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SAT SATURDAY 11 JULY 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00p4klt (Listen) SAT Series 3, Unalike SAT Edna Turner has just saved the worlds - again. Can she kick SAT back and enjoy summer? Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with SAT Alex Tregear. SAT SAT 00:30 Fry's English Delight b00tdmqr (Listen) SAT Series 3, He Said, She Said SAT Stephen Fry examines whether men and women really use and SAT understand language differently. SAT Is there a genuine gender language barrier, or is it just SAT something we made up to amuse ourselves, or to castigate SAT each other? SAT As a former presenter on Woman's Hour, Sue MacGregor has a SAT unique insight into the way men used to use language to SAT patronise or dominate, and recalls one of her guests on the SAT programme referring to her as 'my dear'. SAT But as women began to win equality there was a genuine need SAT to discover whether and how women and men differed in the SAT way they spoke. SAT Cast aside all memories of cartoon strips, Woody Allen SAT movies, sitcoms and diatribes on political correctness or SAT questionable seaside postcards. SAT This programme gets to the truth, with the aid of academics, SAT a bit of comedy from Ronnie Barker, a sex change surgeon and SAT a speech therapist. Do people who want to change their sex SAT also want to change the way they use language? SAT Producer: Ian Gardhouse SAT A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Nick Baker SAT SAT 01:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b061g4g8 (Listen) SAT Pandora's Box SAT A file is stolen from a retired lawyer's office and the SAT investigation leads to the hunt for a widow. Vast wealth and SAT secrets are both linked to a death. Starring Bernard Hepton SAT as Galbraith. With Garard Green as Finch, Richard Davies as SAT Evans, Margery Withers as Mrs Palmer and Clive Merrison as SAT Tully. SAT Written by prize-winning TV producer Robert Barr, who also SAT wrote TV scripts for the BBC's Z Cars and Softly Softly. SAT Produced by John Browell SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. SAT SAT 01:30 Mind Changers b00m0zz3 (Listen) SAT Arden House SAT Claudia Hammond presents a series looking at the development SAT of the science of psychology during the 20th century. SAT She re-visits Ellen Langer and Judith Rodin's 1976 study, SAT conducted in a New England nursing home, Arden House. SAT When the two psychologists set up the experiment so that SAT residents on two floors of the 360-bed home for the elderly SAT would experience some changes in their everyday life, they SAT had no idea that they were introducing factors which could SAT prolong life. SAT While residents on both floors were given plants and film SAT shows, only those on the fourth floor had the opportunity to SAT control these events: choosing the plant and looking after SAT it themselves, and choosing which night of the week to view SAT the film. SAT Eighteen months later, when Langer and Rodin returned to the SAT home, they were astonished to discover that twice as many of SAT the elderly residents in this 'choices' group were alive, SAT compared with the control group on the second floor, who had SAT been given plants that the staff tended, and were told which SAT was their film night. It appeared that taking control made SAT you live longer. SAT These findings fit in well with the work on learned SAT helplessness in dogs which Martin Seligman had done in the SAT late 1960s, and on Langer and Rodin's own studies on the SAT perception of control. SAT Claudia Hammond meets Ellen Langer, now Professor of SAT Psychology at Harvard, and hears about Arden House and the SAT work she has gone on to do on what she calls 'mindfulness'. SAT She visits Arden House, which is still a nursing home, and SAT is shown around by current administrator Joanne Scafati. SAT Dr Zelda Di Blasi, who lectures in psychology at University SAT College, Cork, sets the study in context, and Rosalie Kane, SAT Professor of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, SAT and Howard Kaplan, CEO of City Club Living accommodation for SAT the elderly, discuss the impact of Langer/Rodin on care of SAT the elderly. SAT SAT 02:00 Gregor Mendel - A Monk and Two Peas b008x8b6 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT The monk's religious duties take precedence, but his legacy SAT remains. Robin Marantz Henig's biography read by Michael SAT Williams. SAT SAT 02:15 Life at 24 Frames a Second b00xw5mw (Listen) SAT Fade to Black SAT For the past two weeks the film critic and writer David SAT Thomson has taken his own highly idiosyncratic journey SAT through the power and magic of cinema. But now he considers SAT whether, under the relentless spread of visual media, and in SAT the age of instant delivery, the dream palaces are places to SAT dream anymore. Episode 10: Fade to Black. SAT Producer: Mark Burman. SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00k0jcx (Listen) SAT ME Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret, Episode 10 SAT Dramatisation of the classic Victorian thriller by Mary SAT Elizabeth Braddon. SAT In a thrilling climax, Robert Audley uncovers the truth and SAT confronts the beautiful Lucy, determined to avenge the crime SAT against his friend. SAT Mary Braddon ...... Hattie Morahan SAT Lucy, Lady Audley ...... Charlotte Emmerson SAT Robert Audley ...... Alex Wyndham SAT Sir Michael Audley ...... Sam Dale SAT George Talboys ...... Joseph Kloska SAT Luke Marks ...... Benjamin Askew SAT Directed by Julie Beckett and Fiona Kelcher. SAT SAT 02:45 Book at Bedtime b009jd8q (Listen) SAT Sadie Jones - The Outcast, Resolution SAT Lewis has hidden in the woods for two days, determined to SAT save Kit from further brutality. Concluded by Emma Fielding. SAT SAT 03:00 The Pallisers b007jwht (Listen) SAT Episode 10 SAT As Plantagenet Palliser's government comes under attack, so SAT Lopez's standing becomes more difficult. Stars Sophie SAT Thompson. SAT SAT 04:00 The 99p Challenge b01s2v0x (Listen) SAT Series 5, Episode 6 SAT Crazy panel show capers with Sue Perkins, Rob Rouse, Nick SAT Frost, Armando Iannucci and Peter Serafinowicz. From SAT September 2004. SAT SAT 04:30 Sneakiepeeks b00pkbmh (Listen) SAT Echo SAT Old tensions are stirred up when a rival team move in on SAT Beagle's territory and target. Starring Nina Conti. From SAT January 2010. SAT SAT 05:00 Little Blighty on the Down b00tv7wv (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 4 SAT As the council launches a new charter, the opposition needs SAT a new initiative. Political satire with John Baddeley. From SAT July 1991. SAT SAT 05:30 Dave Podmore's Toughest Test b0612pjc (Listen) SAT It's Ashes time (again) and the world's sleaziest cricketer SAT Dave Podmore is making his literary debut with explosive new SAT memoir DP. But, in doing so, he's putting at risk his SAT budding career as motivational coach for the England women's SAT team. SAT Pod's especially proud of emerging star player Danniii (yes, SAT three i's), until he realises his precious second-hand car SAT lot endorsements have a new competitor who's young enough to SAT still be discovered on the Borrowash roundabout at 3am with SAT her pants on her head. SAT Is Pod's long reign as England's anti-hero finally over? And SAT has he burned his lucrative corporate advertising bridges SAT for good? SAT It's Pod's toughest test yet. SAT Producer: Jon Harvey SAT A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 06:00 Alan Plater - Who's Jimmy Dickenson? b007qzh7 (Listen) SAT The phrase 'Well, goodnight then....' usually indicates the SAT end of an evening, but in this case it signals the start of SAT an evening - and what an evening. SAT A mysterious man insinuates himself into the lives of a SAT suburban couple in Hull. Who is the shady Jimmy Dickenson? SAT Starring Stephanie Turner as Sara, Sam Kelly as Geoff, David SAT Fleeshman as Randolph and Sue Jenkins as Marian. SAT Written by Alan Platter. SAT Directed by Caroline Smith. SAT Recorded in Manchester and first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in SAT 1986. SAT SAT 07:30 Fabulous Flops b01380ck (Listen) SAT More Fabulous Flops, Episode 2 SAT Paul Roseby surveys the musical wreckage of Annie 2, and SAT weeps when Henry VIII finally gets to sing. With Elaine SAT Stritch. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b01gngrj (Listen) SAT Lunch Is for Wimps SAT Remember the lunch hour? You could leave your desk, meet SAT friends in the pub, eat a three course meal, have a SAT lunchtime affair even...That hour was your own: it didn't SAT belong to your employer. No more. Now, one in five people in SAT the UK never eat lunch. Only one in one hundred regularly SAT take a full hour's break. How has such a huge social change SAT happened? Why on earth did we let the lunch hour go so SAT easily? SAT Matthew Sweet draws on archive recordings to explore what we SAT have lost, and what the hidden costs might be. Wall Street's SAT Gordon Gekko once said "lunch is for wimps" - why do we seem SAT to have accepted his conclusion? When Churchill enjoyed SAT several courses, washed down with wine and brandy, at midday SAT in Downing Street it was thought to help, rather than SAT hinder, his leadership of the country. Matthew talks to SAT social historian Juliet Gardiner, and to historian Sir David SAT Cannadine about Churchill's heroic dining. Sociologist SAT Harriet Bradley offers insights into the rise of SAT presenteeism and the impact of recession on our lunch time SAT habits. Writers Tim Parks implores us to take a break for SAT the sake of our health. SAT Matthew goes back to Hull, where he grew up, and remembers SAT ham sandwiches at home with his mum, and factory whistles SAT sounding out around the city, signalling the start of the SAT lunch hour. He meets factory and office workers and asks why SAT have we allowed ourselves to become so overwhelmed with the SAT pressures of the working day that we don't have time to stop SAT for a break? SAT Includes archive recordings from 1937 describing workers SAT flocking to corner houses for lunch, Ernest Bevin urging SAT wartime factory owners to give their workers proper meals SAT and revelations from the 1980s about liquid lunches and SAT office affairs. SAT Produced by Hannah Marshall SAT A Loftus Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 09:00 Pete Firman's World of Magic b061v8x4 (Listen) SAT From Ancient Egypt to the modern day, the act of conjuring SAT has captivated audiences for centuries. It's a world of SAT secrecy and intrigue that deals in incredible acts of wonder SAT and stunning feats of deception. For magician and comedian SAT Pete Firman, it's a world that has enchanted him since he SAT was an 8 year old child watching Paul Daniels on TV. SAT In this compilation Pete makes a pilgrimage to the Magic SAT Circle in London to dig deeper into the history of the art's SAT colourful past. Assisted by president Scott Penrose they SAT trace the roots of modern day illusionism from Harry SAT Houdini, The Maskelynes and Chung Ling Soo through to SAT contemporary kings such as Derren Brown and David Blaine. SAT They also delve into the world of trick inventors, go behind SAT the scenes with theatrical illusionists and get a crash SAT course in performing street magic. SAT From the simplest acts of sleight of hand to high profile SAT stunts, join Pete on a journey through the world of magic SAT that's set to confound and inspire in equal measures. SAT Featuring: SAT * The History Of Magic (BBC Radio 4 - 1997) SAT * Houdini - Great Lives (BBC Radio 4 - 2009) SAT * Box Jumpers (BBC Radio 4 - 2004) SAT * Spoon, Jar, Jar, Spoon - The Two Sides Of Tommy Cooper SAT (BBC Radio 4 - 2009) SAT * The Backstreet Business (BBC Radio 4 - 2008) SAT * Magic In The Theatre - Front Row (BBC Radio 4 - 2010) SAT * Passing The Hat (BBC Radio 4 - 2009) SAT * David Blaine - Steve Wright In The Afternoon (BBC Radio 2 SAT - 2003) SAT * The Science Of Magic - All In The Mind (BBC Radio 2 - SAT 2011) SAT * Derren Brown - Chain Reaction (BBC Radio 4 - 2012) SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by BBC Radio Scotland. SAT SAT 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01j9t01 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 1 SAT Starting their new series, much loved-comedy Eric and Ernie SAT try to work out when they were last on the radio. But in SAT surprise news, their bachelor flat-share is looking under SAT threat. SAT Special singing guests: Peters and Lee. SAT Written by Eddie Braben SAT With Anne Hamilton, Michael Segal and Arthur Tolcher. SAT Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra. SAT Producer: John Browell SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1975. SAT SAT 12:30 Round the Horne b00jjq7v (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 2 SAT Rambling Syd Rumpo sings of gander-boggling, and Kenneth SAT Horne trolls round to Bona Books to let Julian and Sandy SAT varda his new manuscript. SAT With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill SAT Pertwee. SAT Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, SAT London. Announcer: Douglas Smith SAT Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio SAT comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric SAT Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, SAT Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the SAT scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and SAT 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, SAT catchphrases and double-entendres. SAT Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser SAT Hayes Four. SAT Producer: John Simmonds SAT First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966. SAT SAT 13:00 Val McDermid - Dead Clever Omnibus b061vbgq (Listen) SAT Alma Blair probes who offed the Prof at the university. SAT Comedy crime drama starring Julie Hesmondhalgh. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b061vbxk (Listen) SAT Paul Daniels SAT The magician chooses Tauber's 'Girls Were Made to Love and SAT Kiss' and Monty Python's 'Always Look on the Bright Side of SAT Life'. SAT SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b061vc1w (Listen) SAT Ken Russell SAT Film director Ken Russell tells Dr Anthony Clare about his SAT childhood, his early life and his love for the power of the SAT image. SAT Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with SAT prominent people from different walks of life. SAT Born in Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, SAT a master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the SAT Royal College of Psychiatrists. SAT After becoming a regular on BBC Radio 4's Stop the Week in SAT the 1980s, he became Britain's best-known psychiatrist and SAT earned his own vehicle, In the Psychiatrist's Chair. SAT Starting in 1982, this series ran until 2001 and also SAT transferred to TV. SAT Anthony Clare died suddenly in Paris aged 64 in 2007. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1988. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Anthony Clare SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b01gngrj (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Alan Plater - Who's Jimmy Dickenson? b007qzh7 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Fabulous Flops b01380ck (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 OK Computer b01n6sk7 (Listen) SAT A man wakes up in a Berlin hospital with no memory. Returned SAT to Britain, he is suspicious of his former life. A dramatic SAT celebration of Radiohead's album, starring Tom Brooke. SAT SAT 19:00 Pete Firman's World of Magic b061v8x4 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Hardeep at The Stand b01qxvtg (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 2 SAT Join Hardeep Singh Kohli for some hilarious stand-up comedy SAT from a selection of the best comedians working in the world SAT right now. Hardeep at The Stand captures the entire comedy SAT experience, there's backstage revelations, jokes, anecdotes SAT and lots and lots of laughter. SAT In this episode, Jo Caulfield shares her thoughts on moving SAT to Scotland, Steve Gribbin sings a song about Scotland and SAT England's tumultuous relationship, and Mary Bourke tells us SAT what she really thinks about new mums. SAT SAT 22:15 The Problem With Adam Bloom b00gf8pp (Listen) SAT Series 2, Edinburgh SAT The stand-up comedian looks back at the many years he has SAT spent performing in Scotland's capital city. From November SAT 2004. SAT SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive b007yd2k (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 5 SAT Armando makes more topical mischief. With guests Russell SAT Howard, Michael McIntyre and Andy Zaltzman. From September SAT 2007. SAT SAT 23:00 Alan Parker's 59 Minutes of Truth b00yjvx4 (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT The urban warrior's comedy-music mix includes a how-to guide SAT to seeing gigs for free. Stars Simon Munnery. From February SAT 1995. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 12 JULY 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 OK Computer b01n6sk7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Val McDermid - Dead Clever Omnibus b061vbgq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b061vbxk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b061vc1w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b01gngrj (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Alan Plater - Who's Jimmy Dickenson? b007qzh7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Fabulous Flops b01380ck (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 ME Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret b039b7yy (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Omnibus. Robert gets closer to the truth in his quest to SUN uncover Lady Audley's secret, as he finds a vital clue. SUN Stars Alex Wyndham. SUN SUN 07:15 Bad Habits b00ft1tv (Listen) SUN Procrastination SUN Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad SUN habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly SUN affect all of us in our daily working lives. SUN Richard investigates how much time British workers spend on SUN personal emails and what managers do to crack down on it. He SUN also speaks to writer Charlie Brooker, who blames the SUN internet for his tendency to continually put things off. SUN SUN 07:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b0132p8h (Listen) SUN Series 5, Royal Speech Therapist SUN As the royal Speech Therapist, Milton Jones helps a Prince SUN find his voice and a king find his pomegranates. He also SUN starts three wars in one afternoon, and another three a SUN little later on. SUN He's joined in his endeavours by his co-stars Tom SUN Goodman-Hill ("Camelot"), Dave Lamb ("Come Dine With Me") SUN and Lucy Montgomery ("Down The Line"). SUN Milton Jones returns to BBC Radio Four for an amazing 9th SUN series - which means he's been running for longer than SUN Gardeners' Question Time and answered more questions on SUN gardening as well. SUN Britain's funniest Milton and the king of the one-liner SUN returns with a fully-working cast and a shipload of new SUN jokes for a series of daffy comedy adventures SUN Each week, Milton is a complete and utter expert at SUN something - brilliant Mathematician, World-Class Cyclist, SUN Aviator, Championship Jockey... SUN ... and each week, with absolutely no ability or competence, SUN he plunges into a big adventure with utterly funny SUN results... SUN "Milton Jones is one of Britain's best gagsmiths with a SUN flair for creating daft yet perfect one-liners" - The SUN Guardian. SUN "King of the surreal one-liners" - The Times SUN "If you haven't caught up with Jones yet - do so!" - The SUN Daily Mail SUN Written by Milton with James Cary ("Think The Unthinkable", SUN "Miranda"), the man they call "Britain's funniest Milton," SUN returns to the radio with a fully-working cast and a SUN shipload of new jokes. The cast includes regulars Tom SUN Goodman-Hill ( "Spamalot"), Lucy Montgomery ("Down The SUN Line"), Dave Lamb ("Come Dine With Me") and Ben Willbond SUN ("Horrible Histories") SUN David Tyler's radio credits include Armando Iannucci's Charm SUN Offensive, Cabin Pressure, Bigipedia, Another Case Of Milton SUN Jones, Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, Giles Wemmbley SUN Hogg Goes Off, The 99p Challenge, The Castle, The 3rd Degree SUN and even, going back a bit, Radio Active. His TV credits SUN include Paul Merton - The Series, Spitting Image, SUN Absolutely, The Paul & Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's SUN Run, The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon and exec producing Victoria SUN Wood's dinnerladies. SUN Produced & directed by David Tyler SUN A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 08:00 Ray's a Laugh b007jrkl (Listen) SUN From 21/09/1950 SUN Ted and Kitty return from their holidays, and George solves SUN an art theft. Stars Ted Ray and Peter Sellers. From SUN September 1950. SUN SUN 08:30 Whack-O! b061vkh6 (Listen) SUN From 04/07/1961 SUN Sacked over a poetry prize gaff, Professor Jimmy Edwards SUN works hard to get his job back at Chiselbury School. With SUN June Whitfield. SUN Starting life on BBC TV before transferring to radio, SUN Chiselbury School is run "for the sons of gentlefolk". SUN Headmaster, Professor James Edwards, M.A. never misses a SUN trick when it comes to exploiting the students and their SUN parents. Sports pitches are given over to growing SUN vegetables, which the boys nurture for their head to sell. SUN Classes never exceed 95 pupils - 50 if private tuition is SUN paid for at five guineas extra. It's only thanks to the SUN efforts of the devoted deputy head, Mr Pettigrew, that the SUN school exists at all. SUN Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden and adapted for radio SUN by David Climie. SUN Producer: Edward Taylor SUN First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in July 1961. SUN SUN 09:00 Joanna Biggs - All Day Long Omnibus b061xmlm (Listen) SUN Portrait of Britain at work taking in roles from lawyer to SUN care worker, from fishmonger to ballet dancer. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b061xs4z (Listen) SUN Vera Lynn SUN The Second World War forces' sweetheart chooses Nat Travers' SUN 'What Is a Mammy, Daddy?' and her own 'We'll Meet Again'. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b010gjmf (Listen) SUN Children's Writers, Anthony Horowitz SUN 4 Extra Debut. From Benjamin Britten to Billy Joel, writer SUN Anthony Horowitz makes his castaway choices. With Kirsty SUN Young. From December 2006. SUN SUN 11:00 Mystery Theater b061y3z7 (Listen) SUN Rocky Fortune: Frank Sinatra SUN Selected shows from the golden days of American radio in the SUN 1940s and 50s, when many of Hollywood's greatest screen SUN stars were regular performers, often re-enacting film roles. SUN Frank Sinatra portrayed job-seeking drifter Rocky Fortune SUN for NBC for 25 episodes during an album-recording hiatus SUN that ended with the release of the legendary 'Songs for SUN Young Lovers' in 1954. SUN In this episode, as a lowly 'Oyster Shucker', Rocky's taken SUN on at the Fifty Fathoms Clam House. He inadvertently gets SUN involved with a pearl smuggling scam, but will he get the SUN girl - sassy Iris? SUN Cast includes: Jack Nessel, Lynne Allen and Jack Kruschen. SUN Directed by Andrew C Love. SUN Announcer: Eddy King. SUN First broadcast in the USA on NBC (National Broadcasting SUN Company) in 1953. SUN SUN 11:30 Great Lives b00k3zns (Listen) SUN Series 18, Frank Sinatra SUN Broadcaster Colin Murray chooses Francis Albert Sinatra in SUN the biographical series in which Matthew Parris asks his SUN guests to choose someone who's inspired their lives. SUN "Fiercely competitive", "aggressive", "utterly masculine" SUN and "supremely talented". Just some of the words - Matthew SUN Paris says - that might be used to describe one of the SUN greatest entertainers of the 20th century. SUN Colin calls Frank omnipresent. Enchanted by his songs he SUN says: "It's not about the notes you hit for me, it's about SUN the simplicity and the honesty. And for me he had it in SUN bucket loads" SUN New York author and music critic Will Friedwald vividly SUN describes the singer's life history, from his early years to SUN the marriages and through his recording and screen career. SUN Featuring excerpts of many of Sinatra's greatest recordings. SUN Produced by Beth O'Dea SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009. SUN SUN 11:55 Inheritance Tracks b0627p62 (Listen) SUN Paul Anka SUN Songwriter and 60s teen idol Paul Anka chooses two Frank SUN Sinatra songs - 'I've Got You Under My Skin' and his own 'My SUN Way'. SUN SUN 12:00 Ray's a Laugh b007jrkl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Whack-O! b061vkh6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 ME Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret b039b7yy (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 Bad Habits b00ft1tv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Elizabeth and Her German Garden Omnibus b061y4hf (Listen) SUN The joys and frustrations of creating a garden in northern SUN Germany. Elizabeth von Arnim's 1898 semi-autobiographical SUN novel read by Caroline Martin. SUN SUN 15:45 Opening Lines b012r7tf (Listen) SUN Series 13, The Marzipan Husband SUN Sarah Dunnakey's radio debut in the series for emerging SUN short story writers. SUN A charming fable about letting go in which a wife discovers SUN that her husband appears to be turning into marzipan. SUN Read by Melanie Kilburn SUN Produced by Gemma Jenkins SUN Sarah Dunnakey is a quiz question writer and verifier. Her SUN TV and radio credits include Mastermind, University SUN Challenge and Round Britain Quiz. As a short story writer SUN she has been published in Leaf Fiction, bluechrome and Fish SUN Publishing anthologies. SUN Credits SUN Writer: Sarah Dunnakey SUN Reader: Melanie Kilburn SUN Producer: Gemma Jenkins SUN SUN 16:00 Saturday Drama b00tnb15 (Listen) SUN Mike Walker - Spitfire! SUN A moving drama by Mike Walker about the most famous British SUN fighter aircraft in history, first broadcast in September SUN 2010 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. SUN Framed by recollections from veteran SUN Geoffrey Wellum, the drama features specially made SUN recordings of RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight SUN Spitfires, including the only Spitfire still flying today to SUN have fought in the Battle. SUN Inspired by real people and real events, the drama traces RJ SUN Mitchell's design from creation to legend and the fortunes SUN of two young pilots who join a frontline Spitfire squadron SUN just as the Battle of Britain begins. SUN It stars Samuel West, Samuel Barnett, Rory Kinnear and Ruth SUN Wilson. SUN Many factors were important in the Battle, but it was the SUN excellence of the Spitfire which most famously evened the SUN odds in the fight against the Luftwaffe. Mike Walker's drama SUN takes us close to this magnificent aircraft SUN and gives us a feeling of what it was like to fly the SUN legendary plane which became, in test pilot Jeffrey Quill's SUN words, 'a symbol of defiance and victory'. SUN Technical Advisor: Patrick Bishop SUN Original music and sound design: David Chilton SUN Producer/Director: Amber Barnfather SUN A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. SUN Credits SUN Pirate: Rory Kinnear SUN Ted: Joe Coen SUN RJ Mitchell: Samuel West SUN Tony: Samuel Barnett SUN Stanley Baldwin: David Horovitch SUN Air Marshal Dowding: David Troughton SUN Squadron Commander: Stephen Critchlow SUN Newsreel Announcer: Ben Crowe SUN Sammy: Lucas Motion SUN Alice: Abigail Thaw SUN Daphne: Ruth Wilson SUN Writer: Mike Walker SUN Director: Amber Barnfather SUN Producer: Amber Barnfather SUN SUN 17:00 A Wing and a Prayer b05nczjl (Listen) SUN Fighter pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain, all SUN in their 90s, recall the daily reality of the summer of 1940 SUN when they formed the country's last defence against Nazi SUN invasion. Presented by Misha Glenny, their interviews SUN provide matter-of-fact accounts of how flashes of SUN extraordinary bravery interspersed daily routines. SUN Speaking in the twilight of their lives, the interviewees SUN talk with the benefit of a lifetime of reflection on the SUN events of the War. They come across as courageous, but also SUN as bold independent spirits - as they had to be, fighting SUN alone in the sky, frequently defying orders just to survive. SUN The programme is recorded at The Wing, a new heritage SUN memorial centre on the white cliffs above Folkestone, which SUN is officially opened on Thursday 26th March. The new SUN building is constructed in the shape of a Spitfire wing and SUN aims to explain for future generations the airborne battle SUN which dominated the skies 75 years ago. The Wing is not a SUN museum, since it has few exhibits, but it does bring the SUN Battle of Britain to life in a uniquely 21st century style. SUN This programme provides the first public glimpse of what is SUN inside. SUN Producer: Penny Wrout SUN A LandSky production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 17:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b0132p8h (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Vanessa Rosenthal - The Drover's Path b0076q43 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. Based on real-life family history, a chilling SUN ghost story set on a remote Yorkshire sheep farm in 1890. SUN Stars Jeff Hordley. SUN SUN 19:00 Mystery Theater b061y3z7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:30 Great Lives b00k3zns (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today] SUN SUN 19:55 Inheritance Tracks b0627p62 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:55 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Joanna Biggs - All Day Long Omnibus b061xmlm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b061xs4z (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b010gjmf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Another Case of Milton Jones b0132p8h (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Cowards b007d5bl (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 4 SUN Talking fruit meets crosswords in the bizarre world of Tom SUN Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Lloyd Woolf. From SUN May 2007. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b0627mp9 (Listen) SUN From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club SUN has two hours of comedy. Plus Arthur Smith chats again to SUN Simon Greenall. SUN SUN 23:00 Mastering the Universe b00sg6yn (Listen) SUN Series 1, The Joy of Sulks SUN Professor Joy Klamp tours the miserable world of SUN relationships. Stars Dawn French and Christopher Douglas. SUN From November 2005. SUN SUN 23:15 The Shuttleworths b01n6yr5 (Listen) SUN Series 4, Every Cloud Has a Silver Wedding SUN When Joan Chitty calls around unexpectedly, John's silver SUN wedding plans are thwarted. Stars Graham Fellows. From March SUN 2003. SUN SUN 23:30 Inside Alan Francis b00hr4mz (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Comedy series in which comedian Alan Francis explores the SUN workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends SUN and long-suffering girlfriend Jane. SUN Alan has come to the conclusion that he needs to talk to SUN Jane about their relationship. SUN With Julian Dutton, Barnaby Power, Kali Peacock. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 13 JULY 2015 MON MON 00:00 Vanessa Rosenthal - The Drover's Path b0076q43 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 ME Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret b039b7yy (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 Bad Habits b00ft1tv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Elizabeth and Her German Garden Omnibus b061y4hf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Opening Lines b012r7tf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Saturday Drama b00tnb15 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 A Wing and a Prayer b05nczjl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b0132p8h (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b061ycw3 (Listen) MON Gold Medal MON Harry Denning has gone missing and veteran detective Bill MON Galbraith goes down to the river to investigate. MON Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith. With Richard Davies as MON Evans, Garard Green as Finch, Michael Kilgarriff as Chief MON Inspector Collins and Clive Merrison as Tully. MON Written by prize-winning TV producer Robert Barr, who also MON wrote TV scripts for the BBC's Z Cars and Softly Softly. MON Produced by John Browell MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. MON MON 06:30 Target Practice b00rz0k4 (Listen) MON RAF Holbeach is a bombing range on the Lincolnshire Wash MON that is used by British, American and European squadrons for MON training purposes. Protected in part by the military MON presence, the range has a curious atmosphere. Here, a team MON of civilian employees man the targets and look after the MON natural landscape. The targets themselves are a collection MON of old ships, armoured personal carriers and ad hoc MON structures made from scrap material. In the eyes of one MON local artist, Michael Sanders, they look like "accidental MON sculptures", punching out from stark landscape of the Wash. MON Local contractor Norman Parnell takes great pride in MON building and maintaining these structures, despite the fact MON that they are constantly damaged by artillery fire and the MON tide, and Holbeach employee Geoff Smith is as careful to MON check for damage to the electronic scoring system as he is MON in spotting oyster catcher eggs at the targets. MON Those that work at RAF Holbeach maintain a delicate balance MON between protecting the environment and serving the needs of MON the pilots that use the range ahead of deployment. Through MON their eyes, we encounter a unique place where the military MON and natural world meet in surreal and surprising MON circumstances, encouraging us to reflect upon the activity MON of the armed forces on home soil. MON The producer is Katie Burningham. This is a Falling Tree MON production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 07:00 The World As We Know It b00fd7zl (Listen) MON The End MON Housemates Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail discover they MON are the last people left on Earth. Comedy starring Meera MON Syal. From May 1999. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b060zdf1 (Listen) MON Series 72, Episode 8 MON Paul Merton, Alun Cochrane, Susan Calman, & Gyles Brandreth MON join host Nicholas Parsons for another edition of the MON perennially popular panel show. MON Hayley Sterling blows the whistle. MON Produced by Victoria Lloyd. MON A BBC Comedy Production. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Paul Merton MON Panellist: Alun Cochrane MON Panellist: Susan Calman MON Panellist: Gyles Brandreth MON Producer: Victoria Lloyd MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jn4c (Listen) MON Series 2, Branded MON Godfrey is ridiculed when Captain Mainwaring hears he was a MON conscientious objector. MON Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier MON as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John MON Laurie as Private Frazer, Ian Lavender as Private Pike and MON Arnold Ridley as Godfrey. MON Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV MON scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. MON Producer: John Dyas MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1975. MON MON 08:30 Marriage Lines b061ygcr (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 5 MON George and Kate get in a tizzy showing-off baby Helen. MON Richard Briers and Prunella Scales star in their second MON series based on the mutual love and mistrust of a young MON married couple. MON Originating on BBC TV, it was adapted for radio due to its MON popularity by Richard Waring from his own TV scripts. MON A decade later, Richard Briers was starring as Tom Good in MON The Good Life whilst Prunella Scales starred as Sybil in MON Fawlty Towers. They remained friends until Richard Briers' MON death in 2013. MON Producer: Charles Maxwell MON Recorded at the BBC Paris Studio in London. MON First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1967. MON MON 09:00 Genius b008gh65 (Listen) MON Series 1, Paul Daniels MON From the 99p coin to steel drum urinals, Dave Gorman asks MON magician Paul Daniels to select the best loopy idea. From MON October 2005. MON MON 09:30 Sketchorama b061yh01 (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 2 MON Actress and comedian Isy Suttie presents three up-and-coming MON sketch groups from the live UK comedy circuit. MON MON 10:00 The Pallisers b007jwj3 (Listen) MON Episode 11 MON Glencora's daughter Mary falls in love with a man who has MON neither fame nor fortune. Stars David Troughton and Sophie MON Thompson. MON Credits MON Actor: Susan Hampshire MON Actor: Philip Latham MON Actor: Roland Culver MON Actor: John Nettleton MON Actor: Kenneth Benda MON Actor: Gary Watson MON MON 11:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0170czj (Listen) MON The Gifts of War MON Two worlds collide over a mother's birthday present for her MON son. Written in 1970 and read by Julia Ford and Kirsty MON Oswald. MON MON 11:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre b007jqxv (Listen) MON May Belfort MON The Irish singer turned lady of the night. John Peacock's MON play based on Toulouse-Lautrec's characters. Starring Bonnie MON Langford. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jn4c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Marriage Lines b061ygcr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b061ycw3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Target Practice b00rz0k4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01kkr9w (Listen) MON Freya North - Rumours, Episode 1 MON The village rumour mill goes into over-drive when word gets MON out that the cherished Longbridge Hall estate is up for MON sale. MON Freya North's bestseller about daring to love again in a MON special season of readings for the summer. MON Read by Naomi Frederick. MON Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths. MON Produced by Gemma Jenkins. MON Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra. First broadcast in 2012. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y21xf (Listen) MON MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 1 MON M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana MON Ahmad. Following the 1857 Mutiny, Ashton, a young English MON orphan, is disguised by his ayah as her Indian son, Ashok. MON And so - as he forgets his true identity - his destiny is MON set. MON Sita / Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi MON Biju Ram ..... Inam Mirza MON K-Daad ..... Sam Dastor MON Ashok (child) ..... Joseph Samrai MON Anjuli (child) ..... Nishi Malde MON Hira Lal ..... Sagar Arya MON Lalji ..... Nazim Khan MON Daya Ram ..... Kaleem Janjua MON Pelham Martyn ..... Sam Dale MON Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole MON Notes MON M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry MON of love and war that moves from the foothills of the MON Himalayas, to the burning plains, to the besieged British MON Mission in Kabul, filling them with immediacy, meticulous MON historical accuracy, and a rare insight into the human MON heart. MON A story of divided loyalties and fierce friendship; of true MON love made impossible by class and race; a critique of the MON imperialist adventure; and an examination of the cultural MON and spiritual clash between East and West peopled by a MON wonderful cast of characters, The Far Pavilions is the very MON stuff of drama. MON This is the first of twenty episodes spanning the years MON between the Indian Mutiny in 1857 and the Siege of the MON British Mission in Kabul in 1879. MON Credits MON Producer: Jessica Dromgoole MON Producer: Marc Beeby MON MON 14:45 Book of the Week b00t6fj5 (Listen) MON Lynn Schooler - Walking Home, Episode 1 MON Episode One. MON Lynn is exhausted from attempting to self-build a house: a MON project he hopes may help revive his fading marriage. MON In recent times, people he has known have died and his MON closest friend, Luisa, is dying of cancer. He is fifty-one MON years old and concludes that time is short. MON In an attempt to make sense of things, he abandons his MON project and prepares to journey solo into the Alaskan MON wilderness, to try to circumnavigate Mount Fairweather by MON boat and foot. MON Lynn Schooler is the critically acclaimed author of The Blue MON Bear (2003) and The Last Shot (2006). He has lived in Alaska MON for almost forty years, working as a commercial fisherman, MON shipwright, wilderness guide, and an award-winning wildlife MON photographer. MON Reader: Colin Stinton MON Producer: Rosalynd Ward MON A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 The Pallisers b007jwj3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 Genius b008gh65 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b008gdc5 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 2 MON Feeling old and penniless, 1960s flower child Merv decides MON to return to his garden roots. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From MON April 2003. MON MON 17:00 The World As We Know It b00fd7zl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 Just a Minute b060zdf1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00p7r1y (Listen) MON Series 3, Untoward MON Edna is planning a trip to the Primary to find out what MON happened to Tankerton. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with MON Alex Tregear, Al Murray and Kevin Eldon. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075t39 (Listen) MON Sir Christopher Bland and Charlie Higson MON Louise Doughty and her guests former BBC Chairman, Sir MON Christopher Bland and The Fast Show's Charlie Higson discuss MON paperbacks by JM Coetzee, Jim Thompson and George Orwell. MON From 2000. MON Disgrace by JM Coetzee MON Publisher: Vintage MON Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson MON Publisher: Picador MON Animal Farm by George Orwell MON Publisher: Penguin. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jn4c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Marriage Lines b061ygcr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b061ycw3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Target Practice b00rz0k4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0170czj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre b007jqxv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b060zdf1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 Sketchorama b061yh01 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b0612rhv (Listen) MON Series 46, Episode 2 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical MON stand-up and sketches. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Hugh Dennis MON MON 23:30 Pick Ups b00n911g (Listen) MON Series 2, The Angel of Death MON Sitcom by Ian Kershaw, set around a Manchester taxi company. MON Mike ...... Paul Loughran MON Lind ...... Lesley Sharp MON Dave ...... Phil Rowson MON Rebel ..... Parvez Qadir MON Carol-Ann ...... Anne Hornby. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 14 JULY 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00p7r1y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b0075t39 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b061ycw3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Target Practice b00rz0k4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01kkr9w (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00y21xf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Book of the Week b00t6fj5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 The Pallisers b007jwj3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Genius b008gh65 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b008gdc5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The World As We Know It b00fd7zl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Just a Minute b060zdf1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b05z865m (Listen) TUE Aladdin's Cave TUE A gambling club owner appears to be at the centre of Bill TUE Galbraith's latest mystery, but he's protected. TUE Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith. With Richard Davies as TUE Evans, Garard Green as Finch and Robert Gillespie as Doc TUE McDowall. TUE Written by prize-winning TV producer Robert Barr, who also TUE wrote TV scripts for the BBC's Z Cars and Softly Softly. TUE Produced by John Browell TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. TUE TUE 06:30 Drawn to Be Wild b00ft64f (Listen) TUE Jenny Eclair explores the world of outrageous animated TUE ladies and considers why certain creations have upset TUE censors and infuriated moralists over the years. TUE Popular characters such as Betty Boop, Minnie the Minx and TUE Wonder Woman have frequently challenged stereotypes of how TUE 'good girls' should look and behave. Examining today's TUE female comic book heroes, Jenny discovers how far we have TUE come from being offended by Betty Boop's garter. TUE With contributions from comic strip enthusiasts Paul Gravett TUE and Mel Gibson. TUE TUE 07:00 Two Doors Down b0076gzn (Listen) TUE Series 3, Tuned to Moan FM TUE Marlborough Road resident Clare needs a babysitter while she TUE lectures in Sligo. Comedy series stars Frances Tomelty. From TUE September 2003. TUE TUE 07:30 It's Not What You Know b060ztxq (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 2 TUE What was Seann Walsh's worst gig? What was Dane Baptiste's TUE nickname at school? What is Sara Cox's all time favourite TUE food? TUE All these burning questions, and more, will be answered in TUE the show hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested TUE on how well they know their nearest and dearest. TUE In this case, comedians Seann Walsh and Dane Baptiste pick TUE their old school mates, and DJ Sara Cox asks her best friend TUE to answer questions about each other. TUE Producer: Matt Stronge. TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Miles Jupp TUE Panellist: Seann Walsh TUE Panellist: Dane Baptiste TUE Panellist: Sara Cox TUE Producer: Matt Stronge TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b00jnnpm (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 3 TUE Master Spy Kenneth Horne is on the trail of an escaped war TUE criminal in Tel Aviv, and whips his shirt off for Julian and TUE Sandy to get a Bona Tattoo. TUE With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill TUE Pertwee. TUE Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, TUE London. Announcer: Douglas Smith TUE Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio TUE comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric TUE Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, TUE Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the TUE scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and TUE 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, TUE catchphrases and double-entendres. TUE Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser TUE Hayes Four. TUE Producer: John Simmonds TUE First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1966. TUE TUE 08:30 The Burkiss Way b007jsl5 (Listen) TUE Series 5, Write Extremely Long Programme Titles the Burkiss TUE Way TUE It's time to meet the Muppets, with a little help from Chris TUE Emmett, Fred Harris, Jo Kendall and Nigel Rees. From TUE November 1980. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b0612rhv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Romantic Friction b00764dy (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Romance writer Anna's love life is causing problems on the TUE page. Stars Samantha Bond and Hugh Bonneville. From October TUE 2001. TUE TUE 10:00 The Pallisers b007jwj9 (Listen) TUE Episode 12 TUE Lady Glencora's children must choose between duty and love. TUE Will the family be reconciled? Stars Sophie Thompson. TUE Credits TUE Actor: Susan Hampshire TUE Actor: Philip Latham TUE Actor: Roland Culver TUE Actor: John Nettleton TUE Actor: Kenneth Benda TUE Actor: Gary Watson TUE TUE 11:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0170mty (Listen) TUE A Success Story TUE A night out leaves a playwright contemplating relationships TUE and success. Written in 1972 and read by Tracy Wiles. TUE TUE 11:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre b007n1hp (Listen) TUE Footitt and Chocolat TUE A circus double-act is in jeopardy. John Peacock's play TUE based on Toulouse-Lautrec's characters. Starring Clarence TUE Smith. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b00jnnpm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Burkiss Way b007jsl5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b05z865m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Drawn to Be Wild b00ft64f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01kkwqd (Listen) TUE Freya North - Rumours, Episode 2 TUE Stella sees an adversary in a new light while family and TUE friends plan to kick-start her love-life. Read by Naomi TUE Frederick. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y2d7l (Listen) TUE MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 2 TUE M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana TUE Ahmad. Living in the Hawa Mahal palace, Ashok befriends the TUE young princess Anjuli. However, he finds his life is TUE threatened when he becomes embroiled in dark court TUE intrigues. TUE Sita / Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi TUE Biju Ram ..... Inam Mirza TUE K-Daad ..... Sam Dastor TUE Ashok (child) ..... Joseph Samrai TUE Anjuli (child) ..... Nishi Malde TUE Hira Lal ..... Sagar Arya TUE Lalji ..... Nazim Khan TUE Shankar ..... Adeel Akhtar TUE Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Jessica Dromgoole TUE Producer: Marc Beeby TUE TUE 14:45 Book of the Week b00t6fcb (Listen) TUE Lynn Schooler - Walking Home, Episode 2 TUE Four days before starting his solo journey, Lynn's close TUE friend Luisa died. With his heart as dark and heavy as the TUE sea he has taken his small boat, the Wilderness Swift, out TUE into the Gulf of Alaska. TUE The weather channel forecasts very strong winds. Lynn must TUE wrestle with the elements and his own, deep fears as he TUE charts an irrevocable course for Lituya Bay. TUE Lynn Schooler is the critically acclaimed author of The Blue TUE Bear (2003) and The Last Shot (2006). He has lived in Alaska TUE for almost forty years, working as a commercial fisherman, TUE shipwright, wilderness guide, and an award-winning wildlife TUE photographer. TUE Abridged by Jeremy Osborne TUE Reader: Colin Stinton TUE Producer: Rosalynd Ward TUE A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 The Pallisers b007jwj9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Who Goes There? b00766rs (Listen) TUE Series 5, Episode 4 TUE 4 Extra Debut. Martin Young's famous people quiz. With TUE Francis Wheen, Fred Housego, Gyles Brandreth and Antonia TUE Fraser. From March 2002. TUE TUE 16:30 Romantic Friction b00764dy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 Two Doors Down b0076gzn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 It's Not What You Know b060ztxq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pbtv6 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Ungainly TUE Edna faces her childhood possessions and probes London's Low TUE Quality Expedition. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex TUE Tregear and Emma Kennedy. TUE TUE 18:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b00d7h6q (Listen) TUE Maureen Beattie TUE Johnny Beattie's daughter chats to Sally Magnusson about TUE life with the Glaswegian comedian. From September 2006. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b00jnnpm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Burkiss Way b007jsl5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b05z865m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Drawn to Be Wild b00ft64f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0170mty (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre b007n1hp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 It's Not What You Know b060ztxq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 The Boosh b007jmhj (Listen) TUE Tundra TUE Howard and Vince try to find new attractions for the surreal TUE zoo. Stars Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding. From November TUE 2001. TUE TUE 23:00 Delve Special b007jmm8 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Food for Thought TUE Reporter David Lander investigates the worrying impact of a TUE new food additive. Stars Stephen Fry. From September 1986. TUE TUE 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b0630g5y (Listen) TUE From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club TUE has two hours of comedy. Plus Jon Holmes chats to Sarah TUE Callaghan. TUE TUE 23:30 Vent b01dlg0k (Listen) TUE Series 3, Ladies and Gentlemen TUE Comedy series by Nigel Smith about a man in a coma, TUE travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own TUE unconscious mind. TUE Ben makes the ambulance journey home to begin life in a TUE wheelchair. On the way he remembers an argument about TUE cheesecake, invents a panel game and meets Buzz Aldrin. TUE Ben ...... Neil Pearson TUE Mary ...... Fiona Allen TUE Mum ...... Josie Lawrence TUE Blitz ...... Leslie Ash TUE Nurse ...... Jo Martin TUE Derek ...... Stephen Frost TUE Marley ...... Spencer Brown TUE Chairman ...... Robert Webb TUE Buzz ...... Peter Banks TUE Announcer ...... Bruce Alexander TUE Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith TUE Directed by Nigel Smith. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 15 JULY 2015 WED WED 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pbtv6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 Dad Made Me Laugh b00d7h6q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b05z865m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Drawn to Be Wild b00ft64f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01kkwqd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00y2d7l (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Book of the Week b00t6fcb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 The Pallisers b007jwj9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Who Goes There? b00766rs (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Romantic Friction b00764dy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Two Doors Down b0076gzn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 It's Not What You Know b060ztxq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b0622ysh (Listen) WED The Pyramid of Gold WED Bill Galbraith discovers a multi-million pound theft, but WED fears the culprits will get away with it. WED Starring Bernard Hepton as Galbraith. With Richard Davies as WED Evans, Garard Green as Finch, Robert Gillespie as Doc WED McDowall and Matthew Francis as Carson. WED Written by prize-winning TV producer Robert Barr, who also WED wrote TV scripts for the BBC's Z Cars and Softly Softly. WED Produced by John Browell WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977. WED WED 06:30 Penguin, Puffin and the Paperback Revolution WED b00tjrgz (Listen) WED Children's author Michael Morpurgo tells the story of WED Penguin books, which was founded 75 years ago by his WED father-in-law, Allen Lane. The idea for the iconic WED publishing house came when Allen was waiting for a train to WED take him from Exeter back to London. He went into a bookshop WED to look for something to read and all he found were badly WED produced, low quality books with gaudy covers. He realised WED that there was a gap in the market for high quality, well WED designed paperbacks available to everyone at the price of a WED packet of cigarettes. WED Michael grew up in a house that was especially full of WED Penguins and Puffins because his step-father, Jack Morpurgo, WED was one of the editors there. He remembers being intimidated WED as a child when Sir Allen Lane came over for dinner. When WED they met again, Michael was in his late teens and had fallen WED in love with Allen's eldest daughter Clare. They decided to WED get married - something Lane was not overjoyed about. It was WED only seven years later that Allen Lane died of cancer, so WED Michael never really got to know his father-in-law and never WED understood what had motivated him. WED In this programme, he delves into the Penguin archives and WED meets with family members and historians to uncover how WED Allen - who was not a literary man and left school at 16 - WED went on to revolutionise the publishing industry and change WED the way the nation reads. He explores the impact of Puffins, WED launched in 1940, on children's relationships with books and WED he reflects on what Lane felt about the infamous 'Lady WED Chatterley's Lover' trial in 1960. WED He also hears from Penguin authors Nick Hornby and Sue WED Townsend about what it feels like to be part of publishing WED history. WED Producer: Susie Warhurst WED A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 07:00 Winston b007k4b8 (Listen) WED Series 1, A Happy Family WED A manipulative rogue threatens a family's harmony. Peter WED Tinniswood's bawdy comedy starring Bill Wallis. From April WED 1989. WED WED 07:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0610182 (Listen) WED Series 2, Alcohol WED Comedian Simon Evans returns with a new series about the WED economics of some of the goods - or bads - we are addicted WED to. WED If you crave your daily coffee, can't get by without a WED cigarette, feel that mid-afternoon slump without your WED sugar-fix, or can't face an evening without a glass of wine, WED you are definitely not alone. But have you ever thought WED about the economics that has made your addiction possible? WED Who does it profit? And would you want to make some canny WED investments that take advantage of our human weaknesses? WED In this series, Simon Evans looks at the economics, history WED and health issues behind these oh-so-addictive commodities. WED With the help of economics guru, More Or Less host Tim WED Harford and the Queen of investment know-how, Merryn WED Somerset-Webb, Simon walks us around the economics of these WED very familiar commodities and pokes fun at our relationship WED with them. WED Presented by Simon Evans, with regular guests Tim Harford WED and Merryn Somerset-Webb. WED Written by Simon Evans, Benjamin Partridge and Andy Wolton. WED Produced by Claire Jones. WED Credits WED Presenter: Simon Evans WED Interviewed Guest: Tim Harford WED Interviewed Guest: Merryn Somerset Webb WED Writer: Simon Evans WED Writer: Benjamin Partridge WED Writer: Andy Wolton WED Producer: Claire Jones WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b007wwf0 (Listen) WED 50th Show: Mr Murray's Houseboat WED The Commander entrusts Uncle Ebeneezer with his new WED purchase, but disaster isn't faraway. WED The 50th show in the series stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief WED Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, WED Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as Able WED Seaman Johnson and Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey. WED Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS WED Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen WED series between 1959 and 1976 WED Scripted by Lawrie Wyman WED Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1960. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00ckcmh (Listen) WED Series 5, Episode 10 WED Censorship, a ghost story and a depraved dentist. Songs and WED sketches with John Cleese and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From June WED 1967. WED WED 09:00 Counterpoint b06232k1 (Listen) WED 1998, Heat 9 WED Ned Sherrin hosts the music quiz with Michael Spittal of WED London, Damien Clark from Kent and Cheshire's George Robey. WED From March 1998. WED WED 09:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins b007jqnd (Listen) WED June - An Ill Wind WED As a storm descends on the village, the talk is all WED electric. Stars Geoffrey Whitehead and Lisabeth Miles. From WED September 2000. WED WED 10:00 John Buchan - Mr Standfast b00tl07x (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Agent Richard Hannay hunts his nemesis, the head of a First WED World War German spy ring. Stars David Robb and Clive WED Merrison. WED WED 11:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0175j83 (Listen) WED A Voyage to Cythera WED A chance encounter on a train leads a lonely woman to a WED romantic fantasy. Written in 1967 and read by Lucy Akhurst. WED WED 11:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre b007n9px (Listen) WED Casque d'Or WED Paris revolutionaries make a fatal stand. John Peacock's WED play based on Toulouse-Lautrec's characters. Stars Miranda WED Richardson and Nicholas Farrell. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b007wwf0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00ckcmh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b0622ysh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Penguin, Puffin and the Paperback Revolution WED b00tjrgz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01kkyll (Listen) WED Freya North - Rumours, Episode 3 WED Lady Lydia has set her heart on the Tompkins buying WED Longbridge. Xander confides in Stella. Read by Naomi WED Frederick. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y2f2q (Listen) WED MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 3 WED M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana WED Ahmad. Pursued by Janoo Rani's men, Ashok and Sita flee WED Gulkote. But death overtakes them on the road to the WED mountains. WED Narrator / Sita ..... Vineeta Rishi WED Zarin / Rider 2 ..... Christopher Simpson WED Commandant ..... Sam Dale WED Ashok (child) ..... Joseph Samrai WED Anderson ..... Sean Baker WED Munshi ..... Inam Mirza WED Sardar / Rider 1 ..... Adeel Akhtar WED Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. WED Credits WED Producer: Jessica Dromgoole WED Producer: Marc Beeby WED WED 14:45 Book of the Week b00t6fcd (Listen) WED Lynn Schooler - Walking Home, Episode 3 WED Lynn has explored Cenotaph Island and has once more anchored WED the Wilderness Swift in Lituya Bay. He starts exploring the WED remains of a mining trail which cuts into the forest. WED But he soon discovers what had once been a road for men has WED become a bear highway. WED Lynn Schooler is the critically acclaimed author of The Blue WED Bear (2003) and The Last Shot (2006). He has lived in Alaska WED for almost forty years, working as a commercial fisherman, WED shipwright, wilderness guide, and an award-winning wildlife WED photographer. WED Abridged by Jeremy Osborne WED Reader: Colin Stinton WED Producer: Rosalynd Ward WED A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 John Buchan - Mr Standfast b00tl07x (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Counterpoint b06232k1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins b007jqnd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Winston b007k4b8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0610182 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pd7ck (Listen) WED Series 3, Underground WED Edna and Tankerton traverse the Tube to stop someone WED changing the realities. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with WED Alex Tregear, Ben Moor and Al Murray. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076qjx (Listen) WED Animal Lovers WED Matthew Parris, Gerard Baker, Manda Scott and Hugh Thomson WED discuss our relationship with animals. From February 2005. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b007wwf0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00ckcmh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b0622ysh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Penguin, Puffin and the Paperback Revolution WED b00tjrgz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0175j83 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre b007n9px (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0610182 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Cabin Pressure b012llrz (Listen) WED Series 3, Ottery St Mary WED Written by John Finnemore WED This week - Martin is a man with a van, Douglas flies a WED plane with an otter and Carolyn dates a pilot with a problem WED with sheep. And two mysteries are solved - the name of WED Carolyn's dog and the rules of "Yellow Car" WED With special guest Anthony Head WED Cast: WED Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole WED 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam WED Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch WED Arthur Shappey .... John Finnemore WED Capt. Herc Shipwright ..... Anthony Head WED Mrs. Laurel ..... Flip Webster WED Mr Hardy ..... Ewan Bailey WED Produced and directed by David Tyler WED A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:00 Revolting People b00fj2br (Listen) WED Series 2, Even More Trying Times WED Samuel's emporium faces competition from a new WED Super-emporium. 1770 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. WED From January 2001. WED WED 23:25 The Comedy Club Interviews b0630g68 (Listen) WED From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club WED has two hours of comedy. Plus Jon Holmes chats to Sarah WED Callaghan. WED WED 23:30 Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years b0089lxf (Listen) WED Turning 40 WED Dan Freedman and Nick Romero's pun-fest, with a distraught WED Robin Wood turning 40 and The Archers goes sci-fi. From WED August 1998. WED WED THU THURSDAY 16 JULY 2015 THU THU 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pd7ck (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b0076qjx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Robert Barr - Galbraith and the Midas Touch b0622ysh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Penguin, Puffin and the Paperback Revolution THU b00tjrgz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01kkyll (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00y2f2q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Book of the Week b00t6fcd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 John Buchan - Mr Standfast b00tl07x (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Counterpoint b06232k1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 Four Joneses and a Jenkins b007jqnd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Winston b007k4b8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Simon Evans Goes to Market b0610182 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzc (Listen) THU Murder Mansion THU It's 1934 and a New York warehouse is ablaze on the Lower THU East Side. A gang of gun-runners are holed-up until their THU supply of ammo explodes. Tough-nut hero, Secret Agent X-9 THU receives a phone call from wealthy industrialist, Tarleton THU Powers asking for his help. THU Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace THU Powers. With Rachel Power and William Hootkins THU The heroic agent's 4-part adventure was adapted for radio by THU Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip created by Dashiell THU Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by King Features, it THU ran from 1934 to 1996. THU Originally agent X-9 had no name, but opted to call himself THU "Dexter" in the opening tale. THU Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective THU novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while THU cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero THU Flash Gordon. THU Produced by Chris Wallis. THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. THU THU 06:30 Bach Fever! b00pfsln (Listen) THU Exploring the uses and abuses of Bach's music, from the jazz THU Bach craze of the 1960s to the electronic edifice of Wendy THU Carlos' Switched on Bach recordings. It has provided an THU incredible resource for pop invention, jazz improvisation, THU acapella swing, electronic futurism, rock guitar and plain THU kitsch. THU A Brook Lapping production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007jxf5 (Listen) THU Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum THU Bingo Little fancies a waitress. Can Bertie Wooster's valet THU help? PG Wodehouse romp with Richard Briers and Michael THU Hordern. THU THU 07:30 It's a Fair Cop b0612hjl (Listen) THU Series 2, Stop Search THU After a successful first series on Radio 4 and a sold-out THU run at the Edinburgh Festival, policeman turned comic, Alfie THU Moore, returns with the series that forces his audience to THU make the policing decisions as he takes them through a real THU life crime scenario. This week Alfie tackles the tricky THU subject of Stop Search THU Written and performed by Alfie Moore, THU Script Editor ..... Will Ing, THU Producer..... Alison Vernon-Smith. THU Credits THU Performer: Alfie Moore THU Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith THU Writer: Alfie Moore THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b00sf1tm (Listen) THU Series 1, The Musical Evening THU War erupts in the rag and bone yard, when Albert takes THU action over music-loving Harold's gramophone. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. THU Following the conclusion of their hugely successful THU association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan THU Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in THU 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, THU featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and THU his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series THU for TV. THU Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by THU Gale Pedrick. THU Produced by Bobby Jaye THU First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September THU 1966. THU THU 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01jl8hs (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 2 THU Can marriage guidance counsellor Ernie help an angry couple? THU And Eric reckons Ern needs to spruce-up his act - so how THU about writing a musical? THU Special singing guest: Salena Jones. THU Written by Eddie Braben THU With Anne Hamilton, Michael Segal and Arthur Tolcher. THU Music by Dennis Wilson & His Orchestra. THU Producer: John Browell THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1975. THU THU 09:00 Guess What? b0627zhy (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU Animal, vegetable or mineral? Barry Took's revised 20 THU questions. With Geoffrey Durham and Helen Atkinson Wood. THU From April 1998. THU THU 09:30 Radio Active b007jrdn (Listen) THU Series 2, The History of Radio Active THU From the pirate ships to the life of Norman Tonsil, the THU station wallows in nostalgia. With Geoffrey Perkins. From THU August 1982. THU THU 10:00 John Buchan - Mr Standfast b00tlmws (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Agent Richard Hannay hunts the man who threatens both THU Britain and the love of his life. Stars David Robb and Clive THU Merrison. THU THU 11:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0175mgk (Listen) THU Hassan's Tower THU Kenneth reaches a new understanding on his honeymoon in THU foreign parts. Written in 1966 and read by Carl Prekopp. THU THU 11:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre b007ncyz (Listen) THU Aristide Bruant THU The socialist club owner questions his success. John THU Peacock's play based on Toulouse-Lautrec's characters. Stars THU Bernard Hill and Julie Covington. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b00sf1tm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01jl8hs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Bach Fever! b00pfsln (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01kn6z7 (Listen) THU Freya North - Rumours, Episode 4 THU Stella's past threatens to undermine her chance at THU happiness. A garden party marks the end of an era. Read by THU Naomi Frederick. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y2vgc (Listen) THU MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 4 THU M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana THU Ahmad. Having discovered his true identity, Ashok, now THU Ashton, is educated in England - but he yearns to return to THU India. THU Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi THU Ashok/Ashton ..... Blake Ritson THU Gulbaz ..... Kaleem Janjua THU Zarin ..... Chris Simpson THU Anderson ..... Sean Baker THU Belinda ..... Leah Brotherhead THU George ..... Lloyd Thomas THU Mrs Harlowe ..... Christine Kavanagh THU Mrs Viccary ..... Joanna Monro THU Lily ..... Claire Harry THU Uncle Matthew ..... Sam Dale THU Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. THU Credits THU Producer: Jessica Dromgoole THU Producer: Marc Beeby THU THU 14:45 Book of the Week b00t6fcg (Listen) THU Lynn Schooler - Walking Home, Episode 4 THU Lynn has crossed Cape Fairweather, and thirty more miles THU will complete his circumnavigation of Mount Fairweather. In THU the stretch between Grand Plateau Glacier and Yakutat, the THU sight of flocking seabirds leads to a moment of revelation. THU He comes to a decision. But there are dangers ahead before THU he can head for home. THU Lynn Schooler is the critically acclaimed author of The Blue THU Bear (2003) and The Last Shot (2006). He has lived in Alaska THU for almost forty years, working as a commercial fisherman, THU shipwright, wilderness guide, and an award-winning wildlife THU photographer. THU Abridged by Jeremy Osborne THU Reader: Colin Stinton THU Producer: Rosalynd Ward THU A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 John Buchan - Mr Standfast b00tlmws (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Guess What? b0627zhy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 Radio Active b007jrdn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007jxf5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 It's a Fair Cop b0612hjl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pgnql (Listen) THU Series 3, United THU Edna sees a hypnotherapist, as her friends take up the THU worlds-protecting slack. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with THU Alex Tregear, Ben Moor and Duncan Wisbey. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076nnn (Listen) THU Series 5, Vivien Leigh THU 4 Extra Debut. Barrister Christina Gorna chooses THU Oscar-winning actress Vivien Leigh. With Humphrey Carpenter THU and Hugo Vickers. From October 2004. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b00sf1tm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01jl8hs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Bach Fever! b00pfsln (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0175mgk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 John Peacock - Posters of Montmartre b007ncyz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 It's a Fair Cop b0612hjl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Bleak Expectations b00d45vn (Listen) THU Series 2, A Restoration Re-Ruined Only Even Worse THU By Mark Evans THU Volume Two, Chapter the Fourth: a Restoration Re-Ruined Only THU Even Worse. THU This week in the Victorian comic epic Pip finds himself THU heavily in debt when he has to bribe the whole of the House THU of Commons not to hang him. But has he found true love at THU last in the form of wealthy Southern belle Talullah THU Not-A-Man? Or is it some sort of fiendishly subtle plot THU hatched by an evil villain in a frock. THU Sir Philip...........................Richard Johnson THU Mr Benevolent........................Anthony Head THU Young Pip..................................Tom Allen THU Sternbeater...................Geoffrey Whitehead THU Harry Biscuit......................James Bachman THU Ripely Fecund......................Sarah Hadland THU Pippa/Woman............................Susy Kane THU The Bailiff................................Mark Evans THU Produced by Gareth Edwards. THU THU 23:00 The Party Party b007jx3r (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU No one in Microcosm notices that the quiz show Narrator has THU gone missing. Stars Hugh Laurie and Clive Mantle. From June THU 1987. THU THU 23:30 Miranda Hart's Joke Shop b00mk4bz (Listen) THU What a Job! THU The tall, life-embracing shopkeeper tries to prove that she THU can get a proper job. With Patricia Hodge. From August 2008. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 17 JULY 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pgnql (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076nnn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Bach Fever! b00pfsln (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Book at Beachtime b01kn6z7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama b00y2vgc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Book of the Week b00t6fcg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 John Buchan - Mr Standfast b00tlmws (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Guess What? b0627zhy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 Radio Active b007jrdn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007jxf5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 It's a Fair Cop b0612hjl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzt (Listen) FRI Carnage at Sea FRI The 1930s heroic agent takes on the law to pursue his arch FRI enemy in the heart of New York. FRI Stars Stuart Milligan as X-9 and Connie Booth as Grace FRI Powers. With Rachel Power and William Hootkins FRI Adapted for radio by Mark Brisenden, from the comic strip FRI created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond. Syndicated by FRI King Features, it ran from 1934 to 1996. FRI Originally agent X-9 had no name, but opted to call himself FRI "Dexter" in the opening tale. FRI Author Dashiell Hammett is best remembered for his detective FRI novels, The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man, while FRI cartoonist Alex Raymond famously created sci-fi comic hero FRI Flash Gordon. FRI Produced by Chris Wallis. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in January 1994. FRI FRI 06:30 The Keskidee b00k4fv9 (Listen) FRI Oral Historian Alan Dein pieces together the remarkable and FRI pioneering story of the Keskidee, Britain's first arts FRI centre for the black community. Founded in the early 1970's FRI and tucked away in a church hall in the backstreets of FRI Islington, London, it forged new ground for a generation of FRI black British poets, actors, artists and directors. Today a FRI plaque is being unveiled by Islington Council in recognition FRI of the cultural importance of the Keskidee, whose story was FRI first told when this programme was originally broadcast in FRI 2009. FRI Dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson was the educational officer at FRI the Keskidee and Bob Marley shot the music video for 'Is FRI This Love?' there. It had its own drama company, artists in FRI residence and was a hub for African and Afro-Caribbean FRI politics and arts, as well as a creative nursery for FRI home-grown talent. It also catered for the needs of local FRI youth and gave a generation of black teenagers a space of FRI their own. But this massively influential cultural centre FRI also has a fascinating earlier history, when it served as a FRI progressive mission hall with a musical pastor and a FRI legendary silver band. Today the building has reverted to FRI being a religious base, housing an African church and a FRI devout and joyous congregation. Dein joins up the hidden FRI history of Gifford Hall which has played host to three FRI different communities, but which, curiously, have much in FRI common. FRI Producer: Neil McCarthy. FRI Credits FRI Visual Editor: Philip Sellars FRI Presenter: ALAN DEIN FRI FRI 07:00 Little Blighty on the Down b00tx3dp (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 5 FRI When an opera star visits, council leader John shows his FRI true colours. Political satire with John Baddeley. From FRI August 1991. FRI FRI 07:30 Don't Need the Sunshine b061pr48 (Listen) FRI John Osbourne returns to Radio 4 with autobiographical FRI stories from four seasides that hold a special place in his FRI heart. FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007synp (Listen) FRI The Old School Reunion FRI Surprises are in store as the lad heads back for FRI prize-giving day at his old school. Stars Tony Hancock. From FRI January 1957. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b007k4l1 (Listen) FRI Lurgi Strikes Britain FRI Doctor Seagoon is dispatched to tackle a curious contagious FRI epidemic disease. Stars Spike Milligan. From November 1954. FRI FRI 09:00 All the Way From Memphis b00m0mb4 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 1 FRI James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, FRI Tracey MacLeod, Dave Gorman and Mary Anne Hobbs. From May FRI 2006. FRI FRI 09:30 Sneakiepeeks b00pqn27 (Listen) FRI Two of Our Spies Are Missing FRI When Bill meets the most able but least sane assassin, FRI Sharla and Mark must locate them. Stars Nina Conti. From FRI January 2010. FRI FRI 10:00 John Buchan - The Three Hostages b00lgn64 (Listen) FRI I Make the Acquaintance of a Popular Man FRI Some years after his 39 Steps mission, Richard Hannay FRI encounters a global criminal gang. Stars David Robb and FRI Haydn Gwynne. FRI FRI 11:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0176nbj (Listen) FRI Faithful Lovers FRI A return to an old stamping ground, with its echoes of love, FRI sets a wheel in motion again. Written in 1968. Read by Adjoa FRI Andoh. FRI FRI 11:15 Emlyn Williams - The Power of Dawn b00w46rh (Listen) FRI An old lady recalls how Russian writer Leo Tolstoy talked to FRI her about his life on the night he died. Stars Michael FRI Redgrave. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007synp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b007k4l1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 The Keskidee b00k4fv9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Beachtime b01kng10 (Listen) FRI Freya North - Rumours, Episode 5 FRI Lady Lydia reveals the true reason behind why she's selling FRI Longbridge, and Stella has a brainwave. Read by Naomi FRI Frederick. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b00y2x5k (Listen) FRI MM Kaye - The Far Pavilions, Episode 5 FRI M M Kaye's epic of love and war, dramatised by Rukhsana FRI Ahmad. Ash takes up his post with the Guides in Mardan, but FRI his relationship with Belinda is increasingly troubled. FRI Narrator ..... Vineeta Rishi FRI Ash ..... Blake Ritson FRI Gulbaz ..... Kaleem Janjua FRI Zarin ..... Chris Simpson FRI Colonel ..... Sam Dale FRI Khoda-Daad ..... Sam Dastor FRI Battye ..... Jude Akuwudike FRI Belinda ..... Leah Brotherhead FRI George ..... Lloyd Thomas FRI Mrs Harlowe ..... Christine Kavanagh FRI Major Harlowe ..... Sean Baker FRI Directed by Marc Beeby and Jessica Dromgoole. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Jessica Dromgoole FRI Producer: Marc Beeby FRI FRI 14:45 Book of the Week b00t6fcj (Listen) FRI Lynn Schooler - Walking Home, Episode 5 FRI To have any hope of reaching the Wilderness Swift to sail FRI back to Juneau, Lynn must first outrun or outwit the grizzly FRI bear on his trail. But this bear is like no other he has FRI seen. And it is circling him. FRI With his back to the surf, and armed only with a FRI pepper-spray, Lynn is running quickly out of options. FRI Lynn Schooler is the critically acclaimed author of The Blue FRI Bear (2003) and The Last Shot (2006). He has lived in Alaska FRI for almost forty years, working as a commercial fisherman, FRI shipwright, wilderness guide, and an award-winning wildlife FRI photographer. FRI Abridged by Jeremy Osborne FRI Reader: Colin Stinton. FRI Producer: Rosalynd Ward FRI A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 John Buchan - The Three Hostages b00lgn64 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 All the Way From Memphis b00m0mb4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 Sneakiepeeks b00pqn27 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Little Blighty on the Down b00tx3dp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 Don't Need the Sunshine b061pr48 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone b00pkvk9 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Unending FRI Notting Hill's Carnival sees the potential end of the worlds FRI and new weirdness. Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga with Alex FRI Tregear. FRI FRI 18:30 Fry's English Delight b00tgd1b (Listen) FRI Series 3, Accentuate the Negative FRI Contradiction is an addiction - from philosophical dialectic FRI to the verification of scientific and mathematical FRI hypotheses, and from religious controversy to traditional FRI pantomime exchanges with the audience. Oh No It Isn't, you FRI may think. Oh, yes, it very much is. FRI Stephen Fry examines various aspects of the subject with FRI language expert Professor David Crystal, theologian Melissa FRI Raphael-Levine, philosopher Anthony Grayling, and Oliver FRI Double, who has made a special study of comedy double-acts, FRI and will reveal just how vital contradiction is not only for FRI cross-patter partners but for the whole of comedy. FRI We learn about the Square of Opposition and about how there FRI is more than one way to be wrong. We find out just how the FRI law of double negatives work, and how beguiling and FRI sometimes surprising the oxymoron can be - that little FRI combination of a couple of words that cancel each other out FRI in some way. Well, it's only common sense, isn't it? FRI We also hear how those who claim to spot contradictions in FRI the Bible, or the Talmud, or the Koran are essentially FRI misguided, and we hear about a current development in FRI English that threatens to change one of the things that has FRI so far made the language different to French or German. FRI All of that, together with a lesson in when "No" does not FRI necessarily mean no - and when "Yes" doesn't really mean FRI yes, either. FRI Producer: Ian Gardhouse FRI ATestbed production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Nick Baker FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007synp (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b007k4l1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Dashiell Hammett - Secret Agent X-9 b007jpzt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 The Keskidee b00k4fv9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Five Stories by Margaret Drabble b0176nbj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Emlyn Williams - The Power of Dawn b00w46rh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Don't Need the Sunshine b061pr48 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Absolute Power b007jqw0 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 1 FRI Spin doctors Prentiss and McCabe are skint. Mark Tavener's FRI political comedy with Stephen Fry and John Bird. From FRI January 2000. FRI FRI 23:00 The Consultants b0628g9r (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 5 FRI Two travellers stumble upon a very unusual pub quiz. Neil FRI Edmond and James Rawlings' cerebral sketches. From November FRI 2005. FRI FRI 23:30 Down the Line b00zshns (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 3 FRI The return of the ground-breaking Radio 4 show, hosted by FRI the legendary Gary Bellamy; brought to you by the creators FRI of The Fast Show. FRI Down the Line stars Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy, with Simon FRI Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul FRI Whitehouse, FRI Special guests are Lee Mack, Adil Ray and Fiona Whitehouse. FRI Producers: Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson. FRI Credits FRI Gary Bellamy: Rhys Thomas FRI Actor: Simon Day FRI Actor: Felix Dexter FRI Actor: Charlie Higson FRI Actor: Lucy Montgomery FRI Actor: Paul Whitehouse FRI Actor: Lee Mack FRI Actor: Adil Ray FRI Actor: Fiona Whitehouse FRI Producer: Paul Whitehouse FRI Producer: Charlie Higson FRI
10 July, 2015
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 11/07/2015 - 17/07/2015
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