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SAT SATURDAY 05 SEPTEMBER 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 Haunted b01qrljn (Listen) SAT Esmeralda SAT By John Keir Cross. Felix might finally be free of his wife, SAT but who is the mysterious woman claiming to be his daughter? SAT Starring George Baker. SAT SAT 00:30 Soul Music b0075zdm (Listen) SAT Series 1, Abide with Me SAT A look at why Henry F Lyte's words to Abide with Me and SAT William H Monk's tune have so much significance to so many SAT people. SAT SAT 01:00 Agatha Christie b0090sch (Listen) SAT Crooked House, Episode 4 SAT Joy Wilkinson's adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel. SAT Another murder has struck Three Gables, which means the case SAT against Brenda and Laurence falls apart. The killer is still SAT at large, and Josephine is still in danger. SAT Charles ...... Rory Kinnear SAT Sophia ...... Anna Maxwell Martin SAT Taverner ...... Phil Davis SAT Josephine ...... Grianne Dromgoole SAT Aunt Edith ...... Judy Parfitt SAT Philip ...... Ben Crowe SAT Magda ...... Anna Chancellor SAT Roger ...... Simon Treves SAT Clemency ...... Rachel Sanders SAT Directed by Sam Hoyle. SAT SAT 01:30 The Carabinieri Art Squad b00sm8tn (Listen) SAT Writer and historian Alex Butterworth travels to Rome to SAT meet the Carabinieri squad in charge of protecting Italy's SAT priceless cultural heritage. SAT A helicopter circles overhead while Italian police officers SAT and archaeologists peer into a 30-foot deep hole made in a SAT field outside Rome. The land may look like ordinary SAT farmland, but beneath the ground there are in fact Etruscan SAT tombs full of treasures. The hole has been made by a group SAT of "tombaroli"- tomb raiders who come in the night to smash SAT open hidden tombs, and grab the artefacts inside. They sell SAT them on to dealers, who in some cases offer them to museums SAT for a massive price. SAT The police officers in attendance are a members of a special SAT branch of the Italian Carabinieri (the military police) SAT which was set up to try to deal with the problem of stolen SAT art in the country. The unit, known as the Department for SAT the Protection of Cultural Heritage (Comando Carabinieri SAT Tutela Patrimonio Culturale in Italian) has its main SAT headquarters in Rome and branches throughout the country. SAT Its job is to try to stop the looting of Italy's cultural SAT treasures- from artefacts in excavations to paintings and SAT statues in country churches. SAT To try to stop the trafficking, carabinieri officers carry SAT out regular patrols on archaeological sites, They also check SAT items of from auction houses and exhibitions against their SAT vast database of stolen goods. Other officers carry out SAT checks on more contemporary artworks to make sure that SAT they're not forged. Since the unit began in 1969, the SAT success rate has been high, with thousands of artworks SAT recovered. SAT Alex Butterworth is in Rome to watch the work of the SAT Carabinieri TPC at first hand. He follows the archaeological SAT section on patrol and sees how the huge database is used to SAT recover stolen works which are sometimes changed beyond SAT almost all recognition by the thieves to avoid detection. SAT For example, one vast painting was stolen and then cut into SAT several pieces and sold as separate items. SAT While watching the officers at work, Alex explores the SAT changing nature of cultural protection and asks what Italy's SAT determination to find its treasures says about the mood of SAT the country. SAT Producer Emma Kingsley. SAT SAT 02:00 BBC National Short Story Award b00776s7 (Listen) SAT BBC National Short Story Award 2007, The Orphan and the Mob SAT By Julian Gough. 4 Extra Debut. The comic tale of an orphan SAT desperately needing to go to the toilet. Conor Lovett reads SAT 2007's winning entry. SAT SAT 02:30 Agatha Christie b0076m7h (Listen) SAT The 8.55 to Baghdad, Episode 5 SAT Retracing the English crime writer's 1928 journey, Andrew SAT Eames visits the ancient city of Ur, where Agatha met her SAT future husband, archaeologist Max Mallowan. SAT SAT 02:45 John Bayley - Iris b007jzl1 (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Iris Murdoch's husband reflects on his wife's inner world SAT after the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Read by Oliver Ford SAT Davies. SAT SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b061tsyr (Listen) SAT 13-17 July 1915 SAT A wartime celebrity makes an unexpected visit to Folkestone. SAT Written by Richard Monks SAT Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz SAT Consultant Historian: Professor Maggie Andrews SAT Music: Matthew Strachan SAT Directed by Lucy Collingwood SAT Editor: Jessica Dromgoole. SAT Credits SAT Howard Argent: Toby Jones SAT Boy: Felix Lailey SAT Juliet Cavendish: Lizzie Bourne SAT Connie Cavendish: Natasha Raphael SAT Grace Cavendish: Chloe Raphael SAT PC Clough: David Acton SAT Diver: David Hounslow SAT Marieke Dupont: Olivia Ross SAT Inspector Forrester: Nigel Hastings SAT Gabriel Graham: Michael Bertenshaw SAT Sylvia Graham: Barbara Flynn SAT Muriel Grainger: Hannah Tointon SAT Guard: Mark Edel-Hunt SAT Norman Harris: Sean Baker SAT BC Hucks: Mark Edel-Hunt SAT Ivy Layton: Leah Brotherhead SAT Kitty Lumley: Ami Metcalf SAT Victor Lumley: Joel MacCormack SAT Alice Macknade: Claire-Louise Cordwell SAT Mickey Macknade: Reece Buttery SAT Maggie Macknade: Hollie Thoupos SAT Esme Macknade: Katie Angelou SAT Maid: Jessica McClellan SAT Adeline Marshall: Anastasia Hille SAT Eric Morton: Ian Conningham SAT Female Onlooker: Anastasia Hille SAT Officer: Clive Hayward SAT Thornton Tulliver: Nigel Harman SAT Hilary Pearce: Craige Els SAT Adam Wilson: Leo Montague SAT Albert Wilson: Harry Myers SAT Florrie Wilson: Claire Rushbrook SAT Dorothea Winwood: Rachel Shelley SAT Ralph Winwood: Nicholas Murchie SAT Tom Wright: Clive Hayward SAT Writer: Richard Monks SAT Director: Lucy Collingwood SAT SAT 04:00 The 99p Challenge b00p6c86 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 2 SAT Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, SAT Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham and David Quantick. From SAT July 2001. SAT SAT 04:30 The Adventures of John and Tony b007k11n (Listen) SAT A Tale of Two Tenting SAT Two friends head off on a surreal camping trip, with a SAT pretend dog. Stars John Hegley and Simon Munnery. From SAT September 1999. SAT SAT 05:00 Bookcases b00srvks (Listen) SAT Bronte Country SAT London 1853, and a firm of religious publishers is SAT transformed by an actress and her son. Stars Michael SAT Cochrane. From August 1998. SAT SAT 05:30 Wordaholics b01dtkjd (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 6 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 Saturday Drama b00vv0n7 (Listen) SAT Agatha Christie - And Then There Were None SAT Agatha Christie's famous detective story without a SAT detective, adapted by Joy Wilkinson. SAT Ten guests are separately invited to an island by a person SAT none of them knows very well, if at-all. When they arrive, SAT it seems they have all been invited for different reasons. SAT Nothing quite adds up. SAT An anonymous voice accuses each of them of having murdered SAT someone. By the end of the first night, one of the guests is SAT dead. Stranded by a violent storm and tormented by the SAT nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys', the ten guests fear SAT for their lives. Who is the killer? Is it one of them? SAT 'And Then There Were None' was named the world's favourite SAT Agatha Christie novel in a poll in September 2015. SAT Directed by Mary Peate. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. SAT Credits SAT Vera Claythorne: Lyndsey Marshal SAT Cyril: Harry Child SAT Captain Lombard: Alex Wyndham SAT Emily Brent: Joanna Monro SAT Dr Armstrong: Sean Baker SAT Mr Justice Wargrave: Geoffrey Whitehead SAT Anthony Marston: Lloyd Thomas SAT Mr Blore: Sam Dale SAT Narracott: Adeel Akhtar SAT General MacArthur: John Rowe SAT Mr Rogers: Wayne Foskett SAT Mrs Rogers: Sally Orrock SAT Hugo: Henry Devas SAT Gramophone Voice: Jude Akuwudike SAT Writer: Agatha Christie SAT Adaptor: Joy Wilkinson SAT Director: Mary Peate SAT SAT 07:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01rg0zd (Listen) SAT The Reluctant Jester Strikes Back, Episode 6 SAT Michael Bentine remembers going the extra mile in creating SAT some madcap pranks for BBC TV's Square World. From December SAT 1994. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b00t32rs (Listen) SAT Sellers in the Attic SAT Comedy writer and historian Glenn Mitchell examines SAT exclusive and lesser known recordings of Peter Sellers and SAT reveals a fascinating wealth of recently discovered SAT recordings presenting a new insight into the life of this SAT comic legend. SAT After Peter Sellers died in July 1980, the initial rush of SAT glowing eulogies swiftly made way for often highly SAT condemnatory accounts of his personality and behaviour. Some SAT of these are, admittedly, accurate, others take incidents in SAT isolation without regard for the context of the events SAT described, while in some instances the claims rely on SAT inaccuracies and misassumptions. SAT Fortunately there has been more perspective among recent SAT chronicles but the trend has continued to portray Sellers's SAT personal life as one with few, if any, redeeming features. SAT As regards his work, many accounts have concentrated on the SAT obvious aspects - the Panther films, Dr. Strangelove, SAT perhaps also The Goon Show, but Peter Sellers left far more SAT than that. SAT Mitchell, the writer and presenter of this programme, was SAT only 21 when the actor died but has been collecting Sellers SAT material from an early age. In this personal take on the SAT subject, Mitchell chronicles Sellers' career in parallel SAT with his own lifelong interest in the actor's work. He will SAT examine various recordings, explaining in each instance its SAT place within the canon, and how it may have shaped - or been SAT shaped by - Sellers' life and career. SAT The programme also explores the softer, compassionate side SAT to the legendary actor's nature, the aspect of the man which SAT once led to him talking a complete stranger - who was SAT perched on a high bridge - out of committing suicide. SAT Among the recent finds is a personal recording Sellers made SAT for a television producer whose daughter lost her sight. The SAT never before broadcast recording includes readings of the SAT poet William McGonagall with various comments throughout. SAT Not only is it vintage Sellers but it reveals a remarkable SAT and malleable side to his personality, catching him at a SAT very relaxed moment in his life contrasting with his often SAT cited volatile nature. SAT Mitchell's own focus will be on the lesser-known Sellers SAT material he has amassed, including home-movie prints, SAT soundtracks, rare interviews and out-takes. The programme SAT also profiles written archives from his first BBC TV and SAT Radio auditions. SAT Ultimately Sellers in the Attic will tell his remarkable SAT story - by revisiting the less obvious items from his vast SAT legacy, including such gems from the BBC archives as his SAT 1970 performance of the macabre music-hall monologue The SAT Ballad of Sam Hall, recorded at Wilton's in East London. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010. SAT SAT 09:00 Natalie Haynes' Back to School b01rfxjr (Listen) SAT Former school teacher, then stand-up and now writer and SAT broadcaster Natalie Haynes relives the highlights and SAT horrors of school days, courtesy of the BBC archive: SAT * Bleak Expectations SAT Series 1 (1/6) A Childhood Cruelly Kippered: SAT Mark Evans's Dickensian spoof reveals the downward spiral of SAT young Pip Bin's life. Stars Richard Johnson, Anthony Head, SAT Celia Imrie and Geoffrey Whitehead. From August 2007. SAT * The Jason Byrne Show SAT Series 1 (1/6) Education: SAT Award-winning Irish comedian Jason Byrne takes aim at the SAT world of classrooms, teachers and school-bullying. With SAT guest Ivan Brackenbury. From July 2008. SAT * The Burkiss Way SAT Series 2 (9/13) Skive from School the Burkiss Way: SAT Can 'Moses Minor' lead the boys of Greyfriars away from the SAT clutches of their oppressors? Starring Fred Harris, Jo SAT Kendall, Chris Emmett and Nigel Rees. From February 1977. SAT * Clare in the Community SAT Series 1 (6/6) Stage Fright: SAT The social worker and control freak's disgruntled husband SAT Brian writes a play based on their marriage. Stars Sally SAT Phillips and Alex Lowe. From December 2004. SAT * King Street Junior SAT Series 2 (9/10) Sports Day: SAT As both pupils and staff get in training, school headmaster SAT Mr Beeston gets a cryptic note. Stars James Grout and Peter SAT Davison. From March 1987. SAT * Hancock's Half Hour SAT Series 4 (15/20) The Old School Re-Union: SAT Surprises are in store as the lad heads back for SAT prize-giving day at his old school. Stars Tony Hancock, Bill SAT Kerr, Hattie Jacques, Sidney James and Kenneth Williams. SAT From January 1957. SAT Producer: Mik Wilkojc SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in 2013. SAT SAT 12:00 One Foot in the Grave: A Celebration of a Comedy SAT Classic b068hyw4 (Listen) SAT Would you believe it? In January 1990, BBC TV broadcast the SAT very first episode of One Foot In The Grave, much of it SAT filmed along England's South Coast. SAT Doreen Mantle - who played Mrs Warboys - looks back at the SAT history of the classic TV sitcom about the ever grumpy SAT Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) and his long-suffering wife SAT Margaret ( Annette Crosbie). SAT It ran for 6 series, plus festive specials and selected SAT episodes were adapted for BBC radio. SAT Featuring: series writer David Renwick, producer Susan SAT Belbin, Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie and Angus Deayton. SAT Producer: Richard Latto. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio Solent in December 2014. SAT SAT 13:00 Tanika Gupta - Bindi Business Omnibus b068hyw6 (Listen) SAT Bindi is an eccentric 'olderpreneur', driven to show SAT everyone that it is never too late for your first start-up. SAT Starring Meera Syal. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b05ql31l (Listen) SAT Meera Syal SAT Actor and writer Meera Syal MBE chooses 'Dum Maro Dum' from SAT the soundtrack of the film Hare Rama Hare Krishna and 'A SAT Case of You' by Joni Mitchell. SAT SAT 14:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0075nw5 (Listen) SAT Martin Bell SAT Martin Bell explores the psychological aspects of a career SAT as a war correspondent with Professor Anthony Clare. 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 June 1996. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b00t32rs (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Saturday Drama b00vv0n7 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01rg0zd (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 Colin Swash - Paradise Lost in Space b007jp0g (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT When the Oblivions are introduced to the pleasures of the SAT flesh, one thing leads to another. Stars David Haig, Michael SAT Troughton and Tony Robinson. SAT SAT 18:30 Atomic Tales b007qtm4 (Listen) SAT Unstoppable! SAT It's white-knuckle time as a space train hurtles towards SAT Earth. 1950s American sci-fi spoof with John Guerrasio. From SAT August 2006. SAT SAT 19:00 Natalie Haynes' Back to School b01rfxjr (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Sabotage b007jwv4 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 1 SAT Mark Talbot hosts Sabotage's exciting comedy night with top SAT performers: Aisling Bea, Mike Wozniak, Ben Mellor, James SAT Acaster and Liam Williams at London's historic Hoxton Hall SAT in Hackney. SAT Producer: Anna Silver. SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Hat Trick Productions. SAT First broadcast in November 2013. SAT SAT 23:00 4 at the Store b007jqg1 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 3 SAT Stand-up at London's Comedy Store with host Simon Bligh, SAT Rhona Cameron, Omid Djalili and Steve Gribbin. From December SAT 1998. SAT SAT 23:30 Chain Reaction b00tgx3w (Listen) SAT Series 6, Ade Edmondson interviews Ruby Wax SAT The new series of the tag team talk show continues as last SAT week's guest, writer and star of "The Young Ones" and SAT "Bottom", alternative comedy legend Ade Edmondson takes the SAT microphone to interview the UK's favourite sharp tongued SAT American, Ruby Wax. SAT Ade asks Ruby about the impact her strict parents had on her SAT comedy, her start in entertainment as an RDC wench, her SAT break into TV and those famous celebrity interviews, and how SAT her journey has led her from being a celebrated TV SAT entertainer and comedienne to a qualified expert on SAT Psychotherapy and Neuroscience. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 Colin Swash - Paradise Lost in Space b007jp0g (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:30 Atomic Tales b007qtm4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Tanika Gupta - Bindi Business Omnibus b068hyw6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b05ql31l (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 In the Psychiatrist's Chair b0075nw5 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b00t32rs (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Saturday Drama b00vv0n7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Michael Bentine - The Reluctant Jester b01rg0zd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Deepak Verma - The Bandit Queen b007jymk (Listen) SUN Held without trial in jail for 11 years. How did Indian SUN bandit queen Phoolan Devi become a folk heroine and earn SUN worldwide notoriety? Stars Nisha Nayar. SUN SUN 07:15 In Drovers' Boots b068j4q6 (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN Huw Williams arrives in Bridgwater as he continues his SUN journey along the cattle herding routes of the 17th century. SUN From June 2004. SUN SUN 07:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f9k92 (Listen) SUN Series 5, Granddad SUN Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. SUN Ed is visited by his new grandson, Smile, and is inspired to SUN write a children's book. However, his daughter is not at all SUN impressed with his flat. SUN Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas SUN House Husband ...... Nicholas Boulton SUN Olive ...... Stephanie Cole SUN Eli ...... Lisa Coleman SUN Felix ...... John Fortune SUN Jaz ...... Philip Jackson SUN Pearl ...... Rita May SUN Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy SUN TV Man ...... Dan Tetsell SUN Tim ...... Kim Wall SUN Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead. SUN SUN 08:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b00gszmr (Listen) SUN From 29/03/1971 SUN A bungling burglar, a struggling pianist and the Clegworthy SUN family's Sunday. SUN A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker. SUN With Terence Brady, Pauline Yates and Peggy Ann Wood. SUN Pianist: Gordon Langford. SUN Written by Chris Allen, Tony Bilbow and Mike Fentiman, David SUN Climie, John Graham, Gerald Wiley and John Fawcett-Wilson. SUN Producer John Fawcett-Wilson SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1971. SUN SUN 08:30 Whack-O! b068j4q8 (Listen) SUN From 12/09/1961 SUN Cricket ashes of a different kind when the new school SUN pavilion burns down. With June Whitfield. SUN Starting life on BBC TV before transferring to radio, SUN Chiselbury School is run "for the sons of gentlefolk". SUN Headmaster, Professor James Edwards, M.A. never misses a SUN trick when it comes to exploiting the students and their SUN parents. Sports pitches are given over to growing SUN vegetables, which the boys nurture for their head to sell. SUN Classes never exceed 95 pupils - 50 if private tuition is SUN paid for at five guineas extra. It's only thanks to the SUN efforts of the devoted deputy head, Mr Pettigrew, that the SUN school exists at all. SUN Written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden and adapted for radio SUN by David Climie. SUN Producer: Edward Taylor SUN First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September SUN 1961. SUN SUN 09:00 Paul Theroux - Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads SUN Omnibus b068j4qb (Listen) SUN Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys through America's SUN southern states. Read by Henry Goodman. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b06bsfn4 (Listen) SUN Paul Theroux SUN Travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux chooses 'Maybellene' SUN by Chuck Berry and 'Different Trains' by Steve Reich. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03lc13d (Listen) SUN The Good Life, Penelope Keith SUN From Elgar to the Beatles, The Good Life star Penelope Keith SUN shares her castaway choices with Roy Plomley. From August SUN 1976. SUN SUN 10:45 Crème de la Crime b010j4pb (Listen) SUN Series 2, The Lord and Mike Shepherd SUN Michael Feydeau and David Pershore probe the unsolved case SUN of a vanishing Lord. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From SUN May 2002. SUN SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour b067xfsv (Listen) SUN Series 2, Courage 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 Brian Goldman, Margaret Heffernan, Janine di Giovanni, SUN Kimberley Motley and Dr Leana Wen. SUN First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio. SUN SUN 11:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00pgrq6 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Songsters SUN The naturalist muses on the messages conveyed in the SUN syllables, melodies and repeated phrases of singing birds. SUN SUN 12:00 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead b00gszmr (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Whack-O! b068j4q8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Deepak Verma - The Bandit Queen b007jymk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 In Drovers' Boots b068j4q6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Simon Mawer - Tightrope b068j5sv (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Marian runs into an old friend in Paris. Her personal and SUN professional lives are getting complicated. Read by Peter SUN Firth. SUN SUN 15:45 Katherine Mansfield - Her First Ball b068j5sx (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. When Leila attends her first formal ball, her SUN dance partners have distinctly different effects on her. SUN Read by Sara Coward. SUN SUN 16:00 David Renwick - Angry Old Men b068j60j (Listen) SUN What happens to the stars of outrageous, ground-breaking TV SUN comedy as the years go by? SUN Four formerly daring comic heroes Douglas Doyle, Felix Fox, SUN Vernon Rees and George Simon, plus their sidekick, Iris Gray SUN are now old and embittered. Re-united for one eventful SUN night, 30 years on, they face some startling home truths. SUN Starring Bill Wallis as Felix, Annette Crosbie as Iris, SUN Bernard Cribbins as Douglas, Peter Bowles as Vernon and Enn SUN Reitel as George. SUN Written by David Renwick, creator of the hit BBC TV series SUN One Foot in the Grave. SUN Directed by Nigel Bryant. SUN Made for BBC Radio 4 by Armada Productions. SUN First broadcast in 1996. SUN SUN 17:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f9k92 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow SUN b007xrtx (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN Ichabod Crane comes face-to-face with his worst nightmare. SUN Martin Jarvis concludes Washington Irving's supernatural SUN classic. SUN SUN 18:30 The Darker Side of the Border b00ck4fs (Listen) SUN The Brownie of the Black Haggs SUN By James Hogg. Regarded as a violent mistress, Lady SUN Wheelhope becomes dangerously obsessed with a mysterious SUN servant. Stars Irene Macdougall. SUN SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour b067xfsv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00pgrq6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] SUN SUN 20:00 Paul Theroux - Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads SUN Omnibus b068j4qb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b06bsfn4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b03lc13d (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 21:45 Crème de la Crime b010j4pb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Ed Reardon's Week b00f9k92 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Mark Steel's in Town b018xs8f (Listen) SUN Series 3, Bungay 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 5 - In this episode Mark performs a show for the SUN residents of Bungay in Suffolk, where he talks about SUN non-existent castles, haunted pubs and chicken roundabouts. SUN Written and performed by Mark Steel with additional material SUN by Pete Sinclair. SUN Produced by Sam Bryant. SUN SUN 23:00 Sparkhill Sound b010y31b (Listen) SUN By Adil Ray and Anil Gupta SUN Sparkhill Sound is a local radio station serving... SUN Sparkhill. Sparkhill is a part of Birmingham. Birmingham is SUN a city in the West Midlands. All human life is there. SUN Pakistanis, Indians, Somalians, Iraqis, Irish. Even some SUN English. Sparkhill Sound brings them all together on a radio SUN station that tries - but usually fails - to promote harmony. SUN Performed by Adil Ray, Felix Dexter, Gary Pillai, Vineeta SUN Rishi. SUN Produced by Bill Dare SUN Adil Ray is one of the key voices behind Down the Line - SUN playing Mr Khan and MC Raa. He's the creative force behind SUN this spoof radio station based in an ethnically diverse part SUN of Birmingham, Ray's home town. SUN Credits SUN Producer: Bill Dare SUN SUN 23:30 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea b00770bs (Listen) SUN Series 3, Porridge Votes SUN The Scotsmen stand against the Laird in the local SUN by-election. Dirty tricks are all too soon afoot. Stars SUN Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Jeremy Hardy. From September SUN 2006. SUN SUN 23:45 2000 Years of Radio b007szjn (Listen) SUN Series 2, Beagle FM SUN 1836, and DJ Suzanne Canker joins Charlie Darwin aboard HMS SUN Beagle. Recreation of the wireless archives with Hazel SUN Grain. From September 2002. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2015 MON MON 00:00 Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow MON b007xrtx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 The Darker Side of the Border b00ck4fs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Deepak Verma - The Bandit Queen b007jymk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 In Drovers' Boots b068j4q6 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Simon Mawer - Tightrope b068j5sv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Katherine Mansfield - Her First Ball b068j5sx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 David Renwick - Angry Old Men b068j60j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f9k92 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Wimsey b007jw7f (Listen) MON Five Red Herrings, The Body in the Burn MON Aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey goes on a Scottish MON fishing holiday in Kircudbright, but ends up catching more MON than trout - when he's called upon to investigate the death MON of a local artist. MON Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as MON Bunter, Bruce Bennett as Murdoch and Bill Wallace as Waters. MON British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a MON number of detective novels and short stories by English MON crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Five Red Herrings was MON first published in 1931. MON Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord MON Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton MON and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First MON World War. MON Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio MON from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations MON that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. MON Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. MON Producer: Simon Brett. MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978. MON MON 06:30 Calvin and Hobbes b00mr2fj (Listen) MON Phill Jupitus celebrates Calvin and Hobbes, the comic strip MON about the little boy and his stuffed tiger named after MON eminent philosphers. MON Over the course of ten years, the strip became an MON international phenomenon, being syndicated in 2,500 MON newspapers worldwide. It tells the tale of a young boy whose MON stuffed tiger is as real to him as the people around him, MON and deals in the process with philosophical issues about MON free will and the meaning of life, via the perspective of a MON child with an extraordinary imagination. Its creator, the MON reclusive Bill Watterson, could have become a MON multi-millionaire through merchandising deals and film MON offers, but turned them all down without hesitation. MON Phill sets out to discover more about the characters and the MON man behind them. In Watterson's absence, Jupitus heads to MON Oxford to speak with artists, merchandisers, booksellers and MON philosophers to find out what makes the strip so popular, MON over a decade after Watterson drew the final frame. MON Credits MON Presenter: Phill Jupitus MON Visual Editor: Ian Bent MON Producer: Geoffrey Bird MON MON 07:00 The Right Time b00b1pcf (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 3 MON A mood ring and piercings - sketch comedy with a mature MON edge. Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden and Neil Innes. From MON May 2002. MON MON 07:30 The Unbelievable Truth b067wf2r (Listen) MON Series 15, Episode 2 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 Arthur Smith, Jon Richardson, Susan Calman and David MON O'Doherty are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate MON inaccuracy on subjects as varied as Pets, Bacteria, Zombies MON and Water. 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: Arthur Smith MON Panellist: Jon Richardson MON Panellist: Susan Calman MON Panellist: David O'Doherty MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jnxm (Listen) MON Series 2, Don't Fence Me In MON Captain Mainwaring is horrified when some prisoners of war MON escape from a camp. 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 Godfrey and Larry Martyn as Private Walker. 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 Credits MON Actor: Arthur Lowe MON Actor: John Le Mesurier MON Actor: Ian Lavender MON Actor: Clive Dunn MON Actor: Arnold Ridley MON MON 08:30 Marriage Lines b068r53p (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 13 MON It's baby's christening day and George is packing for MON Africa. 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 Joan Sanderson. 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 b007765n (Listen) MON Series 6, Stephen King MON James Walton chairs the literary quiz with John Walsh, MON Sebastian Faulks, Mark Billingham and Sabrina Broadbent. MON Reader is Beth Chalmers. From April 2007. MON MON 09:30 King Street Junior b00tt953 (Listen) MON Series 1, Language Units MON A proposed unit for immigrant children raises the MON temperature more than the school boiler. Stars Peter MON Davison. From April 1985. MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b00vvwq0 (Listen) MON Hans Fallada - Alone in Berlin, Episode 1 MON From the Novel by Hans Fallada. Dramatised for radio by MON Shelagh Stephenson MON Primo Levi's declaration that Alone in Berlin is "the MON greatest book ever written about German resistance to the MON Nazis" is bold and unequivocal. English readers have had to MON wait 60 years to explore the 1947 novel in which Otto MON Quangel, a factory foreman (Ron Cook) and his wife Anna MON (Margot Leicester) believe themselves morally obliged to MON take on the full might of the Nazis. MON When their son is killed "for Fuhrer and Fatherland", the MON Quangels begin to write anonymous postcards, denouncing the MON war and the regime, and leave them on the stairwells of MON public buildings in Berlin. Over two years, the cards become MON their life. Trapped through a trivial mistake, by their MON nemesis, Inspector Escherich of the Gestapo (Tim McInnerny) MON they are put on trial for their lives, but find a strange MON freedom in a mocking defiance and then in a terrible MON silence. MON Alone in Berlin is a grim but heroic story told with laconic MON determination by a man who lived through the war in Berlin. MON It is about the quiet moral triumph of a seemingly MON inconsequential couple - it points to a courage which lay in MON the hearts of most true Germans, if only angst and MON overwhelming fear hadn't been allowed to gain the upper MON hand. MON Cast: MON Otto Quangel ..... Ron Cook MON Anna Quangel ..... Margot Leicester MON Escherich ..... Tim McInnerny MON Trudel Bauman ..... Jasmine Hyde MON Eva Kluge ..... Christine Kavanagh MON Enno Kluge ..... Ian Bartholomew MON Emil Borkhausen ..... Richard McCabe MON Frau Rosenthal ..... Joanna Munroe MON Inspector Rusch ..... John McAndrew MON Judge Fromm ..... Andrew Sachs MON Inspector Zott ..... Nickolas Grace MON Inspector Prall ..... Sam Dale MON Director: Eoin O'Callaghan. MON MON 11:00 Behind the Screen b068r5lx (Listen) MON How Dudden Died MON Mr Parsons and Wilfred Hope try to solve the mystery of MON Dudden's death themselves. 1930s 'whodunit' concluded by MON Nigel Anthony. MON Behind The Screen is a collaborative detective serial MON written by six members of the Detection Club. It was first MON broadcast weekly on the BBC National Programme in 1930, with MON each contributor reading his or her own part of the story. MON The six authors were Hugh Walpole, Agatha Christie, Dorothy MON L Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, EC Bentley and Father Ronald MON Knox. 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 Arthur b0076nrb (Listen) MON The Sword of the King MON By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. 4 Extra Debut. Stable boy Arran MON meets a traveller, who makes him confront his true origins MON and grasp the sword of destiny. Stars Ben Whishaw. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jnxm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Marriage Lines b068r53p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Wimsey b007jw7f (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 Calvin and Hobbes b00mr2fj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 BBC National Short Story Award b00cfzk8 (Listen) MON BBC National Short Story Award 2008, The Numbers MON By Claire Wigfall. Readings of the stories short-listed for MON this year's BBC National Short Story Award, which has MON attracted more than 600 submissions and includes entries by MON some of the biggest names in British fiction. The stories MON are read by a selection of the nation's leading acting MON talent. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011p5hn (Listen) MON Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper, Episode 1 MON In this adaptation of Christopher Nicolson's vivid and MON dramatic novel, the central story is about the relationship MON between a boy and an elephant. But this is no whimsical love MON story - it's about power, and how power and violence distort MON relationships. It's about how the rich abuse the poor, and MON how humans abuse animals. And yet, this is also a simple MON moving drama, told by a young man, about the defining love MON of his life. MON Tom is 16 when the story opens, a simple West Country boy, MON the son of a groom on a country estate in the 18th century. MON When his master acquires a pair of elephants, the job of MON keeper falls to him. Overcoming his fears, Tom begins a MON relationship with the elephants which will change the course MON of his life. MON Adapted for radio by Elizabeth Burke MON CAST MON Tom .....Stuart McLoughlin MON Lizzie .....Sarah Ovens MON Mr Harrington .....Bertie Carvel MON Mrs Harrington .....Claire Cage MON Dr Chisholm .....Richard Mitchley MON Producer: Kate McAll MON BBC Cymru Wales. MON MON 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00ks5t3 (Listen) MON David Nicholls - One Day, Episode 1 MON Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David MON Nicholls. MON The friendship between Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew begins MON on the day after graduation - the morning after they have MON spent the night together. MON A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b00vvwq0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The Write Stuff b007765n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 King Street Junior b00tt953 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 The Right Time b00b1pcf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 The Unbelievable Truth b067wf2r (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Haunted b01qxztt (Listen) MON The Lamp MON By Agatha Christie. A sickly young boy settles into a new MON address, but his ghostly playmate has other ideas. Stars MON Judy Cornwell and Timothy Bateson. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075x2r (Listen) MON Diran Adebayo and Sarah Walker MON Louise Doughty and her guests novelist Diran Adebayo, and MON mezzo-soprano Sarah Walker discuss their favourite MON paperbacks by AG Macdonell, MG Vassanji and Emily Bronte. MON From 2000. MON AG Macdonell: England, Their England MON Publisher: Picador MON MG Vassanji: A Book of Secrets MON Publisher: Picador MON Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights MON Publisher: Penguin Classics. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jnxm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Marriage Lines b068r53p (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Wimsey b007jw7f (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 Calvin and Hobbes b00mr2fj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Behind the Screen b068r5lx (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Arthur b0076nrb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 The Unbelievable Truth b067wf2r (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 The In Crowd b007jp55 (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 1 MON 4 Extra Debut. Compulsive Liars Anonymous and a birthday MON shock. Manchester sketch show with Kate Ward, Smug Roberts MON and Robin Ince. From June 2004. MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06b4msv (Listen) MON The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Diane Morgan is MON joined by Iliza Shlesinger. MON MON 23:00 Dead Ringers b06811fb (Listen) MON Series 15, Episode 4 MON A satirical take on politics, media and celebrity. MON Featuring Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson, Jan Ravens, Lewis MON MacLeod and Duncan Wisbey. MON Produced by Bill Dare. 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 b00vhf5y (Listen) MON Craig Brown's Lost Diaries, July and August MON July & August. School's out for Barack Obama, Frank McCourt MON and Emma Thompson. MON Satirist Craig Brown dips into the private lives of public MON figures from the 1960s to the present day. 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 08 SEPTEMBER 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 Haunted b01qxztt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b0075x2r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Wimsey b007jw7f (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 Calvin and Hobbes b00mr2fj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 BBC National Short Story Award b00cfzk8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011p5hn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Book at Bedtime b00ks5t3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b00vvwq0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 The Write Stuff b007765n (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 King Street Junior b00tt953 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 The Right Time b00b1pcf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 The Unbelievable Truth b067wf2r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Wimsey b00s6492 (Listen) TUE Five Red Herrings, Disappearances TUE As Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the mysterious death of TUE unpopular artist, Sandy Campbell - key suspects keep TUE vanishing. TUE Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as TUE Bunter, Garard Green as Sir Maxwell Jamieson, John Graham as TUE Sergeant Dalziel and Frances Jeater as Mrs Farren. TUE British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a TUE number of detective novels and short stories by English TUE crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Five Red Herrings was TUE first published in 1931. TUE Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord TUE Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton TUE and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First TUE World War. TUE Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio TUE from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations TUE that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. TUE Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. TUE Producer: Simon Brett. TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978. TUE TUE 06:30 Command Performance b00rpvkt (Listen) TUE Command Performance explores prestigious concerts held in TUE unique places under special circumstances with presenter TUE Katie Derham . As you'd expect the command performance is a TUE royal prerogative and singer Katherine Jenkins gives us TUE further insight when she explains her recent experience of a TUE performance for the current Queen at Balmoral. TUE As we hear for most artists a private performance rarely TUE features a royal at the top table. Time is devoted to the TUE after dinner or corporate gig where lucrative money can be TUE made. Comedian Barry Cryer gives us tips on the best way to TUE approach these unique events and veteran Roy Hudd also TUE suggests ways you make the most of these performance TUE opportunities with out losing your nerve. TUE After a hard day General Secretary Joseph Stalin liked to TUE relax watching the ballet. Today a bespoke performance with TUE an artist is possible. Jazz musician Yolanda Brown was TUE invited to perform for the President Medvedev at the Winter TUE Palace in St. Petersburg. Playing for a leading political TUE figure is significant for an artist, but what about TUE performing for eight global players? Jools Holland explains TUE his command performance when he played for Prime Minster TUE Tony Blair at the G8 summit and why President Bill Clinton TUE had difficulty leaving the event. TUE For many artists a performance for his Holiness the Pope is TUE a command performance to be embraced with great relish. TUE Composer Simon Wills performed for the Pope on two occasions TUE and reveals what happens behind the walls of the Vatican, TUE what the changing facilities are like and how the Pope TUE responds to a performance. TUE The programme concludes that any one can purchase their own TUE command performance and music promoter Hugh Phillimore can TUE help. He has secured the world's leading stars providing the TUE price is right. TUE Sugar Productions for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Producer: John Sugar TUE TUE 07:00 HR b00tt4lt (Listen) TUE Series 2, Remodelling 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, fearing the sense of purposelessness that often hits TUE retirees, decides to redecorate his house. But, his TUE housemate Peter worries, has he some darker purpose in mind? TUE Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce TUE Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost TUE Nigel ..... Tony Bell TUE Director: Peter Kavanagh. TUE TUE 07:30 Mitch Benn Specials b067x5j1 (Listen) TUE Mitch Benn Is the Fat Pink Duke TUE David Bowie is the first rock star Mitch can remember being TUE aware of. TUE He was two, David was Ziggy Stardust, and he remembers TUE feeling that while he liked him he didn't really get him. As TUE he's grown up - and David Bowie has grown up right along TUE side - Mitch realises that Not Really Getting David Bowie is TUE the whole point... TUE Mitch Benn takes you on a whistlestop tour of Bowie's back TUE catalogue, examining his legacy and Mitch's own personal TUE connection to his music. TUE This is a comedy show for anyone who's ever bought a record TUE or fallen in love with a song. 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 b007js3y (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 11 TUE It's Kenneth Horne to the rescue in 'The Gaylords', a tune TUE from Rambling Syd Rumpo, plus Julian and Sandy get all TUE musical in Bona Beats. 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 b00dr4t4 (Listen) TUE From 02/06/1973 TUE 'This Is Your Life' for the unsung Hilary Crabtree. Pun-fest TUE with Barry Cryer, John Junkin and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From TUE June 1973. TUE TUE 09:00 Dead Ringers b06811fb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Such Rotten Luck b068r53r (Listen) TUE Series 2, Why Did You Marry a Writer? TUE Struggling writer Wodehouse hopes that a new biography will TUE change his fortunes. Stars Tim Pigott-Smith. From December TUE 1991. TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b00w13n6 (Listen) TUE Hans Fallada - Alone in Berlin, Episode 2 TUE From the Novel by Hans Fallada. Dramatised for radio by TUE Shelagh Stephenson. TUE Primo Levi's declaration that Alone in Berlin is "the TUE greatest book ever written about German resistance to the TUE Nazis" is bold and unequivocal. English readers have had to TUE wait 60 years to explore the 1947 novel in which Otto TUE Quangel, a factory foreman (Ron Cook) and his wife Anna TUE (Margot Leicester) believe themselves morally obliged to TUE take on the full might of the Nazis. TUE When their son is killed "for Führer and Fatherland", the TUE Quangels begin to write anonymous postcards, denouncing the TUE war and the regime, and leave them on the stairwells of TUE public buildings in Berlin. Over two years, the cards become TUE their life. Trapped through a trivial mistake, by their TUE nemesis, Inspector Escherich of the Gestapo (Tim McInnerny) TUE they are put on trial for their lives, but find a strange TUE freedom in a mocking defiance and then in a terrible TUE silence. TUE Alone in Berlin is a grim but heroic story told with laconic TUE determination by a man who lived through the war in Berlin. TUE It is about the quiet moral triumph of a seemingly TUE inconsequential couple - it points to a courage which lay in TUE the hearts of most true Germans, if only angst and TUE overwhelming fear hadn't been allowed to gain the upper TUE hand. TUE Cast: TUE Otto Quangel ..... Ron Cook TUE Anna Quangel ..... Margot Leicester TUE Escherich ..... Tim McInnerny TUE Trudel Bauman ..... Jasmine Hyde TUE Eva Kluge ..... Christine Kavanagh TUE Enno Kluge ..... Ian Bartholomew TUE Emil Borkhausen ..... Richard McCabe TUE Frau Rosenthal ..... Joanna Munroe TUE Inspector Rusch ..... John McAndrew TUE Judge Fromm ..... Andrew Sachs TUE Inspector Zott ..... Nickolas Grace TUE Inspector Prall ..... Sam Dale TUE Director: Eoin O'Callaghan. TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b0134d6z (Listen) TUE New Irish Short Stories, The Crippled Man TUE From the book 'New Irish Short Stories' we celebrate the TUE work of three internationally celebrated masters of the TUE form; William Trevor, Roddy Doyle and Dermot Bolger. TUE The collection celebrates the range and calibre of Irish TUE storytelling - conjuring a wealth of emotions and taking a TUE look at the beauty of Ireland as it passes through a TUE turbulent time - its eye always on the future. TUE 'The Crippled Man' by William Trevor read by Stephen Rea: TUE William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, county Cork in TUE 1928. He had won the Whitbread Prize three times and the TUE Hawthornden Award once and has been nominated five times for TUE the booker prize, most recently for his novel Love and TUE Summer. TUE Stephen Rea: Nominated for a 'Best Actor' Academy Award for TUE his performance in The Crying Game, Stephen Rea, remains one TUE of the most versatile and gifted actors of our generation. TUE His numerous film credits include: Interview with a Vampire, TUE End of the Affair, V for Vendetta, The Butcher Boy and TUE Copenhagen. He most recently appeared as the chilling TUE character Gatehouse in the BBC 2 series The Shadowline. TUE New Irish Short Stories were produced / directed by Laura TUE Conway. TUE TUE 11:15 Arthur b0076nvc (Listen) TUE The Black Dog TUE By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. The new king appears to be as TUE tyrannical as his father. Who or what can stop him? Stars TUE Ben Whishaw and Ian McDiarmid. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b007js3y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 Hello Cheeky b00dr4t4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Wimsey b00s6492 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Command Performance b00rpvkt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 BBC National Short Story Award b00p5xk0 (Listen) TUE BBC National Short Story Award 2009, The Not-Dead and the TUE Saved TUE By Kate Clanchy. Penelope Wilton reads the second of five TUE shortlisted stories for the annual prize, chosen from over TUE 680 entries from published writers. TUE Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer writers, TUE the stories range from the contemporary to the fantastical, TUE and from the funny to the intensely moving. They reflect the TUE very best in short story writing in Britain today, and are TUE read by some of the nation's best-known actors. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011pq29 (Listen) TUE Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper, Episode 2 TUE In this second episode of our adaptation of Christopher TUE Nicholson's novel, Tom grows close the elephants and gives TUE them names - Jenny for the female and Timothy for the male. TUE But Timothy is approaching sexual maturity and having a TUE frustrated and aggressive elephant on the estate proves TUE difficult for Tom, though it provides much amusement for the TUE other estate workers. Then one night the elephants escape TUE from their stables and run amok in the gardens of the TUE Harrington Hall. After that Mrs Harrington is determined TUE that they should be sold. TUE Adapted for radio by Elizabeth Burke TUE Tom ... Stuart McLoughlin TUE Lizzie ... Sarah Ovens TUE Mr Harrington ... Bertie Carvel TUE Mrs Harrington ... Claire Cage TUE Producer: Kate McAll TUE BBC Cymru Wales. TUE TUE 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjz6 (Listen) TUE David Nicholls - One Day, Episode 2 TUE Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David TUE Nicholls. TUE It is July 1989, a year after Emma and Dexter first met - TUE and agreed to be 'just friends'. Dex is off travelling in TUE India and Em has slid into a grim waitressing job at a TUE Mexican restaurant. But their letters continue to fly back TUE and forth. TUE A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b00w13n6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? b008m74n (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE Clive Anderson anchors the improvisations with Stephen Fry, TUE John Sessions, Jimmy Mulville and Nonny Williams. From TUE January 1988. TUE TUE 16:30 Such Rotten Luck b068r53r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 HR b00tt4lt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 Mitch Benn Specials b067x5j1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Haunted b01qylzp (Listen) TUE The Liberated Tiger TUE By R Chetwynd-Hayes. Roland is dying. But could he possibly TUE be haunting his wife while he is still alive? Stars Rosemary TUE Leach and Leslie Sands. TUE TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me b007jmr3 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Barry Took TUE The comedian and writer shares some reminiscences, with TUE tales of the Round the Horne and Monty Python teams. From TUE April 1999. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b007js3y (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 Hello Cheeky b00dr4t4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Wimsey b00s6492 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Command Performance b00rpvkt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b0134d6z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Arthur b0076nvc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Mitch Benn Specials b067x5j1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Bigipedia b012l2z5 (Listen) TUE Series 2, The Wisdom of Crowds TUE In this episode, the wisdom of crowds, the joy of TUE deregulated advertising and Bigipedia throughout history. 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 Bigipedia 2.0 is now bigger, better and closer - so it looks TUE bigger twice! 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 and 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 23:00 On the Hour b007k3g0 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 1 TUE All the news as it happens, if it happens. Savagely TUE satirical award-winning comedy, starring Chris Morris. From TUE August 1991. TUE TUE 23:30 Radio 9 b0419ml6 (Listen) TUE Series 1, Episode 3 TUE The 'accidentalist' movement in art is explained, plus TUE sponsored surgery. Written by and starring Johnny Daukes and TUE Hils Barker. From November 2003. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2015 WED WED 00:00 Haunted b01qylzp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 That Reminds Me b007jmr3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Wimsey b00s6492 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Command Performance b00rpvkt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 BBC National Short Story Award b00p5xk0 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011pq29 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjz6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b00w13n6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? b008m74n (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Such Rotten Luck b068r53r (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 HR b00tt4lt (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Mitch Benn Specials b067x5j1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Wimsey b00s6brb (Listen) WED Five Red Herrings, Bicycles WED One of six suspects over the death of Sandy Campbell, Jock WED Graham has let slip that he knows rather more than he WED pretends. Lord Peter Wimsey investigates. WED Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, David Strong WED as PC Duncan, Christopher Scoular as Jock Graham and Don WED McKillopp as Inspector MacPherson. WED British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a WED number of detective novels and short stories by English WED crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Five Red Herrings was WED first published in 1931. WED Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord WED Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton WED and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First WED World War. WED Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio WED from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations WED that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. WED Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. WED Producer: Simon Brett. WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978. WED WED 06:30 Scientists Go to Hollywood b00tj5qk (Listen) WED Adam Rutherford heads to Tinseltown to talk to the WED scientists who have left the lab for the glamour of the film WED set. WED Although the silver screen may not be known for its WED scientific accuracy, in recent years Hollywood does seem to WED have come calling, where science is concerned. A growing WED number of scientists seem to be taking time out of their day WED job to advise Hollywood directors and producers on the WED portrayal of science, and scientists, in some very well WED known films and TV series. WED Adam visits the set of one of the most well known science WED based TV shows, CSI New York to meet the writer and WED co-producer, himself a former forensic scientist. He talks WED to physicist Brian Cox about his role as science advisor to WED the Danny Boyle directed movie Sunshine. He meets the new WED wave of Hollywood movie makers who are turning to the real WED life scientists to help improve not only the image of WED science on screen, but to inspire some of their most WED fantastical plot line, and finds out whether factually WED incorrect science in the movies really matters? WED According to the US National Academy of Science, it does. So WED much so that they have now set up a programme specifically WED designed to help their scientists work with the WED entertainment industry, to improve and foster a positive WED image of science on screen. Adam meets the producer of one WED of last year's biggest Hollywood blockbusters about his WED ambition to keep the science fact in the science fiction as WED accurate as possible, and how the scientists he worked with WED came up with some far more intriguing plot twists and turns WED than anything his writers could have dreamt up. WED Presented by: Adam Rutherford; Produced by Alexandra WED Feachem. WED WED 07:00 Lenin of the Rovers b007jpkv (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 3 WED Felchester Rover's midfield-maestro Ricky Lenin tackles WED fearsome Cambridge by infiltrating their team. WED Starring Alexei Sayle as Ricky Lenin, Jonathan Kydd as Terry WED Trotsky, Andrew McClean as Stevie Stalin and Donald Hewlett WED 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 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b03jb1wp (Listen) WED Series 5, Episode 1 WED Comedy from the lopsided world of David Mitchell and Robert WED Webb, with Olivia Colman and James Bachman. This week's WED sketches include the future of farming - battery penguins; WED Thomas Hardy's exciting idea to make his books even sadder; WED and the very confusing goings on in a cash-register shop. WED Credits WED Performer: David Mitchell WED Performer: Robert Webb WED Performer: Olivia Colman WED Performer: James Bachman WED Writer: David Mitchell WED Writer: Robert Webb WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b0082hrc (Listen) WED The Hitch-Hiking Counterfeiter WED A retired 'Major' cadges a lift on HMS Troutbridge, but the WED crew soon pay the price. 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 Major Piecraft and Richard Caldicote WED as Captain Povey. WED Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS WED Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen WED series between 1959 and 1976. WED Scripted by Lawrie Wyman WED Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1961. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d7n9j (Listen) WED Series 6, Episode 4 WED Public versus state schools, Merseyside mariachi and trouble WED at t'mill - all in half an hour. Songs and sketches with WED John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From May 1968. WED WED 09:00 Puzzle Panel b00xmkdw (Listen) WED Episode 4 WED Brainteasers galore with Chris Maslanka, William Hartston, WED Professor Angela Newing and Robert Eastaway. From June 1998. WED WED 09:30 One Foot in the Grave b007jmxg (Listen) WED Alive and Buried WED Grumpy Victor Meldrew arrives at work to learn that he's no WED longer employed and is set to be replaced by a box. With WED time passing very slowly in his enforced retirement, Victor WED gripes about newsreaders and worries about becoming a WED lavatory junkie. WED Starring Richard Wilson as Victor, Annette Crosbie as WED Margaret, Doreen Mantle as Mrs Warboys. With Owen Brenman WED and Jeffrey Holland. WED Adapted for radio by David Renwick from this TV script. WED Producer: Diane Messias WED First broadcast in January 1995 on BBC Radio 2. WED WED 10:00 Caesar! b00ct508 (Listen) WED Series 1, Meeting at Formiae WED Julius Caesar secretly seeks senate leaders Cicero and WED Cato's support to shake up the rule of Rome. Stars David WED Troughton. WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b0134dbh (Listen) WED New Irish Short Stories, Animals WED From the book 'New Irish Short Stories' we celebrate the WED work of three internationally celebrated masters of the WED form; William Trevor, Roddy Doyle and Dermot Bolger. WED The collection celebrates the range and calibre of Irish WED storytelling - conjuring a wealth of emotions and taking a WED look at the beauty of Ireland as it passes through a WED turbulent time - its eye always on the future. WED 'Animals' by Roddy Doyle read by Brendan Gleeson WED Roddy Doyle is the author of nine novels, including The WED Commitments, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, which won the Booker WED Prize, and The Dead Republic. He has written several books WED for children as well as pieces for the stage, screen and WED television. His most recent book is Bullfighting , a WED collection of stories. WED Brendan Gleeson: At the age of 34 Brendan Glesson embarked WED on his film career playing Mel Gibson's right hand man in WED the Oscar Winning Braveheart. Since then he has acted in WED more than 30 films, including Michael Collins, Cold WED Mountain, 28 Days Later, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, In Bruges WED and The Village. Younger audiences know him as Hogwarts WED professor Mad-Eye Moody from Harry Potter. He most recently WED played Sergeant Gerry Boyle in The Guard, which premiered at WED the 2011 Galway film festival. WED New Irish Short Stories were produced / directed by Laura WED Conway. WED WED 11:15 Arthur b0076nyg (Listen) WED The Lake WED By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. The king seeks Merlin at the WED Sacred Grove, as Morgan is concerned about his unborn baby. WED Stars Ben Whishaw and Jane Lapotaire. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b0082hrc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d7n9j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Wimsey b00s6brb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Scientists Go to Hollywood b00tj5qk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 BBC National Short Story Award b00vxygv (Listen) WED BBC National Short Story Award 2010, Tea at the Midland WED The first of the shortlisted stories in contention for this WED major award is Tea at the Midland by David Constantine. What WED begins as a romantic outing for a couple turns into an WED afternoon fraught with tension as a piece of artwork exposes WED fundamental differences in their outlooks on life. The WED reader is Sian Thomas. It is followed by the award-winning WED Irish novelist and short story writer, Colm Tóibín, on a WED very personal selection of extracts from his favourite short WED stories. WED Produced by Gemma Jenkins and Emma Harding. WED A link to a free podcast of the story will be available for WED download for two weeks after broadcast from the BBC Radio 4 WED website, where you can also watch previews of the other WED shortlisted stories and join the debate about this year's WED shortlist. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011pkft (Listen) WED Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper, Episode 3 WED In the third episode of our adaptation of Christopher WED Nicolson's novel, Tom and Jenny the elephant are living WED happily on Lord Bidborough's estate. The old man is WED eccentric but kindly and takes great delight in the WED relationship between the boy and the elephant. But then he WED falls ill and his son, Charles, arrives from abroad to take WED over the estate. Charles likes to drink and begins to use WED 'rides on the elephant' as a way of seducing local women. WED Uneasy and guilty, Tom is forced to be complicit in this but WED is bribed by Charles to keep quiet. WED Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Burke. WED Tom ... Stuart McLoughlin WED Lizzie ... Sarah Ovens WED Lord Bidborough ... John Rowe WED Mr Harrington ... Bertie Carvel WED Charles Singleton ... Matthew Gravelle WED Producer: Kate McAll WED BBC Cymru Wales. WED WED 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjyt (Listen) WED David Nicholls - One Day, Episode 3 WED Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David WED Nicholls. WED Dexter's career in television seems to be taking off, but, WED as they move into the early 1990s, Emma is still wondering WED what to do with her life - a dilemma not eased by Dexter's WED endless parade of girlfriends. WED A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 Caesar! b00ct508 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Puzzle Panel b00xmkdw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 One Foot in the Grave b007jmxg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Lenin of the Rovers b007jpkv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b03jb1wp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Haunted b01qyswf (Listen) WED The Grey Ones WED By JB Priestley. A patient fears evil is at work in the WED shape of a sinister conspiracy. Will his psychiatrist be WED able to help? Stars Tony Britton. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076sz2 (Listen) WED Nowt So Queer as Folk WED Matthew Parris considers what is and what is not normal. WED With Amanda Mitchison, Jude Collins and actor Mat Fraser. WED From July 2005. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b0082hrc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00d7n9j (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Wimsey b00s6brb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Scientists Go to Hollywood b00tj5qk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading b0134dbh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Arthur b0076nyg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b03jb1wp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Will Smith's Midlife Crisis Management b00grsdt (Listen) WED Episode 6 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 Will tackles his lack of success with women with the help of WED Ed, an American love guru. WED Will ...... Will Smith WED Peter ...... Roger Allam WED Ed ...... Simon Greenall WED Girlfriend ...... Jill Cardo WED First date ...... Janice Acquah WED Second date ...... Donnla Hughes WED Third date ...... Dan Starkey WED Waiter ...... Roger Drew. WED WED 23:00 Elis James's Pantheon of Heroes b01pgjbt (Listen) WED Series 2, Outlaws WED Comedian Elis James compares key figures in Welsh history to WED determine Wales' ultimate heroes. Also starring Benjamin WED Partridge and Nadia Kamil. From December 2012. WED WED 23:30 Hut 33 b01jz3p2 (Listen) WED Series 3, Spitfire Poker WED The Bletchley Park codebreakers try to help raise money for WED the town's spitfire fund. Stars Robert Bathurst. From WED November 2009. WED WED THU THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2015 THU THU 00:00 Haunted b01qyswf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b0076sz2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Wimsey b00s6brb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Scientists Go to Hollywood b00tj5qk (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 BBC National Short Story Award b00vxygv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011pkft (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjyt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Caesar! b00ct508 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Puzzle Panel b00xmkdw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 One Foot in the Grave b007jmxg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Lenin of the Rovers b007jpkv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b03jb1wp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Wimsey b007jw80 (Listen) THU Five Red Herrings, Bunter Investigates THU As posh sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey hunts for the murderer of THU Scottish artist Sandy Campbell, his manservant Bunter takes THU the initiative. THU Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Peter Jones as THU Bunter, Stephen Thorne as Parker, Don McKillopp as Inspector THU MacPherson and Nell Brennan as Miss Selby. THU British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a THU number of detective novels and short stories by English THU crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Five Red Herrings was THU first published in 1931. THU Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord THU Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton THU and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First THU World War. THU Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio THU from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations THU that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. THU Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. THU Producer: Simon Brett. THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1978. THU THU 06:30 The Big Noise b00sqkgj (Listen) THU A music project in Scotland is aiming to improve life for THU the kids of Stirling. THU The Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra under conductor THU Gustavo Dudamel stole the show at both the Proms and the THU Edinburgh Festival, offering real proof of the talent and THU virtuosity that has emerged from the El Sistema programme in THU Venezuela. THU Can Scotland's version of El Sistema - dubbed The Big Noise THU - achieve as much in the deprived area of The Raploch near THU Stirling? Lesley Riddoch finds out. THU In June 2008, Sistema Scotland, the brainchild of former THU bishop and current chair of Creative Scotland Richard THU Holloway, got underway in the Raploch. Its aim - to inspire THU and galvanise the education and motivation of children from THU all backgrounds through involvement in orchestral THU musicianship. Ability is irrelevant. Anyone can join. THU It's a project that's not lacked critics. Some argue it THU takes attention and money away from existing outreach THU projects. Others resent the insistence on classical music. THU Richard Holloway is convinced it will boost confidence, THU pride and empathy, and thereby articulacy and educational THU ability, both in children and in the wider community. THU Two years on, the Big Noise's first full orchestra is THU launched and Lesley Riddoch takes stock to analyse what the THU Venezuelan initiative can do in a UK context. THU Producers: Amanda Hargreaves and Bronwen Tulloch. THU Credits THU Producer: Bronwen Tulloch THU THU 07:00 North by Northamptonshire b00sp454 (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 1 THU Sheila Hancock heads a stunning cast including Mackenzie THU Crook, Penelope Wilton, Felicity Montagu and Kevin Eldon. THU This is a clever, funny and touching series about a small THU town in the middle of Northamptonshire as it prepares for a THU talent night. It is written by and also stars Katherine THU Jakeways. THU Each week we catch up with Rod the local supermarket manager THU (Mackenzie Crook) who shares rather more than is usual about THU his private life over the store's tannoy system. THU We get to know recently divorced Jan (Felicity Montagu) THU who's been trying unsuccessfully to 'find herself' with a THU trip abroad to an elephant sanctuary. But it is at home in THU Wadenbrook that she starts to feel happier with herself as THU her friendship blossoms with ex-teacher Mary (Penelope THU Wilton). And, joy of joys, could it be that Jan is going to THU experience a touch of romance at last? THU We are introduced to driving instructor and forthright THU self-defence teacher Esther (Katherine Jakeways) and her THU gentle and put-upon Jonathan (Kevin Eldon) as they struggle THU to start a family and we meet possibly the only happy couple THU in town, Ken and Keith, as they attempt to teach their pet THU whippets to dance for the town talent night. THU Written by Katherine Jakeways THU Produced by Claire Jones THU In this week's episode Mary starts rehearsals for the town THU talent night and is shocked by 12 year old Gregory's slide THU show of Victorian ladies. Meanwhile Esther sends her husband THU Jonathan out to collect money for the Leicestershire THU Infertile Males Project but he ends up at The Bricklayer's THU Arms looking at pictures of elephants with Jan. THU Credits THU Writer: Katherine Jakeways THU Narrator: Sheila Hancock THU Rod: Mackenzie Crook THU Mary: Penelope Wilton THU Jan: Felicity Montagu THU Jonathan: Kevin Eldon THU Esther: Katherine Jakeways THU Keith: John Biggins THU Landlord: Rufus Wright THU Gregory: Sam Cotton THU Producer: Claire Jones THU THU 07:30 Meet David Sedaris b0680s8t (Listen) THU Series 5, Loggerheads THU One of the world's best storytellers is back on BBC Radio 4 THU doing what he does best. THU This week, we find how turtles have featured in the writer's THU life since childhood in Loggerheads and we hear a final THU extract from his peerless diaries. 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 THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jld2 (Listen) THU Series 2, Homes Fit for Heroes THU Harold quarrels with his Dad Albert over his plan to pack THU him off to travel the world. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. With Marie Makino as Miss Lottersby and Olwen THU Brookes as the Matron. 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 b007ynfd (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 4 THU It's a dog's life for shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel when a THU Pekingese goes missing. 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 It's Not What You Know b01c7snf (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 1 THU Miles Jupp takes the chair of It's Not What You Know, a new THU series which sets out to see how well panellists know those THU closest to them. For in this show it's not what, but who you THU know that matters - and more importantly how well you know THU them. THU Rachel Johnson, Desmond Lynam and Mark Steel nominate one of THU their nearest and dearest to answer a selection of questions THU - anything from "Who would you like to be stranded on a THU desert island with?" to "What is your favourite film?" to THU "How much is a pint of milk?" - and they must then attempt THU to second-guess how their nominee responded. If they can get THU it right, or come close, they get points. THU Each episode also features a very special guest contributor THU whose answers the panel must also try to predict. In this THU episode, that very special guest is renowned film director THU and food critic, Michael Winner. THU Producer: Sam Michell. THU THU 09:30 After Henry b007jqn4 (Listen) THU Series 4, Sunday Lunch THU To steam or not to steam? Sarah and Eleanor argue over THU potatoes. Stars Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. From THU February 1989. THU THU 10:00 Caesar! b00ctjz4 (Listen) THU Series 1, The Arena THU As Julius's appointed heir, young Octavian uses his THU legendary skills to outwit enemies and rule Rome. Stars THU Richard Johnson. THU THU 11:00 Afternoon Reading b012wjcv (Listen) THU New Irish Short Stories, Winter THU From the book 'New Irish Short Stories' we celebrate the THU work of three internationally celebrated masters of the THU form; William Trevor, Roddy Doyle and Dermot Bolger. THU The collection celebrates the range and calibre of Irish THU storytelling - conjuring a wealth of emotions and taking a THU look at the beauty of Ireland as it passes through a THU turbulent time - its eye always on the future. THU Winter' by Dermot Bolger read by Dearbhla Molloy THU Dermot Bolger is a novelist, poet and publisher, whose ten THU novels include The Family on Paradise Pier, The Journey THU Home, The Woman's Daughter and A Second Life. THU Dearbhla Molloy is a highly credited actress on both stage THU and screen. Dearbhla played Gertrude to Kenneth Branagh's THU Hamlet, in the West End for The RSC, and was nominated for a THU Tony Award for her role in Brian Friel's Dancing at THU Lughnasa. Alongside her amazing theatre credits Dearbhla has THU appeared in Waking the Dead, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders THU and New Tricks. THU New Irish Short Stories were produced / directed by Laura THU Conway. THU THU 11:15 Arthur b0076p1n (Listen) THU The Moon Eats the Sun THU By Steve May. Now married to Gwenfar, Arthur rules from THU Camelot. Keir starts war with Pellyn, but Arthur wants THU peace. Stars Philip Glenister. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jld2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007ynfd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Wimsey b007jw80 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 The Big Noise b00sqkgj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 BBC National Short Story Award b0156mv2 (Listen) THU BBC National Short Story Award 2011, The Dead Roads THU The fifth story in contention for this major award is by DW THU Wilson. Violence threatens to break out as three friends THU road trip across Canada. THU Reader: Trevor White THU Abridger: Alison Joseph THU Producer: Gemma Jenkins THU Established and newer writers bring an exciting mix of short THU fiction to Radio 4. Now in its sixth year the BBC National THU Short Story Award is an exciting annual award that THU celebrates the best of the contemporary British short story. THU The five stories shortlisted for the award will be announced THU on the evening of Friday, 9th September, on Radio 4's THU flagship arts programme Front Row, and the winning entry THU live from the award ceremony on Monday, 26th September. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011pldr (Listen) THU Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper, Episode 4 THU When Charles, Tom's drunken master, offers to take another THU young girl for a 'ride on the elephant, Tom knows that he THU plans to rape her. To save the girl he encourages Jenny the THU elephant to stampede. The master is furious and lashes out THU at Tom with a metal hook, disfiguring him. What happens THU next, in this fourth episode of our adaptation of THU Christopher Nicolson's powerful novel, propels Tom on a new THU and even more wretched path. THU Adapted for radio by Elizabeth Burke THU Tom ... Stuart McLoughlin THU Charles Singleton ... Matthew Gravelle THU Ellie ... Rebecca Newman THU Alice ... Kate Sobey THU Susan ... Grace Williams THU Producer: Kate McAll THU BBC Cymru Wales. THU THU 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjyw (Listen) THU David Nicholls - One Day, Episode 4 THU Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David THU Nicholls. THU Alcohol is beginning to take over Dexter's life, but the THU frenzied world of media partying seems to need that kind of THU fuel. His old friend Emma has qualified as a teacher and has THU begun to shake off her romantic feelings for Dex. THU A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 Caesar! b00ctjz4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 It's Not What You Know b01c7snf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 After Henry b007jqn4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 North by Northamptonshire b00sp454 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 Meet David Sedaris b0680s8t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Haunted b01qyrxk (Listen) THU The Dead Man of Varley Grange THU By Anonymous. Jack is set for a good time at a friend's new THU property, but why do strange rumours persist about the THU house? Stars George Baker. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076r8w (Listen) THU Series 7, George Sand THU 4 Extra Debut. Mary Kenny nominates the 19th-century French THU novelist, while biographer Belinda Jack offers expert THU advice. With Francine Stock. From April 2005. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jld2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b007ynfd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Wimsey b007jw80 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 The Big Noise b00sqkgj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Afternoon Reading b012wjcv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Arthur b0076p1n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Meet David Sedaris b0680s8t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 Newsjack b068xzhh (Listen) THU Series 13, Episode 1 THU This week's stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into THU sketches, one-liners and vox-pops by the public. Trying to THU make sense of it all is our host, Nish Kumar. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06b4mtk (Listen) THU The best in contemporary comedy. Tonight, Diane Morgan is THU joined by Iliza Shlesinger. THU THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game b007jtzz (Listen) THU Series 1, Appearances THU With hooves, goat's legs, red eyes and horns, the Devil is THU worried about his looks. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. THU From December 1995. THU THU 23:30 Sounding Off with McGough b007k44n (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Poet Roger McGough's reflections on the inhabitants of the THU world. Recorded at the Bath Festival. From May 2000. THU THU 23:45 The Shuttleworths b007k1wl (Listen) THU Series 1, Mini-Break in Giggleswick THU Sheffield singer John Shuttleworth and his family are in THU North Yorkshire. Stars Graham Fellows. From October 1993. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 Haunted b01qyrxk (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076r8w (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Wimsey b007jw80 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 The Big Noise b00sqkgj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 BBC National Short Story Award b0156mv2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama b011pldr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjyw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Caesar! b00ctjz4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 It's Not What You Know b01c7snf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 After Henry b007jqn4 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 North by Northamptonshire b00sp454 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Meet David Sedaris b0680s8t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Wimsey b00s6r7j (Listen) FRI Five Red Herrings, Alibis FRI Lord Peter Wimsey battles to verify the whereabouts of key FRI suspects in the murder of unpopular Scottish artist, Sandy FRI Campbell. FRI Starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, John Graham as FRI Sergeant Dalziel, Gordon Clyde as Strachan, Sheila Mitchell FRI as Mrs Smith-Le Mesurier and Bill Wallace as Waters. FRI British gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey features in a FRI number of detective novels and short stories by English FRI crime writer, Dorothy L Sayers. The Five Red Herrings was FRI first published in 1931. FRI Classy and sharp-witted, aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord FRI Peter Bredon Wimsey was born in 1890 and educated at Eton FRI and Oxford, before serving in the military during the First FRI World War. FRI Ian Carmichael appeared as Lord Peter Wimsey for BBC Radio FRI from 1973 to 1983, in addition to the BBC TV adaptations FRI that were broadcast between 1972 and 1975. FRI Adapted for radio in six episodes by Chris Miller. FRI Producer: Simon Brett. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978. FRI FRI 06:30 The Hull Truck Story b00jts6p (Listen) FRI Charting the build-up to the move of the Hull Truck Theatre FRI company from its intimate home in a former chapel to a new FRI and larger, purpose-built venue in the centre of Hull. FRI The programme also tells the story of how the company and FRI its creative director, playwright John Godber, have come to FRI occupy a special place in the hearts of many theatregoers. FRI FRI 07:00 Bookcases b00svc1m (Listen) FRI Gone for a Burton FRI 1855 - Primus's latest publishing coup is an explorer, but FRI he seems to have lost his way. Stars Maggie Steed. From FRI August 1998. FRI FRI 07:30 The Absolutely Radio Show b068sp4g (Listen) FRI Episode 1 FRI Members of the cast of Channel 4's hugely popular sketch FRI show Absolutely reunite for a brand new radio series. FRI Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy FRI and John Sparkes are back together with all new material. FRI They are revisiting some of their much loved sketch FRI characters, while also introducing some newcomers to the FRI show. FRI In 2013, the group got back together for Radio 4's FRI Sketchorama: Absolutely Special, which won a BBC Audio Drama FRI Award in the Best Live Scripted Comedy category. FRI The opening episode of this new series features The FRI Stoneybridge Town Council attempting to adapt to today's FRI technology, Denzil and Gwynedd discussing Gwynedd's plan to FRI enter the Miss Swansea competition, The Little Girl's very FRI personal take on Divorce and Calum Gilhooley getting some FRI customer feedback of his own. There are sketches about the FRI downside of Facebook, the dangers of watching television in FRI middle age, vague War memories from people who were almost FRI there and the perils of having to look after your own, FRI ageing parents. FRI Produced by Gus Beattie and Gordon Kennedy FRI A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Performer: Peter Baikie FRI Performer: Morwenna Banks FRI Performer: Moray Hunter FRI Performer: Gordon Kennedy FRI Performer: John Sparkes FRI Producer: Gus Beattie FRI Producer: Gordon Kennedy FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007yntz (Listen) FRI Series 5, The Male Suffragettes FRI The lad says women are holding men back, so he forms a group FRI to re-establish male superiority. 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 February 1958. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b00qpjpm (Listen) FRI The China Story FRI Neddie Seagoon is Britain's ambassador in China, and he is FRI after cash. Stars Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. From FRI January 1955. FRI FRI 09:00 The 99p Challenge b007js7q (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 3 FRI Crazy panel show capers as Sue Perkins grills Simon Pegg, FRI Armando Iannucci, Ben Moor and Nick Frost. From August 2001. FRI FRI 09:30 The Adventures of John and Tony b009m38r (Listen) FRI The Quest for the Holy Spectacles FRI John discovers that Jesus wore glasses, but what happened to FRI them? Stars John Hegley and Simon Munnery. From September FRI 1999. FRI FRI 10:00 Caesar! b00ctml6 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Peeling Figs for Julius FRI His name is now a byword for depravity, but growing up in FRI Tiberius's court, how evil was Emperor Caligula? Stars David FRI Tennant. FRI FRI 11:00 Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley b010tbkm (Listen) FRI Not the football club, but a one-legged, partially sighted FRI wheeler-dealer from Lancashire. Bernard Cribbins tells the FRI tale. FRI FRI 11:15 Arthur b0076p4t (Listen) FRI The Grail FRI By Steve May. Two young men arrive at Camelot only to find FRI drought and sickness. Merlin wants to appease the gods. FRI Stars Ian McDiarmid and Jane Lapotaire. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007yntz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b00qpjpm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Wimsey b00s6r7j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 The Hull Truck Story b00jts6p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 BBC National Short Story Award b01mw08q (Listen) FRI BBC International Short Story Award 2012, East of the West FRI The next of the ten shortlisted short stories in contention FRI for the BBC International Short Story Award 2012. In East of FRI the West by Miroslav Penkov the division between East and FRI West is the backdrop for this story about a broken hearted FRI man reflecting on love and loss. FRI The BBC Short Story Award is well established as one of the FRI most prestigious for a single short story. The Award is FRI celebrating the Olympic year by going global, and for one FRI year only it reflects the richness and versatility of the FRI short story internationally, with a shortlist of ten rather FRI than the usual five. The winner and the runner-up will be FRI announced live on Front Row on Tuesday, 2nd October. The FRI story will be available as a free download following FRI broadcast. FRI Read by Paul Hilton FRI Abridged by Viv Beeby FRI Produced by Elizabeth Allard. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b011pppc (Listen) FRI Christopher Nicholson - The Elephant Keeper, Episode 5 FRI Tom has fled to London where he and Jenny the Elephant are FRI working in a seedy Menagerie. A country boy, he is shocked FRI by the poverty and filth of the city. Then one day he thinks FRI he sees his old sweetheart, Lizzie, in the streets and FRI follows her. We soon see what this woman has become but for FRI Tom in his loneliness and isolation, this is love. In this FRI final episode of our adaptation of Christopher Nicolson's FRI novel, Tom begins to hatch a plan to take the elephant back FRI to her former home, the Indies. At last, he has hope of FRI escape - of escaping England, his position in the class FRI system, and all the violence and abuse - thanks to the FRI elephant. FRI Adapted for radio by Elizabeth Burke FRI Tom ... Stuart McLoughlin FRI Lizzie ... Sarah Ovens FRI Lord Bidborough ... John Rowe FRI Mrs Harrington ... Claire Cage FRI Charles Singleton ... Matthew Gravelle FRI Producer: Kate McAll FRI BBC Cymru Wales. FRI FRI 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjyy (Listen) FRI David Nicholls - One Day, Episode 5 FRI Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by David FRI Nicholls. FRI Emma has bought a flat with her boyfriend Ian, and is FRI drifting away from Dexter and his drug-fuelled lifestyle. FRI Can their friendship bridge the difference between their FRI worlds? FRI A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 Caesar! b00ctml6 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 99p Challenge b007js7q (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 The Adventures of John and Tony b009m38r (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Bookcases b00svc1m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 The Absolutely Radio Show b068sp4g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Haunted b01qyntg (Listen) FRI Which One? FRI By R Chetwynd-Hayes. A fire warden team are put to the FRI toughest test during a 1940 bombing raid. Will they all FRI survive? Stars Reginald Marsh. FRI FRI 18:30 Soul Music b0075zjv (Listen) FRI Series 1, Bridge Over Troubled Water FRI Despite their hit 1970 anthem of love and support, Simon and FRI Garfunkel struck some wrong notes. With Paul Gambaccini. FRI From December 2000. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b007yntz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b00qpjpm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Wimsey b00s6r7j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 The Hull Truck Story b00jts6p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Martin Sorrell - Accrington Stanley b010tbkm (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Arthur b0076p4t (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 The Absolutely Radio Show b068sp4g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 BBC Radio New Comedy Award b068y99w (Listen) FRI 2015, Heat two FRI The second heat in comedy's prestigious new talent FRI competition comes from the BBC's Potterow venue at the FRI Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is hosted by Susan Calman. FRI FRI 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun b007k1qh (Listen) FRI Episode 4 FRI The cult BBC Radio 1 series hits Queen's University Belfast. FRI Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring. From October 1993. FRI
04 September, 2015
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 05/09/2015 - 11/09/2015
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