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SAT SATURDAY 03 JANUARY 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 The Lunar Effect b007k1k4 (Listen) SAT The Hiring Fair SAT Strong moonlight forces spark a sequence of events which SAT echo across generations. Frances Tomelty reads Polly SAT Devlin's tale. SAT In 1867 a young girl living with her father on their SAT isolated County Tyrone farm SAT often senses the magical attraction of the full moon. On one SAT particular night of bright, silvery moonlight she gives in SAT to strong forces sparking a sequence of events which echo SAT across generations. SAT SAT 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n4wyq (Listen) SAT Domestic Violence SAT Continuing her hidden history, Amanda Vickery reveals the SAT dark side of private life, and how the home became a trap. SAT SAT 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b3zz3 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT George Darrow tries persuading Sophie to leave Givre, but SAT complications set in. Stars Jodhi May and Sian Thomas and SAT Ben Miles. SAT SAT 00:45 Book of the Week b017mwz2 (Listen) SAT Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens: A Life, Episode 5 SAT Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new biography of Britain's great SAT novelist paints a portrait of an extraordinarily complex SAT man. Today's themes are adulation and farewells. SAT As part of Dickens on the BBC Radio 4 SAT broadcasts extracts from Claire Tomalin's acclaimed new SAT biography of the novelist who called himself the SAT "inimitable". He was the writer so "charged with imaginative SAT energy that he rendered nineteenth century England SAT crackling, full of truth and life, with his laughter, horror SAT and indignation - and sentimentality." SAT Read by Penelope Wilton SAT Abridged by Richard Hamilton SAT Produced by Elizabeth Allard. SAT SAT 01:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00snrk4 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 6 SAT John Lloyd invites guests David Eagleman, Neil Gaiman and SAT Sarah Millican to add to the collection. From June 2010. SAT SAT 01:30 My Life in Five Books b00vc3t4 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Quintin Jardine SAT In this series Stuart Cosgrove meets guests from the SAT literary world and beyond to hear about the five very SAT special books in their lives. SAT Quintin Jardine has built up a huge following for his crime SAT novels SAT featuring the fictional Edinburgh policeman Bob Skinner. SAT From Skinner's Rules in 1993 the series now runs to 19 SAT books. SAT Quintin himself has had a varied career including spells as SAT a journalist and a political spin doctor. SAT Talking to Stuart he chooses five titles that he's found SAT influential including the book that convinced him that he SAT could do better and launched him on his own writing career. SAT SAT 02:00 Terry Pratchett b00bdjq2 (Listen) SAT Small Gods, Episode 4 SAT Back in Omnia, Deacon Vorbis proclaims himself the One True SAT Prophet. Brutha has concerns. Stars Anton Lesser and Alex SAT Jennings. SAT Synopsis: SAT There are gods everywhere on Terry Pratchett's Discworld - SAT you can't SAT swing a simian librarian without hitting one - except, of SAT course, only a few people can see them. Each small god lies SAT in wait, desperately seeking to make someone believe in him. SAT On the Discworld gods need people more than people need SAT gods, for belief is the food of the gods. SAT Brutha, a tubby novice-priest with a phenomenal memory, is SAT chosen as the one true Prophet. Will he succeed in bringing SAT belief back to Omnia? The great God Om is currently stuck in SAT the body of a small tortoise. He is ready for smiting and SAT other godly activities if only he could get out of the SAT basket of rotting vegetables into which he has fallen SAT Meanwhile Deacon Vorbis rules this harsh desert country and SAT the Quisition works tirelessly to beat sin out of its SAT people. Vorbis is all set to expand his empire and recruits SAT Brutha with his incredible memory to help him. SAT Brutha accompanies Deacon Vorbis to the land of Ephebe where SAT philosophers cover the landscape like locusts, argue SAT violently among themselves, and live in barrels. One such SAT philosopher is Didactylos, whose philosophy can be boiled SAT down to the words "It's a funny old world." He now becomes SAT the unifying part of an underground movement that insists, SAT despite the tenets of the Church that "the Turtle moves"; SAT that turtle being the Great A'Tuin - the whole of Discworld SAT rides on its giant shell. As so often happens, religious SAT dispute breeds war, and the future of Omnia, not to mention SAT the future of the Great God Om, is in Brutha's hands. SAT Cast: Anton Lesser narrates, Patrick Barlow is the Great God SAT Om and Alex Jennings is Deacon Vorbis. Carl Prekopp is SAT Brutha and Michael Kilgarriff plays Death. SAT The rest of the cast includes Geoffrey Beevers, Philip Fox, SAT Sean Barrett, Gerard McDermott, John Cummins, Nick Sayce SAT Terry Pratchett worked for many years as a journalist and SAT press officer, writing in his spare time and publishing a SAT number of novels, including his first Discworld novel, The SAT Color of Magic, in 1983. In 1987 he turned to writing full SAT time, and has not looked back since. To date there are a SAT total of 33 books in the Discworld series, of which three SAT (so far) are written for children. The first of these, The SAT Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, won the Carnegie SAT Medal. His new Discworld novel, Thud!, was published autumn SAT 2005. Regarded as one of the most significant contemporary SAT English-language satirists, Pratchett has won numerous SAT literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire SAT "for services to literature" in 1998, and has received four SAT honorary doctorates from the Universities of Warwick, SAT Portsmouth, Bath, and Bristol. His acclaimed novels have SAT sold 40 million copies worldwide and have been translated SAT into 33 languages. SAT Robin Brooks dramatised Terry Pratchett's 'Mort' for late SAT night Radio 4. Other R4 dramatisations include Daphne Du SAT Maurier's The Parasites, Love and Friendship adapted from SAT Jane Austen, and Byron's Women. Also for R4 an original SAT comedy A Quick Change, Bloody Stefi a play about Bartok and SAT The Man Who Knew Everything, three original plays about the SAT infamous solicitor, George Lewis. SAT SAT 02:30 Laughter Close to Tears b008s5hf (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. From Burma to Zimbabwe, Michael Rosen hears SAT contemporary jokes from those oppressed by repressive SAT regimes. From January 2008. SAT SAT 03:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016ljn0 (Listen) SAT Titus Arrives SAT Heir to crumbling stone and ancient ritual, the SAT idiosyncratic life of Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan begins. SAT Stars Paul Rhys. SAT SAT 04:00 Oscar Wilde b007k13j (Listen) SAT The Nightingale and the Rose SAT A bird makes the ultimate sacrifice, in order that an SAT unworldly young man can woo his love. Read by John Moffatt. SAT SAT 04:15 Bonnie Greer - Rosa Parks b01qfl2m (Listen) SAT Arrested in Alabama over bus segregation, Rosa Park SAT symbolised the American Civil Rights Movement. Stars Albie SAT Parsons. SAT SAT 05:00 After Henry b007jq99 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Different Viewpoints SAT Sarah is irritated by her mother Eleanor's opinions on TV SAT and every other subject. Stars Prunella Scales. From SAT November 1987. SAT SAT 05:30 Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me b0076sqs (Listen) SAT Series 2, Thanks for the Memory SAT No Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me SAT Series 2 SAT Episode 4 of 4 - Thanks for the Memory SAT George is surprised when everyone seems to have forgotten SAT his 70th birthday. Roy, concealing his real plans, offers to SAT buy him a bag SAT of chips on the way home from the pub. But an evening of SAT celebration brings back some bittersweet memories. SAT Don Warrington..... Roy SAT Yvonne Brewster..... Vi SAT Sam Kelly..... George SAT George Layton..... Barry SAT Caroline Lee Johnson..... Bernadette SAT Marcus Powell... Victor SAT Mike Kearsey..... Trombonist SAT Written by Marcus Powell SAT Producer Carol Smith. SAT SAT 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b01n7m30 (Listen) SAT Something Vibrating SAT The Earthmen overcome the deadly putron ray, but they're not SAT clear of the Thargoids yet. Kenny Everett's 1970s sci-fi SAT serial starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. SAT SAT 06:00 Arnold Ridley - The Ghost Train b007jyx0 (Listen) SAT The last steam train from London to Cornwall carries a SAT disparate group of travellers: a pair of newly-weds, a SAT couple whose marriage is on the rocks and a lady with a SAT parrot called Joey. SAT The last thing any of SAT them needs is to be stranded on a Fal Vale's deserted SAT railway station - which is the object of local superstition. SAT Written in 1925 by Arnold Ridley - best known for playing SAT Private Godfrey in Dad's Army. SAT Starring Adam Godfrey as Teddie Deakin, Christopher Wright SAT as Richard Winthrop and Tracy-Ann Oberman as Elsie Winthrop SAT Adapted by Shaun McKenna. Producer Marion Nancarrow. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1998. SAT SAT 07:30 Back to Front b007k166 (Listen) SAT Series 1, 1963 SAT The 1963 headline makers knocked off the newspaper front SAT pages by Henry Cooper. Ned Sherrin and Claire Rayner get SAT nostalgic. With Simon Barnes. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00s6svj (Listen) SAT Morecambe and Wise: The Garage Tapes SAT Jon Culshaw uncovers an extraordinary audio archive of early SAT Morecambe and Wise material, including a number of long lost SAT tapes. SAT This is a genuine archive find of real importance. A few SAT years ago, Doreen Wise, SAT widow of Ernie, cleared the old family garage of piles of SAT tapes and 78 recordings. SAT At the end of last year, Independent radio company SAT Whistledown were contacted by Eric and Ernie's agents, and SAT producer David Prest offered to look at the material. SAT "It was an extraordinary sight - a couple of old fruit boxes SAT full of reel to reel tapes and a musty old red suitcase SAT brimming with 78 records," says producer David Prest. SAT The most important finds are a number of long-lost episodes SAT of Eric and Ernie's first radio show, "You're Only Young SAT Once" which was made for the BBC between November 1953 and SAT June 1954. SAT These feature songs, sketches, their trade mark banter and SAT guest cameo appearances from other well-known perfomers SAT including Bob Monkhouse. SAT The tapes in Ernie's garage are believed to be "run off" SAT copies recorded at 33/4 ips by studio engineers immediately SAT after the recordings, and probably never played since, as SAT well as acetate copies which Doreen paid the studio engineer SAT a few shillings for. SAT "Much of the value of the material is in what it shows about SAT their comedy development. The early radio series are very SAT naturalistic, and feature historical sketches and songs SAT which precede the 1970s BBC TV shows by almost 15 years", SAT says David. SAT Other treats include: Andre Previn's speech to Eric and SAT Ernie at a Variety Club lunch in 1974, rare recordings of SAT their Great Yarmouth and Blackpool shows from the mid-late SAT sixties. SAT Also included are many original master tapes of songs, SAT written for the duo, which show their skill in the recording SAT studio. SAT The producers are David Prest and Stewart Henderson, and SAT this is a Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Producer: David Prest SAT SAT 08:45 Marriott's Monologues b007jqz7 (Listen) SAT Thora Hird SAT The actress talks about and performs Marriott Edgar's two SAT classic tales of the curious little boy and the lion. SAT SAT 09:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Remembered b04wjh11 (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 Extra celebrates the life of the novelist, SAT Elizabeth Jane Howard who died on January 2nd 2014. SAT This 3 hour special features material from the BBC archive SAT including two of Howard's short stories, and SAT her choice of Desert Island Discs from 1995. But it also SAT includes an extract from her first novel The Beautiful Visit SAT (read by Juliet Stevenson), as well as new interviews with, SAT among others, her step-son Martin Amis and her biographer SAT Artemis Cooper, all recorded at the Cheltenham Literature SAT Festival. SAT As well as being the author of 14 novels, and selling more SAT than a million books, Howard lived a richly eventful life. SAT She walked out of her first marriage to naturalist Peter SAT Scott, taking with her just £10, a suitcase and half a SAT novel. She subsequently went on to remove herself from two SAT more marriages. As her life-long friend, Jacqui Graham, SAT points out, it was enormously brave. "Women just didn't do SAT that." SAT Cathy Rentzenbrink, who presents the programme, says of SAT Howard, 'What I find interesting is the way her life and SAT fiction intertwines. I can't think of any other writer where SAT the mistakes of life are transformed, reinterpreted, SAT recycled into such brilliant novels.". SAT SAT 12:00 Nigel Slater - Eating for England Omnibus b04wjh13 (Listen) SAT In the bleak Christmas following his mother's death, the SAT young Nigel Slater sought refuge in food. Sugar mice, pink SAT wafers and mince pies helped him survive. So too did his SAT Aunt Elvie who, against the wishes of SAT his father, encouraged Nigel to cook. SAT Eating for England, the successor to his highly acclaimed SAT memoir Toast, is part food memoir, part collective memory SAT bank of a nation's taste. Using the book as source material SAT along with further conversations with Nigel, dramatist Sarah SAT Daniels has written a playful reimagining. A grown up Nigel SAT - played by Julian Rhind Tutt, looks back on his childhood SAT while caring for a now elderly, yet ever sparkling, Aunt SAT Elvie, played by Celia Imrie. SAT Rich with sounds of the kitchen and recorded on location, SAT with a cameo performance from Nigel himself. SAT What drives a cook to write about food? Why is there such a SAT powerful link between memory and what we eat? And why is SAT reading about food so irresistibly appetising? SAT SAT 13:15 The Lady Detectives b00cql2n (Listen) SAT The Law and the Lady SAT By Wilkie Collins. Valeria Woodville tries to clear her SAT husband of murdering his first wife. Sensational Gothic tale SAT starring Abigail Docherty. SAT SAT 14:00 Doctor at Large b00b3h85 (Listen) SAT Dr Sparrow of Harley Street SAT Mayhem ensues when Simon Sparrow goes to work at Sir SAT Lancelot's rather posh practice. Stars Richard Briers. From SAT August 1969. SAT SAT 14:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jpwr (Listen) SAT Money SAT David Jason's probe of modern life sets out to comprehend SAT cash. With Miriam Margolyes and Royce Mills. From September SAT 1977. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00s6svj (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 15:45 Marriott's Monologues b007jqz7 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Arnold Ridley - The Ghost Train b007jyx0 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 The Rest Is History b04vk0c1 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT A new, six-part comedy discussion show hosted by Frank SAT Skinner. SAT Frank loves history, but just doesn't know much of it. So SAT he's devised a new comedy discussion show in order to find SAT out more about it. Along with SAT his historian in residence, Dr Kate Williams, each episode SAT will see Frank joined by a selection of celebrity guests, SAT who will help him navigate his way through the annals of SAT time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, oddest, and SAT most interesting moments in history. SAT Frank's guests in this edition of the programme are John SAT Lloyd and Katy Brand. SAT Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard SAT An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Frank Skinner SAT Panellist: John Lloyd SAT Panellist: Katy Brand SAT Panellist: Kate Williams SAT Producer: Dan Schreiber SAT Producer: Justin Pollard SAT SAT 18:00 Classic Serial b04y9dzf (Listen) SAT The Gothic Imagination, Dracula, pt 2 SAT 2/2 Bram Stoker's disturbing vampire tale of horror, in a SAT new version by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Lucy Westenra is dead, SAT but Professor Van Helsing is determined to find out the true SAT cause of her death, track it down, fight it and defeat it SAT forever. SAT Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. SAT Credits SAT Count Dracula: Nicky Henson SAT Dr Seward: Charles Edwards SAT Renfield: Don Gilet SAT Jonathan Harker: Michael Shelford SAT Mina Harker: Ellie Kendrick SAT Lucy Westenra: Scarlett Brookes SAT Dr Van Helsing: John Dougall SAT Arthur: Joe Sims SAT Maid: Christine Absalom SAT Policeman: Robert Blythe SAT Simmons: Patrick Brennan SAT Vampiress: Sarah Thom SAT Vampiress: Ellie Crook SAT Vampiress: Stephanie Racine SAT Child: Harper Bone SAT Singer: Adriana Festeu SAT Director: Jessica Dromgoole SAT Writer: Rebecca Lenkiewicz SAT Author: Bram Stoker SAT SAT 19:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Remembered b04wjh11 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel of Laughs b00tml87 (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Another chance to hear Rhod Gilbert's comedy show featuring SAT comedy regulars Lloyd Langford and Greg Davies, along with SAT Sarah Millican who takes a weekly look at The Six Stages of SAT Woman SAT This second episode SAT features live music from Athlete, including hits Superhuman SAT Touch and Half Light, and the guest comedian is Edinburgh SAT Comedy Award winner Russell Kane. SAT Join Rhod for his Rant on road rage, delve into Rhods SAT Confessions where Lloyd Langford reveals an unusual passion SAT for Star Wars figures and see if Greg Davies can tempt you SAT with his Indecent Proposal. SAT SAT 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture b007rq8f (Listen) SAT Series 3, Isaac Newton SAT The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of one SAT of the world's most influential scientists. From October SAT 2002. SAT SAT 23:30 Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders b00htxbs (Listen) SAT Obscure Animal Facts SAT With her thirst for knowledge unquenched, the comedian aims SAT to become the ultimate quiz show contestant. From March SAT 2009. SAT SAT 23:45 Fabulous b00hy947 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 4 SAT Faye's got money troubles, so she hopes her mum will lend SAT her £10,000. Stars Daisy Haggard and Anne Reid. From June SAT 2007. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 04 JANUARY 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Classic Serial b04y9dzf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b00s6svj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:45 Marriott's Monologues b007jqz7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:45 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 Nigel Slater - Eating for England Omnibus b04wjh13 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 The Lady Detectives b00cql2n (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Arnold Ridley - The Ghost Train b007jyx0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 The Rest Is History b04vk0c1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b523y (Listen) SUN Omnibus, part 1 SUN An unexpected obstacle sparks a beguiling adventure for SUN diplomat George Darrow. Stars Jodhi May, Sian Thomas and Ben SUN Miles. SUN SUN 07:10 Inheritance Tracks b04kjqg3 (Listen) SUN Jenny Agutter SUN Actress Jenny Agutter inherits 'The Times They Are SUN a-Changin' by Bob Dylan, and passes on 'If I Fall' by Alice SUN Martineau. SUN SUN 07:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball b00fwqb3 (Listen) SUN Episode 4 SUN Byron Rogers tells the extraordinary tale of Hitler's nephew SUN William, born in Liverpool. Read by Crawford Logan. SUN SUN 07:30 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00zlfh9 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Erosia SUN Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel SUN documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit SUN after claiming to have had a number of bizarre adventures. SUN This week he travels to Erosia which has a very SUN different view of sexual politics. SUN Written by Bill Dare SUN Produced by Steven Canny SUN Brian Gulliver's Travels is a new satirical adventure story SUN from Bill Dare. The series has attracted an excellent cast SUN led by Neil Pearson and award winning star of the RSC's SUN current season, Mariah Gale. Cast includes fantastic actors SUN Tamsin Greig, John Standing, Paul Bhattacharjee, Christopher SUN Douglas, Catherine Shepherd, Vicky Pepperdine, Phil SUN Cornwell, Antonia Campbell Hughes, Jo Bobin and Katherine SUN Jakeways. SUN For years Bill Dare wanted to create a satire about SUN different worlds exploring Kipling's idea that we travel, SUN 'not just to explore civilizations, but to better understand SUN our own'. But science fiction and space ships never SUN interested him, so he put the idea on ice. Then Brian SUN Gulliver arrived and meant that our hero could be lost in a SUN fictional world without the need for any sci-fi. SUN Satirical targets over the series: the medical profession SUN and its need to pathologize everything; the effect of SUN marriage on children; spirituality and pseudo-science; SUN compensation culture; sexism; the affect of our obsession SUN with fame. SUN Gulliver's Travels is the only book Bill Dare read at SUN university. His father, Peter Jones, narrated a similarly SUN peripatetic radio series: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the SUN Galaxy. SUN Credits SUN Brian Gulliver: Neil Pearson SUN Rachel Gulliver: Mariah Gale SUN Guard: Phil Cornwell SUN Henchal: Jess Robinson SUN Mollsen: Vicki Pepperdine SUN Kilca: Pippa Evans SUN Sleazy man: Brian Bowles SUN Donnica: Sally Orrock SUN Villa: Joanna Monro SUN Writer: Bill Dare SUN Producer: Steven Canny SUN SUN 08:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat b01cvb6v (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN As the friends conclude their Thames adventure, they SUN encounter a tragedy and some nasty weather. Performed by SUN Jeremy Nicholas. SUN SUN 08:30 Stop Messing About! b00rs7fk (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 7 SUN A bona ballet tune, and the criminals' top pop five. Stars SUN Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims. From May 1970. SUN SUN 09:00 Saturday Drama b00n6wfs (Listen) SUN Erich Kaestner - Emil and the Detectives SUN Dramatisation by Katie Hims of the comic children's SUN detective novel by Erich Kaestner. SUN Country boy Emil Tischbein, up from Neustadt for the first SUN time, enlists the aid of hundreds of Berlin street boys to SUN help SUN him catch a thief. SUN Emil ...... Joshua Swinney SUN Kaestner ...... Bruce Alexander SUN Grundeis ...... Ewan Hooper SUN Gustav ...... Daniel Cooper SUN Professor ...... Neil Reynolds SUN Traut ...... Bertie Gilbert SUN Peters ...... Josh Robinson SUN Tuesday ...... Harry Child SUN Pony ...... Agnes Bateman SUN Mrs Tischbein ...... Melissa Advani SUN Cashier ...... Tessa Nicholson SUN Jeschke ...... John Biggins SUN Guard ...... Rhys Jennings SUN Taxi Driver ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole SUN Grandma ...... Kate Layden SUN Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. SUN Credits SUN Producer: Jessica Dromgoole SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04wwjmw (Listen) SUN Absent Friends, Lauren Bacall SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Ella Fitzgerald to Puccini, Hollywood SUN film star Lauren Bacall shares her castaway choices with Roy SUN Plomley. From December 1984. SUN SUN 10:40 Inheritance Tracks b04tt83j (Listen) SUN Margaret Atwood SUN Writer Margaret Atwood chooses Beethoven's Symphony No 6, SUN and Joan Sutherland singing Norma by Bellini. SUN SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading b00t4nm3 (Listen) SUN Just William - Pursuin' Happiness, The Ghost SUN This hilarious 'Just William' story, new to radio and told SUN of course by Martin Jarvis, is a chilling tale of nocturnal SUN visitation and psychic revelations. SUN As always, William's primary motivation is to do good SUN and pursue happiness, so when elderly Cousin Mildred SUN confides to him that her dearest wish is to encounter a SUN ghost, he decides to help her fulfill her ambition - SUN regardless of the consequences. SUN Written by Richmal Crompton. SUN Director: Pete Atkin SUN Producer: Rosalind Ayres SUN A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour b04wwjyl (Listen) SUN Creativity SUN A journey through fascinating ideas based on talks by SUN riveting speakers on the TED (Technology, Entertainment, SUN Design) stage. SUN Guy Raz investigates where creativity comes from, why we all SUN have it and how to find it. With musician Sting. SUN SUN 11:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels b00ckcqk (Listen) SUN Faith and Hope Go Shopping SUN Bored with daily life, two friends plan to escape Meadowbank SUN Old People's Home. Short story read by June Whitfield. SUN SUN 12:00 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b523y (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:10 Inheritance Tracks b04kjqg3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:10 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Byron Rogers - The Last Human Cannonball b00fwqb3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Len Deighton - The Ipcress File b01697h2 (Listen) SUN An unknown agent is ensnared in a sinister plot to brainwash SUN scientists and trade them. Taut Cold War thriller with Ian SUN Hart. SUN SUN 15:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat b01cvb6v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Stop Messing About! b00rs7fk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b04wjmqd (Listen) SUN Zoella, Penguins and Wobbly Jelly SUN Mel Giedroyc picks the best bits from her 4 O'Clock Shows of SUN the past week, including a Radio One DJ Masterclass SUN featuring top vlogger Zoella and a celebration of the humble SUN jelly. SUN SUN 17:00 Saturday Drama b00n6wfs (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Weird Tales b00wr8s9 (Listen) SUN Series 2, The House on Pale Avenue SUN Hoarder of horror Lovecraft returns to share three more SUN chilling tales. SUN By Richard Vincent. Scratching in the walls, under the SUN floorboards, in the pipes: their new home is trying to tell SUN the Williams family SUN something and they won't be given a moment's peace until its SUN secret is out in the open. SUN Geoff Williams ...... Jamie Glover SUN Jane Williams ...... Julia Ford SUN Sarah Williams ...... Agnes Dromgoole SUN Martin Crabtree ...... John Biggins SUN DCI Cram ...... Piers Wehner SUN Psychiatrist ...... Melissa Advani SUN Lovecraft ...... Stephen Hogan SUN Directed by Gemma Jenkins. SUN SUN 18:30 The Scarifyers b01bwb80 (Listen) SUN The Magic Circle, Episode 3 SUN Lionheart has disappeared, so Professor Dunning has teamed SUN up with his former sergeant Harry 'Thumper' Crow to track SUN him down. But as they unearth the long-buried secrets of The SUN Magic Circle, a terrible truth SUN awaits. SUN This is the sixth story in supernatural comedy series 'The SUN Scarifyers.' The series follows the exploits of 1930s SUN ghost-story writer Professor Dunning (Terry Molloy) and SUN Detective Inspector Lionheart (Nicholas Courtney), who SUN together investigate weird mysteries under the auspices of SUN top-secret government department MI-13. SUN In 2011, Nicholas Courtney passed away. 'The Magic Circle' SUN introduces a new lead character, played by David Warner, and SUN serves as a farewell to both Lionheart and to the actor who SUN played him. SUN Cast SUN David Warner as Harry Crow SUN Terry Molloy as Professor Dunning SUN Stephen Thorne as Billy Banter SUN Ewan Bailey as Montague Blake and Solomon Winters SUN Lizzie Roper as Iris Binns SUN Cicely Giddings as Lily Wighton SUN Scott Brooksbank as Inspector Boot SUN David Benson as David Devant SUN PRODUCER: Simon Barnard SUN Cosmic Hobo Productions. SUN SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour b04wwjyl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:45 Joanne Harris - Jigs and Reels b00ckcqk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat b01cvb6v (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Stop Messing About! b00rs7fk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04wwjmw (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:40 Inheritance Tracks b04tt83j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:40 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading b00t4nm3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00zlfh9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Bleak Expectations b00db35l (Listen) SUN Series 1, A Young Adulthood Bitterly Dismantled SUN Young Pip finds himself adrift at sea. Mark Evans' SUN Dickensian spoof stars Richard Johnson. From September 2007. SUN SUN 23:00 The Cornwell Estate b01fd4cp (Listen) SUN Series 2, Bob Crevice SUN Phil Cornwell brings six edgy comic characters to life in a SUN new series of The Cornwell Estate, starring Tony Gardner SUN (Fresh Meat), Roger Lloyd-Pack (Only Fools and Horses, Vicar SUN of Dibley), Simon Greenall (Alan SUN Partridge) Daisy Haggard (Psychoville) Ricky Champ (Him and SUN Her, BBC3) Jill Halfpenny (Eastenders, Legally Blonde) and SUN Cyril Nri. SUN Written by Andrew McGibbon and Phil Cornwell SUN Bob Crevice is an enthusiastic train driver living on the SUN Cornwell estate. When he is suspended from duty after a SUN medical, his career seems to be over. SUN Cast: SUN Bob Crevice ..... Phil Cornwell SUN James Colagh ..... Roger Lloyd Pack SUN Charlene Crevice ..... Kate Terence SUN Derek Vaulter ..... Paul Brennan SUN Created by Phil Cornwell and Andrew McGibbon. SUN Additional material by Nick Romero SUN Producer/Director: Andrew McGibbon SUN A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 23:15 Knocker b008d1f2 (Listen) SUN Obselejectivitysence SUN Market researcher Ian surveys a high-tech future. Sitcom SUN with Neil Edmond and Paula Wilcox. From December 2007. SUN SUN 23:30 The Masterson Inheritance b007jr62 (Listen) SUN Series 3, The St Valentine's Day Mastersons SUN Budding starlette Genevieve hits seedy 1920s Hollywood. SUN Improvised historical family saga with Paul Merton. From SUN August 1995. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 05 JANUARY 2015 MON MON 00:00 Weird Tales b00wr8s9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 The Scarifyers b01bwb80 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b04wwjmw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:40 Inheritance Tracks b04tt83j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:40 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading b00t4nm3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Jerome K Jerome - Three Men in a Boat b01cvb6v (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Stop Messing About! b00rs7fk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels b00zlfh9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Len Deighton - The Ipcress File b01697h2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Saturday Drama b00n6wfs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlfq (Listen) MON Down These Mean Streets MON Merseyside mum Rosie Monaghan has lost her job, but she MON plans to become a private eye. Alan McDonald's mystery stars MON Paula Wilcox. MON MON 06:30 The Disappearing Art of the Mix Tape b00cj8d8 (Listen) MON The home made compilation cassette was a distillation of its MON maker's character and emotion MON Let's face it: kids with MP3s don't know they're born; MON they'll never grasp the art of crafting a mix tape. It's MON something personal, the musical expression of a MON generation... MON The cassette age was a temporary window in which the art MON form of the bedroom briefly shone. Nothing says I love you MON like spending five hours in front of a tape deck and record MON player, wearing out the pause button and your stylus. MON Summing up your emotions through the strictly limited MON vocabulary of a small pile of records and what you could MON steal off Radio 1's chart show. But the tape could MON communicate so much more than romantic intentions. The tape MON for a new friend explains what kind of person you want to MON be, the mix for an old and distant friend tells them the MON person you have become in their absence. MON But the download has killed off the cassette - now everyone MON has access to an almost infinite record collection and MON playlists can be of unlimited length. Writer, broadcaster MON and former NME journalist, David Quantick celebrates that MON art form.We hear from compilation makers including novelist MON Iain Banks and poet Simon Armitage and hear some of their MON favourite mix tape tracks. A professor of medieval history MON tells us how he had sustained a 30 year friendship with an MON HMV store manager by exchanging tapes every month. And MON Elbow's Guy Garvey explains how his sister Becky inspired MON his musical career with the many cassettes she compiled for MON him... MON MON 07:00 North East of Eden b01flnpj (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON As Marcia adjusts to the Paradise Island diet, a ministry MON man snoops about. Stars Rebecca Front and Joan Sims. From MON June 1997. MON MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b04vk9np (Listen) MON Series 14, Episode 1 MON David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians MON are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another MON to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past MON their opponents. MON Lloyd MON Langford, David O'Doherty, Susan Calman and Josh Widdicombe MON are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate MON inaccuracy on subjects as varied as penguins, spoons, dolls MON and letters. MON The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the MON team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. MON Produced by Jon Naismith MON A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON Credits MON Presenter: David Mitchell MON Panellist: Lloyd Langford MON Panellist: David O'Doherty MON Panellist: Susan Calman MON Panellist: Josh Widdicombe MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Marriage Lines b04wjsjw (Listen) MON Series 1, The Divorce MON When some friends split up, Kate and George become rather MON nervous. Stars Richard Briers and Prunella Scales. From MON August 1965. MON MON 08:30 As Time Goes By b04wjsjy (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 4 MON Jean's daughter Judith begins to fall for Lionel. But MON Lionel's publisher Alistair begins to fall for Jean. Stars MON Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. From April 1997. MON MON 09:00 The Write Stuff b00vhgjw (Listen) MON Series 14, The Beats MON Once again the team captains are joined by special guests - MON poet and musician, Ian McMillan and broadcaster, writer and MON journalist, Francis Wheen - as they set out to solve yet MON more book-based brainteasers, set MON to them by Write Stuff chairman, James Walton. MON As ever, there is an "Author of the Week" whose life and MON work provides a focus for the show. This time, however, MON there isn't just one author for the teams to examine, but MON three, as they look into the lives and work of Jack Kerouac, MON William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg - or "The Beats" as MON they were known. MON For the pastiches at the end of the show the teams must MON imagine a nursery rhyme or fairy tale as a member of "The MON Beats" might have written it... MON Producer: Sam Michell. MON MON 09:30 Britain Versus the World b04wjsvk (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 3 MON The third episode of the new comedy panel show - Britain MON Versus The World - that pits two British comedians against a MON team of comics from overseas to find out which side is MON superior. Joining the British MON captain, Hal Cruttenden, is the English comedian Holly Walsh MON while the captain of the Rest of the World - Henning Wehn - MON is teamed with Swedish stand-up Fredrik Andersson. The MON contest is overseen by Irishman Ed Byrne who does his very MON best to stay impartial. MON Host MON Ed Byrne MON Guests MON Hal Cruttenden MON Henning Wehn MON Holly Walsh MON Fredrik Andersson MON Programme Associate Bill Matthews MON Devised and produced by Ashley Blaker. MON Credits MON Presenter: Ed Byrne MON Panellist: Hal Cruttenden MON Panellist: Henning Wehn MON Panellist: Holly Walsh MON Panellist: Fredrick Andersson MON Producer: Ashley Blaker MON MON 10:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016ljn2 (Listen) MON Titus Inherits MON Even though he's still an infant, Titus accedes to power. MON Steerpike gets busy with a plan. Stars David Warner and Mark MON Benton. MON MON 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01pqdsc (Listen) MON Mr Wrong, pt 1 MON Meg comes to London to buy a second-hand car, but all is not MON as it seems in this chilling tale. Read by Matilda Ziegler. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b04wnpxh (Listen) MON Danny Wallace, Clare Balding, Will Self, Richard Wilson, MON Rebecca Front, Rob Heron and the Teapad Orchestra MON In a special New Year edition from the BBC Radio Theatre, MON Clive Anderson is joined by Danny Wallace, Clare Balding, MON Richard Wilson, Will Self and Rebecca Front for an eclectic MON mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Rob MON Heron & The Teapad Orchestra. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON Richard Wilson MON ‘Richard Wilson On The Road’ is on Monday 5th January at MON 20.00 on ITV. MON Clare Balding MON ‘Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles’ is published by MON Viking and available now. MON Rebecca Front MON The first episode of ‘Love in Recovery’ is on Wednesday 7th MON January at 23.15 on BBC Radio 4. MON Will Self MON ‘Self Orbits CERN’ starts daily on Monday 5th until Friday MON 9th January at 13.45 on BBC Radio 4. MON Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra MON ‘Talk About The Weather’ is available now on Tea Pad MON Recordings. MON The band are playing at The Lights Arts Centre, Andover on MON Friday 13th, at Jamboree in London on Saturday the 14th and MON in Tarset Village Hall, Northumberland on Friday the 20th MON February. MON MON 12:00 Marriage Lines b04wjsjw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 As Time Goes By b04wjsjy (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlfq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 The Disappearing Art of the Mix Tape b00cj8d8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in MON Ukrainian b0129d4w (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Tale of emigrating and immigration, sisterly rivalry and the MON lure of a satin brassiere. Read by Sian Thomas. MON MON 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7kth (Listen) MON Servants MON Historian Amanda Vickery goes below stairs to find out about MON domestic workers in a household, many without a bed of their MON own. MON MON 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b5pr3 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON Anna is suspicious of diplomat George Darrow, while Sophie MON has a shock for Owen. Stars Jodhi May and Sian Thomas. MON MON 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b00769kx (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON 4 Extra Debut. A contented marriage is disrupted by the MON arrival of Arabella - beautiful, rich and longing to be MON loved. Read by Claire Skinner. MON MON 15:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016ljn2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04kfylr (Listen) MON Rooftoppers, Quentin Blake and creepy crawlies MON Quentin Blake gives Mel a crash course in drawing, Mary MON Colwell visits an insect garden, and there's the first part MON of award-winning story Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. MON MON 17:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00c7d1c (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 5 MON Will hard-up Tommy and Sheila's trip to Australia ever get MON off the ground? Stars Roy Hudd and June Whitfield. From June MON 2001. MON MON 17:30 North East of Eden b01flnpj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wmvzx (Listen) MON Kremmen Kneels for No-One MON The Earthmen defeat the deadly putron ray, but the Thargoids MON have an even nastier surprise. MON Captain Elvis Brandenburg Kremmen is the world's most MON fabulous man. MON With an IQ of 498 and a height of 6ft 10 inches, MON he's a Supreme Athlete, a Concert Pianist, Concorde Pilot, MON Mountain Climber, Diplomat, Space Captain and Genius. MON Just like Kenny, Captain Kremmen was born in Liverpool on MON Christmas Day in 1950. MON Kenny Everett's lovingly crafted sci-fi serial made its MON debut on London's Capital Radio in 1976. MON MON 18:00 The Write Stuff b00vhgjw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b04wmvzz (Listen) MON Kingsley Amis and Ruth Rendell MON Edward Blishen invites Sir Kingsley Amis and Ruth Rendell to MON talk about four paperbacks by Dick Francis, Paul Auster, GM MON Fraser and Anthony Trollope. From 1991. MON For Kicks by Dick Francis MON Publisher: Pan MON The New MON York Trilogy by Paul Auster MON Publisher: Faber & Faber MON Flashman at the Charge by George MacDonald Fraser MON Publisher: Fontana MON The Small House At Allington by Anthony Trollope MON Publisher: OUP. MON MON 19:00 Marriage Lines b04wjsjw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 As Time Goes By b04wjsjy (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlfq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 The Disappearing Art of the Mix Tape b00cj8d8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01pqdsc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b04wnpxh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b04vk9np (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Britain Versus the World b04wjsvk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 Dead Ringers b04vr10b (Listen) MON Series 13, Episode 2 MON The classic impression show takes a look back at 2014 MON together with a sneak preview of things that will definitely MON happen in 2015. How will the UKIP/Labour coalition fair? MON Starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey, Lewis MON MacLeod, Debra Stevenson. MON Producer: Bill Dare. MON Credits MON Performer: Jon Culshaw MON Performer: Jan Ravens MON Performer: Duncan Wisbey MON Performer: Lewis Macleod MON Performer: Debra Stevenson MON Producer: Bill Dare MON MON 23:30 As Told to Craig Brown b00b0sh6 (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON 2/6. Craig Brown introduces a mixture of satire, social MON observation and nonsense. MON Narrated by Juliet Stevenson and Steve Wright, with John MON Humphrys, Ronni Ancona, Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Sally MON Grace, Ewan Bailey and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 06 JANUARY 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in TUE Ukrainian b0129d4w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7kth (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b5pr3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b00769kx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 The Write Stuff b00vhgjw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b04wmvzz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlfq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 The Disappearing Art of the Mix Tape b00cj8d8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016ljn2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01pqdsc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b04wnpxh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Like They've Never Been Gone b00c7d1c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 North East of Eden b01flnpj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wmvzx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlg3 (Listen) TUE Following From in Front TUE Who is private eye Rosie Monaghan's mystery client, and how TUE do you trail someone? Stars Paula Wilcox and Elizabeth TUE Estensen. TUE TUE 06:30 Profile b04wmxjb (Listen) TUE Elizabeth Jane Howard TUE 4 Extra Debut. Discussing her life and work with Sally TUE Hardcastle, Elisabeth Jane Howard explains why her novels TUE are hard to write. From July 1987. TUE TUE 06:50 Inheritance Tracks b04wmxjd (Listen) TUE Griff Rhys Jones TUE Comedian Griff Rhys Jones inherits 'On the Street Where You TUE Live' from My Fair Lady and passes on 'Bold as Love' by Jimi TUE Hendrix. TUE TUE 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Four b013plyd (Listen) TUE Freedom Is Choice TUE Sub-Officer Edward Wilson probes a mysterious incident in TUE Cumbria. Orwellian sitcom starring Robert Lindsay. From TUE March 1985. TUE TUE 07:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b04vkl9j (Listen) TUE Series 6, Ann Widdecombe TUE I've Never Seen Star Wars - Ann Widdecombe TUE Marcus Brigstocke persuades his guests to try new TUE experiences. Ann tries camping in a tent for the first time TUE and watches as much of The Thick Of It as she can stand. TUE Marcus also offers her a Jagerbomb - but will she accept? TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Marcus Brigstocke TUE Interviewed Guest: Ann Widdecombe TUE TUE 08:00 The Goon Show b007k0fk (Listen) TUE The Last Smoking Seagoon TUE Ned is quitting nicotine, but Grytpype-Thynne has other TUE ideas. End of the regular series. With Spike Milligan. From TUE January 1960. TUE TUE 08:30 Doctor at Large b00b6z49 (Listen) TUE Disengagement TUE Sparrow gets inadvertently betrothed, so it's up to Benskin TUE and Spratt to help him out. Stars Richard Briers. From TUE August 1969. TUE TUE 09:00 Dead Ringers b04vr10b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Tickets Please b00ny7k4 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE By Mark Maier TUE The 9.27 London to Exeter emotional rollercoaster continues TUE as the train staff's personal embroilments deepen. Now one TUE of the wedding party is joining in the melee. And why are TUE there fingerholes in TUE the muffins? TUE Robin..................Jeremy Swift TUE Nadine...................Alex Kelly TUE Peter..............Malcolm Tierney TUE Carol..............Tessa Nicholson TUE Carl................Nicholas Boulton TUE Diana...............Melissa Advani TUE Linda...................Kate Layden TUE Keith...............Stephen Hogan TUE other parts played by Piers Wehner, Philip Fox and Joseph TUE Cohen-Cole TUE Directed by Peter Kavanagh. TUE TUE 10:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016ljn4 (Listen) TUE Titus Discovers TUE Will young Titus make an escape? How does Steerpike's plan TUE bear fruit? Stars David Warner, Adrian Scarborough and James TUE Fleet. TUE TUE 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01pqn8d (Listen) TUE Mr Wrong, pt 2 TUE After a fright on the M1, will Meg be able to sell the car TUE that she now knows is haunted? Read by Matilda Ziegler. TUE TUE 11:15 Guy Meredith - Clicktrack b04wwpwd (Listen) TUE 1930s Britain. A new film seems doomed unless a young TUE composer can save the day with a magical score. Stars TUE Maurice Denham. TUE TUE 12:00 The Goon Show b007k0fk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Doctor at Large b00b6z49 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlg3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Profile b04wmxjb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 13:50 Inheritance Tracks b04wmxjd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:50 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in TUE Ukrainian b012lty7 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Despite the 48-year age difference, Nadia's widower father TUE is determined to marry his new love Valentina. Read by Sian TUE Thomas. TUE TUE 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7kt7 (Listen) TUE Bachelors TUE Historian Amanda Vickery investigates the complicated TUE arrangements that limited a man's search for a suitable TUE wife. TUE TUE 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b5v8b (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE Diplomat George Darrow tries to explain himself, while TUE Sophie prompts a revelation. Stars Jodhi May and Ben Miles. TUE TUE 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04wwpwg (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE An anniversary arrives, Arabella gets to know her new TUE housemates, and they bond as luggage is unpacked. Read by TUE Claire Skinner. TUE TUE 15:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016ljn4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04khxn5 (Listen) TUE Pool frogs, polar bears and a royal dollhouse TUE Mel Giedroyc meets some pool frogs, takes a tour of a TUE Queen's dollhouse and brings us more of a new adaptation of TUE Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. TUE TUE 17:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04wjth2 (Listen) TUE Series 1, The Jubilee Concert TUE Can the dear ladies organise a last-minute royal TUE celebration? Stars Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket. TUE From June 1977. TUE TUE 17:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b013plyd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wmytw (Listen) TUE Summoning Up a Whopper TUE The Earthmen are banished to Sunaru 9, where they are TUE greeted by a reception committee. Kenny Everett's 1976 TUE sci-fi serial starring the world's most fabulous starship TUE captain. TUE TUE 18:00 Dead Ringers b04vr10b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 18:30 Bookclub b0076kx5 (Listen) TUE Elizabeth Jane Howard TUE Elizabeth Jane Howard was at the very centre of the English TUE literary world in the latter half of the 20th Century and TUE beyond. TUE In 2004, she joined readers in Radio 4's Bookclub to discuss TUE 'Falling', one of her TUE most strange and dark novels. TUE 'Falling' is based on a relationship that went wrong in her TUE own life. James Naughtie presents. TUE Produced by Dymphna Flynn. TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2004. TUE TUE 19:00 The Goon Show b007k0fk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Doctor at Large b00b6z49 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlg3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Profile b04wmxjb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 20:50 Inheritance Tracks b04wmxjd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:50 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01pqn8d (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Guy Meredith - Clicktrack b04wwpwd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars b04vkl9j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Flight of the Conchords b00dn8cf (Listen) TUE Dan and the Panda TUE The Kiwi parody band aim for UK fame. Improvised comedy by TUE Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, with Rob Brydon. From TUE September 2005. TUE TUE 23:00 Scrooby Trevithick b00rfj49 (Listen) TUE Writer TUE Comedy series written by and starring Andy Parsons, TUE following the exploits of hapless Scrooby, a well-meaning TUE but flawed young man who is desperately trying to better TUE himself through his own website where he's TUE left his web-diaries. TUE Scrooby tries to become a writer, having had what he regards TUE as a cracking idea for a best-seller entitled A Short TUE History of Combine Harvesters in Cornish. TUE With Kerry Godliman, Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh TUE Dennis, Russell Kane, Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic TUE Frisby, Paul Thorne, Martin Coyote and Barunka TUE O'Shaughnessy. TUE An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Paul Russell TUE TUE 23:30 Fags, Mags and Bags b01n1qxy (Listen) TUE Series 5, General Whitesnake Demeanour TUE More shop based shenanigans and over the counter philosophy, TUE courtesy of Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave. TUE The arrival of new priest Father Neil Green (Andrew O'Neill) TUE receives mixed views from the TUE Lenzidens, with his prog rock-esque approach to TUE Christianity. His flowing cape, Stetson and general TUE Whitesnake demeanour catches the attention of The Bishop TUE (Michael Redmond) and he sets out to see how the locals are TUE taking to him. TUE The staff of 'Fags, Mags and Bags' are on a tireless quest TUE to bring nice-price custard creams and cans of coke with TUE Arabic writing on them to an ungrateful nation. Ramesh Mahju TUE has lovingly built the business up over the course of 30 TUE years, and is ably assisted by his sidekick Dave. But then TUE there are Ramesh's sons Sanjay and Alok - both surly and not TUE particularly keen on the old school approach to shopkeeping, TUE but natural successors to the business so Ramesh is keen to TUE pass them all his worldly wisdom whether they like it or TUE not. TUE Written by and starring Donald Mcleary and Sanjeev Kohli. TUE Cast: TUE Ramesh:...................................... Sanjeev Kohli TUE Dave:........................................... Donald TUE Mcleary TUE Sanjay:.........................................Omar Raza TUE Alok:.............................................Susheel TUE Kumar TUE Father Neil Green:........................Andrew O'Neill TUE The Bishop:..................................Michael Redmond TUE Alan:.............................................Tom Urie TUE Phil:..............................................Stewart TUE Cairns TUE Keith Futures:...............................Gavin Mitchell TUE Produced by Gus Beattie TUE A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Ramesh: Sanjeev Kohli TUE Dave: Donald McLeary TUE Sanjay: Omar Raza TUE Alok: Susheel Kumar TUE Father Neil Green: Andrew O'Neill TUE The Bishop: Michael Redmond TUE Alan: Tom Urie TUE Phil: Stewart Cairns TUE Keith Futures: Gavin Mitchell TUE Producer: Gus Beattie TUE Writer: Sanjeev Kohli TUE Writer: Donald McLeary TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 07 JANUARY 2015 WED WED 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in WED Ukrainian b012lty7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7kt7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b5v8b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04wwpwg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Dead Ringers b04vr10b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] WED WED 01:30 Bookclub b0076kx5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlg3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Profile b04wmxjb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:50 Inheritance Tracks b04wmxjd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:50 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016ljn4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01pqn8d (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Guy Meredith - Clicktrack b04wwpwd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket b04wjth2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Four b013plyd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wmytw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgf (Listen) WED Back Against the Wall WED A row over privatisation breaks out, and private eye Rosie WED has doubts over an apparently innocent death. Stars Paula WED Wilcox. WED WED 06:30 Seems Like a Nice Boy: The Story of Larry Grayson WED b0076pz1 (Listen) WED Larry Grayson was one of Britain's most popular WED entertainers, of whom it could genuinely be said that fame, WED which he gained relatively late in life, did not change him WED one whit. He was devoted to his adopted WED home town of Nuneaton in Warwickshire, and lived there for WED most of his life. WED His early years were spent performing with a drag act in WED working men's clubs all over the Midlands. Then in 1971, he WED was seen performing as a stand-up comedian in London by WED Michael Grade, then an entertainments promoter. Grade WED offered Larry a 6-minute slot at the London Palladium, and WED the rest, as they say, is history. WED In this profile of Larry Grayson, Jim Lee, Nuneaton-born and WED bred himself, recalls a comedian whose gently camp and WED inoffensive humour delighted audiences of all ages. WED Michael Grade, Terry Wogan, Isla St Clair and Larry WED Grayson's nephew and biographer Mike Malyon are amongst WED those interviewed for the programme. WED Producer Libby Cross. WED WED 07:00 North by Northamptonshire b0196tyh (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 6 WED Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the WED residents of a small town in Northamptonshire. Norman may WED have stopped the parade, but the festival must go on. WED Meanwhile Helen has news for Jan and WED Frank, and love blossoms for a most unlikely couple. WED written by Katherine Jakeways WED produced by Victoria Lloyd WED John Biggins................................Keith WED Mackenzie Crook...........................Rod WED Kevin Eldon...................Jonathan / Ken WED Shelia Hancock....................... Narrator WED Jessica Henwick...........................Helen WED Katherine Jakeways........ Esther / Jacqui WED Felicity Montagu..............................Jan WED Geoffrey Palmer........................Norman WED Lizzie Roper..............................Angela WED Penelope Wilton............................Mary WED Rufus Wright................................Frank. WED WED 07:30 What Does the K Stand For? b04vr5j8 (Listen) WED Series 2, Turning Cheeks WED The first in a new series of Stephen K Amos' sitcom about WED his own teenage years, growing up black, gay and funny in WED 1980s South London. WED Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. WED Produced by Colin Anderson. WED Credits WED Stephen K Amos: Stephen K Amos WED Young Stephen: Shaquille Ali-Yebuah WED Stephanie Amos: Fatou Sohna WED Virginia Amos: Ellen Thomas WED Vincent Amos: Don Gilet WED Miss Bliss: Michelle Butterly WED Jayson Jackson: Frankie Wilson WED Producer: Colin Anderson WED Writer: Jonathan Harvey WED Writer: Stephen K Amos WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b007k1q5 (Listen) WED New at the Helm WED A jetty is demolished as Pertwee and Phillips return from WED leave to meet Lieutenant Murray. Stars Jon Pertwee. From WED October 1959. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00sg1gl (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 10 WED Delving into the dark side to explore the unexplainable. WED Sketches and songs with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From May WED 1966. WED WED 09:00 Foul Play b00z5bl2 (Listen) WED Series 4, Much Ado About Murder WED Crime writers Jean McConnell and Keith Miles tackle an WED Elizabethan court killing. Chaired by Simon Brett. From WED September 1998. WED WED 09:30 The Atkinson People b007jsb0 (Listen) WED Sir Corin Basin WED The actor, raconteur and general bore talks to just about WED anyone who will listen. Stars Rowan Atkinson. From April WED 1979. WED WED 10:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016n7xx (Listen) WED Titus Departs WED Steerpike becomes Master of Ritual, but Titus grows WED suspicious and must take action. Mervyn Peake's serial stars WED David Warner. WED WED 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01pr7s3 (Listen) WED Pont du Gard WED Alan and Ruth's unhappy marriage is brought to crisis point WED on a family holiday in France. Read by Matilda Ziegler. WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00s0hdn (Listen) WED Michael Symmons Roberts - A Man in Pieces WED By Michael Symmons Roberts WED Conor volunteers to test a new medical sonic scanner which WED records the sounds inside the body. From this recording an WED analysis of the patient's health is drawn. The Goldberg WED Scanner WED could revolutionise medical science. No-one knows what WED effect this scanner has on human health. WED Conor finds himself a prisoner in a secure research WED facility, brought back day after day to spend another hour WED in this massive dark metal tunnel. He gradually realises WED that he's being mapped, being searched so deeply that he WED feels he's losing his identity and being taken over by a WED Doppleganger that is released when he enters the scanner. WED Credits WED Conor: Graeme Hawley WED Jen: Gillian Kearney WED Doppelganger: Clive Russell WED Margaret: Sue Jenkins WED Matthew: Malcolm Raeburn WED Writer: Michael Symmons Roberts WED Director: Susan Roberts WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b007k1q5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00sg1gl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Seems Like a Nice Boy: The Story of Larry Grayson WED b0076pz1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in WED Ukrainian b012b1yx (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Nadia and Vera bury the hatchet to plot how to prevent their WED aged father from marrying the voluptuous Valentina. Read by WED Sian Thomas. WED WED 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7kt9 (Listen) WED Spinsters WED Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the WED hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on WED first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which WED have never been heard before. WED Including songs which have been specially recorded for the WED series. WED When we think of the history of home, the cosy experiences WED of the nuclear family spring easiest to mind. But what of WED those who had no family or home of their own? WED Probably as many as one in five women never married in WED 18th-century England. What about their story? What did the WED comforts of home mean for them? Prof Vickery tells the story WED of one admirable and disabled spinster, whose letters she WED discovered in a record office in Reading. WED Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly WED and Simon Tcherniak. WED Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen WED Norris at the keyboard. WED A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b65j3 (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED Anna struggles to understand the truth about George Darrow's WED meeting with Sophie. Stars Jodhi May and Sian Thomas. WED WED 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04wwx1c (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Edmund and his wife discuss how to treat their new charge. WED Janet and Henry have a truly miserable time. Read by Claire WED Skinner. WED WED 15:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016n7xx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04kjjy6 (Listen) WED Harry Belafonte, blind waterspeed record holder and barefoot WED walking WED Harry Belafonte shares his Inheritance Tracks, Mel meets a WED very special landspeed record holder and there's the next WED episode of current story Rooftoppers. WED WED 17:00 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00rxf3w (Listen) WED Lobster Thermidor WED Sarah's first experience of internet dating has gone WED horribly wrong, but undeterred she continues to use the WED site, and receives a proposal from a high court judge to go WED out and eat lobster thermidor with him. WED Meanwhile her ex-schoolfriend, Tania, is treating her less WED like a friend and more like some sort of hired servant; she WED is instructed to look after a consignment of pedigree cats WED that Tania proposes to sell at a huge profit. Some relief WED comes in the form of an unexpected visit from her two WED self-centred but irrepressible nieces Lucy and Ellie. The WED second episode of a comedy drama by Charlotte Cory starring WED Henry Goodman and Lia Williams. WED Cast: WED Sarah ... Lia Williams WED Malcolm - and all Sarah's internet dates ... Henry Goodman WED Mother ... Miriam Margolyes WED Tania ... Frances Barber WED Lucy ... Eleanor Butters WED Ellie ... Hayley Roberts WED Susie ... Elyse Blemmings WED Sound Design: Lucinda Mason Brown WED Original Music: David Chilton WED Director: Gordon House WED A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 17:30 North by Northamptonshire b0196tyh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wrgrg (Listen) WED Carla Pulls a Master Stroke WED The space adventures of Captain Elvis Brandenburg Kremmen, WED 'The World's Most Fabulous Man'. Ably assisted by the WED voluptuous Carla and German [slightly Nazi] Professor WED Gitfinger, the 6'10" hero, with an IQ of 498, takes on alien WED foes like The Thargoids, Krells and Sun-Suckers. WED WED 18:00 Foul Play b00z5bl2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076gwp (Listen) WED Sensuality WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2005 WED Soprano Catherine Bott, dancer Wendy Buonaventura, and chef WED Raymond Blanc discuss the five kingdoms of the senses. WED In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a WED group of writers of fact and fiction: new talent and WED established names. In the context of a discussion of one of WED the ideas and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a WED piece on this week's topic. WED The best new writing and the freshest conversation from WED 2003. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b007k1q5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00sg1gl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Seems Like a Nice Boy: The Story of Larry Grayson WED b0076pz1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01pr7s3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00s0hdn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 What Does the K Stand For? b04vr5j8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Armando Iannucci b007vlzn (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 2 WED More anarchic humour first heard on Radio 1 in 1993. With WED David Schneider, Rebecca Front and Peter Baynham. WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interview b04zrb36 (Listen) WED For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the WED best comedy around. Tom Wrigglesworth chats to Ross Noble. WED WED 23:00 Concrete Cow b04wjtm3 (Listen) WED Series 2, War WED A war poet is told that the troops prefer limericks. Sketch WED show starring Robert Webb, Beth Chalmers and Chris Pavlo. WED From February 2004. WED WED 23:30 4 at the Store b00db35n (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 3 WED Stand-up at London's Comedy Store with host Simon Bligh, Ian WED Stone, Ronnie Golden and Jo Caulfield. From January 2002. WED WED THU THURSDAY 08 JANUARY 2015 THU THU 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in THU Ukrainian b012b1yx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7kt9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b65j3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04wwx1c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Foul Play b00z5bl2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b0076gwp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Seems Like a Nice Boy: The Story of Larry Grayson THU b0076pz1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016n7xx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01pr7s3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Afternoon Drama b00s0hdn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00rxf3w (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 North by Northamptonshire b0196tyh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wrgrg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgr (Listen) THU If Looks Could Kill THU Private eye Rosie Monaghan pursues the murder suspects, but THU nobody seems to believe her. Stars Paula Wilcox and Helen THU Roberts. THU THU 06:30 Rocking Scots b007gsr0 (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU 1/2. Midge Ure returns to his native Glasgow to explore his THU musical roots, from his tenement upbringing to joining the THU short-lived boy band Slik in the 1970s. He assesses THU Scotland's contribution to rock and pop THU music during the 1960s and 70s, from Lulu to Alex Harvey. THU Contributors include Maggie Bell, Eddi Reader and Jim THU Diamond. THU THU 07:00 The Elephant Man b04wjsk0 (Listen) THU Early Closing Day THU The Elephant Man was created by Debbie Barham. Under the THU pen-name D.A. Barham, she gently obscured her gender and THU youth to send scripts to BBC comedy programmes. THU In 2003 Debbie Barham (1976 - 2003) tragically THU died from heart failure, due to anorexia, aged only 26. In THU her short, waspishly brilliant comedy writing life she had THU written for The News Huddlines, Spitting Image, The News THU Quiz, Weekending, Loose Ends and for Bob Monkhouse, Graham THU Norton, Rory Bremner and Clive Anderson amongst others. THU Terry Lyon, assistant head keeper of struggling Southwood THU Zoo. His boss is the formidable 'management-speaking' Miss THU Stonewick and the head keeper in the taciturn Scot, Leonard. THU Terry is going through a divorce, his ex - Margaret - is now THU in a relationship with his friend Richard. He has had to THU move back in with his parents. THU THU 07:30 My Teenage Diary b04vkgls (Listen) THU Series 6, Alex Horne THU Comedian Alex Horne's teenage diary focuses on his 1997 gap THU year, which he spent teaching English in China. But looking THU back, Alex wishes he'd spent more time teaching grammar, and THU less time worrying about THU girls and sampling the local nightlife. THU Produced by Harriet Jaine THU A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Presenter: Rufus Hound THU Interviewed Guest: Lucy Worsley THU THU 08:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq64 (Listen) THU War Damage THU Wilson, Pike and Hodges go to London and attempt to claim THU compensation for the pier. Dad's Army spin-off stars John Le THU Mesurier and Ian Lavender. THU THU 08:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jpzh (Listen) THU Love, Sex and Marriage THU David Jason tries to crack relationships via computer dating THU and Punch and Judy. With Sheila Steafel. From September THU 1977. THU THU 09:00 Who Goes There? b00ftbnp (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 5 THU Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, THU Amanda Foreman, Fred Housego and Maria McErlane. From THU February 2000. THU THU 09:30 Alison and Maud b007k3ds (Listen) THU Series 2, A Gender Agenda THU A visit from Bernard's mother raises the landladies' THU suspicion. Stars Denise Coffey and Joss Ackland. From March THU 2004. THU THU 10:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016n7y1 (Listen) THU Titus Abroad THU Titus's first encounter with the world beyond Gormenghast THU leads him to Muzzlehatch. Stars David Warner and Luke THU Treadaway. THU THU 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01prccs (Listen) THU Whip Hand THU Mrs Bracken is determined that her daughter is going to be a THU star, but Fern has other ideas. Read by Matilda Ziegler. THU THU 11:15 Philip Palmer - The King's Coiner b00767dn (Listen) THU Royal Mint warden Isaac Newton goes to any length to pursue THU notorious counterfeit coiner William Chaloner. Stars Ian THU McDiarmid. THU THU 12:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq64 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jpzh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Rocking Scots b007gsr0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in THU Ukrainian b012b8j7 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Valentina continues her conspicuous consumption as cracks in THU the months-old marriage begin to show. Read by Sian Thomas. THU THU 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7ktc (Listen) THU Widows THU Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the THU hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on THU first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which THU have never been heard before. THU Including songs which have been specially recorded for the THU series. THU When we think of the history of home, the cosy experiences THU of the nuclear family spring easiest to mind. But what of THU those who had no family or home of their own? THU Widows had enormous status and power in the 18th century. THU And for some women, the death of a spouse was a fairytale THU release. This programme tells the story of the richest widow THU in England, Elizabeth Montagu, and how she spent her late THU husband's coal fortune. THU Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly THU and Simon Tcherniak. THU Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen THU Norris at the keyboard. THU A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b6xp1 (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU After George's betrayal, Anna makes a decision. But can she THU muster the resolve to hold to it? Stars Sian Thomas and Ben THU Miles. THU THU 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04wxl6h (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Edmund takes Arabella to London and treats her to lunch. THU Then events take a completely unexpected turn. Read by THU Claire Skinner. THU THU 15:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016n7y1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04kjt79 (Listen) THU Croissants, cloud watching and curry THU Mel savours how to make the perfect croissant, meets a man THU with his head in the clouds and introduces the fourth part THU of our adaptation of Rooftoppers, by Katherine Rundell. THU THU 17:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue b007jx3p (Listen) THU Entertaining Edwin THU An old school chum visits hapless vicar Timothy Carswell, THU while two teenage tearaways terrorise residents. Stars James THU Grout. From March 1991. THU THU 17:30 The Elephant Man b04wjsk0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wrs15 (Listen) THU Carla's Doobrie Brings Relief THU One of Carla's knick-knacks proves helpful in summoning THU help. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial starring the THU world's most fabulous starship captain. THU THU 18:00 Who Goes There? b00ftbnp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076dwb (Listen) THU James Hogg THU 4 Extra Debut. Geneticist Steve Jones chooses 19th-century THU fiddle-playing shepherd and writer James Hogg. With Humphrey THU Carpenter. From May 2003. THU THU 19:00 It Sticks Out Half a Mile b007jq64 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 The Jason Explanation of... b007jpzh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Rocking Scots b007gsr0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01prccs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Philip Palmer - The King's Coiner b00767dn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 My Teenage Diary b04vkgls (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00p912l (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 5 THU Perrier Award-winning comedian Laura Solon presents a series THU of sketches, monologues and one-liners. THU Naive office worker Adrian is offered a job as the new THU Robson and Jerome, the United Planetary Super Council THU is invaded by a space-fiend and a strange German woman takes THU over the Shipping Forecast. THU With Ben Moor, Rosie Cavaliero and Ben Willbond. THU Credits THU Producer: Colin Anderson THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interview b04zrb9b (Listen) THU For two hours, six nights a week, the Comedy Club offers the THU best comedy around. Tom Wrigglesworth chats more to Ross THU Noble. THU THU 23:00 Continuity b00tt684 (Listen) THU Episode 6 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 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 THU 23:15 Ivor Cutler - A Stuggy Pren b00d45qp (Listen) THU Episode 5 THU Songster Ivor Cutler slips a disc and shares his secrets THU about moonshine, housemaids and a bully called Smith. THU THU 23:30 Cabin Pressure b00cb5k4 (Listen) THU Series 1, Abu Dhabi THU Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom THU no job is too small and many jobs are too difficult. THU The town of Bristol, a cat and a thermostat combine to THU present Martin with a career-breaking THU crisis. THU Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole THU First Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam THU Capt Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch THU Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore THU ATC Fitton ...... Ewen MacIntosh THU Written by John Finnemore. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 09 JANUARY 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in FRI Ukrainian b012b8j7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7ktc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b6xp1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04wxl6h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Who Goes There? b00ftbnp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b0076dwb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlgr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Rocking Scots b007gsr0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016n7y1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01prccs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Philip Palmer - The King's Coiner b00767dn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue b007jx3p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Elephant Man b04wjsk0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wrs15 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:55 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlh0 (Listen) FRI Count Your Blessings FRI Private eye Rosie Monaghan's investigations make some FRI progress, but her private life is proving tricky. Stars FRI Paula Wilcox. FRI FRI 06:30 Rocking Scots b007j27y (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI 2/2. Midge Ure returns to his native Glasgow to explore his FRI musical roots, from his tenement upbringing to joining the FRI short-lived boy band Slik in the 1970s. The 80s and 90s saw FRI a new generation of Scottish FRI artists gain self-confidence in their national identity. FRI Contributors include Jim Kerr from Simple Minds, Sharleen FRI Spiteri from Texas, Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue and FRI Proclaimers twins Charlie and Craig Reid. FRI FRI 07:00 Little Blighty on the Down b007jxb9 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 1 FRI Parish Council leader Mrs Roberts wonders how to become more FRI popular. Political satire with Jo Kendall. From July 1990. FRI Credits FRI Actor: Barry Evans FRI Actor: George Layton FRI Actor: Geoffrey Davies FRI FRI 07:30 The Rest Is History b04ws4hy (Listen) FRI Episode 4 FRI Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of FRI it. FRI The Rest Is History is a comedy discussion show which FRI promises to help him find out more about it. FRI Along with his historian in residence Dr Kate FRI Williams, each episode sees Frank joined by a selection of FRI celebrity guests, who will help him navigate his way through FRI the annals of time, picking out and chewing over the FRI funniest, oddest, and most interesting moments in history. FRI Frank's guests in this programme are David Baddiel and Emma FRI Kennedy. FRI Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard FRI An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Frank Skinner FRI Panellist: David Baddiel FRI Panellist: Emma Kennedy FRI Producer: Dan Schreiber FRI Producer: Justin Pollard FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k0pd (Listen) FRI The Sheik FRI The lad signs up to Sid's new studio, but filming doesn't FRI quite go to plan. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. From FRI February 1955. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men from the Ministry b01092vz (Listen) FRI Trouble in the Air FRI The terrible twosome are off to New York, but will it be FRI 'plane' sailing? Starring Richard Murdoch. From August 1970. FRI FRI 09:00 Jest a Minute b00fvz6t (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 1 FRI Chris Corcoran, Lloyd Langford, Rob Deering and Tom Craine FRI guest on Rhod Gilbert's comedy quiz from Cardiff. From FRI December 2008. FRI FRI 09:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club b008p8q2 (Listen) FRI The Old Dunkirk Spirit FRI Perkins has no materials to rebuild post-war Britain, which FRI well suits the workmates. With Norman Rossington. From March FRI 1987. FRI FRI 10:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016n7y3 (Listen) FRI Titus Alive FRI As Titus Groan stumbles on through the world, could he have FRI finally found his way home? Stars David Warner and Luke FRI Treadaway. FRI FRI 11:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01ps9w4 (Listen) FRI Child's Play FRI Kate is not appreciated by her husband or daughter, but FRI receives affection from an unusual source. Read by Matilda FRI Ziegler. FRI FRI 11:15 Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla b016q2l5 (Listen) FRI Living in a castle in Austria, lonely Laura is captivated by FRI a beautiful visitor. Gothic vampire tale starring Anne-Marie FRI Duff. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k0pd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men from the Ministry b01092vz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlh0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Rocking Scots b007j27y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in FRI Ukrainian b012brz6 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Father and his young wife Valentina argue over her visa FRI appeal, but everyone has a cunning plan. Read by Sian FRI Thomas. FRI FRI 14:15 Amanda Vickery - A History of Private Life b00n7ktf (Listen) FRI Two Widowers FRI Historian Amanda Vickery presents a series which reveals the FRI hidden history of home over 400 years. She draws on FRI first-hand accounts from letters and diaries, many of which FRI have never been heard before. FRI Including songs which have been specially recorded for the FRI series. FRI When we think of the history of home, the cosy experiences FRI of the nuclear family spring easiest to mind. But what of FRI those who had no family or home of their own? FRI The story of two different widowers and their desperate FRI search for a new wife, based on original material from two FRI unusual sets of diaries which Prof Vickery found in Lincoln. FRI Readers: Deborah Findlay, John Sessions, Madeleine Brolly FRI and Simon Tcherniak. FRI Singers: Gwyneth Herbert and Thomas Guthrie, with David Owen FRI Norris at the keyboard. FRI A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:30 Edith Wharton - The Reef b00b719j (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI Anna has succumbed to desire, but can she ever know FRI happiness? Stars Sian Thomas, Ben Miles and Teresa FRI Gallagher. FRI FRI 14:45 EJ Howard - Odd Girl Out b04wxmvg (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Edmund's attraction intensifies but Arabella seems to be FRI cooling off. Meanwhile, his absence is noted. Read by Claire FRI Skinner. FRI FRI 15:00 Mervyn Peake - The History of Titus Groan b016n7y3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b04kk1k8 (Listen) FRI Chocolate, cartoons and moustaches FRI Mel Giedroyc discovers why a chocolate factory helped the FRI soldiers of World War One and there's the final part of this FRI week's award-winning story Rooftoppers, by Katherine FRI Rundell. FRI FRI 17:00 After Henry b007md8k (Listen) FRI Series 3, The End of a Chapter FRI Sarah is off to Florence but worries about her mother, plus FRI there's shock news from Clare. Stars Prunella Scales. From FRI November 1987. FRI FRI 17:30 Little Blighty on the Down b007jxb9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:55 Kenny Everett - Captain Kremmen b04wrz9v (Listen) FRI The President Unleashes an Awesome Weapon FRI Our hero makes contact with Earth, and learns that there may FRI be a mighty price to pay. Kenny Everett's 1976 sci-fi serial FRI starring the world's most fabulous starship captain. FRI FRI 18:00 Jest a Minute b00fvz6t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 Meet the Parents b014662n (Listen) FRI Series 1, Shereen Nanjiani FRI 1/5 FRI Shereen Nanjiani speaks with her father, Max, about his FRI childhood and upbringing in India, discovering what FRI attracted him to come to the UK, eventually settling in FRI Scotland to practise medicine. Max FRI talks about how an accident as a child altered his younger FRI dreams of becoming an actor and how this was a major FRI influence in his decision to become an ophthalmologist. They FRI also discuss how Shereen's parents met and later got FRI married, and how their marriage was considered FRI unconventional within her father's culture. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k0pd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men from the Ministry b01092vz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Unofficial Rosie b007jlh0 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Rocking Scots b007j27y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Elizabeth Jane Howard Short Stories b01ps9w4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla b016q2l5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 The Rest Is History b04ws4hy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Radio Shuttleworth b007jqcl (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 2 FRI The Sheffield singer hosts a special edition of Countdown FRI with Richard Whiteley. Stars Graham Fellows. From March FRI 2000. FRI FRI 23:00 Blue Jam b04wxmvj (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 6 FRI Cult dark comedy from the imagination of Chris Morris. With FRI Phil Cornwell, Kevin Eldon, David Cann, Sally Phillips, FRI Amelia Bullmore and Mark Heap. FRI Are you saggy-faced after boozing on Melanchol? Then FRI welcome, FRI Oo-aa-aa-muzz-muzz-welcome. Chris Morris is here to help you FRI wallow in it for the second series of this subversive radio FRI classic. FRI Immediately prior to Blue Jam's initial burst on radio, FRI Chris Morris had caused a furore with Channel 4's Brass Eye. FRI Yet Blue Jam managed to be a total departure from his FRI previous work. Originally airing late at night on BBC Radio FRI 1, it's a blend of ambient music, deadpan (sometimes brutal) FRI sketches and offbeat monologues. A whole audio landscape of FRI the subconscious, the ad-hoc low-fi sheen of production FRI lending it a kind of verisimilitude. FRI In sharp contrast with the personality-led comedies of FRI recent years, Blue Jam makes a virtue of anonymity. Borat FRI scribe Pater Baynham is one of the writers, and Julia Davis FRI and Amelia Bulmore are among the cast. Rightly winning a FRI clutch of Sony Awards, it remains unique - nothing before or FRI after was remotely like it. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in May 1998. FRI
02 January, 2015
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