21 June, 2013

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22/06/2013 - 28/06/2013

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SAT SATURDAY 22 JUNE 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Terry Pratchett - Small Gods b00bdjq2 (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT Back in Omnia, Deacon Vorbis proclaims himself the One True SAT Prophet. Brutha has concerns. Stars Anton Lesser and Alex SAT Jennings. SAT SAT 00:30 HP Lovecraft - The Tomb b007jzmv (Listen) SAT The obsessive Jervas Dudley reveals how he came to be SAT incarcerated in an asylum. HP Lovecraft's chilling tale read SAT by Ryan McCluskey. SAT SAT 01:00 Mark Tavener - High Table, Lower Orders b008y4fg (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 6 SAT Simon delves into his HSE background for one final ruse. SAT Mark Tavener's comic thriller stars Geoffrey Palmer and SAT Samuel West. SAT SAT 01:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rm20y (Listen) SAT Peter Galino SAT With key witness Mary dead, there's drama at her flat as the SAT suave sleuth worries for Steve's safety. Stars Peter Coke. SAT SAT 02:00 Alison and Maud b007k377 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Beds in the East Are Soft SAT Daddy's not keen on his new orthopaedic mattress, so he and SAT Maud try a crafty swap. Stars Denise Coffey. From March SAT 2004. SAT SAT 02:30 The Brothers b00q9xrj (Listen) SAT Series 3, Loony Tunes SAT As Bugs Bunny makes an untimely appearance, Nigel and SAT Michael go their separate ways. Stars Adam Godley. From SAT March 2007. SAT SAT 03:00 George Gissing - New Grub Street b00769nh (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Marian and Amy's inheritance changes their lives, but not in SAT the way they imagined. Dramatised by Tony Ramsay, narrated SAT by Harold Pinter, starring Emilia Fox. SAT SAT 04:00 Come Away, Come Away! b00s6t4m (Listen) SAT Peanut Butter and Cello SAT A young girl from the favela carries an unexpected burden on SAT a cross-city journey. SAT Melody Grove reads 'Peanut Butter and Cello' by Geraldine SAT McCaughrean. SAT Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. SAT To mark 150 years since J M Barrie's birth, three leading SAT writers for young people contribute new stories inspired by SAT a chapter title from 'Peter Pan'. The authors have been set SAT the task of exploring the joys and the terrors of childhood SAT without sentimentality, much as Barrie did in his original SAT text. SAT Geraldine McCaughrean has been awarded the Carnegie Medal, SAT the Whitbread Prize and the Guardian Fiction Award for her SAT books written for all ages. In 2004 she fought off fierce SAT competition to be selected by the Trustees of Great Ormond SAT Street Hospital to write an official sequel to 'Peter Pan'. SAT Her novel, 'Peter Pan In Scarlet', was published to critical SAT acclaim in 2006. SAT SAT 04:15 The Sorcerer's Apprentice b008j0gn (Listen) SAT A young magician is left alone in his master's workshop. SAT Judith French updates Goethe's tale. Starring Paul Rhys and SAT Harry Towb. SAT SAT 05:00 Second Thoughts b00kt92h (Listen) SAT Series 3, Backs to the Drawing Board SAT Bill takes time off to help a friend, but Faith is already SAT working at home. With Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam. SAT SAT 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b0141xfj (Listen) SAT Choice Is Progress SAT Edward Wilson finds his job title changing with alarming SAT alacrity. Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay. From SAT April 1985. SAT SAT 06:00 Peter Ackroyd - The Mystery of Charles Dickens SAT b007jvp1 (Listen) SAT Simon Callow recounts the writer's remarkable life and SAT brings a host of his colourful characters to life. Written SAT by Peter Ackroyd. SAT SAT 07:30 Misfits in France b00f4prv (Listen) SAT Broken in Berneval, Soaked in the Sea SAT Series in which Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee explore the SAT connections between a group of Victorian writers and artists SAT who crossed the English Channel for different reasons. SAT Julian and Hermione travel to the north coast of France, SAT where, in the late 1860s, the poet Algernon Swinburne spent SAT time, as did the exiled Oscar Wilde some 30 years later. SAT They examine French attitudes to the life and work of both SAT men and the religious themes that link their writing. SAT In the summer of 1868, local fishermen saved a drunken SAT Swinburne from drowning off the cliffs of Etretat. The SAT bizarre lunch to celebrate his survival was attended by the SAT teenage French writer Guy de Maupassant. SAT In 1897, an exiled Oscar Wilde held a fete for the locals in SAT Berneval and invited friends including Ernest Dowson to SAT distract him from working on his poem, The Ballad of Reading SAT Gaol. But as Wilde became progressively more lonely, he SAT started corresponding once more with Lord Alfred Douglas. SAT Oscar Wilde ...... Simon Russell Beale SAT Algernon Swinburne ...... Jonathan Tafler SAT Guy de Maupassant ...... Stephen Critchlow. SAT SAT 08:00 An Hour With Ned Sherrin b00yk21p (Listen) SAT From Jeffrey Archer to Pia Zadora, the writer, producer and SAT broadcaster Ned Sherrin's witty A-Z of theatrical anecdotes. SAT From 1994. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Greats b007jtk4 (Listen) SAT The Sixties, Episode 2 SAT Barry Cryer presents another swinging selection of groovy SAT radio fun: Whack-O!, The Men From the Ministry, The Ken Dodd SAT Show, Steptoe and Son, The Embassy Lark and Round the Horne. SAT SAT 12:00 Dangerous Visions b02yl470 (Listen) SAT Jane Rogers - The Testament of Jessie Lamb Omnibus SAT Made for 4 Extra. Jane Rogers dramatises her award-winning SAT dystopian novel about a teenage girl who decides to save SAT humanity. SAT Credits SAT Jessie: Holliday Grainger SAT Joe: Mark Jordon SAT Cath: Joanne Mitchell SAT Mandy: Kate Coogan SAT Sal: Rebecca Ryan SAT Baz: Oliver Lee SAT Lisa: Nisa Cole SAT Iain: Will Finlason SAT Director: Nadia Molinari SAT Author: Jane Rogers SAT SAT 13:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective b007jmks (Listen) SAT The Edinburgh Mystery SAT Betrayal and murder is afoot when a worried aunt tackles her SAT nephew, making a new case for the man in the corner. Stars SAT Bernard Hepton. SAT SAT 14:00 Jim the Great b02x95ky (Listen) SAT Series 2, Fit for a Queen SAT 4 Extra Debut. The moustachioed monarch discovers that SAT Boadicea is his sister-in-law. Stars Jimmy Edwards and June SAT Whitfield. From August 1979. SAT SAT 14:30 Potting On b00ksx62 (Listen) SAT Taking a Break SAT Adventure or caravan? Pam and Gordon argue over how to grow SAT old. With Pam Ayres and Geoffrey Whitehead. From March 2008. SAT SAT 15:00 An Hour With Ned Sherrin b00yk21p (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Peter Ackroyd - The Mystery of Charles Dickens SAT b007jvp1 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 The Write Stuff b02x5l4q (Listen) SAT Ian Fleming SAT Radio 4's literary panel show, hosted by James Walton, with SAT team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh and guests SAT Mark Billingham and Natalie Haynes. SAT Produced by Alexandra Smith. SAT SAT 18:00 Fear on Four b007jqbb (Listen) SAT Life Line SAT It could be Belinda on the phone. Bryan certainly thinks so. SAT But Belinda died some time ago. The Man in Black introduces SAT a chatline where the callers are on hold forever. SAT SAT 18:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind b007jltj (Listen) SAT Hurried Exodus SAT Cornelius and Lark try to get Flora off the island of SAT mutants. Starring Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Greats b007jtk4 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill b007jvxn (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT The ingenious stand-up comedian entertains an audience in SAT New York with his hilarious stream of consciousness. From SAT 1998. SAT SAT 23:00 William Golding - Lord of the Flies b02yl7vs (Listen) SAT Painted Faces SAT William Golding's classic story about a group of boys SAT plane-wrecked on a deserted island. New dramatisation by SAT Judith Adams, with Ruth Wilson narrating. SAT SAT 23:30 Ian Rankin: Rebus b007jqm7 (Listen) SAT Death Is Not the End, Episode 2 SAT The hard-nosed cop is offered a bribe to halt his SAT investigations into an old sweetheart's missing son. Read by SAT Douglas Henshall. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Fear on Four b007jqbb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind b007jltj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 An Hour With Ned Sherrin b00yk21p (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Dangerous Visions b02yl470 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective b007jmks (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Peter Ackroyd - The Mystery of Charles Dickens SUN b007jvp1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 The Write Stuff b02x5l4q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus b008wcq0 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Made for 4 Extra. Dorothea Brooke yearns to right society's SUN wrongs in 1830s England. Then Dr Lydgate arrives. Stars SUN Roger Allam and Candida Benson. SUN SUN 07:15 Strange Weather Days b00fss8m (Listen) SUN Series 2, Peasouper SUN Meteorologist Helen Young recalls how thousands were killed SUN by London's deadly smog of December 1952. SUN SUN 07:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting SUN b007js92 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 2 SUN At a Brit art exhibition, Linda tries getting her SUN neighbour's Jack the Ripper letters authenticated, and falls SUN afoul of the mafia. With Don Estelle. From July 2001. SUN SUN 08:00 Floggit's b00d06hc (Listen) SUN Village shopkeepers Gert and Daisy prepare for a Bonfire SUN Night party. Stars Elsie and Doris Waters. From November SUN 1956. SUN SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b011f3pf (Listen) SUN The Foolproof Fool SUN Lamb finds his true vocation, then blows his big SUN opportunity. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From SUN August 1971. SUN SUN 09:00 Michelle Magorian - Back Home b010x9qg (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Wartime evacuee Rusty returns to Britain with an American SUN accent, and meets a mother she doesn't recognise. Stars Mary SUN Wimbush. SUN SUN 09:30 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives b008czt5 (Listen) SUN The First Wedding SUN Amy has grand hopes for an upmarket social gathering. Sequel SUN to Little Women stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle SUN Hunnicutt. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b02yngr1 (Listen) SUN Ladies of Letters, Rumer Godden SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Ellington to Liszt, novelist Rumer SUN Godden shares her second castaway choices with Sue Lawley. SUN From October 1996. SUN SUN 10:45 Fay Weldon Stories b007k04g (Listen) SUN Living By the Small Print SUN A penny-pinching young woman with an eye for a bargain SUN begins to realise the consequences. Read by Rebecca Front. SUN SUN 11:00 It's a Funny Business b02yp00h (Listen) SUN Molly Weir SUN 4 Extra Debut. Famed for Life With the Lyons, Rentaghost and SUN cleaning floors, the Scottish actress chats to Mike Craig. SUN From November 1988. SUN SUN 11:30 Miles Jupp - By Jove Carruthers! b00k8lg1 (Listen) SUN Miles Jupp goes in search of the real Carruthers, the SUN character who inspired a thousand silly quips and cod SUN Edwardian accents. At least seven different Carruthers crop SUN up in Edwardian boys' tales, but who exactly was he, what SUN did he do, and how did he assume such a strange kind of SUN posthumous fame? SUN Miles finds out about the Carruthers who appears in the SUN Sherlock Holmes short story The Adventure of the Solitary SUN Cyclist and the one which narrates Erskine Childers' 1903 SUN spy novel The Riddle of the Sands. SUN SUN 12:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch Omnibus b008wcq0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Strange Weather Days b00fss8m (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Morse b007k4jl (Listen) SUN Last Seen Wearing SUN Colin Dexter's grumpy detective must take on a dead SUN colleague's missing person case. Stars John Shrapnel and SUN Robert Glenister. SUN SUN 15:00 Floggit's b00d06hc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry b011f3pf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b02yp6rp (Listen) SUN Mel Giedroyc with happy hens, Paul O'Grady's home remedies, SUN hula dancers and lost moon rocks. An eclectic collection, SUN that's the best of this week's 4 O'Clock Show. SUN SUN 17:00 Michelle Magorian - Back Home b010x9qg (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives b008czt5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Nevil Shute - On the Beach b0120ykk (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN In the aftermath of a nuclear war, a deadly radioactive SUN cloud is moving slowly towards Australia. Stars Claudia SUN Harrison. SUN SUN 19:00 It's a Funny Business b02yp00h (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 Miles Jupp - By Jove Carruthers! b00k8lg1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Floggit's b00d06hc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry b011f3pf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b02yngr1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Fay Weldon Stories b007k04g (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting SUN b007js92 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 As Told to Craig Brown b00b7qs7 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social SUN observation and nonsense. SUN Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright, with John SUN Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Ewan SUN Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b036l9sz (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 Benny Boot. SUN SUN 23:00 Goodness Gracious Me b008x8fx (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 1 SUN The hungry comedy team go for an English. Gold Winner of the SUN Sony Radio Academy Awards. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar. From July SUN 1996. SUN SUN 23:30 Rudy's Rare Records b00nfqzj (Listen) SUN Series 2, Daddy Cool SUN Sitcom by Danny Robins, set in the finest, feistiest, SUN family-run record shop in Birmingham. SUN When his teenage son won't be seen in public with him, Adam SUN is determined to prove that he's got what it takes to be SUN cool. And his elderly dad, Rudy, is on hand to give some SUN unexpected advice. SUN Adam ...... Lenny Henry SUN Rudy ...... Larrington Walker SUN Richie ...... Joe Jacobs SUN Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey SUN Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon SUN Doreen ...... Claire Benedict SUN DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke SUN Tunde ...... Femi Elufowoju SUN Rapper ...... Doc Brown. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 24 JUNE 2013 MON MON 00:00 Nevil Shute - On the Beach b0120ykk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b02yngr1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Fay Weldon Stories b007k04g (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 It's a Funny Business b02yp00h (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Miles Jupp - By Jove Carruthers! b00k8lg1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Floggit's b00d06hc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Morse b007k4jl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Michelle Magorian - Back Home b010x9qg (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Louisa May Alcott - Good Wives b008czt5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1vw (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is at a party as a clergyman MON dies sipping a cocktail. Agatha Christie whodunit with John MON Moffatt. MON MON 06:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rm4xk (Listen) MON La Mortella MON Following Peter Galino's tip-off, the suave sleuth and his MON wife Steve look for clues in a London club. Stars Peter MON Coke. From April 1954. MON MON 07:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet b00dyydg (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 4 MON Dan and Lucy have the other-people's-baby blues. Could a MON night of poker help? Stars David Tennant and Elizabeth MON Carling. From June 2001. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b02x66zz (Listen) MON Series 66, Episode 5 MON Nicholas Parsons hosts without hesitation, repetition or MON deviation with panellists; Tony Hawks, Roy Walker, Fred MON MacAulay and Gyles Brandreth. This edition comes from the MON City of Culture Derry, Londonderry. MON Producer: Katie Tyrrell. MON MON 08:00 Round The Horne b00l2mcd (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 12 MON A deadly doctor returns, and celebrity wannabe Kenneth Horne MON gets some bona advice. With Kenneth Williams and Bill MON Pertwee. From May 1966. MON MON 08:30 Brothers in Law b007k1xl (Listen) MON Polite Notice MON Parking his car lands bungling barrister Roger in a jam. MON Stars Richard Briers and David Jason. From August 1971. MON MON 09:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00x97hy (Listen) MON Series 6, Gone Fishing MON On a fishing trip to Spiggy Lakes with long suffering MON friends, Sally, Geoffrey and Wilf, things start to go awry MON for Arthur after he 'finds' a rowing boat. MON He thinks may give him the edge in their £5.10 per head MON sweepstake based on who will catch the most fish, and sets MON out into the lake unaccompanied. MON Cast: MON Steve Delaney MON Alastair Kerr MON Dave Mounfield MON Mel Giedroyc MON Producers: Richard Daws, Mark Radcliffe & John Leonard MON A Komedia Entertainment & Smooth Operations production for MON BBC Radio 4. MON MON 09:30 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00rxf3w (Listen) MON Lobster Thermidor MON Sarah's first experience of internet dating has gone MON horribly wrong, but undeterred she continues to use the MON site, and receives a proposal from a high court judge to go MON out and eat lobster thermidor with him. Meanwhile her MON ex-schoolfriend, Tania, is treating her less like a friend MON and more like some sort of hired servant; she is instructed MON to look after a consignment of pedigree cats that Tania MON proposes to sell at a huge profit. Some relief comes in the MON form of an unexpected visit from her two self-centred but MON irrepressible nieces Lucy and Ellie. The second episode of a MON comedy drama by Charlotte Cory starring Henry Goodman and MON Lia Williams. MON Cast: MON Sarah ... Lia Williams MON Malcolm - and all Sarah's internet dates ... Henry Goodman MON Mother ... Miriam Margolyes MON Tania ... Frances Barber MON Lucy ... Eleanor Butters MON Ellie ... Hayley Roberts MON Susie ... Elyse Blemmings MON Sound Design: Lucinda Mason Brown MON Original Music: David Chilton MON Director: Gordon House MON A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g2glr (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Young orphan Pip's life is changed forever when he is MON surprised by an escaped convict. Stars Maggie Steed and MON Douglas Hodge. MON MON 11:00 Come Away, Come Away! b00s6t4p (Listen) MON Daredevil MON A reckless challenge leads to a dark discovery in a tale of MON nature and brotherhood. MON James Bryce reads 'Daredevil' by Michael Morpurgo. MON Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. MON To mark 150 years since author J M Barrie was born, birth, MON three leading writers for young people contribute stories MON inspired by a chapter title from 'Peter Pan'. The authors MON have been set the task of exploring the joys and the terrors MON of childhood without sentimentality, much as Barrie did in MON his original text. MON Award-winning author and former Children's Laureate Michael MON Morpurgo has written over 100 books including 'The Wreck of MON the Zanzibar' and 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. The stage production MON of his 2007 novel, 'War Horse' has just transferred to the MON West End after an award-winning run at the National Theatre. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b02xyl3x (Listen) MON Grayson Perry, Simon Russell Beale, Ruth Goodman, Jen MON Brister, Scottee, Tom Odell, JP Cooper MON Clive enjoys A Dance to the Music of Time with award-winning MON actor Simon Russell Beale, currently starring in Harold MON Pinter's 'The Hothouse'. It's Christmas Day in a state-run MON mental institution where inmates are subjected to a tirade MON of mindless cruelty. A maniacal leader breeds a contagion of MON hierarchical savagery amongst his staff, who thrive on a MON noxious diet of delusion and deceit. It's at London's MON Trafalgar Studios until Saturday 3rd August. MON We step back in time with Ruth Goodman, whose new book 'How MON To Be A Victorian' gets under the skin of 19th century life. MON How did it feel to drink beer for breakfast and clean your MON teeth with cuttlefish? Ruth charts the gritty details, the MON small necessities and tricks of living. MON Scottee also turns back time with stand-up comedian Jen MON Brister, who learnt from Radio 4's Woman's Hour that before MON you can look into the future you must go back into the past. MON The result is 'Jen Brister: Now & Then' - a hilarious series MON of anecdotes, from her childhood to the present. It's at MON Soho Theatre, Upstairs on Saturday 22nd June at 19.15. MON Clive enjoys life's rich tapestry with Turner Prize-winning MON artist Grayson Perry, whose latest work explores his MON fascination with taste and the visual story it tells of our MON interior lives, in a series of tapestries. Grayson goes on a MON safari amongst the taste tribes of Britain, literally MON weaving the characters he meets into a narrative. Grayson MON Perry's 'The Vanity of Small Differences' is on display in MON Sunderland Museum from Friday 28th June to Sunday 29th MON September. MON With a musical love-in from rising star Tom Odell, who MON performs 'Another Love' from his album 'Long Way Down'. MON And from soulful singer-songwriter JP Cooper, who performs MON 'Oh The Water' from 'EP3' MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON MON 12:00 Round The Horne b00l2mcd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Brothers in Law b007k1xl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1vw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rm4xk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch b008wf96 (Listen) MON A Bad Bet MON Fred Vincy struggles with his debts, and Dorothea finds her MON marriage under strain. Stars Robert Glenister and Caroline MON Martin. MON MON 14:15 Life at 24 Frames a Second b00xw155 (Listen) MON Happy Endings MON Critic and writer David Thomson goes in search of happiness MON on the big screen in his personal history of cinema. MON Episode 8: Happy Endings. MON Escaping into the world of flickering dreams, finding MON happiness over the rainbow, and realizing that everything is MON going to be all right in the end is one of cinema's most MON powerful allures. But is the chase more appealing than the MON pay off? MON Producer: Mark Burman. MON MON 14:30 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007k05g (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON The start of an eventful cubhood in the Devon countryside, MON as seen through the young otter's eyes. Read by Nicholas MON Farrell. MON MON 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010n1c8 (Listen) MON Childhood MON Adam Nicolson's story of the popular British garden, started MON in 1932 by grandparents Vita Sackville-West and Harold MON Nicolson. MON MON 15:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g2glr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02yzzzf (Listen) MON Mel Giedroyc explores the history of tennis in British MON society and visits the nerve centre of Wimbledon - the MON computer room. Plus, just why is the sky blue? MON MON 17:00 Flying the Flag b009r202 (Listen) MON Series 2, The Bread and Butter MON A mystery body strains the Republic's spirit of glasnost at MON the British Embassy. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From March 1988. MON MON 17:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet b00dyydg (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4lg (Listen) MON The Seeds of Creation MON Can a corporation's new plant strain mutation bring relief MON to famine-stricken countries? Stars Paul Copley and Rosalind MON Adams. MON MON 18:30 MR James: Ghost Stories b007jtcn (Listen) MON Canon Alberic's Scrapbook MON A collector of antiquities finds a priceless ancient book. MON But something evil lies within its pages. Read by Benjamin MON Whitrow. MON MON 18:45 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones b012ylq3 (Listen) MON Allergy MON Caledonian creepiness, as Scottish writer Elspeth Davie MON spins a strange yarn of ovulatory revenge. Read by Edith MON Macarthur. MON MON 19:00 Round The Horne b00l2mcd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Brothers in Law b007k1xl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1vw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rm4xk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Come Away, Come Away! b00s6t4p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b02xyl3x (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b02x66zz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00x97hy (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b02x9f5h (Listen) MON Series 40, Episode 6 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Jon Holmes, Laura MON Shavin, Marcus Brigstocke and Pippa Evans for a comic MON scramble through the week's news. Producer: Colin Anderson. MON MON 23:30 And Now In Colour b007jvy6 (Listen) MON Series 2, The Grand Tour MON The sketch team take their audience on a luxury London MON excursion. Stars Tim Firth and Michael Rutger. From February MON 1991. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 25 JUNE 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4lg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 MR James: Ghost Stories b007jtcn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones b012ylq3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1vw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rm4xk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00x97hy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00rxf3w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g2glr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Come Away, Come Away! b00s6t4p (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b02xyl3x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Flying the Flag b009r202 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet b00dyydg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1x7 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Hercule Poirot is now on the riviera in Monte Carlo, but TUE death appears to be following him. Agatha Christie thriller TUE stars John Moffatt and George Cole. TUE TUE 06:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rmxpm (Listen) TUE That Good Old Intuition TUE With Lynn Ferguson missing, the suave sleuth heads off to TUE meet club owner Louis Fabian. Stars Peter Coke and Lester TUE Mudditt. From April 1954. TUE TUE 07:00 The Million Pound Radio Show b007k3p9 (Listen) TUE Series 4, Episode 5 TUE The secret of Stonehenge, and the day truth broke out. Andy TUE Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour, with Felicity TUE Montagu. From April 1989. TUE TUE 07:30 The Castle b01j8gyl (Listen) TUE Series 4, Highlights and Twilights 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 Ingrid Oliver (Watson and Oliver) TUE The village of Woodstock receives two mysterious visitors - TUE one deathly pale and one deathly orange. Meanwhile, Lady TUE Anne meets the love that dare not speak its name and Sir TUE John meets the love that can speak its name but can't TUE pronounce it properly. 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 Amy De Childs: Jess Robinson TUE Director: David Tyler TUE Producer: David Tyler TUE Writer: Kim Fuller TUE Writer: Paul Alexander TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007jlcp (Listen) TUE The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea TUE Constable Neddie Seagoon sets out to apprehend Minnie and TUE Henry's Sussex assailant. Stars Spike Milligan. From October TUE 1954. TUE TUE 08:30 Jim the Great b02zbzxb (Listen) TUE Series 2, Joust in Time TUE To settle a debt, the moustachioed monarch challenges a TUE bloodthirsty Viking to a duel. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From TUE September 1979. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b02x9f5h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00grsdt (Listen) TUE Episode 6 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 tackles his lack of success with women with the help of TUE Ed, an American love guru. TUE Will ...... Will Smith TUE Peter ...... Roger Allam TUE Ed ...... Simon Greenall TUE Girlfriend ...... Jill Cardo TUE First date ...... Janice Acquah TUE Second date ...... Donnla Hughes TUE Third date ...... Dan Starkey TUE Waiter ...... Roger Drew. TUE TUE 10:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g2cn4 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE As Pip grows older, his prospects slowly improve. But TUE Estella remains proud. Maggie Steed and Douglas Hodge star TUE in Dickens' dark tale. TUE TUE 11:00 Come Away, Come Away! b00s6t4r (Listen) TUE The Beautiful Freedom Cage TUE Alam travels from his desolate mountain community to the TUE glittering promise of Europe, where he hopes to learn the TUE true meaning of freedom. TUE Laura Smales reads 'The Beautiful Freedom Cage' by Julie TUE Bertagna. TUE Produced by Eilidh McCreadie. TUE To mark 150 years since author J M Barrie's birth, three TUE leading writers for young people contribute stories inspired TUE by a chapter title from 'Peter Pan'. The authors have been TUE set the task of exploring the joys and the terrors of TUE childhood without sentimentality, much as Barrie did in his TUE original text. TUE Julie Bertagna writes for children and young adults and will TUE shortly publish the final part of her acclaimed Savage Earth TUE saga, 'Aurora'. She has been shortlisted for the Whitbread TUE Children's Book award and the Blue Peter Book Awards. TUE TUE 11:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k1w4 (Listen) TUE A Scandal in Bohemia TUE Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective traces a TUE compromising photo, but meets his match in Irene Adler. TUE Stars Clive Merrison. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007jlcp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Jim the Great b02zbzxb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1x7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rmxpm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch b008wmnk (Listen) TUE Waiting for Death TUE Dr Lydgate attends the poorly Reverend Casaubon, and Fred's TUE debts trouble the Garth family. Stars Ron Cook and William TUE Gaunt. TUE TUE 14:15 Life at 24 Frames a Second b00xw272 (Listen) TUE The Last Flight TUE Critic and writer David Thomson nears the end of his journey TUE through the power of cinema. Episode 9: The Last Flight. TUE Flight begins almost at the same moment as the motion TUE picture camera cranks into life and many of its early TUE directors had themselves taken to the air to experience the TUE tumult of the clouds. Flying on film, the camera swooping TUE through space, promise escape. It is close to a dream. The TUE dream of total immersion as we enter the screen and lose TUE ourselves, perhaps forever. TUE Producer: Mark Burman. TUE TUE 14:30 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007k06r (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE The young cub becomes confused when his mother abandons him, TUE but a new friend awaits. Read by Nicholas Farrell. TUE TUE 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010n4n3 (Listen) TUE Family TUE Adam Nicolson recalls life at the famous Kent garden. His TUE mother leaves the family home, and tourism takes over from TUE farming. TUE TUE 15:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g2cn4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02zc14c (Listen) TUE Author Terry Pratchett talks about his early writing career, TUE plus Mel finds out how the tennis scoring system came about, TUE and explores the history of The Diary of Anne Frank. TUE TUE 17:00 For Better or for Worse b00tp6h4 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 6 TUE When her mother inherits money, can Iris and fiance Bernard TUE stop her from being swindled? Stars Gorden Kaye and Su TUE Pollard. From January 1995. TUE TUE 17:30 The Million Pound Radio Show b007k3p9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4mr (Listen) TUE The Devil's Harvest TUE As fires erupt, why is Ralph Exon's new plant strain TUE mutation growing so rapidly? Stars Paul Copley and TP TUE McKenna. TUE TUE 18:30 MR James: Ghost Stories b007jtfj (Listen) TUE Lost Hearts TUE A young orphan is given a home by his elderly cousin. But TUE how hospitable is the old man? Read by Benjamin Whitrow. TUE TUE 18:45 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones b012ylrg (Listen) TUE The Swans TUE Staff in a paint shop start seeing mortality in a row of TUE houses. It has a melancholy effect on sales. Read by Edith TUE MacArthur. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007jlcp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Jim the Great b02zbzxb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1x7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rmxpm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Come Away, Come Away! b00s6t4r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k1w4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 The Castle b01j8gyl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Father Figure b01bl4fb (Listen) TUE People Carrying TUE New family sitcom written by and starring Irish comedian TUE Jason Byrne. Tom Whyte and his family are on their way to a TUE wedding. It's all going well until they hit a traffic jam. TUE Before long traffic laws are being broken; the rescue TUE services are on their way and there's a few surprises TUE waiting for them in the lay-by. TUE Tom Whyte.... Jason Byrne TUE Elaine Whyte.... Lucy Montgomery TUE Dylan Whyte .... Dominic Applewhite TUE Mary Whyte.... Pauline McLynn TUE Pat Whyte.... Dermot Crowley TUE Roddy.... Michael Smiley TUE Producer.... Julia McKenzie. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02zc2vy (Listen) TUE For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the TUE best laughs around. Plus, Peacock and Gamble speak to Matt TUE Lucas. TUE TUE 23:00 Fags, Mags and Bags b00r7kys (Listen) TUE Series 3, Bacon Punctuation TUE The hit Radio 4 series 'Fags, Mags & Bags' returns to the TUE airwaves of Radio 4 with more shop based shenanigans and TUE over the counter philosophy, courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and TUE his trusty sidekick Dave. TUE Written by and starring Donald Mcleary and Sanjeev Kohli - TUE 'Fags, Mags & Bags' has proved a hit with the Radio 4 TUE audience with the show also collecting a Sony nomination and TUE a Writers' Guild award in 2008. This series features guest TUE appearances from Sylvester McCoy (7th Doctor Who) and Ron TUE Donachie (Titanic). TUE In this episode the future of the shop's much loved Wall of TUE Crisps comes under threat after someone from the EU visits TUE the shop. The wall is contravening European Crisp TUE regulations by stocking corn and maize based snacks TUE alongside potato based 'crisps' and has to be dismantled TUE which causes outrage amongst the Lenzidens. TUE Cast: TUE Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kohli TUE Dave ...... Donald Mcleary TUE Sanjay ...... Omar Raza TUE Alok ...... Susheel Kumar TUE Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly TUE Ted ...... Gavin Mitchell TUE Mutton Jeff ...... Sean Scanlan TUE Jeff Etc ...... Steven McNicoll TUE Hilly ...... Kate Brailsford TUE Mr Hepworth ...... Tom Urie TUE Producer: Gus Beattie TUE A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:30 Self Storage b01gykv4 (Listen) TUE Jobhunting TUE Dave is still separated. Can he get his life back on track TUE by getting a job? Stars Reece Shearsmith. From October 2007. TUE TUE 23:45 Guy Browning's Small Talk b0076mv2 (Listen) TUE Series 2, How to Kiss TUE The writer enumerates the many and varied methods of TUE engendering facial contact, and where it might lead. From TUE August 2004. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE 2013 WED WED 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4mr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 MR James: Ghost Stories b007jtfj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones b012ylrg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1x7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rmxpm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 The Now Show b02x9f5h (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00grsdt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g2cn4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Come Away, Come Away! b00s6t4r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k1w4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 For Better or for Worse b00tp6h4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Million Pound Radio Show b007k3p9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1yj (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Hercule Poirot re-enters the mystery deaths investigation, WED to the relief of all involved. Agatha Christie thriller WED stars John Moffatt and George Cole. WED WED 06:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rq27n (Listen) WED A Warning from Miss Wayne WED Lynn Ferguson recounts her ordeal, while the suave sleuth WED gets some drunken advice. Stars Peter Coke and Marjorie WED Westbury. From May 1954. WED WED 07:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi b007k1vv (Listen) WED Series 2, The Bar Mitzvah WED Three rabbis at one party sparks a recipe for disaster. WED Stars Tracy-Ann Oberman and David De Keyser. From September WED 2000. WED WED 07:30 Shedtown b01dhj1q (Listen) WED Series 1, Storm WED A layer-cake of disaster threatens the creosoted community. WED And where's Colin? 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 Deborah Dearden ...... Emma Fryer WED William ....... Adrian Manfredi WED Carly ...... Jessica Knappett WED Father Michael ...... James Quinn WED Wes ......Warren Brown WED Petshop Owner ...... Caron May WED Narrator...Maxine Peake WED Music......Paul Heaton WED Written and created by Tony Pitts WED Directed by Jim Poyser WED Producer: Sally Harrison WED A Woolyback Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00t1bnk (Listen) WED Hancock's Hair WED Paranoid over going bald, the lad pays a visit to Maison WED James. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. From January 1956. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00df6ls (Listen) WED Series 6, Episode 6 WED The great Sir Ruddy Shame, and the Ghost of McMuckle Manse. WED Songs and sketches with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From May WED 1968. WED WED 09:00 Winston in Love b007jnbk (Listen) WED Happy Days in Cawnpore WED Everyone is in love except William, but is Nancy's ministry WED man her best choice? Stars Maurice Denham. From January WED 1991. WED WED 09:30 In the Chair b007jq8n (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED Hack George Cragge unmasks the killer, and the BBC gets a WED new chief. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. From July WED 1998. WED WED 10:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g3795 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Pip leaves his old life and heads to London for a reunion WED with an old chum. John Shrapnel and Douglas Hodge star in WED Dickens' dark tale. WED WED 11:00 Defining Moments b01930jj (Listen) WED Series 2, The Lost Weekend WED By Hugo Kelly. A single woman gets away for a weekend. Read WED by Katherine Parkinson. WED WED 11:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k1xh (Listen) WED The Red-Headed League WED The detective investigates why a pawnbroker is paid four WED sovereigns a week to copy out an encyclopaedia. Stars Clive WED Merrison. WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00t1bnk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00df6ls (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1yj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rq27n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch b008wzxz (Listen) WED The Will WED Fred has hopes for an inheritance, and busy Dr Lydgate has WED problems of his own. Stars Caroline Martin and Tom WED Goodman-Hill. WED WED 14:15 Life at 24 Frames a Second b00xw5mw (Listen) WED Fade to Black WED For the past two weeks the film critic and writer David WED Thomson has taken his own highly idiosyncratic journey WED through the power and magic of cinema. But now he considers WED whether, under the relentless spread of visual media, and in WED the age of instant delivery, the dream palaces are places to WED dream anymore. Episode 10: Fade to Black. WED Producer: Mark Burman. WED WED 14:30 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007jvc4 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED As the winter storms arrive in Devon, fish are increasingly WED hard to find through the ice. Read by Nicholas Farrell. WED WED 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nn2r (Listen) WED Dealing With the Trust WED Reading his account of the famous Kent garden, Adam Nicolson WED wants to create an organic farm, but others aren't so sure. WED WED 15:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g3795 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02zc9fj (Listen) WED It's all about accents today - just why do some people sound WED different to others? Michael Rosen investigates. Plus, Sir WED Terry Pratchett tells us how he created the Discworld. WED WED 17:00 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of WED William Shakespeare b007k2q6 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED The Royal Dingle Company invites Brian Cox to run a Bard's WED tragedy masterclass. Stars Patrick Barlow. From September WED 1995. WED WED 17:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi b007k1vv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4ny (Listen) WED The Wings of Azreal WED Inventor Ralph Exon's colleague Max Flinders speculates on WED the plant strain's potency. Stars TP McKenna and Clifford WED Rose. WED WED 18:30 MR James: Ghost Stories b007k1gn (Listen) WED A School Story WED A man recalls spooky events from 1870 involving his old WED teacher. What is 'the well among the yews'? Read by Benjamin WED Whitrow. WED WED 18:45 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones b012ymgs (Listen) WED A Field in Space WED An affecting story of 'the fields of the sky', and one WED expert whose speciality stuns a whole meeting. Read by WED Crawford Logan. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00t1bnk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00df6ls (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1yj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rq27n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Defining Moments b01930jj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k1xh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Shedtown b01dhj1q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Chris Addison's Civilization b00f68lx (Listen) WED A Sense of Identity WED The thinking idiot's anthropologist explains how mankind WED makes society function. With Dan Tetsell. From April 2006. WED WED 23:00 Revolting People b00fnrmh (Listen) WED Series 2, And Yet Even More Trying Times WED Samuel's aunt leaves him a fortune, subject to her final WED wish. 1770 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From February WED 2001. WED WED 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom b007qs2d (Listen) WED Series 1, Mobiles WED The comedian looks at the everyday irritations of using WED portable telephones. With Sarah Kennedy. From September WED 2003. WED WED 23:45 Fabulous b00j2516 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 5 WED Things are looking up for Faye, with invites to management WED drinks and her boss's wedding. Stars Daisy Haggard. From WED June 2007. WED WED THU THURSDAY 27 JUNE 2013 THU THU 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007k4ny (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 MR James: Ghost Stories b007k1gn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones b012ymgs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1yj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rq27n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Winston in Love b007jnbk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 In the Chair b007jq8n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g3795 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Defining Moments b01930jj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k1xh (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 b007k2q6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi b007k1vv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1zt (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU As the murder suspects are investigated, Belgian sleuth THU Hercule Poirot issues an invitation. Agatha Christie THU thriller stars John Moffatt and George Cole. THU THU 06:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rqjm4 (Listen) THU The Note THU The inspector shares his murder theory with the suave THU sleuth, and Steve gets a shock. Stars Peter Coke. From May THU 1954. THU THU 07:00 The Older Woman b02zfp46 (Listen) THU Episode 6 THU A letter and phone calls lift the lid on Jane's chaotic love THU life. Stars Zoe Wanamaker, Martin Clunes and Toyah Willcox. THU From February 1993. THU THU 07:30 Heresy b02x98fp (Listen) THU Series 9, Episode 6 THU Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show THU which dares to commit heresy. THU Her guests this week are comedians Katy Brand and David THU Baddiel and television presenter Richard Osman. THU Producers: Victoria Coren Mitchell and Daisy Knight THU An Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jscw (Listen) THU Series 1, Operation Kilt THU The platoon are challenged to capture the Highland Unit's THU headquarters. Adapted from TV, with Arthur Lowe. From March THU 1974. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b01cj179 (Listen) THU From 23/04/1958 THU The perils of worker relations, and Ron Glum needs a new THU suit. Stars Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield. From April THU 1958. THU THU 09:00 Potting On b00l1pkk (Listen) THU Curse of the Pharaoh THU Computer games or a dog? Pam and Gordon run a garden centre, THU but argue over growing old. With Pam Ayres and Geoffrey THU Whitehead. THU THU 09:30 The Personality Test b00mrc84 (Listen) THU Series 2, Adam Hart-Davis THU Scientist Adam Hart-Davis quizzes a panel about himself. THU With Sue Perkins, Lucy Porter and Will Smith. From December THU 2006. THU THU 10:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g3g1h (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Herbert knows that Pip cannot get over Estella, but she THU remains distant. Amanda Redman and Douglas Hodge star in THU Dickens' dark tale. THU THU 11:00 Defining Moments b01930jz (Listen) THU Series 2, The Westlink Upgrade THU By Colin Carberry. Short stories by Irish writers. A young THU couple begin to realise they have fallen in love. Read by THU Ciaran McMenamin. THU THU 11:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k1ys (Listen) THU A Case of Identity THU The detective agrees to help locate a missing husband, but THU can he do so without leaving 221B Baker Street? Stars Clive THU Merrison. THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jscw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b01cj179 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1zt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rqjm4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch b008x3lw (Listen) THU Private and Public THU Mr Brooke gets a lesson in reform politics, and Dorothea THU shares the secrets of her soul with Ladislaw. Stars Caroline THU Martin. THU THU 14:15 Book of the Week b00nxd1x (Listen) THU David Kynaston - Family Britain, All Madly Educative THU Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate THU history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, THU diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people. THU The Festival of Britain heralds the beginning of the end of THU austerity. THU Abridged by Jane Greenwood. THU A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:30 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007jvcb (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Spring arrives in the Devon countryside, with the smell of THU man and the cry of a she-otter. Read by Nicholas Farrell. THU THU 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nrtr (Listen) THU Setbacks and Struggles THU In his account of the famous Kent garden, Adam Nicolson THU faces opposition to his plan to return to productive THU farming. THU THU 15:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g3g1h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02zj234 (Listen) THU Mel Giedroyc hears from the scientists who are printing - THU yes, printing - a new house in Amsterdam, and finds out why THU being ambidextrous might help you win at tennis. THU THU 17:00 Ballylenon b007jvg9 (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 1 THU It's time for the Tidy Village Competition, but the THU inevitable factions emerge. Events move on to 1955. Stars TP THU McKenna. THU THU 17:30 The Older Woman b02zfp46 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007jpbg (Listen) THU Birdstrike THU Having already sparked a plane crash, the deadly Exon plant THU strain's advance continues. Stars TP McKenna and Paul THU Copley. THU THU 18:30 MR James: Ghost Stories b007k1hw (Listen) THU The Haunted Dolls' House THU Why are the Chittendens so pleased to be rid of their rather THU splendid miniature mansion? Read by Benjamin Whitrow. THU THU 18:45 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones b012ysn7 (Listen) THU A Collection of Bones THU A troubling tale of a man with an obsessive hobby, and what THU happens when it suddenly comes to an end. Read by Crawford THU Logan. THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jscw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b01cj179 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1zt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rqjm4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Defining Moments b01930jz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k1ys (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Heresy b02x98fp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 The Shuttleworths b00sjqtq (Listen) THU Series 5, Wishee Washee Day THU John suggests to his neighbour Ken Worthington that he take THU his wet washing off the line because rain is forecast, but THU when Ken decides not to heed this warning John, with advice THU from wife Mary, takes matters into his own hands with THU disastrous consequences. THU The Shuttleworths is written and performed by Graham THU Fellows, and the series is produced by Dawn Ellis. THU THU 22:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea b007k1n1 (Listen) THU Series 2, The Poison Pen Letters THU The elderly Scotsmen investigate who's been snitching with THU green ink. Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From March THU 2004. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b02zj23g (Listen) THU For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the THU best laughs around. Plus more from Peacock and Gamble's chat THU with Matt Lucas. THU THU 23:00 The Secret World b012rf47 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 5 THU Prince Charles ends up helping his driver move a sideboard. THU Jon Culshaw explores famous folk's private lives. From July THU 2010. THU THU 23:30 The Big Booth b007jrvv (Listen) THU Series 2: The Big Booth Too, Episode 5 THU Boothby Graffoe's script dictatorship is overthrown by the THU Workers' Collective. With Kevin Eldon. From February 2001. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007jpbg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 MR James: Ghost Stories b007k1hw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones b012ysn7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k1zt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rqjm4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Potting On b00l1pkk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 The Personality Test b00mrc84 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g3g1h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Defining Moments b01930jz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k1ys (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 Ballylenon b007jvg9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Older Woman b02zfp46 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k213 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Just as Hercule Poirot looks set is to solve the murder FRI mystery, there's a fresh death. Agatha Christie thriller FRI stars John Moffatt and George Cole. FRI FRI 06:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rs2dd (Listen) FRI The Guilty Party FRI The suave sleuth sets up a cocktail party, aiming to solve FRI the case once and for all. Stars Peter Coke and Marjorie FRI Westbury. From May 1954. FRI FRI 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four b0148r4n (Listen) FRI Progress Is Power FRI Edward's knack for blunt honesty gets him noticed in a bad FRI way. Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay. From April FRI 1985. FRI FRI 07:30 Down the Line b02yjbx2 (Listen) FRI Olympic Legacy Special FRI Radio 4's flagship (actually, more of an aircraft carrier) FRI phone-in programme returns for a one off special looking FRI back at last year's very special summer of sport, stove pipe FRI hats and bouncing nurses. FRI Now that a year has passed, award winning talk show host FRI Gary Bellamy will be asking the nation, "What is the legacy FRI of the Olympics? Have we all taken up running, jumping, FRI swimming, cycling, dressage and modern pentathlon? Are we FRI all enthused by Mo Farah with his signature 'Bop' and Paul FRI McCartney singing out of tune?" FRI Starring Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy. FRI With Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Lucy FRI Montgomery, Felix Dexter and special guests as the great FRI British public. FRI Producers: Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson FRI A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 08:00 The Navy Lark b007k2gt (Listen) FRI Series 8, Pertwee and the Tratvian Beer FRI VIPs from the Embassy Lark hitch a ride aboard Troutbridge. FRI Guest stars Derek Francis and Frank Thornton. From November FRI 1966. FRI FRI 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00k3myf (Listen) FRI From 15/04/1984 FRI From his own father to a huge hairy mountain gorilla, it's FRI the ultimate one man show, written by the host. From April FRI 1984. FRI FRI 09:00 Alison and Maud b007k3ds (Listen) FRI Series 2, A Gender Agenda FRI A visit from Bernard's mother raises the landladies' FRI suspicion. Stars Denise Coffey and Joss Ackland. From March FRI 2004. FRI FRI 09:30 Spending My Inheritance b00fjdqd (Listen) FRI The Party FRI Sitcom by Clive Coleman, starring Kris Marshall as FRI cash-strapped forty-something Harry, who has to watch from FRI the sidelines as his newly retired parents start spending FRI their hard-earned cash on themselves. FRI Harry decides to throw his dad a 65th birthday party. FRI Harry ...... Kris Marshall FRI Jo ...... Raquel Cassidy FRI Brian ...... Kenneth Cranham FRI Liz ...... Judy Parfitt FRI Richard ...... Chris Pavlo FRI David ...... Dan Starkey FRI Stuart ...... Malcolm Tierney FRI Directed by Sam Hoyle. FRI FRI 10:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g3x76 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Pip meets his enigmatic patron, and wants to learn more FRI about Estella. Amanda Redman and Douglas Hodge star in FRI Dickens' dark tale. FRI FRI 11:00 Defining Moments b01930kr (Listen) FRI Series 2, Art FRI By Anne Harris. A furtive reunion in Rome forces a woman to FRI scrutinise her lover. Read by Jemma Redgrave. FRI FRI 11:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k202 (Listen) FRI The Boscombe Valley Mystery FRI When a man is murdered, his blood-covered son stands FRI accused. But the detective has his own theory. Stars Clive FRI Merrison. FRI FRI 12:00 The Navy Lark b007k2gt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00k3myf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k213 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rs2dd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch b008x7tl (Listen) FRI Confidences FRI Reverend Casaubon learns the truth about his illness, and a FRI stranger arrives. Stars Caroline Martin and Nicholas FRI Murchie. FRI FRI 14:15 Book of the Week b00p298n (Listen) FRI David Kynaston - Family Britain, Family Favourites FRI Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and intimate FRI history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the letters, FRI diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary people. FRI Deference, respectability, conformity, restraint and trust - FRI the core values of family and society begin to fray at the FRI edges. FRI Abridged by Jane Greenwood. FRI A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:30 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007jvch (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI As the otter basks in the sunshine, a pack of hounds catch FRI his scent, sparking a great chase. Concluded by Nicholas FRI Farrell. FRI FRI 14:45 Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History b010nxrw (Listen) FRI The Way Forward FRI Concluding his recollections, Adam Nicolson must convince FRI his workers to back the garden's return to a working FRI landscape. FRI FRI 15:00 Charles Dickens - Great Expectations b00g3x76 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b02zmggq (Listen) FRI Ignition on, into gear - Mel Giedroyc finds out about the FRI computers behind Formula 1 cars. Plus we mark the FRI anniversary of the world's first emergency telephone number, FRI 999. FRI FRI 17:00 Second Thoughts b00l1tt4 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Occupational Hazard FRI Will Bill and Faith get to go on a proper holiday together? FRI With Lynda Bellingham, James Bolam and Belinda Lang. From FRI May 1991. FRI FRI 17:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b0148r4n (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 James Follett - The Destruction Factor b007jpbx (Listen) FRI Search and Destroy FRI Despite the national emergency, landowners try to profit FRI from the deadly Exon strain. Stars TP McKenna and Rosalind FRI Adams. FRI FRI 18:30 MR James: Ghost Stories b007k1kh (Listen) FRI Rats FRI Mr Thompson decides to explore the rooms at the inn where he FRI is staying. Perhaps he shouldn't. Read by Benjamin Whitrow. FRI FRI 18:45 Elspeth Davie - A Collection of Bones b012yym2 (Listen) FRI The Eyelash FRI A humourous diversion into an evening meal, ruined by a FRI small matter which prompts a big discussion. Read by Edith FRI MacArthur. FRI FRI 19:00 The Navy Lark b007k2gt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show b00k3myf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Poirot - Three Act Tragedy b007k213 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Paul Temple and the Gilbert Case b00rs2dd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Defining Moments b01930kr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes b007k202 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Down the Line b02yjbx2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Danny Robins Music Therapy b00fl0p7 (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI Danny Robins harnesses the power of music to improve the FRI world and solve listeners' problems. FRI With the help of comedian Isy Suttie, Danny pens a new town FRI anthem for Middlesbrough and helps a pensioner looking for FRI love. FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b036l9xb (Listen) FRI For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the FRI best laughs around. Plus Arthur Smith talks to James Acaster FRI ahead of his run at the Edinburgh Fringe. FRI FRI 23:00 Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack b00w7c95 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 2 FRI Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack is a multi-paced, one woman FRI Fast Show for Radio 4 showcasing the exceptional talent of FRI Lucy Montgomery. Featuring Lucy Montgomery, Philip Pope, FRI Sally Grace, Waen Shepherd and Natalie Walter. FRI In this episode we meet Daisy, the chattering public school FRI girl's, parents and find out why the Mona Lisa has been FRI dumped by the Laughing Cavalier. Plus, a Police Officer who FRI can't find the right words, a street survey that probes too FRI far and Candi Karmel's sister makes an appearance. FRI Written by Lucy Montgomery with additional material by FRI Steven Burge and Dan Tetsell. FRI Music by Philip Pope FRI Producer by Katie Tyrrell. FRI FRI 23:30 Continuity b00tgf1c (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI Alistair McGowan stars in this subversive sitcom about a FRI continuity announcer, brooding on the escalating disasters FRI of his private and professional life at the same time as FRI attempting to give us a preview of the programmes on offer FRI in the coming week on Radio 4. Or what might be Radio 4 in a FRI parallel universe. FRI This week we welcome the return of 'Musical Notebook', cast FRI our minds back to the controversial career of that terror of FRI the music halls, the irrepressible comic Lennie Bloom, and FRI we discuss the revamp of Desert Island Discs. It's all good. FRI Written by Hugh Rycroft. Also starring Lewis Macleod, Sally FRI Grace, Charlotte Page and David Holt. FRI Producers: David Spicer and Frank Stirling FRI A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 23:45 Strangers on Trains b00d75p2 (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI Series of character comedies by Nat Segnit and Stewart FRI Wright, in which Nat talks to people sitting alone on FRI trains. He asks strangers about their faiths and beliefs. FRI