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SAT SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER 2015 SAT SAT 00:00 Mind's Eye b007jyvk (Listen) SAT Lodgers SAT Psychotherapists Lorcan and Aoife discover something odd SAT about the residents of Maeve's busy Dublin guesthouse. Stars SAT Cathy Belton. SAT SAT 00:30 Soul Music b00763px (Listen) SAT Series 2, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye SAT Anna Blundy, Robert Offord and Colin Murray Parkes reflect SAT on the impact of Cole Porter's song of farewell and parting. SAT From August 2001. SAT SAT 01:00 Poirot b0109byt (Listen) SAT Peril at End House, Episode 5 SAT Hercule Poirot summons everyone to End House. Can the SAT Belgian sleuth finally unmask the murderer? SAT Agatha Christie's whodunit (published in 1932) stars John SAT Moffatt as Hercule Poirot, Simon Williams as Captain SAT Hastings, Gemma Saunders as Nick Buckley, Andrew Wincott as SAT George Challenger, Terence Edmond as Croft, Sean Arnold as SAT Jimmy Lazarus and Bryan Pringle as Chief Inspector Japp. SAT Actor John Moffatt (1922-2012) played Hercule Poirot in 25 SAT BBC Radio productions. SAT Dramatist: Michael Bakewell SAT Director: Enyd Williams SAT First heard on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. SAT SAT 01:30 Vital Mental Medicine: Shackleton's Banjo b00wdgr5 (Listen) SAT As his ship was sinking through the Antarctic pack-ice, SAT Ernest Shackleton allowed each member of his expedition to SAT take 2lbs of possessions with them as they abandoned ship. SAT One exception was made; Shackleton saved Leonard Hussey's SAT banjo saying, "We must have that banjo. It's vital mental SAT medicine." SAT So it proved; when Shackleton set off in a small boat to SAT sail to South Georgia to get help, he left behind on SAT Elephant Island twenty-two men. They lived for months under SAT an upturned boat and some old sails. Every Saturday the SAT banjo-playing meteorologist mounted a concert. He composed SAT songs and whenever they caught a seal to eat brought out his SAT banjo. He played, the men sang - and anger and depression SAT were kept at bay. SAT Leonard Hussey survived, as did his banjo, now in the SAT National Maritime Museum, its skin marked with a dozen SAT signatures of members of the failed expedition to the South SAT Pole. SAT Tim van Eyken is best known as a squeeze-box player and SAT singer - he was the Song Man in 'War Horse' at the National SAT Theatre. But he also plays the banjo. Tim explores the SAT character of Hussey and the role he and his banjo played in SAT saving the sanity of the explorers. He plays some of his SAT songs - sadly not on Hussey's banjo, which is too fragile, SAT but on his own, made by Pete Stanley, who sheds some light SAT on the original instrument. SAT Tim also hears from Pieter van der Merwe of the National SAT Maritime Museum about the importance of music in expeditions SAT and, thanks to some remarkable archive recordings, Hussey SAT himself. He plays the tune Shackleton asked for the night he SAT died. Hussey reveals, too, that his banjo had seen action in SAT warmer climes, "having among other things been played to an SAT audience of cannibals in Africa." SAT Producer: Julian May. SAT SAT 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00srkkv (Listen) SAT Episode 10 SAT Jim is determined to win Christine from the bearded SAT sportsman, but he will have to fight for her. Read by Martin SAT Jarvis. SAT SAT 02:15 Noise: A Human History b01rgm2k (Listen) SAT The Ecstatic Underground SAT Episode ten of a thirty-part series made in collaboration SAT with the British Library Sound Archive. SAT Christianity was just one of several cults that sprang up in SAT ancient Rome. So the sound-world of the first Christians SAT probably wasn't filled with the subdued voices, measured SAT singing and solemn prayers that would later echo through the SAT medieval churches and cathedrals of Western Europe. It was SAT more Eastern in flavour - or more pagan. SAT Professor David Hendy explores the ecstatic soundscapes of SAT underground house churches in ancient Rome. SAT Series producer: Matt Thompson. SAT A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b01f6b05 (Listen) SAT Grazia Deledda - Reeds in the Wind, Episode 10 SAT Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and SAT retribution set in the rugged landscape of 1900's Sardinia. SAT Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths from a translation by SAT Martha King. SAT Hearing that Giacinto will marry Grixenda, leaving Noemi SAT free to marry Predu, Efix returns to the village. Will Efix SAT finally be at peace with his conscience? SAT EFIX.....John Lynch SAT NOEMI.....Charlotte Emmerson SAT ESTER.....Deborah McAndrew SAT GIACINTO.....Matthew McNulty SAT PREDU.....Conrad Nelson SAT Directed by Nadia Molinari. SAT SAT 02:45 Book at Bedtime b00kb9kv (Listen) SAT Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, The Melting Pot SAT Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a SAT girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life SAT in New York in the 1950s. SAT As Bartocci's opens its doors to all customers, whatever SAT their colour, Eilis fights the prejudice of her fellow SAT lodgers. Even at Father Flood's Irish dance night, not SAT everyone is Irish. SAT SAT 03:00 RK Narayan - The Guide b06l36xy (Listen) SAT Railway Raju is famous for helping tourists above and beyond SAT the call of duty - until Rosie arrives. Stars Nitin Ganatra. SAT SAT 04:00 The 3rd Degree b00zdh7m (Listen) SAT Series 1, Reading SAT Coming this week from the University of Reading, host Steve SAT Punt quizzes students and lecturers of Food Science & SAT Technology, International Relations, and English and SAT American Literature. SAT Which is why you're going to find out the meanings of such SAT obscure and outlandish concepts as "interregnum", SAT "Tetrapak", "Spationaute", "Myanmar", "Thermidore", "golem" SAT and "Chris Moyles" SAT "The 3rd Degree" is a funny, lively and dynamic new quiz SAT show aimed at cultivating the next generation of Radio 4 SAT listeners whilst delighting the current ones. It's recorded SAT on location at a different University each week, and it pits SAT three Undergraduates against three of their Professors in a SAT genuinely original and fresh take on an academic quiz. Being SAT a Radio 4 programme, it of course meets the most stringent SAT standards of academic rigour - but with lots of facts and SAT jokes thrown in for good measure. SAT Together with host Steve Punt, the show tours the (sometimes SAT posh, sometimes murky, but always welcoming!) Union SAT buildings, cafés and lecture halls of six universities SAT across the UK. SAT The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General SAT Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the SAT 'Highbrow & Lowbrow' round cunningly devised to test not SAT only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, SAT languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness SAT of television, film, and Lady Gaga... In addition, the SAT Head-to-Head rounds, in which students take on their SAT Professors in their own subjects, were particularly lively, SAT and offered plenty of scope for mild embarrassment on both SAT sides... SAT The resulting show is funny, fresh, and not a little bit SAT surprising, with a truly varied range of scores, friendly SAT rivalry, and moments where students wished they had more SAT than just glanced at that reading list... SAT Producer: David Tyler SAT A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 04:30 Albert and Me b007jsdl (Listen) SAT Series 1, Holiday SAT When Bryan and son arrive in Frimlington, their fellow SAT holidaymakers aren't too welcoming. SAT Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as SAT Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Helen Worth (Gail SAT from ITV's Coronation Street) as Deirdre, Peter Vaughan as SAT Mr Wiggins and Cheryl Hall as Mavis. SAT Written by Jim Eldridge. SAT Producer: John Fawcett Wilson SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977. SAT SAT 05:00 The Change b06l3287 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 5 SAT The family learn about Carol's condition - and Sonia finally SAT confronts Dave about his suspicious behaviour. SAT Starring Lynda Bellingham as Carol, Philip Jackson as SAT George, Maureen Beattie as Maureen, Marcia Warren as Violet, SAT Emma Kennedy as Sonia and James Vaughan as Ken. SAT Series 3 of the sitcom about a married couple's attempts to SAT smooth over their singularly troubled midlife funk - Carol SAT is hormonal and 15-stone George is a transvestite. Onlookers SAT can't quite agree on the nature of their dynamic. SAT Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. SAT Producer: Elizabeth Freestone SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004. SAT SAT 05:30 Shedtown b01q03sb (Listen) SAT Series 2, End of the Beginning SAT In series two of Shedtown, our wooden 'man-cave', icon of SAT escape and isolation - the shed - continues to be a symbol SAT of possibility and change. SAT Episode 3: End of the Beginning SAT The creosoted community continues into surreal seaside chaos SAT as it hits the headlines. SAT Father Michael spots a 'shopportunity' and Colin sees his SAT failed dream, of running a successful visitor attraction, SAT re-emerging. SAT Barry............................Tony Pitts SAT Jimmy..........................Stephen Mangan SAT Eleanor.......................Ronni Ancona SAT Colin..........................Johnny Vegas SAT Deborah.......................Emma Fryer SAT William.......................Adrian Manfredi SAT Diane.........................Rosina Carbone SAT Dave..........................Shaun Dooley SAT Father Michael............James Quinn SAT Wes..........................Warren Brown SAT Margaret....................Gwyneth Powell SAT Nell.............................Eleanor Samson SAT Narrator.....................Maxine Peake SAT Music.......................Paul Heaton & Jonny Lexus SAT Written and Directed by Tony Pitts SAT Produced by Sally Harrison SAT A Woolyback Production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 06:00 Christopher Fry - Curtmantle b06mw116 (Listen) SAT Can Henry II rule his kingdom wisely and keep faith with his SAT friends like Thomas Becket? SAT King Henry II was simple and royal, (his nickname of SAT "Curtmantle" derived from the plain short cloak he wore) SAT direct and paradoxical, compassionate and hard, a man of SAT intellect, a man of action, God-fearing, superstitious, SAT blasphemous, far-seeing, short-sighted, affectionate, SAT lustful, patient, volcanic, humble and over-riding. SAT It's difficult to think of any facet of man which at some SAT time he didn't demonstrate, except chastity and sloth. SAT Starring Brian Cox as Henry II, Bernard Hepton as Becket, SAT Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Eleanor SAT and Norman Rodway as William Marshal SAT Written by Christopher Fry SAT Producer: Jane Morgan SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1982. SAT SAT 07:30 Misfits in France b00f24f8 (Listen) SAT Wilde About Dieppe SAT Series in which Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee explore the SAT connections between a group of Victorian writers and artists SAT who crossed the English Channel for different reasons. SAT Examining the differing fortunes of Oscar Wilde and the SAT painter Walter Sickert, who both flouted Victorian moral SAT conventions, during their time in the French town of Dieppe. SAT At 4am on May 20th 1897, Sebastian Melmoth, better known as SAT Oscar Wilde, arrived at Dieppe Docks seeking refuge SAT following his release from Reading Gaol, but he quickly SAT moved out of town. SAT Walter Sickert is known as a Camden Town painter but his SAT painter friend Jaques Emile Blanche called him 'the SAT Canaletto of Dieppe'. His long association with the resort SAT began with childhood holidays and included an affair with SAT one of the local fishwives. SAT Oscar Wilde ...... Simon Russell Beale SAT Walter Sickert ...... Stephen Critchlow SAT Arthur Symons ...... Jonathan Tafler. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b01pz4vf (Listen) SAT Rugby's Greatest Try SAT Gareth Edwards's try in January 1973 was the greatest ever SAT scored. Cerys Matthews uses archive interviews and SAT contemporary reports to tell the remarkable story of the try SAT itself, and what it still tells us about the spirit and SAT heart of Wales. Often referred to as simply 'that try', the SAT world acknowledges it to be the greatest ever, and it's the SAT standard against which every other great try is compared. SAT New Zealand had just completed an unbeaten tour of the home SAT nations, and their final challenge was against an SAT invitational Barbarians side at Cardiff. The game was SAT brought alive within 2 minutes as Gareth Edwards SAT dramatically dived in the corner to complete an electrifying SAT move of counter-attacking rugby. It sent the crowd into SAT rugby heaven, and never fails to delight even now. SAT But this try symbolised much more than the sport itself, for SAT it was also a poetic expression of the Welsh identity. In a SAT game of brute force, here was a glimpse of grace and beauty SAT - something that was entirely in keeping with the lyricism SAT that could be found at the heart of industrial Wales. In SAT this programme, singer Cerys Matthews will reveal why this SAT try is so celebrated to this day in Wales and will unearth SAT the untold story behind it. SAT With its origins in industrial south Wales, rugby was SAT adopted in the 19th century as an integral part of the Welsh SAT working-class culture, with workers from heavy industries SAT well suited to the tougher aspects of the game. But Welsh SAT rugby also prided itself on a certain 'Welsh way' of playing SAT with an emphasis on attractive, innovative and free-flowing SAT rugby. This poeticism on the field of play reflected a wider SAT tradition within these communities of expressing oneself SAT through poetry, song and literature. SAT But to truly appreciate the importance of this try, we need SAT to understand the role played by coach Carwyn James. A SAT miner's son from socialist west Wales, Carwyn was a SAT sensitive, politically active and cultured man, a SAT revolutionary rugby coach, a lecturer and later a SAT broadcaster. He had a passion for drama, literature and SAT poetry and was even fluent in Russian. He drew extensively SAT on this hinterland as a way better to understand a game SAT which, in Wales, has its roots firmly established in its SAT culture and tradition. He was, however, an outspoken SAT outsider who never coached the national side. SAT The All Blacks had lost their first ever test series against SAT the British & Irish Lions in 1971, and were unexpectedly SAT defeated by Llanelli in '72 - both teams coached by Carwyn SAT James. Twelve Lions were playing for the Barbarians in SAT Cardiff in '73 and Carwyn, the unofficial coach, managed to SAT evoke the spirit of '71. The try was classic Carwyn James SAT and archetypal of the 'Welsh way' - counter attacking and SAT full of expression, and stirred them on to an historic win. SAT SAT 09:00 A Date With Dyall b06my9rb (Listen) SAT In this spooktacular showcase for Halloween, writer and SAT actor Jonathan Rigby unlocks the vaults of the BBC sound SAT archives to explore Valentine Dyall's broadcasting career. SAT He reveals the enduring appeal of Dyall's most memorable SAT character the menacing and creepy raconteur 'The Man In SAT Black' and along the way he lifts the lid on some classic SAT radio horror moments. SAT * Radio Dyall SAT Jonathan Rigby profiles the radio work of Valentine Dyall SAT with rare archive of Dyall in conversation. SAT * Here Come The Men In Black SAT Featuring new and exclusive interviews. Actor Edward de SAT Souza, a reincarnation of The Man in Black in the 1980's SAT radio series Fear On Four, talks for the first time about SAT his interpretation of the character, and Mark Gatiss the SAT role's latest denizen reveals his joy and enthusiasm for SAT portraying radio's most sinister personality. With rare SAT archive of Valentine Dyall. SAT * Appointment With Fear SAT A classic episode from the ground breaking radio horror SAT series SAT * Jonathan Rigby's Vault of Horror SAT Jonathan Rigby is joined by writer Kim Newman and Josephine SAT Botting from the British Film Institute to chart the history SAT of 'The Man in Black', reveal some memorable radio horror SAT stories and get their teeth into why this genre continues to SAT have us shivering under the sheets. SAT * Fear on Four: The Monkey's Paw SAT A man makes wishes on a very unusual gift that's been cast SAT with a sinister spell. Stars Oliver Maguire and Trudy Kelly. SAT * Appointment With Fear SAT Another classic episode from the ground breaking radio SAT horror series SAT * Fear on Four: The Snowman Killing SAT The Man in Black introduces the snowy mystery of a mother SAT fearing evil in her own home. Stars Edward de Souza and SAT Imelda Staunton. SAT Producer: Stephen Garner SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra. SAT SAT 12:00 Street and Lane b00v3n2v (Listen) SAT Series 1, Patio Marital SAT Yorkshire builders Johnny and Arthur tool up for a warring SAT couple. Stars Nick Lane and Fine Time Fontayne. From August SAT 2005. SAT SAT 12:30 Our Man At Wembley b00759dn (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT 4 Extra Debut. Eric Halliday has a talent for impersonation SAT but can he make it as a sports commentator? Stars Alistair SAT McGowan. From June 1998. SAT SAT 13:00 How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me - SAT Omnibus b06mybd6 (Listen) SAT Pliny the Younger and his mother go shopping for a slave SAT with secretarial skills in 1st century Rome. Stars Kieran SAT Hodges. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b06myczx (Listen) SAT Desmond Morris SAT Zoologist and broadcaster Desmond Morris chooses SAT 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' by Ella Fitzgerald and 'Be Cool' SAT by Honor Heffernan. SAT SAT 14:15 Afternoon Drama b00yj97j (Listen) SAT Christopher Green - Like an Angel Passing through My Room SAT This is a story about love. The unconditional love of a SAT devoted fan. At a party Christopher Green meets Anni-Frid SAT Lyngstad aka Frida from Abba. He is the after dinner SAT entertainment. She is a party guest. What starts as a 'I'm SAT your biggest fan' conversation turns into a long chat about SAT the nature of loving someone you've never met. From Olivier SAT award-winning writer Christopher Green. SAT This is a project several years in the making; what started SAT as an upbeat reflection on fame and the notion of being a SAT fan, developed into a meditation on the communication SAT between two people and coping with the blows life deals. SAT Green's partner died shortly after recording the interview SAT with Frida, in which they talked about her long recovery SAT from the death of her husband in 1999. This play is deeply SAT personal and reflective but with a firmly comic sensibility. SAT The journey takes in life and death, and some of the SAT territory in between, with a heavy emphasis on pop music. SAT Christopher Green's work is shamelessly entertaining: from SAT the political bite of country music icon Tina C (star of SAT four Radio 4 comedy series), and Ida Barr (star of Radio 4's SAT Artificial Hip Hop) to commissions from the RSC, the British SAT Library, the Tate gallery, the V&A, the Science Museum and SAT the Barbican. SAT Credits SAT Writer: Christopher Green SAT Himself: Christopher Green SAT Herself: Anni-Frid Lyngstad SAT Actor: Lloyd Thomas SAT Acterss: Leah Brotherhead SAT Director: Claire Grove SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b01pz4vf (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Christopher Fry - Curtmantle b06mw116 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Misfits in France b00f24f8 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 Stephen Sheridan - The House at World's End b0076hc6 (Listen) SAT What terrible secret lurks in the library at Cranleigh Hall? SAT Why is old Uncle Magnus so afraid of the night? SAT Stars John Rowe as MR James, Jonathan Keeble as Young James, SAT Charles Simpson as Henry Gilbert and David Collings as Dr De SAT Lacey. SAT A tale of the supernatural by Stephen Sheridan. SAT Director: David Blount SAT Studio Manager: Roy Fraser SAT A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4 and first broadcast in SAT 2003. SAT SAT 18:45 Basil Copper - The Candle in the Skull b007jpyd (Listen) SAT Martin's plan to dispose of his wife goes awry, but his SAT daughter gets a sinister Halloween treat. Read by Gerard SAT McDermott. SAT SAT 19:00 A Date With Dyall b06my9rb (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Concrete Cow b00768y0 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Episode 1 SAT Dr Jekyll's telling off, and Radio 4's new quiz for pedants. SAT Sketch show with Robert Webb and Olivia Colman. From August SAT 2002. SAT SAT 22:30 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive b00d56bp (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 3 SAT Comedic judge Armando Iannucci presides at clown court, with SAT Phill Jupitus, Dara O Briain and David Mitchell. From August SAT 2008. SAT SAT 23:00 Wondermentalist Cabaret b01lstsm (Listen) SAT Edinburgh Special SAT Comedy, bonhomie, poetry, music and audience creativity in SAT the company of Matt Harvey and guests. SAT Another chance to hear last summer's special Edinburgh SAT Festival edition of Wondermentalist - the slightly SAT interactive, comedy-infused poetry cabaret. SAT Showcasing Matt Harvey's peerless poetry, meet his nemesis, SAT side-kick and one man house band Jerri Hart, and peerless SAT guest poets, Kate Fox and Elvis McGonagall. SAT Kate Fox is the poet with Northern vowels and a love of SAT puns, buns and rhymes, while Elvis McGonagall, stand-up poet SAT and armchair revolutionary strolls in to the BBC's Festival SAT site, on bail from The Graceland Caravan Park, near Dundee. SAT Like luxury muesli, Wondermentalism is a faith that contains SAT sparkly, shiny multigrains of truth, wit, wisdom and SAT laughter. Vitamin supplements for the soul. SAT Producer: Mark Smalley. SAT SAT 23:30 The Problem With Adam Bloom b019chmt (Listen) SAT Series 3, Parents SAT The comedian ponders the many difficulties involved in SAT being, and having, a mum and dad. With Rob Rouse. From SAT November 2005. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 01 NOVEMBER 2015 SUN SUN 00:00 William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist b03vgxyz (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN by W P Blatty, dramatised by Robert Forrest. In this modern SUN classic, a priest is called in to help a 12-year-old girl SUN who appears to be possessed by an overwhelming demonic SUN force. SUN Produced and directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. SUN Credits SUN Karras: Robert Glenister SUN The Demon: Alexandra Mathie SUN Regan: Lydia Wilson SUN Chris: Teresa Gallagher SUN Kinderman: Karl Johnson SUN Dyer: Bryan Dick SUN Karl: Gerard McDermott SUN Willie: Christine Absalom SUN College President: Paul Stonehouse SUN Dr Klein: Ben Crowe SUN Dr Bowden: Sean Murray SUN Mother: Joanna Brookes SUN Sharon: Hannah Wood SUN Director: Gaynor Macfarlane SUN Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane SUN Adaptor: Robert Forrest SUN Author: William Peter Blatty SUN SUN 01:00 William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist b03vh22d (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN by William P Blatty, dramatised by Robert Forrest. SUN In this modern classic, a priest is called in to help a SUN 12-year-old girl who appears to be possessed by an SUN overwhelming demonic force. Karras is increasingly convinced SUN that the girl needs an exorcist. SUN Produced and directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. SUN Credits SUN Karras: Robert Glenister SUN The Demon: Alexandra Mathie SUN Regan: Lydia Wilson SUN Chris: Teresa Gallagher SUN Merrin: Ian McDiarmid SUN Kinderman: Karl Johnson SUN Dyer: Bryan Dick SUN Karl: Gerard McDermott SUN Willie: Christine Absalom SUN College President: Paul Stonehouse SUN Frank: Ben Onwukwe SUN Sharon: Hannah Wood SUN Director: Gaynor Macfarlane SUN Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane SUN Adaptor: Robert Forrest SUN Author: William Peter Blatty SUN SUN 02:00 Basil Copper - The Candle in the Skull b007jpyd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 Afternoon Drama b00yj97j (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b01pz4vf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Christopher Fry - Curtmantle b06mw116 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Misfits in France b00f24f8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 Reeds in the Wind - Omnibus b01fhl39 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Efix urges Giacinto to put things right after discovering he SUN has forged signatures to get credit for his debts. With John SUN Lynch. SUN SUN 07:15 A View With a Room - Burgh Island Hotel b0075fld (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. Tony and Beatrix Porter's restoration of a SUN Devon hotel to its former Art Deco glory. From July 1998. SUN SUN 07:30 Clare in the Community b01pp88x (Listen) SUN Series 8, On Expenses SUN Episode 2 - On Expenses SUN With society collapsing all around us Social Worker Clare SUN Barker is appalled to be stuck indoors bean counting. But as SUN Clare discovers anomalies in the Sparrowhawk Family Centre's SUN expense claims will friendship and loyalty win over SUN professional integrity? SUN Clare in the Community returns with Sally Phillips as Clare SUN Barker the social worker who has all the right jargon but SUN never a practical solution. SUN A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering SUN in other people's lives on both a professional and personal SUN basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and SUN heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of SUN discomfort to her. SUN Each week we join Clare in her continued struggle to control SUN both her professional and private life. In her private life SUN Clare is struggling to come to terms with Brian's SUN infidelity. Will their relationship survive? SUN In today's Big Society there are plenty of challenges out SUN there for an involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. SUN Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden SUN Producer Katie Tyrrell. SUN Credits SUN Clare: Sally Phillips SUN Brian: Alex Lowe SUN Megan: Nina Conti SUN Ray: Richard Lumsden SUN Helen: Liza Tarbuck SUN Simon: Andrew Wincott SUN Libby: Sarah Kendall SUN Paul: Ben Crowe SUN Mrs Manjula: Bharti Patel SUN Writer: Harry Venning SUN Writer: David Ramsden SUN Producer: Katie Tyrrell SUN SUN 08:00 Educating Archie b009gc5s (Listen) SUN Archie in Australia SUN A rare Australian outing for Archie Andrews and mentor Peter SUN Brough. Radio ventriloquism recorded in Sydney. From January SUN 1957. SUN SUN 08:30 Much Binding in the Marsh b008p5c6 (Listen) SUN From 21/09/1948 SUN At the RAF station-turned-country club, it's time for SUN holiday reminiscences, and the cast have a sing-song. Stars SUN Kenneth Horne and Richard Murdoch. From September 1948. SUN SUN 09:00 In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to SUN Freedom - Omnibus b06mywvz (Listen) SUN Human rights advocate Oona Chaplin reads Yeonmi Park's SUN courageous account of how she escaped repressive North SUN Korea. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b06myxjt (Listen) SUN Kate Adie SUN Journalist Kate Adie chooses the 'Housewives' Choice' theme SUN and 'Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus' by Vaughan SUN Williams. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b06myy9x (Listen) SUN Comedians, John Bishop SUN 4 Extra Debut. From the Beatles to Jim Reeves, the comic SUN shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From June SUN 2012. SUN SUN 11:00 TED Radio Hour b06d29cv (Listen) SUN Series 2, Press Play 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 whether something serious happens when SUN we play. Can it make us smarter, saner and more SUN collaborative? SUN With Jeff Mogil, Charlie Todd, Stuart Brown, Isabel Behncke SUN Izquierdo and Jane McGonigal. SUN First broadcast in the USA on National Public Radio. SUN SUN 11:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00plsq8 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Faking Fossils SUN The naturalist recalls the key moment of finding an ammonite SUN inside some limestone - sparking his love of collecting SUN fossils. SUN SUN 12:00 Educating Archie b009gc5s (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Much Binding in the Marsh b008p5c6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 Reeds in the Wind - Omnibus b01fhl39 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 A View With a Room - Burgh Island Hotel b0075fld (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Trigger Mortis - Omnibus b06myz8g (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Having survived a showdown with Goldfinger, Bond is back in SUN London, where a deadly mission awaits. Read by Rupert SUN Penry-Jones. SUN SUN 15:45 Peter Regent - Abroad b06myznq (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. Nigel Anthony reads a cautionary tale about SUN an unassuming accountant who appears to be a well-travelled SUN man of the world. SUN SUN 16:00 DH Lawrence - Daughters of the Vicar b0075s4x (Listen) SUN Louisa and Mary, daughters of the impoverished vicar of SUN Aldecross, see only marriage as a means of escape from their SUN routine lives. SUN The arrival of a new young curate fills them with SUN anticipation, but will his intellectual qualities match up SUN to the more physical attractions of Alfred Durant, the son SUN of a local miner? SUN Lawrence's novella, written at around the same time as Sons SUN and Lovers, is a classic tale of the struggle between SUN emotion and intellect. SUN Stars Rachel Atkins as Louisa, Cathy Sara as Mary, Gillian SUN Goodman as Mrs Lindley, David Timson as Mr Lindley and SUN Robert Pickavance as Mr Massey. SUN Written by DH Lawrence and dramatised by Jane Beeson. SUN Directed by Peter Leslie Wild. SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. SUN SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra: Poetry of History b06mz052 (Listen) SUN Derek Walcott - A Fortunate Traveller SUN BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the SUN BBC's radio poetry archive. SUN In 'Derek Walcott: A Fortunate Traveller' - Glyn Maxwell SUN meets the Nobel Laureate poet at his beach home on the SUN Caribbean island of St Lucia on his 84th birthday. SUN Walcott talks about the sea and what it's like to come from SUN a place he feels to be without history. He remembers his SUN late friend Seamus Heaney and enthuses about Edward Thomas SUN and Philip Larkin. They talk of teaching poetry - Glyn was SUN once Derek's student. He reads some of his own poems and, SUN from memory, a sad and beautiful lyric by Walter de la Mare. SUN The surf and the tropical rain make their own calypso music. SUN Producer: Tim Dee SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014. SUN SUN 17:30 Clare in the Community b01pp88x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre b007jlrz (Listen) SUN Series 2, Jack in the Box SUN A young boy lives an isolated life - until a death opens the SUN door to the outside world... SUN Strange and chilling tales from the award-winning master of SUN thrillers Ray Bradbury, who tops and tails these radio SUN dramatisations in his own inimitable style. SUN Stars Richard Pearce, Ed Bishop and Carolyn Jones. SUN Producer: Adrian Bean. SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. SUN SUN 18:30 Terry Pratchett b008p7x8 (Listen) SUN Guards! Guards!, Episode 2 SUN Could a long-extinct beast have carried out recent crimes? SUN Comic fantasy with Martin Jarvis, John Wood and Melvyn SUN Hayes. SUN SUN 19:00 TED Radio Hour b06d29cv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] SUN SUN 19:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00plsq8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:50 today] SUN SUN 20:00 In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to SUN Freedom - Omnibus b06mywvz (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:10 Inheritance Tracks b06myxjt (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:10 today] SUN SUN 21:15 Desert Island Discs Revisited b06myy9x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Clare in the Community b01pp88x (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize b00757wk (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Sketches, monologues and weird soup, written and performed SUN by Jane Bussmann and David Quantick. With Peter SUN Serafinowicz. From April 1998. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06nd3tb (Listen) SUN Arthur Smith chats to Sarah Kendall. SUN SUN 23:00 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b007731j (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 2 SUN The award-winning comedian introduces a Daniel SUN Bedingfield-loving East European couple. With Ben Moor. From SUN January 2007. SUN SUN 23:30 Recorded for Training Purposes b00gs0n6 (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 3 SUN Sketch show about modern communication and contemporary SUN obsessions. With Ben Willbond and Rachel Atkins. From SUN January 2009. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 02 NOVEMBER 2015 MON MON 00:00 Ray Bradbury - Tales of the Bizarre b007jlrz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:30 Terry Pratchett b008p7x8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 Reeds in the Wind - Omnibus b01fhl39 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 A View With a Room - Burgh Island Hotel b0075fld (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Trigger Mortis - Omnibus b06myz8g (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Peter Regent - Abroad b06myznq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 DH Lawrence - Daughters of the Vicar b0075s4x (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Poetry Extra: Poetry of History b06mz052 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Clare in the Community b01pp88x (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance MON b007jvh9 (Listen) MON Baron Hardup MON Charles Paris is a middle-aged actor down on his luck, but MON his whole life is to change after a chance meeting with a MON chorus girl named Jacqui. MON Assuming a variety of roles, the lothario thespian employs MON his skills to try and solve a murder. Set during the UK's MON winter fuel crisis of 1973. MON Stars Francis Matthews as Charles Paris and Fiona Hendley as MON Jacqui Mitchell, Jennifer Hilary as Frances and Harry Landis MON as Maurice Skellern. MON Adapted by Simon Brett from his book. MON Producer: Martin Fisher MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1984. MON MON 06:30 There's More to Life Than London b00sxh94 (Listen) MON The four pound tube fair to go one stop. The rattling MON overcrowded tube itself. The house prices, the negative MON equity, the schools, the dirt. There are plenty reasons not MON to live in London, which may be the reason most people in MON Britain don't. MON As Radio 4 celebrates its London season Stuart Cosgrove MON (Commissioning Editor for Nations and Regions of Channel 4) MON presents a programme on the joys and challenges of choosing MON to live and work outside the capital. MON The journalist and broadcaster examines the dark side of MON Britain's obsessive metrocentrism, the brain-draining draw MON of the capital, sucking enterprise and energy from the MON regions and its navel gazing parochialism, dressed up as MON cosmopolitanism. MON As the Civil Service and the BBC itself begin to grapple MON with the challenges of moving key departments outside of the MON capital this will be a timely look at how and why, despite MON political and institutional devolution, we still allow MON London to dominate British life, and what price we pay for MON the largely unexamined assumption that everything happens in MON London. MON Producer David Stenhouse. MON MON 07:00 Street and Lane b00v8lr4 (Listen) MON Series 1, Blues on the Stairs MON Yorkshire builders Johnny and Arthur grapple with a MON teacher's perilously perched piano. Stars Nick Lane. From MON August 2005. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b06kbjf2 (Listen) MON Series 73, Episode 4 MON Agincourt, Kipling and Caravanning are among the topics on MON the cards as Josh Widdicombe, Jenny Eclair, Sheila Hancock MON and Paul Merton join host Nicholas Parsons as they try to MON avoid hesitation, deviation and repetition. Hayley Sterling MON blows the whistle. MON Produced by Victoria Lloyd. MON 25th October 2015 is the 500th anniversary of the Battle of MON Agincourt. Nicholas remembers it well, of course. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Josh Widdicombe MON Panellist: Jenny Eclair MON Panellist: Sheila Hancock MON Panellist: Paul Merton MON Producer: Victoria Lloyd MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jpp4 (Listen) MON Series 3, The Honourable Man MON With a visitor due from the Soviet Union - Captain MON Mainwaring is peeved with Sergeant Wilson. 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, Bill Pertwee as Hodges and Frazer MON Kerr as the Russian Visitor. MON Adapted for radio from Jimmy Perry and David Croft's TV MON scripts by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles. MON Producer: John Dyas MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1976. MON MON 08:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01rqbf9 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 1 MON The much-loved comedy duo are joined by Gayle Hunnicutt, who MON is desperate to be in one of Ernie's plays. From September MON 1976. MON MON 09:00 The Motion Show b0075s3q (Listen) MON Series 1, Episode 6 MON Dr Phil Hammond chairs the debating game with Pete Sinclair, MON Steve Punt, Michael White and Simon Fanshawe. From November MON 1998. MON MON 09:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b00mqgrr (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 2 MON When burglars visit the CyberPass bistro, Merv decides to MON stay up and take action. Stars Mervyn Stutter. From May MON 2004. MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b01p0680 (Listen) MON Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo, Episode 1 MON By Alexandre Dumas, adapted for radio by Sebastian MON Baczkiewicz. MON At the age of nineteen, seaman Edmond Dantès has a charmed MON life - about to be promoted to Captain, and engaged to the MON beautiful Mercédès. But Marseilles in 1815 is a dangerous MON place, and three of Dantes' acquaintances set in train a MON chain of events that will lead Edmond to fourteen years of MON solitary confinement in the notorious Chateau D'If. MON Alexandre Dumas was born in 1802. His father, the MON illegitimate son of a marquis, was a general in the MON revolutionary armies, but died when Alexandre was four years MON old. His most successful novels were The Count of Monte MON Cristo (serialised between 1844-5) and the Three Musketeers, MON published in 1844. MON To coincide with the broadcast of The Count of Monte Cristo, MON the Book of the Week is Tom Reiss's account of the life of MON Alexandre Dumas's father - General Alex Dumas, 'The Black MON Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of MON Monte Cristo'. MON Credits MON Edmond Dantes: Iain Glen MON Haydee: Jane Lapotaire MON Abbe Faria: Richard Johnson MON Monsieur Morrell: Robert Blythe MON Danglars: Toby Jones MON Fernand: Zubin Varla MON Caderousse: Ben Crowe MON Jacopo: Joe Sims MON Captain Patin: Patrick Brennan MON Albert de Morcerf: Will Howard MON Antoine: Will Howard MON Claude: Paul Stonehouse MON Max Morrell: Adam Nagaitis MON Mathilde: Liza Sadovy MON Julie Morrell: Eleanor Crooks MON Writer: Sebastian Baczkiewicz MON Director: Jeremy Mortimer MON Director: Sasha Yevtushenko MON MON 11:00 Afternoon Reading b015ck9j (Listen) MON Flann O' Brien - The Brother, Episode 1 MON The Brother MON By Myles na Gopaleen (Flann O'Brien) MON "Do you know what it is, the brother's an extraordinary MON genius." MON Born on the 5th October 1911 in Strabane, Northern Ireland, MON Brian O'Nolan is perhaps best known as Flann O'Brien, the MON name under which he published his novels At Swim Two Birds, MON The Hard Life, The Dalkey Archive and The Third Policeman. MON Often described as one of the 'holy trinity' of modern Irish MON writers alongside Joyce and Beckett, he was notorious for MON writing under a range of pseudonyms and penned the daily MON 'Cruiskeen Lawn' column in the Irish Times as Myles na MON Gopaleen (na gCopaleen) from1940 until his death in 1966. MON Satirising the absurdities and ironies of Dublin life the MON Cruiskeen Lawn introduced a memorable and hilarious cast of MON characters; Keats and Chapman, The Plain People of Ireland MON and the extraordinary, eccentric and preposterous 'brother'. MON To mark the centenary of his birth, a series of readings MON selected from O'Brien's 'Brother' articles, introduces us to MON one of his most peculiar and eccentric literary creations. MON An 'extraordinary genius' indeed, the brother is apparently MON an authority on almost every subject imaginable and has his MON finger in more pies than he has fingers! Living in digs with MON his long-suffering landlady and her lodgers, the brother MON believes that he really does know best about everything from MON medicine, to water purity, politics and policing, and, as we MON discover, there is no arguing with the brother! MON Meet the inimitable 'brother' as Myles regales us with that MON most unusual of individual's latest exploits. MON Read by Jim Norton with Kevin Moore. MON Producer Heather Larmour. MON MON 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b008kkj9 (Listen) MON Running Scared MON Billy Hindle's given up his job as an assassin, but then his MON old boss Snark turns up. MON Andrew Rissik's thriller is set in 1968 and written in the MON style of the Bond movies. MON Starring James Aubrey as Billy Hindle, Gerald Harper as Sir MON Richard Snark and Lisa Rowe-Beddoe as Marianne. MON Directed by Glyn Dearman MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1990. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jpp4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01rqbf9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance MON b007jvh9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 There's More to Life Than London b00sxh94 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00srqfs (Listen) MON Episode 11 MON Jim Dixon makes his unconventional and infamous speech and MON includes his impression of Evelyn Waugh. Read by Martin MON Jarvis. MON The all-time classic comic novel of academic life written by MON Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim lists the fortunes - or rather MON misfortunes - of Jim Dixon, a man of many faces, most of MON which don't fit his surroundings. MON Produced and abridged by Pat McLoughlin. MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992. MON MON 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01rl5rd (Listen) MON The Bells MON The Bells: Episode eleven of a thirty-part series made in MON collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive. MON The peal of the church bell was one of the most dominant MON features in the Medieval soundscape. Every time it rang out, MON religion's hold over the secular world was signalled loud MON and clear. Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex MON visits one of the oldest church bells in the UK and argues MON the sound's power lay in ancient, pagan associations. MON Series producer: Matt Thompson MON A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:30 15 Minute Drama b013f0xp (Listen) MON Village SOS, Episode 1 MON By Val McDermid. MON DCI Marion Bettany (Helen Baxendale) and DS John Hodgson, a MON new detective team created for Radio 4 by award-winning MON author Val McDermid, investigate a murder in the sleepy MON Northumbrian village of Shilwick. They love their work, they MON enjoy each other's company and like nothing better than MON investigating a new crime. The only thing that makes life MON difficult is dealing with the public. Take the residents of MON the former mining community of Shilwick, for example. MON Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and MON creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. MON Village SOS is a fictional version of the BBC One series of MON the same name. MON DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale MON DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon MON Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland MON Colin Arnott ..... Antony Byrne MON Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton MON Marcus Francis ..... Adrian Grove MON Tilly Francis ..... Rachel Bavidge MON Tom Briggs ..... Christian Rodska MON Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher MON www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. MON MON 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00kd3j5 (Listen) MON Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Meeting the Family MON Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a MON girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life MON in New York in the 1950s. MON As Eilis' romance with Tony Fiorello blossoms, life in MON Brooklyn takes on a new rhythm and it is time for Eilis to MON experience her first Italian meal. MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b01p0680 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 The Motion Show b0075s3q (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b00mqgrr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 Street and Lane b00v8lr4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 Just a Minute b06kbjf2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 The Man in Black b00yhs8p (Listen) MON Series 3, Connect MON Mark Gatiss introduces Lucy Moore's chilling tale of MON helpline volunteer Rosie and a very sinister caller. Stars MON Claire Harry. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b0075zpx (Listen) MON Kirsty Wark & Gabriel Gbadamosi MON Louise Doughty and her guests, broadcaster Kirsty Wark and MON playwright Gabriel Gbadamosi, discuss three of their MON favourite paperbacks by Chris Bohjalian, Juan Rulfo and MON Ronan Bennett. From 2000. MON 'Midwives' by Chris Bohjalian. MON Publisher: Review MON 'Pedro Paramo' by Juan Rulfo. MON Publisher: Serpent's Tail MON 'The Catastrophist' by Ronan Bennett. MON Publisher: Vintage. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jpp4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show b01rqbf9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance MON b007jvh9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 There's More to Life Than London b00sxh94 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Afternoon Reading b015ck9j (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b008kkj9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b06kbjf2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 The Headset Set b01ntjqh (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 3 MON EPISODE 3 MON Audience sketch show set in the world of a call centre MON called Smile5, a company that sells anything and everything. MON Aleesha and other characters ..... Chizzy Akudolu MON Bernie and other characters ..... Margaret-Cabourn Smith MON Big Tony, Ralph and other characters ..... Colin Hoult MON Various ..... Lucy Montgomery MON Sailesh, Bradley and other characters ..... Phaldut sharma MON Writers ..... Various MON Producer ..... Tilusha Ghelani. MON MON 23:00 News Quiz Extra b06mzqpd (Listen) MON Series 15, Episode 7 MON A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles MON Jupp. Susan Calman, Francis Wheen, Zoe Lyons and Elis James MON join Miles to take a look at the headlines of the moment. MON Producer: Richard Morris MON A BBC Radio Comedy Production. MON MON 23:45 Crème de la Crime b0089jzj (Listen) MON Series 3, Carrion up the Jungle MON Michael Feydeau and David Pershore probe a dastardly case of MON felony afloat. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From April MON 2003. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 03 NOVEMBER 2015 TUE TUE 00:00 The Man in Black b00yhs8p (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b0075zpx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance TUE b007jvh9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 There's More to Life Than London b00sxh94 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00srqfs (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 Noise: A Human History b01rl5rd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 15 Minute Drama b013f0xp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Book at Bedtime b00kd3j5 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b01p0680 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 The Motion Show b0075s3q (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 Getting Nowhere Fast b00mqgrr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Street and Lane b00v8lr4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Just a Minute b06kbjf2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance TUE b007jvhd (Listen) TUE Transformation Scene TUE Chorus girl Jaqui Mitchell has suddenly been rejected by her TUE lover impresario. Could it be because compromising TUE photographs were taken of them both at a party? TUE Assuming a variety of roles, the lothario thespian employs TUE his skills to try and solve a murder. Set during the UK's TUE winter fuel crisis of 1973. TUE Stars Francis Matthews as Charles Paris and Fiona Hendley as TUE Jacqui Mitchell, Timothy Carlon as Bernard Walton and Lynda TUE Baron as Mrs Sweet. TUE Adapted by Simon Brett from his book TUE Producer: Martin Fisher TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1984. TUE TUE 06:30 A Dream of Eleanor b00fq8w2 (Listen) TUE Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson examines the role TUE that Eleanor Roosevelt had in producing the UN Declaration TUE of Human Rights, which was 60 years old in 2008. TUE Appointed to the UN General Assembly by her husband's TUE successor as US president, Harry Truman, she was TUE subsequently elected chairperson of the Commission on Human TUE Rights by her fellow delegates. It was from this position TUE that she helped to draft the Declaration that still holds TUE firm today. Featuring contributions from Geoffrey Robertson TUE QC, Shami Chakrabarti and Eleanor's grandson Curtis TUE Roosevelt. TUE TUE 07:00 Our Man At Wembley b0075j2s (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE As the FA Cup final looms, will budding commentator Eric TUE Halliday get inside the stadium? Stars Alistair McGowan. TUE From June 1998. TUE TUE 07:30 There Is No Escape b06kcbw8 (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE An audience sitcom about a man dissatisfied with his life, TUE whose feeble attempts to improve his lot invariably end with TUE him defeated. In Episode 3 Andrew attempts to beat his TUE workmate, Lennie, to a promotion. But when all inevitably TUE goes wrong, he then has to find a home for the dishwasher TUE and tumble-dryer his girlfriend has already bought. Starring TUE Andrew Lawrence and Diane Morgan. TUE Credits TUE Actor: Andrew Lawrence TUE Actor: Diane Morgan TUE Writer: Andrew Lawrence TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b00lvz50 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 6 TUE Kenneth Horne heads a Bohemian Paris romp and Julian and TUE Sandy report on the latest bona goings on for the Daily TUE Polari. TUE With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill TUE Pertwee. TUE Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, TUE London. Announcer: Douglas Smith TUE Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio TUE comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric TUE Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, TUE Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the TUE scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and TUE 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, TUE catchphrases and double-entendres. TUE Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser TUE Hayes Four. TUE Producer: John Simmonds TUE First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1967. TUE TUE 08:30 To the Manor Born b007k4dj (Listen) TUE What's in a Name? TUE Hard-up Audrey needs a secret job - but what on earth is she TUE qualified to do? TUE Starring Penelope Keith as Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, Keith TUE Barron as Richard DeVere, Angela Thorne as Marjory TUE Frobisher, Nicholas McArdle as Brabinger and Margery Withers TUE as Mrs Polouvicka. TUE The tale of lady of the manor Audrey fforbes-Hamilton, TUE forced to sell her beloved Grantleigh Estate when her TUE husband's death leaves her financially strapped. With butler TUE Brabinger in tow, they've decamped to the tiny Old Lodge TUE cottage. TUE From this vantage point, Audrey keeps a close and TUE disapproving eye on the estate's new owner, the TUE nouveau-riche Richard DeVere, a wholesale foods magnate of TUE Czech descent. TUE First piloted on radio and then whisked off to TV before it TUE ever appeared, finally arrived home in 1997. TUE Adapted from his TV scripts by Peter Spence. TUE Producer: Jane Berthoud TUE First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1997. TUE TUE 09:00 News Quiz Extra b06mzqpd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:45 Crème de la Crime b0089jzj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b01p3151 (Listen) TUE Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo, Episode 2 TUE By Alexandre Dumas, adapted for radio by Sebastian TUE Baczkiewicz. TUE It is 1838, and the Count has arrived in Paris. His enemies, TUE Baron Danglars, Gerard de Villefort and Fernand de Morcerf TUE have no idea that Edmond Dantes, who they betrayed in TUE Marseilles a quarter of a century earlier, is plotting to TUE destroy them. TUE Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan TUE Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko. TUE Credits TUE The Count/Edmond Dantes: Iain Glen TUE Haydee: Jane Lapotaire TUE Younger Haydee: Amber Rose Revah TUE Baron Danglars: Toby Jones TUE Gerard de Villefort: Paul Rhys TUE Fernand, Count de Morcerf: Zubin Varla TUE Mercedes de Morcerf: Josette Simon TUE Heloise de Villefort: Kate Fleetwood TUE Abbe Faria: Richard Johnson TUE General Noirtier: Karl Johnson TUE Hermine Danglars: Stephanie Racine TUE Albert de Morcerf: Will Howard TUE Jacopo: Joe Sims TUE Max Morrell: Adam Nagaitis TUE Valentine de Villefort: Lizzy Watts TUE Coachman: Paul Stonehouse TUE Writer: Sebastian Baczkiewicz TUE Director: Jeremy Mortimer TUE Director: Sasha Yevtushenko TUE TUE 11:00 Afternoon Reading b015cnnp (Listen) TUE Flann O' Brien - The Brother, Episode 2 TUE The Brother TUE By Myles na Gopaleen (Flann O'Brien) TUE "Do you know what it is, the brother's an extraordinary TUE genius." TUE Born on the 5th October 1911 in Strabane, Northern Ireland, TUE Brian O'Nolan is perhaps best known as Flann O'Brien, the TUE name under which he published his novels At Swim Two Birds, TUE The Hard Life, The Dalkey Archive and The Third Policeman. TUE Often described as one of the 'holy trinity' of modern Irish TUE writers alongside Joyce and Beckett, he was notorious for TUE writing under a range of pseudonyms and penned the daily TUE 'Cruiskeen Lawn' column in the Irish Times as Myles na TUE Gopaleen (na gCopaleen) from1940 until his death in 1966. TUE Satirising the absurdities and ironies of Dublin life the TUE Cruiskeen Lawn introduced a memorable and hilarious cast of TUE characters; Keats and Chapman, The Plain People of Ireland TUE and the extraordinary, eccentric and preposterous 'brother'. TUE To mark the centenary of his birth, a series of readings TUE selected from O'Brien's 'Brother' articles, introduces us to TUE one of his most peculiar and eccentric literary creations. TUE An 'extraordinary genius' indeed, the brother is apparently TUE an authority on almost every subject imaginable and has his TUE finger in more pies than he has fingers! Living in digs with TUE his long-suffering landlady and her lodgers, the brother TUE believes that he really does know best about everything from TUE medicine, to water purity, politics and policing, and, as we TUE discover, there is no arguing with the brother! TUE Meet the inimitable 'brother' as Myles regales us with that TUE most unusual of individual's latest exploits. TUE Read by Jim Norton with Kevin Moore. TUE Producer Heather Larmour. TUE TUE 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b007k1nx (Listen) TUE Forced to give up Marianne, assassin Billy Hindle is TUE blackmailed into one last job. Stars James Aubrey and Joanna TUE Lumley. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b00lvz50 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 To the Manor Born b007k4dj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance TUE b007jvhd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 A Dream of Eleanor b00fq8w2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00srwxb (Listen) TUE Episode 12 TUE Some good news leaves lecturer Jim Dixon tickled pink, but TUE he faces a race against time. Concluded by Martin Jarvis. TUE TUE 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01rl8l9 (Listen) TUE Tuning the Body TUE Tuning the Body: Episode twelve of a thirty-part series made TUE in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive. TUE In the Middle Ages, sound played a key role in the battle TUE between Good and Evil. There were horrible sins of the TUE tongue - idle words, boasting, flattery, lying and TUE blaspheming - as well as sins of the ear, such as TUE eavesdropping and the seduction of devilish words. The ears TUE were the gateway not just to the body, but also to the soul. TUE Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex considers TUE the importance of sound to Medieval morality. TUE Series producer: Matt Thompson TUE A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:30 15 Minute Drama b013f4q4 (Listen) TUE Village SOS, Episode 2 TUE By Val McDermid. TUE DCI Marion Bettany, played by Helen Baxendale, continues her TUE investigation into Colin Arnott's murder, but the residents TUE of Shilwick are curiously reluctant to help. Colin's plans TUE to turn a deconsecrated chapel into a performing arts centre TUE had ruffled feathers throughout the village, and Bettany TUE wants to know if that's a strong enough motive for murder. TUE Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and TUE creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. TUE Set in Shilwick, Village SOS is a fictional version of the TUE BBC One series of the same name. TUE DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale TUE DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon TUE Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton TUE Tilly Francis ..... Rachel Bavidge TUE Marcus Francis ..... Adrian Grove TUE Peter Robson ..... Shaun Prendergast TUE Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher TUE www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. TUE TUE 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00kd1q3 (Listen) TUE Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Coney Island TUE Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a TUE girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life TUE in New York in the 1950s. TUE Tony takes Eilis for a trip to Coney Island to celebrate her TUE exam success. But Eilis' new found happiness is short-lived, TUE as news from home turns her American life sour. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b01p3151 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Act Your Age b00qplyn (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 5 TUE Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic TUE generations against each other to find out which is the TUE funniest. TUE Team captains Jon Richardson, Ed Byrne and Johnnie Casson TUE are joined by Tom Wrigglesworth, John Bishop and Tom TUE O'Connor. TUE TUE 16:30 Chain Reaction b01l1g68 (Listen) TUE Series 8, Jeremy Front interviews Rebecca Front TUE Rebecca Front is interviewed by the man who knows her best, TUE her big Brother Jeremy Front. TUE Producer ..... Carl Cooper TUE "I have a very strong childhood memory of you playing the TUE flute in a concert and falling off stage into a box of TUE fezes." TUE The Chain starts with star of The Thick Of It, Grandma's TUE House, The Day Today and most other comedies of note over TUE the past twenty years, Rebecca Front, speaking to the man TUE who knows her best, her writing partner and big brother TUE Jeremy Front. TUE They cover childhood teasing and being a woman in comedy, TUE reveal how a cough scuppered Rebecca's chances of working TUE with Mike Leigh and end with Jeremy attempting to maker her TUE re-live an amusing childhood trauma. TUE "I've heard all the anecdotes so I'll probably just read a TUE book." TUE The chain continues with: TUE Rebecca Front talking to her Thick Of It co-star and fellow TUE non-nudist, Chris Addison, about working with Armando TUE Iannucci and embracing his middle-classness through TUE stand-up; TUE Chris Addison in a rare interview with the TUE actually-really-nice-and-he-doesn't-do-any-of-that-weird-stu TUE f-in-real-life, Derren Brown; TUE Derren Brown chatting hair, beliefs and Tim Minchin with TUE comedy musical megastar and fellow sceptic Tim Minchin; TUE A poorly Tim Minchin being handed tissues whilst attempting TUE to interview with no questions a not-at-all-poorly and TUE hilarious Caitlin Moran. TUE Caitlin Moran getting to spend time and talk shoes, TUE Bananarama and women with her comedy hero Jennifer Saunders. TUE And... TUE Jennifer Saunders turning up a week later to find the series TUE has ended. Probably. We weren't there because the series had TUE ended. TUE TUE 17:00 Our Man At Wembley b0075j2s (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 There Is No Escape b06kcbw8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 The Man in Black b00yng5w (Listen) TUE Series 3, The Printed Name TUE Mark Gatiss introduces Nicholas Pierpan's chilling tale of a TUE writer's devilish pact with a mysterious man. Stars Ewan TUE Bailey. TUE TUE 18:30 That Reminds Me b007jnhk (Listen) TUE Series 2, Sir Clement Freud TUE The legendary 'Just a Minute' star recalls his colourful TUE life, and his famous psychoanalyst grandfather Sigmund. From TUE October 2000. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b00lvz50 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 To the Manor Born b007k4dj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance TUE b007jvhd (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 A Dream of Eleanor b00fq8w2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Afternoon Reading b015cnnp (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b007k1nx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 There Is No Escape b06kcbw8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Twenty Players b007511f (Listen) TUE Hugo De Vries TUE Forgotten sporting heroes. Steve Rider tells the story of TUE the reckless but exciting racing driver. From June 1995. TUE TUE 22:45 The Music Teacher b01fjvxv (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 2 TUE Richie Webb returns as multi-instrumentalist music teacher TUE Nigel Penny. TUE Nigel is charged with creating relaxing music for a pregnant TUE ladies music group. TUE But whilst Arts Centre director Belinda happily sells TUE tickets for his 'live inspirational womb music' sessions, TUE Nigel is hampered in his preparations by the usual array of TUE challenging pupils and a rather early arrival. TUE Directed by Nick Walker TUE Audio production by Matt Katz TUE Written and produced by Richie Webb TUE A Top Dog Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE Credits TUE Nigel Penny: Richie Webb TUE Belinda: Vicki Pepperdine TUE Alfie: Jim North TUE Heather: Felicity Montagu TUE Jeremy: Dave Lamb TUE Claude: Joseph Webb TUE Libby: Jess Robinson TUE Director: Nick Walker TUE Producer: Richie Webb TUE Writer: Richie Webb TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06pdvzn (Listen) TUE The best in contemporary comedy. Jon Holmes chats to Andrew TUE Maxwell. TUE TUE 23:00 Delve Special b007jn2h (Listen) TUE Series 4, Resurrection of St Jerome TUE Intrepid reporter David Lander probes the rise and fall of TUE Caribbean despot Felipe Delnazo. Stars Stephen Fry. From TUE September 1987. TUE TUE 23:30 The Sofa of Time b00hxnfl (Listen) TUE Where the Brave Go Shopping TUE With heroics to perform, Milford and Parker pop into TUE Bravemart. Stars Mark Heap, Nick Frost and Kevin Eldon. From TUE October 2002. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 04 NOVEMBER 2015 WED WED 00:00 The Man in Black b00yng5w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 That Reminds Me b007jnhk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance WED b007jvhd (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 A Dream of Eleanor b00fq8w2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim b00srwxb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 Noise: A Human History b01rl8l9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 15 Minute Drama b013f4q4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Book at Bedtime b00kd1q3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b01p3151 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Act Your Age b00qplyn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Chain Reaction b01l1g68 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 Our Man At Wembley b0075j2s (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 There Is No Escape b06kcbw8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance WED b007jvhj (Listen) WED Inside the Giant's Castle WED Charles Paris has still not been able to contact the elusive WED theatrical impresario Marius Steen, and now the man who took WED the compromising photographs of Steen and his lover has been WED shot - dead. WED Assuming a variety of roles, the lothario thespian employs WED his skills to try and solve a murder. Set during the UK's WED winter fuel crisis of 1973. WED Stars Francis Matthews as Charles Paris and Fiona Hendley as WED Jacqui Mitchell, Richard Morant as Nigel Steen and Lynda WED Baron as Mrs Sweet. WED Adapted by Simon Brett from his book. WED Producer: Martin Fisher WED First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1984. WED WED 06:30 The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for Survival WED b00jm0bq (Listen) WED Sir Richard FitzHerbert, who lives in the grade 2 listed WED Tissington Hall in the Peak District National Park, talks to WED other historic house owners who, like himself, are WED struggling to balance the books and keep the estate going. WED At the start of the year, Sir Richard sold furniture, WED paintings and silver to raise funds. He is the 9th baronet WED to hold the title and does not want to be the one who has to WED lose the Hall. WED WED 07:00 Huddwinks b00fsmz6 (Listen) WED Series 2, The Idiots Have Landed! WED A Second World War tale of derring-do, to dispose of Adolf WED Hitler at his Bavarian lodge. Stars Roy Hudd. From June WED 1988. WED WED 07:30 To Hull and Back b06kdz3q (Listen) WED An Affair to Forget WED To Hull and Back is the eagerly anticipated sitcom from BBC WED New Comedy Award winner Lucy Beaumont. WED Sophie still lives at home with her mum in Hull. They make a WED living doing car boot sales at the weekend. Except they WED don't really make a living because her mum can't bear to get WED rid of any of their junk. Plus, they don't have a car. As WED their house gets more cluttered, Sophie feels more trapped. WED "An Affair to forget" WED Sophie is on a quest for love whilst her mother is trying to WED get accepted in to a posh Lady's Golf Club. Door to door WED sellers peddling thick bleach and an accident with a milk WED float all conspire to thwart their efforts. WED Cast WED Sophie ... Lucy Beaumont WED Sheila ... Maureen Lipman WED Jean ... Kerrie Marsh WED Ernie ... Norman Lovett WED DJ Richie ... Jon Richardson WED DeeDee ... Sue McCormick WED Ann ... Annie Sawle WED Ben ... Christopher Simpson WED Writer ... Lucy Beaumont WED Producer ... Carl Cooper WED This is a BBC Radio Comedy Production. WED Credits WED Sophie: Lucy Beaumont WED Sheila: Maureen Lipman WED Jean: Kerrie Marsh WED Ernie: Norman Lovett WED DJ Richie: Jon Richardson WED DeeDee: Sue McCormick WED Ann: Annie Sawle WED Ben: Christopher Simpson WED Writer: Lucy Beaumont WED Producer: Carl Cooper WED WED 08:00 The TV Lark b01bn40m (Listen) WED House of Commons WED Troutbridge TV must transmit a Party Political Broadcast. WED And Phillips is off to a ball. WED After 4 series of 'The Navy Lark', the BBC decided the WED comedy crew needed a new setting, so where better than brand WED new independent station, Troutbridge TV? WED However, after just 10 episodes, this proved to be only a WED temporary change of course for the crew of HMS Troutbridge - WED as the crew were soon back aboard 'The Navy Lark'. WED Stars Jon Pertwee as the Floor Manager, Leslie Phillips as WED The Director, Stephen Murray as the Producer, Ronnie Barker WED as Fatso Johnson and Richard Caldicote as the Deputy WED Controller. WED Scripted by Lawrie Wyman WED Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1963. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00zn046 (Listen) WED Series 6, Episode 12 WED Arabian Desert dancers, and the bare truth of Lady Godiva. WED Songs and sketches with John Cleese and Bill Oddie. From WED June 1968. WED WED 09:00 Counterpoint b00874xv (Listen) WED 1999, Heat 2 WED Ned Sherrin chairs the music quiz with Lancashire's Sue WED McCombie, Roy Whittaker of Norwich and Stephen Turnbull from WED Co Durham. WED WED 09:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII b0076j87 (Listen) WED Episode 5 WED The 'unreliable' historical account of Catherine Howard's WED grandmother, a Duchess. Stars Jonathan Coy. From December WED 2003. WED WED 10:00 Classic Serial b01p6rz5 (Listen) WED Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo, Episode 3 WED By Alexandre Dumas, adapted for radio by Sebastian WED Baczkiewicz. WED With Fernand de Morcerf dead, the Count begins to tighten WED the net around Baron Danglars and Gerard de Villefort, and WED their unsuspecting wives. WED Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan WED Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko. WED Credits WED The Count/Edmond Dantes: Iain Glen WED Haydee: Jane Lapotaire WED Mercedes de Morcerf: Josette Simon WED Gerard de Villefort: Paul Rhys WED Heloise de Villefort: Kate Fleetwood WED General Noirtier: Karl Johnson WED Baron Danglars: Toby Jones WED Hermine Danglars: Stephanie Racine WED Fernand de Morcerf: Zubin Varla WED Caderousse: Ben Crowe WED Andrea Cavalcanti: Will Howard WED Madame Lascelles: Sarah Thom WED Coachman: Paul Stonehouse WED Bertuccio: Paul Stonehouse WED Valentine de Villefort: Lizzy Watts WED Max Morrell: Adam Nagaitis WED Eugenie Danglars: Eleanor Crooks WED Jacopo: Joe Sims WED Operator: Robert Blythe WED Banker: Paul Stonehouse WED Writer: Sebastian Baczkiewicz WED Director: Jeremy Mortimer WED Director: Sasha Yevtushenko WED WED 11:00 Afternoon Reading b015cr9h (Listen) WED Flann O' Brien - The Brother, Episode 3 WED The Brother WED By Myles na Gopaleen (Flann O'Brien) WED "Do you know what it is, the brother's an extraordinary WED genius." WED Born on the 5th October 1911 in Strabane, Northern Ireland, WED Brian O'Nolan is perhaps best known as Flann O'Brien, the WED name under which he published his novels At Swim Two Birds, WED The Hard Life, The Dalkey Archive and The Third Policeman. WED Often described as one of the 'holy trinity' of modern Irish WED writers alongside Joyce and Beckett, he was notorious for WED writing under a range of pseudonyms and penned the daily WED 'Cruiskeen Lawn' column in the Irish Times as Myles na WED Gopaleen (na gCopaleen) from 1940 until his death in 1966. WED Satirising the absurdities and ironies of Dublin life the WED Cruiskeen Lawn introduced a memorable and hilarious cast of WED characters; Keats and Chapman, The Plain People of Ireland WED and the extraordinary, eccentric and preposterous 'brother'. WED To mark the centenary of his birth, a series of readings WED selected from O'Brien's 'Brother' articles, introduces us to WED one of his most peculiar and eccentric literary creations. WED An 'extraordinary genius' indeed, the brother is apparently WED an authority on almost every subject imaginable and has his WED finger in more pies than he has fingers! Living in digs with WED his long-suffering landlady and her lodgers, the brother WED believes that he really does know best about everything from WED medicine, to water purity, politics and policing, and, as we WED discover, there is no arguing with the brother! WED Meet the inimitable 'brother' as Myles regales us with that WED most unusual of individual's latest exploits. WED Read by Jim Norton with Kevin Moore. WED Producer Heather Larmour. WED WED 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b007k1q2 (Listen) WED Plastic Assassin WED On Temptation Island, assassin Billy Hindle plans to kill WED Jack's wife Tara. Stars Joanna Lumley and Charles Gray. WED WED 12:00 The TV Lark b01bn40m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00zn046 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance WED b007jvhj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for Survival WED b00jm0bq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Afternoon Reading b00mk71d (Listen) WED Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Mr Quin, The Coming of Mr WED Quin WED Martin Jarvis reads a trio of stories starring Agatha WED Christie's personal favourite character - a certain Mr WED Harley Quin. WED When guests at a house party recall the suicide of the WED previous owner, a mysterious stranger arrives who throws WED unexpected light on the case. But another mystery remains - WED who actually is Mr Quin himself? WED Producer/Director : Rosalind Ayres WED A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01rlmq0 (Listen) WED Heavenly Sounds WED Heavenly Sounds: Episode thirteen of a thirty-part series WED made in collaboration with the British Library Sound WED Archive. WED Worshipers in the Middle Ages would have been struck not WED just by the visual spectacle of great churches and WED cathedrals, but also by their sound. Medieval churches in WED the west had very different acoustics to the low-roofed, WED wattle and daub homes where most of their congregation WED lived. WED Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex explores WED how preachers and singers created sounds that fitted these WED holy spaces beautifully, from Romanesque churches to the WED musical pillars of Hampi, and an extraordinary 16th century WED experiment in stereo in St Mark's in Venice. WED Series producer: Matt Thompson WED A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:30 15 Minute Drama b013fj15 (Listen) WED Village SOS, Episode 3 WED By Val McDermid. WED On the hunt for Colin Arnott's murderer, DCI Marion Bettany WED (Helen Baxendale) turns her attention to the village post WED office, run by terse sub-postmistress Angela Bryman. And WED Angela's not the only villager who resented Colin's project WED to turn a deconsecrated chapel into a performing arts WED centre. WED Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and WED creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. WED Set in Shilwick, Village SOS is a fictional version of the WED BBC One series of the same name. WED DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale WED DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon WED Angela Bryman ..... Lynn Fairbairn WED Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton WED Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland WED Tilly Francis ..... Rachel Bavidge WED Marcus Francis ..... Adrian Grove WED Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher WED www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. WED WED 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00kd1q5 (Listen) WED Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Too Far from Home WED Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a WED girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life WED in New York in the 1950s. WED Eilis' happiness in Brooklyn has been shattered by the news WED of her beloved sister's death and Tony is the only one who WED can offer her comfort. WED WED 15:00 Classic Serial b01p6rz5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 Counterpoint b00874xv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII b0076j87 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 Huddwinks b00fsmz6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 To Hull and Back b06kdz3q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 The Man in Black b00yw4bc (Listen) WED Series 3, Lights Out WED Mark Gatiss introduces Christopher Golden and Amber Benson's WED chilling tale of terror in a women's prison. Stars Jasmine WED Hyde. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b0076tvb (Listen) WED It's Not What You Know WED Matthew Parris, Alexander Waugh, Emma Richler and Susie Boyt WED reflect on the pervasive power of nepotism. From September WED 2005. WED WED 19:00 The TV Lark b01bn40m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b00zn046 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance WED b007jvhj (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for Survival WED b00jm0bq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Afternoon Reading b015cr9h (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b007k1q2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 To Hull and Back b06kdz3q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme b01c7s27 (Listen) WED Series 1, Family WED In the first of a new series, Tim Key grapples with the idea WED of 'family' via his narrative poem: The Godfather. Musical WED accompaniment is provided by Tom Basden. WED Written and presented by Tim Key WED With Tom Basden WED Produced by James Robinson. WED WED 22:45 Earls of the Court b00qvpk2 (Listen) WED Earls Reunited WED Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright WED about two Australians down on their luck in London. WED Lloydie returns after years of travel to find best mate WED Johnno still living in their old flat. But their former gang WED has disbanded and times have changed. Worse still, the sins WED of the past are about to catch up with them. WED Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright WED Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale WED Bonzo ...... Rufus Wright WED Kirsty ...... Keely Beresford WED Shalk ...... Michael Shelford WED Brett ...... David Seddon WED Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. WED Credits WED Producer: Sasha Yevtushenko WED WED 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b06pdzh9 (Listen) WED The best in contemporary comedy. Jon Holmes chats to Andrew WED Maxwell. WED WED 23:00 Richard Herring's Objective b00v730v (Listen) WED Series 1, The Toothbrush Moustache WED The first in a new series in which Richard Herring reclaims WED objects that we've grown to hate. This week he's reclaiming WED the toothbrush moustache on behalf of comedy - taking it WED back from Hitler to give to it's rightful owner Charlie WED Chaplin. Based on his Edinburgh show Richard examines why a WED particular piece of facial hair can evoke revulsion in all WED who see it when in fact the person first associated with it WED was one of the funniest people on the planet. He grows his WED own toothbrush moustache and hears what passers by make of WED it, talks to a German moustache expert about Hitler's vanity WED and describes how wearing it on the day after the BNP won WED seats in the last European election strengthened his resolve WED to continue his campaign. The show was recorded in front of WED an audience. WED Producer ..... Alison Vernon-Smith. WED WED 23:30 Revolting People b008ff6d (Listen) WED Series 3, A Kiss Is Just a Kiss WED Samuel turns his shop into a bar, and an old flame called WED Ingrid turns up. 1770 America sitcom stars Andy Hamilton and WED Jay Tarses. WED WED THU THURSDAY 05 NOVEMBER 2015 THU THU 00:00 The Man in Black b00yw4bc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b0076tvb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance THU b007jvhj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 The Baronet and Tissington's Fight for Survival THU b00jm0bq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Afternoon Reading b00mk71d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 Noise: A Human History b01rlmq0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 15 Minute Drama b013fj15 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Book at Bedtime b00kd1q5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Classic Serial b01p6rz5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 Counterpoint b00874xv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The Six Mothers-in-Law of Henry VIII b0076j87 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 Huddwinks b00fsmz6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 To Hull and Back b06kdz3q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance THU b007jvhn (Listen) THU The Funny Policeman THU Impresario Marius Steen has been found dead. Jacqui Mitchell THU suspects foul play, so Charles Paris continues his THU investigations - and discovers a thing or two about Steen's THU will. THU Assuming a variety of roles, the lothario thespian employs THU his skills to try and solve a murder. Set during the UK's THU winter fuel crisis of 1973. THU Stars Francis Matthews as Charles Paris and Fiona Hendley as THU Jacqui Mitchell, Jeremy Child as Gerald Venables and Anthony THU Newlands as Bartlemas. THU Adapted by Simon Brett from his book THU Producer: Martin Fisher THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1984. THU THU 06:30 The Company of Poets b00zd92g (Listen) THU Susannah Clapp looks through Angela Carter's journals to THU discover her unknown poetry. She introduces Angela's circle THU - her editors Andrew Motion (former Poet Laureate), and THU Carmen Callil (founder of Virago Press), and her close THU friend Salman Rushdie, as well as the critic Marina Warner - THU not just to the verse itself, but to the fact that Angela THU even wrote poetry, which none of them knew. THU Angela Carter is one of the most pungent writers of the last THU fifty years and yet her poems are more or less unknown. They THU were written at the beginning of her life as a writer: her THU first novel was published in 1966, and so have a particular THU interest as showing a path not taken. In this programme THU Susannah and guests argue that they strikingly anticipate THU her fiction and other writing, in both the richness of THU expression and in subject matter and sometimes even the very THU violence of the verse makes her concerns plainer. Through THU readings and analysis, the programme explores Carter's THU poetic interest in fairy tale, her fascination with the THU 18th-century (Susannah will argue that she was both a romper THU and a sceptic secularist), her feminism, her foul tongue, THU and her fascinating politics. And her poetry will also THU illustrate Carter's vivid visual sense and tastes, such as THU her love of cats. THU For the programme Susannah goes to the British Library to THU look at the poems in Angela Carter's journals, and her lists THU of the things that she was reading at the time she wrote THU them. THU Readings will be done by Olivia Williams (The Sixth Sense, THU The Ghost Writer and the RSC.) THU Susannah was a close friend of Angela Carter's. THU Contributors: Salman Rushdie, Andrew Motion, Marina Warner, THU Carmen Callil, Jamie Andrews. Readings by Olivia Williams. THU Producer: Rebecca Stratford. THU THU 07:00 North by Northamptonshire b018xy2d (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 5 THU Sheila Hancock narrates the bittersweet adventures of the THU residents of a small town in Northamptonshire. The dawn of THU the Dickensian festival brings chaos to Wadenbrook, and THU Angela has something to tell Frank. THU written by Katherine Jakeways THU produced by Victoria Lloyd THU John Biggins................................Keith THU Mackenzie Crook...........................Rod THU Kevin Eldon...................Jonathan / Ken THU Shelia Hancock....................... Narrator THU Jessica Henwick...........................Helen THU Katherine Jakeways........ Esther / Jacqui THU Felicity Montagu..............................Jan THU Geoffrey Palmer........................Norman THU Lizzie Roper..............................Angela THU Penelope Wilton............................Mary THU Rufus Wright................................Frank. THU THU 07:30 Barry Cryer at 80 b06kgvcd (Listen) THU Barry Cryer is one of the most significant figures in THU British comedy. He wrote for Danny La Rue, David Frost and THU Morecambe & Wise, and has been a fixture on television and THU radio since the 1960s. He is of course best-known, and best THU beloved, to the Radio 4 audience for his work on I'm Sorry I THU Haven't A Clue, the "antidote to panel games" which has been THU running since 1972. THU To mark Barry's 80th birthday his son, Bob Cryer, organised THU a gala performance at the Palace Theatre in London's West THU End, in aid of one of Barry's favourite charities. Radio 4 THU is delighted to present a selection of highlights from the THU evening, which sees friends, family, contemporaries and THU other acts he loves assemble to pay tribute to the man the THU comedy world knows simply as "Uncle Baz". THU Producer ... Ed Morrish THU A BBC Radio Comedy Production. THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jzsd (Listen) THU Series 3, Steptoe and Son and Son THU A visitor brings Harold Steptoe some unexpected news. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. With Gwendolyn Watts and Richard Griffiths. 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 May 1971. THU THU 08:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b0085j9l (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 6 THU Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel heads to Hollywood and makes THU a movie. 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, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello. 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 1991. THU THU 09:00 Genius b008jdzb (Listen) THU Series 2, Sid Waddell THU Dave Gorman and Sid Waddell chew over ridiculous, brilliant THU but unworkable ideas, and choose the best. From October THU 2006. THU THU 09:30 No Commitments b007jnvs (Listen) THU Series 6, Retiring Types THU Charlotte, Anna and Victoria's sisterly ties are strained THU over a family dinner. Stars Rosemary Leach. From August THU 1999. THU THU 10:00 Classic Serial b01p9gjy (Listen) THU Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo, Episode 4 THU By Alexandre Dumas adapted by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. THU Caderousse is dead, and the Count's ward Andrea is poised to THU marry Eugenie Danglars. While Heloise de Villefort pursues THU her own murderous plans to secure General Noirtier's THU inheritance for her son. The Count's revenge, so long in the THU planning, is devastating in its conclusion. THU Music by David Tobin and Jeff Meegan THU Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko. THU Credits THU The Count/Edmond Dantes: Iain Glen THU Haydee: Jane Lapotaire THU Younger Haydee: Amber Rose Revah THU Mercedes de Morcerf: Josette Simon THU Fernand, Count de Morcerf: Zubin Varla THU Gerard de Villefort: Paul Rhys THU Heloise de Villefort: Kate Fleetwood THU Abbe Faria: Richard Johnson THU Baron Danglars: Toby Jones THU Hermine Danglars: Stephanie Racine THU Eugenie Danglars: Eleanor Crooks THU Valentine de Villefort: Lizzy Watts THU Edouard de Villefort: Finn Monteath THU Max Morrell: Adam Nagaitis THU Andrea Cavalcanti: Will Howard THU Bertuccio: Paul Stonehouse THU Jacopo: Joe Sims THU Actor: Sarah Thom THU Writer: Sebastian Baczkiewicz THU Director: Jeremy Mortimer THU Director: Sasha Yevtushenko THU THU 11:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Swan Moving b01pjrry (Listen) THU The arrival of a winged visitor ruffles feathers, in a THU village where community pride has been forgotten. Read by THU Fiona Walker. THU THU 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b007k1r8 (Listen) THU Orange Juice and Sugar THU Assassin Billy Hindle is drugged by Jack and finds himself THU hallucinating. Stars Joanna Lumley and Charles Gray. THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jzsd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b0085j9l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance THU b007jvhn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 The Company of Poets b00zd92g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Afternoon Reading b00mp4fv (Listen) THU Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Mr Quin, The Soul of the THU Croupier THU Martin Jarvis reads this compelling tale set amidst the THU roulette tables of Monte Carlo, starring Agatha Christie's THU personal favourite character, Harley Quin. THU Holidaying in the South of France, Mr Satterthwaite THU encounters a beautiful Russian Countess with a mysterious THU past. But with the sudden arrival of Mr Quin, secrets are THU about to be revealed. Can they solve a conundrum concerning THU her and a brash young American? THU Producer/Director : Rosalind Ayres THU A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01rlptt (Listen) THU Carnival THU Carnival: Episode fourteen of a thirty-part series made in THU collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive. THU Feast days in Medieval Europe were noisy affairs - the THU streets filled with processions, animal baiting, games and THU mystery plays. Professor David Hendy of the University of THU Sussex tells the story of a Somerset town where a church ale THU got out of hand and the party went on for eight weeks. Then, THU as now, being raucous in the streets was a way for the THU dispossessed to make themselves heard - and revelry could THU easily tip into revolt. THU Series producer: Matt Thompson THU A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:30 15 Minute Drama b013flf3 (Listen) THU Village SOS, Episode 4 THU By Val McDermid. THU Today's episode of Village SOS takes us to Shilwick's beach THU house workshops, where DCI Bettany and her sidekick DS THU Hodgson interview even more villagers with a grudge against THU murder victim Colin Arnott, his grieving widow Kai Ling, and THU their plans to turn a disused chapel into a performing arts THU centre. THU Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and THU creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. THU Set in a sleepy Northumbrian community, Village SOS is a THU fictional version of the BBC One series of the same name. THU DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale THU DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon THU Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton THU Bob Brandison ..... Bill Fellows THU Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland THU Marcus Francis ..... Adrian Grove THU Peter Robson ..... Shaun Prendergast THU Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher THU www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. THU THU 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00kd1q7 (Listen) THU Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Being Rose's Ghost THU Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a THU girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life THU in New York in the 1950s. THU Following her sister's death, Eilis returns to her lonely THU mother in Enniscorthy for a month's visit. Once there it is THU hard to tell the truth about her last action in America, and THU harder still to resist the lure of the familiar. THU THU 15:00 Classic Serial b01p9gjy (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Genius b008jdzb (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 No Commitments b007jnvs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 North by Northamptonshire b018xy2d (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 Barry Cryer at 80 b06kgvcd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 The Man in Black b00z2yvr (Listen) THU Series 3, Uncle William's House THU Mark Gatiss introduces Alison Falconer's chilling tale of a THU young mum inheriting a haunted cottage. Stars Anne-Marie THU Piazza. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076s0k (Listen) THU Series 7, Ronald Reagan THU Lord Powell, Margaret Thatcher's foreign affairs adviser, THU chooses US President Ronald Reagan. With Francine Stock. THU From May 2005. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jzsd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel b0085j9l (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance THU b007jvhn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 The Company of Poets b00zd92g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Swan Moving b01pjrry (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b007k1r8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Barry Cryer at 80 b06kgvcd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 The Secret World b011kqsj (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 3 THU From Jools Holland to Ross Kemp, Jon Culshaw explores the THU bizarre private lives of famous folk. From April 2009. THU THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game b0090y11 (Listen) THU Series 2, Chuckles THU The Devil conducts interviews for a new assistant. In the THU running are Scumspawn and a dolphin. Satanic sitcom stars THU Andy Hamilton. From April 1998. THU THU 23:30 The Mark Steel Lecture b007k4h4 (Listen) THU Series 1, Thomas Paine THU The radical comedian profiles the 18th-century author and THU radical idealist. From September 1999. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 06 NOVEMBER 2015 FRI FRI 00:00 The Man in Black b00z2yvr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076s0k (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance FRI b007jvhn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:30 The Company of Poets b00zd92g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:00 Afternoon Reading b00mp4fv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:15 Noise: A Human History b01rlptt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:30 15 Minute Drama b013flf3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 02:45 Book at Bedtime b00kd1q7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 03:00 Classic Serial b01p9gjy (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:00 Genius b008jdzb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 04:30 No Commitments b007jnvs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:00 North by Northamptonshire b018xy2d (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 05:30 Barry Cryer at 80 b06kgvcd (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance FRI b007jvhq (Listen) FRI Slapstick Scene FRI Marius Steen has been found dead. His lover Jacqui Mitchell FRI suspects foul play and now that a new will has been found FRI made in her favour, Charles Paris begins to believe her. FRI Movie making becomes a horror story. FRI Assuming a variety of roles, the lothario thespian employs FRI his skills to try and solve a murder. Set during the UK's FRI winter fuel crisis of 1973. FRI Stars Francis Matthews as Charles Paris and Fiona Hendley as FRI Jacqui Mitchell, Harry Fowler as Jean-Luc Roussel, Richard FRI Morant as Nigel Steen and Jeremy Child as Gerald Venables. FRI Adapted by Simon Brett from his book FRI Producer: Martin Fisher FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1984. FRI FRI 06:30 Gormley on Epstein b00n86t3 (Listen) FRI Artist Jacob Epstein attracted criticism during his FRI turbulent career - his work was seen as too graphic or hard FRI hitting, too 'ugly' or 'distorted', even 'cannibal'. After FRI his death, the younger sculptor Henry Moore paid tribute to FRI his courage as a pioneering artist who bore the brunt of FRI critical derision, but even today, Epstein has never been FRI properly celebrated for his work at the vanguard of British FRI art. FRI In this programme, which marks the 50th anniversary of FRI Epstein's death, contemporary artist Antony Gormley FRI redresses the balance, to show Epstein's vital position in FRI art. FRI FRI 07:00 The Change b0076pdx (Listen) FRI Series 3, Episode 6 FRI Tensions mount as Carol approaches full term and she and FRI George appear on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. FRI Starring Lynda Bellingham as Carol, Philip Jackson as FRI George, Maureen Beattie as Maureen, Marcia Warren as Violet, FRI Emma Kennedy as Sonia and Jenni Murray as herself. FRI Series 3 of the sitcom about a married couple's attempts to FRI smooth over their singularly troubled midlife funk - Carol FRI is hormonal and 15-stone George is a transvestite. Onlookers FRI can't quite agree on the nature of their dynamic. FRI Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie. FRI Producer: Elizabeth Freestone FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2004. FRI FRI 07:30 Shedtown b01q977h (Listen) FRI Series 2, Death in the Afternoon FRI In series two of Shedtown, our wooden 'man-cave', icon of FRI escape and isolation - the shed - continues to be a symbol FRI of possibility and change. FRI Episode 4: Death in the Afternoon FRI Shedtown Mark II rings its own death knell to the tune of FRI Deborah Dearden's meticulously planned merry-go-round and FRI Jimmy asks where hearts lie. FRI Barry............................Tony Pitts FRI Jimmy..........................Stephen Mangan FRI Eleanor..............Ronni Ancona FRI Colin...............Johnny Vegas FRI Deborah........................Emma Fryer FRI William..............Adrian Manfredi FRI Diane..............Rosina Carbone FRI Dave...............Shaun Dooley FRI Father Michael.........James Quinn FRI Wes.............Warren Brown FRI Protestor...........Sian Breckin FRI Nell..............................Eleanor Samson FRI The Wesleyans............Isabelle Sykes & Dorothy Collins FRI Narrator............Maxine Peake FRI Music........Paul Heaton & Jonny Lexus FRI Written and Directed by Tony Pitts FRI Produced by Sally Harrison FRI A Woolyback production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00898pr (Listen) FRI Series 5, East Cheam Drama Festival FRI Rivalling Edinburgh and Salzburg - three short plays as the FRI lad welcomes us to East Cheam Repertory Company. 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 April 1958. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b007wvvh (Listen) FRI Napoleon's Piano FRI Neddie Seagoon is conned into pinching the keyboard played FRI at the Battle of Waterloo. Stars Spike Milligan. From FRI October 1955. FRI FRI 09:00 The 3rd Degree b00zlfhf (Listen) FRI Series 1, Salford FRI Coming this week from the University of Salford, host Steve FRI Punt puts the questions to lecturers and students alike. So FRI if you'd like to hear a Military Historian humming Beatles FRI songs, a Senior Lecturer in Criminology trying to identify FRI Rihanna, or students trying to list types of fruit that FRI begin with the letter 'P', then this is the quiz show for FRI you. Plus the only time in recording history that the word FRI "pebble" has earned a massive cheer. FRI "The 3rd Degree" is a funny, lively and dynamic new quiz FRI show aimed at cultivating the next generation of Radio 4 FRI listeners whilst delighting the current ones. It's recorded FRI on location at a different University each week, and it pits FRI three Undergraduates against three of their Professors in a FRI genuinely original and fresh take on an academic quiz. FRI Together with host Steve Punt, the show tours the (sometimes FRI posh, sometimes murky, but always welcoming!) Union FRI buildings, cafés and lecture halls of six universities FRI across the UK. FRI The rounds vary between Specialist Subjects and General FRI Knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds and the FRI 'Highbrow & Lowbrow' round cunningly devised to test not FRI only the students' knowledge of current affairs, history, FRI languages and science, but also their Professors' awareness FRI of television, film, and Lady Gaga... In addition, the FRI Head-to-Head rounds, in which students take on their FRI Professors in their own subjects, were particularly lively, FRI and offered plenty of scope for mild embarrassment on both FRI sides... FRI The resulting show is funny, fresh, and not a little bit FRI surprising, with a truly varied range of scores, friendly FRI rivalry, and moments where students wished they had more FRI than just glanced at that reading list... FRI Producer: David Tyler FRI A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 09:30 Albert and Me b007jsgr (Listen) FRI Series 1, Mind That Baby FRI Single dad Bryan gets wrapped in red tape at the benefits FRI office. FRI Stars Richard Beckinsale as Bryan Archer, Pat Coombs as FRI Mum/Albert and John Comer as Dad. With Dilys Laye as the FRI Welfare Lady/Mrs Featherstone-Haugh. FRI Written by Jim Eldridge. FRI Producer: John Fawcett Wilson FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1977. FRI FRI 10:00 Classic Serial b01gf4lq (Listen) FRI Uncle Fred in the Springtime, Episode 1 FRI Dramatised by Archie Scottney FRI Joyous all-star spring fever, led by Alfred Molina, Patricia FRI Hodge, Jared Harris, Martin Jarvis and Rufus Sewell. A FRI pig-napping romantic thriller! PGW's dialogue dances across FRI the Blandings Castle lawns. Charming Earl of Ickenham (Uncle FRI Fred) has received a plea from affably dotty Lord Emsworth FRI to help foil a plot to steal his prize-winning pig. And to FRI examine the sanity of eccentric Duke of Dunstable. FRI Delighting in such entertainment, Uncle Fred arrives at FRI Blandings in the guise of "brain specialist" Glossop, with FRI nephew Pongo posing as his secretary. Lively Polly Pott is FRI the third imposter, secretly engaged to Dunstable's nephew FRI Ricky and hoping to charm her prospective uncle-in-law. FRI Emsworth's devious secretary Rupert Baxter (Jared Harris) FRI spots them but can't call their bluff for fear of blackmail. FRI Emsworth's sister Connie suspects they are jewel thieves. FRI Bosham, Emsworth's son, thinks all is above board. But then FRI Polly's detective Dad is called in. Will the pig-napping FRI happen? FRI Cast: FRI Uncle Fred ..... Alfred Molina FRI Lady Constance ..... Patricia Hodge FRI The Duke of Dunstable ..... Christopher Neame FRI Rupert Baxter ..... Jared Harris FRI Ricky Gilpin ..... Rufus Sewell FRI Horace Davenport ..... Lloyd Owen FRI Mustard Pott ..... Julian Holloway FRI Polly Pott ..... Sophie Winkleman FRI Lord Emsworth ..... Martin Jarvis FRI P.G. Wodehouse ..... Ian Ogilvy FRI Lord Bosham ..... Simon Templeman FRI Pongo Twistleton ..... Matthew Wolf FRI Beach ..... Kenneth Danziger FRI Valerie Twistleton ..... Moira Quirk FRI Webster/Footmen ..... Darren Richardson FRI Singing Gardener ..... Mark Holden FRI Director: Martin Jarvis FRI Producer: Rosalind Ayres FRI A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Plenty Good Fiesta b01pjzbz (Listen) FRI The Spanish Civil War brings refugees to England, and one FRI little boy to the attention of a young couple. Read by Anna FRI Massey. FRI FRI 11:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b007k1sh (Listen) FRI Everyone's Been Burned FRI Reeling from the shooting, Billy Hindle is determined to FRI track down the killer. Stars James Aubrey and Joanna Lumley. FRI FRI 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00898pr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b007wvvh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance FRI b007jvhq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Gormley on Epstein b00n86t3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Afternoon Reading b00mp4fj (Listen) FRI Agatha Christie - The Mysterious Mr Quin, At the Bells and FRI Motley FRI Martin Jarvis reads another story concerning investigations FRI by the mysterious Mr Quin. For Mr Satterthwaite, a punctured FRI car tyre on a cold winter's evening is the start of another FRI mystery-solving encounter with the enigmatic Mr Harley Quin. FRI Taking refuge at a country inn Mr Satterthwaite discovers FRI his friend Mr Quin, who invites him to re-examine the FRI strange case of a wealthy young local woman and her new FRI husband's disappearance. Was it murder? Or is there some FRI other game afoot? FRI Producer/Director : Rosalind Ayres FRI A Jarvis & Ayres Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:15 Noise: A Human History b01rlsvg (Listen) FRI Restraint FRI Restraint: Episode fifteen of a thirty-part series made in FRI collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive. FRI The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries brought a new FRI emphasis on self-discipline in every day life - and with it FRI a revulsion against noise of every kind. City authorities FRI banned singing and feasting from public squares and tore FRI down maypoles, while town-dwellers raised petitions against FRI noisy neighbours. Spitting, snorting and breaking wind - FRI once part of everyday life - were now a cause for wrinkled FRI noses and dismay. Professor David Hendy of the University of FRI Sussex cocks a genteel ear to the polite sound-world of the FRI sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. FRI Series producer: Matt Thompson FRI A Rockethouse production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:30 15 Minute Drama b013gcn9 (Listen) FRI Village SOS, Episode 5 FRI By Val McDermid. FRI DCI Bettany fears she's no closer to finding Colin Arnott's FRI murderer. Colin's plans to convert a United Reformed chapel FRI into a performing arts centre made him enemies in the FRI village. Bettany hopes that spending a night in the village FRI pub will bring her closer to the killer. FRI Val McDermid is a multi-award winning crime writer, and FRI creator of TV's Wire in the Blood, which stars Robson Green. FRI Set in Shilwick, Village SOS is a fictional version of the FRI BBC One series of the same name. FRI DCI Marion Bettany ..... Helen Baxendale FRI DS John Hodgson ..... David Seddon FRI Peter Robson ..... Shaun Prendergast FRI Kai Ling Arnott ..... Liz Sutherland FRI Pamela McIntosh ..... Elaine Claxton FRI Tom Briggs ..... Christian Rodska FRI Producer / Director ..... Fiona Kelcher FRI www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos. FRI FRI 14:45 Book at Bedtime b00kd1q9 (Listen) FRI Colm Toibin - Brooklyn, Torn in Two FRI Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a FRI girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life FRI in New York in the 1950s. FRI Home for a holiday and to comfort her grieving mother, Eilis FRI has been unable to resist the lure of the familiar. FRI Meanwhile, Tony waits for her in Brooklyn. FRI FRI 15:00 Classic Serial b01gf4lq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 The 3rd Degree b00zlfhf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 Albert and Me b007jsgr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 The Change b0076pdx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 Shedtown b01q977h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 The Man in Black b00zd7gz (Listen) FRI Series 3, Perfect Home FRI Mark Gatiss introduces Nick Warburton's chilling tale of a FRI couple's late-night meeting on a dark city street. Stars FRI Toby Jones. FRI FRI 18:30 Soul Music b00763t6 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Zadok FRI Simon Halsey, Mary Davies and the Duke of Devonshire reflect FRI on the impact of Handel's Zadok the Priest. From September FRI 2001. FRI FRI 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour b00898pr (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b007wvvh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Charles Paris: Cast, in Order of Disappearance FRI b007jvhq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Gormley on Epstein b00n86t3 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Elizabeth Taylor - Plenty Good Fiesta b01pjzbz (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Andrew Rissik - The Psychedelic Spy b007k1sh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 Shedtown b01q977h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Absolute Power b007tcpt (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 2 FRI An old flame pits spinmeisters Charles and Martin against FRI one another. Stars Stephen Fry and Tamsin Greig. From FRI February 2001. FRI FRI 23:00 Meet David Sedaris b01n60m2 (Listen) FRI Series 3, Author Author; Front Row Centre with Thaddeus FRI Bristol FRI The multi-award winning American essayist brings more of his FRI wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 with a series of audience FRI readings. FRI This week David gives his observations of life as an author FRI on tour in "Author, Author", makes a satirical swipe at FRI critics in "Front Row Centre with Thaddeus Bristol", and FRI reads some extracts from his diaries. FRI Producer: Steve Doherty FRI A Boom Pictures Cymru production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Reader: David Sedaris FRI Producer: Steve Doherty FRI Writer: David Sedaris FRI FRI 23:30 Bridget Christie Minds the Gap b01r11x0 (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 1 FRI Last year, comedian Bridget Christie noticed that misogyny, FRI like shiny leggings, had made an unexpected comeback. But FRI did it ever really go away? Bridget Christie Minds the Gap FRI is a new four-part stand up comedy series on the state of FRI British feminism today. FRI An incident involving a man, a smell and a well-known FRI bookstore made her ask what place feminism has in modern FRI Britain, whether the fight has been won or is being fought FRI on different fronts. Plus, why did Bic launch the "Bic for FRI Her" - a pen specifically designed for a woman's hand? FRI In episode one she asks why feminism became a dirty word and FRI whether the modern British woman needs it. From a smell in a FRI well known bookshop to a pen designed specially for women, FRI she looks at some of the more ridiculous things associated FRI with being a woman. FRI Fred MacAulay helps her remember some of the key incidents FRI which brought her to an epiphany and a call to arms. FRI Producer; Alison Vernon-Smith. FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Bridget Christie FRI Performer: Fred MacAulay FRI Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith FRI
30 October, 2015
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 31/10/2015 - 06/11/2015
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