12 September, 2014

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SAT SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2014 SAT SAT 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00wv8ql (Listen) SAT Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 5 SAT Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. SAT Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths SAT Tamsin Greig reads the fifth episode of Daphne Du Maurier's SAT dark and intriguing gothic tale. SAT Mary has found a confidant in the vicar Francis Davey, but SAT he's advised her that any accusations against her uncle are SAT unlikely to hold up in court. In this episode Mary's SAT friendship with Jem deepens and when her uncle Joss embarks SAT on a drinking binge she learns the true nature of his SAT business. SAT Producer: Alison Crawford. SAT SAT 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved SAT b00mkx4s (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the SAT Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this SAT mysterious area. SAT Tom's scepticism is challenged by a pilot whose experience SAT in the Triangle suggests that something strange may, in SAT fact, be out there. SAT A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01kt6qt (Listen) SAT The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 5, Episode 5 SAT Pepys and his household rise early to go and see the King SAT launch the Royal Catherine. Sam begins another affair and SAT his current mistress, Mrs Lane, begs for his help. The year SAT ends badly when Sam and Elizabeth have a bitter row that SAT ends in violence. SAT Cast: Samuel Pepys - Kris Marshall, Elizabeth Pepys - SAT Katherine Jakeways, Bessie - Sarah Ovens, Will - John SAT Biddle, King Charles and his brother the Duke of York - Ewan SAT Bailey, Mrs Bagwell - Bethan Walker, Llewellyn - Matthew SAT Gravelle, Mrs Lane - Eiry Thomas. SAT Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While You May, words by SAT Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany SAT Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David SAT Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by SAT Alice Baxter. SAT Historical consultant: Liza Picard SAT Sound by Nigel Lewis SAT A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. SAT Credits SAT Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall SAT Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways SAT Bessie: Sarah Ovens SAT Will: John Biddle SAT King Charles: Ewan Bailey SAT Duke of York: Ewan Bailey SAT Mrs Bagwell: Bethan Walker SAT Llewellyn: Matthew Gravelle SAT Mrs Lane: Eiry Thomas SAT Director: Kate McAll SAT SAT 00:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk751 (Listen) SAT Tove Jansson - The True Deceiver, Episode 10 SAT Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson. SAT Mats asks Anna and Katri to view the finished boat. But as SAT spring comes, who has been the true deceiver? SAT Abridged by Jeremy Osborne. SAT A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 01:00 The 99p Challenge b00njx8l (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 3 SAT Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, SAT Tom Binns, Peter Baynham and David Schneider. From July SAT 2000. SAT SAT 01:30 Pioneers b00xh8hq (Listen) SAT Series 1, Kim Cotton SAT Kim Cotton talks about the emotional impact after becoming SAT the UK's first surrogate. She explains to Clare English SAT about how this supposedly wonderful experience was quickly SAT overshadowed by not only a media circus, but also by public SAT criticism. SAT She describes how she received very little support from the SAT surrogate agency which left her feeling completely isolated SAT and mentally unprepared for when it came time to hand over SAT baby Cotton. SAT SAT 02:00 Paul Temple b007jqqt (Listen) SAT Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, A Dry Martini SAT The stylish detective and his wife are advised to drop their SAT enquiries and to avoid Captain Smith. Stars Peter Coke. From SAT March 1959. SAT SAT 02:30 Inside Intuition b007w2w3 (Listen) SAT Neuroscientist and intuition sceptic Dr Mark Lythgoe SAT attempts to find out what constitutes intuition and when we SAT should use it. His journey takes him to a Nottinghamshire SAT farmers' market for a jam-tasting experiment and into a SAT London wine bar for an evening of speed dating. SAT SAT 03:00 Classic Serial b01n606d (Listen) SAT Far from the Madding Crowd, A Successful Rival SAT By Thomas Hardy, adapted by Graham White. 3/3 - one man SAT proves constant in his love for Bathsheba, while she gives SAT up on all hopes of happiness. SAT Musicians ... Colin Guthrie, Chris Davies, Lauren Swift SAT Directed by Jessica Dromgoole SAT This episode will be available to listen to until 14th SAT October 2012. SAT Credits SAT Bathsheba: Alex Tregear SAT Gabriel Oak: Shaun Dooley SAT Boldwood: Toby Jones SAT Troy: Patrick Kennedy SAT Liddy: Lizzy Watts SAT Fanny: Hannah John-Kamen SAT Maltster: Robert Blythe SAT Jan: Joe Sims SAT Joseph: Sam Alexander SAT Henery: Patrick Brennan SAT Billy: Don Gilet SAT Cain: Harry Livingstone SAT Maryann: Amaka Okafor SAT Director: Jessica Dromgoole SAT Writer: Graham White SAT SAT 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfyr (Listen) SAT Nick Walker - The Further Adventures of the First King of SAT Mars, Take Me to Your Leader SAT To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik SAT we commissioned Nick Walker to write the sci-fi adventure SAT 'The First King Of Mars'. Now in five thrilling SAT action-packed episodes we continue the story where it left SAT off. SAT Our intrepid crew fear that they are not alone on the Red SAT Planet. SAT Nick Walker's theatre work has been presented extensively in SAT the UK as well as Europe, and the USA. His plays and short SAT stories are often featured on BBC Radio 4 and 3 series of SAT the late-night show The Bigger Issues. He is the author of SAT two critically acclaimed novels Blackbox and Helloland, SAT published in the UK, US, Australia, Japan and across Europe. SAT Performed by Peter Capaldi SAT Producer: Karen Rose SAT A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00pd18h (Listen) SAT Joan Aiken - Black Hearts in Battersea, Episode 2 SAT By Joan Aiken, dramatised by Lin Coghlan SAT Part Two (of two) SAT To save the King from Hanoverian plotters Simon and Sophie SAT must first suffer shipwreck, attacks by wolves and a narrow SAT escape from an exploding castle in hot air balloon. SAT SIMON ..... Joe Dempsie SAT DIDO ..... Nicola Miles-Wildin SAT SOPHIE ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan SAT DUKE ..... John Rowe SAT DUCHESS ..... Sheila Reid SAT COBBE ..... Ben Crowe SAT MRS COBBE ..... Annabelle Dowler SAT MR TWITE ..... Rhys Jennings SAT MRS TWITE ..... Tessa Nicholson SAT JUSTIN ..... Sam Pamphilon SAT BUCKLE ..... Nigel Hastings SAT DR FURNEAUX ..... Bruce Alexander SAT DR FIELD ..... Ewan Hooper SAT MRS BUCKLE ..... Kate Layden SAT MOGG ..... John Biggins SAT GUS ..... Joseph Cohen Cole SAT JABWING ..... Piers Wehner SAT Directed by Marc Beeby. SAT SAT 05:00 After Henry b007jnsf (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Married Man SAT Clare's latest love affair proves difficult to keep secret SAT from granny Eleanor. Stars Prunella Scales. From September SAT 1986. SAT SAT 05:30 Bangers and Mash b0075h5q (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Juan Jose's declaration of love has thrown Martina into SAT confusion. Is she falling in love with him too? Stars Roger SAT May and Jane Whittenshaw. From February 1999. SAT SAT 06:00 JB Priestley - Dangerous Corner b04h7ms6 (Listen) SAT A happy gathering of friends begin to probe events which SAT happened in the past and discover that the relationships SAT they have with each other aren't what they seem: "truth is SAT like skidding round a corner at sixty". SAT Stars Martin Jarvis as Robert Caplan, Stephanie Turner as SAT Olwen Peel, Heather Stoney as Freda Caplan and Helen Worth SAT as Betty Whitehouse. SAT Directed by Alfred Bradley. SAT SAT 07:30 Phil Hammond's Bad Golf Day b00t1tkm (Listen) SAT The GP comedian heads to his local golf club in a bid to SAT understand the complexities and absurdities of the sport. SAT From January 2008. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00sf0tg (Listen) SAT Priestley's Postscripts SAT Archive on Four marks the 70th anniversary of a broadcasting SAT phenomenon - the story of how Yorkshire man J.B. Priestley SAT became the voice of the nation during the darkest days of SAT the Second World War. Using original broadcasts, information SAT stored in BBC files and interviews with his son Tom SAT Priestley and step son Nicolas Hawkes, Archive on Four SAT revisits these extraordinary broadcasts and asks why, in SAT spite of their astonishing popularity, Priestley was taken SAT off air. SAT Presented by Martin Wainwright. SAT Producers: Catherine Plane and Phil Pegum. SAT SAT 09:00 I Did It My Way b0092lb4 (Listen) SAT Roy Hudd SAT Much-loved comedian and actor Roy Hudd talks to Peter Reed SAT about his radio life and times, with behind-the-scenes SAT stories of making his on-air hit shows: SAT The News Huddlines (06/06/79). Poking fun at topical events SAT and personalities, this series ran for 25 years on BBC Radio SAT 2 when Roy was joined by Chris Emmett and his leading ladies SAT Janet Brown, Alison Steadman and June Whitfield. SAT The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes SAT (16/01/1999). Roy dons his deerstalker to investigate 'The SAT Case of the Clockwork Fiend' with June Whitfield. SAT The Sony Radio Academy Gold award-winning Huddwinks SAT (14/08/86). Chris Emmett and Denise Coffey join Roy for SAT 'Railway '86 - The Movie!': British Rail's new 'Silver SAT Bullet' train ends up as a runaway express to Aberdeen. SAT Roy also reveals his more dramatic side in Peter SAT Tinniswood's play The Scan (29/09/1999). Compulsive talker SAT Ernest seeks reassurance from a protective nurse. Roy's SAT co-star is Judy Cornwell. SAT Produced by Mik Wilkojc. SAT SAT 12:00 Craven Omnibus b04hbrnx (Listen) SAT Family Man SAT Briony Cook comes home to find her three children dead and SAT her husband gone. Final series with DCI Craven. Stars Maxine SAT Peake. SAT SAT 13:15 Baldi b007k4t3 (Listen) SAT Series 4, The Empty Vessel SAT The death of a debating society leader sees the priestly SAT sleuth probing his close-knit student friends. Stars David SAT Threlfall. SAT SAT 14:00 The Meaning of Liff at 30 b01qjjgw (Listen) SAT This year marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of SAT The Meaning of Liff, by John Lloyd and Douglas Adams. This SAT funny and well-loved dictionary uses placenames as new SAT definitions for common experiences which we all know and SAT recognize, but for which no words exist. SAT John Lloyd talks to Matt Lucas about his love of Liff, and SAT also gathers new entries from the Radio 4 audience. These SAT are then chewed over and sifted down by John and fellow SAT Liff-lovers Sanjeev Bhaskar, Helen Fielding and Terry Jones. SAT And Professor Steven Pinker - Liff devotee - talks about the SAT psychological relief and sense of bonding that comes from SAT recognising that you're not alone in having these thoughts SAT and feelings. SAT Producer Beth O'Dea SAT Reader Dave Mounfield. SAT Clip SAT empty SAT Your suggestions SAT We asked you to send in your suggestions to be used in the SAT programme. Many thanks for sending them in - we received SAT hundreds! SAT SAT The writer of The Meaning of Liff, John Lloyd, whittled them SAT down to a long list and together with judges Sanjeev SAT Bhaskar, Helen Fielding and Terry Jones will pick out some SAT of the best for the programme. SAT SAT The QI Universe SAT Enter the QI Universe. SAT SAT qi.com SAT SAT SAT 14:30 The Doctor and Douglas b00rp3dw (Listen) SAT As a new generation of fans await the debut of the 11th SAT incarnation of the Doctor, long-time fan Jon Culshaw travels SAT back in time to look at the man who changed Doctor Who SAT forever: Douglas Adams. SAT After years toiling for success as a writer, in 1978 SAT Douglas' world turned upside down. Just weeks after the SAT radio series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was SAT commissioned, so was his first script for Doctor Who. The SAT following year - just as Hitchhikers was taking off - he was SAT offered the job as script editor, one of the most demanding SAT jobs in television. SAT The scripts he wrote for Doctor Who - The Pirate Planet, SAT City of Death and Shada - still stand as a benchmark for the SAT series today. But his time on the series was beset by SAT problems. Technician strikes would seriously affect SAT production, inflation was squeezing the series budget, and SAT Douglas was exhausted by the simultaneous demands of SAT Hitchhikers and Doctor Who. SAT Nevertheless, Douglas left an indelible mark on Doctor Who, SAT bringing in a sharp wit that hadn't been seen before in what SAT was ostensibly a children's TV series. Today's crop of SAT writers and producers strive to emulate the intelligence, SAT humour and ideas in Adams' scripts from 1979. SAT Jon Culshaw looks at Douglas' work on a television SAT institution, talking to the writers, directors and actors SAT who worked with him, and looks at the legacy of his work on SAT Doctor Who with new executive producer Steven Moffat. SAT Produced by Simon Barnard and Kieron Moyles. This is a Wise SAT Buddah production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00sf0tg (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 JB Priestley - Dangerous Corner b04h7ms6 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Chain Reaction b01390bf (Listen) SAT Series 7, John Cooper Clarke interviews Kevin Eldon SAT Chain Reaction is Radio 4's tag-team interview show. Each SAT week, a figure from the world of entertainment chooses SAT another to interview; the next week, the interviewee turns SAT interviewer, and they in turn pass the baton on to someone SAT else - creating a 'chain' throughout the series. SAT This week, the punk poet laureate John Cooper Clarke SAT interviews the comedian Kevin Eldon. Kevin Eldon is a writer SAT and actor for whom it would probably be quicker to list the SAT brilliant programmes he's not been in than those he has - SAT which include Brass Eye, 15 Storeys High, Spaced, Look SAT Around You, Black Books, Big Train, World of Pub, Jam, I'm SAT Alan Partridge and Attention Scum!. He also wrote and SAT starred in Radio 4's Poets' Tree, in character as the SAT Islington poet Paul Hamilton, and is the lead singer in SAT Beergut 100. John talks to him about spoof poetry, real SAT poetry, bring a polymath, and the benefits of not being the SAT star. SAT SAT 18:00 Space Force b007jmf6 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Marooned in Space SAT The crew battle to escape from the aliens, who are trying to SAT target Chipper. Stars Nicky Henson, Nigel Stock and Barry SAT Foster. SAT SAT 18:30 Ben Moor - Undone b0090vcf (Listen) SAT Series 2, Unification SAT Edna must avert an inter-dimensional apocalypse at SAT Tankerton's wedding. Comic sci-fi saga with Alex Tregear and SAT Sophie Duval. SAT SAT 19:00 I Did It My Way b0092lb4 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed b0184s3k (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 1 SAT by Nick Mohammed SAT "Gosh, there's been a Murder... Ouch!" Join Nick and co. as SAT they attempt to fathom who killed the man with the missing SAT head. No clues as to how he might have died. SAT Starring Nick Mohammed, Anna Crilly and Colin Hoult SAT Produced by Victoria Lloyd. SAT Set at Tilford Road Police Station, Nick is joined by SAT Sergeants Anna Crilly (Lead Balloon, Anna & Katy), Colin SAT Hoult (Life's Too Short, Russell Howard's Good News) as they SAT attempt to solve a different crime each week. SAT Never have serious crimes been made more entertaining, SAT whilst remaining utterly, utterly tasteful! SAT About Nick Mohammed... SAT Nick has just completed filming a lead role in Sky One's new SAT comedy series Gates, due to air later next year and SAT currently features in Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's SAT latest comedy Life's Too Short, on BBC Two. SAT Last year Nick featured in BBC One's Reggie Perrin and as a SAT lead in hit new BBC Three comedy series The King Is Dead SAT alongside Simon Bird and Katy Wix. He also starred in BBC SAT Two's Pete & Dud: The Lost Sketches, Miranda, as a guest SAT lead in the season finale of BBC Three's How Not to Live SAT your Life and in all three series of the SAT triple-BAFTA-nominated sketch show Sorry, I've Got No Head SAT for CBBC. SAT He is currently developing The Making of Mr. Swallow for BBC SAT Television and has just completed his first original film SAT Magic for Channel 4 as part of this year's Coming Up Scheme, SAT and which was shown at the Edinburgh International Film SAT Festival in June. SAT SAT 22:30 Les Kelly's Britain b016x3h7 (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Les Kelly (Kevin Bishop) hosts a magazine show from hell. SAT Les is a cross between Jeremy Kyle and a slap in the face. SAT He claims this is the only radio show for 'normal, decent SAT people'. 'If you aren't decent, this is not the show for SAT you,' says Les. SAT Les meets a father whose daughter needs a new kidney. Well, SAT perhaps 'need' isn't quite the right word. She just wants SAT one more kidney than all her friends. Les also meets an SAT expert on sanglanding. It's the dangerous new craze amongst SAT young people - trouble is, no on knows what it is. SAT Produced & Written by Bill Dare. SAT SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04jthlr (Listen) SAT For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the SAT best comedy around. Plus Arthur Smith chats again to Matt SAT Forde. SAT SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Solution b007k28b (Listen) SAT Series 4, Education SAT Mark proposes that nobody should go to school until they are SAT 36. With Pete Sinclair and Maria McErlane. From August 1996. SAT SAT 23:30 Richard Herring's Objective b017mt04 (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Old School Tie SAT Richard Herring's Objective SAT Episode 4: 'The Old School Tie' SAT Richard Herring examines 'The Old School Tie' an object that SAT has come to represent public school networks and contacts. SAT Richard asks if it is acceptable to be prejudice against the SAT posh. SAT Written by and starring Richard Herring, with Emma Kennedy SAT and special guest Alexei Sayle. SAT Produced by Tilusha Ghelani SAT Richard Herring's Objective returns for a second series to SAT poke and prod a variety controversial objects and see if the SAT controversy falls out. Through vox pops, interviews and SAT stand up comedy Richard examines the objects' history, SAT meaning and significance and challenges our assumed logic SAT and stereotypes. Can we reclaim these objects away from SAT their unfortunate associations? SAT In series one the comedian investigated 'The Hitler SAT Moustache', 'The Hoodie' and 'The St. George's Flag' and in SAT the new series he'll be training his beady eye on 'The SAT Golliwog', 'The Wheelchair', 'Page 3' and 'The Old School SAT Tie'. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 Space Force b007jmf6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Ben Moor - Undone b0090vcf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b00sf0tg (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Craven Omnibus b04hbrnx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Baldi b007k4t3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 JB Priestley - Dangerous Corner b04h7ms6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Chain Reaction b01390bf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus b01l1c0z (Listen) SUN 1664 SUN It is 1664, crime in London is on the rise and the diarist's SUN thoughts turn towards the ladies in his life. Stars Kris SUN Marshall. SUN SUN 07:15 Painted for Posterity b00766bd (Listen) SUN Dinosaurs, Merry-Go-Rounds and a Drowned Village SUN Patrick Wright investigates areas in Derbyshire and Suffolk SUN captured by the wartime Recording Britain art project. From SUN February 2002. SUN SUN 07:30 The Gobetweenies b01130pl (Listen) SUN Series 1, Commendation and Competition SUN David Tennant and Sarah Alexander star as the exes SUN determined their marital failures will not get in the way of SUN good parenting. SUN Lucy gets inspired by art and creates her own Angel of the SUN North London - but she is confused by Joe's refusal to take SUN her to an exhibition of his own work. SUN Meanwhile Mimi is stuck as usual with annoying Helen who SUN overuses the word 'achingly', hits on Joe and is oddly SUN pretending to find Tom's lame jokes a hoot. SUN If it's Wednesday... it must be Holloway SUN Cast List: SUN Joe ..... David Tennant SUN Mimi ..... Sarah Alexander SUN Tom ..... Finlay Christie SUN Lucy ..... Phoebe Abbott SUN Katy ..... Ophelia Davidson SUN Helen ..... Tracy-Ann Oberman SUN Writer: Marcella Evaristi SUN Director: Marilyn Imrie SUN Producer: Gordon Kennedy SUN An Absolutely Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 08:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007k310 (Listen) SUN From 04/12/1947 SUN 4 Extra Debut. By Royal command, Tommy Handley tours around SUN Broadcasting House trying to liven up some old favourites. SUN From December 1947. SUN SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! b007jx1g (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 4 SUN Hear those classic movie spoofs 2002: A Space Oddity and SUN Crackerjackanory. Stars Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and SUN Joan Sims. From April 1969. SUN SUN 09:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time b00qpjph (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 4 SUN Sandy Chalmers takes an affectionate look back at the SUN much-loved BBC institution Children's Hour, which ran from SUN 1922 to 1964 on the BBC Home Service. Sandy was first SUN involved as a child from 1953 to close down in 1964. Her SUN selection in this edition: SUN The Big Pond, Dabchicks in Danger by Bertha Lonsdale: The SUN grumpy farmer is up to no good in this short play from 1960 SUN narrated by Trevor Hill. With Karal Gardner, Joseph Hancock SUN and Tom Harrison. SUN In Memory of Romany (1944): Romany was the pseudonym of the SUN Rev G Bramwell-Evans, a Methodist minister, who regularly SUN took his young listeners out on radio rambles. Muriel Levy SUN and Doris Gambell played the parts of the two children who SUN always accompanied him. After Romany's death they visited SUN the Margaret Bevan Open-Air Hospital in northern England, SUN where a child's cot was endowed in his memory. One child has SUN been hospitalised for five years. SUN Toytown Plays: Golf - Toytown Rules by SG Hulme Beaman: The SUN Mayor challenges Mr Growser to a game of golf. With Derek SUN McCulloch, John Glyn-Jones, Peter Claughton, Felix Felton, SUN Norman Shelley, Ivan Samson and Preston Lockwood. From 1962. SUN Produced by Peter Reed. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04hbxzv (Listen) SUN Teachers, Dame Fanny Waterman SUN 4 Extra Debut. Founder of the Leeds International Piano SUN competition, Dame Fanny Waterman shares her castaway choices SUN with Kirsty Young. From July 2010. SUN SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading b00xsg1y (Listen) SUN Tove Jansson - Travelling Light, The Gulls SUN Arne has had a breakdown so with his wife Elsa, they escape SUN to a remote island so he can recuperate. But there is SUN nothing peaceful about this wild and untamed landscape. SUN The writer and artist Tove Jansson is best known as the SUN creator of the Moomin stories, which were first published in SUN English 60 years ago and have remained in print ever since. SUN She turned her attention to writing for adults when she was SUN in her fifties. SUN With the deceptively light prose that is her hallmark, SUN 'Travelling Light' reveals to us the precariousness of a SUN journey and the unease we feel at being placed outside of SUN our milieu. SUN Translated by Silvester Mazzarella SUN Read By Alice Coulthard SUN Producer: Karen Rose SUN A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 11:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b017pnfb (Listen) SUN Series 7, Episode 7 SUN From New York City, the American funny man welcomes SUN England's Elvis Costello and Irish guitarist John Doyle. SUN From 2010. SUN SUN 12:00 The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus b01l1c0z (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Painted for Posterity b00766bd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 JB Priestley - I Have Been Here Before b04hbyf4 (Listen) SUN A group of people thrown together by chance when they decide SUN to stay at a remote Yorkshire inn, discover that they're so SUN interdependent that a decision taken by any one of them is SUN likely to have a profound effect on the lives of the others. SUN Have they lived through the experience before? Is there a SUN chance to make different decisions this time? SUN Stars Lesley Nichol as Sally Pratt, George A Cooper as Sam SUN Shipley, Geoffrey Banks as Dr Gortler and Alan Rothwell as SUN Oliver Farrant. SUN Directed by Alfred Bradley. SUN SUN 15:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007k310 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! b007jx1g (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b04hbyxd (Listen) SUN Roald Dahl's house, a salt mine and a jungle trek SUN Mel Giedroyc with the best bits from the Four O'Clock Show. SUN This week she visited Roald Dahl's house, took a trip down a SUN salt mine, and went for a night-time trek in the jungle. SUN SUN 17:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time b00qpjph (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Doctor Who b01pr91q (Listen) SUN Nevermore SUN The Time Lord and his new companion materialise on a prison SUN planet, themed on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Eighth SUN Doctor adventure stars Paul McGann and Niky Wardley. SUN SUN 19:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b017pnfb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007k310 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! b007jx1g (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04hbxzv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading b00xsg1y (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 The Gobetweenies b01130pl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 I Think I've Got a Problem b00cfzrq (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 2 SUN Thanks to the band inside his head, Tom disrupts a funeral SUN and ends up on stage. Stars Suggs and Bob Monkhouse. From SUN April 2003. SUN SUN 23:00 The In Crowd b00shkc5 (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 3 SUN Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, SUN Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From August 2002. SUN SUN 23:30 Jon Ronson On b007ntj1 (Listen) SUN Series 3, Crushed Egos SUN Jon Ronson continues his sideways look at the world. SUN This edition features an Italian waiter who offered up his SUN action film script to comedy writer Graham Linehan over the SUN pasta, an American real estate entrepreneur who owns SUN unsaleable houses all over America and owes millions, and SUN the architects of a new town which proved a spectacular SUN failure. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2014 MON MON 00:00 Doctor Who b01pr91q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04hbxzv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading b00xsg1y (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b007k310 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! b007jx1g (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 The Gobetweenies b01130pl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 JB Priestley - I Have Been Here Before b04hbyf4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Children's Hour: Once Upon a Time b00qpjph (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Paul Temple b007jqrt (Listen) MON Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, Concerning Captain Smith MON Arriving to collect vital information from Countess Dekker, MON the stylish detective gets a shock. Stars Peter Coke. From MON April 1958. MON MON 06:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075ybt (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON First in a four-part series which attempts to make sense of MON the digital world. Technology affects almost everything we MON do, and its possibilities can be both exhilarating and MON daunting. Douglas Adams demystifies the way in which music MON can be accessed on the internet, with help from Brian Eno MON and Michael Nesmith, among others. MON MON 07:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b0075nzw (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 4 MON Friendship in its many forms and an everyday problem for MON Miriam Stoops. With Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens. From MON October 1998. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b04g8404 (Listen) MON Series 70, Episode 5 MON Nicholas Parsons hosts his 900th edition of Just A Minute MON and Paul Merton, Holly Walsh, Sheila Hancock and Russell MON Kane try to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, MON repetition or deviation. MON Producer: Katie Tyrrell. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Paul Merton MON Panellist: Holly Walsh MON Panellist: Sheila Hancock MON Panellist: Russell Kane MON Producer: Katie Tyrrell MON MON 08:00 J Kingston Platt b01rtzx7 (Listen) MON Ronnie Melcombe and his Surprising Wife MON The showbiz veteran relates a startling tale of a wife MON addicted to shock. Written and read by Peter Jones. From MON September 1993. MON MON 08:30 The Navy Lark b00v3vry (Listen) MON Series 1, The Comfort Fund MON Captain Povey is auditing the unit accounts, so excess cash MON is secretly spent on Heather. Stars Jon Pertwee. From April MON 1959. MON MON 09:00 It's Your Round b00zm32d (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 6 MON "It's Your Round" is the comedy panel show where the format MON is simple: there is no format. Instead, each of the MON panellists has brought along their own round for the others MON to play, meaning that each show is unique, untried, and MON unpredictable. MON This episode Johnny Vaughan, Alan Davies, Roisin Conaty and MON Arthur Smith battle it out to see who can beat each other at MON their own games. MON Angus Deayton is the host valiantly trying to make sure MON everyone comes out of it with their reputations intact. MON Writers: Angus Deayton and Paul Powell MON Devised by Benjamin Partridge MON Producer: Sam Michell. MON MON 09:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01b9kdj (Listen) MON Sally's Birthday MON Episode 2 - Sally's Birthday MON An audience sitcom about a couple in marriage counselling. MON Will and Annabelle attend her mum's 60th Birthday Party. MON Will makes an effort to get on with his straight talking MON father-in-law John. MON FULL CAST DETAILS: MON Will Smith ..... Will Smith MON Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland MON Guy ..... Paterson Joseph MON John ..... Geoffrey Whitehead MON Sally ..... Susie Blake MON Shop Assistant ..... Tracy Wiles MON Written by ..... Will Smith MON Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani MON ABOUT THE SERIES: MON A year into married life and already things are a little MON creaky. So, following Will's unimaginative anniversary MON present (a draining rack), Annabelle has signed them up for MON a course of marriage counselling. MON Each week, counsellor Guy mediates a recent dispute between MON Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to the events that MON spawned the argument, and by the end, the couple find MON marital equilibrium once more. Sort of. MON Guy arbitrates, usually leaning towards Annabelle's more MON sensible point of view. In contrast to Will's uptightness, MON Guy is laconic and urbane and clearly irritates Will. MON The writer and comedian Will Smith leads the starry cast of MON Mr and Mrs.Smith. Will's writing credits include Armstrong MON and Miller (BBC1), Harry and Paul (BBC1), Moving Wallpaper MON (ITV1), Time Trumpet (BBC2), the multi-award winning The MON Thick Of It (BBC2) in which he also appears as Phil Smith, MON and the upcoming Veep (HBO). MON MON 10:00 Saturday Drama b00p7g8q (Listen) MON Amelia Bullmore - The Middle MON by Amelia Bullmore MON Clare is the golden middle sister in a family headed by a MON formidable matriarch, Luca. Clare meets and quickly marries MON Martin, who falls just as much in love with her fun, sparky MON family. But Martin makes a mistake and sets in train a MON series of events which brings the family to its knees. MON Clare ..... Emma Cunniffe MON Martin ..... Ben Miles MON Nicky ..... Anna Madeley MON Justine ..... Eve Matheson MON Luca ..... Paola Dionisotti MON Karl ..... Nigel Pilkington MON Owen ..... Baxter Willis MON Mick ..... John Biggins MON Ed ..... Piers Wehner MON Donna ..... Melissa Advani MON Directed by Mary Peate. MON MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfyt (Listen) MON Nick Walker - The Further Adventures of the First King of MON Mars, The King's Subjects MON To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik MON we commissioned Nick Walker to write the sci-fi adventure MON 'The First King Of Mars'. Now in five, thrilling MON action-packed episodes we continue the story where it left MON off. MON The commander makes a shocking discovery when he finds a MON door in an underground tunnel. MON Nick Walker's theatre work has been presented extensively in MON the UK as well as Europe, and the USA. His plays and short MON stories are often featured on BBC Radio 4 and 3 series of MON the late-night show The Bigger Issues. He is the author of MON two critically acclaimed novels Blackbox and Helloland, MON published in the UK, US, Australia, Japan and across Europe. MON Performed by Peter Capaldi. MON Producer: Karen Rose MON A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b04gnhnn (Listen) MON Kate Tempest, Cerys Matthews, Edward Petherbridge, Aisling MON Bea, Nikki Bedi MON Clive sees a Clown in the Moon with musician and broadcaster MON Cerys Matthews, who has a successful music career, her own 6 MON Music show and is now the curator of 'The Goodlife MON Fesitval'. Cerys has also contributed to 'Dylan Thomas: a MON Centenary Celebration'; a collection of specially MON commissioned essays celebrating the poet's life and work, MON and exploring his lasting legacy. MON Nikki Bedi gets down with poet and rapper Kate Tempest. At MON 16, Kate rapped at strangers on night buses and pestered MCs MON to let her on the mic at raves. She's written poems for MON Amnesty International, The Royal Shakespeare company and won MON last year's Ted Hughes Award for her work 'Brand New MON Ancients'. Kate talks to Nikki about her new book of poetry MON 'Hold Your Own' and performs 'The Beigeness' and 'The Truth' MON from her album 'Everybody Down'. MON Actor Edward Petherbridge has had a distinguished stage and MON screen career spanning over 50 years. While rehearsing for MON the role of King Lear 7 years ago, Edward suffered a major MON stroke. He tells Clive about how, at this time he discovered MON that the entire role of Lear still existed word for word in MON his mind. His show 'My Perfect Mind', is a celebration of MON the resilience of the human spirit through the prism of MON Shakespeare's great tragedy. MON Irish actress, comedian and writer Aisling Bea is one of the MON country's fastest rising comic talents. As a stand-up, she MON won the prestigious So You Think You're Funny? Award in MON Edinburgh, 2012 making her the second woman ever to win it MON and the first to do so in 20 years. Aisling talks to Clive MON about starring in the likes of 'Dead Boss', 'Cardinal Burns' MON and Radio 4's 'Mick's and Legends' MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON Clips MON empty MON empty MON See all clips from Kate Tempest, Cerys Matthews, Edward MON Petherbridge, Aisling Bea, Nikki Bedi (2) MON Cerys Matthews MON ‘Dylan Thomas: A Centenary Celebration’ is published by MON Bloomsbury and available now. MON ‘The Good Life Experience’ is at Hawarden Estate Farm Shop, MON Flintshire on Saturday 20th September. MON ‘Cerys on 6’ is on Sunday mornings at 10.00 on BBC 6 Music. MON Kate Tempest MON ‘Everybody Down’ is available now on Big Dada. MON Kate is playing at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on Friday MON 10th, Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-By-Sea on Monday 27th MON and O2 Academy, Oxford on Friday 7th November. Check her MON website for further dates. MON ‘Hold Your Own’ is published by Picador on 9th October. MON Edward Petherbridge MON ‘My Perfect Mind’ is at Young Vic, London until Thursday MON 25th September, then touring from Monday 29th September to MON Saturday 15th November. MON Aisling Bea MON Aisling is performing at Manford's Comedy Club, Birmingham MON on Saturday 13th, Phoenix Pub, London on Monday 15th, MON Hamilton Pub, London on Wednesday 17th and she is also MON hosting The Big Top at Greenwich Comedy Festival on Sunday MON 28th September. MON MON 12:00 J Kingston Platt b01rtzx7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Navy Lark b00v3vry (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Paul Temple b007jqrt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075ybt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00wr6tn (Listen) MON Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 6 MON Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. MON Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths MON Tamsin Greig reads episode six of Daphne Du Maurier's dark MON and intriguing gothic tale. MON After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan has gone to live MON with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss at Jamaica Inn, MON situated amidst the bleak Cornish landscape. Mary has learnt MON the true nature of her vicious Uncle's business and has MON found a confidant in the vicar Francis Davey. She discovers MON that she's attracted to her Uncle's younger brother Jem but MON is unsure if he's involved with his brother's violent MON smuggling activities or not and as a result has mixed MON feelings about him. In this episode Mary takes a trip to MON Launceston with Jem but it ends unexpectedly. MON Producer: Alison Crawford. MON MON 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved MON b00mq5x8 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the MON Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this MON mysterious area. MON Tom tracks down one of the original Bermuda Triangle authors MON and discovers that the pursuit of truth was not necessarily MON the priority when the story was first told. MON A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01mqm9g (Listen) MON The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 6, Episode 1 MON Sam's diary reaches 1665. At the start of the year, a great MON frost brings London transport, horses in other words, to a MON standstill and the streets are given over to football. Sam MON tries, and fails, to help a young girl who has chosen an MON unsuitable lover, while his own collection of unsuitable MON lovers increases, despite the oath he has taken to stop MON chasing women. His wife, Elizabeth, goes to the hot-house MON for a wash, and resolves to go there once a week but Sam MON doesn't think it will last. Adapted by Hattie Naylor. MON Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by MON Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany MON Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David MON Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by MON Alice Baxter. Historical consultant: Liza Picard MON Sound by Nigel Lewis MON A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. MON Credits MON Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall MON Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways MON Jane Welsh: Bethan Walker MON Mrs Lane: Eiry Thomas MON Will: John Biddle MON Mr Jervas: Matthew Gravelle MON Director: Kate McAll MON Producer: Kate McAll MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b01qw8dd (Listen) MON Andrew Solomon - Far From the Tree, Episode 1 MON The time-worn adage says that the apple doesn't fall far MON from the tree, meaning that a child resembles his or her MON parents. The children described in this book are apples that MON have fallen elsewhere - some a couple of orchards away, some MON on the other side of the world. Yet myriad families learn to MON tolerate, accept and finally celebrate children who are not MON what they originally had in mind. MON Andrew Solomon introduces us to families coping with MON deafness, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, and MON disability - as well as families who have children who are MON prodigies, who are gay, or who become criminals. MON While each of these characteristics is potentially MON isolating, Solomon documents the repeated triumphs of human MON love and compassion to show that the shared experience of MON difference is what unites us. MON Episode 1 (of 5): MON Growing up gay and also struggling with dyslexia led Andrew MON Solomon to reflect on those situations where a child arrives MON in a family and is immediately an 'outsider'. 'Parenthood,' MON he writes, 'abruptly catapults us into a permanent MON relationship with a stranger'. MON Read by Kerry Shale MON Abridged and produced by Jill Waters MON A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Saturday Drama b00p7g8q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04hcvtb (Listen) MON Toads, Tigers and Tiny Cars MON There's lots of stripey feline fun today as Mel roars with MON the tigers of India and hears from author and illustrator MON Judith Kerr about the origins of The Tiger Who Came to Tea. MON MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00b41fs (Listen) MON Series 2, Anyone for a Cruise to Cherbourg? MON The singing duo wonder why their agent is being MON uncharacteristically nice. Stars Roy Hudd and June MON Whitfield. From October 1999. MON MON 17:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b0075nzw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 It's Your Round b00zm32d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b04hcvwp (Listen) MON Orlando Figes and Michael Schmidt MON 4 Extra Debut. Tom Sutcliffe, Orlando Figes and Michael MON Schmidt discuss books by Elizabeth Bishop, Vladimir Nabokov MON and Henry James. From July 1998. MON Complete Poems Published by Elizabeth Bishop MON Publisher: Chatto & Windus MON Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov MON Publisher: Penguin 20th Century Classics MON Washington Square by Henry James MON Publisher: Penguin Classics. MON MON 19:00 J Kingston Platt b01rtzx7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Navy Lark b00v3vry (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Paul Temple b007jqrt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075ybt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfyt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b04gnhnn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b04g8404 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01b9kdj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b04gch03 (Listen) MON Series 44, Episode 1 MON Steve Punt is joined by Terry Mynott, David Quantick, Mitch MON Benn, Laura Shavin and Jon Holmes for a comic romp through MON the week's news. MON Written by the cast with additional material from Andy MON Woolton, Carrie Quinlan and Alice Gregg. Produced by MON Alexandra Smith. MON Listen to or download The Now Show MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Panellist: Terry Mynott MON Panellist: David Quantick MON Panellist: Mitch Benn MON Panellist: Jon Holmes MON Producer: Alexandra Smith MON MON 23:30 The Consultants b0076prd (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 3 MON When warding off dark lords, salad is acceptable. Cerebral MON sketch show with Neil Edmond and Justin Edwards. From MON December 2003. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 TUE TUE 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00wr6tn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved TUE b00mq5x8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01mqm9g (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 Book of the Week b01qw8dd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 It's Your Round b00zm32d (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b04hcvwp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Paul Temple b007jqrt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075ybt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Saturday Drama b00p7g8q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00cqfyt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b04gnhnn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00b41fs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b0075nzw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Paul Temple b007vg7q (Listen) TUE Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, Coffee for Miss Conrad TUE The smooth detective and his wife encounter Betty Conrad, TUE and a midnight meeting is arranged. Stars Peter Coke. From TUE April 1958. TUE TUE 06:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075yhc (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE In his futuristic look at digital possibilities, Douglas TUE Adams reflects on the potential of the internet for authors TUE and publishers. How will e-publishing affect the book TUE industry? TUE TUE 07:00 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007k3yd (Listen) TUE The T Machine TUE Copper trousers, murderous intent and a paradoxical tale of TUE the villainous Dr Julius Venn and his misbegotten future TUE history. Stars Roy Kinnear. From October 1988. TUE TUE 07:30 Meet David Sedaris b03npb2y (Listen) TUE Series 4, The Sea Section; Dog Days TUE One of the world's best storytellers is back on BBC Radio 4. TUE This week, dealing with family tragedy in "The Sea Section" TUE and some comic verse about our canine friends in "Dog Days". TUE Producer: Steve Doherty TUE A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Reader: David Sedaris TUE Producer: Steve Doherty TUE Writer: David Sedaris TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b00d4182 (Listen) TUE The Great British Revolution TUE Angry revolutionary leader Neddie Seagoon is duped into TUE buying worthless weapons. Stars Harry Secombe. From December TUE 1957. TUE TUE 08:30 Doctor in the House b007k4s5 (Listen) TUE Out-Patients TUE Medic Sparrow misdiagnoses a boil, while Taffy keeps TUE volunteering for night-shifts. Stars Richard Briers. From TUE August 1968. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b04gch03 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Coming Alive b00hhjfg (Listen) TUE Series 3, Good Sports TUE Sandra's mother starts meddling over Terry, and there is a TUE surprising sporting challenge. Stars Karl Howman. From TUE October 2001. TUE TUE 10:00 Marcy Kahan - A Bullet at Balmain's b00t5jmj (Listen) TUE A promiscuous mannequin's murder in 1948 Paris stylishly TUE distracts Noel Coward. Stars Malcolm Sinclair and Eleanor TUE Bron. TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00szzmv (Listen) TUE A Little More Love in the Afternoon, Chitting TUE By Elizabeth Buchan. TUE Read by Melody Grove. TUE Twelve-year-old Edie is not happy. Her mum's going away for TUE a week which means she has to go to her grandmother's house TUE after school. Worse still, she'll have to eat her gran's TUE cooking (stew, with boiled carrots! White fish with TUE cabbage!). Needless to say, her grandmother's none too happy TUE to have the company of a "sulky young miss". As the week TUE passes, slowly, the pair learn to make the best of a bad TUE situation. TUE Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00wdhq1 (Listen) TUE Anita Sullivan - Selfless TUE Drew is brought into A&E by a car-driver who saw him come TUE off his motorbike. He is concussed and has broken his ankle. TUE But that's not all. Drew can't remember who he is or where TUE he lives. He isn't carrying a phone and all he has in his TUE wallet is a bank-card and a video-shop membership. The TUE hospital will only discharge Andrew if he is watched for the TUE next 24 hours. Owen, the driver, offers to put him up for TUE the night. Owen is the perfect host and the flat is TUE beautiful but it is on the third floor and the injured TUE Andrew starts to feel trapped. The only thing he can TUE remember is a phone number and a name - Elspeth. TUE Anita Sullivan's play is a psychological thriller locked in TUE a claustrophobic space. TUE Produced and Directed by Kate McAll. TUE Credits TUE Drew: Adrian Bower TUE Owen: Mark Meadows TUE Elspeth: Nisha Nayar TUE Nurse: Rebecca Harries TUE Director: Kate McAll TUE Producer: Kate McAll TUE Writer: Anita Sullivan TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b00d4182 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Doctor in the House b007k4s5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Paul Temple b007vg7q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075yhc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00wr8q5 (Listen) TUE Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 7 TUE Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. TUE Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths TUE Reader: Tamsin Greig TUE Episode 7 of Daphne Du Maurier's dark and intriguing gothic TUE tale. TUE Mary is unwillingly drawn into the dark deeds of Joss and TUE his accomplices. And, as she struggles with events beyond TUE her control, Mary is further thrown by her feelings for a TUE man she dare not trust. TUE Producer: Alison Crawford. TUE TUE 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved TUE b00mq5t8 (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the TUE Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this TUE mysterious area. TUE Tom pursues the truth about Charles Berlitz, the man who TUE wrote the all-time Bermuda Triangle bestseller. He hears TUE from critics of Berlitz's para-science and speaks to TUE Berlitz's biggest fan, his surviving daughter, Lin Hilton. TUE A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01mqp1m (Listen) TUE The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 6, Episode 2 TUE A freezing winter gives way to a spring heatwave, and the TUE dreaded bubonic plague claims its first victims. Sam sees TUE three houses in the city barricaded shut, with their TUE infected occupants inside, and a red cross painted on the TUE door. Yet in many ways normal life continues. Sam advises TUE Lady Sandwich about the marriage of her daughter, Jemima, TUE and Elizabeth is pleased with her new purchase of paradise TUE fish in a glass bowl. Adapted by Hattie Naylor. TUE Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by TUE Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany TUE Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David TUE Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by TUE Alice Baxter. Historical consultant: Liza Picard TUE Sound by Nigel Lewis TUE A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. TUE Credits TUE Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall TUE Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways TUE Mr Povy: Adrian Scarborough TUE Lady Sandwich: Bethan Walker TUE Mary Mercer: Catrin Stewart TUE Mr Payne, the boatman: Matthew Gravelle TUE Will: John Biddle TUE Director: Kate McAll TUE Producer: Kate McAll TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b01qzctg (Listen) TUE Andrew Solomon - Far From the Tree, Episode 2 TUE The time-worn adage says that the apple doesn't fall far TUE from the tree, meaning that a child resembles his or her TUE parents. The children described in this book are apples that TUE have fallen elsewhere - some a couple of orchards away, some TUE on the other side of the world. Yet myriad families learn to TUE tolerate, accept and finally celebrate children who are not TUE what they originally had in mind. TUE Andrew Solomon introduces us to families coping with TUE deafness, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, and TUE disability - as well as families who have children who are TUE prodigies, who are gay, or who become criminals. TUE While each of these characteristics is potentially TUE isolating, Solomon documents the repeated triumphs of human TUE love and compassion to show that the shared experience of TUE difference is what unites us. TUE Episode 2 (of 5): TUE Many hearing people regard being deaf as a defect or a TUE pathology but, for a large proportion of people who are TUE deaf, it is both a culture and an identity worth celebrating TUE and defending. TUE Read by Kerry Shale TUE Abridged and produced by Jill Waters TUE A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 Marcy Kahan - A Bullet at Balmain's b00t5jmj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04hgf63 (Listen) TUE Cupcakes and steam-powered cars TUE Mel Giedroyc says happy birthday to author Julia Donaldson, TUE Matt Baker takes a ride in a steam-powered car, and we get a TUE lesson in making the perfect cupcake. TUE TUE 17:00 Up the Garden Path b008hq47 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Taking It on the Chin TUE As Izzy's love-life grows ever more complicated, she's in TUE for a big surprise. Stars Imelda Staunton. From December TUE 1993. TUE TUE 17:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007k3yd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Quote... Unquote b007jphn (Listen) TUE 4 Extra Debut. Nigel Rees hosts celebrities exchanging TUE anecdotes, epigrams and bons mots. With Alan Bennett, Janet TUE Suzman, Leslie Thomas and Wynford Vaughan Thomas. From March TUE 1982. TUE TUE 18:30 Musical Legends b01f52g8 (Listen) TUE Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull TUE Ian Anderson's widely recognised as the man who introduced TUE the flute to rock music. TUE Born in Dunfermline in 1947 he attended primary school in TUE Edinburgh before his family moved south to Blackpool. TUE Following a Grammar school education Ian went to Art College TUE before embarking on a career as a musician. TUE Jethro Tull was formed in 1968 and first performed at TUE London's famous Marquee Club. The band have gone on to TUE perform at over 3000 concerts in over 40 countries. TUE Along with the flute Ian plays whistles, acoustic guitars TUE and mandolin. TUE In recent years Ian has toured more and more under his own TUE name and has recorded four solo albums. He's about to embark TUE on a 19 date tour to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the TUE Jethro Tull album 'Thick as a Brick'. His Scottish dates are TUE in Perth on 14th April and Glasgow on 15th April. TUE Tom Morton talks to Ian about his love of the flute, his TUE passion for performing and his newly recorded album Thick as TUE a Brick 2 and they listen to some songs from the Tull TUE repertoire. TUE BBC Music TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b00d4182 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Doctor in the House b007k4s5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Paul Temple b007vg7q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075yhc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00szzmv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00wdhq1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Meet David Sedaris b03npb2y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Dave Against the Machine b011jw8g (Listen) TUE Angels From Outer Space TUE Dave Lamb's brand new sitcom series about conspiracy TUE theorist Dave Railings continues and this week it's aliens. TUE When the post is delivered on time to the flat that Dave TUE shares with his deeply frustrated younger brother Jim, Dave TUE jumps to the conclusion that their usual, rubbish postman TUE must have been replaced by an alien clone. Jim is initially TUE dismayed, but then realises that Dave's fear of being TUE abducted by aliens (again) gives him his best opportunity TUE yet to escape his disturbed older brother. TUE Meanwhile community police officers Nigel and Geoff find TUE themselves on duty at a dating march for single people, TUE where the abuse they start to get from the public drives TUE Geoff to drink. And if that wasn't bad enough for Nigel, it TUE seems as if the guvnor has a thing for him. Belly laughs and TUE plot twists as Dave Railings attempts to save the public TUE from its own ignorance and foil an intergalactic scavenger's TUE bid to stockpile human DNA. The truth is out there... TUE possibly. TUE Cast: TUE Dave Railings ..... Dave Lamb TUE Jim Railings ..... Jim North TUE Nigel Spikes ...... Nick Walker TUE Geoff Brown ...... Richie Webb TUE Callious ..... Carrie Quinlan TUE Written by Dave Lamb TUE Script edited by Anil Gupta TUE Directed by Adam Tandy TUE Produced by Richie Webb TUE A Top Dog production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 Bleak Expectations b00vy38l (Listen) TUE Series 4, A Now Spoiled Life Smashed Some More TUE Another chapter of the Victorian comic epic, and this week TUE Pip and Harry journey to the Underworld to rescue Ripely, TUE only to find the evil Mister Benevolent has got there first. TUE Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson TUE Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen TUE Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head TUE Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman TUE Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland TUE Pippa ..... Susy Kane TUE Writer ..... Mark Evans TUE Producer ..... Gareth Edwards TUE Another chapter of the Victorian comic epic by Mark Evans. TUE Pip and Harry must journey to the Underworld to rescue TUE Ripely, but Mr Gently Benevolent has got there first and is TUE planning to unleash the demons of Hell on the streets of TUE London, making them even worse than usual. Meanwhile Ripely TUE seems to be enjoying the company of some Greek Heroes a TUE little too much. TUE Can Pip prevent a demon invasion of the streets of London? TUE Can Harry win back the affections of his wife Pippa who has TUE fallen for Benevolent's evil charms? Can anything be more TUE terrifying the Clive the massive cake dragon? And will Mr TUE Benevolent be in trouble with the Devil when she gets back TUE from maternity leave? TUE Credits TUE Producer: Gareth Edwards TUE TUE 23:30 And Now In Colour b00804kc (Listen) TUE Series 2, Astronaut Training TUE The sketch team take the audience to Nevada for selection by TUE NASA. Stars Tim de Jongh and William Vandyck. From February TUE 1991. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2014 WED WED 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00wr8q5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved WED b00mq5t8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01mqp1m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 Book of the Week b01qzctg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Quote... Unquote b007jphn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Musical Legends b01f52g8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Paul Temple b007vg7q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075yhc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Marcy Kahan - A Bullet at Balmain's b00t5jmj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00szzmv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00wdhq1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Up the Garden Path b008hq47 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007k3yd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Paul Temple b007vh36 (Listen) WED Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, Person Unknown WED The stylish detective and his wife arrive at the factory, in WED the gripping climax to the mystery. Stars Peter Coke. From WED April 1958. WED WED 06:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075ym6 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Douglas Adams looks at how new technology is changing film WED and television, and asks whether traditional broadcasting WED will be replaced by more interactive entertainment. WED WED 07:00 An Actor's Life for Me b00s7t2v (Listen) WED Series 3, Neighbours WED Robert discovers that not everybody needs good neighbours. WED Stars John Gordon Sinclair and Gina McKee. From February WED 1993. WED WED 07:30 Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly at Odds with the Universe WED b04g8rhd (Listen) WED Adapted from his sell-out Edinburgh show Tom Wrigglesworth WED takes an emotional journey exploring his profound WED relationship with his granddad, and comes to fully WED understand the influence he has had on his life. WED WED 08:00 The Burkiss Way b007jttb (Listen) WED Series 3, Ignore These Programme Titles the Burkiss Way WED The team pull open the 'Door Handle of the Day'. Stars Jo WED Kendall, Chris Emmett, Fred Harris and Nigel Rees. From WED January 1978. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00qhq9b (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 4 WED Rent-a-pet, and an invasion of Earth. Sketches and songs WED with Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and David Hatch. From October WED 1965. WED WED 09:00 Dilemma b0183rb5 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 5 WED Sue Perkins puts four guests through the moral and ethical WED wringer in this show show in which there are no "right" WED answers - but there are some deeply damning ones. WED This edition features comedians John Finnemore, Danielle WED Ward and Alun Cochrane, and distinguished foreign WED correspondent Dame Ann Leslie. This week the guests deal WED with hypothetical situations involving old ladies WED shoplifting, gentlemen "pocket-patting", unqualified doctors WED and fake psychics. They also debate which figure least WED deserves their place in history out of Albert Einstein, WED Winston Churchill, and David Attenborough. WED The show was devised by award-winning stand-up and writer WED Danielle Ward (The News Quiz, Newswipe, Mock The Week). WED Producer: Ed Morrish. WED Credits WED Presenter: Sue Perkins WED Panellist: John Finnemore WED Panellist: Danielle Ward WED Panellist: Alun Cochrane WED Panellist: Ann Leslie WED Producer: Ed Morrish WED WED 09:30 Simon's Bug b04hgsms (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Simon is sure he knows what his family are up to behind his WED back. Things are falling apart. Stars Hwyel Bennett. From WED March 1989. WED WED 10:00 Marcy Kahan - Blithe Spy b00tcsps (Listen) WED The Nazis are in New York, and Noel Coward turns spy to WED battle for Britain. Spy adventure with Malcolm Sinclair and WED Eleanor Bron. WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00szzmx (Listen) WED A Little More Love in the Afternoon, The Gift WED Series in which leading romantic novelists write short WED stories inspired by the four word brief : Love in the WED Afternoon. WED "The Gift" by Santa Montefiore. WED Read by Aoife McMahon. WED Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. WED Cara confronts long buried memories when she learns that an WED old flame is seriously ill in hospital. Flying out to be by WED his bedside in Buenos Aires, she makes a decision that will WED impact on both their futures. WED Santa Montefiore was born in England in 1970 to an WED Anglo-Argentine mother, and read Spanish and Italian at WED Exeter University. Her novel "The Italian Matchmaker" was WED nominated for this year's Romantic Novel of the Year Award. WED She lives in London with her husband, the historian Simon WED Sebag Montefiore, and their children, Lily and Sasha. WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b017x5zh (Listen) WED Terri-Ann Brumby - The Benefit of Time WED Debbie Green is dull. Debbie Green is plain. Debbie Green WED works in Human Resources, where she has few friends, and WED lives a very mundane existence. That is, until she starts WED going to visit a hypnotist, who claims to be able to explore WED people's past lives. And guess what? Debbie, apparently, has WED had a very eventful past life - she was once Anne Boleyn. Or WED so Donald Cruikshank her hypnotist excitedly confirms. He WED is, of course, a charlatan, and he's gulling her. Or is he? WED Is she gulling him? As the sessions progress, and Debbie WED starts doing an office round-robin e-mail of her WED experiences, her popularity at work increases dramatically, WED as do her career prospects. WED In our celebrity-fixated world, what better celebrity to WED conjure up - and then actually be - than a famous figure of WED history? And as Debbie climbs that greasy pole to success WED and high status, she leaves a trail of human devastation in WED her wake. WED Original Music composed by David Chilton WED Produced by Gordon House WED A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC Radio 4. WED Credits WED Donald Cruickshank: Adrian Scarborough WED Debbie Wilson: Samantha Spiro WED Writer: Terri-Ann Brumby WED Director: Gordon House WED Producer: Gordon House WED WED 12:00 The Burkiss Way b007jttb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00qhq9b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Paul Temple b007vh36 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075ym6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00wr9qv (Listen) WED Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 8 WED Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. WED Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths WED Reader: Tamsin Greig WED Episode 8 of Daphne Du Maurier's dark and intriguing gothic WED tale. Mary recovers from her ordeal and escapes to seek WED help. WED Producer: Alison Crawford. WED WED 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved WED b00mq5tb (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the WED Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this WED mysterious area. WED Tom examines the relationship between the supposedly WED inexplicable disappearance of hundreds of seamen and WED aviators in the Bermuda Triangle, and the mythical lost WED kingdom of Atlantis. WED A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01mqq6c (Listen) WED The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 6, Episode 3 WED More Londoners are infected with plague. In an effort to WED contain it, they are shut up in their houses, with planks WED nailed across the doors so they can't get out. Sam's mother WED wants him and Elizabeth to come and stay in the country away WED from the danger. But Sam plans to send his wife to Woolwich, WED out of harm's way. He himself is too busy with Navy work to WED leave, especially now that the country is at war with the WED Dutch. Adapted by Hattie Naylor. WED Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by WED Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany WED Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David WED Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by WED Alice Baxter. Historical consultant: Liza Picard WED Sound by Nigel Lewis WED A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. WED Credits WED Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall WED Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways WED Mary Mercer: Catrin Stewart WED Mrs Pepys: Manon Edwards WED Mr Payne: Matthew Gravelle WED Sarah Udall: Sara McGaughey WED Mr Povy: Adrian Scarborough WED Lady Sandwich: Bethan Walker WED Director: Kate McAll WED Producer: Kate McAll WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b01qzctj (Listen) WED Andrew Solomon - Far From the Tree, Episode 3 WED The time-worn adage says that the apple doesn't fall far WED from the tree, meaning that a child resembles his or her WED parents. The children described in this book are apples that WED have fallen elsewhere - some a couple of orchards away, some WED on the other side of the world. Yet myriad families learn to WED tolerate, accept and finally celebrate children who are not WED what they originally had in mind. WED Andrew Solomon introduces us to families coping with WED deafness, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, and WED disability - as well as families who have children who are WED prodigies, who are gay, or who become criminals. WED While each of these characteristics is potentially WED isolating, Solomon documents the repeated triumphs of human WED love and compassion to show that the shared experience of WED difference is what unites us. WED Episode 3 (of 5): WED A child of exceptional ability, such as a musical prodigy, WED can present as many special needs and challenges to his WED parents as a child who has disabilities or is different in WED some other way. The tensions between these children and WED their parents can create extraordinary pressures and WED dilemmas. WED Read by Kerry Shale WED Abridged and produced by Jill Waters WED A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 Marcy Kahan - Blithe Spy b00tcsps (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04hgsyz (Listen) WED Upside-down trees WED Mel Giedroyc hears about the amazing upside-down trees of WED Africa, takes a boat trip with a lady lock-keeper, and gets WED in a spin over the invention of the washing machine. WED WED 17:00 Hats Off b00nhw1x (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 4 WED Maureen Lipman reinterprets the monologues, letters and WED songs of comedienne and writer Joyce Grenfell. From January WED 1999. WED WED 17:30 An Actor's Life for Me b00s7t2v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Dilemma b0183rb5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b00769ym (Listen) WED Gambling WED 4 Extra Debut. Poker player Victoria Coren, trader Henry WED Peevers and writer Jude Collins discuss the eternal appeal WED of Lady Luck with Matthew Parris. From October 2002. WED In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of WED writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established WED names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas WED and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on WED this week's topic. WED The best new writing and the freshest conversation from WED 2002. WED WED 19:00 The Burkiss Way b007jttb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00qhq9b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Paul Temple b007vh36 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075ym6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00szzmx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b017x5zh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly at Odds with the Universe WED b04g8rhd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Elvenquest b016vn8f (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 4 WED As they continue their search for the Sword of Asnagar, the WED noble Questers find themselves coming to the rescue of King WED Baldwin the Jovial whose mead hall is being terrorised by a WED terrible creature called "The Grundle". But when Amis, the WED Chosen One, starts to question whether he is actually all WED that special after all, the Questers hatch a plan to kill WED the beast and restore Amis' self-worth. WED Meanwhile, time is running out for Lord Darkness. Kreech WED tells he must find a girlfriend to keep him young, or he'll WED find his incorporeal essence once more slowly shrivelling WED and turning to dust. So Darkness starts off on the dating WED game. Trouble is, it's been a bit of time since he last met WED a girl, let alone chatted one up... WED Starring: WED Darren Boyd as Vidar WED Kevin Eldon as Dean/Kreech WED Dave Lamb as Amis aka The Chosen One WED Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness WED Stephen Mangan as Sam WED Daniel Rigby as King Baldwin The Jovial WED and WED Sophie Winkleman as Penthiselea WED Written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto WED Producer: Sam Michell. WED WED 23:00 The Museum of Everything b00gknj8 (Listen) WED Series 3, The Museum Reopens WED A temp with a scary clown face aids the tour guide. Starring WED Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell. From June WED 2006. WED WED 23:30 The Big Booth b007k25t (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 4 WED Boothby Graffoe's thoughts, sketches and soup time machine. WED With Steve Frost and guitarist Antonio Forcione. From WED January 2000. WED WED THU THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2014 THU THU 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00wr9qv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved THU b00mq5tb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01mqq6c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Book of the Week b01qzctj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Dilemma b0183rb5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b00769ym (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Paul Temple b007vh36 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075ym6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Marcy Kahan - Blithe Spy b00tcsps (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00szzmx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Afternoon Drama b017x5zh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Hats Off b00nhw1x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 An Actor's Life for Me b00s7t2v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Clean Up b04hgv4d (Listen) THU 4 Extra Debut. Tom leads his neighbourhood OAPs in a drive THU to tidy up, but he soon realises they need an incentive. THU Stars Geoffrey Banks. THU THU 06:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075yrk (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Douglas Adams explores what the digital future may hold. THU Computers as tiny as grains of sand or fluff in our pockets? THU THU 07:00 Ayres on the Air b00m6f4m (Listen) THU Series 3, In the Doghouse THU Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry, THU anecdotes and sketches. THU Poems include Toaster, about Pam's son's dog and its phobia; THU I'm the Dog Who Didn't Win a Prize, written by Pam after she THU was asked to be a judge at a competition; and Tippy Tappy THU Feet, about the things you miss when your best friend goes THU to the great kennel in the sky. THU Pam is joined on stage by actors Geoffrey Whitehead and THU Felicity Montagu for sketches on what dogs talk to each THU other about and how a new puppy can cause more excitement in THU some families than a new baby. THU THU 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b01m171v (Listen) THU Edinburgh 2012 THU John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure; THU regular guest on The Now Show; and popper-upper in things THU like Miranda and Family Guy, presents a special edition of THU his sketch show, recorded at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. THU The first series, broadcast last year, was described as THU "sparklingly clever" by The Daily Telegraph and "one of the THU most consistently funny sketch shows for quite some time" by THU The Guardian. It featured Winnie the Pooh coming to terms THU with his abusive relationship with honey; how The Archers THU sounds to people who don't listen to the Archers, and Jekyll THU and Hyde's tricky housekeeping arrangements. This show won't THU feature any of those things, but that's ok, because it will THU feature other things, and they'll be funny too. THU John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is written by and stars THU John Finnemore, with Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, THU Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. THU Producer: Ed Morrish. THU Clip THU empty THU THU 08:00 Parsley Sidings b007k122 (Listen) THU Series 2, The Purity League THU Things look tricky for Percy following Horace's morality THU drive. Stars Arthur Lowe and Kenneth Connor. From November THU 1973. THU THU 08:30 Take It From Here b01c6fkb (Listen) THU From 16/04/1958 THU Dick dreams of Persia, and Eth is agitated in The Glums. THU Stars Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield. From THU April 1958. THU THU 09:00 Too Much Information b00nk4wt (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Comedy by Neil Warhurst about a tourist information centre THU in a town with no tourist attractions whatsoever. THU Waft Tourist Information resurrects an old Waft tradition, THU The Day of the Pie, in which the ugliest boy of the village THU eats a pork pie on the village green. THU Warren ...... Jeff Rawle THU Douglas ...... Malcolm Tierney THU Heather ...... Liza Sadovy THU Lucy ...... Joannah Tincey THU Bryan ...... Paul Barnhill THU Tourist Information Machine ...... Philip Fox THU Tyler (Piggy) ...... Rhys Jennings. THU THU 09:30 The Small World of Dominic Holland b007wpz1 (Listen) THU Episode 6 THU The comedian ponders the journey of life to adulthood. THU Stand-up and sketches with Dave Lamb. From September 2000. THU THU 10:00 David Wade - Power of Attorney b007w3c3 (Listen) THU Hard up Geoffrey and Annabelle turn to their crotchety rich THU aunt. Comedy starring Geoffrey Palmer and Geraldine McEwan. THU THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00szzmz (Listen) THU A Little More Love in the Afternoon, Thursdays THU Written by Adele Parks. THU Read by Francesca Dymond. THU As she celebrates her thirty-first birthday eating left-over THU shepherd's pie in the company of her whining young children THU and disinterested husband, Ginny longs to find a way to make THU her life thrilling again. THU Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b011jvyz (Listen) THU Ewa Banaszkiewicz - SBLT (Single But Living Together) THU by Ewa Banaszkiewicz THU What happens if you separate but circumstances force you to THU continue to live together? THU Alex thinks she can make it work with a list of rules but THU then emotions begin to get in the way. THU Directed by Sally Avens. THU Credits THU Alex: Natasha Little THU Josh: David Seddon THU Liz: Sarah Smart THU Duncan: Will Tudor THU Rilla: Jane Whittenshaw THU Nicky: Alex Tregear THU Zoe: Martha Avens THU Writer: Ewa Banaszkiewicz THU Director: Sally Avens THU THU 12:00 Parsley Sidings b007k122 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Take It From Here b01c6fkb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Clean Up b04hgv4d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075yrk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00wr9w3 (Listen) THU Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 9 THU Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. THU Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths THU Tamsin Greig reads episode 9 of Daphne Du Maurier's dark and THU intriguing gothic tale. THU After being forced to experience the horror of a wrecking THU trip, Mary has escaped from Jamaica Inn determined to seek THU help and finally bring her uncle and his associates to THU justice. When she discovers the vicar of Altarnun away from THU home, Mary decides to turn to Squire Bassat for assistance. THU On her return to the inn, Mary makes a shocking discovery. THU Producer: Alison Crawford. THU THU 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved THU b00mq5td (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the THU Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this THU mysterious area. THU Tom returns to the peculiar story of British South American THU Airways and the last flight of Star Ariel, which disappeared THU without trace in the Bermuda Triangle in 1949. He uncovers THU new evidence suggesting that, far from being a mystery, the THU disappearance was in fact down to one small, but fatal, THU flaw. THU A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01mqq9b (Listen) THU The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 6, Episode 4 THU The plague tightens its grip on London and as four thousand THU deaths are reported in one week, burial places become THU scarce. Yet, in the midst of all this there is still hope. THU Sam is asked to advise a nervous young bridegroom about the THU 'facts of life'. There's good news about the war with the THU Dutch - Lord Sandwich has taken several of their ships. Sam THU is so overjoyed that he joins some friends for a THU celebration. In spite of all the misery and fear around THU them, they sit up late, drinking and singing, and Sam THU confides to his diary that he's had one of the happiest THU nights of his life. Adapted by Hattie Naylor. THU Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by THU Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany THU Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David THU Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by THU Alice Baxter. Historical consultant: Liza Picard THU Sound by Nigel Lewis THU A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. THU Credits THU Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall THU Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways THU Phillip Carteret: John Biddle THU Lady Jemima: Catrin Stewart THU Lady Sandwich: Bethan Walker THU Kate Joyce: Eiry Thomas THU John Evelyn: Dan Starkey THU Will: John Biddle THU Drunk man: Matthew Gravelle THU Director: Kate McAll THU Producer: Kate McAll THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b01qzctl (Listen) THU Andrew Solomon - Far From the Tree, Episode 4 THU The time-worn adage says that the apple doesn't fall far THU from the tree, meaning that a child resembles his or her THU parents. The children described in this book are apples that THU have fallen elsewhere - some a couple of orchards away, some THU on the other side of the world. Yet myriad families learn to THU tolerate, accept and finally celebrate children who are not THU what they originally had in mind. THU Andrew Solomon introduces us to families coping with THU deafness, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, and THU disability - as well as families who have children who are THU prodigies, who are gay, or who become criminals. THU While each of these characteristics is potentially THU isolating, Solomon documents the repeated triumphs of human THU love and compassion to show that the shared experience of THU difference is what unites us. THU Episode 4 (of 5): THU What happens to an apparently ordinary family when a child THU commits acts of extreme criminal behaviour? Dylan Klebold THU was one of the two teenagers responsible for the shootings THU at Columbine High School. His parents still live in the THU house where he grew up. THU Read by Kerry Shale THU Abridged and produced by Jill Waters THU A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 David Wade - Power of Attorney b007w3c3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04hkf2m (Listen) THU Tom Palmer, ferrets and icing THU Mel Giedroyc discovers the origins of icing for cakes, THU author Tom Palmer shares his Inheritance Books, and we go THU 'squeak' with a very friendly pet ferret. THU THU 17:00 No Commitments b007jmvz (Listen) THU Series 2, Bed and Breakfast THU When Anna becomes a temporary landlady, her sister Charlotte THU offers extra amenities. Stars Rosemary Leach. From August THU 1993. THU Credits THU Actor: Ann Jobson THU THU 17:30 Ayres on the Air b00m6f4m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Too Much Information b00nk4wt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Bookclub b0075r2v (Listen) THU Douglas Adams THU In a special edition of Bookclub, James Naughtie and a group THU of readers talk to author Douglas Adams about his classic THU worldwide bestseller The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. THU Guests include Simon Brett, Geoffrey Perkins and book THU publisher Nick Webb. The audience ask Douglas Adams THU questions about comedy, sci-fi and about the creation of his THU characters and his influences. THU From January 2000. THU Clip THU empty THU THU 19:00 Parsley Sidings b007k122 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Take It From Here b01c6fkb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Clean Up b04hgv4d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075yrk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading b00szzmz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b011jvyz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b01m171v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Radio 9 b04hkfq5 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 5 THU An unusual doctor, the perils of parenthood and faking it as THU a boxer. Stars Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. From August THU 2005. THU THU 23:00 The News at Bedtime b00pftgj (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU Twin presenters John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee present THU in-depth news analysis covering the latest stories happening THU this 'once upon a time'. THU Food campaigner Jack Spratt and the Tooth Fairy debate the THU nation's nutrition. THU With Jack Dee, Peter Capaldi, Charlotte Green, Lewis THU MacLeod, Lucy Montgomery, Vicki Pepperdine, Dan Tetsell. THU Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. THU THU 23:15 Peter Bradshaw - For One Horrible Moment b0084ss4 (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Memoirs of a boy growing up in the 1970s, when a girl caused THU excitement and self-loathing. Written and read by Peter THU Bradshaw. THU THU 23:30 Pleased to Meet You b0124y89 (Listen) THU Pilot THU Ninety-something good-time girl Dora Dale tells some wild THU tales from her star-strewn past. With Martin Kelner and Jake THU Yapp. From November 2005. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2014 FRI FRI 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00wr9w3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved FRI b00mq5td (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 15 Minute Drama b01mqq9b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Book of the Week b01qzctl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Too Much Information b00nk4wt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Bookclub b0075r2v (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Clean Up b04hgv4d (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future b0075yrk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 David Wade - Power of Attorney b007w3c3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00szzmz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Afternoon Drama b011jvyz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 No Commitments b007jmvz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Ayres on the Air b00m6f4m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Guy Meredith - Mad, Bad b007jvvk (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. Two self-obsessed writers clash over rival FRI Byron biographies via answerphone. Can they agree? Stars FRI Anna Massey and Bill Nighy. FRI FRI 06:30 The Internet: The Last 20th-Century Battleground FRI b04hkj0y (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI 4 Extra Debut. In 1999, Douglas Adams offered his vision of FRI a digital future with a global explosion in communication FRI from a virtual world. FRI FRI 07:00 Bangers and Mash b0075hby (Listen) FRI Episode 6 FRI The coffee tin containing half the company profits is FRI missing. With only three days left to go, can the £2,500 be FRI collected in time? Stars Roger May. From February 1999. FRI FRI 07:30 Chain Reaction b013gfnh (Listen) FRI Series 7, Kevin Eldon interviews Mark Steel FRI Chain Reaction is Radio 4's tag-team interview show. Each FRI week, a figure from the world of entertainment chooses FRI another to interview; the next week, the interviewee turns FRI interviewer, and they in turn pass the baton on to someone FRI else - creating a 'chain' throughout the series. FRI Kevin Eldon is a writer and actor for whom it would probably FRI be quicker to list the brilliant programmes he's not been in FRI than those he has - which include Brass Eye, 15 Storeys FRI High, Spaced, Look Around You, Black Books, Big Train, World FRI of Pub, Jam, I'm Alan Partridge and Attention Scum!. He also FRI wrote and starred in Radio 4's Poets' Tree, in character as FRI the Islington poet Paul Hamilton, and is the singer in FRI Beergut 100. FRI Mark Steel has presented a range of his own programmes on FRI Radio 4, from The Mark Steel Solution, The Mark Steel FRI Revolution, The Mark Steel Lectures to, most recently, the FRI Sony Silver Award and Writers Guild Award-winning Mark FRI Steel's In Town. He also occasionally appears in programmes FRI that don't have his name in the title, such as The News FRI Quiz. FRI FRI 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007r4yr (Listen) FRI Series 3, From 25/03/1978 FRI The duo welcome Penelope Keith, who does her own intro FRI before performing in Ern's sketch what he wrote. From FRI October 1977. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b00xn6sw (Listen) FRI Strictly for the Birds FRI The feather-brained civil servants get in a flap. Stars FRI Wilfrid Hyde White and Richard Murdoch. From November 1962. FRI FRI 09:00 The 99p Challenge b00nnpzc (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 4 FRI Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, FRI Melanie Giedroyc, Peter Baynham and Richard Herring. From FRI July 2000. FRI FRI 09:30 Trevor's World of Sport b00n5vsn (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 2 FRI Andy Hamilton's comedy series about Trevor the sports agent FRI and his brave attempts to swim safely through the shark tank FRI of life. FRI 2/6. Trevor is keen to sign the agency's first Muslim FRI client. But do the others think this is a good idea? And why FRI has Ralph been marooned on an island? FRI Trevor ...... Neil Pearson FRI Sammy ...... Paul Reynolds FRI Ralph ...... Michael Fenton Stevens FRI Theresa ...... Rosalind Ayres FRI Heidrun ...... Cosima Shaw FRI Barry ...... Abdul Salis FRI Meryl ...... Claire Skinner FRI Mohammad ...... Kayvan Novak. FRI FRI 10:00 Owen Holder - Alice's Friend b04hkk1m (Listen) FRI 4 Extra Debut. 84-year-old Alice employs Len as her FRI chauffeur, sparking resentment among their families. Stars FRI Joyce Carey and Harold Goodwin. FRI FRI 11:00 Winifred Holtby - Why Herbert Killed His Mother FRI b018sr28 (Listen) FRI Very beautiful as a baby, Herbert turns out to be a very FRI different adult. Short story read by Anna Massey. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00mx8rh (Listen) FRI Nancy Harris - Love in a Glass Jar FRI Love In A Glass Jar FRI By Nancy Harris FRI Eve and Patrick are two strangers who have been chatting on FRI a dating website. They've agreed to meet face to face in a FRI hotel room in order to carry out an unofficial sperm FRI donation. They both know why they're there. But do they know FRI what they want? FRI Eve.....Niamh Cusack FRI Patrick.....Lorcan Cranitch FRI Seamus Kenny.....Stephen Hogan FRI Producer Steven Canny. FRI FRI 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007r4yr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry b00xn6sw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Guy Meredith - Mad, Bad b007jvvk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 The Internet: The Last 20th-Century Battleground FRI b04hkj0y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime b00x57pb (Listen) FRI Daphne du Maurier - Jamaica Inn, Episode 10 FRI Book at Bedtime: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier. FRI Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths FRI Tamsin Greig reads the final episode of Daphne Du Maurier's FRI dark and intriguing gothic tale. Mary has returned to FRI Jamaica Inn after seeking help to bring her violent Uncle FRI and his associates to justice. After discovering both her FRI Uncle Joss and Aunt Patience murdered, she has been offered FRI refuge in the vicarage while the assailant is tracked down. FRI But Mary soon finds herself on the run and has to make a FRI life-changing decision. FRI Producer: Alison Crawford. FRI FRI 14:15 Inside the Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved FRI b00mq5tg (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the FRI Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this FRI mysterious area. FRI Tom concludes his rigorous investigation into the mysteries FRI of the Triangle by visiting Bermuda itself. The FRI extraordinary experiences of local fishermen and treasure FRI divers seem at odds with the empirical evidence collected by FRI oceanographers, air traffic controllers and air sea rescue FRI officers. So where does the truth lie? FRI A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b01mqr4r (Listen) FRI The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 6, Episode 5 FRI As the deaths from plague begin to go down at last, London FRI starts to recover - though there are few boats on the river. FRI Following the English victory over the Dutch, Sam is in the FRI running for some of the prize goods taken from the East FRI India Ships - but bad feeling over the division of the FRI spoils results in Lord Sandwich being sent away to Spain. FRI The year ends with Sam and Elizabeth at a wedding and FRI looking forward to returning to their home in Seething Lane FRI when the plague is finally over. Adapted by Hattie Naylor. FRI Theme music: Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, words by FRI Robert Herrick and music by William Lawes, sung by Bethany FRI Hughes. Lute, baroque guitar and theorbo played by David FRI Miller. Violin and viol by Annika Gray, and recorders by FRI Alice Baxter. Historical consultant: Liza Picard FRI Sound by Nigel Lewis FRI A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. FRI Credits FRI Samuel Pepys: Kris Marshall FRI Elizabeth Pepys: Katherine Jakeways FRI Edward, Lord Sandwich: Blake Ritson FRI Llewellyn: Matthew Gravelle FRI Mrs Bagwell: Bethan Walker FRI John Evelyn: Dan Starkey FRI Director: Kate McAll FRI Producer: Kate McAll FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b01qzctq (Listen) FRI Andrew Solomon - Far From the Tree, Episode 5 FRI The time-worn adage says that the apple doesn't fall far FRI from the tree, meaning that a child resembles his or her FRI parents. The children described in this book are apples that FRI have fallen elsewhere - some a couple of orchards away, some FRI on the other side of the world. Yet myriad families learn to FRI tolerate, accept and finally celebrate children who are not FRI what they originally had in mind. FRI Andrew Solomon introduces us to families coping with FRI deafness, Down syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, and FRI disability - as well as families who have children who are FRI prodigies, who are gay, or who become criminals. FRI While each of these characteristics is potentially FRI isolating, Solomon documents the repeated triumphs of human FRI love and compassion to show that the shared experience of FRI difference is what unites us. FRI Episode 5 (of 5): FRI Different kinds of families are constructed or conceived in FRI different ways - just as some children choose to identify FRI with a gender other than the one they were born into. Andrew FRI Solomon is married to his partner John and they are happily FRI involved in the parenting of four children, all with FRI differing family circumstances. FRI Read by Kerry Shale FRI Abridged and produced by Jill Waters FRI A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 Owen Holder - Alice's Friend b04hkk1m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04hknhn (Listen) FRI International Talk Like a Pirate Day - aaaarrrr!! FRI Mel Giedroyc celebrates International Talk Like a Pirate FRI Day, sings a sea shanty, goes night-time badger spotting, FRI and introduces the final episode of The Wind in the Willows. FRI FRI 17:00 After Henry b007jnwh (Listen) FRI Series 2, The Other Married Man FRI Sarah tries keeping her affair secret, but her mother FRI Eleanor can sniff out deceit. Stars Prunella Scales. From FRI September 1986. FRI FRI 17:30 Bangers and Mash b0075hby (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 The 99p Challenge b00nnpzc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 Pioneers b00xngf6 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Ian Ritchie FRI 4/5 FRI Ian Ritchie on the World Wide Web and how he pioneered the FRI very first web browser. Despite this breakthrough, he FRI reveals the missed opportunity that could have made him FRI millions. FRI He explains to Clare English about some of the reasons why FRI he passed up on this once in a life time opportunity. FRI FRI 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b007r4yr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry b00xn6sw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Guy Meredith - Mad, Bad b007jvvk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 The Internet: The Last 20th-Century Battleground FRI b04hkj0y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Winifred Holtby - Why Herbert Killed His Mother FRI b018sr28 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00mx8rh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Chain Reaction b013gfnh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 BBC Radio New Comedy Award b04h7lbk (Listen) FRI 2014, Heat two FRI Made for 4 Extra. Second heat of the 2014 BBC Radio New FRI Comedy Award. Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and FRI hosted by Chris Ramsey. FRI FRI 23:30 Goodness Gracious Me b01p98gy (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 4 FRI Alternative therapies in ER, and it's Bhangraman to the FRI rescue. Stars Sanjeev Bhaskar and Nina Wadia. From June FRI 1998. FRI