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SAT SATURDAY 18 MAY 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black b007jlpk (Listen) SAT A Journey and a Funeral SAT Retired solicitor Arthur Kipps recalls his visit to the SAT isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow. Stars Robert SAT Glenister. SAT SAT 00:30 Aldous Huxley - Brave New World b007q9yw (Listen) SAT Episode 10 SAT Disenchanted with society, John decides to seek solitude. SAT Nightmare vision of the future concluded by Anton Lesser. SAT SAT 00:45 HG Wells - The First Men in the Moon b01mmrhb (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Bedford and Cavor's mission to the moon comes to a SAT surprising and unexpected conclusion. Read by Tim SAT Pigott-Smith. SAT SAT 01:00 Father Brown Stories b00yb1z9 (Listen) SAT Series 1, The Sins of Prince Saradine SAT Eloping noblemen and blood feuds, but will revenge find the SAT right mark? Andrew Sachs stars as the humble clerical SAT sleuth. SAT SAT 01:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016q2l1 (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Captain SAT A series of burglaries. An obvious suspect. Is everything SAT what it appears? Adapted from TV with David Calder and SAT Hamish Clark. SAT SAT 02:00 Clare in the Community b00fw5jh (Listen) SAT Series 2, Relax SAT Romantic Brian is plotting to surprise the social worker on SAT holiday. Stars Sally Phillips and Gemma Craven. From SAT November 2005. SAT SAT 02:30 The Brothers b00pcn0m (Listen) SAT Series 3, Mix Tape SAT Despite a new office, Nigel and Michael still struggle with SAT life. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From February SAT 2007. SAT SAT 03:00 James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans SAT b007jpng (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT As the brutal war rages, Huron chief Magua captures Colonel SAT Munro's daughters. Stars Alfredo Michelsen and Russell SAT Dixon. SAT SAT 04:00 Helen Simpson - A Bunch of Fives b01m850d (Listen) SAT Scan SAT Intimate and moving story about a young woman on the brink SAT of romance, who goes alone for a brain scan. Read by Clare SAT Corbett. SAT SAT 04:15 David Pownall at 75 b00s0wrb (Listen) SAT Nyama SAT David Pownall's cautionary tale about a money-crazed SAT entrepreneur who transports a pickled whale from the Cape of SAT Good Hope round Southern Africa and makes a fortune. SAT Other parts played by Alison Pettitt, John Biggins, David SAT Seddon, Michael Shelford and Keeley Beresford SAT Music composed and performed by Russell Taylor and Steve SAT Cooke. SAT Directed by Peter Kavanagh. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Peter Kavanagh SAT Hudson: Vincent Ebrahim SAT Silas: Jude Akuwudike SAT Arlene: Joanna Monro SAT Bush Hermit: Joseph Marcell SAT Doctor Cass: Bruce Alexander SAT De Soto: Nigel Hastings SAT Cult Leader: Rufus Wright SAT Woman: Pamela Nomvete SAT Ensemble: Alison Pettit SAT Ensemble: John Biggins SAT Ensemble: David Seddon SAT Ensemble: Michael Shelford SAT Ensemble: Keely Beresford SAT Writer: David Pownall SAT Composer: Russell Taylor SAT Composer: Steve Cooke SAT SAT 05:00 Second Thoughts b00k2fl1 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Room With a Queue SAT Hannah is off to University, so Bill and Faith bicker over SAT who gets her vacated bedroom. Stars James Bolam and Lynda SAT Bellingham. From April 1991. SAT SAT 05:30 The Pickerskill Reports b0132k5b (Listen) SAT Series 2, Timothy Spoontz SAT Written and Directed by Andrew McGibbon. SAT When the new progressive headmaster Mike Poulson Jabby SAT decides to impose an austerity drive in the seventies, the SAT quality of the school's food is compromised as part of the SAT tedious process. But the inventive agricultural talents of SAT young boarder, Timothy Spoontz, helped by his successful SAT father's growing agricultural business, provide the school SAT and Castlereagh House with it's own privately delivered SAT supply of food - until Mike Poulson Jabby gets wind of it. SAT Cast: SAT Dr Henry Pickerskill ...... Ian McDiarmid SAT Timothy Spoontz ....... Harry McEntire SAT Mike Poulson Jabby ...... Mike Priest SAT Lefty Rogers ....... Tony Gardner SAT Stanislaw ....... Mike Sarne SAT Stealgroynes ...... Jack Edwards SAT Calman ........ Kris Saddler SAT Moorcroft ...... Joe Cooper SAT Matron ... ... Mia Soteriou SAT Producers: Nick Romero and Andrew McGibbon SAT A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Andrew McGibbon SAT Producer: Nick Romero SAT SAT 06:00 David Pownall at 75 b01shn7f (Listen) SAT Under the Table SAT 4 Extra Debut. A boy witnesses the impact of war on his SAT family from under the kitchen table. Stars David Calder and SAT Kenneth Cranham. SAT SAT 07:30 Fabulous Flops b0146g6q (Listen) SAT More Fabulous Flops, Episode 4 SAT Paul Roseby concludes his look at Tinseltown turkeys with SAT shows that got big laughs on Broadway for all the wrong SAT reasons. SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b011cfjy (Listen) SAT Series 6, Episode 26 SAT From Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the American funny man introduces SAT Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, and Jessica Lea Mayfield. SAT From 2010. SAT SAT 09:00 It's a Painful Business: On the Hour with Eddie Mair SAT b015bf2k (Listen) SAT PM's Eddie Mair celebrates the landmark series. Featuring On SAT the Hour, Knowing Me Knowing You, Armando Iannucci's Charm SAT Offensive and the On the Hour Christmas Special. SAT SAT 12:00 How Does That Make You Feel? b01shnxl (Listen) SAT Series 4 Omnibus SAT Series 4 Omnibus. Therapist Martha braces herself for the SAT arrival of her patients, including an MP with a troublesome SAT son. Stars Frances Tomelty. SAT SAT 13:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective b007jmhd (Listen) SAT The Metropolitan Line Murder SAT Journalist Polly seeks help from an enigmatic old customer SAT in a London teahouse over her friend's killing. Stars SAT Bernard Hepton. SAT SAT 14:00 Round The Horne b007k1g4 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 6 SAT Kenneth Horne spies a joke thief, while Barbara Cartload SAT joins The Seamus Android Show. With Kenneth Williams and SAT Betty Marsden. From April 1966. SAT SAT 14:30 The Ken Dodd Show b007jx51 (Listen) SAT Doddy's Daft Half Hour SAT The King of Knotty Ash examines black magic and lands a part SAT in a horror movie. Or does he? With Hugh Paddick. From SAT August 1972. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b011cfjy (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 David Pownall at 75 b01shn7f (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 The Write Stuff b01sd23j (Listen) SAT The Brontes SAT Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with SAT team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests SAT Mark Watson and Sue Limb. SAT Produced by Alexandra Smith. SAT SAT 18:00 Fear on Four b007jpxl (Listen) SAT Dark Feathers SAT The Man in Black introduces a dark mystery of Fay's blighted SAT return to the West Country. Stars Edward de Souza and Joanna SAT Myers. SAT SAT 18:30 Edgar Allan Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher SAT b007jsry (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT As his behaviour starts to change, Roderick Usher reveals SAT his terrible secret. Edgar Allen Poe's classic Gothic SAT horror, read by Sean Barrett. SAT SAT 19:00 It's a Painful Business: On the Hour with Eddie Mair SAT b015bf2k (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard b00hhjfd (Listen) SAT Unrepeatable SAT The garrulous stand-up comedian entertains an audience at SAT London's Albery Theatre, with a host of eclectic themes. SAT From 1994. SAT SAT 23:00 Saturday Drama b0128fkt (Listen) SAT White Nights SAT By Ann Cleeves. SAT Dramatised for radio by Iain Finlay MacLeod. SAT Atmospheric crime drama set in Shetland at midsummer - the SAT time of white nights, when the sun never quite leaves the SAT sky and birds sing at midnight. SAT The launch of Bella Sinclair's art exhibition, at the SAT Herring House Gallery in the remote hamlet of Biddista, is SAT ruined by the appearance of a distressed stranger, claiming SAT amnesia. The man is later found hanged but local detective SAT Jimmy Perez has a hunch that it's murder not suicide. SAT When the dead stranger is finally identified, strands of SAT clues point towards a dark secret held deep within the SAT collective memory of the community, one which has brought SAT death to the present. SAT Cast: SAT D.I. Jimmy Perez ..... Steven Robertson SAT Kenny ..... Finlay Welsh SAT Edith ..... Anne Lacey SAT Bella ..... Eileen McCallum SAT Fran ..... Tracy Wiles SAT D.I. Roy Taylor ..... Robin Laing SAT Peter ..... Steven McNicoll SAT Roddy ..... Finn den Hertog SAT Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 19 MAY 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Fear on Four b007jpxl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Edgar Allan Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher SUN b007jsry (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b011cfjy (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 How Does That Make You Feel? b01shnxl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective b007jmhd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 David Pownall at 75 b01shn7f (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 The Write Stuff b01sd23j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Kathryn Stockett - The Help b01770v8 (Listen) SUN Kathryn Stockett - The Help Omnibus, Episode 2 SUN As racial tension rises in America, Miss Skeeter's SUN interviews may land the maids in trouble. Kathryn Stockett's SUN acclaimed novel, read by Alibe Parsons and Laurel Lefkow. SUN SUN 07:15 The Science of DIY b008wfcc (Listen) SUN The Wheelbarrow SUN The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow SUN experts reveal the importance of leverage when conveying a SUN load. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b008crmm (Listen) SUN Series 4, The Wrong Fleece SUN Ed has had the kind of idea a writer gets perhaps once in a SUN lifetime. Unfortunately, he can't remember where he put it. SUN Stars Christopher Douglas. From November 2007. SUN SUN 08:00 Educating Archie b00g9m6d (Listen) SUN From 30/01/1957 SUN Archie Andrews and mentor Peter Brough buy a farm. Radio SUN ventriloquism with Dick Emery and Deryck Guyler. From SUN January 1957. SUN SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b010v747 (Listen) SUN Fair Exchange SUN The bungling duo mix up the designs for the new pound note. SUN Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From September SUN 1970. SUN SUN 09:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00cyywl (Listen) SUN The Wild Dogs SUN Mowgli and Kaa plan a jungle attack against the wild dogs. SUN Stars Nisha K Nayer, Eartha Kitt and Freddie Jones. SUN SUN 09:30 Alan Garner - Elidor b0106x20 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Unexpected adventure awaits Roland, Helen, David and SUN Nicholas Watson in a derelict church. Classic fantasy with SUN Mossie Cassidy. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01shrxr (Listen) SUN TV Experts, Mary Beard SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Dylan to Handel, classicist Mary Beard SUN shares her castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From January SUN 2010. SUN SUN 10:45 EM Forster Short Stories b017gyls (Listen) SUN The Obelisk 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 The World of Percy Edwards b01bl27c (Listen) SUN The wildlife impressionist muses on the countryside and SUN brings us birdsong and monologues. With Eric Morecambe. From SUN May 1974. SUN SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? b007jt2k (Listen) SUN Series 3, Norman Evans SUN Mark Radcliffe looks back at the life and career of northern SUN comic Norman Evans, famed for his sketches over the garden SUN wall. SUN SUN 12:00 Kathryn Stockett - The Help b01770v8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 The Science of DIY b008wfcc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Elizabeth Morgan - Dear Countess b01shs8c (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. A turbulent tale of John Ruskin's marriage to SUN Effie. Love and tension in equal measure. Stars Derek Jacobi SUN and Timothy West. SUN SUN 15:00 Educating Archie b00g9m6d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry b010v747 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b01shscv (Listen) SUN The pick of the week's 4 O'Clock Show, with Mel Giedroyc. SUN SUN 17:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00cyywl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Alan Garner - Elidor b0106x20 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Arthur C Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama b011j4p6 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN What is space object Rama's secret? And why, years on, has SUN the Commander never spoken of what he found? Stars Richard SUN Dillane. SUN SUN 19:00 The World of Percy Edwards b01bl27c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 How Tickled Am I? b007jt2k (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Educating Archie b00g9m6d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry b010v747 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01shrxr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 EM Forster Short Stories b017gyls (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b008crmm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 The Ape That Got Lucky b0081sw3 (Listen) SUN Man or Monkey SUN Chris Addison's spoof lectures exploring human evolution. SUN With Geoffrey McGivern as Professor Austin Herring. From SUN August 2005. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b021zvmh (Listen) SUN For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the SUN best laughs around. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Eddie SUN Pepitone. SUN SUN 23:00 Vent b00sy275 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Don't Bet on It SUN TV racing can't bring Ben out of his coma, so what use is SUN his predicting the winners? Stars Neil Pearson. From July SUN 2006. SUN SUN 23:30 Listen Against b00fl0gk (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 2 SUN Time runs away in preparations for the switch-on of the BBC SUN Collider. Radio rearranged by Jon Holmes. From November SUN 2008. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 20 MAY 2013 MON MON 00:00 Arthur C Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama b011j4p6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01shrxr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 EM Forster Short Stories b017gyls (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 The World of Percy Edwards b01bl27c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 How Tickled Am I? b007jt2k (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Educating Archie b00g9m6d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Elizabeth Morgan - Dear Countess b01shs8c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00cyywl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Alan Garner - Elidor b0106x20 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k23s (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON A poison pen letter triggers a departure, and a trail of MON murder and deceit. Agatha Christie whodunnit with Emma MON Fielding. MON MON 06:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016q57t (Listen) MON Series 2, Andy Steps Up MON A consignment of stolen salmon gives Andy the chance for MON promotion. Radio revival of TV's famous copper. Stars David MON Calder. MON MON 07:00 Married b007w523 (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 5 MON Robin makes a go of his parallel universe marriage, but his MON double has other ideas. Stars Hugh Bonneville. From April MON 1999. MON MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b01sd7fg (Listen) MON Series 11, Episode 6 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 Mark Watson, Tony Hawks, Lucy Porter and Ed Byrne are the MON panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on MON subjects as varied as lions, pianos, fingers and the French. 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 b007k1pt (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 7 MON It's a special musical comedy extravaganza - 'Dr McKinlay's MON Scrapbook'. Starring Kenneth Horne and Kenneth Williams. MON From April 1966. MON MON 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01sjj1t (Listen) MON From 01/05/1978 MON Their final show for the BBC. Ernie hires a French au pair. MON With music by the Nolan Sisters. From May 1978. MON MON 09:00 Sketchorama b01sjj11 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 4 MON Thom 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 star three acclaimed groups featuring everything MON from 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 the MON 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 this episode of Sketchorama MON are: MON ENDEMIC MON Endemic came to be in 2009, as a loose collective of MON performers who just wanted to make new, funny stuff MON together. This diverse bunch (including a tall American and MON a woman) of experienced comedians, musicians, writers, MON actors and film-makers have since produced a variety of MON comedic offerings - music videos, online sketches and live MON shows, including a run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. MON Their fan-base is growing, and now includes some of their MON own friends and family... MON ABSOLUTELY MON Members of the cast of Channel 4's hugely popular sketch MON show 'Absolutely'reunited for a special, one-off radio MON appearance as part of the new series of 'Sketchorama'. On an MON emphatic evening Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter, MON Gordon Kennedy and John Sparkes recorded the show at The MON Oran Mor in Glasgow and performed new and classic material MON from some of the show's favourite characters including Calum MON Gilhooley, Denzil and Gwynedd, The Little Girl and the MON Stoneybridge Town Council. MON The producer was Gus Beattie. MON Sketchorama is a Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 09:30 Artists b00xglb7 (Listen) MON Series 1, Inspired MON Grumpy Tamsin is uninspired and blames Dolores, who aims for MON a loan to rent her own studio. Stars Mina Anwar. From April MON 2003. MON MON 10:00 Daphne du Maurier - My Cousin Rachel b01096ch (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Ambrose is a hero to his young ward Philip, but things MON change when he meets Philip's cousin. Stars Damien Lewis and MON Lia Williams. MON MON 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b0076lzm (Listen) MON The Horse MON Angela does her homework, as her mother hosts a drinks party MON for some intellectual friends. Read by Emma Fielding. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b01shqcp (Listen) MON Andy McNab, Jasper Gibson, Simon Reeve, Paulette Randall, MON Danny Wallace, John Grant, Allah-Las MON This week Clive's secret mission is with novelist and former MON SAS operative Andy McNab, whose bestseller 'Bravo Two Zero' MON is the true story of eight members of the SAS regiment on a MON top secret mission to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines. MON The 20th Anniversary edition is available on 23rd May. MON Clive treads the boards with theatre director Paulette MON Randall, currently directing Lenny Henry in August Wilson's MON 'Fences', the story of a once gifted athlete denied his turn MON at the big time and now struggling through daily life in MON Pittsburgh. It's at London's Duchess Theatre from Wednesday MON 19th June to Saturday 14th September. MON Danny Wallace gets his ribs tickled by Jasper Gibson; MON co-founder of Britain's largest comedy website The Poke. His MON debut novel 'A Bright Moon For Fools' is the story of Harry MON Christmas. He is fat, unattractive, rude, deeply dishonest MON and unable to dance. On a mission to track down his late MON wife's ancestral village, Christmas lurches across rural MON Venezuela from one drunken crisis to another. As the real MON trouble begins, can redemption survive? MON G'day Mate! Clive goes bush with adventurer and presenter MON Simon Reeve. Following the success of his Indian Ocean MON series, Simon embarks on another epic adventure, this time MON travelling across Australia. Simon encounters an MON extraordinary array of people and exotic wildlife, offering MON a unique insight into life in Down Under. 'Australia with MON Simon Reeve' starts on Sunday 19th May at 21.00 on BBC Two. MON With music from LA based alt-rockers Allah-Las, who perform MON 'Tell Me (What's on Your Mind)' from their album MON 'Allah-Las'. MON And a welcome return to former Czars frontman John Grant, MON who performs 'GMF' from his album 'Pale Green Ghosts'. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON MON 12:00 Round The Horne b007k1pt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01sjj1t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k23s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016q57t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00cq1d4 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Bovary, but she's MON distraught over the lack of passion and excitement. Stars MON John Hurt. MON MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00byr2j (Listen) MON A Planet Called George MON Astronomer Heather Couper looks at William Herschel's MON attempts to chart the cosmos using a homemade telescope, and MON how he doubled the size of the Solar System. MON MON 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar b01f9y2q (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Stephen Tompkinson reads Keith Waterhouse's classic comic MON story about a young dreamer who fantasises about a more MON exciting life. MON MON 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine b01slpy1 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Musa has evil designs on Marta, and the others wait MON impatiently for the Galilean to emerge from his cave. Read MON by Sara Kestelman. MON MON 15:00 Daphne du Maurier - My Cousin Rachel b01096ch (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01sjjhp (Listen) MON Another week of 4 O'clock Show fun with Roald Dahl's Charlie MON and the Chocolate Factory, and more finalists in the 500 MON WORDS writing competition. MON MON 17:00 Flying the Flag b007jx9v (Listen) MON Series 1, Spy Story MON The British ambassador and his team plan their campaign for MON a diplomatic dinner. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From May 1987. MON MON 17:30 Married b007w523 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black b007jlps (Listen) MON A Causeway and a Pony Trap MON Solicitor Arthur Kipps is rattled while spending the night MON in an eerie house. Stars Robert Glenister and John Woodvine. MON MON 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrfm (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Bill Masen wakes up in hospital to discover that the world MON he knew will never be the same again. Cult novel read by MON Roger May. MON MON 19:00 Round The Horne b007k1pt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01sjj1t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k23s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016q57t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b0076lzm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b01shqcp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b01sd7fg (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Sketchorama b01sjj11 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b01sdw2l (Listen) MON Series 40, Episode 1 MON Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw present a comedic look at the MON week's news, with Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin and Sara Pascoe. MON Producer: Colin Anderson MON MON 23:30 And Now In Colour b007jscz (Listen) MON Series 2, Stately Home MON The team take the audience on a posh day out. Starring Tim MON de Jongh, William Vandyck and Tim Firth. From January 1991. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 21 MAY 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black b007jlps (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrfm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k23s (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016q57t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Sketchorama b01sjj11 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Artists b00xglb7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Daphne du Maurier - My Cousin Rachel b01096ch (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b0076lzm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b01shqcp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Flying the Flag b007jx9v (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Married b007w523 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k253 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died, but a tube of TUE morphine has gone missing. Stars Emma Fielding and David TUE McAlister. TUE TUE 06:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016r51t (Listen) TUE Series 2, Give a Dog a Good Name TUE Should PC George Dixon break the rules to catch a vicious TUE criminal? Radio revival of TV's famous copper. Stars David TUE Calder. TUE TUE 07:00 On Baby Street b00sr308 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 6 TUE Robert and Lillian are horrified when Geraldine promotes her TUE book on Woman's Hour. Stars Jenny Eclair and Frances Barber. TUE From August 1998. TUE TUE 07:30 Kerry's List b01sd5gh (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE The third 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 third episode, Kerry's List involves bleaching mugs, TUE napping, sorting out cobwebs, distressing a chest of TUE drawers, organizing CDs, keeping my friend's secret, growing TUE vegetables and buying Puy Lentils. 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 skilful 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 Credits TUE Writer: Kerry Godliman TUE Writer: David Pusey 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 TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007k31h (Listen) TUE The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System TUE Captain Seagoon investigates a mustard-and-cress-flavoured TUE mystery at Clapham Junction. Stars Spike Milligan. From TUE March 1954. TUE TUE 08:30 Jim the Great b01sjjwr (Listen) TUE Series 1, The March of Democracy TUE The King is duped into holding an election. But surely he's TUE a shoe-in for the throne? Starring Jimmy Edwards. From April TUE 1977. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b01sdw2l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00g0536 (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE Comedy series in which comedian Will Smith seeks help and TUE advice - primarily from his godfather Peter - on coping with TUE the onset of middle age. Peter invites Tory MP George to TUE help Will speak his mind. TUE With Roger Allam, Geoffrey Whitehead, Jill Cardo, Gunnar TUE Cauthery, Roger Drew, Donnla Hughes, Robert Lonsdale, Dan TUE Starkey, Malcolm Tierney. TUE TUE 10:00 Daphne du Maurier - My Cousin Rachel b0109gdh (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Philip experiences more than one revelation when he finally TUE faces his guardian's widow. Stars Damien Lewis and Lia TUE Williams. TUE TUE 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007rsyx (Listen) TUE Miss King TUE A penny is the source of much discord between Emma Bury and TUE Milly Young. Read by Emma Fielding. TUE TUE 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012f9s7 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Top Dog TUE A smart stranger arrives at Warwick Hedges' restaurant with TUE an unusual request, but son Jack doesn't like the look of TUE him. Stars Trevor Peacock. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007k31h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Jim the Great b01sjjwr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k253 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016r51t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00cq60z (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE The dazzling splendour of a Marquis ball intensifies married TUE Emma's longing for excitement. Stars Sarah Smart and John TUE Hurt. TUE TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00byr2l (Listen) TUE The Celestial Police TUE Astronomer Heather Couper looks at the work of the planet TUE hunter Johann Bode, who patrolled the dark cosmic alleyways. TUE TUE 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar b01fb3ps (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Billy is now engaged to two girls in his Yorkshire home TUE town, but he imagines an escape to London. Read by Stephen TUE Tompkinson. TUE TUE 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine b01slpy7 (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Jesus resists the offers of food and drink, calling on TUE recent memories to maintain his resolve. Read by Sara TUE Kestelman. TUE TUE 15:00 Daphne du Maurier - My Cousin Rachel b0109gdh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01sjk68 (Listen) TUE Mel Giedroyc says Happy Birthday to actor Sir Ian McKellen TUE and meets the Kangaroo Man. Plus episode 2 of Charlie and TUE the Chocolate Factory, and more 500 WORDS finalists. TUE TUE 17:00 For Better or for Worse b00t9yby (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 1 TUE Will undertaker's assistant Bernard ever get fiancee Iris up TUE the aisle? Stars Su Pollard and Gorden Kaye. From December TUE 1994. TUE TUE 17:30 On Baby Street b00sr308 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black b007jz83 (Listen) TUE The Nursery and a Child TUE More ghostly revelations for solicitor Arthur Kipps in TUE ghostly Eel Marsh House. Stars John Woodvine and Robert TUE Glenister. TUE TUE 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrg0 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Bill Masen remembers how the Triffids first came to England, TUE and why they became so prevalent. Cult novel read by Roger TUE May. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007k31h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Jim the Great b01sjjwr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k253 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016r51t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007rsyx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012f9s7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Kerry's List b01sd5gh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Museum of Everything b00h3h6c (Listen) TUE Series 3, The Thing TUE Learn about medieval cooking, and view the most precious TUE exhibit. Stars Marcus Brigstocke and Danny Robins. From TUE August 2006. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b021zvz3 (Listen) TUE For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the TUE best laughs around. Plus Tom Wrigglesworth chats to Patrick TUE Kielty about the BBC Radio New Comedy Award. TUE TUE 23:00 I Think I've Got a Problem b00cm91h (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 4 TUE Tom and the troublesome band in his head set off for the TUE Tower of London. Stars Bob Monkhouse and Suggs. From April TUE 2003. TUE TUE 23:30 Pleased to Meet You b007k2t5 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Ninety-something good-time girl Dora Dale dishes the dirt on TUE her celeb chums to Martin Kelner. With Jake Yapp. From TUE August 2006. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 22 MAY 2013 WED WED 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black b007jz83 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrg0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k253 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016r51t (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 The Now Show b01sdw2l (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00g0536 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Daphne du Maurier - My Cousin Rachel b0109gdh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007rsyx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012f9s7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 For Better or for Worse b00t9yby (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 On Baby Street b00sr308 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k26d (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Who poisoned Mary Gerrard? Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is WED called in to find the killer. Agatha Christie whodunnit with WED John Moffatt. WED WED 06:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016pklm (Listen) WED Series 2, The Key of the Nick WED En route to an evening out, PC George Dixon and DI Andy WED Crawford get embroiled in a bank job. Stars David Calder. WED WED 07:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat WED b00nhw1v (Listen) WED The Overcoat WED A humble Russian civil servant's career is stuck in a dismal WED rut, until he buys a new coat. With Stephen Moore. From WED April 2002. WED WED 07:30 Down the Line b01sdmxx (Listen) WED Series 5, Episode 3 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 Producers: Charlie Higson and Paul Whitehouse WED A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k251 (Listen) WED The Marrow Contest WED The green-fingered lad takes on the authorities to save his WED pride and joy. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. From June WED 1955. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wwn0j (Listen) WED Series 5, From 23/07/1967 WED The Incredible Singing Blancmange, or The Dessert Song. A WED musical comedy with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From July WED 1967. WED WED 09:00 After Henry b007s8gm (Listen) WED Series 4, Family Album WED Eleanor's old snaps spark arguments with Sarah over the WED past. Stars Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. From WED February 1989. WED WED 09:30 In the Chair b007jpw1 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Maverick reporter George Cragge's retirement is cut short. WED Mark Tavener's comic thriller with Michael Williams. From WED June 1998. WED WED 10:00 Frances McNeil - With a Little Help From My Friends WED b00br7x6 (Listen) WED The story of Brian Epstein during his hectic, turbulent WED years of managing The Beatles. Stars Jonathan Keeble and WED Kerry Shale. WED WED 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007s9rk (Listen) WED The River WED A flood causes catastrophe for water-loving William and his WED young daughter Frankie. Emma Fielding reads Margaret WED Bonham's story. WED WED 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012gpr6 (Listen) WED Series 2, A Water Baby WED As heavy rain swamps Mardle Fen, a strange child leads WED restaurant chef Warwick through the flood. Stars Trevor WED Peacock. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k251 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wwn0j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k26d (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016pklm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00cqdwd (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED As Emma and Charles move to a new town, she makes the WED acquaintance of a young solicitor. Stars James D'Arcy and WED Sarah Smart. WED WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c0ny8 (Listen) WED Plumbing the Depths WED Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. WED The science of astrophysics has emerged over the past 300 WED years. It began with the first attempts to measure the WED distances of the stars but took off in late Victorian times WED with the invention of the spectroscope, a device to split WED starlight up into its component wavelengths. This led to an WED understanding of the composition of stars and the discovery WED of a new element on the Sun. WED WED 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar b01fbfx5 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Billy is in big trouble both at work and home, so he returns WED to his dreams of London and Ambrosia. Read by Stephen WED Tompkinson. WED WED 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine b01slpy9 (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Musa tricks the others to persuading Jesus to help him. His WED evil intent towards Marta grows. Read by Sara Kestelman. WED WED 15:00 Frances McNeil - With a Little Help From My Friends WED b00br7x6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01sjm48 (Listen) WED Mel meets the woman ready to face sharks and jellyfish as WED she prepares to swim from Florida to Cuba. Plus more WED finalists in the 500 WORDS writing competition. WED WED 17:00 Stilgoe's Around b007k4k2 (Listen) WED From 29/07/1989 WED Songs and sketches from Brighton Racecourse as the team WED tackles the subject of sport. With Belinda Lang. From July WED 1989. WED WED 17:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat WED b00nhw1v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black b007jls5 (Listen) WED Letters and Death Certificates WED Solicitor Arthur Kipps tries to finally unravel the mystery WED of the haunted house. Stars Robert Glenister and John WED Woodvine. WED WED 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrgd (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED It's well known that Triffids can walk, but Bill Masen WED wonders what other human skills they might possess. Cult WED novel read by Roger May. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k251 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00wwn0j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k26d (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016pklm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007s9rk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012gpr6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Down the Line b01sdmxx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Les Kelly's Britain b017cjy8 (Listen) WED Episode 3 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 normal or decent, this is not the WED show for you,' says Les. WED Should able bodied people have the same rights as the WED disabled when it comes to having mobility scooters, guide WED dogs and hearing aides. This and other outrageous questions WED are put by Les Kelly, radio's most insensitive presenter. WED Also on the show - a preacher whose religious education WED lessons involves twisting balloons into the shape of Moses WED and Jesus, and a woman with an obsessive hatred of Belgians. WED Written by Bill Dare and Julian Dutton. WED WED 23:00 Buy Me Up TV b009jcxh (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED Another chance to hear the comedy series inspired by every WED shopping channel you've ever seen and every product you've WED never wanted to buy. WED Starring Justin Edwards, Colin Hoult, Katherine Jakeways, WED Ewen MacIntosh, Alex MacQueen, Greg Proops and this week's WED special guest, Rich Hall. WED WED 23:30 Knocker b008hn0k (Listen) WED Incentativity WED Market researcher Ian Dunn carries out a delicate WED immigration survey. Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From WED December 2007. WED WED 23:45 Peter Bradshaw - For One Horrible Moment b0089jzh (Listen) WED Episode 5 WED Memoirs of a boy growing up in the 1970s. In the Fens, the WED full hideous truth is revealed. Written and read by Peter WED Bradshaw. WED WED THU THURSDAY 23 MAY 2013 THU THU 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black b007jls5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrgd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k26d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Dixon of Dock Green b016pklm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 After Henry b007s8gm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 In the Chair b007jpw1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Frances McNeil - With a Little Help From My Friends THU b00br7x6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007s9rk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012gpr6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Stilgoe's Around b007k4k2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat THU b00nhw1v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k27p (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU As the Belgian sleuth unravels the threads of the murder, it THU seems Mary wasn't the first victim. Agatha Christie THU whodunnit with John Moffatt. THU THU 06:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU A dying policeman recalls how a gruesome murder many years THU before changed his life forever. Read by Ronald Pickup. THU THU 07:00 The Older Woman b01sjngn (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU 4 Extra Debut. Local hack journalist Roy Hitchcock tries to THU win the heart of his former teacher. Stars Zoe Wanamaker and THU Martin Clunes. From January 1993. THU THU 07:30 Heresy b01sdrh5 (Listen) THU Series 9, Episode 1 THU The first in a new series of the programme that dares to THU commit heresy. THU Victoria Coren Mitchell and her guests have fun challenging THU knee-jerk public opinion, and exposing the wrong-headedness THU of received wisdom. THU In the first programme of the series Victoria Coren Mitchell THU is joined by comedians Lee Mack and David Schneider, and THU writer-broadcaster Germaine Greer, to argue about foxes, THU maths and Andy Murray THU Producers: Victoria Coren Mitchell and Daisy Knight THU An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jlcs (Listen) THU Series 1, The Enemy Within the Gates THU Mainwaring's platoon try to capture Germans for a reward. THU Adapted from TV, with Arthur Lowe and Clive Dunn. From THU February 1974. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b019jshq (Listen) THU Scary tales of Javanese witchmen, plus Ron and Eth plan a THU romantic break in Belgium. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From March THU 1958. THU THU 09:00 Change at Oglethorpe b007k0dp (Listen) THU Remember, Remember the Fifth of September THU Birthday celebrations go awry for the rural railway THU station's cafe proprietor, June. Stars Peter Davison. From THU December 1995. THU THU 09:30 Whispers b00c3nw7 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 4 THU Gyles Brandreth chairs another scandalous dollop of the THU gossip game, with Geoffrey Durham and Valerie Grove. THU THU 10:00 Ray Connolly - Lost Fortnight b00j2j79 (Listen) THU Based on film producer John Houseman's memoirs of The Blue THU Dahlia and risk-taker Raymond Chandler. Stars Peter THU Barkworth. THU THU 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007sygh (Listen) THU The Two Mrs Reeds THU Two women with the same name convalesce in a maternity ward. THU Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story. THU THU 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012gqw6 (Listen) THU Series 2, Old Boggie THU Invited to lunch in a remote part of the Fens, chef Warwick THU discovers treasure guarded by a ghost-dog. Stars Trevor THU Peacock. THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jlcs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b019jshq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k27p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00cql2l (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Emma's memory of young solicitor Leon becomes the core of THU her despair. Stars Sarah Smart, Conrad Nelson and James THU D'Arcy. THU THU 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c3fnn (Listen) THU The Milky Way THU Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. THU Galileo realised that the Milky Way was a glowing band of THU stars across the sky and philosopher Immanuel Kant THU recognised that our Sun was just one member of a vast star THU system. But for centuries, few recognised the true nature of THU our galaxy. In the late 19th century, William Herschel THU realised that the Milky Way was a giant body of stars, but THU still his discovery was ignored. It was not until early in THU the 20th century that Harlow Shapley began to estimate the THU distances of the stars and hence map out the Milky Way in THU three-dimensional detail. Radio astronomy finally yielded THU the ability to penetrate the dark clouds towards the THU galactic centre and see the true distribution of matter in THU the skies. THU THU 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar b01fcqlh (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU As he goes to perform his pub act, things get even more THU complicated for the three-timing romeo. Read by Stephen THU Tompkinson. THU THU 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine b01slpyc (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Musa callously attacks Marta. Jesus finally leaves his cave THU and the others prepare for a burial. Read by Sara Kestelman. THU THU 15:00 Ray Connolly - Lost Fortnight b00j2j79 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01sjrx4 (Listen) THU Mel Giedroyc discovers the Inheritance Books of poet Andrew THU Motion, who revisits RL Stevenson's adventure story Treasure THU Island in his book 'Silver'. THU THU 17:00 King Street Junior b007jnkx (Listen) THU Series 9, Relative Values THU A new parent-governor is rocking the boat, there's trouble THU in the playground and the staff gets involved in a Quiz THU Night. THU THU 17:30 The Older Woman b01sjngn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Bradbury 13 b011tsc9 (Listen) THU The Ravine THU A small-town serial strangler is stalking women, but Lavinia THU Nibbs refuses to let him spoil her night out. Ray Bradbury's THU thriller stars Barta Heiner. THU THU 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrh9 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Bill Masen is horrified by what he discovers in London, but THU manages to rescue a girl from danger. Cult novel read by THU Roger May. THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jlcs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b019jshq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k27p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007sygh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012gqw6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Heresy b01sdrh5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Old Harry's Game b00j4kbz (Listen) THU Series 7, Episode 5 THU Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell. THU Satan has become a one-man adoption agency while his chief THU demon is reading Penelope Leach. But can Satan place the THU baby with a good family? THU Satan ...... Andy Hamilton THU Edith ...... Annette Crosbie THU Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan THU Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville THU God ...... Timothy West THU With Felicity Montagu. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b021zwc1 (Listen) THU For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the THU best laughs around. Plus Tom Wrigglesworth has more chat THU with Patrick Kielty about the BBC Radio New Comedy Award. THU THU 23:00 Delve Special b00t5zzv (Listen) THU Series 1, The Shifton Scandal THU In his town demolition expose, David Lander looks at the THU trial and disturbing aftermath. Stephen Fry stars as the THU spoof investigative journalist. From August 1984. THU THU 23:30 The Skivers b007jq44 (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 5 THU New age DIY, and Sinatra sings punk. Nick Golson and Tim de THU Jongh welcome special guest Britt Ekland. From April 1994. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 24 MAY 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Bradbury 13 b011tsc9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrh9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k27p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq0p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Change at Oglethorpe b007k0dp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Whispers b00c3nw7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Ray Connolly - Lost Fortnight b00j2j79 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007sygh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012gqw6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 King Street Junior b007jnkx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Older Woman b01sjngn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k28y (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI As Elinor stands accused, Hercule Poirot uncovers evidence FRI of greed and deceit. Agatha Christie whodunnit with John FRI Moffatt. FRI FRI 06:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq12 (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI Recalling a gruesome murder, a dying policeman continues his FRI deathbed confessions. Wilkie Collins' tale is read by Ronald FRI Pickup. FRI FRI 07:00 The Pickerskill Reports b01381nf (Listen) FRI Series 2, Richard and Gregory Severin FRI Written by Andrew McGibbon. FRI It is the late forties and Gregory and Richard Severin, soon FRI to head off to university, become entranced by the in-vogue FRI teachings of Lenin, Marx, Engels and Trotsky and the Soviet FRI experiment. FRI In a bid to save himself from being bored to death by their FRI endless Spartist dogma, Pickerskill uses a detention with FRI them to say that he is secretly one of them - a communist, FRI and that they must remain silent until he gives them the FRI signal to join him in the vanguard of the great British FRI workers proletarian rebellion. Unfortunately, his false FRI pledge of allegiance is overheard by the cook of Castlereagh FRI House who happens to be the daughter of a murdered White FRI Russian anti-communist. FRI Cast: FRI Dr Henry Pickerskill ....... Ian McDiarmid FRI Richard Severin ........Tom Kane FRI Gregory Severin ...... James Rowland FRI A.R.F. Somerset Stephenson ....... Mike Sarne FRI Mrs Stroove ...... Mia Soteriou FRI Cartwright/Dawson .......Toby Longworth FRI The Colonel/Pyotr Stroove ...... Andrew McGibbon FRI Producers: Nick Romero and Andrew McGibbon FRI Directed by Andrew McGibbon FRI A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 07:30 The Write Stuff b01shsv6 (Listen) FRI Mark Twain FRI Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with FRI team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests FRI John O'Farrell and Jane Thynne. FRI Produced by Alexandra Smith. FRI FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark b01sjs44 (Listen) FRI Series 8, Charitably Taking Part FRI 4 Extra Debut. The crew of Troutbridge see stars at a FRI fundraiser for seamen who are down on their luck. Stars Jon FRI Pertwee. From October 1966. FRI FRI 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00jf6rv (Listen) FRI From 29/01/1984 FRI From playing Doxon of Dick Green, to a troop of Beefeaters. FRI The ultimate one man show, written by the host. From January FRI 1984. FRI FRI 09:00 Clare in the Community b00fyvqy (Listen) FRI Series 2, Meet the Press FRI International stardom beckons when the social worker appears FRI on the radio. Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005. FRI FRI 09:30 The Brothers b00pm1nv (Listen) FRI Series 3, Gothic FRI Nigel is haunted, while Michael thinks he's Bruce Willis. FRI Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From February 2007. FRI FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens - Mrs Lirriper b019fx2g (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI Dickens' often overlooked tale of a huge-hearted landlady FRI and her eccentric lodgers. Stars Julia McKenzie and John FRI Fortune. FRI FRI 11:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007tzqb (Listen) FRI The Professor's Daughter FRI Four-year-old Britta and her fearful imagination cause FRI social embarrassment for Miss Jenner. Read by Emma Fielding. FRI FRI 11:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012h806 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Silver Ribbon FRI Roller-skating chef Warwick challenges bike-riding son Jack FRI to a race to the cathedral door. Stars Trevor Peacock and FRI Sam Dale. FRI FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark b01sjs44 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00jf6rv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k28y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq12 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00cqzj4 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Emma meets wealthy land owner Rodolphe Boulanger, and FRI succumbs to temptation. Gustave Flaubert dramatisation with FRI John Hurt. FRI FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c3h3t (Listen) FRI Deep Space FRI Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. FRI In 1845 the third Earl of Rosse completed the biggest FRI telescope in the world at his castle in the centre of FRI Ireland. In spite of cloudy skies, this leviathan enabled FRI him to see spectacular detail in the sky, including a spiral FRI structure in certain fuzzy patches known as nebulae. Some of FRI these seemed so big that astronomers thought they must be FRI rotating clouds of gas out of which planetary systems are FRI born. FRI Henrietta Swan Leavitt refuted this, studying variable stars FRI and realising that a certain type of star varied at a rate FRI that was linked to its brightness. These so-called Cepheid FRI variables could be used to estimate the vast distances of FRI space. FRI In 1919, the young Edwin Hubble used a new telescope in FRI California to search for Leavitt's Cepheids in spiral FRI nebulae. He discovered, to his astonishment, that the FRI nearest, the Andromeda nebula, lay well outside our own FRI galaxy and constituted an island universe in its own right. FRI Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt FRI and John Palmer. FRI FRI 14:30 Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar b01f9wj6 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Billy's fantasies have all been exposed. Will he leave to FRI start a new life in London? Concluded by Stephen Tompkinson. FRI FRI 14:45 Jim Crace - Quarantine b01slpyf (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Musa and the rest end their isolation early and head their FRI separate ways, their lives changed forever. Read by Sara FRI Kestelman. FRI FRI 15:00 Charles Dickens - Mrs Lirriper b019fx2g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01sjt47 (Listen) FRI Mel has three more finalists in the 500 WORDS competition, FRI another Magical Mystery Tour, and a singing mobile library FRI man. FRI FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts b00k89mf (Listen) FRI Series 3, Foreign Exchange FRI With daughter Hannah at university, Faith's son Joe wants an FRI Italian student to stay. Stars James Bolam and Lynda FRI Bellingham. FRI FRI 17:30 The Pickerskill Reports b01381nf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Bradbury 13 b0120vy9 (Listen) FRI Night Call, Collect FRI A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. FRI Finally at age 80, his phone rings. Ray Bradbury's thriller FRI stars Morgan White. FRI FRI 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrhp (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI With the carnivorous plants on the rampage, Josella is FRI devastated when she returns to her home with Bill. Cult FRI novel read by Roger May. FRI FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark b01sjs44 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00jf6rv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k28y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq12 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007tzqb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012h806 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town b00jd6rf (Listen) FRI Series 1, Lewes FRI Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates a FRI stand-up show for a local audience based on what he finds FRI out about the area. FRI Mark records a show in Lewes, East Sussex, celebrating FRI fires, pub fights and stroppiness. FRI FRI 22:30 The Consultants b0076prd (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 3 FRI When warding off dark lords, salad is acceptable. Cerebral FRI sketch show with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. From FRI December 2003. FRI FRI 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth b00ysfh6 (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI The urban warrior's comedy-music mix, with the full lowdown FRI on fashion. Stars Simon Munnery. From March 1995. FRI
17 May, 2013
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 18/05/2013 - 24/05/2013
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