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SAT SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2014 SAT SAT 00:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole SAT b007js60 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Adrian's mother is pregnant, and there's a battle to choose SAT the family holiday. Will Adrian's dad get his way? Read by SAT Nicholas Barnes. SAT SAT 00:15 A History of the Brain b016x4t1 (Listen) SAT The Spark of Being SAT Dr Geoff Bunn's 10 part History of the Brain is a journey SAT through 5000 years of our understanding of this complex SAT organ in our heads. From Neolithic times to the present day, SAT he reveals the contemporary beliefs SAT about what the brain is for and how it fulfils its SAT functions. SAT While referencing the core physiology and neuroscience, this SAT is a cultural, not a scientific history. What soon becomes SAT obvious is that our understanding of this most inscrutable SAT organ has in all periods been coloured by the social and SAT political expedients of the day no less than by the SAT contemporary scope of scientific or biological exploration. SAT In Episode 5: The Spark of Being, the focus is on SAT electricity and communication, within the brain and between SAT the brain and the rest of the body. When John Walsh showed, SAT in 1776, that an eel could generate electricity, it became SAT possible that human consciousness also relied on sparks SAT fizzing within the brain. Coming at a time when Benjamin SAT Franklin - an acknowledged expert on electricity - was SAT signing the Declaration of Independence which asserted that SAT all men are created equal, it generated a new perspective on SAT the workings of the brain; the old hierarchical model was SAT discarded in favour of the doctrine of equipotentiality. SAT The series is entirely written and presented by Dr Geoff SAT Bunn of Manchester Metropolitan University, with actors Paul SAT Bhattacharjee and Jonathan Forbes providing the voices of SAT those who have written about the brain from Ancient Egypt to SAT the present day, and actor Hattie Morahan giving the Anatomy SAT Lesson which establishes the part of the brain to be SAT highlighted in each episode - in this instance the Corpus SAT Callosum. The original, atmospheric score is supplied by SAT composer, Barney Quinton. SAT Producer: Marya Burgess. SAT SAT 00:30 Ladies of Letters b01mhqbq (Listen) SAT Ladies of Letters Log On, Episode 10 SAT How will the relationship merry-go-round resolve itself? SAT With Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales. From May 2001. SAT SAT 00:45 Short stories by DH Lawrence b007k22t (Listen) SAT Her Turn SAT When her husband's colliery goes on strike, a wife attempts SAT to gain a share of his strike pay. Read by Peter Meakin. SAT SAT 01:00 Jest a Minute b013f0vy (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 6 SAT Justin Moorhouse, Greg Davies, Chris Corcoran and Lucy SAT Porter star in Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz. From September SAT 2006. SAT SAT 01:30 My Life in Five Books b00tmhq4 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Andrew O'Hagan SAT Andrew O'Hagan's first novel was shortlisted for the Booker SAT Prize and his latest novel is making its way to Hollywood. SAT Now a successful author living in London, Andrew reveals to SAT Stuart Cosgrove the five most SAT significant books in his life. As well as revealing his SAT literary secrets, he tells Stuart why he scoured the streets SAT of Bel Air chasing the story of a dog, why he thought London SAT was a lot like Paisley and how he managed to nurture a love SAT of books when the only book in his childhood home was the SAT Kilmarnock phone directory. SAT SAT 02:00 Paul Temple b007t1qp (Listen) SAT Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, A Change of Mind SAT The suave sleuth needs to know why he has been asked to halt SAT his murder investigation. Stars Peter Coke and Marjorie SAT Westbury. SAT SAT 02:30 Celebrating Cecilia! b00fgsm1 (Listen) SAT Catherine Bott tells the story of St Cecilia, the patron SAT saint of music, examining her role as martyr, saint and muse SAT and as the inspiration for some of the great works of music SAT and literature, including work SAT by Handel, Purcell and Benjamin Britten and Chaucer, Pope SAT and Dryden. Catherine learns of Cecilia's gruesome martyrdom SAT and subsequent place in history and witnesses preparations SAT for the annual festival concert staged in her honour. SAT SAT 03:00 Home Front b04fchmg (Listen) SAT Home Front - Omnibus, 25-29 August 1914 SAT With the first war-wounded arriving home through Folkestone, SAT the locals attempt to boost morale with a fundraising event. SAT Written by: Shaun McKenna SAT Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews SAT Music: Matthew Strachan SAT Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood SAT Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. SAT Credits SAT Norman: Sean Baker SAT Isabel: Keely Beresford SAT Gabriel: Michael Bertenshaw SAT Mickey: Reece Buttery SAT Hilary: Craige Els SAT Sylvia: Deborah Findlay SAT Forrester: Nigel Hastings SAT Jessie: Lucy Hutchinson SAT Kitty: Ami Metcalf SAT Adam: Leo Montague SAT Ralph: Nicholas Murchie SAT Albert: Harry Myers SAT Belgian woman: Lorna Nickson-Brown SAT Dorothea: Rachel Shelley SAT Marieke: Olivia Ross SAT Florrie: Claire Rushbrook SAT Officer: Matthew Watson SAT Ivy: Lizzy Watts SAT Writer: Shaun McKenna SAT Director: Lucy Collingwood SAT Producer: Lucy Collingwood SAT SAT 04:00 Original Shorts b00vhhgj (Listen) SAT Series 4, Keeping Mum SAT Jill Gascoine gives a funny and touching performance as SAT Brenda, in Rob Green's specially written short story. SAT Brenda is a kind, careworn woman of uncertain years who has SAT been caring for her demanding old Mother SAT for most of her life. But Brenda's a romantic and she's SAT still hoping that her own life might begin sometime, SAT somehow. SAT She'd love to find her 'Rock'. Perhaps Tom, a porter from SAT the local hospital, could fit the bill? Not if Mum has SAT anything to do with it. Hang on, though, does Mum have a SAT hidden agenda? SAT Director: Martin Jarvis SAT A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 04:15 Afternoon Drama b0112flb (Listen) SAT Lost Property, A Telegram From the Queen SAT For Alice's 100th birthday present, her granddaughter Ruthie SAT sets out to put her family back together again. The final SAT play in Katie Hims' trilogy of heartbreak and redemption. SAT Cast SAT Ruthie ..... Rosie SAT Cavaliero SAT Alice ..... Edna DorĂ© SAT Ted ..... Gary Beadle SAT Vincent ..... Daniel Rabin SAT Marcus ..... Stuart McLoughlin SAT Ray ..... Sean Baker SAT Queenie ..... Jane Whittenshaw SAT Roseanna ..... Alex Tregear SAT Ella May ..... Joanna Monro SAT Receptionist ..... Sally Orrock SAT Directed by Jessica Dromgoole SAT Edna DorĂ© stars in A Telegram from the Queen, the final play SAT in this trilogy by acclaimed radio dramatist Katie Hims SAT charting one family's tragi-comic history of heartbreak and SAT redemption. The trilogy won the 2011 BBC Audio Drama Award SAT for Best Drama, where Rosie Cavaliero also picked up the SAT Best Actress award. SAT SAT 05:00 After Henry b007jpwp (Listen) SAT Series 3, Poor Relations SAT Proud Sarah suffers her mother's nosiness, as well as some SAT unexpected advances. Stars Prunella Scales. From September SAT 1987. SAT SAT 05:30 Spangles 'n' Tights b04pcw9j (Listen) SAT A Folk Song for Europe SAT Dublin's theatrical costumiers get involved in rivalry SAT between two Lancashire clog troupes. With Frank Kelly. From SAT October 1998. SAT SAT 06:00 John Fletcher - Contraband b04pl6n0 (Listen) SAT Pursuing smugglers down the Ridgeway, a troop of hussars are SAT drawn into a dark and deadly plot. SAT Starring John Nettles as Captain Tom Reynolds, Adjoa Andoh SAT as Ibanda and Stephen Tomlin as the Sergeant. SAT Written by SAT John Fletcher. SAT Music composed and performed by Martin Allcock with Simon SAT Nicol. SAT Directed at BBC Pebble Mill by Nigel Bryant. SAT SAT 07:30 The House I Grew Up In b00d0sj4 (Listen) SAT Series 2, David Blunkett SAT The politician takes Wendy Robbins to the boarding schools SAT for the blind that he attended as a child. From August 2008. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00w0bk1 (Listen) SAT Sport on Film SAT Colin Shindler is a film writer and passionate sports fan SAT and he's still convinced that it's possible to marry the two SAT obsessions on the big screen. However the archive is SAT littered with gallant and some not so SAT gallant failures amidst the few dazzling chariots of fire. SAT Just this year we've had Invictus, recreating the success of SAT the South African Rugby team and the relationship between SAT their captain Francois Pienaar and President Mandela as well SAT as The Damned United and the story of Brian Clough's fall SAT from grace at the hands of the then mighty Leeds United. SAT Colin has plans for a cricketing film but as he prepares his SAT new screenplay Colin looks at some of the reasons sport gets SAT tripped up by the requirements of film and he talks to SAT people who've had some success as performers, producers and SAT directors in taking what can be taken from sport and making SAT it dramatic, compelling and yet never losing sight of the SAT need to produce an engaging story and engaging characters. SAT Lord Putnham, Hugh Hudson, Michael Sheen, Rachel Portman and SAT the former England cricketer Mike Selvey offer up advice and SAT help Colin make sense of the archival lessons about sport in SAT film. SAT Producer: Tom Alban. SAT SAT 09:00 Paul O'Grady Stands Up for Liverpool b01n1102 (Listen) SAT Liverpudlian Paul O'Grady celebrates some of Merseyside's SAT funny Scouse men and women including Arthur Askey, Rob SAT Wilton, Tommy Handley, Kenny Everett, Ken Dodd, Jimmy SAT Tarbuck, Aelxei Sayle, Patricia Routledge SAT and John Bishop. SAT Big-hearted Arthur Askey was born in Liverpool in 1900 and SAT went on to front Band Waggon, the first regular BBC radio SAT comedy series. Russell Davies introduces an episode of Turns SAT of the Century profiling the man who coined the famous phase SAT "Ay-Thang-You." Rob Wilton's was a different catch-phrase, SAT but like Arthur Askey, his comedy entertained millions SAT during the war years, kicking off with those immortal words SAT "The Day War Broke Out". Mark Radcliffe tells Rob's story in SAT an episode of How Tickled Am I? ITMA, or It's That Man Again SAT for those not in the know, was the radio home of Tommy SAT Handley, a comedian who was struck down in his prime, SAT bringing to an end one of the most popular radio comedy SAT series the BBC has ever known. And sticking with comedy SAT catchphrases, it was Tommy who first started using the SAT acronym TTFN - long before instant messaging and mobile SAT phone text speak! Ken Dodd loves a catch phrase too, and he SAT loves his tickling stick. Fellow Liverpulian funny-man Ricky SAT Tomlinson meets up with Doddy for a chat about his life. SAT As radio revolutionaries go, they don't get much more SAT radical than the late Kenny Everett. Well known on both SAT commercial and BBC national radio, it's his time at local SAT BBC Radio Merseyside that we hear about. Jimmy Tarbuck tells SAT former Desert Island Discs presenter Sue Lawley how he got SAT his start in comedy. Barry Cryer profiles a bit on an SAT imposter to the programme - Patricia Routeledge. As Paul SAT O'Grady is quick to point out, Patricia hails from SAT Birkenhead rather than Liverpool, but she's very welcome. SAT The star of Keeping Up Appearances became best known for SAT being the lady of the house at the notorious Bucket SAT Residence. And finally, current star John Bishop chats to SAT Desert Island Discs Kirsty Young about the career change SAT that took him from salesman to standup. SAT SAT 12:00 Inquest - Omnibus b04ph81c (Listen) SAT The inquest into the death of a female soldier reveals she SAT has been sexually assaulted by a fellow soldier. But did she SAT take her own life? With Katie Lyons, Matt Stokoe. SAT SAT 13:15 Rumpole of the Bailey b007jz6m (Listen) SAT Rumpole and the Scales of Justice SAT The barrister's love for Othello and his shady contacts help SAT him defend a policeman. Stars Timothy West. SAT SAT 14:00 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun b007k1qh (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT The cult BBC Radio 1 series hits Queen's University Belfast. SAT Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. From October 1993. SAT SAT 14:30 The Harpoon b00g31qh (Listen) SAT Christmas Special SAT A rip-roaring Yuletide edition of the paper for boys. SAT Starring Peter Baynham and Alistair McGowan. From December SAT 1991. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00w0bk1 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 John Fletcher - Contraband b04pl6n0 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Hal b04p5vl1 (Listen) SAT Career SAT Comedian Hal Cruttenden stars and co-writes a new four-part SAT sitcom about a stay at home father who is having a mid-life SAT crisis. Hal stars as himself, married to Sam and father to SAT two lovely girls. The problem SAT is that, as Sam's career blossoms internationally and SAT daughters Lilly and Molly grow up and are no longer SAT dependent on their loving and caring father, Hal feels SAT restless. SAT Having decided to give up his career and be a House Husband SAT many years ago, the appeal of being around his family more SAT is wearing thin. SAT So, with the help of his ever unreliable mates Doug, Fergus SAT and Barry, Hal decides to try new things in his life. But, SAT inevitably, things don't go to plan! SAT Further challenges come from Hal's now deceased father, who SAT was a true adventurer and all-round hero (something his son SAT sadly is not) and is starting to appear to Hal at the most SAT inopportune times to give unwelcome advice. SAT So, with the help of his ever unreliable mates Doug, Fergus SAT and Barry, Hal decides to try new things in his life. But, SAT inevitably, things don't go to plan. SAT In this first episode, Hal is arranging a special romantic SAT getaway for Sam with some difficulty, Lilly and Molly are SAT becoming almost strangers to Hal, his friend Fergus thinks SAT he's finally found love, and Hal is forced to replace Sam in SAT making a talk at the girls' school as Sam has to go on a SAT work trip abroad. SAT The cast includes co-writer Dominic Holland, together with SAT Ronni Ancona, Ed Byrne, Anna Crilly, Jonathan Kydd, Gavin SAT Webster, Dominic Frisby, Samuel Caseley and Emily and Lucy SAT Robbins. SAT Produced by Paul Russell SAT An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Hal: Hal Cruttenden SAT Actor: Dominic Holland SAT Actor: Ronni Ancona SAT Actor: Ed Byrne SAT Actor: Anna Crilly SAT Actor: Jonathan Kydd SAT Actor: Gavin Webster SAT Actor: Dominic Frisby SAT Actor: Samuel Caseley SAT Actor: Lucy Robbins SAT Actor: Emily Robbins SAT Writer: Hal Cruttenden SAT Writer: Dominic Holland SAT Producer: Paul Russell SAT SAT 18:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force b007jn58 (Listen) SAT Series 2, A Test of Endurance SAT Captive in an underground city on Mars, the crew learn their SAT fate. Stars Barry Foster, Nigel Stock and Nicky Henson. SAT SAT 18:30 Planet B b00y90wz (Listen) SAT Series 3, The Pirate Islands SAT Medley and Kip must battle island inhabitants to save Planet SAT B. Virtual reality saga by Penelope Skinner. Stars Claire SAT Harry. SAT SAT 19:00 Paul O'Grady Stands Up for Liverpool b01n1102 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Mark Watson's Live Address to the Nation b0174hvv (Listen) SAT Intelligence SAT Mark Watson continues his quest to improve the world, nimbly SAT assisted by Tim Key and Tom Basden. SAT As broadcast live in November 2011 - Mark invites the SAT audience join in via tweets and messages to work out how we SAT can all make the world a better place. SAT Mark asks the big questions that are crucial to our SAT understanding of ourselves and society - in a dynamic and SAT thought provoking new format he opens the floor to the live SAT audience and asks them to jump into the conversation via SAT tweets and messages to work out how we can all make the SAT world a better place. SAT This week Mark looks at "Intelligence" - A certain amount of SAT intelligence is pretty useful. Without the ability to SAT reflect and calculate, we would all be setting fire to our SAT shoes and buying those novels about women who shop and have SAT relationship issues. Yet intelligence has been something of SAT a curse to many. Galileo was tortured for knowing more about SAT science than the church leaders, and Paxman sighs an awful SAT lot when he's hosting University Challenge. SAT We all know the phrase 'a little learning is a dangerous SAT thing, but then so is a lot of learning, but then again you SAT wouldn't want none at all. So... oh dear, we're basically SAT ruined. We'd better knock down all our schools and SAT universities.' Are we sometimes too smart for our own good? SAT Mark Watson is a multi-award winning comedian, including the SAT inaugural If.Comedy Panel Prize 2006. He is assisted by Tim SAT Key, winner of Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2009 and Tom Basden SAT who won the the If.Comedy Award for Best Newcomer 2007. SAT Produced by Lianne Coop. SAT First broadcast live on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011. SAT SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive b007ym28 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 4 SAT The funny man's radio drop-in centre tackles the thorny SAT issues of TV weather and the election. With Dave Gorman. SAT From June 2005. SAT SAT 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04vdkt7 (Listen) SAT The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats SAT again to Nina Conti. SAT SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Revolution b00fy2lp (Listen) SAT The Industrial Revolution SAT The radical comedian reassesses a period of major change in SAT Britain. With Carla Mendonca and Martin Hyder. From July SAT 1998. SAT SAT 23:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life b00swl5g (Listen) SAT Series 2, Normal Truth SAT The cartoonist boldly tells the truth to end his series - a SAT less-than-wise career move? Stars Paul McCrink. From March SAT 2003. SAT SAT 23:45 No Tomatoes b0081b7p (Listen) SAT World Weary SAT It's snow jokes from Paul Copley and Helen Moon, in the SAT sketch show mixing up language and sounds. From October SAT 2007. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2014 SUN SUN 00:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force b007jn58 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Planet B b00y90wz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b00w0bk1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Inquest - Omnibus b04ph81c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 Rumpole of the Bailey b007jz6m (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 John Fletcher - Contraband b04pl6n0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Hal b04p5vl1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Ladies of Letters b01ml24w (Listen) SUN Ladies of Letters Log On, Omnibus, pt 2 SUN The discovery of email doesn't stop the flow of comic SUN vitriol. With Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales. From SUN April 2001. SUN SUN 07:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees SUN b00j26h2 (Listen) SUN Driftwood SUN Nature writer Roger Deakin marvels at forest birdsong in SUN France and hunts bush plums with Aboriginal women. Read by SUN Sean Baker. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00y5hvy (Listen) SUN Series 7, Writer in Residence SUN Episode 5: SUN "Writer In Residence" SUN Radio 4's most curmudgeonly author is back for a new series, SUN complete with his trusty companion Elgar, his pipe and his SUN never ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at SUN whatever scraps his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, SUN mind and cat together. SUN Fed up with everything on the radio originating from SUN Cambridge, Ed decides to immerse himself in popular culture SUN and retunes away from Radio Four. The new outlook on the SUN world that Radios 1, 2 and 5 bring to Ed proves fortuitous SUN when his daughter, Eli, manages to secure him an interview SUN at her husband's university. So it is that Ed finds himself SUN 'Writer in residence' with all the benefits that this SUN affords, including discussing the merits of the worst Lady SUN Gaga wardrobe malfunction of the year. SUN Cast list: SUN Ed Reardon ..... Christopher Douglas SUN Professor Judith ..... Rachel Atkins SUN Announcer ..... Lewis Macleod SUN Ping ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessy SUN Felix ..... John Fortune SUN Eli ..... Lisa Coleman SUN Bill ..... Darren Boyd SUN Pearl ..... Rita May SUN Olive ..... Stephanie Cole SUN Stan ..... Geoffrey Whitehead SUN Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas SUN Produced by Dawn Ellis. SUN SUN 08:00 Meet the Huggetts b00ns2m9 (Listen) SUN What Unusual Wallpaper SUN The family are suffering in a summer heatwave. Stars Jack SUN Warner, Kathleen Harrison and Kenneth Connor. From September SUN 1957. SUN SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! b00qtndn (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 1 SUN A bijou male voice choir present their bona repertoire. SUN Stars Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims. From SUN April 1970. SUN SUN 09:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqpn (Listen) SUN Regular Angels SUN The sisters meet old Mister Laurence and Amy learns a SUN lesson. Stars Buffy Davis, Jemma Redgrave and Gayle SUN Hunnicutt. SUN SUN 09:30 Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen b04phcbc (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN As Captain Kidd plans for his adventure, can Harry rise to SUN his greatest challenge? Stars Polly James and Tom Georgeson. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04phcbf (Listen) SUN Legal Eagles, Clive Stafford Smith SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Thomas Tallis to Abba, death row lawyer SUN Clive Stafford Smith shares his castaway choices with Sue SUN Lawley. From November 2004. SUN SUN 10:45 RK Narayan Stories b01dbqjv (Listen) SUN Father's Help SUN Swami is the pupil. Samuel is the teacher. A classroom SUN battle is about to start. Read by Zia Mohyeddin. SUN SUN 11:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01cv84c (Listen) SUN Series 7, Episode 20 SUN From Nashville, Tennessee, the American funny man welcomes SUN singer Emmylou Harris and master fiddler Stuart Duncan. From SUN 2011. SUN SUN 12:00 Ladies of Letters b01ml24w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees SUN b00j26h2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Mrs Bradley - Speedy Death b0093zq1 (Listen) SUN A country house and a corpse, and the butler is not to SUN blame. Gladys Mitchell's whodunnit stars Leslie Phillips and SUN Mary Wimbush. SUN SUN 15:00 Meet the Huggetts b00ns2m9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! b00qtndn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b04pl8ls (Listen) SUN Doctor Who's TARDIS and Sarah Millican SUN Mel Giedroyc picks the best of this week's shows, including SUN a tour of Doctor Who's TARDIS and Sarah Millican's SUN Inheritance Tracks. SUN SUN 17:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqpn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 17:30 Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen b04phcbc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre b007jpy0 (Listen) SUN The Jar SUN Charlie is worried that the neighbours do not call. Then he SUN buys a strange jar and his house becomes the centre of SUN attention. Stars Roger May. SUN SUN 18:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind b007jltw (Listen) SUN Unexpected Visitations SUN Curtis and Lock return to London to continue their SUN investigation of Flora's powers. Stars Vincent Price and SUN Peter Cushing. SUN SUN 19:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show b01cv84c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Meet the Huggetts b00ns2m9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! b00qtndn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04phcbf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 RK Narayan Stories b01dbqjv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b00y5hvy (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Clare in the Community b00g27lm (Listen) SUN Series 2, Brian Come Home SUN Can couples counselling calm the ultra-PC social worker's SUN constant criticism of her boyfriend Brian? Stars Sally SUN Phillips. From November 2005. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04vdkt9 (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats SUN to Nina Conti and Monkey. SUN SUN 23:00 The Maltby Collection b00xn9fp (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 3 SUN Will the museum's first ever Sunday opening run smoothly? SUN Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt and Geoffrey Palmer. From June 2008. SUN SUN 23:30 The Remains of Foley and McColl b007m4dx (Listen) SUN Subtle SUN Sean Foley and Hamish McColl investigate the art of subtlety SUN by visiting a Jane Austen novel. Surreal comedy from July SUN 2000. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 24 NOVEMBER 2014 MON MON 00:00 Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre b007jpy0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Robert Holmes - Aliens in the Mind b007jltw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04phcbf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 RK Narayan Stories b01dbqjv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Meet the Huggetts b00ns2m9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! b00qtndn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Ed Reardon's Week b00y5hvy (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Mrs Bradley - Speedy Death b0093zq1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Louisa May Alcott - Little Women b007jqpn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Captain Kidd and the First Fifteen b04phcbc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Paul Temple b007t1r7 (Listen) MON Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, Bill Fletcher's Story MON The suave sleuth and wife Steve face danger when a bomb is MON sent to their home. Stars Peter Coke and Marjorie Westbury. MON MON 06:30 Leading From the Front b0076qp7 (Listen) MON 4 Extra Debut. Tommy Pearson examines the role of the MON orchestral leader and its relationship with the conductor MON and fellow players. From March 2005. MON MON 07:00 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b0075nmn (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 2 MON The lifestyle pair on children in the workplace and MON threadbare toffs. With Robert Duncan and Jan Ravens. From MON September 1999. MON MON 07:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b04p7yg7 (Listen) MON Series 62, Episode 1 MON The 62nd series of Radio 4's multi award-winning 'antidote MON to panel games' promises yet more quality, desk-based MON entertainment for all the family. The series starts its run MON at the Richmond Theatre where MON regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor MON are joined on the panel by Jo Brand, with Jack Dee as the MON programme's reluctant chairman. Regular listeners will know MON to expect inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin MON Sell at the piano. MON Producer - Jon Naismith. MON Credits MON Presenter: Jack Dee MON Panellist: Barry Cryer MON Panellist: Graeme Garden MON Panellist: Tim Brooke-Taylor MON Panellist: Jo Brand MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Marriage Lines b04phhxq (Listen) MON Series 1, There's No Place Like a New Place MON George and Kate get itchy feet when their neighbours hint at MON moving. Stars Richard Briers and Prunella Scales. From July MON 1965. MON MON 08:30 The Navy Lark b007k17g (Listen) MON Series 1, The Smuggling Spy MON Heather gets a wren stand-in and Pertwee is nervous over MON duty-free booze. Stars Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee. From MON July 1959. MON MON 09:00 The Personality Test b00mvs9s (Listen) MON Series 2, Antony Worrall-Thompson MON The celebrity chef and writer quizzes a panel about himself. MON With Lucy Porter, Robin Ince and Will Smith. From December MON 2006. MON MON 09:30 The Castle b01jjtn3 (Listen) MON Series 4, Boogie Knights MON Hie ye to The Castle, a rollicking sitcom set way back then, MON starring James Fleet ("The Vicar Of Dibley"), Neil Dudgeon MON ("Life Of Riley"), Martha Howe-Douglas ("Horrible MON Histories") & Ingrid Oliver ("Watson & MON Oliver") MON The wedding of the decade is almost ruined by 200 tents and MON an over-excited woodpecker. Plus Henry, Duncan and De MON Warenne gatecrash a rather special Hen Night MON Written by Kim Fuller & Paul Alexander MON Music by Guy Jackson MON Produced and directed by David Tyler. MON Credits MON Sir John Woodstock: James Fleet MON Sir William De Warenne: Neil Dudgeon MON Lady Anne Woodstock: Martha Howe-Douglas MON Cardinal Duncan: Jonathan Kydd MON Lady Charlotte: Ingrid Oliver MON Master Henry Woodstock: Steven Kynman MON Bates: Lewis Macleod MON Kate Puddleton: Jess Robinson MON Writer: Kim Fuller MON Writer: Paul Alexander MON Director: David Tyler MON Producer: David Tyler MON MON 10:00 Home Front b04g1c1n (Listen) MON Home Front - Omnibus, 1-5 September 1914 MON A hundred years ago this week, the country entered its MON second month at war, and the White Feather Movement began in MON earnest. MON Written by Shaun McKenna MON Music: Matthew Strachan MON Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. MON Credits MON Norman: Sean Baker MON Isabel: Keely Beresford MON Gabriel: Michael Bertenshaw MON Mrs Grimes: Amelda Brown MON Mickey: Reece Buttery MON Bill: Ben Crowe MON Hilary: Craige Els MON Sylvia: Deborah Findlay MON Hilda: Bella Hamblin MON Forrester: Nigel Hastings MON Jessie: Lucy Hutchinson MON PC Monk: Harry Jardine MON Lord Alfred Douglas: Patrick Kennedy MON Victor: Joel MacCormack MON Kitty: Ami Metcalf MON Adam: Leo Montague MON Ralph: Nicholas Murchie MON Albert: Harry Myers MON Madame Drouet: Lorna Nickson-Brown MON Florrie: Claire Rushbrook MON Dorothea: Rachel Shelley MON Tom: Matthew Watson MON Writer: Shaun McKenna MON Director: Jessica Dromgoole MON MON 11:00 Original Shorts b00vhg8x (Listen) MON Series 4, Middle Swine MON Martin Jarvis reads Christopher Matthew's specially written MON story of old school rivalry. Why should John Small pretend MON he was at school with Tim Slingsby? And why are Slingsby and MON Tony Fobbing so keen that MON Small should attend the Old Melburian's Dinner? Are there MON old scores to settle? And who, actually, will be settling MON them? MON Christopher Matthew's witty take on what could happen when MON so-called old school friends meet in later life. Can we ever MON leave our schooldays totally behind? There's a possible MON answer in the story's surprising climax. MON Producer: : Rosalind Ayres MON A Jarvis and Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b04pr0xr (Listen) MON Arthur Smith, Sir Terry Wogan, Patricia Cornwell, Lissa MON Evans, Kiruna Stamell, Frazey Ford, Sinkane MON Clive Anderson is joined by Sir Terry Wogan, Patricia MON Cornwell, Lissa Evans, Kiruna Stamell and Arthur Smith for MON an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With MON music from Frazey Ford and Sinkane. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON Sir Terry Wogan MON ‘The Little Book of Common Sense’ is published by Orion and MON available now. MON Terry is appearing on ‘My Teenage Diary’, which is on MON Thursday 27th November at 18.30 on BBC Radio 4. MON Patricia Cornwell MON ‘Flesh And Blood’ is published by Harper Collins and MON available now. MON Lissa Evans MON Crooked Heart' is published by Doubleday and available on MON Thursday 6th November. MON Kiruna Stamell MON ‘ONE OF US WILL DIE’ is at Forest Arts Centre, Walsall on MON Wednesday 26th and The Glasshouse Centre, Stourbridge on MON Friday 28th November. MON Kiruna is also starring in ‘Great Britain’ at the Theatre MON Royal Haymarket, London until Saturday 10th January 2015. MON MON Sinkane MON ‘Mean Love’ is available now on City Slang Records. MON Sinkane’s playing at Oslo, London on Monday 1st December. MON Frazey Ford MON ‘Indian Ocean’ is available now on Nettwerk. MON MON 12:00 Marriage Lines b04phhxq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Navy Lark b007k17g (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Paul Temple b007t1r7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Leading From the Front b0076qp7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole MON b007js6b (Listen) MON Episode 4 MON While on holiday in Skegness, spotty Adrian and his mother MON receive some shocking news from his father. Read by Nicholas MON Barnes. MON MON 14:15 A History of the Brain b0174dzk (Listen) MON The Beast Within MON Dr Geoff Bunn's 10 part History of the Brain is a journey MON through 5000 years of our understanding of this complex MON organ in our heads. From Neolithic times to the present day, MON he reveals the contemporary beliefs MON about what the brain is for and how it fulfils its MON functions. MON While referencing the core physiology and neuroscience, this MON is a cultural, not a scientific history. What soon becomes MON obvious is that our understanding of this most inscrutable MON organ has in all periods been coloured by the social and MON political expedients of the day no less than by the MON contemporary scope of scientific or biological exploration. MON Episode 6: The Beast Within, focuses on localisation. MON Following a macabre accident when an iron rod shot through MON his head, Phineas Gage, a mild-mannered railway worker in MON Vermont, became capricious and profane. Meanwhile in France MON Paul Broca established that damage to another part of the MON brain caused aphasia. While phrenology had it that the MON brains of 'degenerates' differed from those of poets or MON scientists, British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson MON incorporated evolutionary ideas into his theory of brain MON function: higher centres with more recent evolutionary MON origins kept lower, more primitive ones in check. MON The series is entirely written and presented by Dr Geoff MON Bunn of Manchester Metropolitan University, with actors Paul MON Bhattacharjee and Jonathan Forbes providing the voices of MON those who have written about the brain from Ancient Egypt to MON the present day, and actor Hattie Morahan giving the Anatomy MON Lesson which establishes the part of the brain to be MON highlighted in each episode - in this instance the four MON lobes. The original, atmospheric score is supplied by MON composer, Barney Quinton. MON Producer: Marya Burgess. MON MON 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnq6 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON It is summer 1799 in a Staffordshire village, and one of MON Lisbeth Bede's sons has marriage on his mind. Stars Thomas MON Arnold. MON MON 14:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rqs (Listen) MON Travels Back MON 4 Extra Debut. Margaret Atwood recalls dramas in reading her MON work to audiences. Why does 'national identity' intrigue MON her? Read by Liza Ross. MON MON 15:00 Home Front b04g1c1n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04plk5d (Listen) MON River Singers, Shirley Henderson and rare orchids MON Mel Giedroyc presents The River Singers by Tom Moorhouse, MON read by Shirley Henderson (aka Moaning Myrtle in Harry MON Potter). And she discovers some spectacular and rare MON orchids. MON MON 17:00 Second Thoughts b00kt92h (Listen) MON Series 3, Backs to the Drawing Board MON Bill takes time off to help a friend, but Faith is already MON working at home. With Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam. MON MON 17:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b0075nmn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 The Personality Test b00mvs9s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b04pj1my (Listen) MON David Delvin and Anna Raeburn MON Sarah LeFanu, Dr David Delvin and Anna Raeburn discuss MON paperbacks by Elie Wiesel, Somerset Maugham and Rose MON Macaulay. From November 1998. MON All Rivers Run to the Sea by Elie Wiesel MON Publisher: HarperCollins MON Collected Short Stories, Vol II by W Somerset Maugham MON Publisher: Mandarin Fiction MON Crew Train by Rose Macaulay MON Published: Virago. MON MON 19:00 Marriage Lines b04phhxq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Navy Lark b007k17g (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Paul Temple b007t1r7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Leading From the Front b0076qp7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Ian McEwan - Atonement b00766mr (Listen) MON Episode 11 MON Robbie tries to survive in wartime. Help is at hand. Sian MON Thomas continues Ian McEwan's novel of three lives changed MON by one lie. MON The Booker short-listed novel about love, truth and the MON difficulty of absolution MON was adapted into a highly-praised film in 2007. MON Abridged by Sally Marmion. Producer Di Spears. MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b04pr0xr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b04p7yg7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 The Castle b01jjtn3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra b04pj1xl (Listen) MON Series 12, Episode 5 MON Made for 4 Extra. Satirical review of the week's news, MON chaired by Sandi Toksvig with regular guest Jeremy Hardy, MON plus Andy Hamilton, Susan Calman and Hugo Rifkind. MON MON 23:45 Quando, Quando, Quando b0081rfw (Listen) MON Love and Marriage MON The queue builds for the brothers' two-cuts-for-one wedding MON deal. Stars Rainer Hersch and Catherine Tate. From December MON 1999. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014 TUE TUE 00:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole TUE b007js6b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 A History of the Brain b0174dzk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnq6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rqs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 The Personality Test b00mvs9s (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b04pj1my (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Paul Temple b007t1r7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Leading From the Front b0076qp7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Home Front b04g1c1n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Original Shorts b00vhg8x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b04pr0xr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Second Thoughts b00kt92h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Life, Death and Sex with Mike and Sue b0075nmn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Paul Temple b007t1sf (Listen) TUE Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, Breakwater House TUE Searching for Julia's killer, a fortune teller in Brighton TUE warns the Temples they're in grave danger. Stars Peter Coke. TUE TUE 06:30 Pop in Translation b008gf1n (Listen) TUE From 'She Loves You' in German, to 'Space Oddity' in Italian TUE - it wasn't unusual in the 1960s to find pop artists from TUE the Beatles to David Bowie, attempting to boost their sales TUE with foreign language versions TUE of their British hits. TUE Mark Radcliffe looks at one of pop music's quirkier TUE episodes. TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. TUE TUE 07:00 Two Doors Down b008fdj0 (Listen) TUE Series 2, The Feminine Thrust TUE Marlborough Road's Clare is giving a lecture, with cleaner TUE Sally smoothing the way. Stars Stella McCusker. From July TUE 2002. TUE TUE 07:30 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups b04p85z2 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Point of No Return TUE After a mere twenty-one years of service the Wrigglesworth TUE dishwasher has finally packed in, so Mr Wrigglesworth is TUE bringing Tom's mum and his gran down to London to have it TUE out with the manufacturers at the TUE Ideal Home Show. A visit which is made inordinately TUE complicated by Mr Wrigglesworth's ambitious travel plans... TUE Credits TUE Tom: Tom Wrigglesworth TUE Gran (Mabel Bradley): Judy Parfitt TUE Dad: Paul Copley TUE Mum: Kate Anthony TUE Writer: Tom Wrigglesworth TUE Writer: James Kettle TUE Writer: Miles Jupp TUE Producer: Sam Michell TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007jprr (Listen) TUE The Man Who Never Was TUE The Brits must trick the enemy. A 1958 remake of the 1956 TUE spoof of the war film based on the 1953 book. Stars Spike TUE Milligan. TUE TUE 08:30 Doctor at Large b009pp9l (Listen) TUE The Captain's Problem TUE More chaos afloat as Simon Sparrow tries to diagnose a TUE particular patient's ailments. Stars Richard Briers. From TUE July 1969. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b04pj1xl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:45 Quando, Quando, Quando b0081rfw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Home Front b04gch0f (Listen) TUE Home Front - Omnibus, 8-12 September 1914 TUE Folkestone holds its annual regatta and Dieter's safety is TUE threatened... TUE Written by: Sarah Daniels TUE Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews TUE Music: Matthew Strachan TUE Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood TUE Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. TUE Credits TUE Esme: Katie Angelou TUE Norman: Sean Baker TUE Isabel: Keely Beresford TUE Gabriel: Michael Bertenshaw TUE Lilian: Lisa Brookes TUE Dr McFee: David Cann TUE Maggie: Evie Clark TUE Clerk: Sean Connelly TUE Alice: Claire-Louise Cordwell TUE Solly: Stephen Critchlow TUE Bill: Ben Crowe TUE Hilary: Craige Els TUE Sylvia: Deborah Findlay TUE Jessie: Lucy Hutchinson TUE PC Monk: Harry Jardine TUE Maisie: Cassie Layton TUE Stan: Gerard McDermott TUE Kitty: Ami Metcalf TUE Adam: Leo Montague TUE Ralph: Nicholas Murchie TUE Florrie: Claire Rushbrook TUE Soldier: Wilf Scolding TUE Dieter: Joe Sims TUE Joe: Lloyd Thomas TUE Mervyn: Tom Whitelock TUE Writer: Sarah Daniels TUE Director: Lucy Collingwood TUE Producer: Lucy Collingwood TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00y2d81 (Listen) TUE Gillian Clarke - A Poet's Year, A White Page TUE National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke, who has recently TUE been awarded The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2010, reads TUE from her journal about life on her small holding in rural TUE West Wales. In this episode, a TUE blizzard of snow, blocked roads and a frozen water pump test TUE their survival skills. TUE The Welsh landscape and the healing power of nature are both TUE driving forces in Gillian Clarke's poetry and prose. These TUE readings are adapted from At the Source: Prose Writings by TUE Gillian Clarke, published by Carcanet. The music is Clowns TUE by Goldfrapp. TUE Producer: Willa King TUE BBC Cymru Wales. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00p2h3z (Listen) TUE Don Webb - Right Place, Wrong Time TUE Dark thriller by Don Webb. Alan Morgan is a salesman; he TUE spends a lot of time away from home. A series of violent TUE crimes is committed across the north. The only lead is a TUE photo-fit reconstruction of the TUE robber's face - it is the spitting image of Alan. TUE Alan ...... Shaun Dooley TUE Perkins ...... Greg Wood TUE Cheshire ...... James Quinn TUE Jill ...... Fiona Clarke TUE Berry ...... Roger Morlidge TUE Margaret ...... Ruth Alexander-Rubin. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007jprr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Doctor at Large b009pp9l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Paul Temple b007t1sf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Pop in Translation b008gf1n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole TUE b007js6k (Listen) TUE Episode 5 TUE Fifth-former Adrian's O-levels are looming, and his mother TUE takes him to the social security office. Read by Nicholas TUE Barnes. TUE TUE 14:15 A History of the Brain b0174gkl (Listen) TUE Mind the Gap TUE Dr Geoff Bunn's 10 part History of the Brain is a journey TUE through 5000 years of our understanding of this complex TUE organ in our heads. From Neolithic times to the present day, TUE he reveals the contemporary beliefs TUE about what the brain is for and how it fulfils its TUE functions. TUE While referencing the core physiology and neuroscience, this TUE is a cultural, not a scientific history. What soon becomes TUE obvious is that our understanding of this most inscrutable TUE organ has in all periods been coloured by the social and TUE political expedients of the day no less than by the TUE contemporary scope of scientific or biological exploration. TUE Episode 7: Mind the Gap, focuses on how the microscope TUE allowed neurologists to detail the structure of brain cells. TUE While Sigmund Freud, who started out as a neurologist, had TUE hoped his gold chloride staining method would revolutionise TUE brain research, it was in fact Camillo Golgi's La Reazione TUE Nero, using silver nitrate, that enabled brain scientists to TUE see the cell composition more clearly. Combined with the TUE Gudden microtome, which provided extremely thin sections of TUE brain tissue, neurologists began to explore how neurons are TUE connected, with Charles Sherrington coining the term synapse TUE to describe the gap between them. TUE The series is entirely written and presented by Dr Geoff TUE Bunn of Manchester Metropolitan University, with actors Paul TUE Bhattacharjee and Jonathan Forbes providing the voices of TUE those who have written about the brain from Ancient Egypt to TUE the present day, and actor Hattie Morahan giving the Anatomy TUE Lesson which establishes the part of the brain to be TUE highlighted in each episode - in this instance the nerve TUE cell or neuron. The original, atmospheric score is supplied TUE by composer, Barney Quinton. TUE Producer: Marya Burgess. TUE TUE 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnqp (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Remarkable young Methodist preacher Dinah Morris arrives to TUE comfort Lisbeth Bede. Stars Ann Scott-Jones. TUE TUE 14:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rr5 (Listen) TUE The Grunge Look TUE Coming to Britain in the 60s was a quest for culture, but TUE Margaret got caught up in fashion and chat-up moments at TUE museums. Read by Liza Ross. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Front b04gch0f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04plphz (Listen) TUE Randy Newman and Shirley Henderson TUE Mel Giedroyc wishes Toy Story composer Randy Newman a very TUE happy birthday, and Shirley Henderson continues her TUE exclusive reading of The River Singers by Tom Moorhouse. TUE TUE 17:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04phln5 (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Cruise, pt 2 TUE The Captain and the Brigadier compete for the ladies' TUE affections. Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. TUE From April 1977. TUE TUE 17:30 Two Doors Down b008fdj0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 We've Been Here Before b00ft41b (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 1 TUE Clive Anderson's panel show of the past, with Gyles TUE Brandreth, John O'Farrell, Arabella Weir and Arthur Smith. TUE From June 2004. TUE TUE 18:30 The Tingle Factor b04plpwz (Listen) TUE Beryl Bainbridge TUE Novelist Beryl Bainbridge looks back to the family wireless TUE for moments which stir strong emotions. With Robin Ray. From TUE July 1991. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007jprr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Doctor at Large b009pp9l (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Paul Temple b007t1sf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Pop in Translation b008gf1n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Ian McEwan - Atonement b00766n8 (Listen) TUE Episode 12 TUE Briony considers her past and future. Sian Thomas reads Ian TUE McEwan's compelling story of three lives changed forever by TUE one lie. TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00p2h3z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups b04p85z2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Headset Set b0124pxs (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE A new audience sketch show set in the world of call centres. TUE A new phone system is causing chaos at Smile5, the catalogue TUE company that sells anything and everything. TUE WELCOME TO SMILE5! TUE Smile5 is a mail order TUE catalogue company selling everything from Rolex watches to TUE lawnmowers, from financial products to phone and broadband, TUE from holidays to health insurance. And somewhere in a TUE brown-field wasteland miles from the nearest town, it runs TUE one of the largest call centres operating in the UK. This is TUE the world of The Headset Set. TUE Each episode features a host of sketches set in the call TUE centre, eavesdropping on both sides of the bizarre, horrific TUE and ludicrous business-customer relationship. While the bulk TUE of each show is taken up with standalone sketches, there are TUE linked scenes providing a gentle narrative curve to TUE proceedings. These scenes feature four of the call centre's TUE employees: TUE Sailesh - Officially the team leader, Sailesh has recently TUE moved from Bangalore seemingly bringing a wealth of TUE call-centre experience and an admirable work ethic lacking TUE in his fellow Headsetters. However, Sailesh has a secret... TUE was he headhunted or did he leave India under a cloud? TUE Bernie - As she's been here longer than anyone and she TUE refuses to recognise Sailesh's authority. She also refuses TUE to learn how to use anything more technologically advanced TUE than a 1980s trim phone. TUE Aleesha - A self-loathing street-wise cynic who resents TUE having to work at Smile 5. Or in fact, having to work at TUE all. TUE Big Tony - Tony spends most of his time on the phone, but TUE not necessarily on Smile 5 business. He's always running TUE some sort of scam, like a minicab office from his desk. TUE There are also sketches featuring the HR department, who TUE seem determined not to hire anyone and Smile5's head of TUE training Ralph, who trains the most inept of the call centre TUE staff, such as the child-like Bradley (Paul Sharma) who is TUE too nervous to take calls. TUE EPISODE 2 TUE Aleesha and other characters ..... Chizzy Akudolu TUE Bernie and other characters ..... Margaret-Cabourn Smith TUE Big Tony, Ralph and other characters ..... Colin Hoult TUE Sailesh, Bradley and other characters ..... Paul sharma TUE Various ..... Philip Fox TUE Written by ..... Various TUE Script editor ..... Dan Tetsell TUE Producer ..... Tilusha Ghelani TUE WRITERS TUE This is a team written sketch show originated by Stephen TUE Carlin and James Kettle. Established sketch writers such as TUE Stephen Carlin, James Kettle, Jon Hunter and Colin Hoult are TUE joined by the best writers to have emerged from recent 'open TUE door' radio shows, such as Recorded for Training Purposes TUE and Newsjack. All tied together by script editors James TUE Kettle and Dan Tetsell. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04vdktc (Listen) TUE The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Tiff Stevenson TUE chats to Phil Nichol. TUE TUE 23:00 The Mel and Sue Thing b0076b72 (Listen) TUE Episode 6 TUE There is a shocking loss on Leather Island, and Fanny gets a TUE break. Sketches with duo Giedroyc and Perkins. From October TUE 2002. TUE TUE 23:30 Vent b00sy275 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Don't Bet on It TUE TV racing can't bring Ben out of his coma, so what use is TUE his predicting the winners? Stars Neil Pearson. From July TUE 2006. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2014 WED WED 00:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole WED b007js6k (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 A History of the Brain b0174gkl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnqp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rr5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 We've Been Here Before b00ft41b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 The Tingle Factor b04plpwz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Paul Temple b007t1sf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Pop in Translation b008gf1n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Home Front b04gch0f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00y2d81 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00p2h3z (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04phln5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Two Doors Down b008fdj0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Paul Temple b007rwkt (Listen) WED Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, Mainly About Wyman WED The super sleuth investigates whether an international WED criminal called The Fence is behind Julia's murder. Stars WED Peter Coke. WED WED 06:30 Peter Bogdanovich's Saturday Morning Pictures WED b007zzjx (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED The golden age of Hollywood, before the 1960s dawned. WED American actor, author and film director Peter Bogdanovich WED shares his views of the movie industry in Hollywood, using WED his own archive of recordings. WED Featuring James Stewart, John Ford, Howard Hawks and Alfred WED Hitchcock in conversation and Cybill Shepherd reveals what WED it was like to have Orson Welles as a house guest. WED Producer Penny Vine WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. WED WED 07:00 Change at Oglethorpe b007k0vl (Listen) WED Foreign Parts WED As winter arrives on the rural railway, station master David WED gets an exciting job offer. Stars Peter Davison. From WED January 1996. WED WED 07:30 In and Out of the Kitchen b01qw8m7 (Listen) WED Series 2, On Location WED Damien is sent on location to the Lake District to film a WED chunk of his new series for Sky Arts about "poets and their WED palates". WED But when the sunshine turns to driving rain, Damien's WED spirits are further dampened WED when is appears Anthony might not be missing him quite as WED much as he had hoped... WED Written by Miles Jupp WED Producer: Sam Michell. WED Credits WED Damien Trench: Miles Jupp WED Anthony MacIlveny: Justin Edwards WED Gary McDade: Ben Crowe WED Sound Man: Ben Crowe WED Bill Trumpetz: Toby Longworth WED The Lady: Sarah Thom WED Marion Duffett: Lesley Vickerage WED Writer: Miles Jupp WED Producer: Sam Michell WED WED 08:00 The Burkiss Way b00crq2m (Listen) WED Series 4, Repeat Yourself the Burkiss Way, pt 1 WED Enter the 'Pardon, Sir?' school of languages. Starring Chris WED Emmett, Fred Harris, Jo Kendall and Nigel Rees. From April WED 1979. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00s09rq (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 5 WED The secrets of audience research, and the rhubarb tart song. WED Sketches and songs with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From WED April 1966. WED WED 09:00 Whispers b007k2sl (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 3 WED Gyles Brandreth chairs the scandals quiz with Anthony WED Holden, Lucy Moore, Dan Tetsell and John O'Farrell. From WED October 2005. WED WED 09:30 Safety Catch b00fkyrd (Listen) WED Series 1, Loose Lips Sink Ships WED Will Simon blow the whistle on his murky world of WED international arms dealing? Stars Darren Boyd. From October WED 2007. WED WED 10:00 Home Front b04gyrk7 (Listen) WED Home Front - Omnibus, 15-19 September 1914 WED Folkestone honours its dead, and our characters' worlds all WED seem up-ended. WED Written by Sarah Daniels WED Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews WED Music: Matthew Strachan WED Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. WED Credits WED Esme: Katie Angelou WED Isabel: Keely Beresford WED Gabriel: Michael Bertenshaw WED Bill: Ben Crowe WED Hilary: Craige Els WED Sylvia: Deborah Findlay WED Officer: Clive Hayward WED Jessie: Lucy Hutchinson WED Jack: Ashley Kumar WED Ottoline: Ruth Lass WED Victor: Joel MacCormack WED Kitty: Ami Metcalf WED Adam: Leo Montague WED Ralph: Nicholas Murchie WED Harry: Sean Murray WED Albert: Harry Myers WED Marieke: Olivia Ross WED Florrie: Claire Rushbrook WED Dorothea: Rachel Shelley WED Joe: Lloyd Thomas WED Tom: Matthew Watson WED Writer: Sarah Daniels WED Director: Jessica Dromgoole WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00y2sj5 (Listen) WED Gillian Clarke - A Poet's Year, The Fruits of Summer WED National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke, who has recently WED been awarded The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2010, reads WED from her journal about life on her small holding in rural WED West Wales. Bees, a successful WED harvest of hay and a family of swallows make a bountiful WED summer. WED The Welsh landscape and the healing power of nature are both WED driving forces in Gillian Clarke's poetry and prose. These WED readings are adapted from At the Source: Prose Writings by WED Gillian Clarke, published by Carcanet. The music is Clowns WED by Goldfrapp. WED Producer: Willa King WED BBC Cymru Wales. WED WED 11:15 Don Haworth - A Summertime b0076knb (Listen) WED 4 Extra Debut. Warm and humorous tale of unforeseen WED happiness and its passing, set on the Lancashire moors in WED 1939. Stars Rachel Ibbotson and Julia Rounthwaite. WED WED 12:00 The Burkiss Way b00crq2m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00s09rq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Paul Temple b007rwkt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Peter Bogdanovich's Saturday Morning Pictures WED b007zzjx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole WED b007js7h (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED It's 1982, and fifth-former Adrian plans on an acting WED career. But first he must negotiate the Halloween party. WED Read by Nicholas Barnes. WED WED 14:15 A History of the Brain b0174h6b (Listen) WED The Agony and the Ecstasy WED Dr Geoff Bunn's 10 part History of the Brain is a journey WED through 5000 years of our understanding of this complex WED organ in our heads. From Neolithic times to the present day, WED he reveals the contemporary beliefs WED about what the brain is for and how it fulfils its WED functions. WED While referencing the core physiology and neuroscience, this WED is a cultural, not a scientific history. What soon becomes WED obvious is that our understanding of this most inscrutable WED organ has in all periods been coloured by the social and WED political expedients of the day no less than by the WED contemporary scope of scientific or biological exploration. WED Episode 8: The Agony and the Ecstasy, focuses on the WED collaborative work between Otto Loewi in Austria and Henry WED Dale in England. They established that communication within WED the brain is chemical and not electrical. Thanks to the work WED of many exiles from Nazism (and a leech smuggled out by one WED of them) the vital role of acetylcholine became known. This WED work laid the foundation for the neuropharmalogical gold WED rush of the 1950s, with the discovery of drugs to help those WED suffering from schizophrenia, depression and anxiety. WED The series is entirely written and presented by Dr Geoff WED Bunn of Manchester Metropolitan University, with actors Paul WED Bhattacharjee and Jonathan Forbes providing the voices of WED those who have written about the brain from Ancient Egypt to WED the present day, and actor Hattie Morahan giving the Anatomy WED Lesson which establishes the part of the brain to be WED highlighted in each episode - in this instance the WED neurotransmitters acetylcholine and adrenalin. The original, WED atmospheric score is supplied by composer, Barney Quinton. WED Producer: Marya Burgess. WED WED 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnr6 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED The young squire Arthur Donnithorne pays a visit to Hall WED Farm, and the seeds of love are sown. Stars Richard WED Greenwood. WED WED 14:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rrp (Listen) WED Introduction to She WED Margaret praises an old pot-boiler of a book with an WED infamous heroine and asks why it gripped her. Read by Liza WED Ross. WED WED 15:00 Home Front b04gyrk7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04pm6fd (Listen) WED Andrew Strauss, Jacqueline Wilson and water voles WED Mel Giedroyc presents the Inheritance Tracks of England's WED former cricket captain Andrew Strauss, and she celebrates WED superstar author Jacqueline Wilson's 100th book. WED WED 17:00 Life in London b011dg1t (Listen) WED The Fancy WED Tom and Jerry visit a 19th-century cockfight and make a WED special wager. Stars Greg Wise and Mark Gatiss. From May WED 2006. WED WED 17:30 Change at Oglethorpe b007k0vl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 Whispers b007k2sl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076g7d (Listen) WED America WED Matthew Parris invites writers Toby Young, Emma Richler and WED Tamsin Oglesby to consider the oddness of the United States WED of America. WED In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of WED writers of fact and WED fiction: new talent and established names. In the context of WED a discussion of one of the ideas and pre-occupations of our WED times, each presents a piece on this week's topic. WED The best new writing and the freshest conversation from WED 2003. WED WED 19:00 The Burkiss Way b00crq2m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00s09rq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Paul Temple b007rwkt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Peter Bogdanovich's Saturday Morning Pictures WED b007zzjx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Ian McEwan - Atonement b00766nv (Listen) WED Episode 13 WED As the troops reach the capital, Briony realises that the WED time has come to try to make amends. Sian Thomas reads Ian WED McEwan's story of the search for forgiveness. WED WED 21:15 Don Haworth - A Summertime b0076knb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 In and Out of the Kitchen b01qw8m7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Danny Robins Music Therapy b00fl0p7 (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Danny aids Middlesbrough through the power of melody. Helped WED by Isy Suttie and tribute band State of Quo. From November WED 2008. WED WED 23:00 Concrete Cow b0076jk4 (Listen) WED Series 2, Ancient and Modern WED 4 Extra Debut. Highlights include ancient Egyptian IT WED support, Sanskritti spaghetti and Feudal Mishap Direct. WED Sketches with Robert Webb and Beth Chalmers. From December WED 2003. WED WED 23:30 The Skivers b00d8pgd (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED Michael Fish's secrets are revealed, and East 17 move house. WED Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh welcome guest Lewis Collins. WED From March 1994. WED WED THU THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 THU THU 00:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole THU b007js7h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 A History of the Brain b0174h6b (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnr6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rrp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Whispers b007k2sl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b0076g7d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Paul Temple b007rwkt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Peter Bogdanovich's Saturday Morning Pictures THU b007zzjx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Home Front b04gyrk7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00y2sj5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Don Haworth - A Summertime b0076knb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Life in London b011dg1t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Change at Oglethorpe b007k0vl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Paul Temple b007rwnw (Listen) THU Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, A Time to Worry THU The sleuth edges one step closer to solving the murder and THU discovering the identity of The Fence. Stars Peter Coke. THU THU 06:30 Peter Bogdanovich's Saturday Morning Pictures THU b0080lss (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU The Last Picture Show placed Peter Bogdanovich in the THU vanguard of what was dubbed New Hollywood. THU The director and historian looks at the changes in Hollywood THU since his arrival there in 1961 - from the rise of THU independent film makers to the influence of television. THU Producer Penny Vine THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007. THU THU 07:00 The Elephant Man b04phhxw (Listen) THU It Could Be the Zoo THU Southwood Zoo has tax problems and inept staff. Can the THU National Lottery help? Stars Peter Serafinowicz. From THU September 1996. THU THU 07:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b04pc2zs (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 6 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, records a fourth series of his hit sketch THU show. THU 6/6: This final episode of the fourth THU series contains a pure moment of happiness, a song for a THU season that doesn't usually get sung about, and a curious THU tale about an invention that is probably not evil. THU The first series of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme was THU described as "sparklingly clever" by The Daily Telegraph and THU "one of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite THU some time" by The Guardian. The second series won Best Radio THU Comedy at both the Chortle and Comedy.co.uk awards, and was THU nominated for a Radio Academy award. The third series THU actually won a Radio Academy award. THU In this fourth series, John has written more sketches, like THU the sketches from the other series. Not so much like them THU that they feel stale and repetitious; but on the other hand THU not so different that it feels like a misguided attempt to THU completely change the show. Quite like the old sketches, in THU other words, but about different things and with different THU jokes. (Although it's a pretty safe bet some of them will THU involve talking animals.) THU Written by and starring ... John Finnemore THU Also featuring ... Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry THU Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. THU Original music by ... Susannah Pearse. THU Producer ... Ed Morrish. THU Credits THU Presenter: John Finnemore THU Ensemble: Margaret Cabourn-Smith THU Ensemble: Simon Kane THU Ensemble: Lawry Lewin THU Ensemble: Carrie Quinlan THU Producer: Ed Morrish THU Writer: John Finnemore THU THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jps8 (Listen) THU The Friends of Frambourne Pier THU Pike and Hodges try enlisting volunteers to restore the THU pier. Dad's Army spin-off starring Ian Lavender and Bill THU Pertwee. From December 1983. THU THU 08:30 Listen to Les b007wlfp (Listen) THU From 14/03/1982 THU Les Dawson with Noah's story, and Cosmo's guide to the study THU of moths and butterflies. With Daphne Oxenford. From March THU 1982. THU THU 09:00 Heresy b018gr06 (Listen) THU Series 8, Episode 5 THU Victoria Coren presents another edition of the show which THU dares to commit heresy. THU Her guests this week are comedian Dave Gorman and newspaper THU columnists Matthew Parris and Julia Hartley-Brewer. Together THU they THU have fun exposing the wrong-headedness of received wisdom THU and challenging knee-jerk public reaction to events. THU Arguing against the popular opinion that celebrities THU shouldn't tell people how to vote, former MP Matthew Parris THU says he would much rather listen to an attractive celebrity THU talking rubbish than listen to the garbage spouted by the THU average politician. THU Julia Hartley-Brewer defends Chick Lit against its THU detractors on the grounds that you shouldn't judge a book by THU its pink cover, and argues that it's the kind of literature THU Jane Austen would be writing if she were around today. THU And Dave Gorman puts his republican views to one side to THU ride to the defence of the extraordinary hat worn by THU Princess Beatrice at the wedding of William and Kate. Though THU the Princess may wish he hadn't. THU Producer: Brian King THU A Avalon Television production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 09:30 Alison and Maud b007k31q (Listen) THU Series 1, Speaking in Tongues THU Speaking in Tongues: The Bishop comes to tea, Maud acquires THU a PC and there's an incident on the road. With Denise Coffey THU and Miriam Margolyes. Episode 6 of 6. THU THU 10:00 Home Front b04hyxml (Listen) THU Home Front - Omnibus, 22-26 September 1914 THU Well-known suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst visits Folkestone THU and on the Leas, an amicable alliance is reached. THU Written by: Katie Hims and Sean Moffat THU Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews THU Music: Matthew Strachan THU Directed and produced by: Lucy Collingwood THU Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. THU Credits THU Isabel: Keely Beresford THU Gabriel: Michael Bertenshaw THU Ernie: Sean Connolly THU Henri: Stephane Cornicard THU Hilary: Craige Els THU Sylvia: Deborah Findlay THU Hilda: Bella Hamblin THU Jessie: Lucy Hutchinson THU Customer: Ashley Kumar THU Ottoline: Ruth Lass THU Victor: Joel McCormack THU Kitty: Ami Metcalf THU Adam: Leo Montague THU Ralph: Nicholas Murchie THU Harry: Sean Murray THU Albert: Harry Myers THU Boot: Paul Rider THU Marieke: Olivia Ross THU Florrie: Claire Rushbrook THU Dorothea: Rachel Shelley THU Mrs Pankhurst: Harriet Walter THU Writer: Katie Hims THU Writer: Sean Moffatt THU Director: Lucy Collingwood THU Producer: Lucy Collingwood THU THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading b00y2vgm (Listen) THU Gillian Clarke - A Poet's Year, The Turning of the Year THU National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke, who has recently THU been awarded The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2010, reads THU from her journal about life on her small holding in rural THU West Wales. The autumn crops of THU potatoes, beetroot, apple and blackberries are gathered and THU stored, and the honey is harvested. The pond has a THU mysterious nocturnal visitor. THU The Welsh landscape and the healing power of nature are both THU driving forces in Gillian Clarke's poetry and prose. These THU readings are adapted from At the Source: Prose Writings by THU Gillian Clarke, published by Carcanet. The music is Clowns THU by Goldfrapp. THU Producer: Willa King THU BBC Cymru Wales. THU THU 11:15 Alan Plater - Only a Matter of Time b007qrqk (Listen) THU When time was standardised in the 19th century, not everyone THU was convinced by the idea. Alan Plater drama starring James THU Bolam. THU THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jps8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Listen to Les b007wlfp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Paul Temple b007rwnw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Peter Bogdanovich's Saturday Morning Pictures THU b0080lss (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole THU b007js7w (Listen) THU Episode 7 THU Adrian is feeling left out after the birth of his new baby THU sister. And Christmas is approaching too. Read by Nicholas THU Barnes. THU THU 14:15 A History of the Brain b017528x (Listen) THU All or Nothing THU Dr Geoff Bunn's 10 part History of the Brain is a journey THU through 5000 years of our understanding of this complex THU organ in our heads. From Neolithic times to the present day, THU he reveals the contemporary beliefs THU about what the brain is for and how it fulfils its THU functions. THU While referencing the core physiology and neuroscience, this THU is a cultural, not a scientific history. What soon becomes THU obvious is that our understanding of this most inscrutable THU organ has in all periods been coloured by the social and THU political expedients of the day no less than by the THU contemporary scope of scientific or biological exploration. THU Episode 9: All Or Nothing, focuses on the invention of the THU electroencephalograph, which made our brain waves visible. THU Invented by Hans Berger, one of its main proponents was the THU eccentric English robotics pioneer and neuroscientist, THU William Grey Walter. Until a near fatal accident, Walter was THU one of 15% of the population who can't produce the resting, THU alpha wave - only the active, beta wave. After the accident THU he could emit alpha waves. Meanwhile, at Cambridge, Edgar THU Adrian, no fan of the EEG, established the 'all or nothing' THU principle of nerve transmission to explain simple reflex THU actions. THU The series is entirely written and presented by Dr Geoff THU Bunn of Manchester Metropolitan University, with actors Paul THU Bhattacharjee and Jonathan Forbes providing the voices of THU those who have written about the brain from Ancient Egypt to THU the present day, and actor Hattie Morahan giving the Anatomy THU Lesson which establishes the part of the brain to be THU highlighted in each episode - in this instance the cerebral THU cortex. The original, atmospheric score is supplied by THU composer, Barney Quinton. THU Producer: Marya Burgess. THU THU 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnrq (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Young squire Arthur invites the flirtatious Hetty for an THU evening stroll in Donnithorne Woods. Stars Richard THU Greenwood. THU THU 14:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rs9 (Listen) THU Victory Gardens THU In days of yore, the test of a good cook was whether she THU could utilise every leftover morsel. Read by Liza Ross. THU THU 15:00 Home Front b04hyxml (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04pr255 (Listen) THU Whale song, Aidan Moffat and wheelbarrow races THU Mel Giedroyc investigates the beautiful and haunting whale THU song, and in Scottish Book Week we hear singer and musician THU Aidan Moffat's new children's book, The Lavender Blue Dress. THU THU 17:00 No Commitments b00sbs1y (Listen) THU Series 3, Material Values THU Emily and Charles are unsympathetic over Roger's job loss, THU so it is Anna to the rescue. Stars Celia Imrie. From THU December 1994. THU THU 17:30 The Elephant Man b04phhxw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 Heresy b018gr06 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076brj (Listen) THU James Gillray THU Political cartoonist Steve Bell chooses the 18th century THU caricaturist James Gillray. With Sheila O'Connell, curator THU of prints and drawings at British Museum and actor James THU Bolam. Presented by Humphrey THU Carpenter. THU The biographical series in which a distinguished guest THU chooses someone who's inspired their life. Will their hero THU stand up to intensive scrutiny and merit the description of THU having led a great life? From 2002. THU THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile b007jps8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Listen to Les b007wlfp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Paul Temple b007rwnw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Peter Bogdanovich's Saturday Morning Pictures THU b0080lss (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Ian McEwan - Atonement b00766pd (Listen) THU Episode 14 THU As the day of reckoning arrives, Briony ponders novels. Sian THU Thomas reads the penultimate episode of Ian McEwan's tale of THU three people torn apart by one lie. THU THU 21:15 Alan Plater - Only a Matter of Time b007qrqk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b04pc2zs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 My Teenage Diary b014qnwq (Listen) THU Series 3, Arabella Weir THU My Teenage Diary returns with four more brave celebrities THU ready to revisit their formative years by opening up their THU intimate teenage diaries and reading them out in public for THU the very first time. THU Comedian THU Rufus Hound is joined by actor Arabella Weir who describes a THU teenage life full of drinking, calorie-counting and boys. THU Producer: Harriet Jaine THU A Talkback Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04vdkth (Listen) THU The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Tiff Stevenson THU chats again to Phil Nichol. THU THU 23:00 Continuity b00tdnt4 (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU A Continuity Announcer's booth can be a lonely place - THU especially on the late shift, when you've barely seen your THU wife and children for a week. Still, this Radio 4 Continuity THU Announcer is nothing, if not a THU consummate professional and he's not going to let his own THU insignificant little problems get in the way of your THU listening pleasure. Especially when there are so many THU exciting programmes coming up in the next week, which he's THU got to tell you about. At least some of them are exciting. THU Some of them aren't quite his cup of tea, if he's honest, THU but that's not really the point, is it? They may be right up THU your street. It's not really his place to express an THU opinion. Even if it is tempting. This may be a come-down THU from heady days spent announcing on the Today programme, but THU he's got a job to do. Though sometimes it is rather THU difficult to concentrate..... THU Alistair McGowan stars in a new subversive sitcom about a THU Continuity Announcer brooding on the escalating disasters of THU his private and professional life; at the same time as THU attempting to give us a preview of the programmes on offer THU in the coming week on Radio 4. Or what might be Radio 4 in a THU parallel universe. Trails for 'The Ethical Enigma', THU 'Britain's Favourite Sound' and 'The History of Britain One THU Year at a Time' are just some of the strange delights on THU offer in the world of this 'radio professional', who THU harbours a slightly inappropriate relationship with his THU audience. THU Written by Hugh Rycroft a stalwart of 'The News Quiz' and THU co-creator of 'Parliamentary Questions' and 'Life, Death and THU Sex with Mike and Sue', the series also features the voices THU of Lewis Macleod, Sally Grace, Charlotte Page and David THU Holt. THU Produced by David Spicer and Frank Stirling THU A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Producer: Frank Stirling THU Producer: David Spicer THU THU 23:15 Guy Browning's Small Talk b0076mv2 (Listen) THU Series 2, How to Kiss THU The writer enumerates the many and varied methods of THU engendering facial contact, and where it might lead. From THU August 2004. THU THU 23:30 A Look Back at the Nineties b007jqm8 (Listen) THU 1996 THU Kate Robbins, Brian Perkins and Chris Barrie take a THU satirical look back at the decade that had yet to happen. THU Recorded in July 1993. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2014 FRI FRI 00:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole FRI b007js7w (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 A History of the Brain b017528x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jnrq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rs9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Heresy b018gr06 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b0076brj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Paul Temple b007rwnw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Peter Bogdanovich's Saturday Morning Pictures FRI b0080lss (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Home Front b04hyxml (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Afternoon Reading b00y2vgm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Alan Plater - Only a Matter of Time b007qrqk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 No Commitments b00sbs1y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Elephant Man b04phhxw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Paul Temple b007rwp2 (Listen) FRI Paul Temple and the Margo Mystery, The Visitor FRI With time running out, can the suave sleuth finally confront FRI Julia Kelburn's murderer? Stars Peter Coke and Marjorie FRI Westbury. FRI FRI 06:30 Please Look After This Bear b0091tm8 (Listen) FRI Author Michael Bond's wellington-clad bear was found at FRI Paddington Station and was thus named by the Brown family FRI after the busy London terminus. FRI To celebrate Paddington's 50th birthday in 2008 - BBC Radio FRI 4 FRI left 50 bears wearing the label "Please Look After This FRI Bear" hidden in train stations all over Britain for people FRI to find and to take home. FRI Children's author Michael Morpurgo talks to these "finders" FRI to hear what Paddington Bear has meant to them. He hears FRI from creator Michael Bond about the bear's enduring appeal FRI and also unravels the story of the first soft toy Paddington FRI Bear, made by Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson's mother FRI Shirley. FRI Produced by Laura Parfitt. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. FRI FRI 07:00 Spangles 'n' Tights b04phhxy (Listen) FRI Medieval Banquet FRI Dublin's theatrical costumiers dress a medieval banquet in a FRI ghostly castle. With Frank Kelly and Anne Byrne. From FRI October 1998. FRI FRI 07:30 Hal b04pr6sy (Listen) FRI Death FRI Hal Cruttenden stars as a forty-something husband and father FRI who, years ago, decided to give up his job and become a stay FRI at home father. His wife, Sam, has a successful business FRI career which makes her travel FRI more and more. His children, Lilly and Molly, are growing up FRI fast, and his role as their father and mentor is diminishing FRI by the day. FRI So what can Hal do as he reaches a crossroads in his life? FRI Help is (sort of) at hand in the form of his eager mates - FRI Doug, Fergus and Barry - who regularly meet at their local FRI curry house for mind expanding conversations that sadly FRI never give Hal the core advice he so desperately needs. FRI Hal is confused even further as he regularly has visions of FRI his long dead and highly macho father, who he's forced to FRI engage in increasingly frustrating conversations. FRI In this second episode, Hal faces a horrifying thought - he FRI might have testicular cancer. So he tries to look mortality FRI in the face - not easy for an overly sensitive and emotional FRI man. He tries to bond with his entrepreneurial stepson Jack, FRI but a visit to a football match doesn't work out as Hal FRI planned. FRI An unlikely form of salvation arrives when it's suggested FRI that Hal takes part in a charity run. Things take an FRI unexpected turn and Hal actually surprises himself - but not FRI in the way he planned. FRI The cast includes co-writer Dominic Holland, Ed Byrne, Anna FRI Crilly, Gavin Webster, Dominic Frisby and Samuel Caseley. FRI Produced by Paul Russell FRI An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Hal: Hal Cruttenden FRI Actor: Dominic Holland FRI Actor: Ed Byrne FRI Actor: Anna Crilly FRI Actor: Gavin Webster FRI Actor: Dominic Frisby FRI Actor: Samuel Caseley FRI Writer: Hal Cruttenden FRI Writer: Dominic Holland FRI Producer: Paul Russell FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jy6l (Listen) FRI The New Car FRI The lad buys a car from Sid, but there is a big surprise FRI when he takes it for a spin. Stars Tony Hancock. From FRI December 1954. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b007jm8g (Listen) FRI Bye Bye Mildred FRI The bumbling civil servants' secretary is set to be lured FRI away. With Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From March FRI 1970. FRI FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00s92p7 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 1 FRI Prepare to have your synapses twisted into a string FRI theorist's nightmare, as Professor Lloyd and his new FRI curator, the startlingly insightful comedian Jon Richardson, FRI hurriedly throw the dust covers off the FRI Museum's clump of empty plinths for a brand new series of FRI the BBC's most improving comedy panel show. FRI This week, fantasy novelist Sir Terry Pratchett offers them FRI a Secret And Personal Extra Day Of The Week; cosmologist and FRI author Marcus Chown donates a bizarre but plausible FRI scientific theory of the afterlife known as the Enigma FRI Point; and Shappi Khorsandi has somehow finds herself in a FRI position to offer none other than Charlie Chaplin. FRI FRI 09:30 Rent b04phhy0 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 6 FRI Paul and Ruby are thinking of moving out, and Maria needs FRI more space. Stars Barbara Flynn and Patrick Barlow. From FRI March 1995. FRI FRI 10:00 Home Front b04jmd8g (Listen) FRI Home Front - Omnibus, 29 September - 3 October 1914 FRI Last of this season of drama set in Great War Britain, a FRI hundred years ago. The end of the beginning, perhaps, but a FRI long long way from the end. FRI Written by Katie Hims FRI Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews FRI Music: Matthew Strachan FRI Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. FRI Credits FRI Esme: Katie Angelou FRI Isabel: Keely Beresford FRI Gabriel: Michael Bertenshaw FRI Lilian: Lisa Brookes FRI Maggie: Evie Clark FRI Alice: Claire-Louise Cordwell FRI Bill: Ben Crowe FRI Hilary: Craige Els FRI Sylvia: Deborah Findlay FRI Jessie: Lucy Hutchinson FRI Victor: Joel MacCormack FRI Kitty: Ami Metcalf FRI Adam: Leo Montague FRI Ralph: Nicholas Murchie FRI Albert: Harry Myers FRI Trumpeter: Peter Ringrose FRI Florrie: Claire Rushbrook FRI Dorothea: Rachel Shelley FRI Writer: Katie Hims FRI Director: Jessica Dromgoole FRI FRI 11:00 William Trevor Short Stories b007jtxy (Listen) FRI The Forty-Seventh Saturday FRI Mavie and McCarthy have a weekly assignation, but is he as FRI trapped by marriage as she thinks he is? Read by Denys FRI Hawthorne. FRI FRI 11:15 Alan Plater - Time Added On for Injuries b007qw0x (Listen) FRI Passengers on a train uncover the story that linked their FRI families 150 years ago. Stars James Bolam and Alan David. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jy6l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry b007jm8g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Paul Temple b007rwp2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Please Look After This Bear b0091tm8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Sue Townsend - The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole FRI b007js86 (Listen) FRI Episode 8 FRI Adrian's parents try and patch things up, but in the FRI meantime, he finds himself drawn to new school friends. Read FRI by Nicholas Barnes. FRI FRI 14:15 A History of the Brain b017551t (Listen) FRI Einstein's Brain FRI Dr Geoff Bunn's 10 part History of the Brain is a journey FRI through 5000 years of our understanding of this complex FRI organ in our heads. From Neolithic times to the present day, FRI he reveals the contemporary beliefs FRI about what the brain is for and how it fulfils its FRI functions. FRI While referencing the core physiology and neuroscience, this FRI is a cultural, not a scientific history. What soon becomes FRI obvious is that our understanding of this most inscrutable FRI organ has in all periods been coloured by the social and FRI political expedients of the day no less than by the FRI contemporary scope of scientific or biological exploration. FRI Episode 10: Einstein's Brain focuses on how advances in FRI neurology have influenced our understanding of human's as FRI 'neurochemical selves'. Examining the recent trend to FRI explain every aspect of personality by underlying brain FRI processes, Geoff Bunn highlights how disciplines from FRI aesthetics to sociology have felt the impact of FRI neuroscience. He acknowledges the benefits supplied by MRI FRI scanning but points out the flaws in promoting an FRI understanding of humanity based entirely on analysis of the FRI brain. If the dissection of Einstein's brain were all we had FRI to go on, we wouldn't know much about the famous physicist's FRI life and character. FRI The series is entirely written and presented by Dr Geoff FRI Bunn of Manchester Metropolitan University, with actors Paul FRI Bhattacharjee and Jonathan Forbes providing the voices of FRI those who have written about the brain from Ancient Egypt to FRI the present day. The original, atmospheric score is supplied FRI by composer, Barney Quinton. FRI Producer: Marya Burgess. FRI FRI 14:30 George Eliot - Adam Bede b007jns8 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI As Hetty receives a gift from the captain, Adam waits in the FRI wings hoping she will marry him. Stars Thomas Arnold. FRI FRI 14:45 Margaret Atwood - Curious Pursuits b0076rsr (Listen) FRI Mortification; Edinburgh Festival FRI Two short essays look at some author mishaps and Scotland's FRI fair city through the decades. Read by Liza Ross. FRI FRI 15:00 Home Front b04jmd8g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04prcm2 (Listen) FRI River Singers, Shirley Henderson and Cleopatra's Palace FRI Mel Giedroyc presents the final chapter of Tom Moorhouse's FRI The River Singers, read by Shirley Henderson (Moaning Myrtle FRI in Harry Potter), and discovers Cleopatra's Palace. FRI FRI 17:00 After Henry b007k47s (Listen) FRI Series 3, Guilty Secrets FRI Sarah tidies up husband Henry's study four years after his FRI death. Stars Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. From FRI October 1987. FRI FRI 17:30 Spangles 'n' Tights b04phhxy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00s92p7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Books b00tq0ws (Listen) FRI Series 1, Sue Lawrence FRI 3/8 FRI Sue Lawrence's passion for food is well known. A prolific FRI writer of cookery books Sue first came to prominence after FRI winning BBC Master Chef in 1991. Her passion for other books FRI is less well known and in conversation with Stuart Cosgrove FRI she reveals the five titles she'd never be without. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jy6l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry b007jm8g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Paul Temple b007rwp2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Please Look After This Bear b0091tm8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Ian McEwan - Atonement b00766pv (Listen) FRI Episode 15 FRI Sian Thomas reads the final part of Ian McEwan's study of FRI shame and forgiveness, of the need for and difficulty of FRI absolution. FRI FRI 21:15 Alan Plater - Time Added On for Injuries b007qw0x (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Hal b04pr6sy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Party b01n6rsf (Listen) FRI Series 3, The Radio FRI Series 3 of the satirical comedy about a group of young FRI idealists trying to make waves with their new political FRI party. For the last episode in the series the group get a FRI crucial radio interview ahead of the FRI upcoming by election. Written by Tom Basden. FRI Simon .... Tom Basden FRI Duncan .... Tim Key FRI Jared .... Jonny Sweet FRI Mel .... Anna Crilly FRI Phoebe .... Katy Wix FRI Alison the radio producer .... Rachel Stubbings FRI Radio Interviewer .... Peter Curran FRI Drama interviewee ...Jot Davies FRI Producer .... Julia McKenzie. FRI Credits FRI Simon: Tom Basden FRI Duncan: Tim Key FRI Jared: Jonny Sweet FRI Mel: Anna Crilly FRI Phoebe: Katy Wix FRI Alison the Radio Producer: Rachel Stubbings FRI Radio Interviewer: Peter Curran FRI Drama Interviewee: Jot Davies FRI Writer: Tom Basden FRI Producer: Julia McKenzie FRI FRI 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b04vhqr2 (Listen) FRI From 10pm - midnight, 7 days a week, the Comedy Club has two FRI hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats to Marlon Davis. FRI FRI 23:00 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section b01dtmb8 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Kevin Eldon FRI Comedian Alex Horne is joined by his own 5 piece jazz band FRI for a brand new series of music and comedy. The band will be FRI joined by comedian Kevin Eldon. FRI Host .... Alex Horne FRI Trumpet/banjo .... Joe FRI Auckland FRI Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown FRI Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier FRI Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds FRI Piano/keyboard .... Joe Stilgoe FRI Guest performer ....Kevin Eldon FRI Producer .... Julia McKenzie. FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Alex Horne FRI Performer: Kevin Eldon FRI Producer: Julia McKenzie FRI FRI 23:30 Everyone Quite Likes Justin b012l4ng (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 4 FRI Sitcom by Justin Moorhouse & Jim Poyser starring Justin, FRI Anne Reid and Paul Copley. A Manchester DJ tries to balance FRI love, work, life and everything else without much success. FRI This week house-hunting causes all FRI sorts of difficulties. FRI Anne Reid ..... Gran FRI Christine Bottomley ..... Lisa FRI Jim Poyser ..... Lisa's boyfriend FRI Justin Moorhouse ..... Justin FRI Lloyd Langford ..... Bryn FRI Paul Copley ..... Ray FRI Susan Cookson ..... Tanya FRI Producer ..... Steven Canny FRI In one version of his life, Justin is a well-known local FRI Manchester radio DJ who is successful, funny, and stopped in FRI the street by adoring fans. He's the man who has everything. FRI In another version he's a DJ in a slightly shabby local FRI radio station who gets hassled by the occasional oddball on FRI the street. And he's the man who hopes for everything. The FRI truth lies somewhere in between. FRI And at home? Well, naturally, his private life is chaotic. FRI His wife has left him, taking custody of his 8-year-old son FRI Justin jnr, and is in the process of taking him to the FRI cleaners. So he's back on the market. As is his house - so FRI he's currently living in his father-in-law's spare room in FRI Bury. The only person who understands him is his Gran, FRI living in luxury in an old folk's home in Warrington. Oh, FRI and his producer Bryn but this might not be a good thing. FRI Despite all this mess, Justin always remains positive. Every FRI new day is a new opportunity, "When life throws you lemons, FRI make lemonade". FRI Recorded in front of an audience in Manchester. FRI Everyone Quite Likes Justin is written by Justin Moorhouse FRI and Jim Poyser. Justin is a comedian who sells out gigs FRI across the country. He has also written plays and a previous FRI show for Radio 4. Jim Poyser is a writer and producer of FRI enormous experience in both radio and television. FRI
22 November, 2014
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 22/11/2014 - 28/11/2014
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