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SAT SATURDAY 25 MAY 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Bradbury 13 b0120vy9 (Listen) SAT Night Call, Collect SAT A lone survivor on Mars has waited a lifetime for rescue. SAT Finally at age 80, his phone rings. Ray Bradbury's thriller SAT stars Morgan White. SAT SAT 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrhp (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT With the carnivorous plants on the rampage, Josella is SAT devastated when she returns to her home with Bill. Cult SAT novel read by Roger May. SAT SAT 01:00 Poirot - Sad Cypress b007k28y (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT As Elinor stands accused, Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot SAT uncovers evidence of greed and deceit. Agatha Christie SAT whodunit with John Moffatt. SAT SAT 01:30 Wilkie Collins - Who Killed Zebedee? b007jq12 (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Recalling a gruesome murder, a dying policeman continues his SAT deathbed confessions. Wilkie Collins' tale is read by Ronald SAT Pickup. SAT SAT 02:00 Clare in the Community b00fyvqy (Listen) SAT Series 2, Meet the Press SAT International stardom beckons when the social worker appears SAT on the radio. Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005. SAT SAT 02:30 The Brothers b00pm1nv (Listen) SAT Series 3, Gothic SAT Nigel is haunted, while Michael thinks he's Bruce Willis. SAT Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. From February 2007. SAT SAT 03:00 Charles Dickens - Mrs Lirriper b019fx2g (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Dickens' often overlooked tale of a huge-hearted landlady SAT and her eccentric lodgers. Stars Julia McKenzie and John SAT Fortune. SAT SAT 04:00 Margaret Bonham - The Casino b007sygh (Listen) SAT The Two Mrs Reeds SAT Two women with the same name convalesce in a maternity ward. SAT Emma Fielding reads Margaret Bonham's story. SAT SAT 04:15 Nick Warburton - On Mardle Fen b012h806 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Silver Ribbon SAT Roller-skating chef Warwick challenges bike-riding son Jack SAT to a race to the cathedral door. Stars Trevor Peacock and SAT Sam Dale. SAT SAT 05:00 Second Thoughts b00k89mf (Listen) SAT Series 3, Foreign Exchange SAT With daughter Hannah at university, Faith's son Joe wants an SAT Italian student to stay. Stars James Bolam and Lynda SAT Bellingham. SAT SAT 05:30 The Pickerskill Reports b01381nf (Listen) SAT Series 2, Richard and Gregory Severin SAT Written by Andrew McGibbon. SAT It is the late forties and Gregory and Richard Severin, soon SAT to head off to university, become entranced by the in-vogue SAT teachings of Lenin, Marx, Engels and Trotsky and the Soviet SAT experiment. SAT In a bid to save himself from being bored to death by their SAT endless Spartist dogma, Pickerskill uses a detention with SAT them to say that he is secretly one of them - a communist, SAT and that they must remain silent until he gives them the SAT signal to join him in the vanguard of the great British SAT workers proletarian rebellion. Unfortunately, his false SAT pledge of allegiance is overheard by the cook of Castlereagh SAT House who happens to be the daughter of a murdered White SAT Russian anti-communist. SAT Cast: SAT Dr Henry Pickerskill ....... Ian McDiarmid SAT Richard Severin ........Tom Kane SAT Gregory Severin ...... James Rowland SAT A.R.F. Somerset Stephenson ....... Mike Sarne SAT Mrs Stroove ...... Mia Soteriou SAT Cartwright/Dawson .......Toby Longworth SAT The Colonel/Pyotr Stroove ...... Andrew McGibbon SAT Producers: Nick Romero and Andrew McGibbon SAT Directed by Andrew McGibbon SAT A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 06:00 Bill Naughton - Derby Day b007ylvj (Listen) SAT Off to a Flying Start SAT The miners are on strike, as the town of Bolton awakes to SAT the big race day of 1921. Stars Barrie Rutter and Stephanie SAT Turner. SAT SAT 07:30 Rebels b01sljqb (Listen) SAT Guy Burgess SAT 4 Extra Debut. Spies investigated. Guy Burgess according to SAT people who knew and worked with him, including brother SAT Nigel. From October 1984. SAT Cambridge Spies Season: Blog SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b011hz5y (Listen) SAT Series 6, Episode 27 SAT From the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, the SAT American funny man is joined by The Wailin' Jennys and Andra SAT Suchy. From 2010. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats b007k0ly (Listen) SAT The Fifties, Episode 1 SAT Barry Cryer plunders the BBC archives across the decades. SAT Featuring Life With the Lyons, In All Directions, The Al SAT Read Show, A Life of Bliss, Take It From Here and The Goon SAT Show. SAT SAT 12:00 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant b01sljpw (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Omnibus. Made for 4 Extra. The truthful and universal SAT scrapbook of the lives of the troubled Tull family of SAT Baltimore. With Lorelei King and Ben Crowe. SAT SAT 13:15 Alan Bennett - An Englishman Abroad b007jyxz (Listen) SAT Spies in decline - what did the agent say to the actress? SAT Burgess meets Coral Browne. Stars Michael Gambon and SAT Penelope Wilton. SAT Cambridge Spies Season: Blog SAT SAT 14:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01sjj1t (Listen) SAT From 01/05/1978 SAT Their final show for the BBC. Ernie hires a French au pair. SAT With music by the Nolan Sisters. From May 1978. SAT SAT 14:30 Jim the Great b01sjjwr (Listen) SAT Series 1, The March of Democracy SAT The King is duped into holding an election. But surely he's SAT a shoe-in for the throne? Starring Jimmy Edwards. From April SAT 1977. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b011hz5y (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Bill Naughton - Derby Day b007ylvj (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 The Write Stuff b01shsv6 (Listen) SAT Mark Twain SAT Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with SAT team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests SAT John O'Farrell and Jane Thynne. SAT Produced by Alexandra Smith. SAT SAT 18:00 Fear on Four b007jq0d (Listen) SAT Playing God SAT The Man in Black reveals homeless people face falling prey SAT to unscrupulous operators. Stars Edward de Souza and Melanie SAT Hudson. SAT SAT 18:30 Philip K Dick - We Can Remember It for You Wholesale SAT b007jpky (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT The story behind Total Recall by sci-fi master Philip K SAT Dick. Hidden beneath false memories, a disturbing truth is SAT revealed. Read by William Hootkins. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats b007k0ly (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Definite Article b007jvtj (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT The inimitable comedian entertains an audience with his SAT stream of consciousness at London's Shaftesbury Theatre. SAT From 1995. SAT SAT 23:00 Saturday Drama b00vklng (Listen) SAT Tim Krabbe - The Vanishing SAT Tim Krabbe's cult novella dramatised by Oliver Emanuel. SAT Rex and Saskia stop at a petrol station. Saskia goes in to SAT buy drinks and is never seen again. SAT Eight years later, Rex is so haunted by her disappearance SAT that he sets out to discover what happened to her, SAT regardless of the cost. SAT A chilling love story that takes us to the heart of the SAT perfect crime. SAT Cast: SAT Rex ... Samuel West SAT Saskia ... Melody Grove SAT Lieneke ... Ruth Gemmell SAT Lemorne ... Liam Brennan SAT Denise...Natasha Watson SAT Cashier/Woman ... Claire Knight SAT Jean-Pierre Gallo/Manager ... Robin Laing SAT Directed by Kirsty Williams SAT Producer Kirsty Williams. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 26 MAY 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Fear on Four b007jq0d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Philip K Dick - We Can Remember It for You Wholesale SUN b007jpky (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b011hz5y (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant b01sljpw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Alan Bennett - An Englishman Abroad b007jyxz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Bill Naughton - Derby Day b007ylvj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 The Write Stuff b01shsv6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary Omnibus b00ct1wf (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Doctor's wife Emma embarks on a series of affairs to escape SUN provincial life. Stars John Hurt, Sarah Smart and Jude SUN Akuwudike. SUN SUN 07:15 The Science of DIY b008wmws (Listen) SUN A Chip off the Old Block SUN The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow SUN experts reveal how to sharpen and use your tools properly. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b008dsfd (Listen) SUN Series 4, The Old Boys Network SUN Ed's fortunes take an upward turn as he is commissioned to SUN write a book about the history of an old and very wealthy SUN schoolfriend's house in France. SUN SUN 08:00 Educating Archie b009gc5s (Listen) SUN Archie in Australia SUN A rare Australian outing for Archie Andrews and mentor Peter SUN Brough. Radio ventriloquism recorded in Sydney. From January SUN 1957. SUN SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b007jnrc (Listen) SUN Bill Stickers Is Innocent SUN The bumbling civil servants scale new heights for Sir SUN Gregory's poster campaign. With Deryck Guyler. From SUN September 1970. SUN SUN 09:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00d05bj (Listen) SUN The Spring Running SUN Mowgli leads the attack, but realises he must soon make a SUN decision. Stars Nisha K Nayer, Eartha Kitt and Freddie SUN Jones. SUN SUN 09:30 Alan Garner - Elidor b010gls9 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Roland arrives to discover his brothers and sister have SUN disappeared into The Mound, and the wounded King Malebron SUN says only he can save them. Stars Toby Hadoke. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01slsq4 (Listen) SUN TV Experts, Professor Brian Cox SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Bowie to Joel, science presenter SUN Professor Brian Cox shares his castaway choices with Kirsty SUN Young. From December 2011. SUN SUN 10:45 Fay Weldon Stories b007jtk9 (Listen) SUN A Knife for Cutting Mangoes SUN A tale of relationships and the insecurity that one woman SUN feels when she replaces another. Read by Louise Jameson. SUN SUN 11:00 Sounds Natural - Peter Cushing b01slst0 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. The actor discusses with Derek Jones his love SUN of the British countryside and, in particular, its birdlife. SUN From January 1972. SUN SUN 11:30 How Tickled Am I? b00f670x (Listen) SUN Series 3, Harry Worth SUN Mark Radcliffe profiles comedian Harry Worth, who was a SUN miner in Barnsley before taking to the stage and a life in SUN showbiz. SUN SUN 12:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary Omnibus b00ct1wf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 The Science of DIY b008wmws (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Julian Mitchell - Another Country b01sltd2 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. Spies in the making - the schooldays of young SUN Guy Bennett could well have a major impact on his adulthood. SUN With Tom Hiddleston. SUN SUN 15:00 Educating Archie b009gc5s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry b007jnrc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b01sltd4 (Listen) SUN Mel Giedroyc with the pick of the week's shows, including SUN the Kangaroo Man, the singing mobile library man, and a man SUN with very dirty feet, aka The Barefoot Walker. SUN SUN 17:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00d05bj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Alan Garner - Elidor b010gls9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Mike Walker - Alpha b0080p6l (Listen) SUN An all-knowing computer seems to have an independent life of SUN its own. Award-winning drama with David Calder and John SUN Moffatt. SUN SUN 19:00 Sounds Natural - Peter Cushing b01slst0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 How Tickled Am I? b00f670x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Educating Archie b009gc5s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry b007jnrc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01slsq4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Fay Weldon Stories b007jtk9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b008dsfd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop b00txj0l (Listen) SUN Responsibility SUN By Christopher Green. SUN Ida Barr is a music hall singer who has embraced hip hop and SUN rap, reflecting the cultural diversity of London's East End, SUN where she has been living in retirement for several decades. SUN Ida has a genuine love of talking to people so each week she SUN investigates a new topic and creates a unique brand of SUN music-hall, hip-hop fusion with beat boxer Shlomo. This SUN week, the topic is "Responsibility". SUN Produced by Claire Grove SUN Ida Barr is the creation of award-winning performer SUN Christopher Green (aka spoof country and western singer Tina SUN C). "Missy Elliott meets Marie Lloyd" - Guardian. Each week SUN Ida investigates a current political buzz word - Choice, SUN Responsibility, Diversity and Transparency - and records her SUN findings on her Ida-pod - an ancient battery operated SUN cassette machine with a greasy earpiece. Her target groups SUN include the Sutton House over 55's drama group, children SUN from the Italia Conti Aacademy and Theatre Venture's Youth SUN Company from Stratford East. SUN Beat box artist Shlomo was heard by 3.9 billion people SUN around the world when he and Björk performed "Oceania" at SUN the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics. He has SUN also worked with artists such as Martha Wainwright, Damon SUN Albarn, and Nitin Sawhney. He is a classically-trained SUN percussionist and heads the world's only human beatbox SUN choir, the Vocal Orchestra. SUN Christopher Green has written and performed three Tina C SUN series for BBC Radio 4 plus Tina C's Election Night BBQ SUN Special (Nov 2008). 'Ida Barr's Bingo' was at the Brighton SUN Festival and the South Bank earlier this year and 'Ida Barr: SUN So This Is Christmas' was at the Barbican Centre in December SUN 2008. SUN SUN 22:45 Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues SUN b00dshmq (Listen) SUN Alice Springs SUN Country singer and US presidential hopeful Tina C, the comic SUN creation of Christopher Green, looks at the Australian SUN obsession with country music. SUN Tina learns about traditional indigenous culture from local SUN Kooris and compares it to the treatment of the Native SUN Americans in her country. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02wv05m (Listen) SUN For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the SUN best laughs around. Plus more from Arthur Smith's chat with SUN Gina Yashere. SUN SUN 23:00 Vent b00szjy0 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Wouldn't You Like to Get Away SUN Comatose Ben is taken to a medical conference in Birmingham, SUN but his mind travels to Paris. Stars Neil Pearson. From July SUN 2006. SUN SUN 23:30 Listen Against b00fq2sw (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 3 SUN More radio ridicule from Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes, SUN including Thought for the Day... for Satanists. From SUN December 2008. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 27 MAY 2013 MON MON 00:00 Mike Walker - Alpha b0080p6l (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b01slsq4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Fay Weldon Stories b007jtk9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Sounds Natural - Peter Cushing b01slst0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 How Tickled Am I? b00f670x (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Educating Archie b009gc5s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Julian Mitchell - Another Country b01sltd2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book b00d05bj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Alan Garner - Elidor b010gls9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b01073s1 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Hercule Poirot is on holiday when a bullet lands at his feet MON on the hotel terrace. Agatha Christie's whodunnit with John MON Moffatt. MON MON 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b00th9yk (Listen) MON Terminus, Episode 1 MON The Detective Superintendent probes a grisly murder on a MON railway track. Nick Fisher's thriller stars Imelda Staunton. MON MON 07:00 Married b007wqdc (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 6 MON Branded a wife-beater in his parallel universe, a joke MON backfires for bachelor Robin. Stars Hugh Bonneville. From MON April 1999. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b01shwkx (Listen) MON Series 66, Episode 1 MON Nicholas Parsons hosts the linguistically challenging panel MON game, with panellists Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Kevin Eldon MON and Graham Norton. MON MON 08:00 Round The Horne b007jrw6 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 8 MON Kenneth Horne trails a giant mouse, while Julian and Sandy MON are feeling telepathic. With Kenneth Williams and Bill MON Pertwee. From May 1966. MON MON 08:30 Brothers in Law b007k0y6 (Listen) MON Look It Up MON Newly qualified lawyer Roger annoys his girlfriend Sally by MON defending a wife-beater. Stars Richard Briers. From July MON 1971. MON MON 09:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00wlf1c (Listen) MON Series 6, Citizens' Advice MON Count Arthur Strong - one-time Variety Star and now sole MON proprietor and owner of Doncaster's Academy of Performance - MON is a show-business legend, raconteur and lecturer MON extraordinaire. In each episode of this sixth series we MON hear, as ever, a confused, muddled and often challenging MON day-in-the-life of Count Arthur - with his mixed-up delivery MON of words and forthright self-delusion. MON When Arthur attempts to return an item of clothing to a MON local shop, things don't quite go to plan - leading him to MON take some 'legal' advice at the Citizen's Advice Bureau. MON With an ever-increasing list of complaints, plus the MON possibility of having to acquire a puppy (or puppies) to MON boot, Arthur's day doesn't go quite as he'd hoped. MON The occasion does give him a chance to take a trip down MON memory lane however, re-living an acting moment in a legal MON TV drama - which of course enables Arthur to give some sound MON advice of his own! MON Cast: MON Count Arthur Strong ..... Steve Delaney MON Announcer, Shop Worker, Mr Smith & Wilf ..... Alastair Kerr MON Geoffrey, Jack, Person and Advisor ..... Dave Mounfield MON Sally, Brillo and Receptionist ..... Mel Giedroyc MON Producers: Richard Daws, Mark Radcliffe and John Leonard MON A Komedia Entertainment Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 09:30 Artists b00xlxm5 (Listen) MON Series 1, Love's Banquet MON Tamsin is infuriated by Josef's lack of commitment, and MON Nisha is up to something fishy. Stars Graham Crowden. From MON April 2003. MON MON 10:00 Charles Dickens - Mrs Lirriper b019jw02 (Listen) MON How the Parlours Added a Few Words MON The Major collates lodgers' stories for godson Jemmy, MON including tales of a heroic dog and a phantom coach. With MON John Fortune. MON MON 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019jw4n (Listen) MON Diving Belles MON An abandoned wife sets out to fetch her husband back from MON the watery spirits who lured him away. Read by Amanda MON Lawrence. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b01slmct (Listen) MON Emma Freud, Tricky, Richard Bacon, Maria Friedman, Stephen MON Woolley, Nikki Bedi, Blue Rose Code MON Emma's stitched up by broadcaster Richard Bacon, whose new MON book 'A Series of Unrelated Events' hilariously reveals how MON he once managed to upset a band with a slip of the tongue on MON a live TV show and ruined a dinner party by transforming MON everything alcoholic into water. If you ever find yourself MON sobbing on top of a box of gherkins in the stockroom of a MON Mansfield McDonald's, Richard can advise. He's made the MON mistakes so that you don't have to. MON Emma talks All That Jazz with actress Maria Friedman, who's MON starred in many a West End musical, including 'Chicago' and MON 'Ragtime'. Maria's currently directing Stephen Sondheim's MON 'Merrily We Roll Along', which charts the turbulent MON relationship between three friends, set over three decades MON in the entertainment business. It's at London's Harold MON Pinter Theatre until Saturday 27th July. MON Another addition to this week's Wild Bunch is Angel With A MON Dirty Face and Knowle West Boy, Tricky. Nikki Bedi talks to MON the Bristolian Trip-Hop pioneer about the phenomenal success MON of his Mercury nominated debut solo album 'Maxinquaye', his MON trademark Sprechgesang vocal style, his Hollywood acting MON career and life in Paris. Tricky's back with tenth album MON 'False Idols' and performs new single 'Nothing Matters'. MON Stephen Woolley knows all there is to know about The Crying MON Game... he produced the Oscar winning film of the same name. MON New film 'Byzantium' is the story of two mysterious women MON seeking refuge in a runâ€down coastal resort. Born 200 years MON ago and surviving on human blood, knowledge of their secret MON spreads and their past catches up on them with deathly MON consequence. At UK cinemas from 31st May. MON With more music from Edinburgh-born singer/songwriter Blue MON Rose Code, who performs 'Whitechapel' from his album 'North MON Ten'. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON MON 12:00 Round The Horne b007jrw6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Brothers in Law b007k0y6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b01073s1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b00th9yk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00ct506 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Doctor's wife Emma Bovary plans to elope with her lover MON Rodolphe. Stars John Hurt, Sarah Smart and Jude Akuwudike. MON MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c3h8m (Listen) MON Einstein's Biggest Blunder MON Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. MON In 1915, Albert Einstein found that he had to introduce a MON new factor into his equations of gravity to prevent the MON stars from falling in on one another. He called it the MON cosmological constant. But then, astronomers discovered that MON the light from galaxies was stretched in a way that could MON only be explained if the galaxies were flying apart from MON each other and the universe was expanding. MON A recent twist to this tale came in the year 2000, when MON estimates of the rate of the expansion revealed that the MON most distant galaxies are accelerating. The only way to MON explain this was by a force called dark energy - in effect, MON a cosmological constant. MON Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt MON and John Palmer. MON MON 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince b020vmkm (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON 4 Extra Debut. The Florentine philosopher's tour-de-force, MON introduced by the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson and MON read by Peter Firth. MON MON 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down b007701d (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON 4 Extra Debut. Spies in scandal - two people meet at the MON Chelsea Arts Club Ball. Written by John Profumo's son David. MON Read by Robert Glenister. MON MON 15:00 Charles Dickens - Mrs Lirriper b019jw02 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01snv04 (Listen) MON Mel Giedroyc introduces part six of Charlie and the MON Chocolate Factory, plus more brilliant short stories chosen MON as some of the top 50 from this year's 500 WORDS MON competition. MON MON 17:00 The Little World of Don Camillo b00td6mm (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 1 MON The Italian priest is confronted by the local communist MON party, and a gunman. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From MON June 2002. MON MON 17:30 Married b007wqdc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Terry Pratchett - Night Watch b010ns71 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Discworld comes to radio! Captain Sam Vimes confronts his MON past in a rather direct manner. Stars Ben Onwukwe and Philip MON Jackson. MON MON 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrj5 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON As they battle to avoid the deadly plants and the blinded MON population, Bill gets to know Josella better. Cult novel MON read by Roger May. MON MON 19:00 Round The Horne b007jrw6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Brothers in Law b007k0y6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b01073s1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b00th9yk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019jw4n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b01slmct (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b01shwkx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00wlf1c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b01sjn5y (Listen) MON Series 40, Episode 2 MON A comedic look at the week's news. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Jon Culshaw MON Producer: Colin Anderson MON MON 23:30 And Now In Colour b007yrwf (Listen) MON Series 2, Colourthon MON The team attempt their own radio charity fundraiser. MON Starring Tim de Jongh, William Vandyck and Tim Firth. From MON January 1991. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 28 MAY 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Terry Pratchett - Night Watch b010ns71 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrj5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b01073s1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b00th9yk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00wlf1c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Artists b00xlxm5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens - Mrs Lirriper b019jw02 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019jw4n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b01slmct (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The Little World of Don Camillo b00td6mm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Married b007wqdc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b0107wtp (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings attend Maggie Buckley's TUE dinner party and make a startling discovery. Stars John TUE Moffatt. TUE TUE 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007wvwz (Listen) TUE Terminus, Episode 2 TUE As the Lucky Charm murders mount up, the detective questions TUE the station busker. Nick Fisher's thriller stars Imelda TUE Staunton. TUE TUE 07:00 The Million Pound Radio Show b007k2yt (Listen) TUE Series 4, Episode 1 TUE A Page 3 girl reveals all, and a message from Mikhail TUE Gorbachev. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. TUE From March 1989. TUE TUE 07:30 Kerry's List b01shw0r (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE A four-part sketch show co-written by and starring comedian TUE 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 final episode, Kerry's List involves changing TUE sheets, buying a kids book on where babies come from, TUE getting her roots done, learning to knit, not drifting off, TUE reading a classic and dusting the plants. 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 TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007k370 (Listen) TUE The Silent Bugler TUE It's 1902 and British secret agent Seagoon is heading to TUE Dresden on a deadly mission. Stars Harry Secombe. From March TUE 1954. TUE TUE 08:30 Jim the Great b01spd8m (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Great Celtic Arms Race TUE 4 Extra Debut. The downtrodden figurehead is once more TUE bested by King Cedric. Then he acquires a new toy - a TUE 'thunderlog'. From April 1977. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b01sjn5y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00g3dcp (Listen) TUE Episode 2 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 Fashion presenter TUE Kathy to help Will dress better. TUE With Roger Allam, Morwenna Banks, Janice Acquah, Jill Cardo, TUE Gunnar Cauthery, Lobo Chan, Donnla Hughes, Dan Starkey, Tom TUE Wu. TUE TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens - Mrs Lirriper b019lw3y (Listen) TUE Mrs Lirriper's Legacy TUE A mysterious benefactor wants to bequeath everything to the TUE kindly landlady. Stars Julia McKenzie and John Fortune. TUE TUE 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019lwzx (Listen) TUE Of Mothers and Little People TUE An pot of shimmering eye shadow leads to a magical TUE revelation. Amanda Lawrence reads Cornish writer Lucy Wood's TUE story. TUE TUE 11:15 Blunt Speaking b00764qp (Listen) TUE Spies reflecting - Sir Anthony Blunt considers his life and TUE the shame of his exposure. Written and performed by Corin TUE Redgrave. TUE Cambridge Spies Season: Blog TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007k370 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Jim the Great b01spd8m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b0107wtp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007wvwz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00ctjz2 (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Doctor Bovary takes convalescing Emma to the theatre in TUE Rouen, and a chance meeting. Stars Sarah Smart and James TUE D'Arcy. TUE TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c3hvl (Listen) TUE How the Universe Began TUE Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. TUE The discovery that the universe is expanding led TUE cosmologists to suggest that its origin lay in a compact, TUE dense, hot fireball. Cambridge astronomer Fred Hoyle thought TUE this so ridiculous that he disparagingly called it the big TUE bang. The name stuck and there followed intense arguments TUE between supporters of the big bang theory and Fred Hoyle and TUE his colleagues, who favoured a steady state universe. TUE A decisive blow to the latter theory came from a radio TUE telescope in New Jersey in the early 1960s that detected a TUE gentle background glow at microwave radio frequencies that TUE theorists had predicted as the dying embers of the big bang TUE itself. TUE Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt TUE and John Palmer. TUE TUE 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince b020vmkm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down b007701x (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Spies in scandal - the glamorous couple finally tie the TUE knot. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert TUE Glenister. TUE TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens - Mrs Lirriper b019lw3y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01st7wf (Listen) TUE Mel introduces some more stories which made the top 50 in TUE this year's Chris Evans 500 WORDS competition. Plus, TUE exploring science in your kitchen with Dick and Dom. TUE TUE 17:00 For Better or for Worse b00td6mp (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 2 TUE When the boss's daughter ties the knot, can Bernard get her TUE to the church on time? Stars Gorden Kaye. From December TUE 1994. TUE TUE 17:30 The Million Pound Radio Show b007k2yt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Terry Pratchett - Night Watch b010nyk4 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Stuck in the past, Commander Sam Vimes is known as 'Keel', TUE but he's not the only one with a new name. Stars Philip TUE Jackson. TUE TUE 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrjm (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Bill and Josella join the University group and discover how TUE the new community expects to survive. Cult novel read by TUE Roger May. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007k370 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Jim the Great b01spd8m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b0107wtp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007wvwz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019lwzx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Blunt Speaking b00764qp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Kerry's List b01shw0r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Museum of Everything b00h8q28 (Listen) TUE Series 3, And the Winner Is... TUE It's Awards Night! Can the Crayon Museum beat off the TUE challenger, the World of Pencils? Stars Marcus Brigstocke. TUE From August 2006. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02wv7qc (Listen) TUE For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the TUE best laughs around. Plus Sara Pascoe is joined by comedian TUE Lou Sanders. TUE TUE 23:00 Fags, Mags and Bags b00qj1qq (Listen) TUE Series 3, Jack Black's Black Jacks TUE Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald TUE McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop. TUE Sanjay finds a girlfriend and embraces the arts, much to TUE Ramesh and Dave's amusement. TUE Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kolhi TUE Dave ...... Donald McLeary TUE Sanjay ...... Omar Raza TUE Alok ...... Susheel Kumar TUE Kayla ...... Eleanor Bird TUE Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly TUE Ted ...... Gavin Mitchell TUE Keenan's Mum ...... Maureen Carr TUE Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth TUE Mr Hepworth ...... Tom Urie TUE A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:30 Pleased to Meet You b007k35j (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE Ninety-something good-time girl Dora Dale dishes more dirt TUE on her celeb chums to Martin Kelner. With Jake Yapp. From TUE August 2006. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 29 MAY 2013 WED WED 00:00 Terry Pratchett - Night Watch b010nyk4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrjm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b0107wtp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007wvwz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 The Now Show b01sjn5y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00g3dcp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Charles Dickens - Mrs Lirriper b019lw3y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019lwzx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Blunt Speaking b00764qp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 For Better or for Worse b00td6mp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Million Pound Radio Show b007k2yt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b01084hc (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Hercule Poirot discovers the identity of the body, and then WED turns his attention to some old letters. Stars John Moffatt. WED WED 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxr3 (Listen) WED Terminus, Episode 3 WED With the Lucky Charm killer at large, the detective is WED taunted at the station. Nick Fisher's thriller stars Imelda WED Staunton and Charles Simpson. WED WED 07:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat WED b00nm9sg (Listen) WED Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt WED Home from military service, Ivan finds his aunt's efforts to WED marry him off intolerable. With Griff Rhys Jones. From April WED 2002. WED WED 07:30 Down the Line b01sjhj0 (Listen) WED Series 5, Episode 4 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 Credits WED Gary Bellamy: Rhys Thomas WED Actor: Amelia Bullmore WED Actor: Simon Day WED Actor: Felix Dexter WED Actor: Charlie Higson WED Actor: Lucy Montgomery WED Actor: Adil Ray WED Actor: Robert Popper WED Actor: Paul Whitehouse WED Producer: Charlie Higson WED Producer: Paul Whitehouse WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00j1wj3 (Listen) WED The Pet Dog WED The lad buys Andree a puppy for her birthday, but to his WED alarm it won't stop growing. Stars Tony Hancock. From WED October 1955. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00cylbh (Listen) WED Series 6, Episode 1 WED Do not adjust your set, it's time for Dave the Rave on the WED Medium Wave! Plus The Legend of Bunny and Claude. Songs and WED sketches with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From April 1968. WED WED 09:00 After Henry b007t59f (Listen) WED Series 4, Keeping Faith WED When Clare revokes her faith in God, her mother and granny WED are none too pleased. Stars Prunella Scales. From February WED 1989. WED WED 09:30 In the Chair b007jssr (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Maverick BBC hack George Cragge probes New Labour links to WED the murders. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. From WED June 1998. WED WED 10:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame b00wdlfz (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Victor Hugo's gothic classic, in a BBC collaboration with WED Graeae, a dynamic disabled-led theatre troupe. Stars David WED Bower. WED WED 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019lypl (Listen) WED The Giant's Boneyard WED 12-year-old Gog struggles over feelings for best friend WED Sunshine, and his mum insisting that he's part giant. Read WED by Zac Fox. WED WED 11:15 After the Break b00769l5 (Listen) WED By Ian Curteis. Spies unchained - George Blake's daring WED defection made headlines. But what about life behind the WED Iron Curtain? Stars Jack Klaff. WED Cambridge Spies Season: Blog WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00j1wj3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00cylbh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b01084hc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxr3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00ctlgz (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED As Emma embarks on a passionate affair, her lover Leon WED becomes troubled. Stars John Hurt, Sarah Smart and James WED D'Arcy. WED WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c50x2 (Listen) WED Broadcasts From the Cosmos WED Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. WED Second World War radar research led to the discovery of WED radio broadcasts from the skies. A new science was born and WED radio astronomers started to build giant dishes to listen in WED to the cosmos, including the great radio telescope at WED Jodrell Bank, brainchild of Bernard Lovell. WED In 1967, a field near Cambridge saw a strange new sort of WED telescope, consisting of 1,000 wooden posts and 120 miles of WED wire. It was with this that Jocelyn Bell discovered a WED regular cosmic heartbeat, a regular radio pulse. Researchers WED initially surmised that it might be a signal from an alien WED civilisation, but it was later found to emanate from an WED extremely dense spinning neutron star, the collapsed core of WED an exploded star or supernova. Soon dozens of these pulsars WED were known, taking physics to a new level. WED Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt WED and John Palmer. WED WED 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince b020vmzc (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED In times of peace, make preparations for war. Renaissance WED political insight introduced by Nick Robinson and read by WED Peter Firth. WED WED 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down b007702c (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Spies in scandal - the news breaks and a young boy is WED baffled. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert WED Glenister. WED WED 15:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame b00wdlfz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01xprbg (Listen) WED Mel teams up with Michael Rosen to explore Roald Dahl's home WED village, and find out how the local sights and sounds WED inspired some of his best-known stories. Plus, why do we WED sulk? WED WED 17:00 Stilgoe's Around b007k4ks (Listen) WED From 05/08/1989 WED 4 Extra Debut. The countryside is the topic in this segment WED recorded at the Royal Show, Stoneleigh. Music from Kathryn WED Tickell. From August 1989. WED WED 17:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat WED b00nm9sg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Terry Pratchett - Night Watch b010tzfb (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Commander Sam Vimes is stuck in the past, literally. WED Unfortunately, so is an old arch enemy and assorted foes. WED Stars Philip Jackson. WED WED 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrk3 (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED The University group with Bill and Josella are ready to WED begin a new life together, but some have other ideas. Cult WED novel read by Roger May. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00j1wj3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00cylbh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b01084hc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxr3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019lypl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 After the Break b00769l5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Down the Line b01sjhj0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Les Kelly's Britain b017mws9 (Listen) WED Episode 4 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 This week Les talks to Britain's only male nun, a man who WED only speaks using sound fx and answers the question: what is WED the world coming to? WED Written by Bill Dare with Julian Dutton. WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02wvc2b (Listen) WED For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the WED best laughs around. Plus more from Sara Pascoe's chat with WED Lou Sanders. WED WED 23:00 Buy Me Up TV b009p9f3 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 4 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 guests, Brian Blessed, Aled Jones and Terry Wogan. WED WED 23:30 Knocker b008j006 (Listen) WED Profitch WED Market researcher Ian Dunn suffers a shocking epiphany. WED Stars Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007. WED WED 23:45 Fabulous b00hhrhm (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 1 WED Feeling inferior to stylish women, Fay gets lost in a Dirty WED Dancing fantasy at work. Stars Daisy Haggard. From May 2007. WED WED THU THURSDAY 30 MAY 2013 THU THU 00:00 Terry Pratchett - Night Watch b010tzfb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrk3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b01084hc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxr3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 After Henry b007t59f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 In the Chair b007jssr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame b00wdlfz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019lypl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 After the Break b00769l5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Stilgoe's Around b007k4ks (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat THU b00nm9sg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b010928t (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings head to THU London to meet up with Chief Inspector Japp. Stars John THU Moffatt. THU THU 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxsf (Listen) THU Terminus, Episode 4 THU After her assistant is found hanging, the detective suspects THU a train spotter. Nick Fisher's thriller stars Imelda THU Staunton and Nicholas Farrell. THU THU 07:00 The Older Woman b01xpy74 (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Can Roy impress Jane by joining a green pressure group? THU Meanwhile, Pavarotti appears in his dreams with some THU invaluable advice. Stars Zoe Wanamaker and Martin Clunes. THU From Jan 1993. THU THU 07:30 Heresy b01sjjyf (Listen) THU Series 9, Episode 2 THU Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show THU which dares to commit heresy. THU Her guests this week are comedians David Mitchell and Alex THU Horne, and writer and broadcaster Germaine Greer. Together THU they have fun exposing the wrong-headedness of received THU wisdom and challenging knee-jerk public reaction to events. THU Topics up for discussion are videogames, outer space and THU horse lasagne. THU Produced by Victoria Coren Mitchell and Daisy Knight THU An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU Credits THU Presenter: Victoria Coren THU Panellist: David Mitchell THU Panellist: Alex Horne THU Panellist: Germaine Greer THU Producer: Victoria Coren THU Producer: Daisy Knight THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jlfs (Listen) THU Series 1, The Battle of Godfrey's Cottage THU A machine gun post sparks invasion mayhem for the platoon. THU Adapted from TV, with Arthur Lowe and Clive Dunn. From THU February 1974. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b01b1s9l (Listen) THU From 26/03/1958 THU The 10th anniversary show, with a Pygmalion spoof and the THU Operatic Weather Forecast. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From March THU 1958. THU THU 09:00 Change at Oglethorpe b007k0mg (Listen) THU The Unquiet American THU The rural station staff attempt to secure an old engine, but THU there's a big catch. Stars Peter Davison. From January 1996. THU THU 09:30 Whispers b00c6rnk (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 5 THU Gyles Brandreth hosts the quiz about scandal, gossip and THU slander, with guests Lynne Truss and Michelle Brown. THU THU 10:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame b00wdlgc (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Captain Phoebus is dead. Watching from his tower, Quasimodo THU rings his bells. BBC collaboration with Graeae. Stars David THU Bower. THU THU 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019m333 (Listen) THU Countless Stones THU Questioning her past decisions, Rita sees her future bound THU to the standing stones above her village. Read by Amanda THU Lawrence. THU THU 11:15 The Reunion b0134z00 (Listen) THU The Courtauld Institute THU In this edition of The Reunion, Sue MacGregor reunites five THU past pupils of London's Courtauld Institute of Art, which THU pioneered the teaching of art history, has produced THU countless stars of the art and museum world, and whose most THU famous Director was the fourth man in the infamous Cambridge THU spy ring. THU On the 15th November 1979, Anthony Blunt was exposed as a THU Soviet spy. The former Cambridge don was at the peak of his THU career as an art historian - he was Surveyor of the Queen's THU Pictures, had received a knighthood, and as director of the THU Courtauld Institute, had made it one of the most prestigious THU centres for the study of art history. THU The news was greeted with outcry by the public for whom THU Blunt represented elitism and sordid decadence. Blunt was THU stripped of his knighthood, hounded by the press, and never THU returned to the Institute he had dedicated his life to. But THU to his students, Blunt was a remarkable tutor who had given THU them their careers, many as staff at the Institute. THU Joining Sue around the table is: Booker-prize winning author THU and past tutor at the Institute, Anita Brookner; Director of THU the British Museum, Neil MacGregor; travel-writer Michael THU Jacobs; founder of the Art Newspaper, Anna Somers Cocks, and THU the art critic who was a close personal friend of Blunt's, THU Brian Sewell. THU Producer: Katherine Godfrey THU Series Producer: David Prest THU A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4. THU Cambridge Spies Season: Blog THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jlfs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b01b1s9l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b010928t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxsf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00ctvhj (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Emma Bovary's complicated and unfulfilled life starts to THU unravel. Stars John Hurt, Sarah Smart and Jude Akuwudike. THU THU 14:15 Lost, Stolen or Shredded b0076y5w (Listen) THU Series 1, The Lost Archive of Kim Philby THU Spies pursued - Following the death of Britain's most famous THU spy, Rick Gekoski attempts to acquire Philby's diaries and THU effects. Are they as elusive as their former owner? THU THU 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince b020vmzl (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Using 'good' cruelty and bad to gain power. Renaissance THU political insight introduced by Nick Robinson and read by THU Peter Firth. THU THU 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down b007702t (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Spies in scandal - the press pursue, the family goes to THU ground. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert THU Glenister. THU THU 15:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame b00wdlgc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01xq8xs (Listen) THU Mel Giedroyc introduces the remaining top fifty 500 WORDS THU stories, plus a visit to Roald Dahl's garden and the man THU taking on the literal abuse of the English language. THU THU 17:00 King Street Junior b007jnm1 (Listen) THU Series 9, With Love THU Mr Sims is very unhappy in class, while Mrs Rudd thinks THU she's the victim of a prank. Stars Karl Howman. From January THU 1997. THU THU 17:30 The Older Woman b01xpy74 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Terry Pratchett - Night Watch b010v3d7 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Commander Sam Vimes faces the unstoppable tide of history as THU it rolls towards him, aided by enemy Carcer. Stars Philip THU Jackson. THU THU 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrl5 (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Bill Masen tries his best to support his blind group, but THU some problems prove to be insurmountable. Cult novel read by THU Roger May. THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jlfs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b01b1s9l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b010928t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxsf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019m333 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 The Reunion b0134z00 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Heresy b01sjjyf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Old Harry's Game b00j7vtm (Listen) THU Series 7, Episode 6 THU Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in hell. THU Satan has worked out how to return Baby Patrick to Earth THU behind God's back. But God has eyes in his back and is now THU feeling pretty wrathful. THU Satan ...... Andy Hamilton THU Edith ...... Annette Crosbie THU Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan THU Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville THU God ...... Timothy West THU With Mike Fenton Stevens, Philip Pope and Felicity Montagu. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02wvgtw (Listen) THU For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the THU best laughs around. Plus Sara Pascoe has more from her chat THU with Lou Sanders. THU THU 23:00 The Secret World b0125n5t (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 1 THU From Al Pacino to Keith Harris and Orville - Jon Culshaw and THU friends probe the private lives of the famous. From July THU 2010. THU THU 23:30 The Big Booth b007k2ww (Listen) THU Series 2: The Big Booth Too, Episode 1 THU Boothby Graffoe hosts unadulterated nonsense from the THU Edinburgh Festival. With Stephen Frost and Kevin Eldon. From THU January 2001. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 31 MAY 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Terry Pratchett - Night Watch b010v3d7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrl5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b010928t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxsf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Change at Oglethorpe b007k0mg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Whispers b00c6rnk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Victor Hugo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame b00wdlgc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019m333 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 The Reunion b0134z00 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 King Street Junior b007jnm1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Older Woman b01xpy74 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b0109byt (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Hercule Poirot summons all to End House. Can the Belgian FRI sleuth unmask the murderer? Gripping climax stars John FRI Moffatt and Simon Williams. FRI FRI 06:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxtt (Listen) FRI Terminus, Episode 5 FRI Scouring the railway station, can Detective Superintendent FRI Julie Enfield nail the Lucky Charm killer? Nick Fisher's FRI thriller stars Imelda Staunton. FRI FRI 07:00 Radio Active b00gl83m (Listen) FRI Series 7, Probe Round the Back FRI The on-air team's undercover interrogations are on the trail FRI of the 'Fifth Man'. Stars Angus Deayton. From September FRI 1987. FRI FRI 07:30 The Write Stuff b01slrsw (Listen) FRI Greek Tragedy FRI Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with FRI team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests FRI Mark Billingham and Natalie Haynes. FRI Produced by Alexandra Smith. FRI FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark b007vkkg (Listen) FRI Series 8, Drifting Through FRI The senior Troutbridge crew head for the breakers' yard FRI aboard Number 1's first command. Stars Stephen Murray. From FRI October 1966. FRI FRI 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00jjq7x (Listen) FRI From 5/2/1984 FRI From playing Dame Nellie Drongo to a prehistoric caveman, FRI it's the ultimate one-man show, written by the host. From FRI February 1984. FRI FRI 09:00 Clare in the Community b00g27lm (Listen) FRI Series 2, Brian Come Home FRI Can couples counselling calm the ultra-PC social worker's FRI constant criticism of her boyfriend Brian? Stars Sally FRI Phillips. From November 2005. FRI FRI 09:30 The Brothers b00pm21g (Listen) FRI Series 3, Oonagh's Dream FRI Nigel and Michael are forced to help run a street party, and FRI Oonagh is stuck up a tree. Stars Adam Godley. From March FRI 2007. FRI FRI 10:00 The Archive Hour b00f90yf (Listen) FRI Stella Rimington FRI Former head of MI5 Dame Stella Rimington uses the BBC FRI archives to examine the impact of the 'Cambridge spies' on FRI the British establishment, and on her own life. FRI She listens to rare recordings of Donald Maclean, of friends FRI of Burgess reminiscing about him, and of key moments in the FRI unfolding of the story, such as the day Mrs Thatcher FRI revealed 'Fourth Man' Anthony Blunt's identity. She explores FRI how their treachery continued to reverberate throughout her FRI own time in the security service, and finds out more about FRI Burgess's time working as a producer at the BBC. FRI FRI 11:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019m52y (Listen) FRI Notes From the House Spirits FRI A chronicle of the happenings and lives of the neglectful FRI inhabitants of a Cornish house. Read by Amanda Lawrence. FRI FRI 11:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones b007jtd2 (Listen) FRI Sitting for her portrait, a woman wonders if the painting FRI will reveal a new truth about her inner self. Stars Lindsay FRI Duncan. FRI FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark b007vkkg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00jjq7x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b0109byt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxtt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary b00cvbj4 (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Exhausted from her debts and betrayal, Emma opts for a swift FRI course of action. Stars John Hurt and Sarah Smart. FRI FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c843k (Listen) FRI Squashed Stars and Black Holes FRI Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. FRI As long ago as 1783, the rector of a small Yorkshire church FRI suggested that the gravity of a very massive star might be FRI strong enough to pull its light back and prevent it from FRI shining. It was not until the 1930s, however, that FRI Subramanyan Chandrasekhar suggested a mechanism through FRI which such a star might form, and even then he was ridiculed FRI by his peers. But the concept slowly gained ground, and in FRI the late 1960s the first x-ray telescope in space pinpointed FRI the first black hole to be discovered in orbit around a FRI normal star. FRI A black hole seems to defy notions of common sense and even FRI of normal physics. Light, information and travellers would FRI have no escape from its gravity. At its heart, matter and FRI even space and time would be squashed out of existence. Yet FRI there is a small theoretical chance that someone entering a FRI spinning black hole might survive to emerge in another FRI universe. FRI Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt FRI and John Palmer. FRI FRI 14:30 Machiavelli - The Prince b020vmzn (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Choosing advisors, not flatterers. Renaissance political FRI insight introduced by Nick Robinson and read by Peter Firth. FRI FRI 14:45 David Profumo - Bringing the House Down b007703c (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Spies in scandal - a school library offers the answers FRI sought. Written by John Profumo's son David. Read by Robert FRI Glenister. FRI FRI 15:00 The Archive Hour b00f90yf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b01xt4vh (Listen) FRI Highlights from this year's 500 WORDS competition final from FRI the Hay Festival with Chris Evans, plus the closing chapter FRI of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. FRI FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts b00kf4ny (Listen) FRI Series 3, Laugh and Marriage FRI Bill wants Richard and Liza to cool their ardour, while FRI Faith is stoking the fires. Stars James Bolam and Lynda FRI Bellingham. From April 1991. FRI FRI 17:30 Radio Active b00gl83m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Terry Pratchett - Night Watch b010v5f8 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Sam Vimes and Carcer finally fight, but time itself and a FRI sinister Lord have other ideas. Stars Philip Jackson and Ben FRI Onwukwe. FRI FRI 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrll (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI With most of the population blinded, Bill Masen is FRI determined to find Josella. But where does he start? Cult FRI novel read by Roger May. FRI FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark b007vkkg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00jjq7x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Poirot - Peril at End House b0109byt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Julie Enfield Investigates b007jxtt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Lucy Wood - Diving Belles b019m52y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Rachel Joyce - Painting Mrs Jones b007jtd2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town b00jj0mx (Listen) FRI Series 1, Walsall FRI Comedian Mark Steel presents a show from the magnificent FRI Town Hall of Walsall in the West Midlands and celebrates the FRI accent, the hippo and why the town has nothing to do with FRI Birmingham. FRI Producer - Julia McKenzie. FRI FRI 22:30 The Consultants b0076pvy (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 4 FRI Taking register at stunt school, and Tarzan learns the FRI alphabet. Sketch comedy with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. FRI From December 2003. FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02wvmjl (Listen) FRI For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the FRI best laughs around. Plus Arthur Smith speaks to comedian FRI Alfie Brown. FRI FRI 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth b00yz8v4 (Listen) FRI Episode 4 FRI An anarchic cocktail of music and comedy mixed by the urban FRI warrior. Do you rave or rock? Stars Simon Munnery. From FRI March 1995. FRI
24 May, 2013
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 25/05/2013 - 31/05/2013
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