20 February, 2015

Radio 4 Extra Listings for 21/02/2015 - 27/02/2015

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SAT SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 Book at Bedtime b00s2skz (Listen) SAT Henry James - The Aspern Papers, Episode 5 SAT Episode 5 of The Aspern Papers by Henry James, read by SAT Samuel West. SAT Aspern's literary editor, having laid out a good deal of SAT money and time in the quest for previously unpublished SAT papers connected with the poet, is growing restless at his SAT lack of results. He has now recruited the pathetic niece SAT Miss Tina to the cause of preserving Aspern's letters from SAT destruction by her aunt; at the same time, he becomes SAT convinced that Miss Bordereau herself has guessed what he's SAT about. SAT Abridged and produced by Christine Hall. SAT SAT 00:15 Cosmic Quest b00c3hvl (Listen) SAT How the Universe Began SAT Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. SAT The discovery that the universe is expanding led SAT cosmologists to suggest that its origin lay in a compact, SAT dense, hot fireball. Cambridge astronomer Fred Hoyle thought SAT this so ridiculous that he disparagingly called it the big SAT bang. The name stuck and there followed intense arguments SAT between supporters of the big bang theory and Fred Hoyle and SAT his colleagues, who favoured a steady state universe. SAT A decisive blow to the latter theory came from a radio SAT telescope in New Jersey in the early 1960s that detected a SAT gentle background glow at microwave radio frequencies that SAT theorists had predicted as the dying embers of the big bang SAT itself. SAT Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt SAT and John Palmer. SAT SAT 00:30 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria b00xn8hs (Listen) SAT The Death of Albert SAT Victoria mourns for her mother while Albert is tormented by SAT Bertie. Based on diaries and letters of England's SAT longest-reigning queen. Stars Imogen Stubbs. SAT SAT 00:45 Book of the Week b00r2jf9 (Listen) SAT Patti Smith - Just Kids, Episode 5 SAT Patti Smith reads from her new memoir of her life in New SAT York in the late 1960s and 1970s. SAT In 1986, Patti is living with her husband and son in Detroit SAT when she hears bad news about Robert Mapplethorpe. SAT Abridged by Jeremy Osborne SAT A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 01:00 The Museum of Curiosity b015bxql (Listen) SAT Series 4, Carr, Bellos, Stavrakopoulou SAT The Museum of Curiosity is, as ever, hosted by the Professor SAT of Ignorance from the University of Buckingham John Lloyd SAT (now with added C.B.E). For this, the fourth series, he is SAT joined by the intensely curious comedian Dave Gorman as his SAT Curator. Dave is the latest in a line of illustrious Museum SAT curators: Bill Bailey, Sean Lock and Jon Richardson. SAT The Museum of Curiosity has a unique method for collecting SAT exhibits. Once a week it welcomes three luminaries from SAT widely different specialist fields and asks them to bring SAT with them their most treasured items to donate. SAT The Museum's collection already boasts The Big Bang When It SAT Was The Size Of A Grapefruit; A Pineapple; A Yard Of SAT Silence; Nothing; A British Railways Bridge Plate; A SAT Telepathic Sheep; A Chimpanzee Rain Dance; An Impossible SAT Rabbit; A Gay Bomb; A Choir Of Singing Sand Dunes; National SAT Ignorance Day (of which we know nothing); and An Icelandic SAT Volcano (long before they were fashionable). SAT In the first of the new series, John and Dave are joined by SAT comedian Jimmy Carr; documentary maker, theologian (and SAT atheist) Francesca Stavrakapoulou; and the mathematician, SAT Guardian South America correspondent and football author SAT Alex Bellos. SAT The museum's guests later in the rest of the series are: SAT Philosopher Alain de Botton SAT Linguist David Crystal SAT Filmmaker Gareth Edwards SAT Comedian Harry Enfield SAT Solar physicist Lucie Green SAT Classically-trained comedian Natalie Haynes SAT New Scientist Editor Roger Highfield SAT Comedian Alex Horne SAT Rational Comedian Robin Ince SAT Graham Linehan SAT Data Miner David McCandless SAT Marine biologist Helen Scales SAT Advertising guru Rory Sutherland SAT Admiral Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead GCB SAT DSC PC SAT Polar explorer Sara Wheeler. SAT SAT 01:30 My Life in Five Books b012fvl0 (Listen) SAT Series 2, James Robertson SAT 3/4 SAT James Robertson is a poet, editor, novelist and publisher SAT and was the first Writer-in-Resident at Hugh MacDiarmid's SAT cottage at Brownsbank near Bigger in Lanarkshire. SAT James explains to Stuart how he first discovered MacDiarmid SAT and how his book of Collected Poems is his life changing SAT book. They also discuss James's favourite reference book, SAT the volume he has looked at most often and the title he'd SAT most like to re-read. SAT These are the 5 books chosen by James. SAT 1: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis SAT Stevenson. SAT 2: Collected Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid. SAT 3: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by the Reverend SAT Dr. Ebenezer Cobham SAT 4: At Swim-Two-Bird by Flann O'Brieny SAT 5: Bleak House: Charles Dickens. SAT Producer Mike Walker SAT Presenter Stuart Cosgrove. SAT SAT 02:00 Christopher Coake - You Came Back b01r2wd7 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT With Mark's commitment to Allie called into question, how SAT can he earn a future and lay to rest the past? Read by John SAT Chancer. SAT SAT 02:30 Frequently Asked Questions b00lszh8 (Listen) SAT 4 Extra Debut. Writer Ian Sansom examines the changing SAT nature of the relationship, and contact, between authors and SAT their readers. From July 2009. SAT SAT 03:00 Thomas Hardy - Jude the Obscure b007t2h6 (Listen) SAT The Letter Killeth SAT As events devastate Sue, Jude Fawley's life continues to SAT unravel. Stars Michael Pennington and Elizabeth Garvie. SAT SAT 04:00 OxCrimes b052trfx (Listen) SAT Face Value, part 2 SAT A notorious artist recalls her most controversial work, and SAT the night it was unveiled to the public. Read by Maggie SAT Steed. SAT Following the success of OxTales (2009) and OxTravels SAT (2011), Oxfam has produced this collection of crime writing. SAT We have chosen 5 of the best for Radio 4 Extra. SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by the Waters Partnership. SAT SAT 04:15 Neil Brand - Stan b0076mjl (Listen) SAT As death finally threatens to separate the greatest double SAT act in film comedy, Stan Laurel tries to say the things to SAT Oliver Hardy which have been left unsaid. Stars Tom SAT Courtenay. SAT SAT 05:00 King Street Junior Revisited b00lc98v (Listen) SAT Series 4, Centenary SAT Centenary: Two musicians are after the same piano and a boy SAT can't face the special school parade. Stars Brigit Forsyth. SAT From May 2005. SAT SAT 05:30 Living With the Enemy b007719g (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Can ex-minister Gyles manage to stay a little longer in SAT Nick's flat? Stars Nick Revell and Gyles Brandreth. From SAT November 2006. SAT SAT 06:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote b007k0d1 (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT The 1605 classic adventure of an intrepid Spanish knight and SAT his humble squire. Stars Bob Grant and Bernard Cribbins. SAT SAT 07:30 Freedom Pass b00sk9vm (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Sexagenarians Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew use free SAT travel for another chatty trip on local public transport. SAT From September 2004. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b019dzpp (Listen) SAT Bertrand Russell: The First Media Academic? SAT Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest thinkers of the SAT last century. His contributions to the field of mathematics SAT and philosophy are still widely acknowledged as some of the SAT most important of their kind. But, as Robin Ince discovers, SAT he was also arguably one of the first great media academic SAT stars, who brought his own brand of rationalism and SAT intellect to an audience far beyond the academic and SAT political circles he routinely mixed with. His relationship SAT with the BBC goes back almost to the beginning of its own SAT history, and his many broadcasts and appearances on radio, SAT in particular, brought his ideas to a whole new audience. He SAT delivered the very first Reith Lectures back in 1948, and SAT was a regular panellist on the hugely popular "The Brains SAT Trust". His thoughts on themes ranging from education, SAT through to nuclear armament and religion, were regularly SAT broadcast on the BBC, right up to the end of his life. Robin SAT Ince takes a listen back to some of Russell's great SAT contributions to broadcasting and looks at the life of SAT arguably the first great media academic. SAT Producer: Alexandra Feachem. SAT SAT 09:00 Lynne Truss: Pick of the Archive b0528nk7 (Listen) SAT Writer and broadcaster Lynne Truss introduces her favourite SAT programmes from the BBC archive - from 1960s quizzes and SAT classic comedy dramas to Tom Stoppard and Garrison Keillor. SAT Over 3 hours, Lynne's handpicked highlights include: SAT We Interrupt the Programme: a BBC Radio 4 documentary SAT celebrating the American comedy duo Bob and Ray from 2004. SAT With a 40 year partnership, Bob and Ray were the first to SAT parody radio and TV with spoofs that often outlasted the SAT original. If you've never heard the 'slow-talkers of SAT America', this is not to be missed. SAT Many a Slip: an episode of the long-running BBC radio panel SAT show from the 1960s. SAT Albert's Bridge by Tom Stoppard: the timeless, surreal and SAT philosophical radio drama featuring a 27-year-old John Hurt SAT in the title role. SAT The Wordsmiths of Gorsemere: comedy drama that still makes SAT Lynne laugh nearly 30 years after it was made - Sue Limb's SAT parody of the lives of the Romantic poets, starring Simon SAT Callow, Geoffrey Whitehead and Denise Coffey. SAT Lake Wobegon: Garrison Keillor performing his classic SAT storytelling monologue, a report from the writer's SAT fictitious hometown. SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. SAT SAT 12:00 The Embrace - Omnibus b053cwb5 (Listen) SAT Six people desperately grapple with the consequences of a SAT lie in Linda Marshall Griffiths's compelling drama about SAT love, betrayal and the power of money. SAT SAT 13:15 John Peacock - London Particulars b008p7qg (Listen) SAT The Last of the Bow Street Runners SAT London 1839, and Katherine turns to old-school detective Pip SAT Shepherd when her sweetheart Michael disappears. Stars Todd SAT Carty. SAT SAT 14:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007k251 (Listen) SAT The Marrow Contest SAT The green-fingered lad takes on the authorities to save his SAT pride and joy. Stars Tony Hancock and Sid James. From June SAT 1955. SAT SAT 14:30 The Ken Dodd Show b007jx2y (Listen) SAT From 07/06/1964 SAT Doddy reports from the Knotty Ash Eisteddfod and introduces SAT the world's worst uncle. With Judith Chalmers. From June SAT 1964. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b019dzpp (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote b007k0d1 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Gloomsbury b01nbt9b (Listen) SAT Series 1, Trying to Avoid Unpleasantness SAT The gardener Vera Sackcloth Vest and her husband Henry are SAT obliged to offer hospitality to the writer of very naughty SAT books Mr D H Lollipop and his new flame, Venus Traduces - SAT who formerly harboured a Sapphic passion for Vera. SAT The guests are accommodated in the dovecote as Henry will SAT not have Lollipop in the house, in case the cook Mrs Gosling SAT is exposed to impertinences. Vera is hoping that Lollipop SAT will be able to improve her prose style, but instead he SAT seems to take pleasure in trashing her garden and SAT redesigning her study. Lollipop is intent on awakening SAT Venus's blood consciousness but, alas, any educational SAT impulse involving Venus is doomed to failure. SAT As Venus's passion for Lollipop begins to flag, she finds SAT consolation with the gardener Gosling on the potting bench. SAT Despite Henry's precautions, Mrs Gosling is exposed to SAT Lollipop's impertinences, and the outcome is unexpected and SAT inconvenient. SAT Cast: SAT Vera Sackcloth-Vest ..... Miriam Margolyes SAT Gosling, her gardener ..... Nigel Planer SAT Henry Mickleton ..... Jonathan Coy SAT Venus Traduces ..... Morwenna Banks SAT Mrs Gosling, Housekeeper ..... Alison Steadman SAT D H Lollipop ..... John Sessions SAT Produced by Jamie Rix SAT A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson b007js8q (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT Saul learns the truth about Stonehenge and the sinister SAT Gibson room, and two cavers push too deep. A time-hopping SAT thriller with Robert Glenister. SAT SAT 18:30 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace b007jpfm (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT Armed with a new face and an array of OAP gadgets, George SAT Smith prepares to take on Central Admin. Stars Stephen SAT Moore. SAT SAT 19:00 Lynne Truss: Pick of the Archive b0528nk7 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Sabotage b053d27m (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 1 SAT Developed by the team behind the live comedy night of the SAT same name, Sabotage prides itself on being a comedy show for SAT comedy fans; a unique event where the acts love coming to SAT perform, and the fans seek out something special. SAT MC Mark Talbot introduces: SAT Kieran Hodgson SAT Pete Johansson SAT Mat Ewins SAT Natasia Demetriou SAT Pat Cahill SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Hat Trick Productions. SAT SAT 23:00 Mark Steel's in Town b00s3gq5 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Penzance SAT Comedian Mark Steel visits Cornwall and finally reaches the SAT town of Penzance where the locals revel in their remoteness, SAT pilchards and pasties. Struck by the beauty of this rugged SAT coastal town he is surprised to find a civil war raging... SAT SAT 23:30 The Jason Byrne Show b00mw69r (Listen) SAT Series 1, Sport SAT Probing a fresh theme each week, the Irish comedian hosts SAT stand-up and sketches. With Ivan Brackenbury. From August SAT 2008. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Bruce Bedford - The Gibson b007js8q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Paradise Lost in Cyberspace b007jpfm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Archive on 4 b019dzpp (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:00 The Embrace - Omnibus b053cwb5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:15 John Peacock - London Particulars b008p7qg (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote b007k0d1 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Gloomsbury b01nbt9b (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria b00y1vzm (Listen) SUN Omnibus, part 2 SUN The newlyweds return to Buckingham Palace. Based on the SUN diaries and letters of the young Queen Victoria. Stars SUN Imogen Stubbs. SUN SUN 07:15 Snapshots in the Dark b0075qhb (Listen) SUN Eddie Adams - Execution of a Vietcong Suspect, 1968 SUN How Adams's photograph, seen around the world, impacted upon SUN support for the Vietnam War. From December 1999. SUN SUN 07:30 Clare in the Community b0151xsf (Listen) SUN Series 7, To Kill a Mocking Bird SUN Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all SUN the right jargon but never a practical solution. SUN A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering SUN in other people's lives on both a professional and personal SUN basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and SUN heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of SUN discomfort to her. SUN Each week we join Clare in her continued struggle to control SUN both her professional and private life SUN In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out SUN there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. SUN In episode two 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' Clare ends her SUN relationship with Brian and is surprised by her colleagues' SUN reaction to the news. SUN Episode Two 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' SUN Clare ..... SALLY PHILLIPS SUN Brian ..... ALEX LOWE SUN Megan/Nali ..... NINA CONTI SUN Ray ..... RICHARD LUMSDEN SUN Helen ..... LIZA TARBUCK SUN Simon ..... ANDREW WINCOTT SUN Libby ..... SARAH KENDALL SUN Pru Granville ..... SOPHIE THOMPSON SUN Mr Collier ..... GERARD MCDERMOTT SUN Thomas ..... GEORGIA LOWE SUN Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden SUN Producer by Katie Tyrrell. SUN SUN 08:00 Emery at Large b053d96s (Listen) SUN From 21/05/1964 SUN Character comedy supremo Dick Emery spoofs Harley Street SUN doctors and dodgy lonely hearts ads. SUN With Deryck Guyler, Norma Ronald and a ditty from Paddy SUN Roberts. SUN Script by John Cleese, George Wadmore and Peter Moore. SUN Like many of his comedic contemporaries, Dick Emery's career SUN began by entertaining fellow servicemen in the Second World SUN War with Ralph Reader's Gang Show. His early radio career SUN included appearances on Variety Bandbox, Workers' Playtime, SUN Educating Archie and deputising for Harry Secombe in The SUN Goon Show. SUN After landing his first BBC TV series in 1963, Emery at SUN Large arrived on the BBC Light Programme in 1964 with his SUN last series broadcast in 1967. A further series for BBC SUN Radio 2 followed in 1968 called What About Dick Emery!! SUN Emery hit his peak as a TV comedy superstar during the 1960s SUN and 70s. His Saturday night BBC TV show ran for an SUN impressive 18 series of 166 episodes. Writers for the show SUN included Mel Brooks, Barry Cryer, Marty Feldman, David Nobbs SUN and even Harold Pinter. SUN Rated "one of the comedy greats" by David Walliams, Emery's SUN technique was based on creating comedy characters to be used SUN time and time again across each of his series. His style was SUN to be much aped by the likes of Harry Enfield, Paul SUN Whitehouse and shows like Little Britain. His most memorable SUN characters include desperate spinster Hettie, the elderly SUN Lampwick, the toothy vicar, plus blonde bombshell Mandy and SUN her enduring catchphrase, "Ooh, you are awful... but I like SUN you!" SUN Dick Emery died in January 1983 aged 67. SUN Producer: Charles Maxwell SUN First broadcast on the BBC Radio Light Programme in May SUN 1964. SUN SUN 08:30 Life With the Lyons b012qrpv (Listen) SUN Time Marches Back SUN Ben needs jokes for his big speech at the Festival of SUN Britain. Can the family help? Stars Ben Lyon. From February SUN 1951. SUN SUN 09:00 Fairytales: Live From the Palace b012lj20 (Listen) SUN Exclusive inside scoops on best-loved fairytales from top SUN correspondents at royal palaces. Stars Sean Baker and Alex SUN Tregear. SUN SUN 10:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b053db1w (Listen) SUN Oscar Winners, Shirley MacLaine SUN From Cole to Webber, actress Shirley MacLaine shares her SUN castaway choices with Roy Plomley. From November 1983. SUN SUN 10:45 Afternoon Reading b00tj89s (Listen) SUN Claire Keegan - Foster, Episode 1 SUN By Claire Keegan SUN Abridged by Neville Teller SUN A heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love SUN by one of Ireland's most acclaimed writers. A small girl is SUN sent to live with her mother's people on a farm in rural SUN Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the SUN strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has SUN not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. SUN And then a secret is revealed, and suddenly, she realizes SUN how fragile her idyll is. SUN Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, Foster will be SUN published in a revised and expanded version by Faber on 2nd SUN September 2010. Beautiful, sad and eerie, it is a story of SUN astonishing emotional depth, showcasing Claire Keegan's SUN great accomplishment and talent. SUN Claire Keegan's first collection of short stories, SUN 'Antarctica', was completed in 1998 and was awarded the SUN Rooney Prize for Literature. Her second short story SUN collection, 'Walk the Blue Fields', was published to SUN enormous critical acclaim in 2007 and won her the 2008 Edge SUN Hill Prize for Short Stories. Claire Keegan lives in County SUN Louth, Ireland. SUN 'Foster' is read by Evanna Lynch, best known to many for her SUN portrayal of Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films. SUN Producer Heather Larmour. SUN Credits SUN Producer: Heather Larmour SUN SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour b053693q (Listen) SUN To the Edge 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 how people are able to go to the brink SUN of human endurance. With high wire artist Philippe Petit. SUN SUN 11:45 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting b01dk3z6 (Listen) SUN Ash SUN Kevin's wife has just left him with two kids and a SUN babysitter to pay. Or at least he thinks so. Short stories SUN by the Irish novelist, read by Conleth Hill. SUN SUN 12:00 Juliet Ace - Young Victoria b00y1vzm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 13:15 Snapshots in the Dark b0075qhb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 13:30 Israel Horovitz - Fighting Over Beverley b007558h (Listen) SUN More than 40 years on, a Yorkshireman flies to America to SUN reclaim a war bride. Stars Israel Horovitz and Ian SUN Carmichael. SUN SUN 15:00 Emery at Large b053d96s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 15:30 Life With the Lyons b012qrpv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 16:00 Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show b053dd30 (Listen) SUN Roald Dahl, Scary Mice and Treehouses SUN Mel Giedroyc introduces the highlights of this week's 4 SUN O'Clock Shows including treehouse living, actress Anjelica SUN Huston and the wonderful world of Roald Dahl. SUN SUN 17:00 Fairytales: Live From the Palace b012lj20 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 18:00 The Man in Black b0186hf0 (Listen) SUN Series 4, Reunion SUN Mark Gatiss introduces Janice Okoh's cautionary tale. A SUN desperate love quest sparks a chilling reunion. Stars Nikki SUN Amuka-Bird. SUN SUN 18:30 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner b007jrtt (Listen) SUN Episode 4 SUN Jarral must destroy Prince Mephtik and his knife before the SUN full moon, or he'll die. Douglas Hill's fantasy stars Eric SUN Allen and Hugh Dixon. SUN SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour b053693q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:45 Roddy Doyle - Bullfighting b01dk3z6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:45 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Emery at Large b053d96s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 20:30 Life With the Lyons b012qrpv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b053db1w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Afternoon Reading b00tj89s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community b0151xsf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Elvenquest b00wlgt5 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 5 SUN The Questers continue their search for the Sword of Asnagar. SUN This time they accidentally trespass upon grounds of the SUN Emperor Jackie. Jackie claims to have the Sword of Asnagar SUN but he'll only hand it over if the Questers, and SUN particularly Penthiselea, stay with him for a while. SUN In the meantime, Lord Darkness' main evil priest, Gaydok, is SUN upset - he doesn't believe Darkness is evil anymore. In a SUN fit of pique Darkness fires him. But it's not long before he SUN realises that keeping the faith with the evil hordes isn't SUN as easy as he originally thought... SUN An all-star cast, featuring: SUN Stephen Mangan as "Sam", SUN Alistair McGowan as "Lord Darkness", SUN Sanjeev Bhaskar as "Emperor Jackie", SUN Kevin Eldon as "Dean/Kreech", SUN Darren Boyd as "Vidar", SUN Dave Lamb as "Amis - The Chosen One" SUN Sophie Winkleman as "Penthiselea" SUN Written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto (Goodness Gracious SUN Me, The Kumars At No.42) SUN The producer is Sam Michell. SUN SUN 23:00 Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off b01hxtcn (Listen) SUN Series 3, Russia SUN Thanks to some handy parental connections, the gap-year SUN buffoon goes to Moscow. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From SUN February 2005. SUN SUN 23:30 Meet David Sedaris b00rtg8c (Listen) SUN Series 1, Let It Snow; The Cat and the Baboon; Keeping Up SUN From Carnegie Hall to the BBC Radio Theatre - American SUN humorist David Sedaris reads from his extensive collection SUN of published stories and articles. In show 2 of 4: "Let It SUN Snow", "The Cat and the Baboon" and "Keeping Up". SUN The producer is Steve Doherty, and this is a Boomerang Plus SUN production for BBC Radio 4. SUN Credits SUN Producer: Steve Doherty SUN SUN MON MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2015 MON MON 00:00 The Man in Black b0186hf0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Douglas Hill - The Blade of the Poisoner b007jrtt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Desert Island Discs Revisited b053db1w (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:45 Afternoon Reading b00tj89s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 on Sunday] MON MON 02:00 Emery at Large b053d96s (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Life With the Lyons b012qrpv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:00 Clare in the Community b0151xsf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:30 Israel Horovitz - Fighting Over Beverley b007558h (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Fairytales: Live From the Palace b012lj20 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Wimsey b007jvmh (Listen) MON The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Armistice Night MON Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the puzzling death of rich, MON retired General Fentiman who's found dead in an armchair at MON his gentleman's club. MON Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as MON Bunter, Martin Jarvis as George Fentiman and John Gabriel as MON Mr Murbles. MON British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a MON number of detective novels and short stories by English MON crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the MON Bellona Club was first published in 1928. MON Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord MON Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton MON and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First MON World War. MON Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio MON from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations MON that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. MON Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. MON Producer: Simon Brett. MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975. MON MON 06:30 Before Your Very Ears! b00chw4h (Listen) MON Grant Gordon explores the rich history of magic on radio. MON Archive features include Sid and Lesley Piddington and their MON mind-reading act, the great Sidani confounding Kenneth MON Horne, Uri Geller bending keys, John Wade sawing Barry MON Wordsworth in half, David Berglas's magical carpentry and MON Jack Delvin escaping from a lift in Bush House. MON Contributors include magicians Darryl Rose, Paul Zenon, Ali MON Bongo and Derren Brown. Darryl Rose performs a new radio MON trick for listeners involving the R4 website. MON MON 07:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00txjth (Listen) MON Series 4, In the Name of the Wee Man MON Stanley Baxter, inspired in his own stellar career by the MON man's outstanding impersonations, stunning pantomime dame MON performances and brilliant comic timing; pays tribute to MON Tommy Lorne, one of Scotland's greatest early twentieth MON century comedians MON Stanley says: "In the long and distinguished history of MON great Scottish comedians there is one name that stands out MON particularly in my mind, that of Tommy Lorne. His star MON burned brightly, but briefly, in the early years of the 20th MON century. My parents loved him, as did many Glaswegians, and MON in 1934 as an eight year old boy I was taken to the Theatre MON Royal to see him as Dame in Babes in the Wood. Although he MON died only a year later and I was to see him no more, his MON hilarious and extraordinary stage persona is still etched in MON my memory. He was, rightly, a huge star in Scotland, and MON although he may be long gone I'd hate for him to be MON forgotten. So this is my tribute to the great Tommy Lorne MON entitled, in the words of his own, famous catch phrase: 'In MON the Name of the Wee Man.'" MON Baxter recounts the triumphs and disappointments of Tommy's MON short life, where he brought laughter and happiness to many MON in his Pantomime Dame performances and musical hall MON routines, recreated in this production by Stanley himself, MON joined by John Sessions, himself an ace impersonator and MON life long fan of Stanley's , he says that Stanley has had MON exactly the same kind of lasting influence on his work as MON Tommy Lorne had on Stanley himself. MON Cast: MON Tommy Lorne ..... Stanley Baxter MON Willie Barbour ..... John Sessions MON Harry McKelvie ..... John Ramage MON Mary ..... Gabriel Quigley MON Danny ..... David Holt MON Producer: Marilyn Imrie MON A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. MON Credits MON Producer: Catherine Bailey MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b052hptn (Listen) MON Series 71, Episode 2 MON The popular comedy panel game returns with Paul Merton, Tony MON Hawks, Josie Lawrence and Alun Cochrane, hosted by Nicholas MON Parsons. Subjects include 'Multitasking', 'Kinky Boots' and MON 'A Cathedral City' as this edition comes from Canterbury. MON This is the second in series 71 of Radio 4's classic panel MON game in which the contestants are challenged to speak on a MON given subject for a minute without hesitation, repetition or MON deviation. MON This series, the guests include Jenny Eclair, Stephen Fry, MON Sheila Hancock, Robin Ince Paul Merton, Graham Norton, and MON trying his hand at the game for the first time, the tenth MON doctor, David Tennant. MON Recorded at the BBC's Radio Theatre and Marlowe Theatre in MON Canterbury, this long running and popular series enters its MON 47th year with the same wonderful host, Nicholas Parsons. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Sheila Hancock MON Panellist: Tony Hawks MON Panellist: Josie Lawrence MON Panellist: Alan Cochrane MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jlhv (Listen) MON Series 1, The Armoured Might of Lance-Corporal Jones MON Private Walker's van plan to get petrol coupons backfires. MON Adapted from TV, with Arthur Lowe and Clive Dunn. From March MON 1974. MON MON 08:30 The Michael Bentine Show b008vnrl (Listen) MON From 12/02/1984 MON From an old colonial to a herd of operatic cows, it's the MON ultimate one-man show, written by the host. From February MON 1984. MON MON 09:00 Quote... Unquote b00r5dlm (Listen) MON Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of MON quotations and anecdotes. MON With David Nobbs, Justin Webb, Marcel Berlins and Naomi MON Gryn. MON The reader is Peter Jefferson. MON Credits MON Producer: Sam Bryant MON MON 09:30 Mr Blue Sky b011p7st (Listen) MON Series 1, Good Luck MON Harvey Easter (played by Mark Benton), 46, is the eternal MON optimist. He is able to see the good in every situation, the MON silver lining within every cloud, the bright side to every MON bit of bad news. MON This, however, is his downfall. Someone for whom the glass MON is always half-full can be difficult to live with, as his MON wife of 19 years, Jacqui or "Jax" (played by Rebecca Front), MON knows all too well. MON In this episode Robbie is taught a lesson whilst Harvey MON feels it's time to spill the beans, nothing is sure to get MON in the way... MON Cast: MON Harvey Easter .... Mark Benton MON Jacqui Easter ..... Rebecca Front MON Charlie Easter ..... Antonia Campbell-Hughes MON Robbie Easter ..... Joe Tracini MON Kill-R .... Javone Prince MON Rakesh Rathi ..... Navin Chowdhry MON Ray Marsh ..... Justin Edwards MON Sean Cahoun ..... Michael Legge MON Sergeant Major ..... Simon Day MON Writer ..... Andrew Collins MON Title Music performer/arranger ..... Jim Bob MON Producer/Director ..... Anna Madley MON An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint b00b9k9p (Listen) MON The Saint Overboard MON The haloed adventurer goes to sea in search of deliberately MON sunk bullion ships. Stars Paul Rhys and Geoffrey Whitehead. MON MON 11:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nlwzw (Listen) MON The Shadow MON Three girls are told a late-night tale of evil, the tragic MON ending of which hits too close to home. Read by Anna MON Madeley. MON MON 11:15 Loose Ends b0532cby (Listen) MON Sara Cox, Celia Imrie, Richard Osman, Morgana Robinson, Nick MON Mohammed, Arrested Development MON Clive Anderson and co-host Sara Cox chat to Celia Imrie MON about her new novel 'Not Quite Nice'; to Morgana Robinson MON about the new series of Vic and Bob's 'House of Fools'; to MON 'Pointless's Richard Osman about 'Two Tribes' and to comic MON Nick Mohammed about 'Dracula! Mr Swallow - The Musical'. MON With music from Arrested Development. MON Producer: Sukey Firth. MON Celia Imrie MON ‘Not Quite Nice’ is published by Bloomsbury on Thursday 26th MON February and ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ is in MON cinemas on the same day. MON Nick Mohammed MON ‘Dracula! (Mr Swallow -The Musical)’ is at London’s Soho MON Theatre until Saturday 7th March. MON Morgana Robinson MON ‘House of Fools’ is on Monday 23rd February at 22.00 on BBC MON Two. MON Richard Osman MON ‘Two Tribes’ is on every weekday at 18:00 on on BBC Two. MON Arrested Development MON '3 Years, 5 months & 2 days in the life of…' is available MON now on Universal Music Group. ‘The Essentials’ is also MON available now. MON Arrested Development are playing at The Britannia, Kent on MON Saturday 21st, Koko, London on Sunday 22nd, Concorde MON Brighton on Monday 23rd and Marble Factory, Bristol on MON Tuesday 24th February. MON Credits MON Presenter: Clive Anderson MON Presenter: Sara Cox MON Interviewed Guest: Celia Imrie MON Interviewed Guest: Morgana Robinson MON Interviewed Guest: Richard Osman MON Interviewed Guest: Nick Mohammed MON Performer: Arrested Development MON Producer: Sukey Firth MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jlhv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show b008vnrl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Wimsey b007jvmh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Before Your Very Ears! b00chw4h (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 15 Minute Drama b03gvctt (Listen) MON Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 1 MON D.L.Weller's powerful drama about child sexual exploitation MON and grooming. MON Fourteen year old Holly can't believe her luck when she is MON asked out by twenty year old Jay; so why is her best friend MON Leah not happy for her and why can't her parents just leave MON her alone? MON D.L. Weller has done extensive research with victims and MON their families and professionals working in child protection MON and safeguarding. Holding On To You, although fictional, is MON informed and inspired by these interviews. It explores a MON problem thought to affect tens of thousands of children, of MON all backgrounds, yet that still remains largely hidden and MON apparently unaddressed in many regions. MON Credits MON Holly: Dolly-Rose Campbell MON Leah: Aimee Kelly MON Jo: Christine Bottomley MON Chris: Graeme Hawley MON Jay: Henry Devas MON Director: Nadia Molinari MON Writer: DL Weller MON Producer: Nadia Molinari MON MON 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c50x2 (Listen) MON Broadcasts From the Cosmos MON Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. MON Second World War radar research led to the discovery of MON radio broadcasts from the skies. A new science was born and MON radio astronomers started to build giant dishes to listen in MON to the cosmos, including the great radio telescope at MON Jodrell Bank, brainchild of Bernard Lovell. MON In 1967, a field near Cambridge saw a strange new sort of MON telescope, consisting of 1,000 wooden posts and 120 miles of MON wire. It was with this that Jocelyn Bell discovered a MON regular cosmic heartbeat, a regular radio pulse. Researchers MON initially surmised that it might be a signal from an alien MON civilisation, but it was later found to emanate from an MON extremely dense spinning neutron star, the collapsed core of MON an exploded star or supernova. Soon dozens of these pulsars MON were known, taking physics to a new level. MON Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt MON and John Palmer. MON MON 14:30 Book at Bedtime b00s5m08 (Listen) MON Henry James - The Aspern Papers, Episode 6 MON Episode 6 of The Aspern Papers by Henry James, read by MON Samuel West. MON Jeffrey Aspern's obsessive devotee has become more desperate MON to obtain the elusive letters held by Miss Bordereau. MON Fearing that the old lady will destroy the papers he has put MON pressure on her niece to rescue them, but he begins to MON realise that neither of them is a match for the calculating MON Juliana herself. MON Abridged and produced by Christine Hall. MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b014f9pz (Listen) MON Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 1 MON Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century MON more than the quest to discover the source of the White MON Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize MON coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six MON larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted MON the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, MON Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, MON Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and MON Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in MON the fierce competition. MON Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new MON research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark MON Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well MON as malicious tactics of the explorers. On multiple forays MON launched into east and central Africa, the travellers passed MON through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages MON of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear MON wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and MON Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the MON kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. MON Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines MON the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still MON casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. MON Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of MON Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a MON Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the MON Washington Post. He lives in London. MON Reader: Alex Jennings MON Abridger: Libby Spurrier MON Producer: Joanna Green MON A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint b00b9k9p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b053h5ky (Listen) MON Camels, Sandwiches and The Mousetrap MON Mel Giedroyc reveals how the camel got its hump, celebrates MON the humble sandwich and introduces the next part of Roald MON Dahl's classic story, The Witches. MON MON 17:00 Second Thoughts b00lqzs9 (Listen) MON Series 4, Just Managing MON Son Tom and ex-wife Liza cause new pressures for Faith and MON Bill. Stars Lynda Bellingham and James Bolam. From July MON 1992. MON MON 17:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00txjth (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 18:00 Quote... Unquote b00r5dlm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075jqn (Listen) MON Jim Perrin and Marina Warner MON Sarah Lefanu and her guests, rock climber Jim Perrin and MON writer Marina Warner, discuss three favourite paperbacks by MON JM Synge, Robert Graves and Maeve Binchy. From 1999. MON The Aran Islands by J.M. Synge MON Publisher: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics MON The Greek Myths by Robert Graves MON Publisher: Penguin MON Evening Class by Maeve Binchy MON Publisher: Orion. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jlhv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show b008vnrl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Wimsey b007jvmh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Before Your Very Ears! b00chw4h (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nlwzw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Loose Ends b0532cby (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b052hptn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Mr Blue Sky b011p7st (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra b053hbbb (Listen) MON Series 13, Episode 1 MON Made for 4 Extra. A satirical review of the week's news, MON chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Susan Calman, Samira Ahmed and MON Phill Jupitus join regular panellist Jeremy Hardy. MON MON 23:45 Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science b00z5hrv (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 1 MON Helen Keen, Peter Serafinowicz and Susy Kane star in this MON funny, off-beat but factually accurate account of the MON science of rockets and the brilliant but occasionally warped MON brains behind it all. MON Written by Helen Keen and Miriam Underhill. MON Produced by Gareth Edwards MON This week we look at the three fathers of modern rocket MON science: 19th Century self-taught Russian visionary MON Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky and his dreams of orbiting space MON stations and Martian colonies; American Robert H Goddard, MON derided in The New York Times in the 1920s for his MON prediction of a lunar landing (they printed a retraction the MON day after the Apollo 11 launch); Transylvanian-German MON Hermann Oberth with his brilliant theories about space MON travel and his horrifying theories about racial supremacy. MON Plus Helen reveals the surprising connection between space MON travel and a coach tour of the Jewels of the Rhineland. MON It is performed by Helen Keen, and stars Peter Serafinowicz MON as The Voice of Space, with other parts played by Susy Kane. MON Credits MON Performer: Helen Keen MON Actor: Peter Serafinowicz MON Actor: Susy Kane MON Producer: Gareth Edwards MON Writer: Helen Keen MON Writer: Miriam Underhill MON MON TUE TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 15 Minute Drama b03gvctt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 Cosmic Quest b00c50x2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 Book at Bedtime b00s5m08 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:45 Book of the Week b014f9pz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Quote... Unquote b00r5dlm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 A Good Read b0075jqn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Wimsey b007jvmh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Before Your Very Ears! b00chw4h (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint b00b9k9p (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nlwzw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:15 Loose Ends b0532cby (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Second Thoughts b00lqzs9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00txjth (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Wimsey b007jvmm (Listen) TUE The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, The General's Last TUE Evening TUE Lord Peter Wimsey probes the mysterious Mr Oliver - and a TUE pair of tricky wills. TUE Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Martin Jarvis TUE as George Fentiman and Allan Cuthbertson as Robert Fentiman. TUE British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a TUE number of detective novels and short stories by English TUE crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the TUE Bellona Club was first published in 1928. TUE Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord TUE Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton TUE and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First TUE World War. TUE Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio TUE from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations TUE that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. TUE Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. TUE Producer: Simon Brett. TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975. TUE TUE 06:30 Erin's Model World b009rx96 (Listen) TUE Supermodel Erin O'Connor explores the frenzy of the fashion TUE show, and ideas to protect fashion model welfare. From April TUE 2008. TUE TUE 07:00 Nineteen Ninety-Eight b01c6sgt (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE On the run, Edward meets the Leopard - will he survive? TUE Orwellian sitcom with David Threlfall and Hugh Laurie. From TUE April 1987. TUE TUE 07:30 Trodd en Bratt Say 'Well Done You' b047c476 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Nominated for Best Comedy in the BBC Audio Drama Awards TUE 2015, Trodd en Bratt Say 'Well Done You' is a comedy sketch TUE show written and performed by Ruth Bratt and Lucy Trodd, TUE stars of Radio 4's Showstoppers. TUE This week there's a robbery in the Fings and Bobs shop, but TUE Anja and Benjio are only too happy to help the robber find TUE his way around. Meanwhile, Mary's dark secret threatens to TUE ruin her church choir's concert; and Ruth tries to confront TUE a colleague with a distracting verbal tick. TUE Written and performed by Ruth Bratt and Lucy Trodd TUE Supporting cast: Adam Meggido and Oliver Senton TUE Script Editor: Jon Hunter TUE Duncan Walsh Atkins TUE Producer: Ben Worsfield TUE A Lucky Giant production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Performer: Ruth Bratt TUE Performer: Lucy Trodd TUE Actor: Oliver Senton TUE Actor: Adam Meggido TUE Producer: Ben Worsfield TUE Writer: Ruth Bratt TUE Writer: Lucy Trodd TUE Composer: Duncan Walsh Atkins TUE TUE 08:00 Yes Minister b007jmsk (Listen) TUE Series 1, Doing the Honours TUE Jim Hacker is outwitted by Sir Humphrey during an economy TUE drive. Stars Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne. From TUE November 1983. TUE TUE 08:30 The Ken Dodd Show b053hndh (Listen) TUE From 28/06/1964 TUE Can Sir Doddy rescue a damsel in distress and meet the TUE unluckiest sailor? With John Laurie and Patricia Hayes. From TUE June 1964. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b053hbbb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:45 Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science b00z5hrv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint b00b9xgx (Listen) TUE The Saint Closes the Case TUE Simon Templar tackles arch-villain Dr Rayt Marius in a TUE deadly struggle to save the world from an evil weapon. Stars TUE Paul Rhys. TUE TUE 11:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nm0dy (Listen) TUE John Charrington's Wedding TUE A groom promises to be at the church on time, even if he has TUE to come back from the grave to do it. Read by Tobias TUE Menzies. TUE TUE 11:15 Afternoon Drama b01gvwxt (Listen) TUE Katie Hims - Betsy Coleman TUE by Katie Hims TUE Betsy Coleman signs up to do memory research for a bit of TUE extra cash, but she finds that her memories are so vivid TUE that revisiting her past becomes compulsive, particularly TUE when she gets to spend some virtual time with her late TUE Mother. TUE Betsy .... Maxine Peake TUE David ..... Benedict Wong TUE Young Betsy ..... Shannon Flynn TUE Mick ..... Ralph Ineson TUE Carla ..... Alison Pettit TUE Des ..... Tony Bell TUE Julie ..... Christine Kavanagh TUE Written by Katie Hims TUE Directed by Mary Peate TUE When Betsy Coleman was 11 years old, her father was TUE convicted of murdering her mother. Now 37, Betsy has drifted TUE through her life, committing to nothing and no one. She sees TUE an ad looking for volunteers to take part in some TUE neurological research at the local University, and, in need TUE of some extra cash, she signs up. TUE She quite likes the look of the geeky research scientist, TUE David, but mostly she loves going back into her memories, TUE particularly those which involve her late mother. Against TUE his better judgment, David lets her do more tests. But then TUE things start to get out of hand... TUE TUE 12:00 Yes Minister b007jmsk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Ken Dodd Show b053hndh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Wimsey b007jvmm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Erin's Model World b009rx96 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 15 Minute Drama b03h30g6 (Listen) TUE Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 2 TUE D.L. Weller's powerful drama about child sexual exploitation TUE and grooming. TUE Police are called to the family home when fourteen year old TUE Holly goes missing for the night. As Holly's desperate TUE parents try to track her down, Holly finds herself in TUE danger. TUE D.L. Weller has done extensive research with victims and TUE their families and professionals working in child protection TUE and safeguarding. Holding On To You, although fictional, is TUE informed and inspired by these interviews. It explores a TUE problem thought to affect tens of thousands of children, of TUE all backgrounds, yet that still remains largely hidden and TUE apparently unaddressed in many regions. TUE Credits TUE Holly: Dolly-Rose Campbell TUE Leah: Aimee Kelly TUE Jo: Christine Bottomley TUE Chris: Graeme Hawley TUE Jay: Henry Devas TUE PC: Henry Devas TUE Writer: DL Weller TUE Director: Nadia Molinari TUE Producer: Nadia Molinari TUE TUE 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c843k (Listen) TUE Squashed Stars and Black Holes TUE Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. TUE As long ago as 1783, the rector of a small Yorkshire church TUE suggested that the gravity of a very massive star might be TUE strong enough to pull its light back and prevent it from TUE shining. It was not until the 1930s, however, that TUE Subramanyan Chandrasekhar suggested a mechanism through TUE which such a star might form, and even then he was ridiculed TUE by his peers. But the concept slowly gained ground, and in TUE the late 1960s the first x-ray telescope in space pinpointed TUE the first black hole to be discovered in orbit around a TUE normal star. TUE A black hole seems to defy notions of common sense and even TUE of normal physics. Light, information and travellers would TUE have no escape from its gravity. At its heart, matter and TUE even space and time would be squashed out of existence. Yet TUE there is a small theoretical chance that someone entering a TUE spinning black hole might survive to emerge in another TUE universe. TUE Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt TUE and John Palmer. TUE TUE 14:30 Book at Bedtime b00s5lv0 (Listen) TUE Henry James - The Aspern Papers, Episode 7 TUE The final episode of The Aspern Papers by Henry James, read TUE by Samuel West. TUE After all his scheming to obtain Jeffrey Aspern's letters to TUE Juliana Bordereau, the obsessive collector is tantalizingly TUE close to them but cannot feel confident of possessing them. TUE He knows where they are in the house, he knows that Juliana TUE has not long to live. It has now become a matter of ensuring TUE the old lady doesn't destroy the papers before she dies. His TUE one hope is the co-operation of the loveless Miss Tina. TUE Abridged and produced by Christine Hall. TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b0156nf6 (Listen) TUE Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 2 TUE Burton and Speke are searching for the source of the Nile. TUE But with Burton too ill to travel, Speke goes it alone TUE Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century TUE more than the quest to discover the source of the White TUE Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize TUE coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six TUE larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted TUE the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, TUE Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, TUE Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and TUE Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in TUE the fierce competition. TUE Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new TUE research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark TUE Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well TUE as malicious tactics of the explorers. TUE Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines TUE the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still TUE casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. TUE Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of TUE Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a TUE Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the TUE Washington Post. He lives in London. TUE Reader: Alex Jennings TUE Abridger: Libby Spurrier TUE Producer: Joanna Green TUE A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint b00b9xgx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b053jbgw (Listen) TUE Lee Evans, Chips and Giant Knitting Needles TUE Mel Giedroyc hears about the pleasures of a moonlit bike TUE ride, where comedian Lee Evans gets his gags and meets a TUE lady who knits with four-metre long needles. TUE TUE 17:00 Capital Gains b007qgnq (Listen) TUE Series 1, Risk Capital TUE Amateur philosopher Julius Hutch's plan for 'pottering' in TUE retirement hits the buffers. Stars Peter Jones. From April TUE 1995. TUE TUE 17:30 Nineteen Ninety-Eight b01c6sgt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Hidden Treasures b0075xyh (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE 4 Extra Debut. The antiques quiz visits Petworth House in TUE West Sussex. With Lars Tharp, Eric Knowles and Bunny TUE Campione. From April 1998. TUE TUE 18:30 How Tickled Am I? b007k4rl (Listen) TUE Series 2, Al Read TUE Mark Radcliffe presents a profile of the sausage-maker from TUE Salford who became one of Britain's most popular radio TUE comedians. TUE TUE 19:00 Yes Minister b007jmsk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Ken Dodd Show b053hndh (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Wimsey b007jvmm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Erin's Model World b009rx96 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nm0dy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Afternoon Drama b01gvwxt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Trodd en Bratt Say 'Well Done You' b047c476 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b00hdb84 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Arthur Smith TUE Marcus Brigstocke tries to tempt Arthur to ventures new, but TUE what's new for a man who sang nude in Balham? From February TUE 2009. TUE TUE 23:00 Delve Special b007k4fc (Listen) TUE Series 2, The Secret Disservice TUE David Lander probes MI5 in a tale of dirty tricks, purple TUE herrings and mauve sheep. Stars Stephen Fry as the spoof TUE investigative journalist. From September 1985. TUE TUE 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b054tbp2 (Listen) TUE From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club TUE has two hours of comedy. Plus 'spirit medium' Ian D Montfort TUE chats to Timandra Harkness. TUE TUE 23:30 Rudy's Rare Records b00y2cvn (Listen) TUE Series 3, Redemption Song TUE Father and son comedy set in the finest old-school record TUE shop in Birmingham. TUE Thanks to some dodgy paperwork, Adam and Rudy are faced with TUE the prospect of losing the lease on their shop in less than TUE a year. Inspired by Rudy's claim that Bob Marley once cited TUE Rudy's Rare Records as having the best toilet facilities in TUE Birmingham, they take extreme action. TUE Adam ...... Lenny Henry TUE Rudy ...... Larrington Walker TUE Richie ...... Joe Jacobs TUE Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey TUE Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon TUE Doreen ...... Claire Benedict TUE Written by Danny Robins and Paula Hines TUE Produced by Lucy Armitage. TUE Music used in this episode (in order) TUE Miss Jamaica - Jimmy Cliff TUE I Need A Dollar - Aloe Blacc TUE Nowhere to Run - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas TUE The Payback - James Brown TUE One Step Forward - Max Romeo TUE Do Like You - Stevie Wonder TUE You Have Been Drunk - Sammy & Drumbago's Band TUE Friend - Ziggy Marley TUE Three Little Birds (Karaoke In The Style of Bob Marley'- TUE Highlight Karaoke) TUE Three Little Birds (original) - Bob Marley TUE Credits TUE Adam: Lenny Henry TUE Rudy: Larrington Walker TUE Richie: Joe Jacobs TUE Tasha: Natasha Godfrey TUE Clifton: Jeffery Kissoon TUE Doreen: Claire Benedict TUE Producer: Lucy Armitage TUE Writer: Danny Robins TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2015 WED WED 00:00 15 Minute Drama b03h30g6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 Cosmic Quest b00c843k (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Book at Bedtime b00s5lv0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:45 Book of the Week b0156nf6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Hidden Treasures b0075xyh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 How Tickled Am I? b007k4rl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Wimsey b007jvmm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Erin's Model World b009rx96 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint b00b9xgx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nm0dy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:15 Afternoon Drama b01gvwxt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Capital Gains b007qgnq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Nineteen Ninety-Eight b01c6sgt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Wimsey b007jvmr (Listen) WED The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Mr Oliver WED Probing the last hours of the life of General Fentiman, WED upper class sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey seeks out his grandson. WED Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Allan WED Cuthbertson as Robert Fentiman and Martin Jarvis as George WED Fentiman. WED British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a WED number of detective novels and short stories by English WED crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the WED Bellona Club was first published in 1928. WED Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord WED Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton WED and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First WED World War. WED Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio WED from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations WED that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. WED Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. WED Producer: Simon Brett. WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975. WED WED 06:30 Macavity's Not There: TS Eliot in the 21st Century WED b00lp043 (Listen) WED TS Eliot may be regarded by some as the most significant WED poet in the English language over the past 100 years, but WED how much does he mean to modern readers? As a major project WED begins to edit everything he wrote, author and critic WED Michael Alexander explores where Eliot, and poetry in WED general, stand in national culture. WED WED 07:00 Believe It! b03ktz0f (Listen) WED Series 2, Victor WED Jon Canter's "radiography" of Richard Wilson returns for a WED second series. WED Celebrity autobiographies are everywhere. Richard Wilson has WED always said he'd never write one. Based on glimmers of WED truth, Believe It is the hilarious, bizarre, revealing (and, WED most importantly, untrue) celebrity autobiography of Richard WED Wilson. WED He narrates the series with his characteristic dead-pan WED delivery, weaving in and out of dramatised scenes from his WED fictional life-story. He plays a heavily exaggerated version WED of himself: a Scots actor and national treasure, unmarried, WED private, passionate about politics, theatre and Manchester WED United (all true), who's a confidant of the powerful and has WED survived childhood poverty, a drunken father, years of WED fruitless grind, too much success, monstrosity, addiction, WED charity work and fierce rivalry with Sean Connery and Ian WED McKellan (not true). WED The title - in case you hadn't spotted - is an unashamed WED reference his famous catchphrase. WED Written by Jon Canter WED Produced and Directed by Clive Brill WED A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. WED Credits WED Himself: Richard Wilson WED Terry Savage: Simon Greenall WED Francois Mattieu: Simon Greenall WED Bob Geldof: Lewis Macleod WED Margaret Thatcher: Steve Nallon WED Jorgen: Steve Nallon WED Mickey Mouse: David Tennant WED Lisa McTaggart: Jane Slavin WED Old Woman: Jane Slavin WED Tabitha: Lotte Rice WED Sheila Goldenberg: Samantha Spiro WED Writer: Jon Canter WED Producer: Clive Brill WED WED 07:30 Chain Reaction b052jk2z (Listen) WED Series 10, Adam Buxton talks to Reece Shearsmith WED Chain Reaction is Radio 4's long running hostless chat show WED where last week's interviewee becomes this week's WED interviewer. WED In the first episode of the series comedian, actor, WED technophile and one half of 'Adam and Joe', Adam Buxton WED talks to the co-creator and star of The League of Gentlemen, WED Psychoville and Inside No. 9, Reece Shearsmith. WED Producer ... Charlie Perkins. WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b00yzgq5 (Listen) WED Cementing Relations WED Povey is aghast at news of an Island Draft inspection, WED sparking trouble for Pertwee. Stars Jon Pertwee. From WED December 1959. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00sz54y (Listen) WED Series 4, Episode 4 WED Can Tim escape the villains? Will Jo do a love scene with WED King Harold? Sketches and songs with John Cleese. From WED October 1966. WED WED 09:00 So Wrong It's Right b00zm31y (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 3 WED Charlie Brooker hosts the new comedy panel show that revels WED in glorious failure. He is joined by comedians Lee Mack, WED Shappi Khorsandi and David Schneider in a comedy contest to WED give the wrongest answer to each of Charlie's challenges. WED Amongst the questions Charlie throws at his guests in this WED episode is 'what's the worst thing you've done in the WED pursuit of romance'. The panel's pitches - Lee Mack's first WED kiss whilst playing 'spin the bottle', Shappi's ill-fated WED attempts to impress a boy by showing how fast she can walk, WED and David's unfortunate heroics at the local swimming pool - WED are all subjected to Charlie's unique comic interrogation. WED Added to this are the panel's hilariously terrible ideas for WED a new museum and their nominations for the worst irritants WED of modern life... WED The host of So Wrong It's Right, Charlie Brooker, also WED presents BBC4's award-winning series Newswipe and You Have WED Been Watching on Channel 4 - plus writing for The Guardian. WED He won Best Newcomer at the British Comedy Awards 2009 and WED Columnist of the Year at the 2009 British Press Awards for WED his column. WED Produced by Aled Evans WED A Zeppotron Production for BBC Radio 4. WED Credits WED Presenter: Charlie Brooker WED Panellist: Lee Mack WED Panellist: Shappi Khorsandi WED Panellist: David Schneider WED Producer: Aled Evans WED WED 09:30 Spread a Little Happiness b00zf5sr (Listen) WED Series 2, Fight the Good Fight, But Not in the Shop! WED A quiet Sunday for Hope and Carrie painting the shop becomes WED quite exciting after all. Debra Stevenson and Nicola Duffet WED star in John Godber and Jane Thornton's comedy set in a WED sandwich bar in Beverley, near Hull. WED Cast: WED Hope ..... Debra Stevenson WED Maria ..... Nicola Duffett WED Dave ..... Neil Dudgeon WED Mam ..... Anne Reid WED Ray ..... Shaun Prendergast WED Gavin ...... Ralph Brown WED Jenny ..... Sarah Moyle WED Anita ..... Sherry Baines WED Carrie ..... Elizabeth Godber WED Eve ..... Helen Longworth WED Bob ...... Ben Crowe WED Monty ..... Stephen Critchlow WED Blinds man ..... James Weaver WED 'Spread A Little Happiness' is sung by Debra Stevenson. WED Producer/Director: Chris Wallis WED An Autolycus production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 10:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint b007jtvy (Listen) WED The Saint Plays With Fire WED Simon Templar uncovers a fascist conspiracy to seize power WED in France. Stars Paul Rhys, Kim Thomson and Fiona Fullerton. WED WED 11:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nm20l (Listen) WED The Violet Car WED A nurse is summoned to a farm to help with an unusual case, WED and finds a couple slowly going mad. Read by Charlotte WED Emmerson. WED WED 11:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents b0080sf7 (Listen) WED Living with his violent dad, 10-year-old Mark captures his WED thoughts on life and football in simple poems. Stars James WED Smith. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b00yzgq5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00sz54y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Wimsey b007jvmr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Macavity's Not There: TS Eliot in the 21st Century WED b00lp043 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 15 Minute Drama b03h3l0t (Listen) WED Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 3 WED D.L. Weller's powerful drama about child sexual exploitation WED and grooming. WED Jo is desperately worried about her fourteen year old WED daughter Holly who she feels she is losing to something she WED does not understand and cannot control. To Holly it seems WED the only person she can turn to is her boyfriend Jay. As WED Jay's hold on Holly gets stronger will anyone be able to WED help her? WED D.L. Weller has done extensive research with victims and WED their families and professionals working in child protection WED and safeguarding. Holding On To You, although fictional, is WED informed and inspired by these interviews. It explores a WED problem thought to affect tens of thousands of children, of WED all backgrounds, yet that still remains largely hidden and WED apparently unaddressed in many regions. WED Credits WED Holly: Dolly-Rose Campbell WED Leah: Aimee Kelly WED Jo: Christine Bottomley WED Chris: Graeme Hawley WED Jay: Henry Devas WED Rachel: Carla Henry WED Director: Nadia Molinari WED Writer: DL Weller WED WED 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c6wpd (Listen) WED A Violent Universe WED Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. WED Only in the last 50 years have telescopes been powerful WED enough to study distant galaxies beyond our Milky Way in WED much detail. Cygnus A first came to astronomers' attention WED as a radio source, the second strongest in the sky. Optical WED astronomers later realised that it was a pair of galaxies WED colliding with one another. It is a colossal 700 million WED light years away, making its radio output a million times WED more powerful than that of our Milky Way. Energetic WED reactions were taking place in its core, shooting out great WED jets of high energy particles emitting radio waves. WED The next breakthrough came from an even more distant object WED over 2 billion light years away. At its heart was something WED 40 times more luminous than a normal galaxy yet no bigger WED than the solar system. These mysterious powerhouses were WED named quasi-stellar radio sources, now abbreviated to WED quasars. The consensus now is that they are massive black WED holes, millions or even billions of times the mass of our WED Sun, gobbling stars and gas in the centres of galaxies. WED Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt WED and John Palmer. WED WED 14:30 Book at Bedtime b00s5m0b (Listen) WED A Perpetual Love Affair, Byron in Venice WED Henry James described his relationship with Venice as "a WED perpetual love affair," and in Bryon's case this is very WED apt. Byron arrived in Venice in 1816, following great WED scandal in England. He had not meant to stay long but soon WED fell in love - notably with the wife of his landlord - and WED his letters chronicle the development both of this affair WED and of his eccentric decision to learn Armenian. WED This selection of Byron's letters is read by Mark Meadows. WED Abridged and produced in Bristol by Christine Hall. WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b0156n67 (Listen) WED Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 3 WED Samuel Baker and his mistress, Florence, leave Gondokoro, in WED search of Lake Albert WED Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century WED more than the quest to discover the source of the White WED Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize WED coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six WED larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted WED the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, WED Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, WED Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and WED Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in WED the fierce competition. WED Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new WED research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark WED Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well WED as malicious tactics of the explorers. WED Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines WED the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still WED casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. WED Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of WED Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a WED Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the WED Washington Post. He lives in London. WED Reader: Alex Jennings WED Abridger: Libby Spurrier WED Producer: Joanna Green WED A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint b007jtvy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b053lmqs (Listen) WED Sherlock Holmes, Nursery Rhymes and Sheila Ravenscroft WED Mel Giedroyc examines our love of nursery rhymes, Philip WED Ardagh takes a tour of a special Sherlock Holmes exhibition WED and there's the next part of Roald Dahl's tale The Witches. WED WED 17:00 Flying the Flag b007jx5g (Listen) WED Series 1, Favours WED A broken typewriter causes chaos. Eastern bloc embassy WED sitcom starring Dinsdale Landen as the ambassador. From WED April 1987. WED WED 17:30 Believe It! b03ktz0f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 18:00 So Wrong It's Right b00zm31y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076k92 (Listen) WED Idealism WED Matthew Parris and writers Peter Flannery, Mimi Khalvati and WED Jemma Kennedy discuss hope versus cynicism. WED In each programme, Matthew Parris introduces a group of WED writers of fact and fiction: new talent and established WED names. In the context of a discussion of one of the ideas WED and pre-occupations of our times, each presents a piece on WED this week's topic. WED The best new writing and the freshest conversation from WED 2004. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b00yzgq5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00sz54y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Wimsey b007jvmr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Macavity's Not There: TS Eliot in the 21st Century WED b00lp043 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nm20l (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents b0080sf7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Chain Reaction b052jk2z (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00cv179 (Listen) WED Series 2, Just a Minute WED After arguing all day, the former variety star sparks WED confusion when he arrives at the BBC. Stars Steve Delaney. WED From March 2007. WED WED 23:00 Down the Line b00qyqdh (Listen) WED Series 1, Equality and Why Men Won't Go to the Doctors WED Award-winning spoof phone-in show, with talk radio host Gary WED Bellamy. Stars Rhys Thomas and Paul Whitehouse. From May WED 2006. WED WED 23:30 The Penny Dreadfuls Present b00gpbcj (Listen) WED The Brothers Faversham, Horatius Faversham WED The tale of Victorian Britain's most decorated soldier. WED Swashbuckling family romp starring the comedy trio. From WED January 2008. WED WED THU THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2015 THU THU 00:00 15 Minute Drama b03h3l0t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 Cosmic Quest b00c6wpd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Book at Bedtime b00s5m0b (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:45 Book of the Week b0156n67 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 So Wrong It's Right b00zm31y (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Off the Page b0076k92 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Wimsey b007jvmr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Macavity's Not There: TS Eliot in the 21st Century THU b00lp043 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Leslie Charteris - The Saint b007jtvy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nm20l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:15 Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents b0080sf7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Flying the Flag b007jx5g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Believe It! b03ktz0f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Wimsey b007jvmz (Listen) THU The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Exhumation THU Lord Peter Wimsey awaits Doctor Horner's verdict. At a party THU thrown by pal Margery, the upper class sleuth does a little THU more digging. THU Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Allan THU Cuthbertson as Robert Fentiman and Gabriel Woolf as THU Inspector Parker THU British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a THU number of detective novels and short stories by English THU crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the THU Bellona Club was first published in 1928. THU Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord THU Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton THU and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First THU World War. THU Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio THU from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations THU that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. THU Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. THU Producer: Simon Brett. THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975. THU THU 06:30 I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing b00n0wyy (Listen) THU Janet Ellis heads to Cornwall, Preston and Macclesfield to THU speak to authors, storytellers and academics about the power THU of the mermaid image and its origins. THU She hears from the man who came up with the Starbucks logo, THU perhaps the most prevalent mermaid in modern culture, and THU finds out the identity of the 'girl next door' on whom it THU was based. Janet also trawls through the myriad mermaid THU references in art and literature, from Robert Graves and TS THU Eliot to the Pre-Raphaelites, who used the mermaid as a THU powerful image of voluptuous sexuality. THU The legend of the mermaid is said to date back to the days THU when sailors far from home would mistake sea mammals like THU manatees and dugongs for semi-human creatures. Since the THU days of Homer, the image of the mysterious female luring THU sailors to their deaths has remained extremely powerful in THU the popular imagination, and has survived numerous THU reinventions over the centuries. With the help of the likes THU of Hans Christian Andersen and Walt Disney, mermaids have THU become as much a mainstay of modern childhood as pirates and THU princesses. THU THU 07:00 The Pickerskill Reports b012r6tw (Listen) THU Series 2, Paul Whitney Beauchamp THU Retired English Master Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls a THU bullied day boy and his mother. Stars Ian McDiarmid. From THU July 2011. THU THU 07:30 Brian Gulliver's Travels b01m5n7s (Listen) THU Series 2, Gravinia and Plumpf THU by Dan Tetsell THU Brian Gulliver, a seasoned presenter of travel THU documentaries, finds himself in a hospital's secure unit THU after claiming to have experienced a succession of bizarre THU adventures. This week Brian relives his adventures in THU Gravinia, a land where the military are revered above THU everything. THU Brian Gulliver ..... Neil Pearson THU Rachel Gulliver..... Mariah Gale THU Fillick ..... Marcus Brigstocke THU Chaplain ..... Adrian Scarborough THU Guest ..... Tracy Wiles THU Host..... Patrick Brennan THU Stegga ..... Barunka O'Shaughnessy THU Barista..... Harry Livingstone THU Dragit ..... Nick Mohammed THU Glugas Hold ..... Dan Tetsell THU Producer ..... Steven Canny THU This is the second series of this satirical adventure story THU created by Bill Dare. The series has attracted an excellent THU cast led by Neil Pearson and including, Duncan Wisby, Vicki THU Pepperdine, Lisa Dillon, Colin Hoult, Toby Longworth, Adrian THU Scarborough, Dan Tetsell, Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Debra THU Stephenson, Colin Hoult, Nina Conti, Jo Bobin and Marcus THU Brigstocke. THU For years Bill Dare wanted to create a satire about THU different worlds exploring Kipling's idea that we travel, THU 'not just to explore civilizations, but to better understand THU our own'. But science fiction and space ships never THU interested him, so he put the idea on ice. Then Brian THU Gulliver arrived and meant that our hero could be lost in a THU fictional world without the need for any sci-fi. THU Gulliver's Travels is the only book Bill Dare read at THU university. His father, Peter Jones, narrated a similarly THU peripatetic radio series: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the THU Galaxy. THU THU 08:00 Brothers in Law b053mjk2 (Listen) THU Series 1, Counsel's Opinion THU Can rookie barrister Roger Thursby stop a leak of THU confidential information? THU Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Richard Waring as THU Henry Blagrove and Ann Davies as Sally Mannering. THU Adapted for radio by Richard Waring from the BBC TV scripts. THU Restored from BBC Transcription Service tapes - originally THU edited for sale abroad. THU Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers THU in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and THU Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role THU for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the THU idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between THU 1970 and 1972. THU Produced by David Hatch. THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1970. THU THU 08:30 Not in Front of the Children b053mk6b (Listen) THU Series 1, Survival THU A spate of pet deaths causes consternation for the Corner THU family. THU Starring Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, Francis Matthews as THU Henry Corner and Charlotte Mitchell as Mary THU The comedy mishaps of the Corner family: Jennifer and Henry THU and their three children Trudi, Amanda and Robin. Family THU sitcom, Not in Front of the Children originally ran for four THU series from 1967 to 1970 on BBC TV. Richard Waring adapted THU his own scripts for this radio version, now fully restored THU from the original reel-to-reel tapes. THU Wendy Craig won a Best Actress BAFTA award for the TV THU version of Not in Front of the Children in 1969. This was THU the first of several housewife roles that Wendy Craig was to THU play on television. Later series included And Mother Makes THU Three and Butterflies. THU Music by Ronnie Hazlehurst THU Producer: Trafford Whitelock. THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1969. THU THU 09:00 The Personality Test b007vt9q (Listen) THU Series 3, Eve Pollard THU All about Eve - ex-newspaper editor Eve Pollard tests a THU panel about herself. With Sue Perkins and Will Smith. From THU August 2007. THU THU 09:30 House on Fire b0138xn0 (Listen) THU Series 2, Quarantine THU The return of the comedy radio series written by Dan Hine THU and Chris Sussman. THU In her job as legal secretary, Vicky rarely finds herself in THU a courtroom. That is - until she decides to defend her THU father on a charge of International War crimes. THU Meanwhile, Matt's parents have decided to go on a world tour THU just as Matt contracts a horrible flu. Desperate to avoid THU catching anything from Matt, Vicky agrees to a number of THU disturbing household duties - just as long as he agrees to THU never set foot outside his room. THU Cast: THU Vicky ..... Emma Pierson THU Matt ..... Jody Latham THU Colonel Bill ..... Rupert Vansittart THU Peter ..... Philip Jackson THU Julie ..... Janine Duvitski THU Gerald ..... Clive Brill THU Sir Nicholas ..... Nick Sampson THU Additional characters played by Fergus Craig and Colin Hoult THU Producer: Clive Brill THU A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 10:00 Nan Woodhouse - Judith Shakespeare b04v2w8w (Listen) THU 4 Extra Debut. William Shakespeare's younger daughter is a THU loner, yearning to be a part of her playwright father's THU life. Stars Amanda Root, Michael Pennington, Anton Lesser. THU THU 11:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nm5jb (Listen) THU Man-Size in Marble THU Newlyweds find the cottage of their dreams, but the previous THU evil (and dead) owners threaten to return. Read by Harry THU Hadden-Paton. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b01jwk66 (Listen) THU Ben Lewis - Tiny THU This is the story of a legend in the making. THU A nervous young man lives at the dead end of a dead-end THU town. On his eighteenth birthday he comes into his THU inheritance. With a little help from an old teacher, he THU finds it equips him to broadcast over the internet. THU Living in a house where rolling news is a constant presence, THU he does what comes naturally - he fires up his computer and THU presents the news. But his news is different. It puts a THU spring in its audience's step. That is, until his grandma THU starts to grow suspicious about what this boy is getting up THU to, nightly in his bedroom, and tries to put a stop to the THU broadcasts completely. THU A quirky comedy about a teenager who becomes an internet THU phenomenon by Ben Lewis. THU Credits THU Writer: Ben Lewis THU Boy: Joshua Jenkins THU Grandma: Julia McKenzie THU Sir: Mark Heap THU Granddad: Peter Marinker THU Newsreader: Alison Pettitt THU Director: Kirsty Williams THU THU 12:00 Brothers in Law b053mjk2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Not in Front of the Children b053mk6b (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Wimsey b007jvmz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing b00n0wyy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 15 Minute Drama b03h6pxc (Listen) THU Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 4 THU D.L. Weller's powerful drama about child sexual exploitation THU and grooming. THU As the pressure on Holly escalates she tries to stand up to THU Jay but when Jay won't take no for an answer will Holly seek THU help? THU D.L. Weller has done extensive research with victims and THU their families and professionals working in child protection THU and safeguarding. Holding On To You, although fictional, is THU informed and inspired by these interviews. It explores a THU problem thought to affect tens of thousands of children, of THU all backgrounds, yet that still remains largely hidden and THU apparently unaddressed in many regions. THU Credits THU Holly: Dolly-Rose Campbell THU Leah: Aimee Kelly THU Jo: Christine Bottomley THU Jay: Henry Devas THU Rachel: Carla Henry THU Director: Nadia Molinari THU Writer: DL Weller THU THU 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c76bn (Listen) THU The Dark Side of the Cosmos THU Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. THU In 1933, Fritz Zwicky realised that a huge cluster of THU galaxies is being held together by something more powerful THU than the gravitational pull of the visible matter. In the THU 1960s, Vera Rubin was coming to the same conclusion from THU studying the rotation of stars within individual galaxies. THU The conclusion was inescapable; all the visible stars and THU gas comprise a mere fraction of the total matter in the THU universe. Dark matter exists, although nobody knows what it THU is. THU The question remains unanswered, though now there are many THU theories. It is hoped that elaborate experiments in particle THU accelerators may cast some light on the subject. THU Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt THU and John Palmer. THU THU 14:30 Book at Bedtime b00s5n6p (Listen) THU A Perpetual Love Affair, Henry James' Venice THU Henry James considered his relationship with Venice "a THU perpetual love affair." THU Selina Cadell reads a selection of James's writing about the THU city he loved. THU Abridged and produced by Christine Hall. THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b0156n21 (Listen) THU Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 4 THU Following in the footsteps of Burton, Speke and Baker, Dr THU Livingstone aims to solve the Nile mystery once and for all. THU Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century THU more than the quest to discover the source of the White THU Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize THU coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six THU larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted THU the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, THU Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, THU Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and THU Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in THU the fierce competition. THU Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new THU research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark THU Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well THU as malicious tactics of the explorers. THU Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines THU the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still THU casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. THU Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of THU Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a THU Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the THU Washington Post. He lives in London. THU Reader: Alex Jennings THU Abridger: Libby Spurrier THU Producer: Joanna Green THU A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 Nan Woodhouse - Judith Shakespeare b04v2w8w (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b053mzhm (Listen) THU Jamie Oliver, Beekeeping and the Blind Stuntman THU Mel Giedroyc hears about the joy of beekeeping, blind THU daredevil Deano Dunbar discusses his passion for THU thrill-seeking and Jamie Oliver explains where his love of THU food comes from. THU THU 17:00 No Commitments b00sx228 (Listen) THU Series 4, Faith, Hope and Very Little Charity THU Charlotte and Emily find religion, but Victoria loses her THU patience. Stars Rosemary Leach and Celia Imrie. From August THU 1996. THU THU 17:30 The Pickerskill Reports b012r6tw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 18:00 The Personality Test b007vt9q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076hh1 (Listen) THU Sarah Bernhardt THU Comedienne Jenny Eclair chooses one of the first acting THU superstars, Sarah Bernhardt. With Humphrey 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 2003. THU THU 19:00 Brothers in Law b053mjk2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Not in Front of the Children b053mk6b (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Wimsey b007jvmz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing b00n0wyy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nm5jb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b01jwk66 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Brian Gulliver's Travels b01m5n7s (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Newsjack b053n0y9 (Listen) THU Series 12, Episode 1 THU Made for 4 Extra. This week's stories lovingly bashed, THU mashed and moulded into sketches, one-liners and vox-pops by THU the public. Trying to make sense of it all is host Nish THU Kumar. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b054bsc5 (Listen) THU The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, 'spirit medium' THU Ian D Montfort chats to Professor Chris French. THU THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game b00hv1f4 (Listen) THU Series 7, Episode 3 THU Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell. THU The presence of a baby in Hell is turning them all soft. As THU Scumspawn becomes the first demon to wear a papoose, Satan THU tries to locate Satan Junior's real family. THU Satan ...... Andy Hamilton THU Edith ...... Annette Crosbie THU Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan THU Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville THU With Jan Ravens and Felicity Montagu. THU THU 23:30 Hut 33 b00lmdjr (Listen) THU Series 1, Baghdad THU Two of the wartime code-breakers jump at the chance to THU escape Bletchley Park for Iraq. Stars Robert Bathurst. From THU June 2007. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 15 Minute Drama b03h6pxc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 Cosmic Quest b00c76bn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Book at Bedtime b00s5n6p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:45 Book of the Week b0156n21 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 The Personality Test b007vt9q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Great Lives b0076hh1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Wimsey b007jvmz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing b00n0wyy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Nan Woodhouse - Judith Shakespeare b04v2w8w (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nm5jb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:15 Afternoon Drama b01jwk66 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 No Commitments b00sx228 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 The Pickerskill Reports b012r6tw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Wimsey b007jvn1 (Listen) FRI The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, At Lady Dormer's FRI Discovering General Fentiman was poisoned, Lord Peter Wimsey FRI decides to probe Miss Dorland's hobby. FRI Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Allan FRI Cuthbertson as Robert Fentiman, Amanda Reiss as Ann Dorland FRI and Gabriel Woolf as Inspector Parker FRI British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a FRI number of detective novels and short stories by English FRI crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Unpleasantness at the FRI Bellona Club was first published in 1928. FRI Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord FRI Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton FRI and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First FRI World War. FRI Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio FRI from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations FRI that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. FRI Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. FRI Producer: Simon Brett. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1975. FRI FRI 06:30 Bob Marley: The Chrysler Year b00p3p56 (Listen) FRI Lifelong reggae fan Jonathan Charles traces the missing year FRI when Bob Marley dropped out of the Jamaican music scene and FRI spent a year driving a forklift truck in the Chrysler car FRI factory in Wilmington, Delaware. FRI A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 07:00 Living With the Enemy b00771ft (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI Gyles persuades Nick to help him seek revenge on his FRI estranged wife. With Nick Revell and Prunella Scales. From FRI November 2006. FRI FRI 07:30 Gloomsbury b01ngrwf (Listen) FRI Series 1, A Desperate Attempt to Have Fun FRI The writer Vera Sackcloth-Vest has to tear herself away from FRI her beloved garden just at the moment when her mammillarias FRI are about to open. FRI She and her husband Henry have been summoned to London by FRI her bosom chum, the novelist Ginny Fox. Ginny and her FRI husband Lionel have realized that they have never had what FRI is known as "fun" and they beg Vera and Henry to provide it. FRI Simultaneously, Vera's ardent acolyte Venus Traduces asks FRI Vera to educate her, so she can be taken seriously by the FRI Gloomsbury set. Exhausted by her efforts to educate and FRI entertain, and haunted by the fear that her beloved Henry FRI will soon be posted to the Balkans, Vera endures an FRI emotional crisis at a picnic in Kensington Gardens. FRI Rescue arrives unexpectedly, and she escapes back to her FRI beloved Sizzlinghurst, just as her mammillarias lift their FRI saucy little faces to the sun. FRI Cast: FRI Vera Sackcloth-Vest ..... Miriam Margolyes FRI Henry Mickleton ..... Jonathan Coy FRI Venus Traduces ..... Morwenna Banks FRI Mrs Ginny Fox ..... Alison Steadman FRI Lionel Fox ..... Nigel Planer FRI Produced by Jamie Rix FRI A Little Brother production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00j1wj3 (Listen) FRI The Pet Dog FRI The lad buys Andree a puppy for her birthday, but to his FRI alarm it won't stop growing. Stars Tony Hancock. From FRI October 1955. FRI FRI 08:30 The Men From the Ministry b0116gvp (Listen) FRI We All Make Mistakes FRI Sir Gregory decides to take action over the bumbling FRI bureaucrats. Stars Richard Murdoch and Deryck Guyler. From FRI August 1971. FRI FRI 09:00 The Museum of Curiosity b015mzzd (Listen) FRI Series 4, Linehan, Sutherland, Scales FRI Hosted by the Professor of Ignorance from the University of FRI Buckingham John Lloyd C.B.E. and the intensely curious FRI comedian Dave Gorman. FRI This week's guests: FRI Coming from a long line of vicars, Robin Ince is the UK's FRI most rational comedian, and he tests his reason to the limit FRI once every year by performing at least four shows a day at FRI the Edinburgh fringe. His infamous Bad Book Club, which in FRI which he invites his fellow comedians to celebrate awful FRI literature, has become an institution, and his massive FRI Christmas show Nine Lessons and Carols For Godless People is FRI now a huge event, featuring the likes of Jarvis Cocker, Dara FRI O Briain and Richard Dawkins. FRI Roger Highfield is a scientist, science author and the FRI editor of New Scientist, but if you met him, you wouldn't FRI immediately guess that science is his thing. He's jolly and FRI worldly and has the hearty laugh of a comic supervillain. He FRI first made his name as a scientist be being the first person FRI ever to bounce a neutron off a soap bubble. Roger has FRI written and co-written 9 best-selling science books, FRI including a book on the hows and whys of Dolly the sheep, an FRI explanation of the science of Harry Potter and a biography FRI of Einstein. FRI Gareth Edwards is a filmmaker whose success and methods of FRI achieving it have sent ripples of fear through the studios FRI of Hollywood. His movie Monsters is an apocalyptic FRI blockbuster which he made for one five hundredth of the FRI budget for Avatar by shooting with a small, mobile team, FRI hiring non-actors on the spot and using dazzling-but-cheap FRI CGI effects. FRI FRI 09:30 The Cavity Within b007709x (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI New dentist Marty arrives at a very dysfunctional practice. FRI Will he have the patients? Stars Chris O'Dowd. From FRI September 2006. FRI FRI 10:00 Dave Sheasby - Donkeys Led By Lions b00vy71t (Listen) FRI Teacher Arthur Willis battles his conscience over fighting FRI in the Great War, with devastating consequences. Stars Ian FRI Dunn. FRI FRI 11:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nmjlq (Listen) FRI The Ebony Frame FRI A man inherits a property where he discovers a portrait of a FRI woman that will change his life forever. Read by Anton FRI Lesser. FRI FRI 11:15 Katie Hims - Lila b007632j (Listen) FRI Lila has lost her husband. Only his tactless brothers are FRI left. Will life be the same after Ron's death? Starring FRI Denise Black. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00j1wj3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Men From the Ministry b0116gvp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Wimsey b007jvn1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Bob Marley: The Chrysler Year b00p3p56 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 15 Minute Drama b03h7grn (Listen) FRI Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 5 FRI D.L. Weller's powerful drama about child sexual exploitation FRI and grooming. FRI As Holly is helped to come to terms with the truth, she FRI faces a difficult decision about Jay. FRI D.L. Weller has done extensive research with victims and FRI their families and professionals working in child protection FRI and safeguarding. Holding On To You, although fictional, is FRI informed and inspired by these interviews. It explores a FRI problem thought to affect tens of thousands of children, of FRI all backgrounds, yet that still remains largely hidden and FRI apparently unaddressed in many regions. FRI Credits FRI Holly: Dolly-Rose Campbell FRI Leah: Aimee Kelly FRI Jo: Christine Bottomley FRI Chris: Graeme Hawley FRI Rachel: Carla Henry FRI Director: Nadia Molinari FRI Writer: DL Weller FRI FRI 14:15 Cosmic Quest b00c6wpj (Listen) FRI Design or Accident FRI Heather Couper presents a narrative history of astronomy. FRI Given all that we now know about the formation of stars and FRI planets and the evolution of life on Earth, it might seem as FRI if the mystery is being taken out of the universe. However, FRI every solution seems to throw up a deeper mystery. Within FRI our understanding of physics, there are no known fundamental FRI reasons for much of the astronomical phenomena that we FRI observe. Of course, we can only observe a universe that FRI supports life. This is known as the anthropic principle and FRI has far-reaching implications. Some argue that it makes the FRI universe very special, as if we were meant to be, while FRI others suggest that we inhabit one of the few bio-friendly FRI corners in an almost infinite multiverse of possibilities. FRI Readers are Timothy West, Robin Sebastian, Julian Rhind-Tutt FRI and John Palmer. FRI FRI 14:30 Book at Bedtime b00s5ncd (Listen) FRI A Perpetual Love Affair, Jan Morris's Venice FRI Henry James felt that the inevitable relationship with FRI Venice was "a perpetual love affair", and certainly many FRI writers have found that to be true. FRI In today's piece about the city, travel writer Jan Morris FRI notes particularly the children of Venice - and the cats. FRI The reader is Selina Cadell, and the programme is abridged FRI and produced by Christine Hall. FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b0156mt3 (Listen) FRI Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 5 FRI Having found Dr Livingstone, Stanley is determined to FRI continue the doctor's quest to find the source of the Nile FRI Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century FRI more than the quest to discover the source of the White FRI Nile. It was the planet's most elusive secret, the prize FRI coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six FRI larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted FRI the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, FRI Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, FRI Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and FRI Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in FRI the fierce competition. FRI Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new FRI research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped 'Dark FRI Continent', its jungle deprivations, and the courage as well FRI as malicious tactics of the explorers. FRI Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail and examines FRI the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still FRI casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. FRI Tim Jeal is the author of acclaimed biographies of FRI Livingstone, Baden-Powell, and Stanley, each selected as a FRI Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the FRI Washington Post. He lives in London. FRI Reader: Alex Jennings FRI Abridger: Libby Spurrier FRI Producer: Joanna Green FRI A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 Dave Sheasby - Donkeys Led By Lions b00vy71t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 4 O'Clock Show b053q6rn (Listen) FRI The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Sword Swallowing and Mice FRI Mel Giedroyc explores why mice terrify some of us, meets the FRI man who tried to right the Leaning Tower of Pisa and learns FRI about the perils of sword swallowing. FRI FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way b0080jmp (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 1 FRI The whimsies of JB Morton performed by Richard Ingrams, John FRI Wells, John Sessions and Patricia Routledge. From March FRI 1989. FRI FRI 17:30 Living With the Enemy b00771ft (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 18:00 The Museum of Curiosity b015mzzd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 18:30 My Life in Five Books b012lnm1 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Joanne Harris FRI Joanna Harris has written eleven novels including Chocolat FRI which was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring FRI Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. FRI Her most recent book, Blueeyedboy has been recently FRI published in paperback. FRI She picks five books that are important in her life and FRI explains to Stuart Cosgrove how she allows her daughter to FRI read books that were banned in her young life. Joanne FRI explains how she draws inspiration for her own writing and FRI how she was pleased with the film adaptation of her most FRI famous novel. FRI Joanne's five books: FRI 1: GORMENGHAST by Mervyn Peake FRI 2: SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury FRI 3: PERFUMES by Luca Turin. FRI 4: LES MISERABLES by Victor Hugo FRI 5: SANDMAN SERIES by Neil Gaiman. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00j1wj3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Men From the Ministry b0116gvp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Wimsey b007jvn1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Bob Marley: The Chrysler Year b00p3p56 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Ghost Stories of E Nesbit b01nmjlq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Katie Hims - Lila b007632j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Gloomsbury b01ngrwf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 The League Against Tedium b007jnsj (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI War is declared on war, and sporty people are really good FRI fun. Simon Munnery's surreal music and comedy hour. From FRI January 1997. FRI FRI 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b054bsmy (Listen) FRI The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Arthur Smith chats FRI to Ian Moore. FRI FRI 23:30 The In Crowd b008d1f1 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 5 FRI Sketch show from Manchester's Comedy Store with Robin Ince, FRI Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward. From September 2001. FRI FRI 23:45 Self Storage b01hn1q8 (Listen) FRI Dating FRI Judy fixes Dave up on his first date since his marriage FRI broke up. Stars Reece Shearsmith. From October 2007. FRI