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SAT SATURDAY 29 AUGUST 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 Haunted b01qlg49 (Listen) SAT The Judge's House SAT By Bram Stoker. Malcolm Malcolmson discovers the truth of SAT the 'absurd prejudices' which have accrued around an empty SAT property. Stars Nigel Havers. SAT SAT 00:30 Soul Music b0075z8x (Listen) SAT Series 1, Elgar's Cello Concerto SAT 4 Extra Debut. Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, Michael Kennedy SAT and Tim Dinsley reflect on the special impact of Elgar's SAT piece of music. From November 2000. SAT SAT 01:00 Dick Francis b011qm8r (Listen) SAT Whip Hand, Episode 5 SAT Sid Halley believes he knows the truth behind the doping and SAT phoney racing syndicates, but dare he reveal it? Stars Mick SAT Ford. SAT Stars Mick Ford as Sid Halley, Patricia Gallimore as SAT Rosemary Caspar, Kim Durham as Chico Barnes, Philip Molloy SAT as Rammileese and Alan Devereux as George Casper. SAT Dramatised by Alan England SAT Producer: Philip Martin SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. SAT SAT 01:30 It's My Story b00scvqh (Listen) SAT The Girl in the Picture SAT Kim Phuc, subject of an iconic picture from the Vietnam War, SAT tells her story as she's reunited with the ITN reporter who SAT helped save her life 38 years ago. SAT The image of a nine year old girl screaming as she ran naked SAT down a road in Trang Bang after suffering extreme burns in a SAT Napalm chemical attack became one of the most famous SAT photographs of the Vietnam War. But what happened to the SAT 'Girl in the Picture'? SAT In an emotional meeting, former ITN reporter Christopher SAT Wain - who helped to save her life that day - is reunited SAT with Kim for the first time in 38 years. SAT They recall the events of June 8th 1972 and Kim hears for SAT the first time the lengths to which Chris went to get her SAT life-saving treatment. SAT She tells how Nick Ut's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph SAT has helped and haunted her in equal measure. She explains SAT how she was recruited as a 'symbol of war' before finally SAT escaping Government control by fleeing to Canada. SAT She managed to live a normal life for a while but was SAT discovered by the press again in the 1990s. She soon SAT realised she had to take control of the photograph and SAT decided to use her fame to help others by establishing a SAT charity for child victims of war called 'The Kim Phuc SAT Foundation'. SAT The burns Kim suffered in 1972 left her scarred for life and SAT still take their toll on her body. She's in constant pain SAT and has to take regular breaks. But it doesn't stop her SAT living a busy life. SAT As part of the programme, Kim also meets Ali Abbas, who lost SAT both his arms and sixteen members of his family in the Iraq SAT War. The pair share their experiences and Kim offers him SAT advice on living a normal life and finding a way to forgive. SAT The programme is presented by Christopher Wain. SAT Producer: Ashley Byrne. SAT A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 02:00 Henry Williamson - Tarka the Otter b007jvch (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT As the otter basks in the sunshine, a pack of hounds catch SAT his scent, sparking a great chase. Concluded by Nicholas SAT Farrell. SAT SAT 02:15 Technicolour b01q97lj (Listen) SAT Selling Colour SAT 5/5: Selling Colour SAT Emerald may be the new black for 2013, but the process by SAT which designers select next season's colours is a story that SAT goes back to World War I. Tracey Logan finds out why a naval SAT blockade, cutting Paris fashion houses off from the rest of SAT the world, created today's colour forecasting industry. SAT Nowadays, retailers have tight controls over the colours SAT they choose and how they are produced. Tracey visits Marks & SAT Spencer to find out how digital technology ensures they SAT manufacture exactly the same shade of green across different SAT fabrics, from your woollen coat to leather shoes. SAT Producer: Michelle Martin. SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011d7g1 (Listen) SAT Colin Douglas - The Gap, Episode 5 SAT A drama about an Edinburgh family breaking up during their SAT daughter's gap year SAT by Colin Douglas. SAT Heather's left school with flying colours. She's off to SAT Ghana for a gap year and then to Oxford. Her brother Fraser SAT is going into second year at Cambridge studying medicine. SAT But just before Heather leaves home her parents, James, a SAT surgeon, and Pippa, a professor of economics have some SAT shocking news - they're splitting up. Suddenly everything's SAT changing for Heather. SAT As her gap year in Ghana ends, Heather is having second SAT thoughts about going to Oxford, but how can she tell her SAT parents? SAT Cast: SAT Heather...........................Kirsty McKay SAT James.............................Paul Young SAT Pippa.............................Isabella Jarrett SAT Fraser............................Keith McLeish SAT Janice............................Lesley Mackie SAT Dawn..............................Lucy Paterson SAT Hector............................Alasdair McCrone SAT Directed by David Ian Neville SAT Colin Douglas is an award-winning radio & TV writer and SAT novelist with a distinctive voice. His plays for Radio 4 SAT have included: The Life Class; Dress Up And Sing; Moving On SAT & Taking The Waters (all written with Harry Quinn); and SAT Better To Break Your Neck; Today We'll Finish Keats; Smart SAT Boy Wanted; and the series, Safe In Our Hands. He's the SAT author of nine novels including, The Houseman's Tale which SAT he also dramatised as a series for BBC TV. SAT SAT 02:45 Diana Souhami - Coconut Chaos b00xn8r0 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Leaving Pitcairn Island aboard a catamaran, a huge storm SAT threatens the lives of Diana and Lady Myre. Concluded by SAT Eleanor Bron. SAT SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05xqg4p (Listen) SAT 8-12 June 1915 SAT Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War SAT Britain a hundred years ago this week. SAT Written by Shaun McKenna SAT Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz SAT Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews SAT Music: Matthew Strachan SAT Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. SAT Credits SAT Juliet Cavendish: Lizzie Bourne SAT Mrs Edkins: Rachel Davies SAT Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw SAT Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn SAT Muriel Grainger: Hannah Tointon SAT Ivy Layton: Leah Brotherhead SAT Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf SAT Josiah King: Daniel Kendrick SAT Esme Macknade: Katie Angelou SAT Maggie Macknade: Hollie Thoupos SAT Mickey Macknade: Reece Buttery SAT Jessie Moore: Lucy Hutchinson SAT Hilary Pearce: Craige Els SAT Beau Tilley: Stephen Critchlow SAT Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman SAT Adam Wilson: Leo Montague SAT Albert Wilson: Harry Myers SAT Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook SAT Ralph Winwood: Nicholas Murchie SAT Peggy Jeffery: Jane Slavin SAT Flora Jeffery: Jessica Turner SAT Dolly Clout: Elaine Claxton SAT Private Stanton: Nathan Nolan SAT Private Ross: Owen Clark SAT Attendant: Mark Edel-Hunt SAT Writer: Shaun McKenna SAT Director: Jessica Dromgoole SAT SAT 04:00 The 99p Challenge b007jx6w (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 1 SAT Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, SAT Armando Iannucci, Peter Serafinowicz and Bill Bailey. From SAT July 2001. SAT SAT 04:30 Boogie Up the River b007jzcw (Listen) SAT I'll See You at the Source SAT As their Thames quest climaxes, Jennifer attempts to drink SAT Sam under the table. Stars Timothy Spall. From January 1993. SAT SAT 05:00 Rent b0675byd (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 6 SAT Richard, Maria and Paul's wishes come true, but the same SAT can't be said for poor Ruby. Stars Toby Longworth. From July SAT 1998. SAT SAT 05:30 Wordaholics b01dhhps (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 5 SAT Gyles Brandreth hosts a comedy panel show in which guests SAT are challenged to display their knowledge of words and SAT language. In this edition he is joined by Jack Whitehall, SAT Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes and Countdown's Susie Dent. SAT This week's letter of the week is P which really packs a SAT punch. SAT We learn why Susie Dent's favourite word is 'blurb', we find SAT out what a Chicago Piano was and we listen as Jack Whitehall SAT struggles to reduce to a tweet a particularly fruity passage SAT from his father's autobiography. SAT Writers: James Kettle and Jon Hunter. SAT Producer: Claire Jones. SAT SAT 06:00 Grant Eustace - Absolute Discretion b067wz55 (Listen) SAT 2nd October 1873: Chemistry student Arthur Vernet travels to SAT Dorset to investigate a mystery around the home of the Earl SAT of Warminster and his family. SAT Starring Ben Daniels as Arthur Vernet, Brett Usher as the SAT Earl of Warminster, Jane Slavin as Alice Selwood, Maxine SAT Audley as Lady Edith Gratton and Elizabeth Kelly as Lady SAT Maude Gratton. SAT Directed in Bristol by Alec Reid. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. SAT SAT 07:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01r9t6w (Listen) SAT The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back, Episode 5 SAT Michael Bentine remembers riding the rapids, a trick by SAT Alfred Hitchcock and tales of the Secret Service. From SAT November 1994. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00l953t (Listen) SAT An Unofficial Iris SAT Bidisha listens to archive interviews and dramatisations to SAT revisit the life and work of novelist Iris Murdoch. SAT Debate about Murdoch has continued since her death in 1999. SAT Her legacy as a writer has been overshadowed by the SAT publication of her husband John Bayley's memoir about her SAT decline into Alzheimer's disease and the subsequent film SAT adaptation, starring Judi Dench and Kate Winslet, and SAT directed by Richard Eyre. SAT Bidisha listens to archive conversations between Murdoch and SAT writers AN Wilson, AS Byatt and Susan Hill, and discovers a SAT renaissance of interest in the writer as her emphasis on SAT morality and goodness in a godless world seems to resonate SAT today. SAT SAT 09:00 Comedy Controller b007jw11 (Listen) SAT Eric Sykes SAT Comedian and writer Eric Sykes takes control and picks some SAT of his favourite BBC radio comedies: SAT * The Goons: 'Phantom Batter Pudding Hurler' SAT Constable Neddie Seagoon sets out to apprehend Minnie and SAT Henry's Sussex assailant. Stars Spike Milligan, Peter SAT Sellers and Harry Secombe. From 12/10/1954. SAT * The Al Read Show SAT A look at the fire brigade and the morning after the night SAT before - a collection of the Northern comic's 1950s SAT monologues. SAT * Round the Horne: Series 4 (6/16) SAT Kenneth Horne is in for a shock from sneaky Kenneth Williams SAT - and bona gifts galore from Julian and Sandy. From SAT 31/03/1968 SAT * The Ken Dodd Show SAT Nude photography and a Scottish monster are on Doddy's SAT chuckles menu. With John Laurie and Patricia Hayes. From SAT 19/07/1964 SAT * Variety Bandbox SAT With Frankie Howerd, William Ternent, Jerry Allen, Barbara SAT Leigh, Peter Sellers, Bill Kerr and Philip Slessor. From SAT 22/01/1950 SAT * Take It from Here SAT The fall and rise of a Punch & Judy show - and in 'The SAT Glums' Ron and Eth are planning their honeymoon. Stars Jimmy SAT Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield. From 19/02/1959. SAT Eric Sykes: Born - 4th May 1923. Died - 4th July 2012 SAT Producer: Mik Wilkojc SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2005. SAT SAT 12:00 Dad's Army b007jnqc (Listen) SAT Series 2, Mum's Army SAT When Captain Mainwaring decides to open up his Home Guard SAT unit to women, Mrs Gray catches his eye. SAT Starring Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier SAT as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Corporal Jones, John SAT Laurie as Private Frazer, Ian Lavender as Private Pike, SAT Arnold Ridley as Godfrey, Mollie Sugden as Mrs. Fox and SAT Carmen Silvera as Fiona Gray. SAT Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV SAT scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. SAT Producer: John Dyas SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1975. SAT SAT 12:30 The Navy Lark b0081k4q (Listen) SAT The Efficiency Expert SAT Another collision convinces Captain Povey that the Admiralty SAT must sort out HMS Troutbridge. SAT Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie SAT Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number SAT One, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson/ /Lieutenant SAT Commander Stanton, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey and SAT Heather Chasen as Ramona Povey. SAT Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS SAT Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen SAT series between 1959 and 1976. SAT Scripted by Lawrie Wyman SAT Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. SAT First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1961. SAT SAT 13:00 Iris Murdoch - A Severed Head Omnibus b067wz5c (Listen) SAT A group of over-cultivated characters attempt to behave in a SAT civilised manner as they swap partners. Stars Julian SAT Rhind-Tutt. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b067wz5f (Listen) SAT Alexander McCall Smith SAT Author Alexander McCall Smith chooses 'We'll Meet Again' by SAT Vera Lynn and Terzettino 'Soave sia il vento' from Cosi Fan SAT Tutte. SAT SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0075nkn (Listen) SAT Mel Calman SAT Cartoonist, writer and gallery owner Mel Calman talks to SAT Professor Anthony Clare about the influences on his life. SAT Psychiatrist Dr Anthony Clare's in depth interviews with SAT prominent people from different walks of life. Born in SAT Dublin, author Anthony held a doctorate in medicine, a SAT master's degree in philosophy and was a fellow of the Royal SAT 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 1991. SAT SAT 14:55 In a Nutshell b00sj9r3 (Listen) SAT The Back Page SAT Leonard Rossiter reads Barry Pilton's collated cogitations. SAT A disastrous foray into journalism is recounted in SAT embarrassment. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00l953t (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Grant Eustace - Absolute Discretion b067wz55 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01r9t6w (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 Colin Swash - Paradise Lost in Space b007jnx2 (Listen) SAT Episode 4 SAT The dangers of tennis for the Oblivions are now clear, but SAT what could possibly go wrong with martinis? Stars Michael SAT Troughton and Tony Robinson. SAT SAT 18:30 Atomic Tales b007qw7l (Listen) SAT Land of Plenty SAT Tinned food lets man live on Mars, until the can openers SAT fail. 1950s American sci-fi spoof with John Guerrasio. From SAT March 2006. SAT SAT 19:00 Comedy Controller b007jw11 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe SAT b067wz5m (Listen) SAT 2015, Episode 4 SAT Arthur Smith is at the biggest arts festival in Europe with SAT news, reviews and much more, from the Edinburgh Fringe and SAT beyond. SAT SAT 22:05 4 Extra Stands Up with Fred MacAulay b067wz5t (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT Host Fred MacAulay introduces more of the best of 2015's SAT comedy Fringe festival in Edinburgh: SAT The fabulous Tom Allen, a very rare stand up appearance from SAT Terry Alderton, Funmbi Omotayo, Ashley Storrie, Jay SAT Lafferty, Susie McCabe, Julia Sutherland, Jena Friedman and SAT The Johns and Lach! SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Dabster Productions. SAT SAT 23:05 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe SAT b067wz5w (Listen) SAT 2015, Episode 5 SAT Arthur Smith is at the biggest arts festival in Europe with SAT news, reviews and much more, from the Edinburgh Fringe and SAT beyond. SAT SAT 23:10 Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax b03zx9pg (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT The Scottish surrealist discovers ancient Egyptian music and SAT what the Dutch think of British pubs. From August 1991. SAT SAT 23:25 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe SAT b067wz60 (Listen) SAT 2015, Episode 6 SAT Arthur Smith is at the biggest arts festival in Europe with SAT news, reviews and much more, from the Edinburgh Fringe and SAT beyond. SAT SAT 23:30 Chain Reaction b00tdx5w (Listen) SAT Series 6, Lee Mack interviews Ade Edmondson SAT The new series of the tag team talk show continues as last SAT week's guest, one of the UK's most celebrated and current SAT comics Lee Mack, writer and star of BBC1's "Not Going Out" SAT takes the microphone to interview alternative comedy legend, SAT writer and star of "The Young Ones" and "Bottom", Ade SAT Edmondson. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 30 AUGUST 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Colin Swash - Paradise Lost in Space b007jnx2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Atomic Tales b007qw7l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Iris Murdoch - A Severed Head Omnibus b067wz5c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b067wz5f (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0075nkn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:55 In a Nutshell b00sj9r3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:55 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b00l953t (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Grant Eustace - Absolute Discretion b067wz55 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01r9t6w (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Colin Douglas - The Gap Omnibus b06816w0 (Listen) SUN Just as Heather is about to embark on a gap year in Africa, SUN her mother has shocking news for the family. Stars Kirsty SUN McKay. SUN SUN 07:15 In Drovers' Boots b0681px0 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Huw Williams stops at Caldey Island to meet a monk as he SUN follows in the footsteps of 17th-century cattle herders. SUN From June 2004. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f6p8q (Listen) SUN Series 5, The Great Escape SUN Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. SUN Ed finds himself in gainful employment writing for a local SUN lifestyle magazine when everyone at the agency goes on SUN holiday. There may even be a romantic holiday on the horizon SUN for him. SUN Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas SUN Olive ...... Stephanie Cole SUN Carol ...... Rebecca Front SUN Aussie ...... Lewis MacLeod SUN Pearl ...... Rita May SUN Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy SUN Check-in woman ...... Nicola Sanderson SUN Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead. SUN SUN 08:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b00glrvd (Listen) SUN From 22/03/1971 SUN A struggling vicar, a Welsh birthday card poet and a SUN perplexed psychoanalyst. SUN A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker. SUN With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates. Pianist: Gordon SUN Langford. SUN Written by Chris Allen, David Climie, Allan Scott and Chris SUN Bryant, and Gerald Wiley. SUN Producer John Fawcett-Wilson SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1971. SUN SUN 08:30 Whack-O! b068223l (Listen) SUN From 29/08/1961 SUN Professor Jimmy Edwards has to act quickly to save the SUN school prize-giving day. With Joan Sanderson. 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 August 1961. SUN SUN 09:00 Michael Peppiatt - Francis Bacon in Your Blood: SUN Omnibus b06822jr (Listen) SUN Adrian Scarborough reads Michael Peppiatt's intimate and SUN indiscreet account of his 30-year friendship with Francis SUN Bacon. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b06822nn (Listen) SUN Alex Jennings SUN Actor Alex Jennings chooses 'Bring me Sunshine' by Morecambe SUN and Wise and 'It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night' by Prince. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b06822yh (Listen) SUN Eric Sykes SUN Eddie Izzard introduces the music and memories from the SUN comedian's second spell as a castaway. With Sue Lawley. From SUN June 1997. SUN SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour b068233b (Listen) SUN Series 2, Getting Organised 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 the inner architecture of living SUN systems, from ant colonies to corporations and social SUN movements. SUN With Deborah Gordon, Caitria and Morgan O'Neill, Zeynep SUN Tufekci, Ricardo Semler and Bruce Feiler. SUN First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio. SUN SUN 11:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00pfkw3 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Giant Birds SUN The famous naturalist muses on the largest known egg laid by SUN a giant bird on Madagascar, an island off Africa's eastern SUN coast. SUN SUN 12:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b00glrvd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Whack-O! b068223l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Colin Douglas - The Gap Omnibus b06816w0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 In Drovers' Boots b0681px0 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Simon Mawer - Tightrope b06823hw (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Sam visits 80-year-old Marian Sutro and begins recording the SUN story of her life in espionage. Read by Peter Firth. SUN SUN 15:45 Katherine Mansfield - Sun and Moon b0682gsj (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. The young offspring of a wealthy family SUN witness the transformation of their house for a grand SUN gathering. Read by Lin Sagovsky. SUN SUN 16:00 Ronnie Smith - The Flight of Eric Strapp b00753x0 (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. Eric Strapp is on the run, but he is innocent SUN of any crime. SUN Ronnie Smith's poignant comedy with music. SUN Starring George Cole as Eric Strapp, Stratford Johns as SUN Bottles Doone, Iwan Thomas as Bosher Doone and Tracy-Ann SUN Oberman as Doris Plank. SUN Director: Enyd Williams SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. SUN SUN 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f6p8q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow SUN b007wvk4 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Ichabod Crane sets out to win the heart of Katrina Van SUN Tassel. Martin Jarvis reads Washington Irving's supernatural SUN classic. SUN SUN 18:30 The Darker Side of the Border b00cft28 (Listen) SUN Olalla SUN By Robert Louis Stevenson. A convalescing Scottish soldier SUN finds love in a sinister Spanish house during the Peninsular SUN War. Stars Paul Blair. SUN SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour b068233b (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00pfkw3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Michael Peppiatt - Francis Bacon in Your Blood: SUN Omnibus b06822jr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b06822nn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b06822yh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b00f6p8q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe SUN b0682h68 (Listen) SUN 2015, Episode 7 SUN Arthur Smith is at the biggest arts festival in Europe with SUN news, reviews and much more, from the Edinburgh Fringe and SUN beyond. SUN SUN 22:35 Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax b040hrx4 (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN The Scottish humorist samples the archives and also enjoys SUN some Marabut music and a jolly Japanese ditty. From August SUN 1991. SUN SUN 22:50 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe SUN b0684qlb (Listen) SUN 2015, Episode 8 SUN Arthur Smith is at the biggest arts festival in Europe with SUN news, reviews and much more, from the Edinburgh Fringe and SUN beyond. SUN SUN 22:55 Mark Steel's in Town b018gpdn (Listen) SUN Series 3, Douglas (Isle of Man) SUN In this third series comedian Mark Steel visits 6 more UK SUN towns to discover what makes them and their inhabitants SUN distinctive. SUN He creates a bespoke stand-up show for that town and SUN performs the show in front of a local audience. SUN As well as shedding light on the less visited areas of SUN Britain, Mark uncovers stories and experiences that resonate SUN with us all as we recognise the quirkiness of the British SUN way of life and the rich tapestry of remarkable events and SUN people who have shaped where we live. SUN During the series 'Mark Steel's In Town' Mark will visit SUN Berwick-Upon Tweed, Holyhead, Basingstoke, Douglas (Isle of SUN Man), Bungay and Wigan. SUN Episode 4 - In this episode Mark performs a show for the SUN residents of Douglas on the Isle of Man, to discuss space SUN travel, fairy bridges and the mystery - or otherwise - of SUN Gef the Talking Mongoose. SUN Written by Mark Steel with additional material by Pete SUN Sinclair. SUN Produced by Sam Bryant. SUN SUN 23:25 The Comedy Club at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe SUN b0684qld (Listen) SUN 2015, Episode 9 SUN Arthur Smith is at the biggest arts festival in Europe with SUN news, reviews and much more, from the Edinburgh Fringe and SUN beyond. SUN SUN 23:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea b007706g (Listen) SUN Series 3, Look Who's Stalking SUN Mrs Naughtie is being pursued. Could the Laird possibly be SUN to blame? Stars Barry Cryer, with Jeremy Hardy. From SUN September 2006. SUN SUN 23:45 2000 Years of Radio b00769lz (Listen) SUN Series 2, Radio Mustard SUN 4 Extra Debut. The horror, carnage and laughter that was the SUN First World War. Recreation of wireless archives with Claire SUN Downes. From September 2002. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 31 AUGUST 2015 MON MON 00:00 Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow MON b007wvk4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 The Darker Side of the Border b00cft28 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Colin Douglas - The Gap Omnibus b06816w0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 In Drovers' Boots b0681px0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Simon Mawer - Tightrope b06823hw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Katherine Mansfield - Sun and Moon b0682gsj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Ronnie Smith - The Flight of Eric Strapp b00753x0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f6p8q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Poirot b0684x8t (Listen) MON The Adventure of the Clapham Cook MON Hercule Poirot (formerly chief of the Belgian force, now MON private detective) would have preferred to spend the day MON attending to affairs of importance, trimming his moustache, MON applying pomade. But suddenly the case of a missing domestic MON fired the little man's imagination. MON Taken from Poirot's Early Cases by Agatha Christie. Read by MON Nigel Stock MON Producer Barbara Crowther MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1974. MON MON 06:30 Close Up: Agatha Christie b06850m3 (Listen) MON Profile of the prolific 'Queen of Crime' Agatha Christie MON featuring the writer herself. MON Friends and associates helping to tell the story of the MON author and playwright are Lord Richard Attenborough, Sir MON Allen Lane, Margaret Lockwood, Peter Saunders, Francis L MON Sullivan and Sir Mortimer Wheeler. MON Narrator: John Webster MON Written by Gale Pedrick MON Producer: Thurstan Holland MON First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1955. MON MON 07:00 The Right Time b009z658 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 2 MON Wearing beige and bailiffs. Sketch comedy for people growing MON older disgracefully. Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden and MON Neil Innes. From April 2002. MON MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b066vcn6 (Listen) MON Series 15, Episode 1 MON David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians MON are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another MON to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past MON their opponents. MON Lloyd Langford, Henning Wehn, Sara Pascoe and Miles Jupp are MON the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on MON subjects as varied as magic, Austria, swans and onions. MON The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith, the MON team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. MON Produced by Jon Naismith MON A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON Credits MON Presenter: David Mitchell MON Panellist: Lloyd Langford MON Panellist: Henning Wehn MON Panellist: Sara Pascoe MON Panellist: Miles Jupp MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jntl (Listen) MON Series 2, Getting the Bird MON Lance Corporal Jones is short of meat at his butcher's shop, MON so Private Walker arranges a special off-ration supply. 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, MON Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey, Larry Martyn as Private MON Walker and Frank Williams as the Vicar. 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 May 1975. MON MON 08:30 Marriage Lines b06859bf (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 12 MON What will George and Kate make of their first house? 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 With Edward De Souza and Gretchen Franklin. 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 June 1967. MON MON 09:00 The Write Stuff b00775wp (Listen) MON Series 6, Tom Stoppard MON James Walton's quiz at the Oxford Literary Festival with MON John Walsh, Sebastian Faulks, Peter Kemp and Sue Limb. From MON March 2007. MON MON 09:30 King Street Junior b00tqh4b (Listen) MON Series 1, Scale Points MON When Mr Holliday falls ill, who can look after the football MON team for a crucial match? Stars Peter Davison. From April MON 1985. MON MON 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05y18q1 (Listen) MON 15-19 June 1915 MON The Graham household is in chaos and not expecting visitors. MON Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz & Georgia Fitch MON Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz MON Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews MON Music: Matthew Strachan MON Directed by Lucy Collingwood MON Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. MON Credits MON Connie Cavendish: Natasha Raphael MON Grace Cavendish: Chloe Raphael MON Juliet Cavendish: Lizzie Bourne MON Mrs Edkins: Rachel Davies MON Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw MON Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn MON Norman Harris: Sean Baker MON Lorna Hogg: Judy Emmet MON Josiah King: Daniel Kendrick MON Ivy Layton: Leah Brotherhead MON Adeline Lumley: Anastasia Hille MON Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf MON Esme Macknade: Katie Angelou MON Mickey Macknade: Reece Buttery MON Melvin Manners: David Acton MON Eric Morton: Ian Conningham MON Hilary Pearce: Craige Els MON Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman MON Beau Tilley: Stephen Critchlow MON Adam Wilson: Leo Montague MON Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook MON Ramsay: Ian Conningham MON Workman: Stephen Critchlow MON Writer: Sebastian Baczkiewicz MON Writer: Georgia Fitch MON Director: Lucy Collingwood MON MON 11:00 Behind the Screen b0685jg0 (Listen) MON The Guest in the House, by Hugh Walpole MON Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers in a collaborative MON detective serial written by six members of the Detection MON Club. MON Something strange has befallen the Ellis household. Things MON have never been the same since City worker, Paul Dudden, MON came to lodge with them. When Amy Ellis's fiancé, medical MON student Wilfred Hope, visits them one wet and stormy MON evening, the atmosphere in the house seems more peculiar MON than ever. Wilfred has no idea what can be going on - until MON he takes a look behind the screen in the parlour.... MON Read by Michael Jayston MON First broadcast weekly on the BBC National Programme in MON 1930, with each author: Hugh Walpole, Agatha Christie, MON Dorothy L Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, EC Bentley and Father MON Ronald Knox reading their own part of the story. MON To reflect the changes of storyteller, we have a different MON reader for each part of this new version: MON When first broadcast, some listeners were puzzled by the MON method employed in planning a collaborative detective story. MON If the whole thing were indeed to be written like a game of MON consequences, with each new writer picking up where the last MON one left off, how could any consistency be achieved, and how MON could a satisfactory plot be managed and concluded? MON Lord Peter Wimsey creator, Dorothy L Sayers, who MON co-ordinated the different contributions, explained the MON process: "The first three authors carried the story along MON according to their own several fancies; while the last three MON used their wits, in consultation, to unravel the clues MON presented to them by the first three." MON Abridged by John Peacock MON Producer David Blount MON Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. MON MON 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00rtgrj (Listen) MON Katie Hims - A Small Piece of Silence MON A Small Piece of Silence by Katie Hims MON A Small Piece of Silence started out in a very different way MON to most radio plays. After David Bower's striking MON performance as Quasimodo in Radio Four's production of The MON Hunchback of Notredame, the producer Susan Roberts suggested MON a contemporary play be written specially for him. After many MON initial conversations with David who plays the lead MON character Joe in the play, Katie Hims' story began to MON emerge. MON In A Small Piece of Silence, Joe who has been Deaf since he MON was born , works in an ordinary council office . Every day MON he makes the same journey to work on the bus, seeing the MON same people . Then one day a young girl signs her name to MON him. A_N_G_E_L. MON Joe has been working in the council's housing office for 17 MON years. Apart from one small promotion he has remained in the MON same job surrounded by the same people . Vernon has been MON there for the same amount of time. He eats Joe's food and MON talks too fast in the pub ..but Joe goes along with it. MON Into their world comes new office recruit Shelly who begins MON to fall for Joe. Until Joe realises that she is having a MON relationship with Richard Humble , the leader of the council MON At the end of Shelly's first week there is a huge fire in a MON nearby block of flats. Joe learns that Angel was one of the MON people who has died. MON And so Joe's life is changed forever as he embarks on a MON quest, turning detective to find out what has happened. MON A Small Piece of Silence is a love story, detective story MON but, using sound, it attempts to give us a picture of the MON world of someone who can't hear. It examines the issues MON around how society deals with Deafness through the character MON of Joe. MON Joe ..... David Bower MON Shelly ..... Maxine Peake MON Vernon ..... Ralph Ineson MON Brigitta ..... Deborah McAndrew MON Marion ..... Ruth Alexander-Rubin MON Richard/ Bus Driver ..... Terence Mann MON Music composed and performed by Liran Donin MON Artistic consultant Isolte Avila . Developed in partnership MON with Signdance Collective . MON Directed in Manchester by Susan Roberts. MON Liran Donin provides specially composed music and a MON soundscape that illustrates Joe's view of the world. Joe MON suffers from Tinitus. Liran, underscores this condition in MON sound. MON David Bower is one of the creative directors of Signdance MON Collective , an international dance music theatre company MON lead by Deaf and physically disabled dance theatre artists MON working alongside composer musicians. MON Katie Hims MON Katie Hims' first radio play, 'The Earthquake Girl', won a MON Richard Imison Award in 1998, and since then her work has MON never failed to make an impression. In Katie's world there MON is a semblance of normality but underneath all that you can MON be sure is that something strange. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jntl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Marriage Lines b06859bf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Poirot b0684x8t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Close Up: Agatha Christie b06850m3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Bill Connor - Cassandra's Good Food Guide b00vcpbm (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON "Cassandra" (Bill Connor) was a Fleet Street legend during MON the Daily Mirror's heyday, with his column running non-stop, MON not counting global hostilities, for 35 years until 1967. MON He could often be cantankerous and comically opinionated in MON what was described as his "polished-up barrack room" style MON of writing. Some of Cassandra's best columns, however, were MON not about people or institutions he wanted to admonish, but MON humorous personal tales about eating and drinking. MON Here, we are encouraged to come into the garden by dead of MON night to listen to the rubbery, rustling noise of a MON vegetable growing in "How I Like My Cabbage." We learn from MON him the horrors of being brought up on "Miss Cowie's MON Porridge" ("If ever a word describing a food had the sound MON of its meaning, it is 'Porridge' - the slup and slur and MON costive slirrup of the uneatable.") Then there are the MON "Scrap Cakes" - his brilliant invention of artillery food MON that married couples can safely throw at each other ("They MON are convenient in size, fit the hand like a grenade and do MON not mark the carpet.") In the description of his calming MON encounter with the admirable Grocer in Harrods, he is on the MON trail of "Fried Za Zas", while in "The Prose of Sauce" he MON reveals "I have been a reader of sauce-bottle labels ever MON since I first got to eye-level with the kitchen table." MON It has been said about Cassandra that he was outwardly MON stubborn and prickly, but inwardly a warm and friendly cove. MON An argument with him ended, as a rule, with his twinkling MON eyes peering over the steamed-up spectacles. MON That is exactly the side of the man conveyed by this MON collection of columns. MON Read by the late Roger Lloyd Pack MON Producer: Neil Cargill MON A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:15 Journey Into Language b00dk3vs (Listen) MON The Journey Begins MON Linguistics teaching pioneer Professor Eric Hawkins recalls MON how his path of learning started out in 1920s Liverpool. MON MON 14:30 Agatha Christie b0076m5j (Listen) MON The 8.55 to Baghdad, Episode 1 MON "Her adventure had been taken at a moment of major personal MON change; mine was beginning at a moment that could change the MON world". MON In 1928, crime writer Agatha Christie made a MON spur-of-the-moment decision to go on holiday, alone, to MON Iraq. Then in her late thirties she was already a popular MON and successful novelist, but her 14 year marriage to Archie MON Christie had recently ended and her comfortable life at MON Sunningdale had become oppressive. MON In the first of five readings from his book, Andrew Eames MON describes how 75 years later on, on the eve of the second MON Gulf War, he set out to trace Agatha's journey and explore MON her reasons for making it. MON Abridged by Laurence Wareing. MON Producer: David Jackson Young MON First broadcast on BBC Radio in 2004. MON MON 14:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzdx (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Recalling her love of swimming, the husband of novelist Iris MON Murdoch tells his wife's story. Read by Oliver Ford Davies. MON MON 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05y18q1 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The Write Stuff b00775wp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 King Street Junior b00tqh4b (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 The Right Time b009z658 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 The Unbelievable Truth b066vcn6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Haunted b01qr0l9 (Listen) MON The Inexperienced Ghost MON By HG Wells. A man encounters a troubled spirit. But could MON this meeting lead to tragedy? Starring Donald Houston and MON Christopher Guard. MON MON 18:30 With Nobbs On b01j0zzj (Listen) MON From Badger to Frost MON Written and presented by David Nobbs. MON David Nobbs was the comic genius behind Reggie Perrin, The MON Two Ronnies, Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd and Radio 4's The MON Maltby Collection. In With Nobbs On he presents a three-part MON series of entertaining, joke-laden, insider observations on MON his comedy career to a studio audience - along with guest MON readings, archive material and unpredictable delights. MON Episode 1 - From Badgers to Frost MON A young David realizes there's more to writing a novel than MON just the title, and TV fame beckons when cabs are sent to MON collect David's sketches for an iconic, groundbreaking MON satirical show. MON Featuring Martin Trenaman and Mia Soteriou MON Produced by Andrew McGibbon MON A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. MON Credits MON Presenter: David Nobbs MON Reader: Martin Trenaman MON Reader: Mia Soteriou MON Producer: Andrew McGibbon MON Writer: David Nobbs MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jntl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Marriage Lines b06859bf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Poirot b0684x8t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Close Up: Agatha Christie b06850m3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Behind the Screen b0685jg0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00rtgrj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b066vcn6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 28 Acts in 28 Minutes b0076zsq (Listen) MON Edinburgh Special MON 4 Extra Debut. Tim Minchin and Barry Cryer join John MON Humphrys for a special edition of the fastest show on air. MON From 2006's Edinburgh Fringe. MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b069b5x4 (Listen) MON The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Jon Holmes is MON joined by Terry Alderton. MON MON 23:00 Dead Ringers b06707kg (Listen) MON Series 15, Episode 3 MON Topical impressions show that offers a satirical take on MON politics, media and celebrity. Featuring Jon Culshaw, Debra MON Stephenson, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod and Duncan Wisbey. MON Credits MON Performer: Jon Culshaw MON Performer: Debra Stephenson MON Performer: Jan Ravens MON Performer: Lewis Macleod MON Performer: Duncan Wisbey MON MON 23:30 As Told to Craig Brown b00vcms4 (Listen) MON Craig Brown's Lost Diaries, May and June MON A second chance to hear satirist Craig Brown dip into the MON private lives of public figures from the 1960's to the MON present day. MON May & June. As the summer heats up passions rise for Barbara MON Cartland and Edwina Currie. MON Voiced by Jan Ravens, Alistair McGowan, Lewis McLeod, Ewan MON Bailey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Dolly Wells. MON Written by Craig Brown. MON Produced by Victoria Lloyd. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Haunted b01qr0l9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 With Nobbs On b01j0zzj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Poirot b0684x8t (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Close Up: Agatha Christie b06850m3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Bill Connor - Cassandra's Good Food Guide b00vcpbm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 Journey Into Language b00dk3vs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Agatha Christie b0076m5j (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzdx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05y18q1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff b00775wp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 King Street Junior b00tqh4b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The Right Time b009z658 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 The Unbelievable Truth b066vcn6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Agatha Christie b008w5wm (Listen) TUE Crooked House, Episode 1 TUE Joy Wilkinson's adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel. TUE Returning home from WWII, Charles Hayward is finally free to TUE marry Sophia Leonides. However, the suspicious death of her TUE grandfather has thrown everything into confusion. TUE Charles ...... Rory Kinnear TUE Sophia ...... Anna Maxwell Martin TUE Taverner ...... Phil Davis TUE Josephine ...... Grianne Dromgoole TUE Aunt Edith ...... Judy Parfitt TUE Philip/Passerby ...... Ben Crowe TUE Magda ...... Anna Chancellor TUE Roger/Consul General ...... Simon Treves TUE Clemency ...... Rachel Sanders TUE Brenda ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith TUE Laurence/Lamb ...... Colin Hoult TUE Directed by Sam Hoyle. TUE TUE 06:30 Living Books b00r9yd8 (Listen) TUE Sandi Toksvig visits the library where you borrow a person TUE instead of a book. It's the Human Library, a groundbreaking TUE idea from Denmark designed to get you to confront your TUE deepest prejudices. Borrow a type of person you think you TUE don't like, goes the strap line, take them away for a TUE half-hour conversation, and try and get to the bottom of TUE your preconceptions. People who have volunteered to be TUE 'Books' range from Muslims to transsexuals, and neo-Nazis to TUE male nannies. TUE Sandi talks to those who have got involved, both as Readers TUE and Books, borrows a couple of Books herself, and even lends TUE herself out as one. TUE TUE 07:00 HR b00tppbm (Listen) TUE Series 2, Surfing TUE Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the TUE misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his TUE trouble-making colleague. TUE Sam and Peter occupy their retirement time surfing the net. TUE Peter has created a flattering but deeply inaccurate online TUE profile for himself and now has a date. Sam is determined to TUE go along. TUE Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce TUE Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost TUE Janice ..... Christine Kavanagh TUE Drab Woman ..... Sally Orrock TUE Madwoman ..... Helen Belbin TUE Man ..... Tony Bell TUE Director: Peter Kavanagh. TUE TUE 07:30 Mitch Benn Specials b066w57q (Listen) TUE The Freewheelin' Mitch Benn TUE Everybody knows that Elvis changed everything. Everybody TUE knows that the Beatles changed everything. Not as many TUE people realise that Bob Dylan actually DID change TUE everything. TUE Mitch Benn looks at how Bob Dylan changed what it is to be a TUE songwriter, changed what it is to be a rock star and, more TUE than anyone, changed what it is to be a singer. TUE Written by and starring Mitch Benn TUE Producer: Alexandra Smith. TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Mitch Benn TUE Writer: Mitch Benn TUE Producer: Alexandra Smith TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b007k2gd (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 10 TUE Suspense in Kenneth Horne's 'The Portrait of Florian TUE Thrust', plus a bout of bona wrestling for Julian and Sandy. 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 May 1966. TUE TUE 08:30 Hello Cheeky b012n3rx (Listen) TUE From 26/05/1973 TUE The FBI meets cricket meets Listen With Mother. Pun-fest TUE with Barry Cryer, John Junkin and Tim Brook-Taylor. From May TUE 1973. TUE TUE 09:00 Dead Ringers b06707kg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Such Rotten Luck b0686zvc (Listen) TUE Series 2, Hunting, Shooting and Wishing TUE Woodhouse arrives at the Pomeroys' country house hoping to TUE find a patron. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith. From December 1991. TUE TUE 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05zlltv (Listen) TUE 22-26 June 1915 TUE Omnibus edition of the epic drama series set in Great War TUE Britain a hundred years ago this week. A week of secrets and TUE lies. TUE Cast TUE Juliet Cavendish ..... Lizzie Bourne TUE Howard Argent ..... Toby Jones TUE Sergeant Ivor Davis ..... Alun Raglan TUE Marieke Dupont ..... Olivia Ross TUE Mrs Edkins ..... Rachel Davies TUE Muriel Grainger ..... Hannah Tointon TUE Josiah King ..... Daniel Kendrick TUE Ivy Layton ..... Leah Brotherhead TUE Dieter Lippke ..... Felix Auer TUE Adeline Lumley ..... Anastasia Hille TUE Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf TUE Alice Macknade ..... Claire-Louise Cordwell TUE Mickey Macknade ..... Reece Buttery TUE Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson TUE Hilary Pearce ..... Craige Els TUE Thornton Tulliver ..... Nigel Harman TUE Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook TUE Adam Wilson ..... Leo Montague TUE Albert Wilson ..... Harry Myers TUE Dorothea Winwood ..... Rachel Shelley TUE Ralph Winwood ..... Nicholas Murchie TUE Tom Wright ..... Clive Hayward TUE Madame Lebeque ..... Ruth Lass TUE Irene ..... Rhiannon Neads TUE White Featherer ..... Jessica Turner TUE Written by Georgia Fitch TUE Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz TUE Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews TUE Music: Matthew Strachan TUE Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. TUE Credits TUE Connie Cavendish: Natasha Raphael TUE Grace Cavendish: Chloe Raphael TUE Juliet Cavendish: Lizzie Bourne TUE Mrs Edkins: Rachel Davies TUE Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw TUE Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn TUE Norman Harris: Sean Baker TUE Lorna Hogg: Judy Emmet TUE Josiah King: Daniel Kendrick TUE Ivy Layton: Leah Brotherhead TUE Adeline Lumley: Anastasia Hille TUE Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf TUE Esme Macknade: Katie Angelou TUE Mickey Macknade: Reece Buttery TUE Melvin Manners: David Acton TUE Eric Morton: Ian Conningham TUE Hilary Pearce: Craige Els TUE Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman TUE Beau Tilley: Stephen Critchlow TUE Adam Wilson: Leo Montague TUE Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook TUE Ramsay: Ian Conningham TUE Workman: Stephen Critchlow TUE Writer: Sebastian Baczkiewicz TUE Writer: Georgia Fitch TUE Director: Lucy Collingwood TUE TUE 11:00 Behind the Screen b06874ny (Listen) TUE Something Is Missing, by Agatha Christie TUE Penelope Keith reads the next instalment of the 1930s TUE 'whodunit' continued by Agatha Christie. TUE Behind The Screen is a collaborative detective serial TUE written by six members of the Detection Club. It was first TUE broadcast weekly on the BBC National Programme in 1930, with TUE each contributor reading his or her own part of the story. TUE The six authors were Hugh Walpole, Agatha Christie, Dorothy TUE L Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, EC Bentley and Father Ronald TUE Knox. TUE To reflect the changes of storyteller, we have a different TUE reader for each part of this new version: TUE When first broadcast, some listeners were puzzled by the TUE method employed in planning a collaborative detective story. TUE If the whole thing were indeed to be written like a game of TUE consequences, with each new writer picking up where the last TUE one left off, how could any consistency be achieved, and how TUE could a satisfactory plot be managed and concluded? TUE Lord Peter Wimsey creator, Dorothy L Sayers, who TUE co-ordinated the different contributions, explained the TUE process: "The first three authors carried the story along TUE according to their own several fancies; while the last three TUE used their wits, in consultation, to unravel the clues TUE presented to them by the first three." TUE Abridged by John Peacock TUE Producer David Blount TUE Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. TUE TUE 11:15 Sarah Daniels - Cross My Heart and Hope to Fly TUE b00766x0 (Listen) TUE Lyn, Dave and Chris learn to recover from illness and loss TUE in quite unexpected ways. Stars Pauline Collins, Jamie TUE Foreman and Kerry Fox. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b007k2gd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Hello Cheeky b012n3rx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Agatha Christie b008w5wm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Living Books b00r9yd8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Bill Connor - Cassandra's Good Food Guide b00vcptg (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Personal tales about eating and drinking from the TUE cantankerous and comically opinionated Fleet Street legend TUE "Cassandra" - Bill Connor. TUE Connor reveals his first food memory: Miss Cowie's uneatable TUE porridge. TUE Read by the late Roger Lloyd Pack TUE Producer: Neil Cargill TUE A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:15 Journey Into Language b00dk921 (Listen) TUE Listening to Lorca TUE Renowned linguist Professor Eric Hawkins recalls studying in TUE France and Germany during the 1930s rise of fascism. TUE TUE 14:30 Agatha Christie b03hngqk (Listen) TUE The 8.55 to Baghdad, Episode 2 TUE Retracing the crime writer's Middle Eastern journey of 1928, TUE Andrew Eames recalls taking the Orient Express train to TUE Istanbul. TUE TUE 14:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzg6 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Novelist Iris Murdoch's husband recalls falling in love with TUE the lady on the bicycle in Oxford. Read by Oliver Ford TUE Davies. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05zlltv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? b008kty5 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Clive Anderson hosts the famed improvisation game with TUE Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, John Sessions and Enn Reitel. From TUE January 1988. TUE TUE 16:30 Such Rotten Luck b0686zvc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 HR b00tppbm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 Mitch Benn Specials b066w57q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Haunted b01qrnb9 (Listen) TUE The Emissary TUE By Ray Bradbury. Young Marion is unwell, but her pet dog TUE keeps her in touch with the outside world. And beyond. Stars TUE Jennie Linden. TUE TUE 18:30 With Nobbs On b01j5fw8 (Listen) TUE From Howerd's End to Pebble Mill TUE Episode 2 - From Howerd's end to Pebble Mill TUE Written and presented by David Nobbs TUE With Nobbs On sees David Nobbs, the comic genius behind TUE Reggie Perrin, The Two Ronnies, Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd TUE and R4's The Maltby Collection, presenting a three-part TUE series of entertaining, joke-laden, insider observations on TUE his comedy career to a studio audience along with guest TUE readings, archive material and unpredictable delights. TUE David has trouble explaining why he's impersonating Frankie TUE Howerd in a public place to the police. Meanwhile Pebble TUE Mill reject a short story about a man battling with his TUE identity as a successful middle class, middle management TUE manager, called Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. TUE Featuring Martin Trenaman and Mia Soteriou TUE Produced by Andrew McGibbon TUE A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Presenter: David Nobbs TUE Reader: Martin Trenaman TUE Reader: Mia Soteriou TUE Producer: Andrew McGibbon TUE Writer: David Nobbs TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b007k2gd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Hello Cheeky b012n3rx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Agatha Christie b008w5wm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Living Books b00r9yd8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Behind the Screen b06874ny (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Sarah Daniels - Cross My Heart and Hope to Fly TUE b00766x0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Mitch Benn Specials b066w57q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Bigipedia b012ff7w (Listen) TUE Series 2, What's New in Bigipedia 2.0? TUE At last, the long-awaited release of Bigipedia 2. 0 - the TUE infallible, ever-present cyberfriend is back! Now with all TUE errors and mistakes. TUE Find out what's new in Bigipedia 2.0 and join the BigiMums TUE forum! TUE Bigipedia was conceived by Nick Doody, and written by Nick TUE Doody, Matt Kirshen and Sarah Morgan, with Carey Marx. TUE It features Ewan Bailey, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Nick Doody, TUE Neil Edmond, Pippa Evans, Martha Howe-Douglas, Lewis Macleod TUE & Jess Robinson. Occasionally you can hear Matt Kirshen. TUE Guy Jackson has done some music and that. TUE Bigipedia is a Pozzitive production, produced by David TUE Tyler. His radio credits include Armando Iannucci's Charm TUE Offensive, Cabin Pressure, Another Case Of Milton Jones, TUE Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes TUE Off, The 99p Challenge, The Castle, The 3rd Degree and even, TUE going back a bit, Radio Active. His TV credits include Paul TUE Merton - The Series, Spitting Image, Absolutely, The Paul TUE and Pauline Calf Video Diaries, Coogan's Run, The Tony TUE Ferrino Phenomenon and Executive Producer of Victoria Wood's TUE Dinnerladies. TUE Produced and directed by David Tyler TUE A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b069b5x6 (Listen) TUE The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Jon Holmes is TUE joined by Terry Alderton. TUE TUE 23:00 Rubbish b008drpg (Listen) TUE Series 2, Phobic TUE Unable to look at his own reflection in a mirror, Martin TUE enlists local artist Dan to help him before it's too late. TUE Stars Reece Dinsdale, Neil Dudgeon. From December 2007. TUE TUE 23:30 Radio 9 b0421tlp (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 2 TUE More from the Gay Board Game Olympics, plus Radiohead's TUE happy single. Written by and starring Johnny Daukes and Hils TUE Barker. From November 2003. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 02 SEPTEMBER 2015 WED WED 00:00 Haunted b01qrnb9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 With Nobbs On b01j5fw8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Agatha Christie b008w5wm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Living Books b00r9yd8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Bill Connor - Cassandra's Good Food Guide b00vcptg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 Journey Into Language b00dk921 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Agatha Christie b03hngqk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzg6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b05zlltv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? b008kty5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Such Rotten Luck b0686zvc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 HR b00tppbm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Mitch Benn Specials b066w57q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Agatha Christie b008xl0q (Listen) WED Crooked House, Episode 2 WED Joy Wilkinson's adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel. WED Elderly wealthy businessman Aristides Leonides has been WED murdered. Until the killer is caught, others are in danger, WED particularly young Josephine, who decides to play detective. WED Charles ...... Rory Kinnear WED Sophia ...... Anna Maxwell Martin WED Taverner ...... Phil Davis WED Josephine ...... Grianne Dromgoole WED Aunt Edith ...... Judy Parfitt WED Philip/Passerby ...... Ben Crowe WED Magda ...... Anna Chancellor WED Roger/Consul General ...... Simon Treves WED Clemency ...... Rachel Sanders WED Brenda ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith WED Laurence/Lamb ...... Colin Hoult WED Gaitskill ...... Peter Marinker WED Directed by Sam Hoyle. WED WED 06:30 The Boy who Bought a Field b0076x9s (Listen) WED 4 Extra Debut. Francis Pryor meets archaeologist Stuart WED Wilson, who bought the land covering the lost medieval Welsh WED town, Trellech. From March 2006. WED WED 07:00 Lenin of the Rovers b007jpjn (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 2 WED Midfield maestro Ricky Lenin's new economic policy kicks in WED at Felchester Rovers football club. WED Starring Alexei Sayle as Ricky Lenin, Keith Allen as Terry WED Trotsky, Andrew McClean as Stevie Stalin, Tony Alias as Des WED Frankly and Ballard Berkeley as the Colonel. WED Legendary BBC football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme is WED Frank Lee Brian. WED Written by Marcus Berkmann. WED Producer: Harry Thompson. WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1988. WED WED 07:30 Sketchorama b066wfny (Listen) WED Series 4, Episode 4 WED Award winning writer, actress and comedian Isy Suttie WED presents the pick of the best live sketch groups currently WED performing on the UK comedy circuit. Each week Sketchorama WED will showcase three acts performing character, broken and WED musical sketch comedy all brought together by our brilliant WED new host for series 4. WED Groups featured in this episode will be performing at this WED year's Edinburgh Festival so a real chance to hear some of WED the latest sketch acts making a name for themselves at the WED Fringe 2015. WED Sketch is a huge part of our British comedy heritage and WED there are so many incredibly talented and inventive sketch WED acts on the UK comedy scene with over 100 groups performing WED at the Edinburgh Festival every year. Sketchorama aims to WED bring hidden gems and established live acts to the airwaves, WED offering a truly unmissable show for sketch lovers on Radio WED 4. WED Produced by Gus Beattie WED A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b0081vx2 (Listen) WED The Floggle Grummit Missile WED The officers of HMS Troutbridge aim to make a fast buck from WED Lieutenant Bates' latest invention. WED Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie WED Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number WED One, Ronnie Barker as Able Seaman Johnson, Richard Caldicote WED as Captain Povey, Michael Bates as Lieutenant Bates, Heather WED Chasen as WREN Chasen/ Lady Todd Hunter-Brown and Teniel WED Evans as Sir Willoughby Todd Hunter-Brown. 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 February 1961. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d4184 (Listen) WED Series 6, Episode 3 WED Bill Oddie sings of Nappy Days, plus there's Britain's entry WED to the Eurovision Pun Contest. Songs and sketches with John WED Cleese. From April 1968. WED WED 09:00 Puzzle Panel b00xhck5 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Anne WED Bradford, Professor David Singmaster and William Harston. WED From June 1998. WED WED 09:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00cbm6c (Listen) WED Series 1, Plethora Princess Regent WED Awaiting news of a new pope, Plethora takes over Monte Guano WED and Ludovico takes to his bed. With David Swift. From May WED 2001. WED WED 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus b060bxpl (Listen) WED 29 June to 3 July 1915 WED Canadian Troops celebrated their Dominion Day and a long WED awaited reunion is planned. WED Written by Sarah Daniels WED Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz WED Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews WED Music: Matthew Strachan WED Directed by Lucy Collingwood WED Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. WED Credits WED Howard Argent: Toby Jones WED Juliet Cavendish: Lizzie Bourne WED Dolly Clout: Elaine Claxton WED Hotel Guest: Jessica Turner WED Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw WED Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn WED Muriel Grainger: Hannah Tointon WED Private Greg: Jude Akuwidike WED Josiah King: Daniel Kendrick WED Roy Lavoie: Tim Beckmann WED Dieter Lippke: Felix Auer WED Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf WED Victor Lumley: Joel MacCormack WED Alice Macknade: Claire-Louise Cordwell WED Esme Macknade: Katie Angelou WED Maggie Macknade: Hollie Thoupos WED Mickey Macknade: Reece Buttery WED Jessie Moore: Lucy Hutchinson WED Carson Martindale: Stephen Critchlow WED Man 1: Sam Valentine WED Man 2: David Hounslow WED Canadian Soldier 1: Nathan Nolan WED Canadian Soldier 2: Owen Clark WED Canadian Soldier 3: Stephen Critchlow WED Canadian Soldier 4: David Hounslow WED Toby Speedwell: Joe Bannister WED Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman WED Nancy Parker: Jane Whittenshaw WED Waiter: Jude Akuwudike WED Dorothea Winwood: Rachel Shelley WED Ralph Winwood: Nicholas Murchie WED Adam Wilson: Leo Montague WED Albert Wilson: Harry Myers WED Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook WED Tom Wright: Clive Hayward WED Writer: Sarah Daniels WED Director: Lucy Collingwood WED WED 11:00 Behind the Screen b068b3j7 (Listen) WED Out Damned Spot, by Dorothy L Sayers WED Sarah Badel reads the next instalment of the 1930s WED 'whodunit' continued by Dorothy L Sayers. WED Behind The Screen is a collaborative detective serial WED written by six members of the Detection Club. It was first WED broadcast weekly on the BBC National Programme in 1930, with WED each contributor reading his or her own part of the story. WED The six authors were Hugh Walpole, Agatha Christie, Dorothy WED L Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, EC Bentley and Father Ronald WED Knox. WED To reflect the changes of storyteller, we have a different WED reader for each part of this new version: WED When first broadcast, some listeners were puzzled by the WED method employed in planning a collaborative detective story. WED If the whole thing were indeed to be written like a game of WED consequences, with each new writer picking up where the last WED one left off, how could any consistency be achieved, and how WED could a satisfactory plot be managed and concluded? WED Lord Peter Wimsey creator, Dorothy L Sayers, who WED co-ordinated the different contributions, explained the WED process: "The first three authors carried the story along WED according to their own several fancies; while the last three WED used their wits, in consultation, to unravel the clues WED presented to them by the first three." WED Abridged by John Peacock WED Producer David Blount WED Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. WED WED 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00776b3 (Listen) WED Adam Beeson - The Magician's Daughter WED 4 Extra Debut. Shot on stage, a dying magician passes WED secrets of his act to his daughter. Fearing rivals, she WED disappears. Stars James Bryce. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b0081vx2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d4184 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Agatha Christie b008xl0q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 The Boy who Bought a Field b0076x9s (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Bill Connor - Cassandra's Good Food Guide b00vcqlg (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Personal tales about eating and drinking from the WED cantankerous and comically opinionated Fleet Street legend WED "Cassandra" - Bill Connor. WED Read by the late Roger Lloyd Pack WED Producer: Neil Cargill WED A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:15 Journey Into Language b00dkhnt (Listen) WED Trampling Flat the Frontiers WED Renowned linguist Professor Eric Hawkins recalls how being a WED wartime soldier influenced his future ethos in the WED classroom. WED WED 14:30 Agatha Christie b0076m6c (Listen) WED The 8.55 to Baghdad, Episode 3 WED Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey to Iraq, WED Andrew Eames recalls stopping off for a steam bath in WED Damascus. WED WED 14:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzhg (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Novelist Iris Murdoch's husband reflects on married life and WED recalls their wedding day in 1956. Read by Oliver Ford WED Davies. WED WED 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus b060bxpl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Puzzle Panel b00xhck5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00cbm6c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Lenin of the Rovers b007jpjn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Sketchorama b066wfny (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Haunted b01qrt4h (Listen) WED Mists of Memory WED By Rosemary Timperley. Young cellist Janet meets a confused WED old man. He wonders if 'music is where I live'. And he seems WED familiar. Stars Helen Worth. WED WED 18:30 With Nobbs On b01jggl4 (Listen) WED The Fall and Reprise of Reggie Perrin WED With Nobbs On sees David Nobbs, the comic genius behind WED Reggie Perrin, The Two Ronnies, Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd WED and Radio 4's The Maltby Collection, presenting a three-part WED series of entertaining, joke-laden, insider observations on WED his comedy career to a studio audience along with guest WED readings, archive material and unpredictable delights. WED David Nobbs describes life after he creates one of the most WED memorable of British characters, Reginald Iolanthe Perrin WED and how Reggie keeps on rising. WED Written and presented by David Nobbs WED Featuring Martin Trenaman and Mia Soteriou WED Produced by Andrew McGibbon WED A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. WED Credits WED Presenter: David Nobbs WED Reader: Martin Trenaman WED Reader: Mia Soteriou WED Producer: Andrew McGibbon WED Writer: David Nobbs WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b0081vx2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d4184 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Agatha Christie b008xl0q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 The Boy who Bought a Field b0076x9s (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Behind the Screen b068b3j7 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00776b3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Sketchorama b066wfny (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00glnb3 (Listen) WED Episode 5 WED Comedy series in which comedian Will Smith seeks help and WED advice - primarily from his godfather Peter - on coping with WED the onset of middle age. WED To help Will become less cautious, Peter asks rock singer WED Alex to advise him. Will surprises Alex by revealing that he WED was once in a band himself. WED Will ...... Will Smith WED Peter ...... Roger Allam WED Alex ...... Dan Tetsell WED Dan ...... Roger Drew WED Stripper ...... Manjeet Mann WED Stag ...... Paul Rider. WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b069b5x8 (Listen) WED The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight Jon Holmes is WED joined by Terry Alderton. WED WED 23:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes b01pbxz2 (Listen) WED Series 2, Myths WED Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to WED determine Wales' ultimate heroes. Also starring Benjamin WED Partridge and Nadia Kamil. WED WED 23:30 Hut 33 b01js406 (Listen) WED Series 3, Back to Your Post WED With everything German under suspicion, the codebreakers WED tackle censoring letters. Stars Robert Bathurst. From WED October 2009. WED WED THU THURSDAY 03 SEPTEMBER 2015 THU THU 00:00 Haunted b01qrt4h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 With Nobbs On b01jggl4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Agatha Christie b008xl0q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 The Boy who Bought a Field b0076x9s (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Bill Connor - Cassandra's Good Food Guide b00vcqlg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 Journey Into Language b00dkhnt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Agatha Christie b0076m6c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzhg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b060bxpl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Puzzle Panel b00xhck5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The Leopard in Autumn b00cbm6c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Lenin of the Rovers b007jpjn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Sketchorama b066wfny (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Agatha Christie b008z9nh (Listen) THU Crooked House, Episode 3 THU Joy Wilkinson's adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel. THU After the attempted murder of Josephine, Three Gables is THU still in a state of confusion. However, dramatic evidence is THU unearthed, and it seems that Brenda can no longer avoid her THU fate. THU Charles ...... Rory Kinnear THU Sophia ...... Anna Maxwell Martin THU Taverner ...... Phil Davis THU Josephine ...... Grianne Dromgoole THU Aunt Edith ...... Judy Parfitt THU Philip ...... Ben Crowe THU Magda ...... Anna Chancellor THU Roger ...... Simon Treves THU Clemency ...... Rachel Sanders THU Brenda ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith THU Gaitskill ...... Peter Marinker THU Directed by Sam Hoyle. THU THU 06:30 Women of the New Wave b00r8hhz (Listen) THU Singer Pauline black meets some of the women who were in the THU vanguard of punk and new wave music, and asks what their THU legacy is for today's female artists. Punk offered women the THU chance to get on stage and be themselves, free from the THU constraints of a previously male dominated music industry. THU Artists such as Siouxsie Sioux, Poly Styrene and Gaye Advert THU started their own bands and expressed themselves in ways THU that female musicians hadn't been allowed to previously. THU They refused to be judged on their looks and asserted the THU right to sing about subjects that interested them rather THU than about broken hearts and lost loves. As punk evolved THU into a wider musical spectrum that encompassed New Wave and THU Two Tone, bands such as The Selecter emerged through which THU singers such as Pauline Black tackled issues of racism and THU sexism in their lyrics. Thirty years on, she asks some of THU those groundbreaking women what they think they've achieved THU for women of their and subsequent generations. THU Producer: Maggie Ayre. THU Credits THU Producer: Maggie Ayre THU THU 07:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007vgg5 (Listen) THU Bingo and the Little Woman THU Bertie turns into a romantic novelist (again) when Bingo THU falls in love (again). THU PG Wodehouse romp dramatised by Chris Miller from the book. THU Starring Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster and Michael THU Hordern as Jeeves. THU With Ronald Fraser as Lord Bittlesham and Jonathan Cecil as THU Bingo Little. THU Producer: David Hatch THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973. THU THU 07:30 Meet David Sedaris b066zvy9 (Listen) THU Series 5, Calypso; Follow Me THU One of the world's best storytellers is back on BBC Radio 4 THU doing what he does best. THU This week: the story of an unorthodox minor operation in THU Calypso, a reflection on selfie culture in Follow Me and a THU final extract from his diaries (5/6) THU Produced by Steve Doherty THU A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Reader: David Sedaris THU Writer: David Sedaris THU Producer: Steve Doherty THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b00t4qmv (Listen) THU Series 2, My Old Man's a Tory THU Angry Albert disrupts Harold's Labour party meeting. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. With Dudley Foster as Stonelake and Beth Boyd as THU Miss Frobisher. 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 July 1967. THU THU 08:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007xvlm (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 3 THU Flywheel's assistant Ravelli gets kidnapped, but will the THU shady lawyer pay the ransom? THU Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the THU adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his THU assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with THU sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The THU scripts were rediscovered in 1988. THU Starring Michael Roberts as Groucho Marx as Waldorf T THU Flywheel and Frank Lazarus as Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravelli THU With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly. THU Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark THU Brisenden. THU Music arranged and conducted by David Firman. THU Producer: Dirk Maggs THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990. THU THU 09:00 Guess What? b068bf83 (Listen) THU Episode 10 THU Animal, vegetable or mineral? Barry Took's revised 20 THU questions. With Geoffrey Durham, Clare Frances and Chris THU Serle. From June 1998. THU THU 09:30 After Henry b007qw7k (Listen) THU Series 4, A Fully Extended Family THU Clare returns from Australia, but where is Julian? Sarah THU delves and Eleanor spins. Stars Prunella Scales. From THU January 1989. THU THU 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus b0612rj1 (Listen) THU 6-10 July 1915 THU Omnibus edition of this week's episodes. Soldiers home on THU leave find home so different to the one they thought they THU were fighting for. THU Written by Richard Monks THU Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz THU Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews THU Music: Matthew Strachan THU Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. THU Credits THU Howard Argent: Toby Jones THU Juliet Cavendish: Lizzie Bourne THU Marieke Dupont: Olivia Ross THU Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw THU Muriel Grainger: Hannah Tointon THU Mervyn Harris: Tom Whitelock THU Norman Harris: Sean Baker THU Josiah King: Daniel Kendrick THU Roy Lavoie: Tim Beckmann THU Adeline Lumley: Anastasia Hille THU Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf THU Victor Lumley: Joel McCormack THU Alice Macknade: Claire-Louise Cordwell THU Maggie Macknade: Hollie Thoupos THU Mickey Macknade: Reece Buttery THU Jessie Moore: Lucy Hutchinson THU Hilary Pearce: Craige Els THU Maisie Plackett: Cassie Layton THU Toby Speedwell: Joe Bannister THU Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman THU Adam Wilson: Leo Montague THU Albert Wilson: Harry Myers THU Dorothea Winwood: Rachel Shelley THU Ralph Winwood: Nicholas Murchie THU Inspector Forrester: Nigel Hastings THU Eric Morton: Ian Conningham THU Mr Scott: David Hounslow THU Jacko: Jude Akuwudike THU Charlie: Sam Valentine THU Spence: Mark Edel-Hunt THU Writer: Richard Monks THU Director: Jessica Dromgoole THU THU 11:00 Behind the Screen b068bg2c (Listen) THU In the Aspidistra, by Anthony Berkeley THU Inspector Rice probes Paul Dudden's death. Julian Rhind-Tutt THU reads the next instalment of the 1930s 'whodunit' continued THU by Anthony Berkeley. THU Behind The Screen is a collaborative detective serial THU written by six members of the Detection Club. It was first THU broadcast weekly on the BBC National Programme in 1930, with THU each contributor reading his or her own part of the story. THU The six authors were Hugh Walpole, Agatha Christie, Dorothy THU L Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, EC Bentley and Father Ronald THU Knox. THU To reflect the changes of storyteller, we have a different THU reader for each part of this new version: THU When first broadcast, some listeners were puzzled by the THU method employed in planning a collaborative detective story. THU If the whole thing were indeed to be written like a game of THU consequences, with each new writer picking up where the last THU one left off, how could any consistency be achieved, and how THU could a satisfactory plot be managed and concluded? THU Lord Peter Wimsey creator, Dorothy L Sayers, who THU co-ordinated the different contributions, explained the THU process: "The first three authors carried the story along THU according to their own several fancies; while the last three THU used their wits, in consultation, to unravel the clues THU presented to them by the first three." THU Abridged by John Peacock THU Producer David Blount THU Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00w7cwy (Listen) THU No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, An Exceptionally Wicked Lady THU Written and dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith THU The first of two plays adapted from Alexander McCall Smith's THU enormously successful and popular series set in Botswana. THU Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi face an old adversary while a THU letter from America sets the agency a seemingly impossible THU task. THU Director: Gaynor Macfarlane. THU Credits THU Mma Ramotswe: Janice Acquah THU Mma Makutsi: Nadine Marshall THU Mr JLB Matekoni: Ben Onwukwe THU Oliver Maxwell: Sam Dale THU Mr Gaefale: Jude Akuwudike THU Mr Kereleng: Maynard Eziashi THU Violet Sephotho: Anna Bengo THU Aunt: Noma Dumezweni THU Mma Potokwani: Adjoa Andoh THU Reverend: Babou Ceesay THU Joe Bosilong: Nyasha Hatendi THU Writer: Alexander McCall Smith THU Director: Gaynor Macfarlane THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b00t4qmv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007xvlm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Agatha Christie b008z9nh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Women of the New Wave b00r8hhz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 BBC National Short Story Award b01m9dyt (Listen) THU BBC National Short Story Award 2006, An Anxious Man THU By James Lasdun. 4 Extra Debut. John Schwab reads the THU winning entry from over 1400 submissions in 2006's launch. THU The struggles of a man with financial worries. THU THU 14:30 Agatha Christie b0076m6z (Listen) THU The 8.55 to Baghdad, Episode 4 THU Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey, Andrew THU Eames's coach party arrives in Baghdad on the eve of war, THU but the welcome from the locals is friendly. THU THU 14:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzjq (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Iris Murdoch's husband remembers the eerie, early signs of THU Alzheimer's shown by his novelist wife. Read by Oliver Ford THU Davies. THU THU 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus b0612rj1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Guess What? b068bf83 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 After Henry b007qw7k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007vgg5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 Meet David Sedaris b066zvy9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Haunted b01qrtnf (Listen) THU Channel Crossing THU By Rosemary Timperley. Can a family holiday overcome all the THU issues that divide a bickering family? Stars Peter Sallis THU and Nicholas Lyndhurst. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076r5h (Listen) THU Series 7, Genghis Khan THU American commentator Joe Queenan chooses the Mongol leader THU Genghis Khan. With Francine Stock. From April 2005. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b00t4qmv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007xvlm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Agatha Christie b008z9nh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Women of the New Wave b00r8hhz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Behind the Screen b068bg2c (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00w7cwy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris b066zvy9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b015p8sr (Listen) THU Series 4, Sarah Millican THU Marcus Brigstocke invites comic Sarah Millican to eat THU Chinese food with chopsticks and read The Joy of Sex. From THU October 2011. THU THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game b008qsz5 (Listen) THU Series 1, Hero Worship THU When Satan argues with the professor, he's introduced to a THU miserable Leonardo Da Vinci. Stars Andy Hamilton. From THU December 1995. THU THU 23:30 Sounding Off with McGough b007jlwb (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU Poet Roger McGough hits Bath to reflect on life, love, THU happiness, heroes, villains and embarrassing relations. From THU May 2000. THU THU 23:45 The Shuttleworths b007k1n2 (Listen) THU Series 1, Cotton Buddies THU Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth plans a chart-topping hit THU and attempts some DIY. Stars Graham Fellows. From October THU 1993. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 04 SEPTEMBER 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Haunted b01qrtnf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076r5h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Agatha Christie b008z9nh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 Women of the New Wave b00r8hhz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 BBC National Short Story Award b01m9dyt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 Agatha Christie b0076m6z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzjq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b0612rj1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Guess What? b068bf83 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 After Henry b007qw7k (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 PG Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves b007vgg5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Meet David Sedaris b066zvy9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Agatha Christie b0090sch (Listen) FRI Crooked House, Episode 4 FRI Joy Wilkinson's adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel. FRI Another murder has struck Three Gables, which means the case FRI against Brenda and Laurence falls apart. The killer is still FRI at large, and Josephine is still in danger. FRI Charles ...... Rory Kinnear FRI Sophia ...... Anna Maxwell Martin FRI Taverner ...... Phil Davis FRI Josephine ...... Grianne Dromgoole FRI Aunt Edith ...... Judy Parfitt FRI Philip ...... Ben Crowe FRI Magda ...... Anna Chancellor FRI Roger ...... Simon Treves FRI Clemency ...... Rachel Sanders FRI Directed by Sam Hoyle. FRI FRI 06:30 The Carabinieri Art Squad b00sm8tn (Listen) FRI Writer and historian Alex Butterworth travels to Rome to FRI meet the Carabinieri squad in charge of protecting Italy's FRI priceless cultural heritage. FRI A helicopter circles overhead while Italian police officers FRI and archaeologists peer into a 30-foot deep hole made in a FRI field outside Rome. The land may look like ordinary FRI farmland, but beneath the ground there are in fact Etruscan FRI tombs full of treasures. The hole has been made by a group FRI of "tombaroli"- tomb raiders who come in the night to smash FRI open hidden tombs, and grab the artefacts inside. They sell FRI them on to dealers, who in some cases offer them to museums FRI for a massive price. FRI The police officers in attendance are a members of a special FRI branch of the Italian Carabinieri (the military police) FRI which was set up to try to deal with the problem of stolen FRI art in the country. The unit, known as the Department for FRI the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Comando Carabinieri FRI Tutela Patrimonio Culturale in Italian) has its main FRI headquarters in Rome and branches throughout the country. FRI Its job is to try to stop the looting of Italy's cultural FRI treasures- from artefacts in excavations to paintings and FRI statues in country churches. FRI To try to stop the trafficking, carabinieri officers carry FRI out regular patrols on archaeological sites, They also check FRI items of from auction houses and exhibitions against their FRI vast database of stolen goods. Other officers carry out FRI checks on more contemporary artworks to make sure that FRI they're not forged. Since the unit began in 1969, the FRI success rate has been high, with thousands of artworks FRI recovered. FRI Alex Butterworth is in Rome to watch the work of the FRI Carabinieri TPC at first hand. He follows the archaeological FRI section on patrol and sees how the huge database is used to FRI recover stolen works which are sometimes changed beyond FRI almost all recognition by the thieves to avoid detection. FRI For example, one vast painting was stolen and then cut into FRI several pieces and sold as separate items. FRI While watching the officers at work, Alex explores the FRI changing nature of cultural protection and asks what Italy's FRI determination to find its treasures says about the mood of FRI the country. FRI Producer Emma Kingsley. FRI FRI 07:00 Bookcases b00srvks (Listen) FRI Bronte Country FRI London 1853, and a firm of religious publishers is FRI transformed by an actress and her son. Stars Michael FRI Cochrane. From August 1998. FRI FRI 07:30 Wordaholics b01dtkjd (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 6 FRI Gyles Brandreth hosts a comedy panel show in which guests FRI are challenged to display their knowledge of words and FRI language. In this edition he is joined by Jack Whitehall, FRI Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes and Countdown's Susie Dent. FRI This week's letter of the week is P which really packs a FRI punch. FRI We learn why Susie Dent's favourite word is 'blurb', we find FRI out what a Chicago Piano was and we listen as Jack Whitehall FRI struggles to reduce to a tweet a particularly fruity passage FRI from his father's autobiography. FRI Writers: James Kettle and Jon Hunter. FRI Producer: Claire Jones. FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jnbl (Listen) FRI Series 5, The Scandal Magazine FRI The lad takes action over scandal rag Blabbermouth's FRI scurrilous claims of him cavorting with Mabel Biggs the FRI cigarette girl. FRI Stars Tony Hancock. With Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Hattie FRI Jacques and Kenneth Williams. FRI Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. FRI Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott. FRI Producer: Tom Ronald FRI First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1958. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b007qzrx (Listen) FRI The Case of the Missing Heir FRI As a Dimberger, Neddie Seagoon sets out to dethrone a FRI Heidelberger. Stars Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. From FRI January 1955. FRI FRI 09:00 The 99p Challenge b00p6c86 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 2 FRI Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, FRI Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham and David Quantick. From FRI July 2001. FRI FRI 09:30 The Adventures of John and Tony b007k11n (Listen) FRI A Tale of Two Tenting FRI Two friends head off on a surreal camping trip, with a FRI pretend dog. Stars John Hegley and Simon Munnery. From FRI September 1999. FRI FRI 10:00 Home Front - Omnibus b061tsyr (Listen) FRI 13-17 July 1915 FRI A wartime celebrity makes an unexpected visit to Folkestone. FRI Written by Richard Monks FRI Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz FRI Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews FRI Music: Matthew Strachan FRI Directed by Lucy Collingwood FRI Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. FRI Credits FRI Howard Argent: Toby Jones FRI Boy: Felix Lailey FRI Juliet Cavendish: Lizzie Bourne FRI Connie Cavendish: Natasha Raphael FRI Grace Cavendish: Chloe Raphael FRI PC Clough: David Acton FRI Diver: David Hounslow FRI Marieke Dupont: Olivia Ross FRI Inspector Forrester: Nigel Hastings FRI Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw FRI Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn FRI Muriel Grainger: Hannah Tointon FRI Guard: Mark Edel-Hunt FRI Norman Harris: Sean Baker FRI BC Hucks: Mark Edel-Hunt FRI Ivy Layton: Leah Brotherhead FRI Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf FRI Victor Lumley: Joel MacCormack FRI Alice Macknade: Claire-Louise Cordwell FRI Mickey Macknade: Reece Buttery FRI Maggie Macknade: Hollie Thoupos FRI Esme Macknade: Katie Angelou FRI Maid: Jessica McClellan FRI Adeline Marshall: Anastasia Hille FRI Eric Morton: Ian Conningham FRI Female Onlooker: Anastasia Hille FRI Officer: Clive Hayward FRI Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman FRI Hilary Pearce: Craige Els FRI Adam Wilson: Leo Montague FRI Albert Wilson: Harry Myers FRI Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook FRI Dorothea Winwood: Rachel Shelley FRI Ralph Winwood: Nicholas Murchie FRI Tom Wright: Clive Hayward FRI Writer: Richard Monks FRI Director: Lucy Collingwood FRI FRI 11:00 Behind the Screen b068grrt (Listen) FRI Amy Intervenes, by EC Bentley FRI Inspector Rice probes Paul Dudden's death. Gunnar Cauthery FRI reads the next instalment of the 1930s 'whodunit' continued FRI by EC Bentley. FRI Behind The Screen is a collaborative detective serial FRI written by six members of the Detection Club. It was first FRI broadcast weekly on the BBC National Programme in 1930, with FRI each contributor reading his or her own part of the story. FRI The six authors were Hugh Walpole, Agatha Christie, Dorothy FRI L Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, EC Bentley and Father Ronald FRI Knox. FRI To reflect the changes of storyteller, we have a different FRI reader for each part of this new version: FRI When first broadcast, some listeners were puzzled by the FRI method employed in planning a collaborative detective story. FRI If the whole thing were indeed to be written like a game of FRI consequences, with each new writer picking up where the last FRI one left off, how could any consistency be achieved, and how FRI could a satisfactory plot be managed and concluded? FRI Lord Peter Wimsey creator, Dorothy L Sayers, who FRI co-ordinated the different contributions, explained the FRI process: "The first three authors carried the story along FRI according to their own several fancies; while the last three FRI used their wits, in consultation, to unravel the clues FRI presented to them by the first three." FRI Abridged by John Peacock FRI Producer David Blount FRI Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b00w7f87 (Listen) FRI No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Canoeing for Ladies FRI written and dramatised by Alexander McCall Smith FRI The second of two plays adapted from Alexander McCall FRI Smith's enormously successful and popular series set in FRI Botswana. FRI Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi have to face the dangers of FRI crocodiles, hippos and a tiny canoe as their case takes them FRI to the Okovango Delta to trace a safari guide. There is also FRI the problem of Phuti's aunt to solve, as well as the FRI necessity of confronting their old adversary, Violet FRI Sepotho. FRI Director: Gaynor Macfarlane. FRI Credits FRI Mma Ramotswe: Janice Acquah FRI Mma Makutsi: Nadine Marshall FRI Mr JLB Matekoni: Ben Onwukwe FRI Hansi: Maynard Eziashi FRI Boatman: Nyasha Hatendi FRI Mighty: Obi Abili FRI Tebogo: Chuk Iwuji FRI Moripe: Jude Akuwudike FRI Phuti: Jude Akuwudike FRI Violet Sephotho: Anna Bengo FRI Aunt: Noma Dumezweni FRI Mma Potokwani: Adjoa Andoh FRI Director: Gaynor Macfarlane FRI Adaptor: Alexander McCall Smith FRI Author: Alexander McCall Smith FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jnbl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b007qzrx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Agatha Christie b0090sch (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 The Carabinieri Art Squad b00sm8tn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 BBC National Short Story Award b00776s7 (Listen) FRI BBC National Short Story Award 2007, The Orphan and the Mob FRI By Julian Gough. 4 Extra Debut. The comic tale of an orphan FRI desperately needing to go to the toilet. Conor Lovett reads FRI 2007's winning entry. FRI FRI 14:30 Agatha Christie b0076m7h (Listen) FRI The 8.55 to Baghdad, Episode 5 FRI Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey, Andrew FRI Eames visits the ancient city of Ur, where Agatha met her FRI future husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan. FRI FRI 14:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzl1 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Iris Murdoch's husband reflects on his wife's inner world FRI after the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Read by Oliver Ford FRI Davies. FRI FRI 15:00 Home Front - Omnibus b061tsyr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 99p Challenge b00p6c86 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 The Adventures of John and Tony b007k11n (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Bookcases b00srvks (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 Wordaholics b01dtkjd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Haunted b01qrljn (Listen) FRI Esmeralda FRI By John Keir Cross. Felix might finally be free of his wife, FRI but who is the mysterious woman claiming to be his daughter? FRI Starring George Baker. FRI FRI 18:30 Soul Music b0075zdm (Listen) FRI Series 1, Abide with Me FRI A look at why Henry F Lyte's words to Abide with Me and FRI William H Monk's tune have so much significance to so many FRI people. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007jnbl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b007qzrx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Agatha Christie b0090sch (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 The Carabinieri Art Squad b00sm8tn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Behind the Screen b068grrt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b00w7f87 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Angelos Epithemiou's Big Issue b01qfr6j (Listen) FRI The burger van owner from BBC2's Shooting Stars examines the FRI state of the environment. Stars Renton Skinner. From July FRI 2010. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Sam Michell FRI FRI 22:30 BBC Radio New Comedy Award b068gwh8 (Listen) FRI 2015, Heat one FRI Made for 4 Extra. First heat in comedy's prestigious new FRI talent competition presents some of the best new comedians FRI and comes from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. FRI FRI 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun b0080qgm (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI The cult BBC Radio 1 series hits Lancaster University. FRI Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. From October 1993. FRI
28 August, 2015
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 29/08/2015 - 04/09/2015
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