04 October, 2013

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 05/10/2013 - 11/10/2013

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SAT SATURDAY 05 OCTOBER 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Earthsearch b00cfzsp (Listen) SAT Earthsearch I, Earthfall SAT Earthfall: The crew locate an Earth-like planet, but the SAT Angels are not beaten yet. Stars Sean Arnold, Sonia Fraser SAT and Gordon Reid. SAT SAT 00:30 A Night With a Vampire b00w47nx (Listen) SAT Clarimonde SAT As a young man approaches his first moments as a priest his SAT eyes glance to heaven - and sees leaning over the sanctuary SAT railing - a young woman of extraordinary beauty. And so SAT begins a sensational struggle for his soul...... SAT Written by Theophile Gautier. SAT Read by David Tennant. SAT Producer: Clive Brill SAT A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:45 Chain Gang b007rf19 (Listen) SAT Series 3 - Paper, Scissors, Stone, Omnibus, part 3 SAT Our whole 2009 listener-led Chain Gang story, with all its SAT twists and turns. An extraordinary tale, told by its SAT listeners. SAT SAT 01:00 Wimsey - Unnatural Death b007jvm7 (Listen) SAT Vera Findlater SAT Smooth sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey's murder trail leads him to SAT a shocking seaside discovery. Dorothy L Sayers mystery with SAT Ian Carmichael. SAT SAT 01:30 Geoffrey Household - Rogue Justice b00h9t28 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Fuelled by unremitting vengeance, the English hero's SAT personal war with the Third Reich comes to an end. Read by SAT Michael Jayston. SAT SAT 02:00 The Sit Crom b00m5qlg (Listen) SAT A Draught of Malmesy SAT The household needs a new steward, and Lady Anne is SAT desperate for a drink. Civil War comedy with Joss Ackland. SAT From October 1990. SAT SAT 02:30 The Arts and How They Was Done b00776tk (Listen) SAT The Taj Mahal and How It Was Done SAT The National Theatre of Brent recreates 17th-century India's SAT greatest love story. Stars Patrick Barlow. From April 2007. SAT SAT 03:00 Stephen Fagan - The Intersection b01fhjrq (Listen) SAT A chance meeting at work means an awkward family reunion for SAT a young man and his absentee father. Starring John le SAT Mesurier. SAT SAT 04:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Swan Moving b01pjrry (Listen) SAT The arrival of a winged visitor ruffles feathers, in a SAT village where community pride has been forgotten. Read by SAT Fiona Walker. SAT SAT 04:15 Catherine Czerkawska - The Curiosity Cabinet SAT b03bshl7 (Listen) SAT The Swan on the Lake SAT When Henrietta's fate in 17th-century Garve looks set for a SAT happier ending, Sophie and Ben's holiday must come to an SAT end. Stars Grace Glover. SAT SAT 05:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere b007js6w (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 2 SAT William pledges to protect his sister from the philandering SAT Lord Byro. Lakeland poets parody with Tim Curry. From March SAT 1985. SAT SAT 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Eight b01dbfn3 (Listen) SAT Episode 6 SAT Edward and Tabitha finally face their foe - Colonel Brad. SAT Orwellian sitcom with David Threlfall and Hugh Laurie. From SAT May 1987. SAT SAT 06:00 The Final Twist b007jsp8 (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. A world famous actor/manager is about to star SAT in his greatest role. Ken Whitmore and Alfred Bradley's play SAT stars Donald Sinden. SAT SAT 07:30 A Dewey Decimal b00xmljr (Listen) SAT Shaun Wallace investigates Melvil Dewey's book organisation SAT system at his local library, and the likely impact of the SAT internet. SAT SAT 08:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b017701v (Listen) SAT Series 7, Episode 5 SAT From Houston, Texas, the American funny man welcomes the SAT Quebe Sisters Band and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham. From SAT 2010. SAT SAT 09:00 Howerd's Ways - The Radio Times of Frankie Howerd SAT b01gvwzh (Listen) SAT Frankie Howerd's last agent Tessa Le Bar talks to Peter Reed SAT about the comedian's life and radio career. Features Variety SAT Bandbox, The Frankie Howerd Show and Desert Island Discs. SAT SAT 12:00 The Pillow Book b03c2cxt (Listen) SAT Series 6: Time and Change SAT Made for 4 Extra. Robert Forrest's thriller set in 10th SAT century Japan. Lady Shonagon and Lieutenant Yukinari return, SAT but this time not together. SAT SAT 13:10 Chain Gang b03c2f89 (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 1 SAT Made for 4 Extra. A cab journey home. A mistimed proposal. A SAT hidden past. An unexpected turning. Now it's up to our SAT listeners to plot episode 2. SAT SAT 13:15 Dickens Confidential b01kbz4s (Listen) SAT Series 1, High Society SAT At the opening of Parliament, Charles Dickens meets Lady SAT Kames, and his editorial judgement is scrutinised. Stars SAT Jamie Glover. SAT SAT 14:00 Round the Horne b00mrhjp (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 13 SAT Kenneth Horne blows his own trumpet, plus Julian and Sandy's SAT psychic gift of second vada. With Hugh Paddick. From April SAT 1967. SAT SAT 14:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b011301y (Listen) SAT Series 7, Episode 7 SAT Bill Oddie sings the 'Baby Samba' and Professor Prune loses SAT his trousers. With John Cleese. From February 1969. SAT SAT 15:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b017701v (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 The Final Twist b007jsp8 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01d51th (Listen) SAT Series 1, With Guest David O'Doherty SAT In a new brand music comedy series comedian Alex Horne and SAT his 5 piece band give us a latin lesson; ponder the language SAT that unifies us all and guest stand-up David O Doherty takes SAT us for a noisy ride in the quiet carriage. SAT Host .... Alex Horne SAT Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland SAT Saxophone/clarinet .... Mark Brown SAT Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier SAT Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds SAT Piano/keyboard .... Joe Stilgoe SAT Guest performer .... David O'Doherty SAT Producer .... Julia McKenzie. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Alex Horne SAT Performer: David O'Doherty SAT Producer: Julia McKenzie SAT SAT 18:00 Fear on Four b007jwxq (Listen) SAT The Snowman Killing SAT The Man in Black introduces the snowy mystery of a mother SAT fearing evil in her own home. Stars Edward de Souza and SAT Imelda Staunton. SAT SAT 18:30 Algernon Blackwood - The Willows b007jvd9 (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT The canoe is damaged, and the narrator decides the willow SAT trees are against their presence on the island. Read by SAT Roger Allam. SAT SAT 19:00 Howerd's Ways - The Radio Times of Frankie Howerd SAT b01gvwzh (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 4 Extra Stands Up b03c2jc9 (Listen) SAT In Edinburgh SAT A selection of the best stand up comedy recorded at The SAT Stand Comedy Club. Hosted by Jo Caulfield with Benny Boot, SAT Zoe Lyons, Michael Redmond, Hattie Hayridge and others. SAT SAT 23:00 VI Warshawski - Deadlock b007jnk5 (Listen) SAT Down the Hatches SAT There's a burglary and a fresh murder, as the Chicago SAT private eye discovers her cousin knew too much. Stars SAT Kathleen Turner. SAT SAT 23:30 Dashiell Hammett - Nightmare Town b03c2jgn (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Threefall ponders the wrongdoings of desert boomtown Izzard. SAT Can he unravel the town's dark mystery? Read by Stuart SAT Milligan. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 06 OCTOBER 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Fear on Four b007jwxq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Algernon Blackwood - The Willows b007jvd9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b017701v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 The Pillow Book b03c2cxt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:10 Chain Gang b03c2f89 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Dickens Confidential b01kbz4s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 The Final Twist b007jsp8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01d51th (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Ladies of Letters b007jrn5 (Listen) SUN Ladies of Letters.com, Omnibus, part 1 SUN Vera and Irene enter cyberspace and look forward to new SUN family arrivals. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella SUN Scales. SUN SUN 07:15 The Drawings on the Wall b008vl2x (Listen) SUN The Legless Women of Creswell Craggs SUN Archaeologist Dr George Nash explores five of Western SUN Europe's most remarkable rock art sites. SUN His journey begins with extinct animals and strange female SUN forms in Church Hole Cave in Derbyshire. Who created this SUN prehistoric graffiti, and why? SUN Producer: Chris Eldon Lee SUN A Culture Wise production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00j6bdt (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 1 SUN 4 Extra Debut. David Mitchell gets Lucy Porter, Chris SUN Addison, Clive Anderson and Graeme Garden to tell lies with SUN some truths. From March 2009. SUN SUN 08:00 All Gas and Gaiters b007jpfl (Listen) SUN The Bishop Takes a Holiday SUN A clerical outing to a dwindling community parish causes SUN chaos. Adapted from TV, with Jonathan Cecil. From July 1972. SUN SUN 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b013qzgl (Listen) SUN Safe and Unsound SUN The bungling bureaucrats spark fears of a top level security SUN leak. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From April SUN 1973. SUN SUN 09:00 Pamela Brown - Golden Pavements b00tf82d (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Maddy becomes a successful but high-maintenance film star, SUN and Lyn discovers Helen's secret. Stars Ann Bell and Polly SUN Adams. SUN SUN 09:30 Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days SUN b007jtyl (Listen) SUN The Missing Acrobat SUN Passepartout sets off for Japan without his friends. How SUN will Phileas Fogg and Aouda catch up with him? Stars Leslie SUN Phillips. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03c2nzj (Listen) SUN Nobel Prize Winners, Aung San Suu Kyi SUN 4 Extra Debut. The Burmese opposition leader is interviewed SUN by Kirsty Young at her home in Naypyitaw, Burma. From SUN January 2013. SUN SUN 10:45 Anthony Horowitz - Blackfriars Bridge b012s2gc (Listen) SUN A cuckolded husband intends to murder his rival. What could SUN go wrong with his fastidious plan? Anthony Horowitz's SUN thriller, read by Robert Bathurst. SUN SUN 11:00 It's a Funny Business b01102gj (Listen) SUN Roy Castle SUN The Record Breaking entertainer recalls his early years in SUN comedy and the highs and lows of being on stage with Mike SUN Craig. From 1976. SUN SUN 11:30 The Palace of Laughter b007k2zj (Listen) SUN Series 2, Bradford Alhambra SUN Geoffrey Wheeler visits Yorkshire's home of pantomime and a SUN steadfast dance troupe. With Bill Pertwee. SUN SUN 12:00 Ladies of Letters b007jrn5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 The Drawings on the Wall b008vl2x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 James Follett - The Light of a Thousand Suns SUN b007jv75 (Listen) SUN Bizarre coincidences spark a British nuclear submarine's SUN preparations for all-out attack. Stars Manning Wilson and SUN John Rye. SUN SUN 15:00 All Gas and Gaiters b007jpfl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 The Men from the Ministry b013qzgl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b03c2rcm (Listen) SUN Mel's pick of the 4 O'Clock Show, including a trip into the SUN mind of comedian Harry Hill and the weird world of the slow SUN worm. SUN SUN 17:00 Pamela Brown - Golden Pavements b00tf82d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days SUN b007jtyl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Bradbury 13 b013zf1m (Listen) SUN Here There Be Tygers SUN A planet spurned is no friend to man. Ray Bradbury's surreal SUN space tale stars Max Robinson. SUN SUN 18:30 Fantastic Journeys b00hlb0h (Listen) SUN The Faery Handbag SUN By Kelly Link. A distraught young woman loses both her SUN boyfriend and her grandmother to a magical bag. Read by SUN Maggie Blake. SUN SUN 19:00 It's a Funny Business b01102gj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 The Palace of Laughter b007k2zj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 20:00 All Gas and Gaiters b007jpfl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 The Men from the Ministry b013qzgl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03c2nzj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Anthony Horowitz - Blackfriars Bridge b012s2gc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00j6bdt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Scrooby Trevithick b00rfj49 (Listen) SUN Writer SUN Comedy series written by and starring Andy Parsons, SUN following the exploits of hapless Scrooby, a well-meaning SUN but flawed young man who is desperately trying to better SUN himself through his own website where he's left his SUN web-diaries. SUN Scrooby tries to become a writer, having had what he regards SUN as a cracking idea for a best-seller entitled A Short SUN History of Combine Harvesters in Cornish. SUN With Kerry Godliman, Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh SUN Dennis, Russell Kane, Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic SUN Frisby, Paul Thorne, Martin Coyote and Barunka SUN O'Shaughnessy. SUN An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03dv21q (Listen) SUN Every night Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two SUN hours of laughs. Tonight, Arthur Smith is joined by Johnny SUN Vegas. SUN SUN 23:00 Newsjack b03bsl3p (Listen) SUN Series 9, Episode 3 SUN Topical sketch show which anyone can write for. With Justin SUN Edwards. SUN SUN The writers SUN Adrian Gray SUN Alex Buchanan SUN Alice Gregg SUN Ash Williamson SUN Brennan Reece SUN Chaz Robertshaw SUN Danny Garlick SUN Eleanor Green SUN Gabby H-C SUN Gary Abbott SUN Grainne Maguire SUN James Bartley SUN James Brook SUN James Bugg SUN Liam Beirne SUN Marc Jones SUN Mark Wyn Jones SUN Mark Rawle SUN Martin Kilbane SUN Matt Oakley SUN Max Davis SUN Murray James SUN Neevon Khayati-Daryan SUN Nick Vincent SUN Paul Hennell SUN Rob Marshall SUN Sarah Cassidy SUN Simon Paul Miller SUN Steve Blair SUN Steve Holford SUN Tom Little SUN Tom Neenan SUN Vivienne Riddoch SUN SUN 23:30 Hut 33 b00wlldq (Listen) SUN Series 2, Yankee Diddle SUN The Bletchley Park codebreakers' attempt to fleece a wealthy SUN American backfires. Stars Robert Bathurst. From June 2008. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 07 OCTOBER 2013 MON MON 00:00 Bradbury 13 b013zf1m (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Fantastic Journeys b00hlb0h (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03c2nzj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Anthony Horowitz - Blackfriars Bridge b012s2gc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 It's a Funny Business b01102gj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 The Palace of Laughter b007k2zj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 All Gas and Gaiters b007jpfl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 James Follett - The Light of a Thousand Suns MON b007jv75 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Pamela Brown - Golden Pavements b00tf82d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days MON b007jtyl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Wimsey - Unnatural Death b007jvmb (Listen) MON Miss Climpson Investigates MON Suave sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey enlists some help to try and MON solve the puzzling murder probe. Dorothy L Sayers mystery MON with Ian Carmichael. MON MON 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k3y7 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Confined to a hospital bed, Inspector Alan Grant tries to MON solve a historical case. Josephine Tey's mystery read by MON Paul Young. MON MON 07:00 Married b0081fb3 (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 1 MON With his parallel universes collided, Robin is surprised at MON his nice behaviour. Stars Hugh Bonneville. From August 2001. MON MON 07:30 The Museum of Curiosity b03bqchn (Listen) MON Series 6, Watson, Fletcher, Blashford-Snell MON The Museum of Curiosity is the natural meeting place for MON entertaining experts and expert entertainers. This week, MON it's flinging open its doors, inaugurating a brand new wing MON of empty plinths is ready to receive 3 new exhibits. Our MON host is (as ever) the Professor of Ignorance, John Lloyd, MON and for this series he is joined by a new curator, the MON comedian Humphrey Ker. This week's generous donors are MON Egyptologist Prof. Joann Fletcher, who is presenting us with MON a hugely significant Roman coin; explorer Col. John MON Blashford-Snell, who brings a compass that led its owner the MON greatest one-liner in History; and the comedian Mark Watson, MON who is offering us something rather small and personal. MON Credits MON Presenter: John Lloyd MON Presenter: Humphrey Ker MON Interviewed Guest: Joann Fletcher MON Interviewed Guest: John Blashford-Snell MON Interviewed Guest: Mark Watson MON MON 08:00 Round the Horne b00mw69c (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 14 MON Trouble at sea for Kenneth Horne, and Julian and Sandy go MON trolling on a bona fox hunt. With Kenneth Williams and Hugh MON Paddick. From May 1967. MON MON 08:30 Ray's a Laugh b007js54 (Listen) MON Ted's wife Kitty goes to the sales, while George chases a MON film star around Waterloo. Stars Ted Ray and Peter Sellers. MON From January 1950. MON MON 09:00 Cowards b007jf0x (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 6 MON Moustaches and job interviews in the bizarre world of Tom MON Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. From MON May 2007. MON MON 09:30 Beauty of Britain b00n7zd1 (Listen) MON Series 1, Girl With a Polycotton Tabard MON Comedy by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson. Beauty MON Olonga works as a carer for the Featherdown Agency and sees MON herself as an inspiration to other African girls hoping to MON achieve their goals in the land of semi-skimmed milk. MON Beauty wonders why so many British men get stuck in the MON emotional wilderness and find it hard to communicate with MON each other, as she deals with an elderly gentleman and his MON son. Beauty's dreams of becoming a model are given a boost MON when she applies to be the Face of the Social Services. MON Beauty ...... Jocelyn Jee Esien MON Mr Clark ...... Geoffrey Palmer MON Julian ...... Christopher Douglas MON Georgie ...... Emma Fryer MON Sally ...... Felicity Montagu MON Karen ...... Nicola Sanderson MON Mrs Gupte ...... Indira Joshi MON Anil ...... Paul Sharma MON Race Commentator ...... Christopher Douglas MON Music by The West End Gospel Choir. MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b00t67j0 (Listen) MON Henry James - The Wings of the Dove, Episode 1 MON by Henry James MON Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths MON Kate and Merton need money. Milly needs love. How far will MON they go to get what they want? MON Kate Croy is in love with Merton Densher; a poor writer. Her MON rich aunt Maud disapproves. Maud has offered Kate a wealthy MON existence but if Kate chooses to marry Merton she risks MON losing it all. When American Heiress Milly Theale steps into MON her London society, Kate sees a way out. MON Kate.....Lyndsey Marshal MON Merton.....Blake Ritson MON Maud.....Clare Higgins MON Lord Mark.....Toby Jones MON Milly.....Anna Maxwell Martin MON Susie.....Barbara Barnes MON Croy.....Jonathan Keeble MON Marian.....Deborah McAndrew MON Directed by Nadia Molinari. MON MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading b010t6h4 (Listen) MON The Doll: Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier, East Wind MON In East Wind the lives of a young couple are altered MON irrevocably when a group of beguiling strangers are MON shipwrecked off the shores of the Scilly Isles. Excitingly, MON East Wind is one of several recently rediscovered stories by MON Daphne du Maurier, and published in her new anthology, The MON Doll: Short Stories. East Wind was written when she was just MON nineteen, until now it has only ever been published in the MON United States and was found in her 1926 notebooks in the MON archives at Exeter University. Most of the other stories MON included in the collection have never been published or have MON been out of print for decades. Written early on in du MON Maurier's writing career they reveal the dark themes MON explored in the novels that made her name. MON Reader: Anna Madeley MON Abridger: Richard Hamilton MON Producer: Elizabeth Allard. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b03c241f (Listen) MON Joe Moran, Gina Yashere, Lisa Stansfield, Carey Marx, MON Scottee, NYPC MON Clive speaks to comedian Gina Yashere, a former lift MON engineer, she was always going up... Gina made her comedy MON debut at the Edinburgh Festival in 1996 and went on to sell MON out shows around the world, including America, where she has MON been living for the last few years. Gina Yashere: Live! is MON her new show which she is touring nationally. MON Scottee is this week's guest interviewer and in his hot seat MON is Rochdale's finest, Lisa Stansfield. Lisa's career has MON spanned over three decades, and racked up sales of nearly 20 MON million records. After 10 years out of the limelight, Lisa MON returns with her first studio album in 9 years. 'Seven' is MON released on the 21st October and she will be embarking on a MON European tour later in October. In the Loose Ends studio MON Lisa performs 'Conversation' from her forthcoming album. MON Joe Moran is a prof. of Cultural History and his new book MON 'Armchair Nation' reveals the fascinating and sometimes MON surprising history of telly. Joe walks Clive through the MON story of the goggle box from the first demo of TV by John MON Logie Baird (in Selfridges), to the fear and excitement that MON greeted its arrival in households (some viewers worried it MON might control their thoughts), to what JG Ballard thought MON about Big Brother. MON Novelist and broadcaster Carey Marx is the only comic to win MON the New Zealand Comedy Festival Best International Show MON Award twice. Carey joins Clive to chat about how having a MON heart attack inspired his latest stand up show 'Intensive MON Carey' which he debuted at this year's Edinburgh Festival. MON And also performing live in the Loose Ends studio, London MON based alt-pop outfit NYPC with their latest single 'Things MON Like You' released on 21st October. Their eponymously titled MON album is out on the 7th October. MON Producer: Debbie Kilbride. MON MON 12:00 Round the Horne b00mw69c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Ray's a Laugh b007js54 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Wimsey - Unnatural Death b007jvmb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k3y7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Ladies of Letters b007k37q (Listen) MON Ladies of Letters.com, Episode 6 MON The mystery stalker is a headache for both Vera and Irene. MON Just who is he? Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella MON Scales. MON MON 14:15 On the Map b00rlwwy (Listen) MON Maps of the Mind MON 10/10 Maps of the Mind. The most powerful maps aren't found MON on paper or a computer screen. They're the maps we hold in MON our memories and imaginations. Mike Parker visits a primary MON school in his home town to compare the pupils' maps with his MON own, drawn from childhood recollection. And he takes a trip MON to Ambridge, home of the Archers, to meet Eddie Grundy and MON ask him for directions around the village. MON MON 14:30 William Boyd - Restless b016c8y9 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON When Ruth visits her mother, she embarks on a dangerous MON journey into the past. William Boyd's thriller stars Eileen MON Atkins. MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b0135q6c (Listen) MON Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France, Episode 1 MON A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's MON most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who MON is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'. MON Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's MON final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring MON friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost. MON Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, MON Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age MON of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he MON regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with MON depression and by his marriage. MON But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote MON poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. MON The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would MON produce some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth MON century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: MON Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas MON stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and MON those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable MON book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter MON Monday 1917. MON Read by Tobias Menzies MON Abridged by Richard Hamilton MON Produced by Emma Harding MON 'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and MON Faber. MON Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, 'Ground MON Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize for MON Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the Forward Prize MON for Best First Collection. This is his first prose book. MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b00t67j0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03c4dcs (Listen) MON Mel Giedroyc celebrates World Space Week with the first MON chapter in Bruce Coville's My Teacher is an Alien. Plus MON Edinburgh Zoo is 100 years old, so Mel visits Dillon the MON Armadillo. MON MON 17:00 Anything Legal b0085hnm (Listen) MON Episode 4 MON George and Charles tackle a horrid child and a bizarre MON giant. Starring Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles. MON MON 17:30 Married b0081fb3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Earthsearch b007jnxp (Listen) MON Earthsearch II, The Return MON The Challenger crew's settled life on planet 'Paradise' is MON soon to be shattered. James Follett's space epic stars Sean MON Arnold. MON MON 18:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pbtv8 (Listen) MON Markheim MON By RL Stevenson. A thief's eerie encounter with a stranger MON in a shop forces him to reassess his life. Read by Hugh MON Bonneville. MON MON 19:00 Round the Horne b00mw69c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Ray's a Laugh b007js54 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Wimsey - Unnatural Death b007jvmb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k3y7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading b010t6h4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b03c241f (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Museum of Curiosity b03bqchn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Cowards b007jf0x (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b03bsbb4 (Listen) MON Series 41, Episode 2 MON Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw are joined by David Quantick, MON Pippa Evans, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin for a comic run MON through the week's news. Producer: Alexandra Smith. MON MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Jon Culshaw MON Performer: David Quantick MON Performer: Laura Shavin MON Performer: Pippa Evans MON Performer: Mitch Benn MON Producer: Alexandra Smith MON MON 23:30 Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? b00sjcvd (Listen) MON 1980s MON Cockney comedian Micky Flanagan's first radio series is MON about his progression from working-class Herbert to MON middle-class intellectual and being caught awkwardly between MON the two. His story is told through reflective interviews, MON but mainly, Micky's acclaimed stand up comedy. Micky's MON transition from the mean streets of the East End to the MON leafy lanes of Dulwich is a fascinating story, with each MON episode focusing on a different decade of Micky's life. MON In this episode Micky takes us through his 1980's, spent MON running away to New York and being the international lover MON and player of the East End. He chats to his parents, his MON sister and his school friends in interviews that shed light MON on the stand up comedy. MON The series is written and performed by Micky Flanagan. MON The Producer is Tilusha Ghelani. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 08 OCTOBER 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Earthsearch b007jnxp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pbtv8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Wimsey - Unnatural Death b007jvmb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k3y7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Cowards b007jf0x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Beauty of Britain b00n7zd1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b00t67j0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading b010t6h4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b03c241f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Anything Legal b0085hnm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Married b0081fb3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzds (Listen) TUE My Heart and Harry TUE The suave sleuth and his wife are drawn into the murder of TUE an impresario's daughter. Stars Peter Coke and Marjorie TUE Westbury. From 1957. TUE TUE 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k3z5 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE When Marta brings Grant a pile of pictures, he becomes TUE fascinated by a portrait of Richard III. By Josephine Tey, TUE read by Paul Young. TUE TUE 07:00 The Pickerskill Detentions b00yjt9m (Listen) TUE The Black-Eyed Marketeer TUE Retired English master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls his most TUE memorable detentions. Stars Ian Richardson. From August TUE 2005. TUE TUE 07:15 Hearing With Hegley b0082c3x (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 6 TUE Love and football to hairy carpets; the Luton Laureate TUE celebrates life's rich pageant in poetry and song. From TUE September 1998. TUE TUE 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b03brkf1 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 5 TUE John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure, TUE regular guest on The Now Show and popper-upper in things TUE like Miranda, presents a third series series of his hit TUE sketch show. TUE The first series was described as "sparklingly clever" by TUE The Daily Telegraph and "one of the most consistently funny TUE sketch shows for quite some time" by The Guardian. The TUE second series won Best Radio Comedy at both the Chortle and TUE Comedy.co.uk awards, and was nominated for a Sony award. TUE This time around, John promises to stop doing silly sketches TUE about nonsense like Winnie the Pooh's honey addiction or how TUE goldfish invented computer programming, and concentrate TUE instead on the the big, serious issues. TUE This fifth episode of the series reveals the truth behind TUE some famous anecdotes and a curious tale of a hard-bitten TUE dame. Part of this show are in 3-D. Unfortunately, it's a TUE horrible part. TUE Written by and starring John Finnemore, with Margaret TUE Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. TUE Producer: Ed Morrish. TUE Credits TUE Presenter: John Finnemore TUE Ensemble: Margaret Cabourn-Smith TUE Ensemble: Simon Kane TUE Ensemble: Lawry Lewin TUE Ensemble: Carrie Quinlan TUE Producer: Ed Morrish TUE Writer: John Finnemore TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007jslg (Listen) TUE The White Box of Great Bardfield TUE Can Neddie Seagoon get rich quick by exporting Britain's TUE surfeit of snow? Stars Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. TUE From March 1955. TUE TUE 08:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? b007nf1x (Listen) TUE End of an Era TUE It's Bob and Thelma's big day, and he's on tranquilisers. TUE Adapted from TV with James Bolam and Rodney Bewes. From TUE October 1975. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b03bsbb4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience TUE b007lr4s (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE The warring radio duo try an on-air separation. Stars TUE Patrick Barlow and Imelda Staunton. With Rachel Weisz. From TUE January 1999. TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b00t870t (Listen) TUE Henry James - The Wings of the Dove, Episode 2 TUE by Henry James TUE Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths TUE Milly confides in Kate that she believes herself to be TUE gravely ill and Kate begins to see a way for her and Merton TUE to have a future. TUE When Merton returns to London, Kate sets out to bring her TUE lover and her friend together. With Kate's assurances that TUE there is nothing between them, Milly allows herself to hope TUE that Merton may be the one great passion in her short life. TUE Milly.....Anna Maxwell Martin TUE Lord Mark.....Toby Jones TUE Maud.....Clare Higgins TUE Susie.....Barbara Barnes TUE Kate.....Lyndsey Marshal TUE Merton.....Blake Ritson TUE Lord Strett...Sam Dale TUE Lady Aldershaw...Alison Pettitt TUE Directed by Nadia Molinari. TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b010t7rv (Listen) TUE The Doll: Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier, The Doll TUE The Doll is a macabre and unsettling tale about a young man TUE besotted by a young violinist, who in turn has a strange and TUE haunting passion. The Doll is the title story of a newly TUE published collection by Daphne du Maurier, and excitingly, TUE is one of several recently re-discovered short fictions by TUE the famous writer that have either never been published or TUE have been out of print for decades. Written in the late TUE 1920s when du Maurier herself was just twenty, The Doll TUE reveals some of the dark themes that she explores in the TUE novels that made her name. TUE Reader: Ed Stoppard and Sean Baker TUE Abridger: Richard Hamilton TUE Producer: Elizabeth Allard. TUE TUE 11:15 Lucy Catherine - Starry Eyes b007jtf9 (Listen) TUE Amateur astronomer Leanne finds consolation in the TUE constellations while washing up in an all-night café. Stars TUE Robin Weaver. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007jslg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? b007nf1x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzds (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k3z5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Ladies of Letters b007jrp3 (Listen) TUE Ladies of Letters.com, Episode 7 TUE Irene apologises to Vera for her rude email about Howard. TUE But will she accept? Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella TUE Scales. Episode 7 of 10. TUE TUE 14:15 As Soon As I Open My Mouth b007jz54 (Listen) TUE Potato, Potahto TUE A smooth Yank, a Yorkshire 'bumpkin' and their TUE Scottish-sounding daughter. Kim Normanton meets families TUE with different accents. TUE TUE 14:30 William Boyd - Restless b016d77c (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Ruth learns more about her mother's recruitment as a British TUE spy, while her own past catches up with her. Stars Eileen TUE Atkins. TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b0135z1h (Listen) TUE Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France, Episode 2 TUE A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's TUE most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who TUE is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'. TUE Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's TUE final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring TUE friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost. TUE Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, TUE Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age TUE of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he TUE regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with TUE depression and by his marriage. TUE But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote TUE poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. TUE The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would TUE produce some of the most memorable verse of the twentieth TUE century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: TUE Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas TUE stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and TUE those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable TUE book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter TUE Monday 1917. TUE In today's episode, the first meeting of Edward Thomas and TUE Robert Frost marks the start of a life-changing friendship. TUE Read by Tobias Menzies TUE Abridged by Richard Hamilton TUE Produced by Emma Harding TUE 'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and TUE Faber. TUE AUTHOR: Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, TUE 'Ground Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread TUE Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the TUE Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is his first TUE prose book. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b00t870t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03c4hp3 (Listen) TUE Mel Giedroyc presents Harry Hill with his birthday bumps and TUE introduces the next episode of current story, Tom's Midnight TUE Garden. TUE TUE 17:00 Flying the Flag b00wmnvf (Listen) TUE Series 3, A Loss of Marbles TUE Britain's ambassador faces demands from the Republic for the TUE return of its heritage. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From December TUE 1990. TUE TUE 17:30 The Pickerskill Detentions b00yjt9m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:45 Hearing With Hegley b0082c3x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Earthsearch b007wvjs (Listen) TUE Earthsearch II, Flood TUE Telson and Darv make contact with the Earth ship, but the TUE response is unexpected. James Follett's space epic stars TUE Sean Arnold. TUE TUE 18:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pd7cm (Listen) TUE Clytie TUE By Eudora Welty. Watery parallels to Greek mythology, as TUE life gets too much for a woman in Mississippi. Read by TUE Barbara Barnes. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007jslg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? b007nf1x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzds (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k3z5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b010t7rv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Lucy Catherine - Starry Eyes b007jtf9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b03brkf1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Genius b008gh91 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 4 TUE Dave Gorman and Chris Addison chew over ridiculous, TUE brilliant but unworkable ideas, and choose the best. From TUE September 2006. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03cv5xg (Listen) TUE Every night Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two TUE hours of comedy. Tonight, Isy Suttie chats to Jarred TUE Christmas. TUE TUE 23:00 Elis James' Pantheon of Heroes b019n2m7 (Listen) TUE Series One, Politics TUE More historical heroism as Aneurin Bevan, Hywel Dda and the TUE Rebecca Rioters are put to the Totaliser. With Ben TUE Partridge, Nadia Kamil. From January 2012. TUE TUE 23:30 One b00771mt (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 4 TUE The sketch show where no sketch features more than one TUE voice. TUE Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie TUE Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, Dan TUE Antopolski, Simon Greenall and Kate Gielgud, with Bill Oddie TUE and Jeremy Clarkson as themselves. TUE TUE 23:45 The Problem With Adam Bloom b00g3xwp (Listen) TUE Series 2, Problems TUE The comedian muses on the secret of life, and the mysteries TUE of destiny and fate. With Rob Rouse. From October 2004. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 09 OCTOBER 2013 WED WED 00:00 Earthsearch b007wvjs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pd7cm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzds (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k3z5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 The Now Show b03bsbb4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 02:30 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Experience WED b007lr4s (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b00t870t (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading b010t7rv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Lucy Catherine - Starry Eyes b007jtf9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Flying the Flag b00wmnvf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Pickerskill Detentions b00yjt9m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:45 Hearing With Hegley b0082c3x (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzg2 (Listen) WED Concerning Judy Milton WED The debonair sleuth and wife Steve must uncover the link WED between a rare soundtrack record and a murder. Stars Peter WED Coke and Marjorie Westbury. WED WED 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k402 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Inspector Alan Grant pursues his newfound interest in WED Richard III. By Josephine Tey, read by Paul Young. WED WED 07:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue b007jx5n (Listen) WED Miss Willow and the One-Eyed Gentleman WED Hapless vicar Timothy Carswell visits some of the more WED sinister members of his flock. Stars James Grout. From March WED 1991. WED WED 07:30 Fresh from the Fringe b03brqlm (Listen) WED Fresh from the Fringe: 2013 WED Mark Watson hosts a showcase of up-and-coming comic talent WED from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, recorded at Bush Hall in WED London. WED Featuring a mixture of performers who are new to Radio 4 WED (Phil Wang, Tim Renkow, Ellie White, Liam Williams), along WED with one or two names you might already recognise (Romesh WED Ranganathan - "28 Dates Later", Aisling Bea - "Irish Micks WED and Legends"), Fresh From the Fringe is our pick of the WED people who made us laugh this August. WED This programme is an edited highlights show of a live gig WED hosted by Radio 4 at Bush Hall on 18th September 2013. A WED filmed programme - featuring different edited highlights - WED will be playing out on the Red Button service throughout WED this week, and material from all the acts will be available WED to view on the Fresh From the Fringe website. WED Produced by Lyndsay Fenner. WED WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007s5g6 (Listen) WED Almost a Gentleman WED Overlooked in the New Year's Honours, the lad brushes up on WED his social etiquette skills. Stars Tony Hancock. From WED January 1957. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b011ckn4 (Listen) WED Series 7, Episode 8 WED Fifth Division football, and Professor Prune goes on a WED Victorian adventure. Stars John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From WED March 1969. WED WED 09:00 Winston in Europe b007wvf0 (Listen) WED Finis WED On the family's whistle-stop tour of Europe, Father shows WED them where he married Mother. Stars Maurice Denham. From WED April 1992. WED WED 09:30 In the End b007qww6 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Tension mounts as the serial killer claims a third WED journalist victim. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. WED From December 1999. WED WED 10:00 Classic Serial b00td4v4 (Listen) WED Henry James - The Wings of the Dove, Episode 3 WED Milly, now gravely ill, is staying in Venice. Kate's plan to WED bring Merton and Milly together is gaining pace. But Merton WED begins to realise that his own feelings for Milly are much WED deeper than he knew. Lord Mark's arrival threatens WED everything and Merton and Kate aren't prepared for the WED consequences. Will Milly change their lives irrevocably? WED Merton.....Blake Ritson WED Milly.....Anna Maxwell Martin WED Kate.....Lyndsey Marshal WED Maud.....Clare Higgins WED Susie.....Barbara Barnes WED Lord Mark.....Toby Jones WED Eugenio.....Sam Dale WED Directed by Nadia Molinari. WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b010t7p2 (Listen) WED The Doll: Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier, The Happy WED Valley WED The Happy Valley by Daphne du Maurier tells the story of a WED young woman who dreams of an eerie wilderness and a grand WED old house, and echoes her most famous book, Rebecca. In the WED story, the young woman starts a romantic relationship with a WED man and finds herself walking into the real landscape she WED has dreamed of... WED The Happy Valley is selected from The Doll: Short Stories, WED the newly published collection by Daphne du Maurier. This WED includes several pieces recently rediscovered by an WED enthusastic devotee of the famous writer. The Happy Valley WED was originally printed in the Illustrated London News in WED 1932 but hasn't been published in a collection until now. WED Written early in her career these stories reveal the dark WED themes explored in the novels that made her name. WED Reader: Hattie Morahan WED Abridger: Richard Hamilton WED Producer: Lucy Collingwood. WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00tg2m2 (Listen) WED Matthew Broughton - The Rain Maker WED By Matthew Broughton WED When a father takes his son on a trip to a cabin in the WED woods, he has no idea what terrible horror is to come. A WED sinister story about the demons that lurk in the dark forest WED of the mind. (Repeat) WED Father ..... Kenneth Cranham WED Son ..... Joe Dempsie WED Directed by James Robinson. WED Credits WED Father: Kenneth Cranham WED Son: Joe Dempsie WED Writer: Matthew Broughton WED Director: James Robinson WED WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007s5g6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b011ckn4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzg2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k402 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Ladies of Letters b007k39j (Listen) WED Ladies of Letters.com, Episode 8 WED Confusing emails fly rapidly between Irene and Vera. Is WED Lesley marrying or not? Stars Patricia Routledge and WED Prunella Scales. WED WED 14:15 As Soon As I Open My Mouth b007jx35 (Listen) WED East End, West End WED Kim Normanton meets brothers Ivor and Sid Spencer, both WED raised in London's East End, but their accents are worlds WED apart. WED WED 14:30 William Boyd - Restless b016d8xn (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED After revealing her past as a British spy, Sally tells her WED daughter Ruth that someone's trying to kill her. Stars WED Eileen Atkins. WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b01381n5 (Listen) WED Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France, Episode 3 WED A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's WED most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who WED is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'. WED Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's WED final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring WED friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost. WED Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, WED Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age WED of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he WED regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with WED depression and by his marriage. WED But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote WED poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. WED The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would WED produce some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth WED century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: WED Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas WED stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and WED those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable WED book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter WED Monday 1917. WED In today's episode, Edward Thomas and Robert Frost have an WED emotional encounter with a hostile gamekeeper, and Thomas WED sits down to write his first poem. WED Read by Tobias Menzies WED Abridged by Richard Hamilton WED Produced by Emma Harding WED 'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and WED Faber. WED AUTHOR: Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, WED 'Ground Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread WED Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the WED Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is his first WED prose book. WED WED 15:00 Classic Serial b00td4v4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03c561l (Listen) WED Mel Giedroyc meets a lemur from Madagascar at the WED 100-year-old Edinburgh Zoo, and hears the Inheritance Tracks WED of singer and piano maestro Jamie Cullum. WED WED 17:00 Are You From the Bugle? b01jzq5m (Listen) WED Butterthwaite White Hell WED Will snow play havoc with Graham's chances of landing a WED story? Stars Jeffrey Holland and Robert Beck. From June WED 1996. WED WED 17:30 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue b007jx5n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Earthsearch b007jnyt (Listen) WED Earthsearch II, Surrender WED The crew members believe they've outwitted the Angels and WED can wait out the flood. James Follett's space epic stars WED Sean Arnold and Haydn Wood. WED WED 18:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pgnqn (Listen) WED The Lady of the House of Love WED By Angela Carter. A vampire tale with a twist. On the eve of WED war, an unwary army officer meets the last of the Nosferatu WED family. Read by Indira Varma. WED WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007s5g6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b011ckn4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzg2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k402 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading b010t7p2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00tg2m2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Fresh from the Fringe b03brqlm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth b007jq8z (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 1 WED Joining the Sheffield singer-songwriter on air are Barbara WED Dickson and Bill Bailey. Stars Graham Fellows. From February WED 2000. WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b03cv5xj (Listen) WED Every night Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two WED hours of comedy. Tonight, Isy Suttie chats to Jarred WED Christmas. WED WED 23:00 Revolting People b008gc13 (Listen) WED Series 3, The God-Given Talent WED Joshua chops logs, while Cora discovers a gift for penning WED pornography. 1770 America sitcom with Andy Hamilton and Jay WED Tarses. WED WED 23:30 Down the Line b00zshns (Listen) WED Series 4, Episode 3 WED The return of the ground-breaking Radio 4 show, hosted by WED the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators WED of The Fast Show. WED Down the Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Simon WED Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul WED Whitehouse, WED Special guests are Lee Mack, Adil Ray and Fiona Whitehouse. WED Producers: Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson. WED Contact the show WED Email the show at downtheline@bbc.co.uk WED WED THU THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER 2013 THU THU 00:00 Earthsearch b007jnyt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pgnqn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzg2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k402 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Winston in Europe b007wvf0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 In the End b007qww6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Classic Serial b00td4v4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading b010t7p2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00tg2m2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Are You From the Bugle? b01jzq5m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue b007jx5n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzhb (Listen) THU Introducing Pete Roberts THU The smooth sleuth is threatened with a revolver and uncovers THU a fresh lead to follow. Stars Peter Coke and Marjorie THU Westbury. THU THU 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k40z (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Inspector Grant is determined to prove that King Richard III THU could not have murdered the Princes in the Tower. By THU Josephine Tey, read by Paul Young. THU THU 07:00 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse b007ylq8 (Listen) THU Clicquot et Fils THU Monsieur Clicquot plans to improve his ailing funeral THU parlour. Stars Richard Griffiths and Josie Lawrence. From THU December 1998. THU THU 07:30 Fags, Mags and Bags b01ng89q (Listen) THU Series 5, Turn Around Dave Eyes THU More shop-based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy THU courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave. THU The staff of Fags, Mags and Bags continue their tireless THU quest to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke THU with Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh THU Mahju has built the business up over 30 years and loves the THU art of the shop. However, he does apply the "low return" THU rules of the shop to all other aspects of his life. Then THU there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay and Alok, both surly and not THU keen on the old school approach to shopkeeping, but Ramesh THU is keen to pass all his worldly wisdom onto them whether THU they like it or not! THU In this episode, Dave embraces internet dating and gets THU close to someone who is passing themselves off as 80s rock THU goddess Bonnie Tyler. Meanwhile Ramesh has a wobble about THU his Meat Loaf date with Malcolm as it falls on a delicate THU family anniversary. THU Producer: Gus Beattie THU A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Ramesh: Sanjeev Kohli THU Dave: Donald McLeary THU Sanjay: Omar Raza THU Alok: Susheel Kumar THU Malcolm: Mina Anwar THU Mrs Birkett: Stewart Cairns THU Keith Futures: Gavin Mitchell THU Mrs Begg: Marjorie Hogarth THU Producer: Gus Beattie THU Writer: Sanjeev Kohli THU Writer: Donald McLeary THU THU 08:00 Dad's Army b007jmyj (Listen) THU Series 2, Boots, Boots, Boots THU The platoon take action when Mainwaring becomes obsessed THU with their feet. Adapted from TV with Arthur Lowe. From THU March 1975. THU THU 08:30 Hello Cheeky b013dzn0 (Listen) THU From 16/05/1976 THU Fast-moving puntastic fun as Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Junkin THU and Barry Cryer welcome Frank Bough. From June 1976. THU THU 09:00 Any Other Business b0140tzv (Listen) THU Episode 6 THU Star Trek fever erupts as a German delegation tours the THU cultural delights of Chesbury. Stars Toby Longworth. From THU July 1995. THU THU 09:30 Tickets Please b00ny7k4 (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU By Mark Maier THU The 9.27 London to Exeter emotional rollercoaster continues THU as the train staff's personal embroilments deepen. Now one THU of the wedding party is joining in the melee. And why are THU there fingerholes in the muffins? THU Robin..................Jeremy Swift THU Nadine...................Alex Kelly THU Peter..............Malcolm Tierney THU Carol..............Tessa Nicholson THU Carl................Nicholas Boulton THU Diana...............Melissa Advani THU Linda...................Kate Layden THU Keith...............Stephen Hogan THU other parts played by Piers Wehner, Philip Fox and Joseph THU Cohen-Cole THU Directed by Peter Kavanagh. THU THU 10:00 Classic Serial b00gq4nd (Listen) THU Arnold Bennett - The Grand Babylon Hotel, Episode 1 THU Murder mystery by Arnold Bennett, adapted in two parts by THU Chris Harrald. THU American tycoon Theodore Racksole buys Europe's most THU exclusive hotel on a whim, but is warned by the seller that THU he will live to regret it. Soon, a mysterious death occurs THU and Theodore and his daughter Nella find themselves in THU danger in their own hotel. THU Theodore Racksole ...... John Sessions THU Nella Racksole ...... Matti Houghton THU Aribert ...... Joe Kloska THU Jules ...... Richard Katz THU Miss Spencer ...... Fenella Woolgar THU Felix Babylon ...... Stephen Greif THU Reginald Dimmock ...... Gunnar Cauthery THU Miss Ferguson ...... Jill Cardo THU Servant ...... Inam Mirza. THU THU 11:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories b007k1lf (Listen) THU The End of the Season THU Rhona has run away from her relationship problems. At her THU hotel, she comes to an understanding. Read by Jilly Bond. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00sm8tv (Listen) THU Gary Brown - Prospero, Ariel, Reith and Gill THU Gary Brown's comedy about artist Eric Gill's clash with the THU BBC over his famous sculpture of Prospero and Ariel stars THU Anton Lesser as the artist and Tim McInnerny as Sir John THU Reith, the first Director General of the Corporation. THU Inspired by real events, the play charts a clash between the THU BBC's Governors and the artist over the propriety of the THU sculpture's appearance. THU Gill became quite a celebrity as he carved the statue in THU situ on scaffolding in front of Broadcasting House. In his THU trademark smock and beret, he drew the attention of the THU tabloid papers and became known as the "Married Monk". The THU play imagines conversations between Sir John and the artist THU as he passes him on his way into Broadcasting House each THU morning. THU Framed with a period newsreel-style commentary, the comedy THU playfully deals with the perennial tension between the THU Establishment and the Artist. The strange and mysterious THU Gill contrasts with the authoritarian but often troubled THU figure of Reith, but in the end the sculpture focuses their THU thoughts about the role of Art in the life of mankind. While THU this is a comedy, the play touches a little on the THU well-documented darker side of both men's nature, and offers THU an insight into one of the more celebrated events of early THU BBC history. THU Brown's play speculates on how Reith struggled with the THU Governors and with his own psyche in dealing with one of the THU trickier events in the early days of the BBC. It also looks THU at how Gill, the artist, struggled with reconciling his THU unusual beliefs and lifestyle with a major commission from THU the heart of the Establishment. THU The cast is completed by Jon Glover as the Newsreel THU Reporter, David Seddon as Charlie, Stephen Darcy as Father THU Sean, Tina Gray as Lady Snowden and Alison Pettitt as the THU Nanny. THU Written by Gary Brown. THU Eric Gill . . . . . Anton Lesser THU John Reith . . . . . Tim McInnerny THU Newsreel Reporter . . . . . Jon Glover THU Lady Snowden . . . . . Tina Gray THU Charlie . . . . . David Seddon THU Father Sean . . . . . Stephen Darcy THU Nanny . . . . . Alison Pettitt THU Producer/Director . . . . . Peter Leslie Wild. THU THU 12:00 Dad's Army b007jmyj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Hello Cheeky b013dzn0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzhb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k40z (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Ladies of Letters b007k3bf (Listen) THU Ladies of Letters.com, Episode 9 THU Mystery over Irene's burglary, happenings at The Bothy and THU Karen's whereabouts. Stars Patricia Routledge and Prunella THU Scales. THU THU 14:15 As Soon As I Open My Mouth b007jz7r (Listen) THU Street Talk, Posh Talk THU The accent angst of Londoner Penny, born to a Caribbean THU mother. Kim Normanton meets families who don't all talk the THU same. THU THU 14:30 William Boyd - Restless b016dgvf (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Sally reveals more of her secret past as a British spy, and THU her relationship with the man who recruited her. Stars THU Eileen Atkins. THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b0138521 (Listen) THU Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France, Episode 4 THU A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's THU most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who THU is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'. THU Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's THU final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring THU friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost. THU Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, THU Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age THU of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he THU regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with THU depression and by his marriage. THU But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote THU poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. THU The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would THU produce some of the most remarkable verse of the twentieth THU century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: THU Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas THU stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and THU those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable THU book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter THU Monday 1917. THU In today's episode, Thomas wrestles with the conundrum of THU whether to enlist. A poem by his friend Robert Frost forces THU his hand. THU Read by Tobias Menzies THU Abridged by Richard Hamilton THU Produced by Emma Harding THU 'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and THU Faber. THU AUTHOR: Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, THU 'Ground Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread THU Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the THU Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is his first THU prose book. THU THU 15:00 Classic Serial b00gq4nd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03c5dj4 (Listen) THU Mel Giedroyc joins Edinburgh Zoo's famous Penguin Parade, THU and finds out if a pea can grow inside a human body. THU THU 17:00 Ring Around the Bath b01g8d6p (Listen) THU Series 3, Willing It Away THU Stella's luck goes from bad to worse, as daughter Alison and THU granny want to move in. Stars Pippa Haywood. From January THU 2006. THU THU 17:30 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse b007ylq8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Earthsearch b007jnzd (Listen) THU Earthsearch II, Solaria THU Bran wants the crew to destroy an artefact floating in THU space. Will they cooperate? James Follett's space epic stars THU Michael Maloney. THU THU 18:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pkvkc (Listen) THU Those Who Seek Forgiveness THU By Laurell K Hamilton. Hardened vampire hunter Anita Blake THU helps a woman revive her recently deceased husband. But what THU is the motivation? Read by Melanie Bond. THU THU 19:00 Dad's Army b007jmyj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Hello Cheeky b013dzn0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzhb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k40z (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories b007k1lf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00sm8tv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Fags, Mags and Bags b01ng89q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Newsjack b03c3b9m (Listen) THU Series 9, Episode 4 THU Topical sketch show which anyone can write for. With Justin THU Edwards. THU THU 23:00 The League Against Tedium b007tm2l (Listen) THU Episode 6 THU A message from the holy land! Bamboozling blur of oddball THU comedy and easy listening, with Simon Munnery. From February THU 1997. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Earthsearch b007jnzd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 A Short History of Gothic b00pkvkc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzhb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k40z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Any Other Business b0140tzv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Tickets Please b00ny7k4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Classic Serial b00gq4nd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories b007k1lf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00sm8tv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 Ring Around the Bath b01g8d6p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Galton and Simpson Playhouse b007ylq8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzjl (Listen) FRI That Old Intuition FRI The suave sleuth confronts impresario Rupert Dreisler, and FRI fears for his wife Steve's safety. Stars Peter Coke and FRI Marjorie Westbury. FRI FRI 06:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k41t (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Inspector Grant consults the works of Sir Thomas More in his FRI quest to discover the real King Richard III. By Josephine FRI Tey, read by Paul Young. FRI FRI 07:00 The Right Time b0076m76 (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 1 FRI 4 Extra Debut. Reflexology and nudism in the sketch comedy FRI about growing older disgracefully. Stars Arthur Smith, Clive FRI Swift and Paula Wilcox. From July 2004. FRI FRI 07:30 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01dgh8t (Listen) FRI Series 1, With Guest Nick Helm FRI Comedian Alex Horne is joined by his own 5 piece band for a FRI brand new series of music and comedy. The band will be FRI joined by Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee guest Nick Helm, FRI and explore the relationship between man and dog and FRI dinosaurs and puns. FRI Host .... Alex Horne FRI Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland FRI Saxophone/clarinet .... Mark Brown FRI Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier FRI Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds FRI Piano/keyboard .... Joe Stilgoe FRI Guest performer .... Nick Helm. FRI Producer .... Julia McKenzie. FRI Joe Stilgoe, hands, piano and keyboards FRI Will Collier looking pensive in rehearsal FRI Action man Joe Auckland in flight FRI Alex homing in on an audience member FRI Guest Nick Helm FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Alex Horne FRI Performer: Nick Helm FRI Producer: Julia McKenzie FRI FRI 08:00 Steptoe and Son b00sf1tm (Listen) FRI Series 1, The Musical Evening FRI Albert takes action over Harold's gramophone. Adapted from FRI TV, with Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H Corbett. From FRI September 1966. FRI FRI 08:30 Life With the Lyons b014gp01 (Listen) FRI Three Blind Dates FRI The family have to entertain Ben's boss, but will they all FRI get along? Stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. From May 1955. FRI FRI 09:00 The Sit Crom b00mbc2k (Listen) FRI Night Exercises FRI As the sovereign visits, confusion reigns in Lady Anne's FRI bedchamber. Civil War comedy with Denise Coffey. From FRI November 1990. FRI FRI 09:30 The Arts and How They Was Done b007773d (Listen) FRI The Bronte Sisters and How They Done Their Novels FRI The National Theatre of Brent illuminate the lives of FRI siblings Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Stars Patrick Barlow. FRI From April 2007. FRI FRI 10:00 Classic Serial b00gsv4x (Listen) FRI Arnold Bennett - The Grand Babylon Hotel, Episode 2 FRI Murder mystery by Arnold Bennett, adapted in two parts by FRI Chris Harrald. FRI Having bought Europe's most exclusive hotel, American tycoon FRI Theodore Racksole is thrown in to a world of intrigue, FRI espionage and murder. FRI Theodore Racksole ...... John Sessions FRI Nella Racksole ...... Matti Houghton FRI Aribert ...... Joe Kloska FRI Jules ...... Richard Katz FRI Miss Spencer ...... Fenella Woolgar FRI Felix Babylon ...... Stephen Greif FRI Prince Eugen ...... Stephen Critchlow FRI Reginald Dimmock ...... Gunnar Cauthery FRI Hazell ...... Jonathan Tafler FRI Miss Ferguson ...... Jill Cardo FRI Tomkins ...... Inam Mirza FRI Emperor ...... Malcolm Tierney FRI Sampson Levi ...... Chris Pavlo. FRI FRI 11:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories b007k19s (Listen) FRI The Trinket Box FRI A prank Valentine card cannot possibly cause a marriage to FRI break down - can it? Read by John Gordon Sinclair. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00td7f4 (Listen) FRI Justin Butcher - The Patience of Mr Job FRI Mr Job is an African farmer with an unshakeable faith in the FRI benevolence of the West. There's a flurry of excitement in FRI the village. Mr Kismet, from the World Development Agency, FRI has sent a letter offering rich rewards if the region sells FRI its timber and moves to cut-flower production. Mr Job obeys FRI the WDA scrupulously, even when the instructions prove FRI extremely inconvenient, but as they wait for Mr Kismet's FRI arrival, a series of disasters strike. A satire about FRI globalisation and climate change. FRI Mr Job ..... Jude Akuwudike FRI Mrs Job ..... Adjoa Andoh FRI Mr Eliphaz ..... Danny Sapani FRI Mr Bildad ..... Kobna Holdbrook-Smith FRI Mr Achebe ..... Lloyd Thomas FRI Mr Lucy ..... Paul Courtney Hyu FRI Directed by Claire Grove FRI This is the Job story from the Old Testament with a new FRI twist - a dark comedy set in Africa about the topical FRI subjects of globalisation and climate change. We are in the FRI fictional West African country of Ghanzania. Mr Job (Jude FRI Akuwudike) is the unofficial head of his village. He trusts FRI the West's promises of rich rewards if they give up FRI traditional farming in favour of large scale production of FRI cash crops. Mrs Job (Adjoa Andoh) is less certain. So the FRI villagers cut down their forests, sell their goats and pour FRI chemicals into the soil, but their children get sick, the FRI hill slides into the lake, a hurricane floods the coast, and FRI Mr Job is left clinging to the roof of his house. As the FRI waters close over his head he hears the voice of God. Will FRI his patience be rewarded? FRI Justin Butcher wrote the brilliant 'Seven White Masks of FRI Scaramouche Jones' for Radio 4 which became an award-winning FRI one-man show for Pete Postlethwaite. Justin also wrote the FRI enormously successful satirical stage play 'The Madness of FRI George Dubya', following it up with 'A Weapons Inspector FRI Calls'. FRI FRI 12:00 Steptoe and Son b00sf1tm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 Life With the Lyons b014gp01 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzjl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k41t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Ladies of Letters b007k3c8 (Listen) FRI Ladies of Letters.com, Episode 10 FRI The Mystery Man comes to Irene's door, and she has a FRI confession to make to Vera. Stars Patricia Routledge and FRI Prunella Scales. FRI FRI 14:15 As Soon As I Open My Mouth b007jz8y (Listen) FRI Wha D'Ye Say? FRI A Sunderland man and his Fife born mother-in-law struggle to FRI communicate. Kim Normanton meets families with different FRI accents. FRI FRI 14:30 William Boyd - Restless b016djcf (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Revealing more about her life as a spy, Sally relates how FRI she was ordered to seduce an American political aide. Stars FRI Eileen Atkins. FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b0138yky (Listen) FRI Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France, Episode 5 FRI A compelling exploration of the making of one of Britain's FRI most influential First World War poets - Edward Thomas, who FRI is perhaps best-remembered for his poem 'Adlestrop'. FRI Matthew Hollis's new biography is an account of Thomas's FRI final five years and of his momentous and mutually-inspiring FRI friendship with the American poet, Robert Frost. FRI Although an accomplished prose-writer and literary critic, FRI Edward Thomas only began writing poetry in 1914, at the age FRI of 36. Before then, Thomas had been tormented by what he FRI regarded as the banality of his work, by his struggle with FRI depression and by his marriage. FRI But as his friendship with Frost blossomed, Thomas wrote FRI poem after poem, and his emotional affliction began to lift. FRI The two friends began to formulate poetic ideas that would FRI produce some of the most memorable verse of the twentieth FRI century. But the First World War put an ocean between them: FRI Frost returned to the safety of New England, while Thomas FRI stayed to fight for the Old. It is these roads taken - and FRI those not taken - that are at the heart of this remarkable FRI book, which culminates in Thomas's tragic death on Easter FRI Monday 1917. FRI In today's episode, Thomas says a final farewell to his FRI friends and family in early 1917 and leaves for France, just FRI as his first collection of poems nears publication. FRI Read by Tobias Menzies FRI Abridged by Richard Hamilton FRI Produced by Emma Harding FRI 'Now All Roads Lead to France' is published by Faber and FRI Faber. FRI AUTHOR: Matthew Hollis is the author of a volume of poetry, FRI 'Ground Water', which was shortlisted for the Whitbread FRI Prize for Poetry, the Guardian First Book Award and the FRI Forward Prize for Best First Collection. This is his first FRI prose book. FRI FRI 15:00 Classic Serial b00gsv4x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b03c6prz (Listen) FRI Mel Giedroyc visits Edinburgh Zoo's star attraction - the FRI giant pandas - and introduces the final chapter in our story FRI Bruce Coville's story My Teacher Is an Alien. FRI FRI 17:00 The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere b007jv2y (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 3 FRI A hungry albatross inspires Samuel Tailor Cholericke's FRI poetic musings. Lakeland poets parody with Simon Callow. FRI From March 1985. FRI FRI 17:30 The Right Time b0076m76 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Earthsearch b007jnzy (Listen) FRI Earthsearch II, Sundeath FRI On an abandoned artificial sun, the Challenger crew probes FRI the computer in charge. James Follett's space epic stars FRI Sean Arnold. FRI FRI 18:30 The Heart of Hark'un b007jq83 (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI A menacing assignment awaits student sorcerer Arcos. Peter FRI and Jamie Thomson's fantasy adventure, starring Trevor FRI Peacock. FRI FRI 19:00 Steptoe and Son b00sf1tm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 Life With the Lyons b014gp01 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair b007jzjl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Inspector Grant - The Daughter of Time b007k41t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Ronald Frame Short Stories b007k19s (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00td7f4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01dgh8t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 BBC Radio New Comedy Award b03c3b9p (Listen) FRI 2013, Heat six FRI Made for 4 Extra. Heat six of the 2013 BBC Radio New Comedy FRI Award comes once again from the Glee Club in Cardiff, with FRI Elis James as host and Isy Suttie as guest judge. FRI The acts FRI Nick Hodder FRI Masud Milas FRI Kate Lucas FRI Patrick Lee FRI Joe Foster FRI Michael Mooney FRI Colin Chadwick FRI Jordan Brookes FRI Rob Kemp FRI Carl Jones FRI Join us on Twitter! FRI Want to share what you think of the acts? FRI Have your say on Twitter FRI  by using the hashtag FRI #BBCNCA FRI FRI 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b03cv5xb (Listen) FRI Every night Sunday to Friday, the Comedy Club offers two FRI hours of comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats to Craig FRI Campbell and Glenn Wool. FRI FRI 23:30 The Mary Whitehouse Experience b007jmpk (Listen) FRI From 20/01/1990 FRI David Baddiel, Rob Newman and Nick Hancock sum up the FRI experience of school and eating out. With Mark Hurst. From FRI January 1990. FRI