman ..... Nick Underwood SAT Worth/Charlie ..... Greg Powrie SAT Nelson ..... Jimmy Chisholm SAT Joseph ..... Richard Greenwood SAT Mrs Forester ..... Candida Benson SAT Ed Bellamy ..... Robin Laing SAT Waitress ..... Lucy Paterson SAT Produced by Patrick Rayner. SAT SAT 01:30 Robert Barr - Detective b01s697j (Listen) SAT A Well Planned Job SAT Tully is rather taken with a new informant who might help SAT them catch Steve Mason. Can she be trusted, though? Stars SAT Ray Brooks. SAT SAT 02:00 Bristow b007w5jb (Listen) SAT Series 3, Repaying Mr Piper SAT The clerk feels surrounded by incompetents, so bumbles SAT towards proving his theory. Stars Michael Williams. From SAT July 2000. SAT SAT 02:30 Act Your Age b00qplyn (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 5 SAT Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic SAT generations against each other to find out which is the SAT funniest. SAT Team captains Jon Richardson, Ed Byrne and Johnnie Casson SAT are joined by Tom Wrigglesworth, John Bishop and Tom SAT O'Connor. SAT SAT 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm b007jpwk (Listen) SAT Elfine's Rights SAT Flora aims to transform Elfine into the belle of the ball. SAT Comedy-drama with Patricia Gallimore and John Westbrook. SAT SAT 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00r0tbv (Listen) SAT Bath Festival Stories by Candlelight, The Ghost Writer SAT Bath Festival Stories by Candlelight SAT The second of a series of supernatural tales commissioned by SAT Radio 4 for last year's Bath Literature Festival. SAT 2/3 The Ghost Writer by Amanda Craig, read by John Telfer SAT Justin Vest, critically-acclaimed but poorly-selling SAT novelist, is staying temporarily in the home of the late, SAT wildly successful, very pink and fluffy writer Arabella SAT Fysshe. At first glance they don't have much in common - for SAT a start, he's alive and she isn't - but Arabella has some SAT unfinished business with the world. SAT Producer Christine Hall. SAT SAT 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00g0532 (Listen) SAT Pilgrim, 'Gainst All Disaster SAT By Sebastian Baczkiewicz SAT Pilgrim's toughest adventure. Joseph of Arimethea, guardian SAT of the sleeping Knights who will wake only in Britain's hour SAT of greatest need, is being held captive by Malachai Styler - SAT a very malevolent angel. Styler is bent on the destruction SAT of the Greyfolk, the Knights and the balance between the SAT worlds. If Pilgrim is to save Joseph, it will be at the most SAT terrible cost to himself. SAT Pilgrim ..... Paul Hilton SAT Styler ..... Paul Rider SAT Joseph ..... David Calder SAT Sylvie ..... Anna Wing SAT Doris ..... Susan Engel SAT Freya ..... Alex Tregear SAT Arianhad ..... Helen Schlesinger SAT Guard ..... Gunnar Cauthery SAT Girl ..... Agnes Bateman SAT Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. SAT SAT 05:00 For Better Or for Worse b00hk2dx (Listen) SAT Episode 8 SAT Iris is proper poorly, but not quite as poorly as Wilf SAT thinks she is. Stars Gorden Kaye and Su Pollard. From April SAT 1993. SAT SAT 05:30 The Pickerskill Reports b012r6tw (Listen) SAT Series 2, Paul Whitney Beauchamp SAT 4 Extra Debut. Retired English Master Dr Henry Pickerskill SAT recalls a bullied day boy and his mother. Stars Ian SAT McDiarmid. From July 2011. SAT SAT 06:00 Arthur Wing Pinero - Dandy Dick b007jt15 (Listen) SAT The dean is short of cash. Could betting on the horses be SAT the answer? Farce stars Alec McCowen and Patricia Routledge. SAT SAT 07:30 Fabulous Flops b013zbph (Listen) SAT More Fabulous Flops, Episode 3 SAT Paul Roseby surveys DJ Mike Read's one night musical about SAT Oscar Wilde, and the Broadway frustrations of Stephen SAT Sondheim. SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b010x8rk (Listen) SAT Series 6, Episode 24 SAT From Santa Barbara, the American funny man welcomes bluesman SAT Elvin Bishop and fiddler extraordinaire Sara Watkins. From SAT 2010. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller b007jpx5 (Listen) SAT Helen Lederer SAT The 'Absolutely Fabulous' actress chooses Arthur Smith Sings SAT Leonard Cohen, Life with Lederer, Hearing with Hegley, SAT Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation and Ross Noble Goes SAT Global. SAT SAT 12:00 The Cazalets b01s7tjc (Listen) SAT The Cazalets - Confusion Omnibus, Episode 2 SAT Sid enjoys being the unexpected centre of attention, but for SAT Louise the same thing proves distasteful. With Penelope SAT Wilton. SAT SAT 13:15 Afternoon Drama b00kjhgj (Listen) SAT Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders, Alone and Without a SAT Leader SAT By John Mortimer SAT Young Horace Rumpole defends a young man, accused of murder, SAT maintaining that he is innocent until proved guilty. He SAT faces opposition from the establishment and support from SAT unexpected quarters. SAT Adapted by Richard Stoneman SAT Producer/Director ..... Marilyn Imrie SAT A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 14:00 It's a Deal b01s7vsv (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. After Hancock, Sid James turned property SAT dealer. A tight dress sparks irritation on a bus. With June SAT Whitfield. From June 1961. SAT SAT 14:30 Round The Horne b007jrj3 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 4 SAT In a bona disguise, Master Spy Kenneth Horne trails the SAT missing World Cup. With Kenneth Williams and Bill Pertwee. SAT From March 1966. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b010x8rk (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Arthur Wing Pinero - Dandy Dick b007jt15 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Believe It! b01j5nw6 (Listen) SAT Power SAT Celebrity autobiographies are everywhere. Richard Wilson has SAT always said he'd never write one. SAT Based on glimmers of truth, BELIEVE IT is the hilarious, SAT bizarre, revealing (and, most importantly, untrue) celebrity SAT radiography of Richard Wilson. SAT He narrates the series, weaving in and out of dramatised SAT scenes from his fictional life-story. He plays a heavily SAT exaggerated version of himself: a Scots actor and national SAT treasure, unmarried, private, passionate about politics, SAT theatre and Manchester United (all true), who's a confidant SAT of the powerful and has survived childhood poverty, a SAT drunken father, years of fruitless grind, too much success, SAT monstrosity, addiction, charity work, secret work for SAT governments and fierce rivalry with Sean Connery (not true). SAT All the melodramatic staples of celebrity-autobiography are SAT wonderfully undercut by Richard's deadpan delivery. SAT (The title - in case you hadn't spotted - is an unashamed SAT reference to his famous catchphrase.) SAT Richard is supported by a small core cast viz: SAT David Tennant SAT John Sessions SAT Lewis Macleod SAT Arabella Weir SAT And Jane Slavin SAT Who play anyone and everyone! SAT Ghost written by Jon Canter SAT Produced by: Clive Brill SAT A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:00 Terry Pratchett - Only You Can Save Mankind b007jlxx (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT The ScreeWee Captain asks Johnny to lead them, but the SAT gunnery officer has other ideas. Terry Pratchett's sci-fi SAT drama with Tim Smith. SAT SAT 18:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose b00nhq5n (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Psychiatrist Rosa Sobel makes a shocking discovery about the SAT organisation she works for. Laurel Lefkow concludes Ursula K SAT Le Guin's tale. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller b007jpx5 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Comedy Club at Machynlleth b01s7tnr (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 4 SAT Isy Suttie and friends bring you the Comedy Club in front of SAT an audience at Machynlleth Bowling Club. SAT SAT 22:05 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs b00tysvb (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Welsh stand-up Rhod Gilbert hosts a brand new audience SAT comedy show featuring comedy regulars Lloyd Langford and SAT Greg Davies (We Are Klang), along with Sarah Millican who SAT takes a look at the Fifth Stage of Woman - the hoarder. SAT This fifth episode features live music from Divine Comedy, SAT including the hit National Express, and the guest comedian SAT is Shappi Khorsandi. Find out whether animals can have human SAT faces; what annoys Rhod about considerate builders; and the SAT most surprising location for a postage stamp. SAT SAT 23:05 Comedy Club at Machynlleth b01s7tnt (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 5 SAT Isy Suttie and friends bring you the Comedy Club in front of SAT an audience at Machynlleth Bowling Club. SAT SAT 23:10 Dave Podmore b00nct5b (Listen) SAT Strictly Dave Podmore SAT This is the hitherto untold story of Strictly series Seven, SAT when England's least co-ordinated cricketer Dave Podmore SAT spun his way onto the dancefloor of Strictly Come Dancing, SAT stumbling in the twinkle-toed footsteps of Messrs SAT Ramprakash, Gough and Tuffnell. SAT Can England's legendary journeyman, never known for his SAT timing and footwork on the field, pull it off on the night? SAT Will he manage the Rhumba without spilling his Red Bull? SAT Its Saturday Night Fever meets Test Match Special. Not SAT exactly Dirty Dancing, but certainly a disappointing SAT standard of hygiene. Dave Podmore is written and performed SAT by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds with Nick Newman. SAT Producer: Richard Wilson SAT A Hat Trick Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 23:40 Comedy Club at Machynlleth b01s7tnw (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 6 SAT Isy Suttie and friends bring you the Comedy Club in front of SAT an audience at Machynlleth Bowling Club. SAT SAT 23:45 Poets' Tree b00slxyx (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Paul Hamilton visits some young offenders to demonstrate SAT poetry's rehabilitative powers. Stars Kevin Eldon. From SAT April 2008. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 05 MAY 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Terry Pratchett - Only You Can Save Mankind b007jlxx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose b00nhq5n (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b010x8rk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 The Cazalets b01s7tjc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Afternoon Drama b00kjhgj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Arthur Wing Pinero - Dandy Dick b007jt15 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Believe It! b01j5nw6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Ladies of Letters b00k1864 (Listen) SUN Ladies of Letters Spring Clean, Omnibus SUN A heart attack, Australia and a medical scandal turn up in SUN this comedy of emails. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella SUN Scales. SUN SUN 07:15 Adventures in Science b00ffpfr (Listen) SUN Series 2, Flu SUN Ben Silburn goes to war. His enemy is the influenza virus SUN and the human body is the battlefield. With Professor John SUN Oxford. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b0088vy7 (Listen) SUN Series 4, January 31 SUN With his tax return looming, the curmudgeonly author SUN surprises his agent. Stars Christopher Douglas. From SUN November 2007. SUN SUN 08:00 Educating Archie b007jx7p (Listen) SUN Schoolboy Archie Andrews get up to hijinks with inks. Stars SUN Peter Brough, Beryl Reid and Harry Secombe. From February SUN 1954. SUN SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b010k3jw (Listen) SUN A Bird in the Hand SUN Chaos ensues when Sir Gregory announces he's off. And SUN there's a parrot to look after. With Richard Murdoch. From SUN September 1970. SUN SUN 09:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00cpqjc (Listen) SUN Tiger! Tiger! SUN Forced out from the jungle, Mowgli must learn to live with SUN humans. Stars Nisha K Nayer, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones. SUN SUN 09:30 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqqn (Listen) SUN Dark Days SUN Marmee leaves to care for Father and Beth falls ill. Stars SUN Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle Hunnicutt. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01s7vmn (Listen) SUN TV Experts, Dr Jacob Bronowski SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Schubert to Dietrich, scientist Dr Jacob SUN Bronowski shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley. From SUN January 1974. SUN SUN 10:30 The Common Sense of Science b01sbjs0 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. In 1948, mathematician Dr Jacob Bronowski - SUN later presenter of TV's The Ascent of Man - considered SUN science's future role. SUN SUN 10:45 EM Forster Short Stories b017gqvz (Listen) SUN The Story of the Siren SUN The Story of the Siren is the first in our series of short SUN fiction by EM Forster. It is an unsettling story about a sea SUN nymph and an ill fated young Sicilian. The novelist best SUN known for twentieth century classics including A Passage to SUN India, A Room with a View and Maurice was also a prolific SUN writer of short stories. In them he explored many of the SUN themes central to his novels, including the morals of the SUN middle classes in the early twentieth century, and his SUN fascination with culture and mores of the beguiling South. SUN The reader is Dan Stevens. SUN Abridged by Richard Hamilton. Produced by Elizabeth Allard. SUN SUN 11:00 That Reminds Me b007jz0c (Listen) SUN Series 1, Bill Pertwee SUN The comic actor recalls the early days of his career, SUN including memories of Round the Horne and Dad's Army. From SUN April 1999. SUN SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? b007mw9s (Listen) SUN Series 3, Arthur Askey SUN 'Big-Hearted' - but also a comedic radical. Mark Radcliffe SUN profiles one of Britain's most successful comic performers. SUN SUN 12:00 Ladies of Letters b00k1864 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Adventures in Science b00ffpfr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Ronald Harwood - Dresser b01s82g4 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. Norman has his work cut out, as 'Sir' SUN prepares to tackle yet another performance of Lear. Stars SUN Michael Palin and Freddie Jones. SUN SUN 15:00 Educating Archie b007jx7p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry b010k3jw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b01s7w0m (Listen) SUN Mel Giedroyc with the best of this week's 4 O'Clock Show. SUN SUN 17:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00cpqjc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqqn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 The Scarifyers b01s7w2b (Listen) SUN The Horror of Loch Ness, Episode 4 SUN Can Harry Crow defeat the devilish locals? Can Professor SUN Dunning escape the time trap? Stars David Warner. SUN SUN 18:30 The Price of Fear b01s7w2d (Listen) SUN The Specialty of the House SUN Prince of terror Vincent Price recounts a culinary tale SUN which leaves a bitter taste. With Francis de Wolfe and Hugh SUN Burden. SUN SUN 19:00 That Reminds Me b007jz0c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 How Tickled Am I? b007mw9s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Educating Archie b007jx7p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry b010k3jw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01s7vmn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:30 The Common Sense of Science b01sbjs0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 today] SUN SUN 21:45 EM Forster Short Stories b017gqvz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b0088vy7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Comedy Club at Machynlleth b01s7w4y (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 7 SUN Sara Pascoe brings interviews, atmosphere and much more from SUN the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. SUN SUN 22:35 The Ape That Got Lucky b0080nk7 (Listen) SUN Social Development SUN Chris Addison's spoof lectures exploring human evolution. SUN With Geoffrey McGivern as Professor Austin Herring. From SUN August 2005. SUN SUN 23:05 Comedy Club at Machynlleth b01s7w50 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 8 SUN Sara Pascoe brings interviews, atmosphere and much more from SUN the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. SUN SUN 23:10 The Maltby Collection b00czc0j (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 6 SUN A TV detective star fancies Prunella during filming at the SUN museum. With Geoffrey Palmer and guest Hugh Dennis. From SUN July 2007. SUN SUN 23:40 Comedy Club at Machynlleth b01s7w52 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 9 SUN Sara Pascoe brings interviews, atmosphere and much more from SUN the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. SUN SUN 23:45 Poets' Tree b00snx7d (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN Paul Hamilton hears a computer's poetry, meets a poet legend SUN and his old English teacher. Stars Kevin Eldon. From April SUN 2008. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 06 MAY 2013 MON MON 00:00 The Scarifyers b01s7w2b (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 The Price of Fear b01s7w2d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01s7vmn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:30 The Common Sense of Science b01sbjs0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 EM Forster Short Stories b017gqvz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 That Reminds Me b007jz0c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 How Tickled Am I? b007mw9s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Educating Archie b007jx7p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Ronald Harwood - Dresser b01s82g4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00cpqjc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqqn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t0jcn (Listen) MON Steve's Intuition MON A new production of the 1947 detective serial 'Paul Temple MON and Steve.' One of the great radio detectives returns MON refreshed and reinvigorated to the airwaves to investigate MON the activities of a shadowy and ruthless criminal mastermind MON in post-war London. MON The hunt for the elusive Dr. Belasco leads Paul and Sir MON Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard to a surprising discovery in MON a remote cottage. But it doesn't seem to take them any MON nearer finding Dr. Belasco - perhaps the two men should MON listen more attentively to Paul's wife Steve. MON Paul Temple ..... Crawford Logan MON Steve ..... Gerda Stevenson MON Sir Graham Forbes ..... Gareth Thomas MON Kaufman ..... Nick Underwood MON Worth/Charlie ..... Greg Powrie MON Nelson ..... Jimmy Chisholm MON Joseph ..... Richard Greenwood MON Mrs Forester ..... Candida Benson MON Ed Bellamy ..... Robin Laing MON Insp. Perry ..... Michael Mackenzie MON Produced by Patrick Rayner. MON MON 06:30 Bill Murphy - Hallows End b007k2zc (Listen) MON Wealthy Dubliner Dermot McPhail buys a new mansion in Cork, MON unaware that it's home to an ancient curse. Stars Gerry MON O'Brien. MON MON 07:00 Married b007v2sz (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 3 MON Grumpy bachelor Robin learns about his past misdemeanours in MON his parallel universe. Stars Hugh Bonneville. From April MON 1999. MON MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b01s4768 (Listen) MON Series 11, Episode 4 MON David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians MON are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another MON to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past MON their opponents. MON Henning Wehn, Katherine Ryan, Graeme Garden and Lloyd MON Langford are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate MON inaccuracy on subjects as varied as geese, horses, MON advertising and Madonna. MON The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the MON team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 08:00 Round The Horne b007jrlz (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 5 MON Kenneth Horne spies a nuclear banana, and Kenneth Williams MON throws a tantrum over the show's script. From April 1966. MON MON 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007qg0y (Listen) MON The comedy duo get up to monkey tricks in Ernie's play The MON Mighty Kong. With guest star Nicola Pagett. From October MON 1976. MON MON 09:00 Sketchorama b01s8q18 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 2 MON Tom Tuck presents the pick of the best live sketch groups MON currently performing on the UK comedy circuit in a new MON series of BBC Radio 4's sketch act showcase. Each week the MON show will feature three up and coming groups featuring MON character, improv, broken and musical sketch comedy. MON For stand ups there has always been a plentiful supply of MON showcase platforms, from Radio 4's very own 4 Stands Up to MON Radio 2's Out Too Lunch. Stand up showcases have now hit MON the TV mainstream with hugely popular shows such as Michael MON McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Live at the Apollo on BBC1, MON and Stand Up For the Week on Channel 4. MON Sketchorama offers the same popular showcase dynamic of MON providing a platform for upcoming talent but purely for MON comedy sketch groups. There are so many incredibly talented MON and inventive sketch groups on the British Comedy scene but MON with no dedicated broadcast format. Sketchorama aims to MON bring hidden gems and established live acts to the airwaves MON offering a truly distinctive show for Radio 4. MON The sketch groups featured in episode one of Sketchorama MON are: MON SO ON AND SO FORTH MON Posh sketch boys Nick Gadd, John Sherman and Martin Allanson MON have been performing together since 2010, in that time they MON have chalked up an acclaimed Fringe debut and picked up a MON Cofilmic Comedy Film Award for best sketch in 2011. MON THAT PAIR MON That Pair are Kathryn Bond and Lorna Shaw, who met at MON Bretton Hall where they discovered their mutual love of MON being from Essex. After graduating with one degree each in MON Theatre Acting they have worked as professional actresses MON ever since. They came out of the comedy closet in 2010 as a MON female musical comedy duo. Influenced by fellow Bretton MON Haller's and comedy legends The League of Gentlemen and MON their Nans and Granddads they perform sketches & songs with MON bags of silliness. MON SHEEPS MON Sheeps are still Daran Johnson, Alastair Roberts and Liam MON Williams. Three erudite young chaps doing sketches, and MON then do themselves reflecting on their own sketches. Sheeps MON are graduates of that most venerable of comedy finishing MON schools, Cambridge Footlights. One-third of Sheeps, Liam MON Williams, was runner-up in the 2010 standup contest So You MON Think You're Funny?, while another member, Daran Johnson, is MON already a prizewinning playwright. MON The producer was Gus Beattie. MON Sketchorama is a Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 09:30 Artists b00x59wq (Listen) MON Series 1, Moor Will Mean Worse MON A community of artists in Cornwall bicker over each others' MON work - and with each other. Stars Pauline McLynn. From March MON 2003. MON MON 10:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm b007k2m0 (Listen) MON Flora's Rights Again MON As Elfine's wedding day draws near, only Aunt Ada Doom is MON hindering Flora's campaign. Comedy-drama with Patricia MON Gallimore. MON MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00r0tbx (Listen) MON Bath Festival Stories by Candlelight, The Whisper MON Bath Festival Stories by Candlelight MON The last in a series of supernatural tales commissioned by MON Radio 4 for last year's Bath Literature Festival. MON 3/3 : The Whisper by Diana Evans read by Syan Blake MON Rachel is a burden to her neighbours, but she carries her MON own burden too. MON Producer Christine Hall. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b01s7tq9 (Listen) MON Jack Jones, Julie Burchill, Gloria Hunniford, Peter Culshaw, MON Primal Scream, Birds of Chicago MON This week Clive Anderson dreams The Impossible Dream with MON double Grammy Award winning, legendary crooner Jack Jones. MON He tells Clive about his career as a pop and swing singer in MON the 60's and why he's saying goodbye to the UK with his MON 'Jack Jones Farewell UK Tour'. It starts on 12th May at MON National Concert Hall Dublin and ends on Sunday 2nd June at MON The Kings Theatre, Southsea. MON Clive has a Sugar Rush with journalist, author and MON self-declared 'militant feminist' Julie Burchill. In 1989, MON Julie first penned the the 1980s-defining blockbuster MON 'Ambition'; a novel where no taboo is left unbroken, no MON fantasy left unfulfilled in a shocking exposé of the lengths MON to which one woman will go to become editor of the UK's MON bestselling tabloid. MON It's re-released in paperback on 6th May. MON Jo Bunting has a clandestine chat with music and arts MON broadcaster Peter Culshaw. Peter's written the biography of MON Manu Chao, the Che Guevara of world music, who once toured MON Colombia by train with a circus troupe, negotiating with MON government troops, rebels and narcotrificantes along the MON way. 'Clandestino: In Search of Manu Chao' is the story of MON one of the world's most elusive stars. MON Clive's star-gazing with broadcaster Gloria Hunniford, who's MON organised an event celebrating musical theatre at London's MON Royal Albert Hall. This annual star-studded benefit for The MON Caron Keating Foundation helps people and families affected MON by cancer. 'The Night of 1000 Stars' is on Sunday 5th May at MON 20.00. MON With music from the Scream Team! Scottish rockers Primal MON Scream perform 'It's Alright, It's OK' from their album MON 'More Light.' MON And Birds of Chicago bounce into the studio to perform MON 'Trampoline' from their album 'Birds of Chicago' MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON MON 12:00 Round The Horne b007jrlz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007qg0y (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t0jcn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Bill Murphy - Hallows End b007k2zc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Kathryn Stockett - The Help b016w0m6 (Listen) MON Kathryn Stockett - The Help, Episode 1 MON Jackson Mississippi, 1962. Black maids raise the white MON children, but no-one trusts them. Then three women get MON brave. Stars Alibe Parsons and Laurel Lefkow. MON MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00bfpzt (Listen) MON Mirror of the Earth MON Astronomer Heather Couper looks at the history of astrology MON which began as a way of advising rulers on their military MON campaigns. MON MON 14:30 Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair b01s8v6t (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON 4 Extra Debut. Assistant postmaster Martin conceals a secret MON all-consuming passion for the words of Papa. Written and MON read by Michael Palin. MON MON 14:45 Claire Rayner - How Did I Get Here From There? MON b007k448 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Legendary agony aunt Claire Rayner reads her own biography, MON recalling her difficult childhood with extraordinary MON candour. MON MON 15:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm b007k2m0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01s8w0t (Listen) MON Richard Hammond reads our new story 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang MON Flies Again' by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Plus we start MON broadcasting the top 50 of the Chris Evans 500 Words MON competition. MON MON 17:00 Flying the Flag b007jx83 (Listen) MON Series 1, Compromising Positions MON The British ambassador is suspicious over an embarrassing MON photo of William. Stars Dinsdale Landen and Peter Acre. From MON May 1987. MON MON 17:30 Married b007v2sz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Planet B b00y1whc (Listen) MON Series 3, Haunted MON As the rogues face their biggest threat yet, a familiar face MON returns. Virtual reality saga by Dawn King. Stars Lloyd MON Thomas. MON MON 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007jtlg (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Meet the man who battery farms humans. Anton Lesser reads MON Aldous Huxley's nightmare vision of an ideal society in the MON future. MON MON 18:45 MR James Stories b00pdxrw (Listen) MON Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad MON Derek Jacobi introduces the tale of a curious artefact found MON in the ruins of a Knights Templar church. Stars Jamie MON Glover. MON MON 19:00 Round The Horne b007jrlz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007qg0y (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t0jcn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Bill Murphy - Hallows End b007k2zc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00r0tbx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b01s7tq9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b01s4768 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Comedy Club at Machynlleth b01s8wbq (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 10 MON Peacock & Gamble bring interviews, atmosphere and much more MON from the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. MON MON 22:35 Sketchorama b01s8q18 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 23:05 Comedy Club at Machynlleth b01s8wbs (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 11 MON Peacock & Gamble bring interviews, atmosphere and much more MON from the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. MON MON 23:10 Machynlleth Stand-Up Show b01s8w81 (Listen) MON 2013 MON 4 Extra Debut. Highlights of 2013's Machynlleth Comedy MON Festival in Wales. MON MON 23:40 Comedy Club at Machynlleth b01s8wbv (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 12 MON Peacock & Gamble bring interviews, atmosphere and much more MON from the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. MON MON 23:45 Poets' Tree b00srg4q (Listen) MON Episode 4 MON Paul Hamilton looks at pop music's poetic merits, and a MON tribute to an unheralded genius. Stars Kevin Eldon. From MON April 2008. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 07 MAY 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Planet B b00y1whc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007jtlg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 MR James Stories b00pdxrw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t0jcn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Bill Murphy - Hallows End b007k2zc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Sketchorama b01s8q18 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Artists b00x59wq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Stella Gibbons - Cold Comfort Farm b007k2m0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00r0tbx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b01s7tq9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Flying the Flag b007jx83 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Married b007v2sz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t2xwp (Listen) TUE The Suspects TUE The net is closing on Dr Belasco, but the sleuth and his TUE wife are now in danger from an unexpected quarter. Stars TUE Gerda Stevenson. TUE TUE 06:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlfq (Listen) TUE Down These Mean Streets TUE Merseyside mum Rosie Monaghan has lost her job, but she TUE plans to be a private eye. Alan McDonald's mystery stars TUE Paula Wilcox. TUE TUE 07:00 On Baby Street b00slpx9 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 4 TUE Geraldine hears from a publisher about her book, written TUE behind husband Clifford's back. Stars Frances Barber. From TUE July 1998. TUE TUE 07:30 Kerry's List b01s46vd (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE The first in a four-part sketch show co-written by and TUE starring comedian and actress Kerry Godliman. TUE Kerry is a married mother of two, a stand up comedian and TUE has two children. Her life can only properly function with TUE her daily list - if she didn't compile this vital list, her TUE life would simply fall apart. TUE Each week, this series looks at a different list and delves TUE into Kerry's madcap world by looking at various elements of TUE that week's list in sketches, narrative and stand up. TUE In this first episode, Kerry's List includes avoiding eBay, TUE de-scaling the kettle, looking good and being romantic for TUE Valentine's Day, buying jeans, retrieving an asthma pump TUE from the Hoover, toning her upper arms and reviewing the TUE plumber! TUE Joining Kerry is her husband Ben (played by her real husband TUE Ben Abell) and her five year old daughter Elsie (played by TUE Melissa Bury) together with a range of bizarre characters - TUE including an enthusiastic council environment worker, some TUE disgruntled satsumas, a bored therapist, a Fairy Jeanmother TUE and a very keen gym instructor. TUE Any busy parent who's ever compiled a list of their own will TUE relate to Kerry Godliman's incident filled world. TUE The cast includes David Pusey (who co-wrote the series), TUE Bridget Christie, Lucy Briers, Rosie Cavaliero and Nicholas TUE Le Prevost. TUE Kerry Godliman is fast establishing herself as a highly TUE skillful stand up comic and actress, from her recent TUE appearances on Live at The Apollo (BBC 1), Derek (C4) and TUE Our Girl (BBC 1). TUE Producer: Paul Russell TUE An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE Credits TUE Actor: Kerry Godliman TUE Actor: David Pusey TUE Actor: Bridget Christie TUE Actor: Lucy Briers TUE Actor: Rosie Cavaliero TUE Actor: Nicholas Le Prevost TUE Producer: Paul Russell TUE Writer: Kerry Godliman TUE Writer: David Pusey TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007k0fk (Listen) TUE The Last Smoking Seagoon TUE Ned is quitting nicotine, but Grytpype-Thynne has other TUE ideas. End of the regular series. With Spike Milligan. From TUE January 1960. TUE TUE 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show b00zl7rx (Listen) TUE From 17/12/1967 TUE The King of Knotty Ash and a legendary footballer, the Head TUE of Pips and a pantomime. With John Laurie. From December TUE 1967. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b01s904x (Listen) TUE Series 7, Episode 4 TUE An extended version of the News Quiz, featuring jokes that TUE you won't have heard already, some clips from the archives TUE and exclusive behind-the-scenes material. TUE TUE 09:45 Armando Iannucci - Facts and Fancies b007jrm4 (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE From writing books to environmental damage, the producer, TUE writer and performer presents his own collection of humorous TUE essays. TUE TUE 10:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords b007w40v (Listen) TUE Arthur in Bournemouth, or Many Arrived Around (7 Letters) TUE Crossword compiler Stephen gets embroiled with lovely widow TUE Penny. Romantic tale starring Wendy Craig and Geoffrey TUE Palmer. TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrf (Listen) TUE Elvis in Prestwick, Elvis in Prestwick TUE Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis TUE Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small TUE Scottish airport on his return from military service in TUE Germany. TUE By Oliver Emanuel. A shy young girl who doesn't even like TUE rock 'n' roll is dragged to the airport by her best friend, TUE who is determined to catch a glimpse of the American TUE superstar. TUE Read by Laura Fraser. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00rm21n (Listen) TUE Arabian Afternoons, The Casper Logue Affair TUE The Casper Logue Affair TUE by Sebastian Baczkiewicz TUE An absurd black comedy thriller, set in Baghdad. The first TUE of three Arabian Afternoons - contemporary plays inspired by TUE tales from The Arabian Nights. TUE Junior diplomat Bob Goldacre is in trouble: the American TUE businessman he was looking after has vanished from a Baghdad TUE street. As the suspects pile up, Goldacre is going to have TUE his work cut out if he wants to save his career and make TUE sure that justice is done. TUE Directed by Abigail le Fleming. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007k0fk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Ken Dodd Show b00zl7rx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t2xwp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlfq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Kathryn Stockett - The Help b016ywr9 (Listen) TUE Kathryn Stockett - The Help, Episode 2 TUE Skeeter tries to discover what happened to Constantine. TUE Minny settles in as Celia Foote's help. Starring Alibe TUE Parsons and Laurel Lefkow. TUE TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00bfpzw (Listen) TUE Three Wise Men TUE Astronomer Heather Couper reviews ancient associations of TUE stars and planets with deities, and astrology's link to TUE maths and the 24-hour day. TUE TUE 14:30 Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair b01s90x3 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Assistant postmaster Martin conceals a secret all-consuming TUE passion for the words of Papa. Written and read by Michael TUE Palin. TUE TUE 14:45 Claire Rayner - How Did I Get Here From There? TUE b007k45g (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Reading her own biography, famous agony aunt Claire Rayner TUE reveals her teenage ambitions and determination to become a TUE nurse. TUE TUE 15:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords b007w40v (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01s918k (Listen) TUE Richard Hammond reads the next chapter of 'Chitty Chitty TUE Bang Bang Flies Again', and Mel hears the story of the car TUE and how it changed the world forever. TUE TUE 17:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket b007jzr0 (Listen) TUE Constant Dripping TUE An unwelcome visitor turns an absence of water into a TUE trauma. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. From TUE July 1987. TUE TUE 17:30 On Baby Street b00slpx9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Planet B b00y90wz (Listen) TUE Series 3, The Pirate Islands TUE Medley and Kip must battle island inhabitants to save Planet TUE B. Virtual reality saga by Penelope Skinner. Stars Claire TUE Harry. TUE TUE 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007jtmn (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Bernard Marx is a misfit in an ideal society, so why is TUE Lenina attracted to him? Nightmare future vision read by TUE Anton Lesser. TUE TUE 18:45 MR James Stories b00pdzg5 (Listen) TUE The Tractate Middoth TUE Derek Jacobi introduces the classic ghost story of Doctor TUE Rant and the strange goings-on in the library. Stars Sam TUE Dale. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007k0fk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Ken Dodd Show b00zl7rx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t2xwp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlfq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00rm21n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Kerry's List b01s46vd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Museum of Everything b00gknj8 (Listen) TUE Series 3, The Museum Reopens TUE A temp (with a scary clown face) aids the tour guide. TUE Starring Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. TUE From June 2006. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b01sksmv (Listen) TUE For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the TUE best laughs around. Tonight, Jon Holmes chats to Sean TUE Hughes. TUE TUE 23:00 I Think I've Got a Problem b00cfzrq (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 2 TUE Thanks to the band inside his head, Tom disrupts a funeral TUE and ends up on stage. Stars Suggs and Bob Monkhouse. From TUE April 2003. TUE TUE 23:30 Pleased to Meet You b0124y89 (Listen) TUE Pilot TUE Pilot. 90-something good-time girl 'Dora Dale' tells some TUE wild tales from her star-strewn past to Martin Kelner. With TUE Jake Yapp. From November 2005. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 08 MAY 2013 WED WED 00:00 Planet B b00y90wz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007jtmn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 MR James Stories b00pdzg5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t2xwp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlfq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 News Quiz Extra b01s904x (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Armando Iannucci - Facts and Fancies b007jrm4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords b007w40v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00rm21n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket b007jzr0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 On Baby Street b00slpx9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t4tps (Listen) WED The Final Curtain WED A new production of the 1947 detective serial 'Paul Temple WED and Steve.' One of the great radio detectives returns WED refreshed and reinvigorated to the airwaves to investigate WED the activities of a shadowy and ruthless criminal mastermind WED in post-war London. WED The identity of the mysterious Dr. Belasco is finally WED revealed. But it's one thing to unmask someone, quite WED another to capture them; and Belasco still has a trick or WED two up his - or is it her? - sleeve. WED Paul Temple ..... Crawford Logan WED Steve ..... Gerda Stevenson WED Sir Graham Forbes ..... Gareth Thomas WED Kaufman ..... Nick Underwood WED Worth/Charlie ..... Greg Powrie WED Nelson ..... Jimmy Chisholm WED Joseph ..... Richard Greenwood WED Ed Bellamy ..... Robin Laing WED Insp. Perry ..... Michael Mackenzie WED Produced by Patrick Rayner. WED WED 06:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlg3 (Listen) WED Following From in Front WED Who is private eye Rosie Monaghan's mystery client, and how WED do you trail someone? Stars Paula Wilcox and Elizabeth WED Estensen. WED WED 07:00 Two Doors Down b0076h8n (Listen) WED Series 3, And It Was All Yellow WED Rory and Evie have a joint birthday party while their WED parents are away and Sally is out to dinner. With Frances WED Tomelty and Gerard Murphy. WED WED 07:30 Down the Line b01s4qqz (Listen) WED Series 5, Episode 1 WED The return of the ground-breaking Radio 4 show, hosted by WED the legendary Gary Bellamy and brought to you by the WED creators of The Fast Show. WED Starring Rhys Thomas, with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix WED Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery, Adil Ray, Robert WED Popper and Paul Whitehouse. WED Produced by Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse WED A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k1nm (Listen) WED The Rail Strike WED The lad gets a green signal, but a bumpy ride lies ahead. WED Stars Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams. From WED June 1955. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wmxgc (Listen) WED Series 5, Episode 12 WED The sound archives of the BBC, and noises animals make. WED Songs and sketches with Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie. From WED July 1967. WED WED 09:00 After Henry b007jqn4 (Listen) WED Series 4, Sunday Lunch WED To steam or not to steam? Sarah and Eleanor argue over WED potatoes. Stars Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. From WED February 1989. WED WED 09:30 It's Your Round b00zf4nz (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 5 WED "It's Your Round" is the comedy panel show where each of the WED panellists tries to beat the others at their own games. All WED the panellists have brought along their own round for the WED others to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, WED and unpredictable. WED In this episode Tim Key, Micky Flanagan, Bridget Christie WED and Nick Hancock battle it out to see who can become It's WED Your Round champion for the week. WED Enjoy the hilarity that ensues when each of them play the WED games they've brought along. What is Micky's "Cockney WED Rhyming Slang Charades" all about and is it any fun to play? WED Can anyone understand the rules to Tim's "No More Women"? WED And what is Bridget's idea of her "Fantasy Funeral"? Find WED out the answers to these questions, and more, in this show. WED Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to make sure WED everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact. WED Writers: Angus Deayton, Ged Parsons and Paul Powell WED The reader is Christine Kavanagh WED Devised by Benjamin Partridge WED Producer: Sam Michell. WED WED 10:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords b007w4dz (Listen) WED Leonardo in Lyme Regis WED A da Vinci turns up in Dorset - or does it? Crossword WED compiler Stephen sets out to solve the puzzle. Starring WED Geoffrey Palmer. WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrh (Listen) WED Elvis in Prestwick, Do You Know Where I Am? WED Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis WED Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small WED Scottish airport on his return from military service in WED Germany. WED By Andrew O'Hagan. A man remembers the moment in 1960 when WED his home town in Ayrshire first felt connected to the rest WED of the world. WED Read by Finn Den Hertog. WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00rmrpw (Listen) WED Arabian Afternoons, The Porter and the Three Ladies WED The Porter and the Three Ladies WED by Rachel Joyce WED A wild, dark modern fairytale, set in Damascus. The second WED in a series of contemporary plays inspired by stories from WED the Arabian Nights. WED It is time for Shahrazad to tell another tale to save her WED life. In this story within a story, we find out that if Joe WED doesn't find the exclusive to satisfy his ruthless editor, WED he will lose his job. He finds three beautiful women in WED Damascus but what is the truth behind their secret life? WED Directed by Tracey Neale. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k1nm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wmxgc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t4tps (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlg3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Kathryn Stockett - The Help b016z61f (Listen) WED Kathryn Stockett - The Help, Episode 3 WED Skeeter wants to write about the lives of black maids in WED Jackson. Who will be interviewed? Stars Alibe Parsons and WED Laurel Lefkow. WED WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00bvsd2 (Listen) WED Philosopher Scientists WED Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. WED About 2,600 years ago, Greek philosopher Thales was the WED first person to suggest that natural forces rather than the WED gods might be responsible for dramatic events such as WED earthquakes and even eclipses. Pythagoras developed an WED interest in geometry that led him to realise that the Earth WED was a sphere. This was the start to a series of WED philosophical schools. WED WED 14:30 Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair b01s93jx (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED As pressure mounts at work, Martin finds himself being WED challenged in his private life, too. Written and read by WED Michael Palin. WED WED 14:45 Claire Rayner - How Did I Get Here From There? WED b007k46j (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Legendary agony aunt Claire Rayner reads her own WED extraordinary life story, recounting unhappy times spent in WED 1950s Toronto. WED WED 15:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords b007w4dz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01s944x (Listen) WED Mel hears about the personal flying machines we'll all be WED buzzing around in in the future. Plus, three more great WED stories from this year's Chris Evans 500 Words competition. WED WED 17:00 Stilgoe's Around b007k433 (Listen) WED From 15/07/1989 WED Richard Stilgoe samples the grandeur of the National Trust's WED Clandon Park. With Peter Blake and Belinda Lang. From July WED 1989. WED WED 17:30 Two Doors Down b0076h8n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Planet B b00yhwsx (Listen) WED Series 3, Doing Time WED Held in the world's toughest jail, can Kip escape prison WED brutality? Virtual reality saga by Nick Perry. Stars Lloyd WED Thomas. WED WED 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007nchp (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Feeling ill at ease, Bernard Marx confides about Lenina to WED his best friend. Nightmare future vision read by Anton WED Lesser. WED WED 18:45 MR James Stories b00pf12h (Listen) WED Lost Hearts WED Derek Jacobi introduces the classic tale of orphan Stephen's WED haunted dreams of two ghostly figures. Stars James D'Arcy. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k1nm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wmxgc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t4tps (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlg3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00rmrpw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Down the Line b01s4qqz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Les Kelly's Britain b016x3h7 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Les Kelly (Kevin Bishop) hosts a magazine show from hell. WED Les is a cross between Jeremy Kyle and a slap in the face. WED He claims this is the only radio show for 'normal, decent WED people'. 'If you aren't decent, this is not the show for WED you,' says Les. WED Les meets a father whose daughter needs a new kidney. Well, WED perhaps 'need' isn't quite the right word. She just wants WED one more kidney than all her friends. Les also meets an WED expert on sanglanding. It's the dangerous new craze amongst WED young people - trouble is, no on knows what it is. WED Produced & Written by Bill Dare. WED WED 23:00 Buy Me Up TV b0094k0g (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 1 WED Another chance to hear Buy Me Up TV. WED Every shopping channel you've ever seen and every product WED you've never wanted. WED Featuring Justin Edwards, Colin Hoult, Katherine Jakeways, WED Ewen Macintosh, Alex MacQueen and Greg Proops. With special WED guest Eamonn Holmes. WED WED 23:30 Knocker b008d1f2 (Listen) WED Obselejectivitysence WED Market researcher Ian surveys a high-tech future. Sitcom WED with Neil Edmund and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007. WED WED 23:45 Peter Bradshaw - For One Horrible Moment b008756f (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Darkly comic memoirs of growing up in the 1970s. Will WED father's lecture on sex dampen our hero's ardour? With Peter WED Bradshaw. WED WED THU THURSDAY 09 MAY 2013 THU THU 00:00 Planet B b00yhwsx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007nchp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 MR James Stories b00pf12h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Paul Temple and Steve b00t4tps (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlg3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 After Henry b007jqn4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 It's Your Round b00zf4nz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords b007w4dz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00rmrpw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Stilgoe's Around b007k433 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Two Doors Down b0076h8n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Father Brown Stories b007jp1b (Listen) THU Series 1, The Blue Cross THU Master of disguise Flambeau is on the run from the police. THU Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful clerical THU sleuth. THU THU 06:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgf (Listen) THU Back Against the Wall THU A row over privatisation breaks out, and private eye Rosie THU has doubts over an apparently innocent death. Stars Paula THU Wilcox. THU THU 07:00 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me b0076hjw (Listen) THU Series 1, I Could Write a Book THU Roy must face up to life after the loss of Leonard, his THU beloved trombone. Stars Ram Jam Holder. From October 2003. THU THU 07:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b01s4szd (Listen) THU Series 5, Episode 5 THU Comedian-activist Mark Thomas takes his People's Manifesto THU to Manchester, with policies on low-cost housing, happier THU train carriages and novel road safety techniques. Produced THU by Colin Anderson. THU Credits THU Presenter: Mark Thomas THU Producer: Colin Anderson THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jrv9 (Listen) THU Series 1, Museum Piece THU Mainwaring's platoon set off to grab some much needed THU weapons. Adapted from TV, with Arthur Lowe. From February THU 1974. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b007k438 (Listen) THU From 24/04/1957 THU Can Mr Glum stop Ron and Eth marrying in a court of law? THU Stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From April 1957. THU THU 09:00 Change at Oglethorpe b007jzwk (Listen) THU The Thin Controller THU Trouble for the rural railway station's new manager, when he THU sacks a member of staff. Stars Peter Davison. From December THU 1995. THU THU 09:30 Whispers b00bzrmj (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 2 THU Gyles Brandreth hosts the scandals quiz with Anthony Holden, THU Lynne Truss, Lucy Moore and Michele Brown. From September THU 2004. THU THU 10:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords b007w2ls (Listen) THU Shakespeare in Southampton THU Stephen delves into the mystery of a manuscript that may or THU may not be by the Bard. Starring Geoffrey Palmer and Wendy THU Craig. THU THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrk (Listen) THU Elvis in Prestwick, Don't Ask Me Why THU Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis THU Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small THU Scottish airport on his return from military service in THU Germany. THU By Ruth Thomas. The news that Sonia's best friend has been THU hit by a car is overshadowed by the arrival of an THU international celebrity at the local airport. THU Read by Sally Reid. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00rmxb8 (Listen) THU Arabian Afternoons, A Dish of Pomegranates THU by Peter Jukes THU The third in a series of plays inspired by stories from the THU Arabian Nights. THU Shared roots and scattered families in the melting pot of THU modern Jerusalem. Tired after a stressful trip, Ajib is THU stopped by security officers as he tries to fly out of Ben THU Gurion airport on his way home to the U.S. They don't think THU his story adds up. Can he make them believe him? And does he THU actually know the whole story himself? THU Directed by Mary Peate. THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jrv9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b007k438 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Father Brown Stories b007jp1b (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Kathryn Stockett - The Help b017071p (Listen) THU Kathryn Stockett - The Help, Episode 4 THU Aibileen wonders whether to join Skeeter's secret writing THU project, regardless of risk. Stars Alibe Parsons and Laurel THU Lefkow. THU THU 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00bvsc7 (Listen) THU Wheels Within Wheels THU Heather Couper reflects on astonomer Ptolomy, who wrote 13 THU volumes listing over 1000 stars and 48 constellations around THU AD 150. THU THU 14:30 Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair b01s9d01 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Martin finds himself drawn more and more to Ruth, but Elaine THU has some curt words for him. Written and read by Michael THU Palin. THU THU 14:45 Claire Rayner - How Did I Get Here From There? THU b007k47q (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Reading her own biography, legendary agony aunt Claire THU Rayner recounts her return to nursing and meeting the love THU of her life. THU THU 15:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords b007w2ls (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01s9d03 (Listen) THU Mel Giedroyc hears about the world's first ever THU parachutists, and Richard Hammond reads the next chapter of THU this week's story, 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again'. THU THU 17:00 King Street Junior b007jnjz (Listen) THU Series 9, Danger Zone THU Mr Beeston remembers a time when school was a sanctuary of THU sorts from the harsher perils of the outside world. Stars THU James Grout. From December 1996. THU THU 17:30 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me b0076hjw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Planet B b00yqqs6 (Listen) THU Series 3, Disaster! THU In the last hours of Planet B, what better than a farewell THU party? Virtual reality saga by Matthew Wilkie. Stars Lloyd THU Thomas. THU THU 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007nf2z (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Bernard takes Lenina to the Savage Reservation, but is she THU fully prepared? Nightmare future vision read by Anton THU Lesser. THU THU 18:45 MR James Stories b00pf4xf (Listen) THU The Rose Garden THU Derek Jacobi introduces a ghostly tale of the Goodmans, who THU unwittingly open a doorway to a turbulent past. Stars Anton THU Lesser. THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jrv9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b007k438 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Father Brown Stories b007jp1b (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00rmxb8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b01s4szd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Old Harry's Game b00hv1f4 (Listen) THU Series 7, Episode 3 THU Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell. THU The presence of a baby in Hell is turning them all soft. As THU Scumspawn becomes the first demon to wear a papoose, Satan THU tries to locate Satan Junior's real family. THU Satan ...... Andy Hamilton THU Edith ...... Annette Crosbie THU Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan THU Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville THU With Jan Ravens and Felicity Montagu. THU THU 23:00 Delve Special b00t1qsy (Listen) THU Series 1, The Shifton Scandal THU In his town demolition expose, David Lander examines the THU influence of a holiday company. Stephen Fry stars as the THU spoof investigative reporter. From August 1984. THU THU 23:30 The Skivers b00d8pgd (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 3 THU Michael Fish's secrets are revealed, and E17 move house. THU Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh welcome guest Lewis Collins. THU From March 1994. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 10 MAY 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Planet B b00yqqs6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007nf2z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 MR James Stories b00pf4xf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Father Brown Stories b007jp1b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Change at Oglethorpe b007jzwk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Whispers b00bzrmj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Jim Eldridge - Crosswords b007w2ls (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00rmxb8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 King Street Junior b007jnjz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me b0076hjw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Father Brown Stories b00y25xk (Listen) FRI Series 1, The Queer Feet FRI Death and theft in a small hotel, and confusion over FRI waiters. Andrew Sachs stars as GK Chesterton's insightful FRI clerical sleuth. FRI FRI 06:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgr (Listen) FRI If Looks Could Kill FRI Private eye Rosie Monaghan pursues the murder suspects, but FRI nobody seems to believe her. Stars Paula Wilcox and Helen FRI Roberts. FRI FRI 07:00 The Pickerskill Reports b012wxxr (Listen) FRI Series 2, Patrick Trumball FRI Written and Directed by Andrew McGibbon. FRI Patrick Trumball's strange fascination for thunderstorms, FRI lightening and other epic forces of nature appear to mark FRI him out as an unusual, otherworldly child confirmed by FRI Pickerskill when he discovers that the boy also possesses a FRI perfect photographic memory. FRI Cast: FRI Dr Henry Pickerskill ....... Ian McDiarmid FRI Fintan Grice ....... Toby Longworth FRI Patrick Trumball ....... Louis Williams FRI A.R.F. Somerset Stephenson ....... Mike Sarne FRI Stealgroynes ........ Jack Edwards FRI Calman .......Kris Saddler FRI Moorcroft ...... Joe Cooper FRI Matron ....... Mia Soteriou FRI Producers: Nick Romero and Andrew McGibbon FRI A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 07:30 Tim Key's Suspended Sentence b0128pyh (Listen) FRI Truths universally acknowledged. Clocks striking thirteen. FRI Bests and worsts of times. A truly great opening line can FRI make a novel iconic. But what makes these famous first FRI sentences sing to us? FRI Last year, Perrier award-winning comedian and poet Tim Key FRI chased down the meaning of Nikolai Gogol's enigmatic short FRI story "The Overcoat", in a feature that garnered some of the FRI most prestigious awards in European radio - winning the FRI EBU's Ake Blomstrom Prize, and being nominated for the Prix FRI Italia and Prix Marulic. FRI Now, another chance to hear his first radio 'documentary' FRI (sort of), originally aired in 2011, as he tries to sleuth FRI out what makes a great literary opening line, with the help FRI of author Joe Dunthorne, comedian and novelist Mark Watson, FRI and literary critics Maureen Freely and John Sutherland. You FRI see, Tim's just desperate to write his first novel - it's in FRI him, just waiting, waiting to be unleashed. If only he could FRI think of a good beginning... FRI Fresh from his acclaimed stage show "Masterslut" and regular FRI spots on Charlie Brooker's "Newswipe" and Steve Coogan's FRI "Mid-Morning Matters With Alan Partridge", Tim's on a FRI mission to pen the ultimate opening line: one that will FRI knock your socks off, hook you in, blow you away (he'll sort FRI out the rest later, yeah?). FRI As he slowly crafts his one-sentence magnum opus, Tim taps FRI into the minds of some of Britain's top literary talents to FRI find out what a first line should and shouldn't do, and the FRI hours of sweat and toil enshrined in those crucial few FRI words. He also tries to galvanise his imagination - taking a FRI spin of one of the world's strangest literary board games... FRI The pressure's on, as we hear a roll-call of some of the FRI finest and most famous first lines in publishing history - FRI from Dickens to Dostoevsky to uh, Dan Brown. Overwhelmed FRI with information, we also hear a crash course on what not to FRI do - as Tim visits Knebworth House, ancestral pile of a man FRI whose most famous first sentence is legendary for all the FRI wrong reasons: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, author of the infamous FRI "It was a dark and stormy night..." FRI Finally it's time to try out Tim's sentence of the FRI unsuspecting public, as he visits the award-winning Brick FRI Lane Book Club for a focus group...before in the final FRI moments, he unleashes that killer first sentence on the FRI world...(so then Tim: what comes next?). FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Tim Key FRI Producer: Steven Rajam FRI FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark b007k2q7 (Listen) FRI Series 8, Gumming Up the Works FRI There's a five-star mess when HMS Troutbridge goes for a FRI refill. Stars Jon Pertwee and Leslie Phillips. From FRI September 1966. FRI FRI 08:30 J Kingston Platt b01s9hds (Listen) FRI The Scriptwriter's Revenge FRI Jacko spins a sad yarn of overwhelming revenge with a tinge FRI of praise. Written and read by Peter Jones. FRI FRI 09:00 Clare in the Community b00fslwd (Listen) FRI Series 2, Past Caring FRI The social worker organises a birthday dinner for Brian - FRI but there's a mystery guest. Stars Sally Phillips. From FRI November 2005. FRI FRI 09:30 Act Your Age b00qvm9f (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 6 FRI Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic FRI generations against each other to find out which is the FRI funniest. FRI Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker are FRI joined by Hills Barker and Cannon and Ball. FRI FRI 10:00 Ethel Lina White - The Lady Vanishes b017557m (Listen) FRI A train, a missing governess and evil Nazi plans for Europe. FRI All aboard for a gripping ride to adventure. Stars Jenny FRI Funnell. FRI FRI 11:00 Short Stories by Oscar Wilde b007k0vk (Listen) FRI The Remarkable Rocket FRI A collection of celebratory fireworks discuss the nature of FRI love, and one of them gets his comeuppance. Read by John FRI Moffat. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00dzmcf (Listen) FRI Mandrake FRI Irene, an old woman threatens her new neighbour with a FRI scythe when he suggests cutting down a tree which is on his FRI land. FRI Irene claims that her husband is buried under the tree- "to FRI cut the branches would be to cut his limbs." But the tree is FRI around a hundred years old. FRI Ruth, a social worker is called in to assess Irene's mental FRI health and ability to look after herself. But as she gets to FRI know Irene she is drawn into a strange and magical tale that FRI will change her life forever. FRI Written and directed by Anita Sullivan FRI Music by Sara Harrison FRI Producer: Karen Rose FRI A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark b007k2q7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 J Kingston Platt b01s9hds (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Father Brown Stories b00y25xk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Kathryn Stockett - The Help b016z8b2 (Listen) FRI Kathryn Stockett - The Help, Episode 5 FRI Aibileen attempts to persuade Minny to be part of Skeeter's FRI clandestine writing project. Stars Alibe Parsons and Laurel FRI Lefkow. FRI FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00bvscc (Listen) FRI Mathematics of the Sky FRI Astronomer Heather Couper considers the contribution of the FRI Islamic scholar, poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam. FRI FRI 14:30 Michael Palin - Hemingway's Chair b01s9lcn (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Nick continues to make his clandestine plans for the Post FRI Office, and Elaine isn't happy. Written and read by Michael FRI Palin. FRI FRI 14:45 Claire Rayner - How Did I Get Here From There? FRI b007k48z (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Concluding her own biography, campaigner Claire Rayner FRI recalls how she became an agony aunt, and her experience of FRI cancer. FRI FRI 15:00 Ethel Lina White - The Lady Vanishes b017557m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01s9lgh (Listen) FRI Three more brilliant stories written in under 500 words. FRI Plus, we're joined by Richard Hammond as he reads 'Chitty FRI Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again' by Frank Cottrell Boyce. FRI FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts b00jzckp (Listen) FRI Series 3, Name, Set and Match FRI Newly wed Faith and Bill's married monikers are a sensitive FRI subject. Stars James Bolam and Lynda Bellingham. From April FRI 1991. FRI FRI 17:30 The Pickerskill Reports b012wxxr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Planet B b00yy62r (Listen) FRI Series 3, The End of the Rogue FRI Kip and Medley are in a race against time to save Planet B. FRI Virtual reality saga by Matthew Broughton. Stars Lloyd FRI Thomas. FRI FRI 18:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007rkyx (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Lenina is horrified by the Savage Reservation, until she FRI meets John. Nightmare vision of the future read by Anton FRI Lesser. FRI FRI 18:45 MR James Stories b00pfljb (Listen) FRI Number 13 FRI Derek Jacobi introduces another classic ghost tale. Why FRI doesn't Doctor Anderson's hotel have a room 13? Stars Julian FRI Rhind-Tutt. FRI FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark b007k2q7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 J Kingston Platt b01s9hds (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Father Brown Stories b00y25xk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Short Stories by Oscar Wilde b007k0vk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00dzmcf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town b00j4hk2 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Skipton FRI Comedian Mark Steel visits the attractive market town of FRI Skipton in Yorkshire and presents a show from the a FRI livestock auction hall to discover what makes the town and FRI its inhabitants distinctive. FRI Producer - Julia McKenzie. FRI FRI 22:30 The Consultants b007vb2j (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 1 FRI 4 Extra Debut. Chesney ends a hostile takeover using FRI marriage. Cerebral sketch show with Neil Edmond and Justin FRI Edwards. From November 2003. FRI FRI 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth b007jvkb (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI The urban warrior's comedy-and-music mix, with a cure for FRI apathy, if he can be bothered. Stars Simon Munnery. From FRI February 1995. FRI