07 June, 2013

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 08/06/2013 - 14/06/2013

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SAT SATURDAY 08 JUNE 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 The Man in Black b00h73hw (Listen) SAT Series 1, Bombers' Moon SAT The creepy raconteur tells of something evil stalking four SAT stranded soldiers in Afghanistan. Stars Mark Gatiss and SAT Gunnar Cauthery. SAT SAT 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrp9 (Listen) SAT Episode 15 SAT In a world ravaged by the Triffids, survivor Bill Masen SAT works hard to make a new home for his new family. Read by SAT Roger May. SAT SAT 01:00 Cadfael - The Virgin in the Ice b007jldz (Listen) SAT Discoveries SAT Detective monk Brother Cadfael discovers outlaws have taken SAT Ives Hugonin prisoner. Stars Philip Madoc and Sir Michael SAT Horden. SAT SAT 01:30 R Austin Freeman - Thorndyke, Forensic Investigator SAT b017gnhp (Listen) SAT Series 1, The Secret of the Urn SAT A man's death piques the detective's curiousity, but is it SAT suicide, murder, or something much stranger? Read by Jim SAT Norton. SAT SAT 01:45 Stephen King - Blaze b00g42t6 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT The small-time con recalls happy times, love lost and when SAT he nearly escaped. William Hope reads Stephen King's 'lost' SAT thriller. SAT SAT 02:00 Clare in the Community b00g9mgx (Listen) SAT Series 2, Mean Streets SAT The meddling social worker takes a homeless survey, and SAT Brian arranges a stag night. Stars Sally Phillips. From SAT September 2005. SAT SAT 02:30 The Brothers b00psscz (Listen) SAT Series 3, The One True Yoghurt SAT Nigel stutters, Michael proposes, and Zorro seeks the SAT meaning of life in a dessert. Stars Raymond Coulthard. From SAT March 2007. SAT SAT 03:00 Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre b007jr21 (Listen) SAT Jane, the Wife SAT Jane has fled Thornfield Hall and settles into village life, SAT but still she thinks of Mr Rochester. Stars Sophie Thompson. SAT SAT 04:00 Love Stories b01mmrh0 (Listen) SAT The Lion's Den SAT By Josephine Cox. A young man assumes he will never find his SAT heart's desire. Stories from bestselling romantic novelists. SAT Read by Robert Glenister. SAT SAT 04:15 Israel Horovitz - Man in Snow b007jx59 (Listen) SAT A climber reminisces as he escorts a group of honeymooners SAT up Alaska's highest mountain. Written by and stars Israel SAT Horovitz. SAT SAT 05:00 Second Thoughts b00kjsn6 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Recipe for Disaster SAT Culinary chaos is on the menu when Faith's Aussie friend SAT Esther visits. Stars James Bolam and Lynda Bellingham. From SAT May 1991. SAT SAT 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b013dntm (Listen) SAT Work Is Freedom SAT Edward Wilson gets embroiled in mysterious government SAT machinations. Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay. From SAT March 1985. SAT SAT 06:00 George Bernard Shaw - Mrs Warren's Profession SAT b007k130 (Listen) SAT Will the sins of a prostitute mother be foisted upon her SAT daughter? Classic drama with Maggie Steed and Ron Cook. SAT SAT 07:30 The Last Post b00xn7d4 (Listen) SAT Since ancient Egyptian times, pigeon post carried messages SAT of love and war. Can it survive the internet? With Tim SAT Pigott-Smith. SAT SAT 08:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... b00stv4q (Listen) SAT Christopher Cazenove SAT Actor Christopher Cazenove looks back on his career from SAT drama school to starring in Dynasty, and selects favourite SAT music. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats b007k0v0 (Listen) SAT The Fifties, Episode 2 SAT Barry Cryer showcases the best of the decade of rock 'n' SAT roll, including Much Binding in the Marsh, Variety Bandbox, SAT Educating Archie, Meet the Huggetts and Hancock's Half Hour. SAT SAT 12:00 Richard Monks - Kidnap b01q95nq (Listen) SAT Omnibus. Made for 4 Extra. An aid worker is abducted in SAT Pakistan. Richard Monks' drama is told from five viewpoints. SAT Stars Barbara Flynn and Hamza Jeetooa. SAT SAT 13:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective b007jmjf (Listen) SAT The de Genneville Peerage SAT A murder shatters Polly, as the old man's crime-solving SAT efforts meet furious resistance. With Bernard Hepton and SAT Suzanne Burden. SAT SAT 14:00 Brothers in Law b007k164 (Listen) SAT Tell 'Em the Tale SAT Lawyer Roger has an appointment with his boss, but worries SAT in case the news is bad. Stars Richard Briers. From July SAT 1971. SAT SAT 14:30 Jim the Great b0218l5j (Listen) SAT Series 1, The King Jim Abacus Dating Service SAT The moustachioed monarch has a go at matchmaking, but warm SAT hearts come with cold feet. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From April SAT 1977. SAT SAT 15:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... b00stv4q (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 George Bernard Shaw - Mrs Warren's Profession SAT b007k130 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 The Write Stuff b02119cq (Listen) SAT Dorothy Parker SAT Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with SAT team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests Sue SAT Limb and Mark Watson. SAT Produced by Alexandra Smith. SAT SAT 18:00 Fear on Four b007jq5c (Listen) SAT Hellhound on My Trail SAT The Man in Black introduces a terrifying probe into a blues SAT singer's mysterious death. Stars Edward De Souza and Nigel SAT Anthony. SAT SAT 18:30 Mary Shelley - The Mortal Immortal b007jw60 (Listen) SAT The Frankenstein author's fantastical tale explores man's SAT fascination with eternal life and elixirs. Read by Shaun SAT Dooley. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats b007k0v0 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Glorious b007m6jm (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT More quirky hilarity and off-beat observations as the SAT stand-up comedian entertains an audience at London's SAT Hammersmith Apollo. From November 1997. SAT SAT 23:45 Adam and Joe's Famous Guy b010m7g6 (Listen) SAT 'I'm the best at pretending' - a reclusive Hollywood star SAT tells all. Stars Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish. From April SAT 2006. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 09 JUNE 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Fear on Four b007jq5c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Mary Shelley - The Mortal Immortal b007jw60 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Ed Doolan Interviews... b00stv4q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Richard Monks - Kidnap b01q95nq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective b007jmjf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 George Bernard Shaw - Mrs Warren's Profession SUN b007k130 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 The Write Stuff b02119cq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence b02lw1b1 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Omnibus. Made for 4 Extra. It's the 1950s, and Jane intends SUN to do a better job as a vicar's wife when her husband moves SUN to a new parish. Comedy of relationships stars Emma SUN Fielding. SUN SUN 07:15 The Science of DIY b008x3pq (Listen) SUN Tightening Up SUN The art of construction deconstructed. Len Fisher and fellow SUN experts offer choice tips on nuts, bolts and spanners while SUN renovating an old bicycle. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b008h5jh (Listen) SUN Series 4, Trimarans That Pass in the Night SUN The curmudgeonly writer finds himself embroiled in a public SUN love intrigue. Stars Christopher Douglas. From December SUN 2007. SUN SUN 08:00 Floggit's b00ct1wp (Listen) SUN From 17/08/56 SUN Gert and Daisy's shop is open for business in Russett Green. SUN Starring Elsie and Doris Waters. From August 1956. SUN SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b01109vz (Listen) SUN Thoroughly Modern Ministry SUN Life's a drag for Lamb when a new receptionist isn't all she SUN seems. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From August SUN 1971. SUN SUN 09:00 Jack London - The Call of the Wild b01dhkpv (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN With his dog sled pulling days in the Yukon over, Buck is SUN set to experience freedom for the first time. Stars Robert SUN Jack. SUN SUN 09:30 Alan Garner - Elidor b010tbk9 (Listen) SUN Episode 4 SUN Time has run out for the Watsons and Malebron, as the Evil SUN have the Treasures. Can Helen help to save Elidor? Stars SUN Toby Hadoke. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b02lxsvf (Listen) SUN Ladies of Letters, Sybille Bedford SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Beethoven to Bach, critically acclaimed SUN writer Sybille Bedford shares her castaway choices with Sue SUN Lawley. From July 1998. SUN SUN 10:45 Fay Weldon Stories b007jzwj (Listen) SUN I, Boadicea SUN The formidable queen of history speaks of her rages and SUN battles undertaken for her people. Read by Vanessa Redgrave. SUN SUN 11:00 The Palace of Laughter b0076lx3 (Listen) SUN Paris SUN 4 Extra Debut. Geoffrey Wheeler tells the story of the SUN legendary Folies-Bergere, which opened its doors to the SUN world in 1869. From June 2004. SUN SUN 11:30 Oh My What a Rotten Song! b00l0yl1 (Listen) SUN Michael Rosen revels in songwriting duo RP Weston and Bert SUN Lee's uncanny knack for coming up with the catchy tune and SUN the witty chorus that everyone loved to sing. SUN The pair were among the foremost popular songwriters of the SUN 1910s and 1920s, writing separately or together some 3,000 SUN songs in their 21-year collaboration, many of which have SUN passed into the nation's collective musical psyche, SUN including Hello, Hello Who's Your Lady Friend?, I'm Henery SUN the Eighth I Am and, apparently, Knees Up Mother Brown. SUN SUN 12:00 Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence b02lw1b1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 The Science of DIY b008x3pq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Ian Rankin - The Serpent's Back b02m6s19 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. In seething Old Edinburgh, the resourceful if SUN low-born Mr Cullender goes in search of a double murderer. SUN Stars Alexander Morton. SUN SUN 15:00 Floggit's b00ct1wp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry b01109vz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b01rs2gs (Listen) SUN With the best of this week's 4 O'Clock Show, Mel Giedroyc SUN heads off to the exotic East on a magic duvet for desert SUN food, extraordinary camel noises and special effects. SUN SUN 17:00 Jack London - The Call of the Wild b01dhkpv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Alan Garner - Elidor b010tbk9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 The Sarah Jane Adventures b01kpx3m (Listen) SUN The Thirteenth Stone SUN A school trip for Luke, Maria and Clyde turns to horror when SUN mysterious standing stones come to life. Read by 'Sarah SUN Jane' herself, Elisabeth Sladen. SUN SUN 19:00 The Palace of Laughter b0076lx3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 Oh My What a Rotten Song! b00l0yl1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Floggit's b00ct1wp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry b01109vz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b02lxsvf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Fay Weldon Stories b007jzwj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b008h5jh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop b00v72r5 (Listen) SUN Diversity 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 "Diversity". 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 b00dzny2 (Listen) SUN Canberra 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 performs for the state opening of Parliament. However, SUN problems arise when she finds out seconds before the gig SUN that Waltzing Matilda is not the national anthem. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02yx0g0 (Listen) SUN For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the SUN best laughs around. Tonight, Arthur Smith has a little more SUN chat with Ardal O'Hanlon. SUN SUN 23:00 Vent b00t4qzw (Listen) SUN Series 1, Gravity Gets You Down SUN Comatose Ben punches his physiotherapist, while Elvis drops SUN in on his unconscious mind. Stars Neil Pearson. From August SUN 2006. SUN SUN 23:30 Rudy's Rare Records b00n594p (Listen) SUN Series 2, Ill Communication SUN It's Adam chance to tidy up the Birmingham shop, but will SUN father Rudy get his revenge? Stars Lenny Henry. From October SUN 2009. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 10 JUNE 2013 MON MON 00:00 The Sarah Jane Adventures b01kpx3m (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b02lxsvf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Fay Weldon Stories b007jzwj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 The Palace of Laughter b0076lx3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Oh My What a Rotten Song! b00l0yl1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Floggit's b00ct1wp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Ian Rankin - The Serpent's Back b02m6s19 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Jack London - The Call of the Wild b01dhkpv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Alan Garner - Elidor b010tbk9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c36bm (Listen) MON Where's Father Jack? MON A murder unites Detective Inspector Cromwell and convent MON Mother Helen. Robert Smith's mystery stars Cheryl Campbell MON and Timothy Spall. MON MON 06:30 R Austin Freeman - Thorndyke, Forensic Investigator MON b017gtbx (Listen) MON Series 1, Pandora's Box MON When a travelling salesman's box reveals a ghastly secret, MON the detective must prove him innocent of murder. Read by Jim MON Norton. MON MON 06:45 Stephen King - Blaze b00g9ppb (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON As troopers close in, the con artist gets desperate. What MON about baby Joe? William Hope concludes Stephen King's 'lost' MON thriller. MON MON 07:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet b00dpnvz (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 2 MON When a top author gets writer's block, Lucy and Daniel get MON landed with an unwelcome guest. Stars David Tennant. From MON June 2001. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b0211jrs (Listen) MON Series 66, Episode 3 MON Nicholas Parsons hosts the verbally challenging panel game MON with panellists; Paul Merton, Richard Herring, Gyles MON Brandreth and Russell Kane. MON Producer: Katie Tyrrell. MON MON 08:00 Round The Horne b007k2gd (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 10 MON Suspense in Kenneth Horne's 'The Portrait of Florian MON Thrust', plus a bout of bona wrestling. With Hugh Paddick MON and Kenneth Williams. From May 1966. MON MON 08:30 Brothers in Law b007jrhv (Listen) MON Statistics MON Lawyer Roger has a bad day at the races, thanks to Joy's MON uncle. Stars Richard Briers and Terence Alexander. From July MON 1971. MON MON 09:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00wv6cd (Listen) MON Series 6, Tour Guide MON After meeting a Tour Operator in the street whilst doing his MON daily chores, Arthur joins a Tour Bus giving guided journeys MON around the city - and is, as only Arthur can be, hugely MON disappointed with his experience. MON Misunderstandings and misinformation abound, and after a MON stop to buy some pies from the market Arthur heads to the MON Shoulder of Mutton to talk through his annoyance at the MON day-so-far with Jack. MON He comes up with a plan to develop his very own and much MON improved tours of the city and, not having a bus at his MON disposal, decides to conduct walking tours. MON Whilst starting this new venture in earnest, Arthur's MON best-laid plans, as usual, don't quite go as he'd hoped... MON Cast: MON Count Arthur Strong ..... Steve Delaney MON Woman/Market Trader/ MON Shop Assistant/Old Woman ..... Melanie Giedroyc MON Tour Operator/Official/ MON Jack/Old Man ..... Dave Mounfield MON Announcer/Tour Guide/ MON Man/Aussie ...... Alastair Kerr MON Producers: Richard Daws, Mark Radcliffe & John Leonard MON A Komedia Entertainment & Smooth Operations production for MON BBC Radio 4. MON MON 09:30 Artists b00y9453 (Listen) MON Series 1, A Brush With Death MON Gerard organises Tamsin's first solo exhibition, but she's MON got so much else to do. Stars Vicki Pepperdine. From April MON 2003. MON MON 10:00 Don Taylor - The Jacobean Box b01gjybr (Listen) MON Shakespearean academic Brian Blake learns a large item MON awaits collection at a remote northern station. Stars MON Stephen Moore. MON MON 11:00 Love Stories b010nxrt (Listen) MON The Lark MON By Alan Titchmarsh. A widow's life is transformed by an MON unexpected love affair. Stories from bestselling romantic MON novelists. Read by Joanna Tope. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b026ymc8 (Listen) MON Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Lerner, Stuart Maconie, Dr MON Michael O'Donnell, Arthur Smith, Ane Brun, Tunng MON Clive's in The Freak Zone with broadcaster and writer Stuart MON Maconie. Well known for his BBC 6Music show with Mark MON Radcliffe, Stuart's new book and its accompanying Radio 2 MON series 'The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in MON 50 Records' provides a sweeping history of our nation set to MON the tunes that soundtracked our times. MON Clive talks Secrets & Lies with actress Marianne MON Jean-Baptiste, who was nominated for an Academy Award for MON her role as Hortense Cumberbatch in Mike Leigh's 1996 drama. MON Marianne's starring as Sister Margaret, the uncompromising MON pastor of her Harlem church, with a congregation revolting MON against her leadership. 'The Amen Corner' is at London's MON National Theatre, Southbank until Wednesday 14th August. MON Arthur Smith has a check-up with physician, author and MON broadcaster Dr Michael O'Donnell, whose new book 'The MON Barefaced Doctor: A Mischievous Medical Companion' is MON inspired by a lifelong exposure to medical culture, and with MON tongue firmly in cheek, defines, dissects and discusses a MON vast range of health-related topics. MON Clive's in the fray with documentary producer Mike Lerner, MON whose new film tells the incredible story of feminist art MON collective Pussy Riot. Wearing their trademark balaclavas, MON they performed a 40 second "punk prayer" inside Russia's MON main cathedral, were arrested on charges of religious MON hatred, and two of them sent to prison. 'Pussy Riot - A Punk MON Prayer' is showing at Sheffield Doc / Fest on Wednesday 12th MON June. MON With music from Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun, who MON performs 'Feeling Good' from her album 'Songs 2003-2013'. MON And a welcome return to folkie collective Tuung, who perform MON 'The Village' from their album 'Turbines'. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON MON 12:00 Round The Horne b007k2gd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Brothers in Law b007jrhv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c36bm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 R Austin Freeman - Thorndyke, Forensic Investigator MON b017gtbx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 13:45 Stephen King - Blaze b00g9ppb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] MON MON 14:00 15 Minute Drama b00bvt81 (Listen) MON Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence, Episode 6 MON Miss Morrow and Miss Doggett are disposing of Constance's MON things. Jane is keen to satisfy her curiosity. Comedy of MON rural relationships stars Emma Fielding. MON MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c84kb (Listen) MON A Plethora of Planets MON Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. MON For centuries, people have been speculating on the origin of MON the Earth and other planets. As long ago as 1755 the MON philosopher Imanuel Kant suggested that our solar system may MON have been born from a rotating cloud or nebula of gas and MON dust. But it was not until an infrared telescope was sent MON into space in 1983 that astronomers began to gather images MON of such dusty discs around other young stars. MON In 1955 Eugene Shoemaker showed that a crater in Arizona was MON blasted out by the impact of a large rock from space. He MON went on to show that most of the craters on the moon MON resulted from similar impacts, early in the history of the MON solar system. The dawn of the space age is enabling us to MON begin to explore the rocks in our cosmic backyard and MON speculate about worlds beyond. MON Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt MON and John Palmer. MON MON 14:30 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach b007k1mj (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Hope Clearwater reflects on her life, while she studies wild MON chimpanzees in Africa. Award-winning novel read by Fiona MON Shaw. MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b00tkymr (Listen) MON Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 1 MON "Roald Dahl thought biographies were boring. He told me so MON while munching on a lobster claw." MON The new biographer of Dahl is Donald Sturrock, who once made MON a film about the writer, so knew the man and his family very MON well. His book charts Dahl's rich and varied life as fighter MON pilot, intelligence operative, and the adult writer who then MON wrote for children in such an impactful way that he remains MON hugely popular with today's young readers. He was truly on MON their wavelength. He spoke to them through books such as MON Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Danny, MON Champion of The World. MON Sturrock investigates Dahl's eternal popularity as a writer. MON And of course the man behind the books... MON 1.In the first of five episodes, abridged by Alison Joseph, MON the biographer sits at the Dahl dinner table and recounts a MON memorable visit to the writer's hut, where certain treasures MON are unearthed. MON The reader is Julian Rhind-Tutt and the voice of Dahl is Ian MON McDiarmid MON Producer Duncan Minshull. MON MON 15:00 Don Taylor - The Jacobean Box b01gjybr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02mj8tf (Listen) MON Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. MON MON 17:00 The Little World of Don Camillo b00thsf3 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 3 MON The Italian priest tries to replace the church bell, but MON funding hits a snag. Stars Joss Ackland and Ian Hogg. From MON June 2002. MON MON 17:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet b00dpnvz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00p4klt (Listen) MON Series 3, Unalike MON Edna Turner has just saved the worlds - again. Can she kick MON back and enjoy summer? Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with MON Alex Tregear. MON Series Catch-Up Trial MON Undone Series 3 is part of a trial for a limited number of MON radio series which are being made available with series MON catch-up. Series catch-up extends the availability window MON for individual episodes beyond the usual seven days after MON their transmission, allowing you the chance to listen to an MON entire series until a week after the final episode is MON broadcast. MON MON 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrps (Listen) MON Episode 16 MON Bill and Josella take a trip to the beach and ponder their MON future. But help is closer than they think. Read by Roger MON May. MON MON 19:00 Round The Horne b007k2gd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Brothers in Law b007jrhv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c36bm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 R Austin Freeman - Thorndyke, Forensic Investigator MON b017gtbx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 20:45 Stephen King - Blaze b00g9ppb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 today] MON MON 21:00 Love Stories b010nxrt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b026ymc8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b0211jrs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00wv6cd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b0214336 (Listen) MON Series 40, Episode 4 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Holly Walsh, John MON Finnemore, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn for a comic run MON through the week's news. Producer: Colin Anderson. MON Making The Now Show MON MON 23:30 And Now In Colour b00804kc (Listen) MON Series 2, Astronaut Training MON The sketch team take the audience to Nevada for selection by MON NASA. Stars Tim de Jongh and William Vandyck. From February MON 1991. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 11 JUNE 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00p4klt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrps (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c36bm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 R Austin Freeman - Thorndyke, Forensic Investigator TUE b017gtbx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:45 Stephen King - Blaze b00g9ppb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00wv6cd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Artists b00y9453 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Don Taylor - The Jacobean Box b01gjybr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Love Stories b010nxrt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b026ymc8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The Little World of Don Camillo b00thsf3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet b00dpnvz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3d42 (Listen) TUE Icon, or A Pocketful of Nuns TUE The theft of a treasure from her convent reunites Mother TUE Helen with DI Cromwell. Stars Cheryl Campbell and Timothy TUE Spall. TUE TUE 06:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club TUE b007jvmh (Listen) TUE Armistice Night TUE Posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey probes the death of a rich TUE retired general. Dorothy L Sayers' mystery with Ian TUE Carmichael. TUE TUE 07:00 The Million Pound Radio Show b00bb9rr (Listen) TUE Series 4, Episode 3 TUE European onion threat and a whale of a time with Moby Dick. TUE Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour. From April TUE 1989. TUE TUE 07:30 The Castle b01jjtn3 (Listen) TUE Series 4, Boogie Knights TUE Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, TUE starring James Fleet (The Vicar Of Dibley), Neil Dudgeon TUE (Life Of Riley), Martha Howe-Douglas (Horrible Histories) TUE and Ingrid Oliver (Watson & Oliver) TUE The wedding of the decade is almost ruined by 200 tents and TUE an over-excited woodpecker. Plus Henry, Duncan and De TUE Warenne gatecrash a rather special Hen Night. TUE Written by Kim Fuller and Paul Alexander TUE Music by Guy Jackson TUE Produced and directed by David Tyler TUE A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Sir John Woodstock: James Fleet TUE Sir William De Warenne: Neil Dudgeon TUE Lady Anne Woodstock: Martha Howe-Douglas TUE Cardinal Duncan: Jonathan Kydd TUE Lady Charlotte: Ingrid Oliver TUE Master Henry Woodstock: Steven Kynman TUE Bates: Lewis Macleod TUE Kate Puddleton: Jess Robinson TUE Writer: Kim Fuller TUE Writer: Paul Alexander TUE Director: David Tyler TUE Producer: David Tyler TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007jl9j (Listen) TUE The Whistling Spy Enigma TUE Spy Neddie must make contact with his informer. But can he TUE whistle the secret tune? Stars Spike Milligan. From TUE September 1954. TUE TUE 08:30 Jim the Great b02qcsw6 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Emperor Jim TUE To boost his coffers, the moustachioed monarch has a go at TUE empire-building on the cheap. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From TUE April 1977. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b0214336 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00gd5hv (Listen) TUE Episode 4 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. TUE Will enlists the help of explorer Rebecca to try to become TUE more adventurous, but has trouble venturing out of his front TUE door because of his strange neighbour. TUE With Roger Allam, Rebecca Front, Paul Rider. TUE TUE 10:00 Plantagenet b02qf2hv (Listen) TUE Series 2, Edward I - Old Soldiers TUE 4 Extra Debut. By Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's TUE Chronicles. Edward I is a soldier, lover and father of a TUE wayward son. With Philip Jackson. TUE TUE 11:00 Love Stories b01ms34t (Listen) TUE A Fortnight in Tuscany TUE By Katie Fforde. A control freak is forced to attend a TUE Tuscan cookery course. Stories from bestselling romantic TUE novelists. Read by Candida Benson. TUE TUE 11:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents b0080sf7 (Listen) TUE Living with his violent dad, 10-year-old Mark captures his TUE thoughts on life and football in simple poems. Stars James TUE Smith. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007jl9j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Jim the Great b02qcsw6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3d42 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club TUE b007jvmh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 15 Minute Drama b00bwrh2 (Listen) TUE Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence, Episode 7 TUE Miss Morrow makes her play. Comedy of rural relationships TUE stars Susie Blake and Emma Fielding. TUE TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c84kd (Listen) TUE Worlds Beyond TUE Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. TUE In the 16th century, Giordano Bruno speculated that there TUE must be other planets similar to our own in the universe. He TUE was burned at the stake for this and other heresies. TUE Even today, with the best telescopes in the world, it TUE remains impossible to see planets around distant stars. But TUE in the last decade, astronomers have gathered indirect TUE evidence for many other planetary systems. The easiest to TUE detect and hence the first to be found were the most amazing TUE - planets bigger than Jupiter orbiting so close to their TUE star that they are almost touching. But evidence is now TUE emerging that solar systems more like our own exist, some TUE with multiple planets and some with planets that may be like TUE Earth. TUE Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt TUE and John Palmer. TUE TUE 14:30 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach b007k1nt (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE As she researches a community of wild chimpanzees in Africa, TUE Hope sees parallels with her own life. Read by Fiona Shaw. TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b00tkymm (Listen) TUE Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 2 TUE "Roald Dahl thought biographies were boring. He told me so TUE while munching on a lobster claw." TUE The new biographer of Dahl is Donald Sturrock, who once made TUE a film about the writer, so knew the man and his family very TUE well. His book charts Dahl's rich and varied life as fighter TUE pilot, intelligence operative, and the adult writer who then TUE wrote for children in such an impactful way that he remains TUE hugley popular with today's young readers. He was truly on TUE their wavelength. He spoke to them through books such as TUE Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Danny, TUE Champion of The World. TUE Sturrock investigates Dahl's eternal popularity as a writer. TUE And of course the man behind the books... TUE 2. According to Dahl, it was a dramatic war-time plane TUE crash that steered him towards being a writer. TUE The reader is Julian Rhind Tutt and the voice of Dahl is Ian TUE McDairmid TUE Producer Duncan Minshull. TUE TUE 15:00 Plantagenet b02qf2hv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02qhwn5 (Listen) TUE Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. TUE TUE 17:00 For Better or for Worse b00thsz4 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 4 TUE Bernard is keen to holiday in Burlington, but Iris wants to TUE get fruity in Fuengirola. Stars Gorden Kaye. From December TUE 1994. TUE TUE 17:30 The Million Pound Radio Show b00bb9rr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00p7r1y (Listen) TUE Series 3, Untoward TUE Edna is planning a trip to the Primary to find out what TUE happened to Tankerton. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with TUE Alex Tregear, Al Murray and Kevin Eldon. TUE Series Catch-Up Trial TUE Undone Series 3 is part of a trial for a limited number of TUE radio series which are being made available with series TUE catch-up. Series catch-up extends the availability window TUE for individual episodes beyond the usual seven days after TUE their transmission, allowing you the chance to listen to an TUE entire series until a week after the final episode is TUE broadcast. TUE TUE 18:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrq5 (Listen) TUE Episode 17 TUE An unexpected visitor to Shirning threatens to undermine TUE Bill and Josella's future plans. Concluded by Roger May. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007jl9j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Jim the Great b02qcsw6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3d42 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club TUE b007jvmh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Love Stories b01ms34t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents b0080sf7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 The Castle b01jjtn3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Museum of Everything b00hlcw5 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Transport TUE Lady Bagshot claims on the insurance, and the model railway TUE club hits the buffers. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From August TUE 2006. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02yx0g2 (Listen) TUE For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the TUE best laughs around. Tonight, Isy Suttie is joined by Josh TUE Widdicombe. TUE TUE 23:00 Fags, Mags and Bags b00qvnj5 (Listen) TUE Series 3, The Wrath of Khan TUE Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald TUE McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop. TUE The fine eco-balance of the shop is thrown into chaos when TUE Ramesh installs a slush machine. TUE Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kolhi TUE Dave ...... Donald McLeary TUE Sanjay ...... Omar Raza TUE Alok ...... Susheel Kumar TUE Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly TUE Ted ...... Gavin Mitchell TUE Keith Futures ...... Greg McHugh TUE Khan Noonien ...... Mani Sumal TUE Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth TUE A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:30 Self Storage b01g97vg (Listen) TUE The Storage Unit TUE No woman, no job. Dave has no choice but to stow everything. TUE With Reece Shearsmith and Mark Heap. From September 2007. TUE TUE 23:45 Guy Browning's Small Talk b0076d5r (Listen) TUE Series 1, How to Poach an Egg TUE Eggs are rather like people - drop them into hot water and TUE they go to pieces. Some surreal food for thought. From March TUE 2003. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE 2013 WED WED 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00p7r1y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 John Wyndham - Day of the Triffids b007jrq5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3d42 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club WED b007jvmh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 The Now Show b0214336 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00gd5hv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Plantagenet b02qf2hv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Love Stories b01ms34t (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents b0080sf7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 For Better or for Worse b00thsz4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Million Pound Radio Show b00bb9rr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3k9d (Listen) WED Sister, Brother WED DI Cromwell warns the nuns on crime prevention, but gets WED suspicious of Sister Paula. Stars Cheryl Campbell and WED Timothy Spall. WED WED 06:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club WED b007jvmm (Listen) WED The General's Last Evening WED Lord Peter Wimsey probes the mysterious Mr Oliver and a pair WED of tricky wills. Dorothy L Sayers mystery with Ian WED Carmichael. WED WED 07:00 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat WED b00nw3x9 (Listen) WED The Mysterious Portrait WED Chertkoff is St Petersburg's most high-minded young artist, WED until he makes a pact with the devil. With Stephen Moore. WED From April 2002. WED WED 07:30 Shedtown b011pkqz (Listen) WED Series 1, Foundations WED Written by Kevin Eldon. Colin (Johnny Vegas) is all at sea WED as the foundations of Jimmy's dream take shape on the beach. WED Wes and Father Michael witness the profits of some WED not-so-spiritual meat. WED Cast: WED Barry ......Tony Pitts WED Jimmy & Johnny ...... Kevin Eldon WED Colin ..... Johnny Vegas WED Diane ..... Suranne Jones WED Dave ..... Shaun Dooley WED Eleanor ..... Ronni Ancona WED Maureen ..... Emma Fryer WED William ..... Adrian Manfredi WED Carly ..... Jessica Knappett WED Father Michael ..... James Quinn WED Wes ...... Warren Brown WED Narrator ..... Maxine Peake WED Music ..... Paul Heaton WED Created by Tony Pitts. Directed by Jim Poyser WED Producer: Sally Harrison WED A Woolyback Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00j283n (Listen) WED The Bequest WED The lad is set to inherit a fortune, but only if he can find WED a wife. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. From November WED 1955. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d4184 (Listen) WED Series 6, Episode 3 WED Bill Oddie sings of Nappy Days, plus there's Britain's entry WED to the Eurovision Pun Contest. Songs and sketches with John WED Cleese. From April 1968. WED WED 09:00 Winston in Love b007jn9c (Listen) WED I'm in Love, I'm in Love WED Newly in love, Nancy is not too keen on recalling past WED events with the old rogue Winston. Stars Maurice Denham. WED From December 1990. WED WED 09:30 In the Chair b007jsx5 (Listen) WED Episode 4 WED Hack George Cragge thinks an unrelated murder may be WED connected after all. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. WED From June 1998. WED WED 10:00 Plantagenet b02qnn10 (Listen) WED Series 2, Edward II - The Greatest Traitor WED Edward's power is prey to his passions, but his queen and WED most powerful ally find a passion of their own. With Sam WED Troughton. WED WED 11:00 Love Stories b010tbkk (Listen) WED Fish and Chips WED By Freya North. An inheritance by the sea broadens a young WED woman's horizons. Stories from bestselling romantic WED novelists. Read by Melody Grove. WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b007729k (Listen) WED Nicola Baldwin - Edward Alleyn's Devil WED Edward Alleyn's Devil WED By Nicola Baldwin. WED London, 1605. Edward Alleyn was the most famous actor of the WED Jacobean stage. At the height of his fame, he believed he WED saw a devil on stage. This snowy, sparkling play WED investigates what really happened and looks at the WED consequences that still influence us today. WED Edward Alleyn ...... Richard McCabe WED William Grogan ...... Brian McCardie WED Philip Henslowe ...... Philip Jackson WED Fardinandoo Black ...... Desmond McNamara WED Joan Alleyn ...... Christine Kavanagh WED Sir Francis Calton ...... Sam Dale WED John Pyg ...... Joe Prospero WED Robert Shaa ...... Joseph Kloska WED Miss Wills ...... Bethan Walker WED Isack Shackerley ...... Paul Richard Biggin. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00j283n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d4184 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3k9d (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club WED b007jvmm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 15 Minute Drama b00bwrh8 (Listen) WED Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence, Episode 8 WED When Fabian hosts a tea party, Prudence hopes she will get WED to pour the tea. Comedy of rural relationships stars Susie WED Blake and Emma Fielding. WED WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c84kg (Listen) WED Are We Alone? WED Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. WED She looks at the prospects for life elsewhere in our own WED solar system. Could evidence of life have even been WED discovered already on Mars? She tells the story of the WED search for extra-terrestrial intelligence as scientists scan WED the skies for messages from the stars. WED Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt WED and John Palmer. WED WED 14:30 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach b007k1pz (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Remembering the past, Hope Clearwater journeys for WED provisions, until disaster strikes back at the camp. Read by WED Fiona Shaw. WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b00tkymp (Listen) WED Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 3 WED "Roald Dahl thought biographies were boring. He told me so WED while munching on a lobster claw." WED The new biographer of Dahl is Donald Sturrock, who once made WED a film about the writer, so knew the man and his family very WED well. His book charts Dahl's rich and varied life as fighter WED pilot, intelligence operative, and the adult writer who then WED wrote for children in such an impactful way that he remains WED hugely popular with today's young readers. He was truly on WED their wavelength. He spoke to them through books such as WED Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Danny, WED Champion of The World. WED Sturrock investigates Dahl's eternal popularity as a writer. WED And of course the man behind the books... WED 3. Living in New York gave the author a premonition WED of a family disaster, which was vividly realized all too WED soon. WED Read by Julian Rhind Tutt and the voice of Dahl is Ian WED McDiarmid WED Producer Duncan Minshull. WED WED 15:00 Plantagenet b02qnn10 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02qrpn1 (Listen) WED Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. WED WED 17:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of WED William Shakespeare b007k26q (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED The Royal Dingle Company versus the Bard. Theatrical spoof WED with Patrick Barlow and guest Richard E Grant. From WED September 1995. WED WED 17:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat WED b00nw3x9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pbtv6 (Listen) WED Series 3, Ungainly WED Edna faces her childhood possessions and probes London's Low WED Quality Expedition. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex WED Tregear and Emma Kennedy. WED WED 18:30 Brave New Worlds b01n6yj3 (Listen) WED Marionettes, Inc WED By Ray Bradbury. Written 50 years ago, anticipating virtual WED lives and avatars. From 2012's Cheltenham Literary Festival. WED Read by Jon Strickland. WED WED 18:45 Why, Robot? b01n6yng (Listen) WED The Melancholy WED A story by Toby Litt inspired by Issac Asimov's three laws WED of robotics. WED It is 2068 AD. Local application 13/13 has disappeared WED mysteriously on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. In her WED official report, Chief Engineer Chandi Kane arrives at an WED all-too-human set of conclusions. WED Writer Toby Litt was born in 1968 and grew up in WED Bedfordshire. In 2003, he was named one of Granta's Best of WED Young British Novelists. His eleventh novel, King Death, WED will be published in May 2010. WED Written by Toby Litt WED Read by Indira Varma WED Producer - Jeremy Osborne WED A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00j283n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d4184 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3k9d (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club WED b007jvmm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Love Stories b010tbkk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b007729k (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Shedtown b011pkqz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Chris Addison's Civilization b00dy51z (Listen) WED Cities and Laws WED The thinking idiot's anthropologist explains flaws in the WED urban democratic system. With Geoffrey McGivern. From April WED 2006. WED WED 23:00 Revolting People b00fj2br (Listen) WED Series 2, Even More Trying Times WED Samuel's emporium faces competition from a new WED Super-emporium. 1770 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. WED From January 2001. WED WED 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom b007n101 (Listen) WED Series 1, Gossip WED The comedian asks exactly who starts rumours? Brendan Burns WED and Sarah Kennedy help silence wagging tongues. From August WED 2003. WED WED 23:45 Fabulous b00hs90r (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED Faye's cooker is beeping, work deadlines are looming and WED flat-hunting sucks. Stars Daisy Haggard and Adam Buxton. WED From May 2007. WED WED THU THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 THU THU 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pbtv6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Brave New Worlds b01n6yj3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Why, Robot? b01n6yng (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3k9d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club THU b007jvmm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Winston in Love b007jn9c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 In the Chair b007jsx5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Plantagenet b02qnn10 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Love Stories b010tbkk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Afternoon Drama b007729k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of THU William Shakespeare b007k26q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Nikolai Gogol - Three Ivans, Two Aunts and an Overcoat THU b00nw3x9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3rlj (Listen) THU Virtual Saints THU As Mother Helen's nuns face declining numbers, the detective THU tackles an unsolved murder. Stars Cheryl Campbell and THU Timothy Spall. THU THU 06:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club THU b007jvmr (Listen) THU Mr Oliver THU Probing the general's last movements, Lord Peter Wimsey THU seeks out his grandson. Dorothy L Sayers mystery with Ian THU Carmichael and Martin Jarvis. THU THU 07:00 The Older Woman b02qt773 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Roy tries to impress Jane with some campaigning local THU journalism. With Zoë Wanamaker and Martin Clunes. From THU February 1993. THU THU 07:30 Heresy b021480y (Listen) THU Series 9, Episode 4 THU Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show THU which dares to commit heresy. THU Her guests this week are newspaper columnist Julia THU Hartley-Brewer, the Rev. Richard Coles and food critic, THU television presenter and novelist Giles Coren. THU Producers: Victoria Coren Mitchell and Daisy Knight THU An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jll5 (Listen) THU Series 1, Sergeant Wilson's Little Secret THU Confusion reigns when Mrs Pike reveals her news of a 'new THU arrival'. Adapted from TV, with John Le Mesurier. From March THU 1974. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b01bw857 (Listen) THU From 09/04/1958 THU King Charles II samples Nell Gwynn's oranges, while Pa THU Glum's got a black eye. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From April THU 1958. THU THU 09:00 Potting On b00kmn18 (Listen) THU Stones THU Garden centre owners Pam and Gordon argue over how to grow THU old. Stars Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead. From February THU 2008. THU THU 09:30 The Personality Test b00mf3kk (Listen) THU Series 2, Roy Hattersley THU The former Labour Party Deputy Leader quizzes a panel about THU himself. With Sue Perkins and Lucy Porter. From December THU 2006. THU THU 10:00 Plantagenet b02qtfn6 (Listen) THU Series 2, Richard II - And All Our Dreams Will End in Death THU Richard II struggles to introduce culture to the war-based THU English court. With Patrick Kennedy and Blake Ritson. THU THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading b0137xd4 (Listen) THU Summer Ghosts, All the Dead Mothers of My Daughter's Friends THU "Yes, the ghosts you see at night, they're the souls - the THU auras, if you like - of good people who didn't deserve to THU die. That's why they're full of regret, and frightening. THU Ghosts we see in broad daylight are the ones whose deaths THU were right and fair - they've been redeemed by death. They THU were evil while alive..." THU In this series of commissioned stories, the idea is to THU present ghosts or ghostly happenings in the cold light of THU day. Will something 'unexplained' be as scary in a light THU that is... well, reliable to the eye! THU 1. All The Dead Mothers of My Daughter's Friends by Sophie THU Hannah. THU Mel makes a friend at the school gates and learns about the THU different types of ghosts in the world. Then the theories THU are tested out... THU Reader Tracy-Ann Oberman THU Producer Duncan Minshull. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00t0qy3 (Listen) THU Ed Harris - Troll THU by Ed Harris. THU Adult cares mix with childhood fears, in this comic twisted THU fairytale, which won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Radio THU Drama of 2011. In the middle of a family crisis, Olivia THU discovers a troll under her mother's kitchen sink. A troll THU to whom, in the magic days of childhood, she once promised THU herself as a meal. THU Olivia ..... Rosie Cavaliero THU James ..... Ewan Bailey THU Troll ..... Jack Klaff THU Mum ..... Marcia Warren THU Matt ..... Michael Shelford THU Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting. THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jll5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b01bw857 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3rlj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club THU b007jvmr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 15 Minute Drama b00bwrhg (Listen) THU Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence, Episode 9 THU Miss Doggett needs to be careful what she is looking for. THU She might just find it. Comedy of rural relationships stars THU Susie Blake and Emma Fielding. THU THU 14:15 Life at 24 Frames a Second b00xhd7q (Listen) THU In the Dark THU David Thomson, author of the Biographical Dictionary of THU Film, takes a highly personal journey through how cinema has THU changed both him and us. Programme One: In the Dark. THU Film has changed us. It is all too easy to forget what a THU shock the coming of the moving image was to our world. First THU we could see ourselves and then we could imagine ourselves THU and then we could hear ourselves. How we kissed, fought, THU dreamed and died have all been projected around the world. THU David Thomson writes: THU "Do you want a map for the dark? By now you either know the THU history of the movies or you have it wrong and all mixed up. THU It doesn't matter, the mixture is in your unconscious and THU your nervous system, and one of the consequences of the THU movies is that we trust nothing and imagine everything. THU That's why the dark is so important." THU Producer: Mark Burman. THU THU 14:30 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach b007k1r5 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Hope sees chimp violence, but her superior Eugene refuses to THU believe her. The past still haunts her. Read by Fiona Shaw. THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b00tkyx5 (Listen) THU Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 4 THU "Roald Dahl thought biographies were boring. He told me so THU while munching on a lobster claw." THU The new biographer of Dahl is Donald Sturrock, who once made THU a film about the writer, so knew the man and his family very THU well. His book charts Dahl's rich and varied life as fighter THU pilot, intelligence operative, and the adult writer who then THU wrote for children in such an impactful way that he remains THU hugely popular with today's young readers. He was truly on THU their wavelength. He spoke to them through books such as THU Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Danny, THU Champion of The World. THU Sturrock investigates Dahl's eternal popularity as a writer. THU And of course the man behind the books... THU 4. Aged fifty six, it's suddenly all change for Dahl, and THU then there is his manifesto for entertaining children. THU Reader Julian Rhind Tutt and the voice of Dahl is THU Ian McDiarmid. THU Producer Duncan Minshull. THU THU 15:00 Plantagenet b02qtfn6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02qthzj (Listen) THU Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. THU THU 17:00 King Street Junior b007jnn0 (Listen) THU Series 9, Financial Times THU Who'd be a crime reporter? Young Rafat learns the hard way. THU Starring Karl Howman, James Grout and Margaret John. From THU January 1997. THU THU 17:30 The Older Woman b02qt773 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pd7ck (Listen) THU Series 3, Underground THU Edna and Tankerton traverse the Tube to stop someone THU changing the realities. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with THU Alex Tregear, Ben Moor and Al Murray. THU THU 18:30 Brave New Worlds b01n70cj (Listen) THU Fragments of a Hologram Rose THU By William Gibson. A tale of virtuality, second lives and THU online culture. From 2012's Cheltenham Literary Festival. THU Read by Jon Strickland. THU THU 18:45 Why, Robot? b01n70cl (Listen) THU Algorithms THU Scarlet Thomas has a very different take on a brief which THU asked writers to use Issac Asimov's 'three laws of robotics' THU as the starting point for a story. THU An algorithm is a step-by-step method for solving a problem. THU Rebecca's life is full of them. Trouble is, they tend to THU solve one problem while creating a new one. THU Scarlett Thomas was born in 1972. Her work featured in the THU New Puritans anthology of 2002. Her novel 'The End Of Mr Y' THU was longlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize For Fiction in THU 2008. Her new novel 'Our Tragic Universe' will be published THU in May 2010. THU Scarlett's previous work for Radio 4 includes 'Why My THU Grandmother Learned To Play The Flute' (2003) and 'Brother THU and Sister Foot' (2005). She teaches Creative Writing at The THU University of Kent. THU Written by Scarlett Thomas. THU Read by Siobhan Redmond. THU Producer - Jeremy Osborne THU A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jll5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b01bw857 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3rlj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club THU b007jvmr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading b0137xd4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00t0qy3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Heresy b021480y (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 The Shuttleworths b00scy0g (Listen) THU Series 5, Smells Like White Spirit THU Ken Worthington needs Jon to write a catchy pop song at THU short notice, but John's DIY duties prove a serious THU obstacle. Will he be able to complete the song in time to THU meet Ken's deadline? THU John is created and performed by Graham Fellows, and the THU series is produced by Dawn Ellis. THU THU 22:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea b007k154 (Listen) THU Series 2, Fame Idol THU The Scotsmen are desperate to utilise Mrs Naughtie's hidden THU talents. Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From March THU 2004. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02yx0g4 (Listen) THU For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the THU best laughs around. Tonight, Isy Suttie has more from her THU chat with Josh Widdicombe. THU THU 23:00 The Secret World b012gs0y (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 3 THU David Beckham tries to hire a rainbow for a party. Jon THU Culshaw explores famous folk's private lives. From July THU 2010. THU THU 23:30 The Big Booth b007jv50 (Listen) THU Series 2: The Big Booth Too, Episode 3 THU Boothby Graffoe meets a man with a replacement tongue, and a THU man in a washing machine. With Stephen Frost. From February THU 2001. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 14 JUNE 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pd7ck (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Brave New Worlds b01n70cj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Why, Robot? b01n70cl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer b00c3rlj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club FRI b007jvmr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Potting On b00kmn18 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 The Personality Test b00mf3kk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Plantagenet b02qtfn6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading b0137xd4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00t0qy3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 King Street Junior b007jnn0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Older Woman b02qt773 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wf8j (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 1 FRI Why does a Cambridge master need a plodding Health and FRI Safety executive? Comic thriller with Geoffrey Palmer and FRI Samuel West. FRI FRI 06:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club FRI b007jvmz (Listen) FRI Exhumation FRI Lord Peter Wimsey awaits the doctor's verdict, and there's a FRI revelation at a party. Dorothy L Sayers mystery with Ian FRI Carmichael and Allan Cuthbertson. FRI FRI 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four b013plyd (Listen) FRI Freedom Is Choice FRI Sub-Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in FRI Cumbria. Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay. From FRI March 1985. FRI FRI 07:30 The Write Stuff b02lyb11 (Listen) FRI William Blake 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 b007s848 (Listen) FRI Series 8, Buying Tickets FRI Uncle Ebenezer's booking agency creates havoc for Commander FRI Murray as he courts Heather. Stars Jon Pertwee. From October FRI 1966. FRI FRI 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show b008x0wg (Listen) FRI From 19/2/1984 FRI From Russian spies to a tour of BBC sound effects, it's the FRI ultimate one man show, written by the host. From February FRI 1984. FRI FRI 09:00 Clare in the Community b00gkktk (Listen) FRI Series 2, Doolah's Choice FRI The bossy social worker sticks her oar in Helen's wedding FRI and Megan's home birth. Starring Sally Phillips. From FRI October 2005. FRI FRI 09:30 The Brothers b00pzgps (Listen) FRI Series 3, First Aid FRI Michael aims to dump his fiancee, Nigel suffers, and Zorro FRI wields some murderous crutches. Stars Adam Godley. From FRI March 2007. FRI FRI 10:00 DH Lawrence - Daughters of the Vicar b0075s4x (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. Impoverished sisters Louisa and Mary struggle FRI to choose lives governed either by emotion or intellect. FRI Stars Rachel Atkins and Cathy Sara. FRI FRI 11:00 Afternoon Reading b013835j (Listen) FRI Summer Ghosts, The Queen of Craigielee FRI "Yes, the ghosts you see at night, they're the souls - the FRI auras, if you like - of good people who didn't deserve to FRI die. That's why they're full of regret, and frightening. FRI Ghosts we see in broad daylight are the ones whose death FRI were right and fair - they've been redeemed by death. They FRI were evil while alive..." FRI In this series of commissioned stories the aim is to present FRI ghosts or ghostly happenings in the cold light of day. Will FRI something 'unexplained' be as scary in a light that is... FRI well, reliable to the eye! FRI 2. The Queen of Craigielee by Louise Welsh FRI Photographing the deserted tower block means going to its FRI thirtieth floor, which isn't really the place to be... FRI Reader Tracy Wiles FRI Producer Duncan Minshull. FRI FRI 11:15 Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla b016q2l5 (Listen) FRI Living in a castle in Austria, lonely Laura is captivated by FRI a beautiful visitor. Gothic vampire tale starring Anne-Marie FRI Duff. FRI FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark b007s848 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show b008x0wg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wf8j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club FRI b007jvmz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 15 Minute Drama b00bwrhl (Listen) FRI Barbara Pym - Jane and Prudence, Episode 10 FRI Mr Manifold comes to the rescue. Comedy of rural FRI relationships narrated by Penelope Wilton, starring Susie FRI Blake and Emma Fielding. FRI FRI 14:15 Life at 24 Frames a Second b00xhff4 (Listen) FRI Fear and Desire FRI David Thomson, author of the Biographical Dictionary of FRI Film, takes a highly personal journey through the lasting FRI impact and power of cinema. Film is many things, but its FRI ability to carry us into the darkest dreams and fiercest FRI desires of its characters via the magic of the score and the FRI sound binds us all in the dark. FRI Producer: Mark Burman. FRI FRI 14:30 William Boyd - Brazzaville Beach b007k1sd (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Hope tries to understand the violence shown by the FRI chimpanzees, and also recalls John's behaviour. Read by FRI Fiona Shaw. FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b00tkyx7 (Listen) FRI Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 5 FRI "Roald Dahl thought biographies were boring. He told me so FRI while munching on a lobster claw." FRI The new biographer of Dahl is Donald Sturrock, who once made FRI a film about the writer, so knew the man and his family very FRI well. His book charts Dahl's rich and varied life as fighter FRI pilot, intelligence operative, and the adult writer who then FRI wrote for children in such an impactful way that he remains FRI hugely popular with today's young readers. He was truly on FRI their wavelength. He spoke to them through books such as FRI Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Danny, FRI Champion of The World. FRI Sturrock investigates Dahl's eternal popularity as a writer. FRI And of course the man behind the books... FRI 5. Even close to death Dahl was in mischievous mood, FRI and his appeal to children will never fade. FRI Reader Julian Rhind Tutt and the voice of Dahl FRI is Ian McDairmid. FRI Producer Duncan Minshull. FRI FRI 15:00 DH Lawrence - Daughters of the Vicar b0075s4x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02qwlxp (Listen) FRI Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc. FRI FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts b00kmys6 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Come as You Were FRI Bill tries to disrupt Liza and Richard's affair, and gets FRI involved with 'Emma Peel'. With Belinda Lang and Jo Kendall. FRI From May 1991. FRI FRI 17:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b013plyd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pgnql (Listen) FRI Series 3, United FRI Edna sees a hypnotherapist, as her friends take up the FRI worlds-protecting slack. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with FRI Alex Tregear, Ben Moor and Duncan Wisbey. FRI FRI 18:30 Brave New Worlds b01n7jpv (Listen) FRI Tomorrow's News Yesterday FRI By Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The towering double FRI act's funny yet sinister sci-fi story. From 2012's FRI Cheltenham Literary Festival. Read by Jon Strickland. FRI FRI 18:45 Why, Robot? b01n7jpx (Listen) FRI The Companion FRI Story by Anita Sullivan inspired by Issac Asimov's three FRI laws of robotics, read by Sheila Steafel. Colin - a FRI medically-trained, 'Companion-series' humanoid - watches FRI over Eunice's old age with an unorthodox interpretation of FRI 'The Three Laws of Robotics'. FRI Anita Sullivan lives in Sussex. Her first play for radio, FRI commissioned by Sweet Talk, was runner up in the Richard FRI Imison Awards. Recent work includes Homesick and Torchwood: FRI Asylum in 2009 and The Beacon (a five-part adaptation of FRI Susan Hill's novel) in March 2010. She has also written for FRI theatre companies as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare FRI Company, Plymouth Theatre Royal, Pop-Up children's theatre, FRI Eastern Angles and Borderline. The Companion is Anita's FRI second short story for Sweet Talk, following The Phantom FRI Cosmonaut, part of the 'Sputnik' series, in 2007. FRI Written by Anita Sullivan FRI Read by Sheila Steafel FRI Producer - Jeremy Osborne FRI A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark b007s848 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show b008x0wg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008wf8j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club FRI b007jvmz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Afternoon Reading b013835j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla b016q2l5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Mark Steel's in Town b00jsykr (Listen) FRI Series 1, Portland FRI In the last show of this repeated series Comedian Mark Steel FRI gets to grips with the bird observatory, stone quarries and FRI customs of the Isle of Portland in order to find out what FRI makes it so distinctive. Find out why the locals are FRI obsessed with obelisks and why you must never say the 'r' FRI word. FRI Producer - Julia McKenzie. FRI FRI 22:30 The Consultants b0076q2b (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 6 FRI Crossword challenges and dinner with the devil. Offbeat FRI songs and sketches with Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and FRI James Rawlings. From May 2004. FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02yx0qc (Listen) FRI For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the FRI best laughs around. Plus Arthur Smith has music from Jonny FRI and the Baptists. FRI FRI 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth b00zfk7g (Listen) FRI Episode 6 FRI Last hurrah for the Che Guevara of radio, with contraband FRI comedy, music and Mark E Smith. Stars Simon Munnery. From FRI March 1995. FRI