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SAT SATURDAY 02 APRIL 2016 SAT SAT 00:00 Paul Magrs - Never the Bride b009gctd (Listen) SAT Our Frank SAT A cliff-top drama for Whitby landlady Brenda, when her SAT monstrous old fiance appears. Stars Joanna Tope and Monica SAT Gibb. SAT SAT 00:30 Soul Music b008pygx (Listen) SAT Series 6, Tainted Love SAT Series about pieces of music with a powerful emotional SAT impact. SAT 3/4. Tainted Love SAT Originally a Motown song written by Ed Cobb and recorded by SAT Gloria Jones, Tainted Love became famous on the Northern SAT Soul scene in the late 1970s. A classic version was later SAT recorded by Soft Cell. SAT SAT 01:00 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Lost Special b01c8cbn (Listen) SAT Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story of the mysterious SAT disappearance of a train en route from Liverpool. Read by SAT David Schofield. SAT SAT 01:30 M1: The Modernist Marvel b00nk9hz (Listen) SAT As the M1, Britain's first major motorway, celebrates its SAT 50th year, performance poet and musician John Hegley SAT presents a poetic meditation on the 200-mile stretch of road SAT that is the transport backbone of Britain. SAT With his mandolin in tow, John slows down, turns off and SAT seeks out the overlooked sights and sounds of the M1. He SAT learns why there is no Junction 3, discovers that there was SAT a scientific formula to the loo break that determined how SAT far apart service stations should be built, and admires the SAT road for the glimpse on the modern world it offers us. SAT SAT 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01sdw31 (Listen) SAT A Delicate Truth, A Ghost from the Past SAT If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that SAT good men do nothing, how can they remain silent? Damian SAT Lewis begins reading A Delicate Truth, the brand new novel SAT from the master of his genre, John le Carré, a novel which SAT tells the story of a good man who must choose between his SAT conscience and his duty to the Service. SAT An undercover counter-operation in the British colony of SAT Gibraltar; a middle-ranking man from the Foreign Office SAT serving as 'eyes on' and reporting to an ambitious Minister; SAT the aim to capture a jihadist arms-buyer - the success, SAT assured. SAT But back in the UK a junior officer has his doubts and SAT commits an unthinkable act. Three years on, he will find SAT himself facing an impossible choice. In a journey that will SAT take him from Cornwall to Wales via murky secrets in the SAT depths of Whitehall, Toby Bell will try to find out the SAT truth about the night on the Rock and bring it the attention SAT and justice it deserves. SAT Tonight: A Ghost from the Past - Sir Christopher Probyn's SAT idyllic retirement is about to be shattered. SAT John le Carré was born in 1931 and attended the universities SAT of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in SAT British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty SAT years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between SAT London and Cornwall. SAT Damian Lewis is a British actor best known for his role as SAT Nicholas Brody in Homeland. His many credits include Band of SAT Brothers, Life and The Forsyte Saga. SAT The reader is Damian Lewis SAT The abridger is Sally Marmion SAT The producer is Di Speirs. SAT Credits SAT Producer: Di Speirs SAT Abridger: Sally Marmion SAT Reader: Damian Lewis SAT Author: John Le Carre SAT SAT 02:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship b03yqyz9 (Listen) SAT When William Met Mary SAT Social networking appears to be expanding our circles of SAT friendship just as our sense of community is contracting: Dr SAT Thomas Dixon presents a timely history of how the meaning SAT and experience of friendship have changed over the SAT centuries. SAT Episode Five: When William Met Mary SAT The famous 1989 film, When Harry Met Sally, crystallised for SAT modern viewers the key question of whether a man and woman SAT can truly be friends without any sexual element. SAT This was a question which radical and educated people were SAT beginning to ask in the 18th century, alongside its mirror SAT image - can a husband and wife also be friends? SAT Thomas Dixon traces the changing face of friendship and the SAT new idea of "companionate marriage" during this era, through SAT the linked histories of the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and SAT the radical philosopher William Godwin. SAT With the help of the historian Barbara Taylor, he considers SAT three moving stories: Mary's early friendship with Fanny SAT Blood, of whom she declared: "To live with this friend is SAT the height of my ambition"; the halting start, close SAT friendship and devoted but tragically short marriage of SAT Wollstonecraft with Godwin, who described their relationship SAT as "friendship melting into love"; and the marriage of their SAT daughter, Mary, who wrote of her desolation after the death SAT by drowning of her husband, the poet Percy Shelley: "I have SAT now no friend." SAT Thomas Dixon brings together issues of friendship and SAT marriage in this most contemporary of historical series. SAT Producer: Beaty Rubens. SAT Further Reading SAT Barbara Caine (ed.), *Friendship: A History* (Equinox, SAT 2009), Chapter 6, ‘Taking up the Pen: Women and the Writing SAT of Friendship’, by Barbara Caine. SAT SAT Amanda E. Herbert, *Female Alliances: Gender, Identity, and SAT Friendship in Early Modern Britain *(Yale University Press, SAT 2014). SAT SAT Claudia Johnson (ed.), *The Cambridge Companion to Mary SAT Wollstonecraft *(Cambridge University Press, 2002) SAT SAT Simon May, *Love: A History* (Yale, 2011), Chapter 4: ‘Love SAT as Perfect Friendship’ SAT SAT Barbara Taylor, *Mary Wollstonecraft and the Feminist SAT Imagination* (Cambridge University Press, 2003) SAT SAT Ralph M. Wardle (ed.) *Godwin & Mary: Letters of William SAT Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft *(University of Nebraska SAT Press, 1977) SAT The History of Emotions blog SAT Read a series of specially commissioned blog posts SAT supporting the BBC Radio 4 series ‘Five Hundred Years of SAT Friendship‘. SAT Sally Holloway, ‘Friendship, love, and letter-writing’ SAT Shelley's Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family SAT SAT 02:30 15 Minute Drama b04vjh7t (Listen) SAT The Skool Days of Nigel Molesworth, Fun with Scrumms SAT Imelda Staunton stars as Nigel Molesworth, the Curse of St SAT Custards, in this brand new adaptation of the notorious SAT Goriller of 3B's guide to skool life for tiny pupils and SAT their parents. SAT Aided by best friend Peason and thwarted by everyone from SAT Grabber the skool bully to Wandsworth the skool dog, Nigel SAT Molesworth teaches us the ins and outs of skool life - SAT including how to avoid lessens and how to build your own SAT H-bomb. SAT Episode 5: Fun with Scrumms SAT As the school term comes to an end, Molesworth must find a SAT way to survive the perils of the playing field and the wrath SAT of skool bully Grabber if he is to have any hope of tucking SAT into some Christmas turkey. SAT Adapted by Patrick Barlow and George Poles from the books by SAT Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle, with additional material SAT by Abigail Wilson. SAT Directed by Patrick Barlow SAT Produced by Liz Anstee SAT A CPL production for BBC Radio 4. SAT Credits SAT Molesworth: Imelda Staunton SAT Peason: Sophie Thompson SAT Grabber: Jack Farthing SAT Prudence: Jessica Brown Findlay SAT Headmaster: Patrick Barlow SAT Chief Prune: Lewis Macleod SAT Adaptor: Patrick Barlow SAT Adaptor: George Poles SAT Author: Geoffrey Willans SAT Author: Ronald Searle SAT Director: Patrick Barlow SAT Producer: Liz Anstee SAT SAT 02:45 Book of the Week b05r6sx0 (Listen) SAT The Shepherd's Life, Episode 5 SAT Spring is the farmer's reward for the hard days of winter - SAT and in this final episode, the cycle of the year begins SAT again, as James Rebanks prepares for lambing. SAT The first son of a shepherd, who was himself the first son SAT of a shepherd, James and his family have lived and worked in SAT and around the Lake District for generations. Through his SAT eyes we see that the Lake District is not a playground or a SAT scenic backdrop, it's a working landscape that needs sheep SAT and its farmers to survive. SAT Read by Bryan Dick SAT Written by James Rebanks SAT Abridged by Sian Preece SAT Produced by Kirsteen Cameron SAT Music details: SAT Track: "The Nightshift" SAT CD: Country Escape SAT Label: BBC Production Music BBCPM031. SAT Credits SAT Reader: Bryan Dick SAT Author: James Rebanks SAT Abridger: Sian Preece SAT Producer: Kirsteen Cameron SAT SAT 03:00 Home Front - Omnibus b06l4n8z (Listen) SAT 8-12 February 1916 SAT In the week that conscription came into effect, there are SAT secrets and celebrations in Folkestone. Final Omnibus of the SAT season, Home Front returns on 4th April 2016 SAT Adeline Lumley ..... Helen Schlesinger SAT Albert Wilson ..... Jamie Foreman SAT Anna White ..... Amelia Lowdell SAT Charles Chaplin ..... Owen Clarke SAT Cristine ..... Ysabelle Cooper SAT Dolly Clout ..... Elaine Claxton SAT Dorothea Winwood ..... Rachel Shelley SAT Dr Streatfield ..... Chris Pavlo SAT Elsie Buss ..... Tracey Wiles SAT Eric Morton ..... Paul Rainbow SAT Florrie Wilson ..... Claire Rushbrook SAT Gabriel Graham ..... Michael Bertenshaw SAT Hilary Pearce ..... Craige Els SAT Isabel Graham ..... Keely Beresford SAT Ivor Davies ..... Alun Raglan SAT Ivy Layton ..... Lizzy Watts SAT Jessie Moore ..... Lucy Hutchinson SAT Johnnie Marshall ..... Paul Ready SAT Kitty Lumley ..... Ami Metcalf SAT Laurie Pearce ..... Will Howard SAT Lilian Frost ..... Alex Tregear SAT Maisie Harris ..... Cassie Layton SAT Nancy Parker ..... Jane Whittenshaw SAT Norman Harris ..... Sean Baker SAT Roland Pemble ..... Jack Holden SAT Ruby Tulliver ..... Martine McCutcheon SAT Ruth Billings ..... Katie Redford SAT Sylvia Graham ..... Joanna David SAT Victor Lumley ..... Joel MacCormack SAT Winifred Dinsdale ..... Alice Lowe SAT Clerk ..... Richard Pepple SAT Written by Shaun McKenna SAT Directed by Allegra McIlroy SAT Editor: Jessica Dromgoole SAT Story-led by Shaun McKenna SAT Sound: Martha Littlehailes SAT Matthew Strachan SAT Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews. SAT SAT 04:00 Wildbrain b075pp7l (Listen) SAT 1997 - Semi-final SAT Lionel Kelleway visits Bristol, to test more wildlife SAT knowledge in the BBC Natural History Unit's quiz. SAT SAT 04:30 No Commitments b007jp3z (Listen) SAT Series 8, Impossibly High Standards SAT Victoria grows more irritating, as Anna gets a surprise SAT proposition. Simon Brett comedy starring Celia Imrie. From SAT January 2002. SAT SAT 05:00 1835 b012mbjv (Listen) SAT Down at the Old Bull and Bush SAT Aristocrat Belport tries escapology to woo a music hall SAT singer, but servant Ned is smitten too. Stars Paul Rider. SAT From July 2004. SAT SAT 05:30 Wordaholics b01sdmd2 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 6 SAT Gyles Brandreth presides over the comedy panel game where, SAT this week, Susie Dent and Lloyd Langford compete against SAT Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes to find out which team is the SAT most passionate and knowledgeable about words. SAT This week Susie Dent reveals two of her favourite SAT now-defunct words from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary are SAT 'pandiculation' (to stretch while yawning) and 'snirtle' (to SAT laugh in a quiet and restrained manner); Dave Gorman comes SAT up with a new cliche to replace 'Curiosity Killed the Cat'; SAT Natalie Haynes tells us what the Cockney rhyming slang 'a SAT Basil' refers to and Lloyd Langford is asked the meaning of SAT 'dumpoke' from the 1903 dictionary, 'Hobson Jobson - A SAT Glossary of Anglo Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases' (a SAT book which Susie Dent claims is 'a very good read'). SAT Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle SAT Producer: Claire Jones. SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Gyles Brandreth SAT Writer: Jon Hunter SAT Writer: James Kettle SAT Producer: Claire Jones SAT Panellist: Susie Dent SAT Panellist: Lloyd Langford SAT Panellist: Dave Gorman SAT Panellist: Natalie Haynes SAT SAT 06:00 Jonathan Smith - Abandoned b07609r8 (Listen) SAT In 1914 at the age of 74 the French sculptor, Auguste Rodin SAT spent a few weeks in a guest house in Cheltenham with his SAT secretary Judith and his mistress Rose. But the love of his SAT life, Camille Claudel, was left behind in a lunatic asylum SAT in France. SAT Jonathan Smith's drama stars Freddie Jones as Auguste Rodin, SAT Carolyn Backhouse as Camille Claudel, Maureen O'Brien as SAT Judith, Mary Wimbush as Rose, Hugh Dickson as Alain Duval SAT and June Barrie as Mrs Parker. SAT Producer: Shaun McLoughlin SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991. SAT SAT 07:30 Touchline Tales b00t0jcl (Listen) SAT Series 1, New Balls Please SAT Old friends Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew head for some SAT famous sporting venues - to enjoy, observe, reminisce and SAT trade tales about some of the greatest pleasures in their SAT lives. Today they drop in at the opening weekend of this SAT year's International Championship at Eastbourne and dodge SAT autograph hunters as they recall their own successes and SAT failures and the exploits of others on the tennis court SAT As a commentator and friend of sporting stars, Des is never SAT short of a story to tell, or an insight to reveal, about the SAT men and women in professional sport - their lives, their SAT characters, their training regimes, their triumphs and their SAT disasters. And Christopher continues to knock the ball back SAT with his own experiences as a lifelong spectator at the SAT highest levels of sport (and an occasional participant at SAT the lowest). SAT And at the end of it all, Des reveals the career path he SAT might have followed had sport not led him astray. SAT Producer: Paul Kobrak. SAT SAT 08:00 Archive on 4 b04n20v4 (Listen) SAT Tears of a Clown SAT Robin Ince looks at the enduring cliché of the Sad Clown. SAT What is the relationship between stand-up comedy and mental SAT health? SAT "A room filled with comedians standing in silence is rarity, SAT especially after midnight during the Edinburgh Fringe, but SAT this was a scene across the bars and venues when the news of SAT Robin Williams' suicide broke. The death of a comedian SAT resurrects the numerous images of the comedian surrounded by SAT laughter they have created, yet miserable themselves. SAT "But how true is this image of the melancholy comedian? SAT While the lives of Kenneth Williams, Tony Hancock and Spike SAT Milligan are raked over with new books and documentaries SAT appearing on a yearly basis, hundreds of comedians seemingly SAT live and perform without facing anxiety that reaches SAT clinical levels. SAT "Is the image of the sad comedian a comfort for an audience: SAT "they made us all laugh and brought so much joy, but don't SAT worry, they were wracked with existential agony for the rest SAT of their lives"? SAT "Is pain required to create comedy, or would Spike Milligan SAT have created as much, if not more, absurd and delightful SAT comedy had he not been so frequently institutionalised? SAT "Do plays and documentaries on comedians focus so much on SAT the bleak side of their existence that they create a false SAT vision of perpetual despair? SAT "Is the act of being a comedian more of a cure than a SAT burden? While others may have no valve to release their SAT festering thoughts, the stand up can transform their SAT ludicrousness or burdensome thoughts into jokes. They are SAT able to laugh at, and with, themselves and even make money SAT out of it too. SAT "Is comedy just like every other profession, or is there a SAT need for some loss or pain in childhood to create the SAT outsider who wishes to spend each night making themselves SAT face one of the top three fears of human beings, public SAT speaking? SAT "Romantic vision, bitter truth, debatable myth - can we SAT really work out the formula that makes a comedian? SAT "Give me the child until they are seven, and I will show you SAT the entertainer?" SAT -Robin Ince, Aged 45 and 3/4. SAT SAT 09:00 4 Extra Celebrates Dora Bryan b03szf7d (Listen) SAT A celebration of the life of Dora Bryan, hailed as one of SAT Britain's great all-round performers. SAT Journalist and writer Lynne Truss looks back on Dora's SAT remarkable career with handpicked highlights from the BBC SAT radio archive. Lynne is joined by Dora's friend and co-star SAT Bernard Cribbins, BBC radio drama producer Martin Jenkins, SAT theatre critic Benedict Nightingale and film writer Matthew SAT Sweet. SAT With her unmistakable voice and scene-stealing comic timing, SAT Dora was a regular pleasure of 1950s and 60s British cinema, SAT playing a series of 'tarts with hearts'. But she was just at SAT home on stage performing Pinter, belting out show tunes in SAT Hello, Dolly! or captivating listeners from behind a SAT microphone. And well into her 70s she was still in the West SAT End singing, dancing and doing the splits. SAT The archive selection includes: SAT * Desert Islands Discs from 1987, when Dora was Michael SAT Parkinson's castaway SAT * Jimmy Chinn's drama Perfect Timing about a struggling SAT music hall duo all at sea on a cruise ship booking starring SAT Dora, Bernard Cribbins and Roy Barraclough SAT * That Reminds Me from 2000, in which Dora recalls her SAT stage, film and TV career SAT * With Great Pleasure from 2003, featuring readings from SAT Dora's favourite books SAT * The Child Within, Wally K Daly's moving monologue written SAT especially for and performed by Dora Bryan. SAT Dora Bryan was born on 7th February 1923 and died on 23rd SAT July 2014. SAT Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Pier Productions and first SAT broadcast in March 2014. SAT SAT 12:00 All the Young Dudes b007ncd1 (Listen) SAT Series 1, Homeward Bound SAT Moving back where he grew up, Patrick meets school mate SAT Billy. Jim Sweeney's comedy-drama with Steve Steen. From SAT July 2001. SAT SAT 12:30 Listen to Les b01n21nt (Listen) SAT From 10/02/1985 SAT Lugubrious Les Dawson tells us of thin Albert, and Cosmo SAT Smallpiece discusses modern teenagers. SAT With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn. SAT Music by Brian Fitzgerald. SAT Scripted and produced by James Casey. SAT First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1985. SAT SAT 13:00 Hollywood Endings: Omnibus b0760jkv (Listen) SAT Kim and Boyd, actors in LA, discover they have a fan who SAT wants to be part of their lives. Starring Linda Emond and SAT Greg Lockett. SAT SAT 14:10 Inheritance Tracks b0760k87 (Listen) SAT Jung Chang SAT The writer Jung Chang selects 'God Bless the Child', by SAT Billie Holliday and 'The Sweetest Embrace' by Barry Adamson. SAT SAT 14:15 Afternoon Drama b0076y59 (Listen) SAT Lee Pressman - Harpo Goes to Leningrad SAT Lee Pressman's play is based on the true story of Harpo SAT Marx's 1933 tour of Russia. Misunderstood as a comic, SAT arrested as a terrorist and enlisted as a spy, Harpo finds SAT himself alone in a strange country with only his burly SAT female minder for company. SAT Harpo ...... Garrick Hagon SAT Woollcott ...... Philip Voss SAT Bullitt ...... William Hope SAT Malekinov ...... Sarah Badel SAT Captain/Vasiliev ...... Ian Masters SAT Director/Chico ...... Simon Treves SAT Groucho/Colonel ...... Keith Drinkel SAT Directed by Celia De Wolff. SAT SAT 15:00 Archive on 4 b04n20v4 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SAT SAT 16:00 Jonathan Smith - Abandoned b07609r8 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SAT SAT 17:30 Touchline Tales b00t0jcl (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SAT SAT 18:00 The Twilight Zone b0760lwd (Listen) SAT Series 3, I Sing the Body Electric SAT A newly widowed father chooses a hi-tech solution for the SAT nurturing of his young children and domestic needs. SAT Stars Dee Wallace. With David Pasquesi, Tony Mockus Jr and SAT Donna Jay Fulks. SAT Narrator: Stacy Keach. SAT Written by Ray Bradbury and adapted by Dennis Etchison. SAT Originally a cult sci-fi and horror TV series created by Rod SAT Serling and broadcast in the USA on CBS from 1959 to 1964, SAT The Twilight Zone was first adapted by American producer SAT Carl Amari in 2002 as a 40-minute radio drama series. SAT Rod Serling had managed to electrify the new medium of SAT television - so armed with a licence from CBS and the SAT Serling estate, Amari's slick adaptions are based on the SAT original TV scripts. SAT Actor Stacy Keach (best known here as TV detective Mike SAT Hammer) takes Serling's original role as narrator - with a SAT full cast, music and sound effects. SAT Produced by Carl Amari and directed by JoBe Cerny for Falcon SAT Picture Group. SAT SAT 18:40 James Follett - Temple of the Winds b007jrkc (Listen) SAT Episode 5 SAT Pentworth, West Sussex, is now surrounded by a supernatural SAT 'force wall'. Is there any way out? Read by Nigel Anthony. SAT SAT 19:00 4 Extra Celebrates Dora Bryan b03szf7d (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SAT SAT 22:00 Chain Reaction Extra b0760mpf (Listen) SAT Ed Byrne interviews Al Murray SAT Specially extended episode for BBC Radio 4 Extra from series SAT 11 of Chain Reaction, with bonus material. Two heavyweights SAT of stand-up are in conversation as Ed Byrne interviews Al SAT Murray. SAT Ed Byrne is an Irish stand-up comedian and actor - a SAT favourite for 20 years. His celebrated observational SAT routines made him a leading light of the UK stand-up circuit SAT in the mid-90s and he went on to tour internationally, SAT playing festivals and theatres across the world. In 1998 he SAT was nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award at the SAT Edinburgh Festival alongside eventual winner Tommy Tiernan, SAT Peter Kay and his interviewee today, Al Murray. SAT After an early foray into stand-up as a character called SAT 'The Murderer', Al Murray created his famous Pub Landlord SAT character in the mid-90s as part of a touring show with SAT Harry Hill. The Pub Landlord toured worldwide before making SAT his own chat show and sitcom for Sky. Outside of the Pub SAT Landlord, Al is well known as a presenter of history SAT documentaries and more recently as a candidate for SAT parliament - standing against Nigel Farage in South Thanet SAT during the 2015 UK General Election. SAT In this extended version of the original programme, Ed SAT tackles Al on a vast array of topics from Thackeray's SAT attitude to the Irish to the thorny issue of offence in SAT comedy via how best to talk to McFly. SAT Producer: Richard Morris SAT A BBC Radio Comedy Production SAT The original, un-extended programme was first broadcast on SAT BBC Radio 4 in February 2016. SAT SAT 22:45 Poets' Tree b00shngl (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Poet Paul Hamilton's magazine features classics and an SAT unusual person trying poetry out. Stars Kevin Eldon. From SAT April 2008. SAT SAT 23:00 Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change? b00sg13d (Listen) SAT 1970s SAT Cockney geezer Micky Flanagan regales us with the story of SAT his journey from tabloid to broadsheet; from the street SAT party to the dinner party; from apples and pears to stocks SAT and shares... Well you've got the idea. SAT Each week's episode focuses on a different decade of Micky's SAT life. Micky regales us with stories from his life told SAT through stand up comedy. In between, the programmes goes SAT 'behind the scenes' with short interviews that give an SAT insight into the stand up. SAT In this opening episode Micky talks about growing up in the SAT East End in the 1970's. He chats to his school friends about SAT their shared experiences of leaving with no qualifications SAT to work at Billingsgate Fish Market. He also interviews SAT Sociology Professor Paul Willis about his research on SAT working class boys in a 1970's school. SAT Micky's transition from the mean streets of the East End, SAT working as a Billingsgate Fish Porter to an entertainer SAT living in the leafy lanes of Dulwich is a fascinating story, SAT all the better for being told through jokes. The issue of SAT class is a crucial theme in Micky's stand up. However it is SAT framed less as "Do we now have a classless society?" and SAT more as "Is it ok to ask for Tomato sauce in a fancy French SAT restaurant?" SAT The series is written and performed by Micky Flanagan. SAT The producer is Tilusha Ghelani. SAT SAT 23:30 The Museum of Everything b007k3wp (Listen) SAT Series 2, The Museum Reopens SAT Enjoy a display for the worst-selling author of Victorian SAT times. Star Marcus Brigstocke and Danny Robins. From March SAT 2005. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 03 APRIL 2016 SUN SUN 00:00 The Twilight Zone b0760lwd (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 00:40 James Follett - Temple of the Winds b007jrkc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 18:40 on Saturday] SUN SUN 01:00 Hollywood Endings: Omnibus b0760jkv (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:10 Inheritance Tracks b0760k87 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:10 on Saturday] SUN SUN 02:15 Afternoon Drama b0076y59 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Saturday] SUN SUN 03:00 Archive on 4 b04n20v4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 04:00 Jonathan Smith - Abandoned b07609r8 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 05:30 Touchline Tales b00t0jcl (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 The Skool Days of Nigel Molesworth - Omnibus SUN b04vdzxb (Listen) SUN Everyone's favourite anarchic skoolboy and Curse of St SUN Custards. Nigel Molesworth's guide to skool life stars SUN Imelda Staunton. SUN SUN 07:15 Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities b048n3fn (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 3 SUN Roger Law visits Kunming in the south-west of China to see SUN the bamboo temple, where some grotesque statues bring back SUN memories of his Spitting Image days. On a Sunday he finds SUN that the Chinese finally let their hair down as they dance SUN through Green Lake Park. SUN Producer Mark Rickards. SUN SUN 07:30 Mr Blue Sky b01hf12z (Listen) SUN Series 2, On Your Wedding Day SUN Written by Andrew Collins. SUN Harvey Easter (played by Mark Benton), 46, is the eternal SUN optimist. He is able to see the good in every situation, the SUN silver lining within every cloud, the bright side to every SUN bit of bad news. SUN This however is his downfall. Someone for whom the glass is SUN always half-full can be difficult to live with, as his wife SUN of 19 years, Jacqui (played by Claire Skinner), knows all SUN too well. Even as life deals Harvey and the Easter family a SUN series of sadistic blows, Harvey looks on the positive side. SUN It's pathological with him. The way Jax sees it, instead of SUN dealing with the problems of their marriage and their SUN teenage kids, Harvey's optimism is actually his way of SUN avoiding engagement with the big issues. SUN Mr Blue Sky is about one man battling to remain positive in SUN moments of crisis, and one woman battling to live with SUN someone who has his head in the clouds. SUN It's the day before Charlie and Kill-R's wedding day. While SUN Rakesh makes Jax an unexpected offer and the bride gets cold SUN feet, Harvey's plan to write his speech is interrupted by a SUN distress call from the groom at Gatwick. SUN Cast: SUN Harvey Easter ..... Mark Benton SUN Jacqui Easter ..... Claire Skinner SUN Charlie Easter ..... Rosamund Hanson SUN Robbie Easter ..... Tyger Drew Honey SUN Kill-R ..... Javone Prince SUN Lou Easter ..... Sorcha Cusack SUN Rakesh Rathi ..... Navin Chowdhry SUN Dr Ray Marsh ..... Justin Edwards SUN Sean Calhoun ..... Michael Legge SUN Registrar ..... Simon Day SUN Custom's Official ..... Greg Davies SUN Produced by: Anna Madley SUN An Avalon Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 08:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b076101z (Listen) SUN From 06/01/1944 SUN Can the new squire, Tommy Handley, make a good impression SUN with the county hunt? SUN ITMA proved to be one of the BBC's most popular radio SUN comedies ever produced. It was first transmitted just before SUN the start of the Second World War in 1939 and ran to 1949. SUN Domestic audiences topped 20 million, and the audience SUN worldwide was said to number 30 million. It starred SUN Liverpudlian comic Tommy Handley, who with Ted Kavanagh SUN created the series named after the phrase newspapers often SUN used to describe Hitler: It's That Man Again! SUN The original setting on a ship was deemed inappropriate once SUN war broke out, and was replaced with the Office Of Twerps, SUN with Tommy as Minister of Aggravation and Mysteries. Other SUN settings followed - a seaside resort, and a war factory SUN which by 1943, for this run of episodes, had been turned SUN into a hotel. SUN Featuring a host of supporting characters including Dorothy SUN Summers as Mrs Mopp. SUN Producer: Francis Worsley SUN First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1944. SUN SUN 08:30 Doctor in the House b007jsz4 (Listen) SUN Anatomy SUN More hospital mayhem, as student medic Simon Sparrow SUN struggles with dissecting bodies SUN The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted SUN for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor SUN in the House' published in 1952. SUN Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as SUN Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Edward Cast SUN as Taffy Evans and Norma Ronald as Vera. SUN Producer: David Hatch SUN Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London. SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1968. SUN SUN 09:00 This Orient Isle: Omnibus b0761127 (Listen) SUN In a captivating account of Britain's first contacts with SUN the Muslim world, Professor Jerry Brotton examines Queen SUN Elizabeth I's fascination with the Orient. Read by Derek SUN Jacobi. SUN SUN 10:10 Inheritance Tracks b06713sx (Listen) SUN Helen Fielding SUN Author Helen Fielding chooses 'Climb Every Mountain' from SUN The Sound of Music and Diana's Krall's version of 'Pick SUN Yourself Up'. SUN SUN 10:15 Desert Island Discs: Longplay b076130h (Listen) SUN Ant and Dec SUN 4 Extra's extended edition. Kirsty Young chats to the kings SUN of TV prime time, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. SUN From December 2013. SUN SUN 11:15 The Moth Radio Hour b0761457 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Doctors, Saints and Secrets SUN True stories told live in the USA: Catherine Burns SUN introduces tales about Mother Teresa, a father's secret and SUN the end of life. SUN The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organisation SUN dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling based in the SUN USA. Since 1997, it has celebrated both the raconteur and SUN the storytelling novice, who has lived through something SUN extraordinary and yearns to share it. Originally formed by SUN the writer George Dawes Green as an intimate gathering of SUN friends on a porch in Georgia (where moths would flutter in SUN through a hole in the screen), and then recreated in a New SUN York City living room, The Moth quickly grew to produce SUN immensely popular events at theatres and clubs around New SUN York City and later around the USA, the UK and other parts SUN of the world. SUN The Moth has presented more than 15,000 stories, told live SUN and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. SUN The Moth podcast is downloaded over 27 million times a year. SUN Featuring true stories told live on stage without scripts, SUN from the humorous to the heart-breaking. SUN The Moth Radio Hour is produced by Jay Allison and Atlantic SUN Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is distributed SUN by the Public Radio Exchange. SUN SUN 12:00 ITMA - It's That Man Again b076101z (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] SUN SUN 12:30 Doctor in the House b007jsz4 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] SUN SUN 13:00 The Skool Days of Nigel Molesworth - Omnibus SUN b04vdzxb (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] SUN SUN 14:15 Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities b048n3fn (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 today] SUN SUN 14:30 Hot Milk: Omnibus b0761646 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Dr Gomes insists that Sophia's mother, Rose, gives up all SUN her medication. Will her health improve? Read by Indira SUN Varma. SUN SUN 15:45 Michelene Wandor - Crumbs b0761dhm (Listen) SUN 4 Extra Debut. Her husband's adultery should mark the end of SUN their marriage. But life isn't so simple. Read by Shirley SUN Dixon. SUN SUN 16:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mr Harrison's Confession SUN b041yks9 (Listen) SUN A young surgeon arriving at the village of Duncombe SUN discovers that his female patients seem to require a SUN singular remedy. SUN Starring Marston Bloom as Frank Harrison, Geoffrey Whitehead SUN as Mr Morgan, Alison Pettitt as Sophy Hutton, Sophie SUN Thompson as Mrs Rose and Rebecca Front as Caroline SUN Tompkinson. SUN Elizabeth Gaskell's 1851 novella - dramatised by Jeremy SUN Front - is notable for being a prequel to her novel SUN Cranford. SUN Director: Sally Avens SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. SUN SUN 17:00 Poetry Extra b0761hps (Listen) SUN Ko Un - The People's Poet of Korea SUN BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the SUN BBC's radio poetry archive with 'Ko Un - The People's Poet SUN of Korea' SUN In South Korea, former Zen monk Ko Un is revered as the SUN people's poet. To mark his 80th birthday, Mike Greenwood SUN explored his prolific output, in particular his epic SUN masterwork, Ten Thousand Lives (Maninbo), in which he has SUN written a poem about everyone he has ever met. Conceived SUN when he was imprisoned in the 1980s for rebelling against SUN the military dictatorships then controlling South Korea, SUN Maninbo has been published in 30 volumes in Korean. Now, for SUN the first time, the first 10 volumes have been translated SUN into English. SUN Producer: Eve Streeter SUN A Pier production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2013. SUN SUN 17:30 Mr Blue Sky b01hf12z (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 18:00 Jane Beeson - The House at Tinner's Tor b00767xs (Listen) SUN A bleak and abandoned house and a ghost from the past SUN troubles Anna, as she returns to Dartmoor - the scene of her SUN childhood holidays. SUN Jane Beeson's drama was recorded on location at a farm on SUN Dartmoor. SUN With Kim Hicks, Oona Beeson, Stewart Clapp, Elizabeth SUN Revill, Daisy Martinez, Rorence Wood, Alex Maclaren, Stuart SUN Crossman and Helen Weaver. SUN Director: Viv Beeby SUN First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. SUN SUN 18:45 Ambrose Bierce - Moxon's Master b03zmdqw (Listen) SUN Can a machine think? And if so, could it be prone to SUN violence like humans? A pioneering story first published in SUN 1893, read by Robert Lang. SUN SUN 19:00 The Moth Radio Hour b0761457 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] SUN SUN 19:50 This Orient Isle: Omnibus b0761127 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] SUN SUN 21:00 Desert Island Discs: Longplay b076130h (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today] SUN SUN 22:00 Mr Blue Sky b01hf12z (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] SUN SUN 22:30 Hearing With Hegley b009y1s3 (Listen) SUN Series 1, Episode 1 SUN The poet laureate of alternative comedy, John Hegley SUN presents a selection of his work. From November 1996. SUN SUN 22:45 No Tomatoes b007zh4d (Listen) SUN Dog Days SUN Sketch show mixing up language and sounds. Dogs tell all to SUN Paul Copley and Helen Moon. From September 2007. SUN SUN 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b076py15 (Listen) SUN The best in contemporary comedy. Arthur Smith chats to Max SUN and Ivan. SUN SUN 23:00 I Think I've Got a Problem b00cfzrq (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 2 SUN Thanks to the band inside his head, Tom disrupts a funeral SUN and ends up on stage. Stars Suggs and Bob Monkhouse. From SUN April 2003. SUN SUN 23:30 Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off b00fnfnn (Listen) SUN Series 1, Bolivia SUN The naive gap year student's South American audio diary of SUN his bird-watching mishaps. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From SUN July 2002. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 04 APRIL 2016 MON MON 00:00 Jane Beeson - The House at Tinner's Tor b00767xs (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday] MON MON 00:45 Ambrose Bierce - Moxon's Master b03zmdqw (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 18:45 on Sunday] MON MON 01:00 The Skool Days of Nigel Molesworth - Omnibus MON b04vdzxb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Sunday] MON MON 02:15 Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities b048n3fn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:15 on Sunday] MON MON 02:30 Hot Milk: Omnibus b0761646 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Sunday] MON MON 03:45 Michelene Wandor - Crumbs b0761dhm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 15:45 on Sunday] MON MON 04:00 Elizabeth Gaskell - Mr Harrison's Confession MON b041yks9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:00 Poetry Extra b0761hps (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Sunday] MON MON 05:30 Mr Blue Sky b01hf12z (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Sunday] MON MON 06:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtf4 (Listen) MON Black Tuesday MON Gordon Kaye stars as the culinary mystery-solver MON investigating dirty tricks at restaurant directory, "Le MON Guide". MON Pamplemousse is a retired policeman living in Paris, now MON making a living as an inspector for the prestigious MON restaurant rating directory 'Le Guide'. His long-suffering MON wife is Doucette (Shirley Dixon) and his ever-constant MON bloodhound companion is Pommes Frites (Trevor Martin). MON Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and MON wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into MON a series of mysteries. The character was first created in a MON series of novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by MON Michael Bond. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe. MON Michael Bond decided to become a writer while serving in the MON army during the Second World War. In 1947, he returned to MON the BBC, where he'd worked previously. His first creation, MON Paddington Bear, was born after a Christmas Eve shopping MON trip when he spotted a small, solitary bear in a large MON London store. Monsieur Pamplemousse was his first adult MON novel in 1983. Its success spawned a whole series of books. MON Director: John Tydeman MON A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in MON 1995. MON MON 06:30 The House That Chekhov Built b00pxmcv (Listen) MON The White Dacha, the house in which Chekhov wrote his MON greatest works is falling into ruin. With the campaign to MON save it due to culminate on the 150th anniversary of his MON birth, actor Michael Pennington journeys to Yalta in the MON Ukraine to get an inside view of Chekhov's life and work. MON The White Dacha was Chekhov's place of both escape and MON inspiration. Built in 1898 by Chekhov after the success of MON The Seagull, he moved there to find solace after his MON father's death and to help his ailing health due to MON tuberculosis. The building is the genesis of some of his MON best-loved stories but stands to be lost forever as it MON stands on land that could be sold off; until just a few MON months ago the house was crumbling away, the victim of MON post-Soviet politics and the recession. MON After he died in 1904, Chekhov's house was protected by his MON sister, Masha, and then became a museum in 1921. As Michael MON wanders around the house and gardens he learns how it MON survived the Russian Revolution, civil war and Nazi MON occupation. MON Michael meets the individuals fighting to keep Chekhov's MON personal and literary legacy alive, including Chekhov MON scholar and director of the Yalta Chekhov Campaign, Rosamund MON Bartlett. The campaign hopes to raise 200,000 euros by MON January 2010, the 150th anniversary of Chekhov's birth. MON Others contributers to the programme include actress MON Prunella Scales and Oscar-winning playwright Christopher MON Hampton, both of whom have travelled to the house to take MON inspiration from the home of their literary hero. MON MON 07:00 Trapped b0076mpz (Listen) MON Sow Cottage MON Before a couple can live in their new home, a spirit needs MON placating. Stars Robert Webb and Daniel Maier. From MON September 2003. MON MON 07:30 Just a Minute b074x721 (Listen) MON Series 74, Episode 6 MON Nicholas Parsons hosts the perennially popular panel game, MON where contestants must speak for 60 seconds without MON deviation, hesitation or repetition. This week the guests MON are Paul Merton, Stephen Fry, Jenny Eclair and Nish Kumar. MON Topics on the cards this week include Homer, Russian Dolls, MON and My First Love. MON Hayley Sterling blows the whistle. MON Produced by Victoria Lloyd. MON Credits MON Presenter: Nicholas Parsons MON Panellist: Paul Merton MON Panellist: Stephen Fry MON Panellist: Jenny Eclair MON Panellist: Nish Kumar MON Producer: Victoria Lloyd MON MON 08:00 Dad's Army b007jrh8 (Listen) MON Series 3, The Two and a Half Feathers MON Corporal Jones fights back - as a new Home Guard platoon MON recruit rakes up their military past. 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, Arnold Ridley as Private Godfrey, MON Ian Lavender as Private Pike, Bill Pertwee as Hodges, Larry MON Martyn as Private Walker, Michael Bates as Mr Clarke and MON Avril Angers as Edna. 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 August 1976. MON MON 08:30 Listen to Les b01n70dq (Listen) MON From 17/02/1985 MON Les Dawson's Southfork spoof of Dallas and Whispering Grass MON is sung by the Ink Splots. MON With Daphne Oxenford, Eli Woods and Colin Edwynn. MON Music by Brian Fitzgerald. MON Scripted and produced by James Casey. MON First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1985. MON MON 09:00 Quote... Unquote b01lswv0 (Listen) MON Another edition of the 48th series of Quote... Unquote, the MON popular quotations programme presented and devised by Nigel MON Rees. The guests this week are the author and actor Charlie MON Higson, radio presenter Martin Kelner, comedian Nat MON Luurtsema and critic Stephanie Merritt. The reader is Peter MON Jefferson. MON Producer: Ed Morrish. MON MON 09:30 King Street Junior b007jmmc (Listen) MON Series 6, Emergency MON It's decision time for Miss Lewis and student Adam's home MON life causes concern. Stars Karl Howman. From July 1991. MON MON 10:00 Classic Serial b013fnz7 (Listen) MON Anthony Trollope - The American Senator, Episode 1 MON The American Senator MON By Anthony Trollope MON Dramatised by Martyn Wade MON Part One MON Arabella is determined to keep her engagement to John Morton MON a secret. Perhaps, there is a more exciting and wealthy MON husband she might be able to catch ... MON Anthony Trollope..........Robert Glenister MON Arabella Trefoil.............Anna Maxwell Martin MON Lady Augustus.............Barbara Flynn MON John Morton.................Blake Ritson MON Senator Gotobed..........Stuart Milligan MON Reginald Morton...........Daniel Rabin MON Mrs Morton..................Richenda Carey MON Mary Masters...............Penelope Rawlins MON Lawrence Twentyman...Carl Prekopp MON Lord Rufford.................Henry Devas MON Mr Bearside.................Sean Baker MON Directed by Tracey Neale MON The Story: MON In this little known tale, Anthony Trollope never allows The MON American Senator's attitude to get in the way of plot -and MON his ability to weave story strands which arise out of MON credible motivation, psychology and emotion is as sure as MON ever. The characters are as finely drawn as we have come to MON expect from the pen of Trollope. There's the extraordinary MON Arabella but also the comic, kind natured and the tragic MON characters too. MON Arabella finds herself in the ignoble occupation of MON husband/fortune-hunting. She's aware that the years are MON passing and the strain of numerous failed relationships have MON made her prospects increasingly poor. She is unofficially MON engaged to John Morton, a diplomat, and owner of a large MON estate, but now the wealthy and more exciting Lord Rufford MON has come into view. His estate being larger and more grand. MON Surely he is worth fighting for? MON Arabella, encouraged by her monstrous mother, Lady Augustus, MON decides to try and keep Morton on the back-burner (but deny MON her engagement in public) while engineering a series of MON compromising situations in an outrageous attempt to win MON Rufford. MON But Arabella is playing a dangerous game and although her MON behaviour is both conniving and ruthless, she is MON extraordinary and powerfully-drawn and so does not become an MON out-and-out anti-heroine. She is, to some degree, the victim MON of her situation - and of her mother. She is courageous as MON well as devious, and she has her pride. As the tale MON concludes and she seeks some degree of redemption she MON achieves tragic status. MON A parallel but secondary plot concerns Reginald Morton, an MON elder cousin of John, and Mary Masters, who is the complete MON antithesis to Miss Trefoil. Mary's absurd, domineering MON stepmother thinks that Mary should marry a besotted local MON farmer, Lawrence Twentyman but Mary is in love with Reginald MON Morton. Is he in love with her though? She finds support in MON the shape of Reginald's kind and gentle aunt, Lady Ushant, MON but there is the stern and grim grandmother of both John and MON Reginald who stands in the way of happiness because of a MON long-standing family feud. MON Elias Gotobed, the visiting senator of the book's title, has MON little impact on events - but he has an important part to MON play as an observer of events; a gauche but vigorous critic MON of the antiquated elements of English society and the MON establishment. Gotobed's conclusions are a supplement to MON those which can be drawn from Arabella's tale, where greed, MON class-consciousness and snobbery are mercilessly displayed. MON 'The American Senator' is, in part, a state of the nation MON novel - enhanced by the parallels between Trollope's world MON and ours. Arabella has her modern-day equivalents, and the MON Senator's remarks throughout the dramatisation about the MON working man's passive and subservient nature have not lost MON their relevance. MON The Author: MON Anthony Trollope produced a vast collection of work about MON credible people and their foibles. He gained recognition as MON a writer who portrayed English life is a wry and honest MON manner with a cast of humorous and delightful characters. MON His portrayal of female characters is particularly skilful MON and Arabella Trefoil is no exception. MON The Dramatist: MON Martyn Wade is a skilled and talented radio writer and MON dramatist. He has dramatised the 'Barsetshire' novels for MON radio and the 'Palliser' series too. His other Trollope MON dramatisations have included 'Orley Farm' and 'Miss MON Mackenzie'. He also dramatised Ada Leverson's 'The Little MON Ottleys' for Woman's Hour. MON MON 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g18g2 (Listen) MON The Sleeping Man MON Made for 4 Extra. Two young teenagers look after a sick man MON through the night. From Tove Jansson's debut 1971 MON collection. Read by Indira Varma. MON Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking MON Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip MON author is one of the most successful children writers ever. MON In her debut collection published in 1971 she tells of what MON we experience in youth, love, getting older and dying. MON Translated by Thomas Teal into English for the first time in MON the UK to celebrate the centenary of her birth in August MON 2014. MON Producer Karen Rose. Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. MON Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. MON MON 11:15 Jimmie Chinn b017gvl8 (Listen) MON Looks Like Rain MON Following their mother's funeral, Joyce and Stan unearth MON some dodgy family secrets. Stars Dora Bryan and Bernard MON Cribbins. MON MON 12:00 Dad's Army b007jrh8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 12:30 Listen to Les b01n70dq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 13:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtf4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 13:30 The House That Chekhov Built b00pxmcv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01shwl7 (Listen) MON A Delicate Truth, A Bitter Pill MON If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that MON good men do nothing, how can they remain silent? Damian MON Lewis begins reading A Delicate Truth, the brand new novel MON from the master of his genre, John le Carré, a novel which MON tells the story of a good man who must choose between his MON conscience and his duty to the Service. MON An undercover counter-operation in the British colony of MON Gibraltar; a middle-ranking man from the Foreign Office MON serving as 'eyes on' and reporting to an ambitious Minister; MON the aim to capture a jihadist arms-buyer - the success, MON assured. MON But back in the UK a junior officer has his doubts and MON commits an unthinkable act. Three years on, he will find MON himself facing an impossible choice. In a journey that will MON take him from Cornwall to Wales via murky secrets in the MON depths of Whitehall, Toby Bell will try to find out the MON truth about the night on the Rock and bring it the attention MON and justice it deserves. MON Tonight: A Bitter Pill - Kit learns the truth about the MON night on the Rock. MON John le Carré was born in 1931 and attended the universities MON of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in MON British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty MON years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between MON London and Cornwall. MON Damian Lewis is a British actor best known for his role as MON Nicholas Brody in Homeland. His many credits include Band of MON Brothers, Life and The Forsyte Saga. MON The reader is Damian Lewis MON The abridger is Sally Marmion MON The producer is Di Speirs. MON Credits MON Producer: Di Speirs MON Abridger: Sally Marmion MON Reader: Damian Lewis MON Author: John Le Carre MON MON 14:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship b03z91x6 (Listen) MON Felons and Oddfellows MON As the nature and depth of our friendships comes under MON scrutiny in an era of Social Networking, Dr Thomas Dixon MON presents a major new history of the changing meaning of MON friendship over the centuries. MON Episode 6: Felons and Oddfellows MON Thomas Dixon traces the idea of friendship as a form of MON practical self-help back to the Friendly Societies of the MON 18th and 19th centuries. At their peak, there were 9000 of MON these grass-roots institutions - many with quaint, archaic MON names, such as The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows - and it MON is estimated that 40% of the adult male population belonged MON to one - mobilising the power of friendship in a sort of MON forerunner of the Welfare State. MON The importance of the idea of friendship emerges through the MON colourful vocabulary of friendship in the period - from MON cronies, trumps and bloaters to culliles, marrows and MON rib-stones, and the more familiar, chums and pals. MON With contributions from Dr Helen Rogers and Professor Hugh MON Cunningham. MON Producer Beaty Rubens MON Dr Thomas Dixon is Director of the Centre for the History of MON the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London, with a MON particular expertise in the histories of emotions, science, MON philosophy and religion. MON Further Reading MON Barbara Caine (ed.),* Friendship: A History* (Equinox, MON 2009), Chapter 7, ‘Class, Sex and Friendship: The Long MON Nineteenth Century’, by Marc Brodie and Barbara Caine MON Simon Cordery, *British Friendly Societies*, 1750-1914 MON (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) MON R. A. Houston, *Bride Ales and Penny Weddings: Recreations, MON Reciprocity, and Regions in **Britain from the Sixteenth to MON the Nineteenth Centuries* (Oxford University Press, 2014) MON Heather Shore, *Artful Dodgers: Youth and Crime in Early MON Nineteenth-Century* (Boydell Press, 2002) MON E. P. Thompson,* The Making of the English Working Class* MON (Victor Gollancz, 1963) MON The History of Emotions blog MON Read a series of specially commissioned blog posts MON supporting this series. MON Helen Rogers, ‘Thick as thieves MON ’ MON MON 14:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room b00sqx9c (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON In a squalid 1950s bedsit, single Jane is pregnant and has MON to overcome personal and social prejudices. Stars Lynne MON Seymour. MON MON 14:45 Paul Theroux - Fresh Air Fiend b007wnzc (Listen) MON Trespassing in Florida MON The travel writer uncovers the American Sunshine State's MON hidden delights in a small boat off the coast. Read by MON Stuart Milligan. MON MON 15:00 Classic Serial b013fnz7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] MON MON 16:00 Quote... Unquote b01lswv0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 16:30 King Street Junior b007jmmc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] MON MON 17:00 Trapped b0076mpz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] MON MON 17:30 Just a Minute b074x721 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 18:00 Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror b036nb75 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Eerie tale of supernatural stalking. In a gentleman's club, MON the story unfurls. Read by Gareth Armstrong and John MON Moffatt. MON MON 18:15 LP Hartley: Short Stories b03zjlq7 (Listen) MON Night Fears MON A nightwatchman takes on a new job, but is he prepared for MON anyone he might meet? Read by Robert Lang. MON MON 18:30 A Good Read b007655b (Listen) MON Hanif Kureishi & Jonathan Dimbleby MON Louise Doughty and her guests Hanif Kureishi and Jonathan MON Dimbleby discuss favourite books by Malcolm Lowry, Oscar MON Wilde and Andre Dubus III. From 2001. MON Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry MON Publisher: Penguin Classics MON The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde MON Publisher: Penguin MON House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III MON Publisher: Pan. MON MON 19:00 Dad's Army b007jrh8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] MON MON 19:30 Listen to Les b01n70dq (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] MON MON 20:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtf4 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] MON MON 20:30 The House That Chekhov Built b00pxmcv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] MON MON 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g18g2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] MON MON 21:15 Jimmie Chinn b017gvl8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] MON MON 22:00 Just a Minute b074x721 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] MON MON 22:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b01pty49 (Listen) MON Series 5, Benjamin Zephaniah MON Marcus Brigstocke invites poet Benjamin Zephaniah to try new MON experiences - a Bond movie and builder's tea. From January MON 2013. MON MON 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b0776jjg (Listen) MON From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club MON has two hours of comedy. Plus Tom Wrigglesworth chats to MON Jocelyn Jee Esien. MON MON 23:00 The Now Show b074zy9k (Listen) MON Series 48, Episode 5 MON Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical MON stand-up and sketches. MON Credits MON Presenter: Steve Punt MON Presenter: Hugh Dennis MON Producer: Joe Nunnery MON MON 23:30 Elvenquest b0170c13 (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 5 MON The Questers continue their search for the Sword of Asnagar MON and are happy to be welcomed into the palace of the White MON Wizard, a man who is nothing but sweetness and light and, MON consequently, the very opposite to Lord Darkness. But MON extremism of any kind, whether for good or evil, is a MON dangerous thing - and Penthiselea (Sophie Winkleman) soon MON begins to smell that there's something not altogether MON unfishy about the White Wizard. MON Meanwhile, Kreech and Lord Darkness are off to the Land of MON Dunes for their annual holiday... MON Starring: MON Darren Boyd as Vidar MON Kevin Eldon as Dean/Kreech MON Dave Lamb as Amis, aka the "Chosen One" MON Alistair McGowan as Lord Darkness MON Stephen Mangan as Sam MON John Sessions as the White Wizard MON and MON Sophie Winkleman as Penthiselea MON Written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto MON Producer: Sam Michell. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 05 APRIL 2016 TUE TUE 00:00 Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror b036nb75 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:15 LP Hartley: Short Stories b03zjlq7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:30 A Good Read b007655b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtf4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 01:30 The House That Chekhov Built b00pxmcv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01shwl7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship b03z91x6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room b00sqx9c (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 02:45 Paul Theroux - Fresh Air Fiend b007wnzc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 03:00 Classic Serial b013fnz7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:00 Quote... Unquote b01lswv0 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 04:30 King Street Junior b007jmmc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:00 Trapped b0076mpz (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 05:30 Just a Minute b074x721 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 06:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtfc (Listen) TUE Grey Wednesday TUE Whose thumbprint is on the chocolate and where is Madame TUE Grant? TUE Starring Gordon Kaye as Pamplemousse - a retired policeman TUE living in Paris, now making a living as an inspector for the TUE prestigious restaurant rating directory 'Le Guide'. His TUE long-suffering wife is Doucette (Shirley Dixon) and his TUE ever-constant bloodhound companion is Pommes Frites (Trevor TUE Martin). TUE Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and TUE wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into TUE a series of mysteries. The character was first created in a TUE series of novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by TUE Michael Bond. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe. TUE A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in TUE 1995. TUE TUE 06:30 Me, Putin and Judo b00gdz17 (Listen) TUE Former world judo champion Neil Adams visits Russia on a TUE quest to meet fellow judo expert and Russian prime minister TUE Vladimir Putin, hoping to gain some insight into how judo TUE has influenced his character. He speaks to Putin's childhood TUE friend, the Duma member Vasily Shestakov, who co-wrote a TUE book with Putin on the philosophy of judo. Neil also meets TUE Putin's judo coach Anatoly Rakhlin and discovers how the TUE Russia are preparing for the next Olympics, especially now TUE that judo has become so popular in the country as a result TUE of Putin's example. TUE TUE 07:00 The Emerald Green Show b076c11b (Listen) TUE Celebrations TUE 4 Extra Debut. Emerald Green is a vain, ambitious black TUE woman. Can she really become a chat-show queen? Stars TUE Llewella Gideon. From May 1998. TUE TUE 07:30 Clare in the Community b061tppy (Listen) TUE Series 10, Family Values TUE Episode Two - Family Values TUE A family funeral reveals some uncomfortable home truths for TUE the Barker family. Brian meanwhile has enthusiastically TUE embraced a new fitness regime. TUE Sally Phillips is Clare Barker the social worker who has all TUE the right jargon but never a practical solution. TUE A control freak, Clare likes nothing better than interfering TUE in other people's lives on both a professional and personal TUE basis. Clare is in her thirties, white, middle class and TUE heterosexual, all of which are occasional causes of TUE discomfort to her. TUE Each week we join Clare in her continued struggle to control TUE both her professional and private life In today's Big TUE Society there are plenty of challenges out there for an TUE involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. TUE Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden TUE Producer Alexandra Smith. TUE Credits TUE Clare: Sally Phillips TUE Brian: Alex Lowe TUE Nali: Nina Conti TUE The Celebrant: Richard Lumsden TUE Bernard: Andrew Wincott TUE Sarah Barker: Sarah Thom TUE Mrs Barker: Brigit Forsyth TUE Roxy: Alex Tregear TUE Writer: Harry Venning TUE Writer: David Ramsden TUE Producer: Alexandra Smith TUE TUE 08:00 Round the Horne b00szhvg (Listen) TUE Series 4, Episode 8 TUE In 'Around The World in Ten Minutes' Douglas Smith plays the TUE world, while Julian and Sandy are bursting into 'Bona TUE Songs'. TUE Stars Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and TUE Betty Marsden. 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 For series 4, Marty Feldman was replaced by Brian Cooke & TUE Johnnie Mortimer and Donald Webster TUE Music by the Max Harris Group. TUE Producer: John Simmonds TUE First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in April 1968. TUE TUE 08:30 The Men From the Ministry b0141zn4 (Listen) TUE The Export Caper TUE The bungling bureaucrats botch a trade agreement with the TUE Italians. Stars Deryck Guyler and Richard Murdoch. From May TUE 1973. TUE TUE 09:00 The Now Show b074zy9k (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 09:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01bwp6g (Listen) TUE The Bathroom TUE Episode 4 - The Bathroom TUE An audience sitcom about a couple in marriage counselling. TUE Annabelle is annoyed because Will couldn't stand up to their TUE over-enthusiastic builder. Will is furious at Annabelle for TUE hiring the builder. Guy mediates, but this week the TUE counsellor has his own problems. TUE FULL CAST DETAILS: TUE Will Smith ..... Will Smith TUE Annabelle Smith ..... Sarah Hadland TUE Guy ..... Paterson Joseph TUE John ..... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Saskia, Sally ..... Susie Blake TUE Adam ..... Dan Tetsell TUE Claudia ..... Tracy Wiles TUE Written by ..... Will Smith TUE Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani TUE A year into married life and already things are a little TUE creaky. So, following Will's unimaginative anniversary TUE present (a draining rack), Annabelle has signed them up for TUE a course of marriage counselling. TUE Each week, counsellor Guy mediates a recent dispute between TUE Will and Annabelle, with flashbacks to the events that TUE spawned the argument, and by the end, the couple find TUE marital equilibrium once more. Sort of. TUE Guy arbitrates, usually leaning towards Annabelle's more TUE sensible point of view. In contrast to Will's uptightness, TUE Guy is confident and urbane and clearly irritates Will. TUE The writer and comedian Will Smith leads the starry cast of TUE Mr and Mrs.Smith. Will's writing credits include Armstrong TUE and Miller (BBC1), Harry and Paul (BBC1), Moving Wallpaper TUE (ITV1), Time Trumpet (BBC2), the multi-award winning The TUE Thick Of It (BBC2) in which he also appears as Phil Smith, TUE and the upcoming Veep (HBO). TUE TUE 10:00 Classic Serial b013rj8z (Listen) TUE Anthony Trollope - The American Senator, Episode 2 TUE The American Senator TUE By Anthony Trollope TUE Dramatised by Martyn Wade TUE Part Two TUE Lord Rufford has kissed Arabella twice but she realises that TUE much more needs to be done to win him and his estate. It is TUE now time to tell John Morton she no longer wants to marry TUE him? TUE Anthony Trollope..........Robert Glenister TUE Arabella Trefoil.............Anna Maxwell Martin TUE Lady Augustus.............Barbara Flynn TUE John Morton.................Blake Ritson TUE Senator Gotobed..........Stuart Milligan TUE Lady Ushant................Joanna David TUE Reginald Morton...........Daniel Rabin TUE Mary Masters...............Penelope Rawlins TUE Lawrence Twentyman...Carl Prekopp TUE Lord Rufford.................Henry Devas TUE Duchess of Mayfair.......Elaine Claxton TUE Mounser Green............Joanathan Forbes TUE Mrs. Masters...............Jane Whittenshaw TUE Mr Bearside.................Sean Baker TUE Directed by Tracey Neale TUE The Story: TUE In this little known tale, Anthony Trollope never allows The TUE American Senator's attitude to get in the way of plot -and TUE his ability to weave story strands which arise out of TUE credible motivation, psychology and emotion is as sure as TUE ever. The characters are as finely drawn as we have come to TUE expect from the pen of Trollope. There's the extraordinary TUE Arabella but also the comic, kind natured and the tragic TUE characters too. TUE Arabella finds herself in the ignoble occupation of TUE husband/fortune-hunting. She's aware that the years are TUE passing and the strain of numerous failed relationships have TUE made her prospects increasingly poor. She is unofficially TUE engaged to John Morton, a diplomat, and owner of a large TUE estate, but now the wealthy and more exciting Lord Rufford TUE has come into view. His estate being larger and more grand. TUE Surely he is worth fighting for? TUE Arabella, encouraged by her monstrous mother, Lady Augustus, TUE decides to try and keep Morton on the back-burner (but deny TUE her engagement in public) while engineering a series of TUE compromising situations in an outrageous attempt to win TUE Rufford. TUE But Arabella is playing a dangerous game and although her TUE behaviour is both conniving and ruthless, she is TUE extraordinary and powerfully-drawn and so does not become an TUE out-and-out anti-heroine. She is, to some degree, the victim TUE of her situation - and of her mother. She is courageous as TUE well as devious, and she has her pride. As the tale TUE concludes and she seeks some degree of redemption she TUE achieves tragic status. TUE A parallel but secondary plot concerns Reginald Morton, an TUE elder cousin of John, and Mary Masters, who is the complete TUE antithesis to Miss Trefoil. Mary's absurd, domineering TUE stepmother thinks that Mary should marry a besotted local TUE farmer, Lawrence Twentyman but Mary is in love with Reginald TUE Morton. Is he in love with her though? She finds support in TUE the shape of Reginald's kind and gentle aunt, Lady Ushant, TUE but there is the stern and grim grandmother of both John and TUE Reginald who stands in the way of happiness because of a TUE long-standing family feud. TUE Elias Gotobed, the visiting senator of the book's title, has TUE little impact on events - but he has an important part to TUE play as an observer of events; a gauche but vigorous critic TUE of the antiquated elements of English society and the TUE establishment. Gotobed's conclusions are a supplement to TUE those which can be drawn from Arabella's tale, where greed, TUE class-consciousness and snobbery are mercilessly displayed. TUE 'The American Senator' is, in part, a state of the nation TUE novel - enhanced by the parallels between Trollope's world TUE and ours. Arabella has her modern-day equivalents, and the TUE Senator's remarks throughout the dramatisation about the TUE working man's passive and subservient nature have not lost TUE their relevance. TUE The Author: TUE Anthony Trollope produced a vast collection of work about TUE credible people and their foibles. He gained recognition as TUE a writer who portrayed English life is a wry and honest TUE manner with a cast of humorous and delightful characters. TUE His portrayal of female characters is particularly skilful TUE and Arabella Trefoil is no exception. TUE The Dramatist: TUE Martyn Wade is a skilled and talented radio writer and TUE dramatist. He has dramatised the 'Barsetshire' novels for TUE radio and the 'Palliser' series too. His other Trollope TUE dramatisations have included 'Orley Farm' and 'Miss TUE Mackenzie'. He also dramatised Ada Leverson's 'The Little TUE Ottleys' for Woman's Hour. TUE TUE 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g1yd6 (Listen) TUE The Wolf TUE Mr Shimomura wants to draw a dangerous animal, but first he TUE must find one. Translated by Thomas Teal. Read by Indira TUE Varma. TUE Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking TUE Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip TUE author is one of the most successful children writers ever. TUE In her debut collection published in 1971 she tells of what TUE we experience in youth, love, getting older and dying. TUE Producer Karen Rose. Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. TUE Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. TUE TUE 11:15 Jimmie Chinn b017gzt3 (Listen) TUE Looks Like Rain Again TUE After their mother's funeral, the return of a missing TUE brother stirs up big trouble. Stars Roy Barraclough and TUE Bernard Cribbins. TUE TUE 12:00 Round the Horne b00szhvg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 12:30 The Men From the Ministry b0141zn4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 13:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtfc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 13:30 Me, Putin and Judo b00gdz17 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01sj1tx (Listen) TUE A Delicate Truth, A Good Man Lost TUE If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that TUE good men do nothing, how can they remain silent? Damian TUE Lewis begins reading A Delicate Truth, the brand new novel TUE from the master of his genre, John le Carré, a novel which TUE tells the story of a good man who must choose between his TUE conscience and his duty to the Service. TUE An undercover counter-operation in the British colony of TUE Gibraltar; a middle-ranking man from the Foreign Office TUE serving as 'eyes on' and reporting to an ambitious Minister; TUE the aim to capture a jihadist arms-buyer - the success, TUE assured. TUE But back in the UK a junior officer has his doubts and TUE commits an unthinkable act. Three years on, he will find TUE himself facing an impossible choice. In a journey that will TUE take him from Cornwall to Wales via murky secrets in the TUE depths of Whitehall, Toby Bell will try to find out the TUE truth about the night on the Rock and bring it the attention TUE and justice it deserves. TUE Tonight: A Good Man Lost - Where on earth is Jeb? TUE John le Carré was born in 1931 and attended the universities TUE of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in TUE British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty TUE years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between TUE London and Cornwall. TUE Damian Lewis is a British actor best known for his role as TUE Nicholas Brody in Homeland. His many credits include Band of TUE Brothers, Life and The Forsyte Saga. TUE The reader is Damian Lewis TUE The abridger is Sally Marmion TUE The producer is Di Speirs. TUE Credits TUE Producer: Di Speirs TUE Abridger: Sally Marmion TUE Reader: Damian Lewis TUE Author: John Le Carre TUE TUE 14:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship b03zb4b2 (Listen) TUE Education of the Heart TUE As the nature and depth of our friendships comes under TUE scrutiny in an era of Social Networking, Dr Thomas Dixon TUE presents a major new history of the changing meaning of TUE friendship over the centuries. TUE Episode 7: Education of the Heart TUE Today, we tend to view friendships among children as a good TUE thing, but in the 18th century, improving "conduct manuals" TUE tended to warn children off friendship, seeing it as fraught TUE with danger. In an era of large families, friendships among TUE siblings were considered far safer. TUE Thomas Dixon learns from the distinguished expert on the TUE history of childhood, Professor Hugh Cunningham, how the TUE reduction of family size and the spread of mass education in TUE the 19th century began, inevitably to challenge this notion. TUE But the idea of the dangers of friendship for children TUE persisted. TUE Thomas Dixon goes on to explore with children's literature TUE specialist, Dr Matthew Grenby, how the classic school TUE stories of the 19th century - from Matthew Arnold's Tom TUE Brown's Schooldays to Angela Brazil's A Fourth Form TUE Friendship - continued to provide moral advice about TUE friendship, buried within their depiction of algebra, TUE lacrosse and midnight feasts in the dorm. TUE Producer Beaty Rubens. TUE Related Reading TUE Hugh Cunningham, *The Invention of Childhood* (BBC Books, TUE 2006) TUE Ginger S. Frost, *Victorian Childhoods* (Praeger, 2009) TUE Matthew Grenby, *The Child Reader*, 1700–1840 (Cambridge TUE University Press, 2011) TUE The History of Emotions blog TUE Read a series of specially commissioned blog posts TUE supporting this series. TUE Beaty Rubens, ‘Stranger danger in the 18th Century’ TUE Thomas Dixon, ‘Leaving the magic kingdom’ TUE Helen Rogers and the Writing Lives project, ‘Memories of TUE improvement’ TUE TUE 14:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room b00sr4hp (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Single, pregnant Jane tries to make her bedsit a little more TUE homely, and learns about Toby's writing. Stars Lynne Seymour TUE and John McAndrew. TUE TUE 14:45 Paul Theroux - Fresh Air Fiend b007wpnh (Listen) TUE Fever Chart TUE The travel writer remembers the places he has visited by the TUE exotic diseases he contracted en route. Read by Stuart TUE Milligan. TUE TUE 15:00 Classic Serial b013rj8z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] TUE TUE 16:00 Foul Play b00jz7jg (Listen) TUE Series 3, Murder Before Matins TUE Crime writers Liza Cody and Reginald Hill try to solve a TUE monastery mystery. Simon Brett hosts the murder quiz. From TUE January 1998. TUE TUE 16:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01bwp6g (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] TUE TUE 17:00 The Emerald Green Show b076c11b (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] TUE TUE 17:30 Clare in the Community b061tppy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 18:00 Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror b036nm98 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Sir James continues researching Vane, and a presence TUE manifests. Eerie tale of supernatural stalking read by TUE Gareth Armstrong. TUE TUE 18:15 LP Hartley: Short Stories b03zjs5f (Listen) TUE The Waits TUE Mr Mariner is looking forward to Christmas Eve when there's TUE an unexpected knock at the door. Read by Robert Lang. TUE TUE 18:30 The Palace of Laughter b007k2kn (Listen) TUE Series 2, Eastbourne Royal Hippodrome TUE Once acclaimed as one of the UK's most luxurious venues, TUE Geoffrey Wheeler explores its colourful history. With Bruce TUE Forsyth. TUE TUE 19:00 Round the Horne b00szhvg (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] TUE TUE 19:30 The Men From the Ministry b0141zn4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtfc (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] TUE TUE 20:30 Me, Putin and Judo b00gdz17 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] TUE TUE 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g1yd6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] TUE TUE 21:15 Jimmie Chinn b017gzt3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] TUE TUE 22:00 Clare in the Community b061tppy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] TUE TUE 22:30 Bleak Expectations b00vy38l (Listen) TUE Series 4, A Now Spoiled Life Smashed Some More TUE Another chapter of the Victorian comic epic, and this week TUE Pip and Harry journey to the Underworld to rescue Ripely, TUE only to find the evil Mister Benevolent has got there first. TUE Sir Philip ..... Richard Johnson TUE Young Pip Bin ..... Tom Allen TUE Gently Benevolent ..... Anthony Head TUE Harry Biscuit ..... James Bachman TUE Grimpunch ..... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Ripely ..... Sarah Hadland TUE Pippa ..... Susy Kane TUE Writer ..... Mark Evans TUE Producer ..... Gareth Edwards TUE Another chapter of the Victorian comic epic by Mark Evans. TUE Pip and Harry must journey to the Underworld to rescue TUE Ripely, but Mr Gently Benevolent has got there first and is TUE planning to unleash the demons of Hell on the streets of TUE London, making them even worse than usual. Meanwhile Ripely TUE seems to be enjoying the company of some Greek Heroes a TUE little too much. TUE Can Pip prevent a demon invasion of the streets of London? TUE Can Harry win back the affections of his wife Pippa who has TUE fallen for Benevolent's evil charms? Can anything be more TUE terrifying the Clive the massive cake dragon? And will Mr TUE Benevolent be in trouble with the Devil when she gets back TUE from maternity leave? TUE Credits TUE Producer: Gareth Edwards TUE TUE 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b0776jr6 (Listen) TUE From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club TUE has two hours of comedy. Plus Tom Wrigglesworth chats again TUE to Jocelyn Jee Esien. TUE TUE 23:00 Father Figure b01bw5cc (Listen) TUE Birthday Lunch TUE Family sitcom written by and starring Irish comedian Jason TUE Byrne. Tom Whyte, much to the consternation of his TUE overbearing Mother, decides to cook his Dad a Birthday lunch TUE for a family get-together. What he intends to put on the TUE table undergoes a transformation by serving time whilst best TUE friend Roddy brings an especially unappetising contribution TUE to the meal. TUE Tom Whyte.... Jason Byrne TUE Elaine Whyte.... Lucy Montgomery TUE Dylan Whyte .... Dominic Applewhite TUE Mary Whyte ....Pauline McLynn TUE Pat Whyte.... Dermot Crowley TUE Roddy .... Michael Smiley TUE Producer... Julia McKenzie. TUE TUE 23:30 Radio 9 b04fgtgy (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 2 TUE An unusual travel diary, very dangerous racing and faking TUE skiing downhill. Stars Johnny Daukes and Hils Barker. From TUE July 2005. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 06 APRIL 2016 WED WED 00:00 Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror b036nm98 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:15 LP Hartley: Short Stories b03zjs5f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:30 The Palace of Laughter b007k2kn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtfc (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 01:30 Me, Putin and Judo b00gdz17 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01sj1tx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship b03zb4b2 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room b00sr4hp (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 02:45 Paul Theroux - Fresh Air Fiend b007wpnh (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 03:00 Classic Serial b013rj8z (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:00 Foul Play b00jz7jg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 04:30 Mr and Mrs Smith b01bwp6g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:00 The Emerald Green Show b076c11b (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 05:30 Clare in the Community b061tppy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Tuesday] WED WED 06:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtfx (Listen) WED The Final Print-Out WED The trail leads Pamplemousse and his trusty hound to Père WED Lachaise Cemetery before a final watery showdown. WED Starring Gordon Kaye as the retired policeman living in WED Paris, now making a living as an inspector for the WED prestigious restaurant rating directory 'Le Guide'. His WED long-suffering wife is Doucette (Shirley Dixon) and his WED ever-constant bloodhound companion is Pommes Frites (Trevor WED Martin). WED Pamplemousse travels around France sampling fine cuisine and WED wines at gourmet restaurants, while managing to stumble into WED a series of mysteries. The character was first created in a WED series of novels featuring comedy, crime and cuisine by WED Michael Bond. Adapted for radio by Alick Rowe. WED A Mentorn Radio production first heard on BBC Radio 4 in WED 1995. WED WED 06:30 Ziggy Stardust Came from Isleworth b00tdpz8 (Listen) WED Ziggy Stardust was a rock and roll fantasy. But David WED Bowie's fictional rockstar, around whom his 1972 album, WED stage show, and film were built, was inspired by a real WED performer, Vince Taylor, born in Isleworth, Middlesex. This WED programme uncovers the truth about a singer whose wild WED lifestyle ultimately destroyed him, but in so doing he gave WED rise to a myth that transcended glam-rock and science WED fiction. WED His record "Brand New Cadillac" remains to this day a WED British rock 'n' roll classic, covered later by The Clash. WED But Vince was frustrated by his limited success in Britain WED and, already displaying the unpredictable behaviour and WED volcanic temper that were to dog him for the rest of his WED days, he moved to France where the "ye-ye" crowd really went WED wild for him. They called him 'Le Diable Noir' - the Black WED Devil. WED Decked out in black leathers, chains, kohl eye make-up and WED with his hair greased up into a high pompadour he was WED immediately signed to the French Barclay label. But fuelled WED by alcohol and drugs Vince's behaviour became increasingly WED erratic. At a party he tried LSD for the first time. In his WED state of mind at the time it was absolutely the very last WED thing that he needed. WED Vince Taylor underwent a kind of public breakdown at his WED next gig, where he started claiming he was a divine being. WED David Bowie bumped into him in London and later said: "Vince WED Taylor was the inspiration for Ziggy...He always stayed in WED my mind as an example of what can happen in rock n roll. I'm WED not sure if I held him up as an idol or as something not to WED become. There was something very tempting about him going WED completely off the edge." WED The programme, presented by MARTYN DAY, tracks down many of WED the people who worked with Taylor, including members of his WED original band and his family. WED WED 07:00 The Brothers b00pm21g (Listen) WED Series 3, Oonagh's Dream WED Nigel and Michael are forced to help run a street party, and WED Oonagh is stuck up a tree. Stars Adam Godley. From March WED 2007. WED WED 07:30 Chain Reaction b074xvfq (Listen) WED Series 11, Roy Hudd interviews Alison Steadman WED Series 11 of the show where one week's interviewee becomes WED the next week's interviewer. The first episode of Chain WED Reaction was broadcast on BBC Radio Five in 1991 when John WED Cleese was the first comedian in the hot seat. Now, 25 years WED on, a new series sees another raft of the world's best-loved WED comedians talking to each other about their lives and work. WED This week, comedy legend and music hall expert Roy Hudd WED turns interviewer as he chats to the much loved actress, WED Alison Steadman. WED Roy Hudd has clocked up more than 50 years in showbusiness, WED starting out as a Butlins redcoat in the 1950s and then WED developing a stellar career through numerous successes on WED stage, radio and screen. BBC Radio listeners know him best WED as the host of the much loved News Huddlines on Radio 2 for WED 26 years. More recently, Roy gained plaudits for his moving WED portrayal of Bud Flanagan in the BBC drama 'We're Doomed! WED The Dad's Army Story'. WED Alison Steadman is an actress who has been popular with the WED British public and worldwide since making her name in the WED critically acclaimed works of Mike Leigh in the 1970s. She WED went on to deliver much-loved and memorable performances WED across both drama and comedy in Pride and Prejudice and WED Gavin and Stacey amongst many others. WED In this programme Roy talks to Alison about her early days WED growing up in Liverpool, her trip to the palace to get the WED OBE and her critically acclaimed work with Mike Leigh. WED Producer: Richard Morris WED A BBC Radio Comedy Production. WED WED 08:00 The Navy Lark b01kncz6 (Listen) WED The Submerged Island WED The crew of HMS Troutbridge must attempt an important WED scientific undersea mission. WED Stars Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as WED the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, WED Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey, with Ronnie Barker and WED Michael Bates as the Potarneylanders. WED Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS WED Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen WED series between 1959 and 1976. WED Scripted by Lawrie Wyman WED Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston. WED First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1963. WED WED 08:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b007jpbr (Listen) WED Series 8, Episode 9 WED After nine weeks on air, Radio Prune celebrates its WED centenary! Stars John Cleese and Tim Brooke-Taylor. From WED April 1970. WED WED 09:00 It's Not What You Know b0383z2q (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 6 WED What is Joe Lycett's favourite book? Which is Anneka Rice's WED filmmaker son's favourite film? Who is Dave Gorman's WED all-time hero? WED All these questions, and more, will be answered in the show WED hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how WED well they know their nearest and dearest. WED Producer: Sam Michell. WED Credits WED Presenter: Miles Jupp WED Panellist: Joe Lycett WED Panellist: Anneka Rice WED Panellist: Dave Gorman WED Producer: Sam Michell WED WED 09:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqlf (Listen) WED Trevor Island WED Mr Zizz, the bad cartoonist, is not really capable of WED murder. Or is he? Stars Martin Jarvis and Ron Pember. From WED September 1988. WED WED 10:00 Classic Serial b0144ybg (Listen) WED Anthony Trollope - The American Senator, Episode 3 WED The American Senator WED By Anthony Trollope WED Dramatised by Martyn Wade WED Part Three WED Lord Rufford has run away from Arabella but she hasn't given WED up hope. She is determined that he will marry her but then WED she receives some distressing news .. WED Anthony Trollope...........Robert Glenister WED Arabella Trefoil..............Anna Maxwell Martin WED Lady Augustus..............Barbara Flynn WED Lord Augustus...............Gerard McDermott WED Lord Rufford...................Henry Devas WED Lady Ushant..................Joanna David WED John Morton..................Blake Ritson WED Reginald Morton............Daniel Rabin WED Mary Masters................Penelope Rawlins WED Mrs Morton...................Richenda Carey WED Senator Gotobed...........Stuart Milligan WED Mounser Green............Joanathan Forbes WED Directed by Tracey Neale WED The Story: WED In this little known tale, Anthony Trollope never allows The WED American Senator's attitude to get in the way of plot -and WED his ability to weave story strands which arise out of WED credible motivation, psychology and emotion is as sure as WED ever. The characters are as finely drawn as we have come to WED expect from the pen of Trollope. There's the extraordinary WED Arabella but also the comic, kind natured and the tragic WED characters too. WED Arabella finds herself in the ignoble occupation of WED husband/fortune-hunting. She's aware that the years are WED passing and the strain of numerous failed relationships have WED made her prospects increasingly poor. She is unofficially WED engaged to John Morton, a diplomat, and owner of a large WED estate, but now the wealthy and more exciting Lord Rufford WED has come into view. His estate being larger and more grand. WED Surely he is worth fighting for? WED Arabella, encouraged by her monstrous mother, Lady Augustus, WED decides to try and keep Morton on the back-burner (but deny WED her engagement in public) while engineering a series of WED compromising situations in an outrageous attempt to win WED Rufford. WED But Arabella is playing a dangerous game and although her WED behaviour is both conniving and ruthless, she is WED extraordinary and powerfully-drawn and so does not become an WED out-and-out anti-heroine. She is, to some degree, the victim WED of her situation - and of her mother. She is courageous as WED well as devious, and she has her pride. As the tale WED concludes and she seeks some degree of redemption she WED achieves tragic status. WED A parallel but secondary plot concerns Reginald Morton, an WED elder cousin of John, and Mary Masters, who is the complete WED antithesis to Miss Trefoil. Mary's absurd, domineering WED stepmother thinks that Mary should marry a besotted local WED farmer, Lawrence Twentyman but Mary is in love with Reginald WED Morton. Is he in love with her though? She finds support in WED the shape of Reginald's kind and gentle aunt, Lady Ushant, WED but there is the stern and grim grandmother of both John and WED Reginald who stands in the way of happiness because of a WED long-standing family feud. WED Elias Gotobed, the visiting senator of the book's title, has WED little impact on events - but he has an important part to WED play as an observer of events; a gauche but vigorous critic WED of the antiquated elements of English society and the WED establishment. Gotobed's conclusions are a supplement to WED those which can be drawn from Arabella's tale, where greed, WED class-consciousness and snobbery are mercilessly displayed. WED 'The American Senator' is, in part, a state of the nation WED novel - enhanced by the parallels between Trollope's world WED and ours. Arabella has her modern-day equivalents, and the WED Senator's remarks throughout the dramatisation about the WED working man's passive and subservient nature have not lost WED their relevance. WED The Author: WED Anthony Trollope produced a vast collection of work about WED credible people and their foibles. He gained recognition as WED a writer who portrayed English life is a wry and honest WED manner with a cast of humorous and delightful characters. WED His portrayal of female characters is particularly skilful WED and Arabella Trefoil is no exception. WED The Dramatist: WED Martyn Wade is a skilled and talented radio writer and WED dramatist. He has dramatised the 'Barsetshire' novels for WED radio and the 'Palliser' series too. His other Trollope WED dramatisations have included 'Orley Farm' and 'Miss WED Mackenzie'. He also dramatised Ada Leverson's 'The Little WED Ottleys' for Woman's Hour. WED WED 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g3ssf (Listen) WED A Love Story WED For the first time, the painter fell in love with a WED sculpture. Of a woman's buttocks! Read by Indira Varma. WED Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking WED Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip WED author is one of the most successful children writers ever. WED In her debut collection published in 1971 she tells of what WED we experience in youth, love, getting older and dying. WED Translated into English by Thomas Teal. Producer Karen Rose. WED Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. WED Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. WED WED 11:15 Jimmie Chinn b017gzxg (Listen) WED Rain on the Just WED Dark family secrets and a severe case of sibling rivalry WED lead to murder. Stars Bernard Cribbins and Roy Barraclough. WED WED 12:00 The Navy Lark b01kncz6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b007jpbr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 13:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtfx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 13:30 Ziggy Stardust Came from Isleworth b00tdpz8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01sjj85 (Listen) WED A Delicate Truth, Necessary Precautions WED If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that WED good men do nothing, how can they remain silent? Damian WED Lewis begins reading A Delicate Truth, the brand new novel WED from the master of his genre, John le Carré, a novel which WED tells the story of a good man who must choose between his WED conscience and his duty to the Service. WED An undercover counter-operation in the British colony of WED Gibraltar; a middle-ranking man from the Foreign Office WED serving as 'eyes on' and reporting to an ambitious Minister; WED the aim to capture a jihadist arms-buyer - the success, WED assured. WED But back in the UK a junior officer has his doubts and WED commits an unthinkable act. Three years on, he will find WED himself facing an impossible choice. In a journey that will WED take him from Cornwall to Wales via murky secrets in the WED depths of Whitehall, Toby Bell will try to find out the WED truth about the night on the Rock and bring it the attention WED and justice it deserves. WED Tonight: Necessary Precautions - as Toby puts together his WED case, he knows he is increasingly at risk. WED John le Carré was born in 1931 and attended the universities WED of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in WED British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty WED years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between WED London and Cornwall. WED Damian Lewis is a British actor best known for his role as WED Nicholas Brody in Homeland. His many credits include Band of WED Brothers, Life and The Forsyte Saga. WED The reader is Damian Lewis WED The abridger is Sally Marmion WED The producer is Di Speirs. WED Credits WED Producer: Di Speirs WED Abridger: Sally Marmion WED Reader: Damian Lewis WED Author: John Le Carre WED WED 14:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship b03zby89 (Listen) WED Darwin's Best Friend WED Dr Thomas Dixon presents a timely new history of the WED changing meaning and experience of friendship over the WED centuries WED Episode 8: Darwin's Best Friend WED Charles Darwin loved his dog and praised her in letters to WED friends as "the beloved and beautiful Polly". He believed WED that dogs shared qualities such as a sense of shame, honour WED and affection with humans, and wrote about them in The WED Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. WED It was in this era that dogs were, for the first time, given WED the title of "man's best friend". WED Thomas Dixon traces the impact of Darwin's own relationship WED with animals on his theory of evolution, and compares it WED with his ideas about other, "savage" human beings, whom he WED encountered in Tierra Del Fuego, during his trip on the WED Beagle. WED He also considers Darwin's deeply affectionate and intimate WED friendship with his fellow-scientist, Joseph Hooker, at a WED time when it is often believed men were disinclined towards WED displays of emotion. WED With contributions from Emma Townshend, author of Darwin's WED Dogs, and Hooker expert Dr Jim Endersby. WED Producer: Beaty Rubens. WED Related Reading WED Adrian Desmond and James Moore, *Darwin's Sacred Cause: WED Race, Slavery and the Quest for Human Origins* (Allen Lane, WED 2009) WED Jim Endersby,* Imperial Nature: Joseph Hooker and the WED Practices of Victorian Science* (University of Chicago WED Press, 2008) WED Vanessa Smith,* Intimate Strangers: Friendship, Exchange and WED Pacific Encounters *(Cambridge University Press, 2010) WED Emma Townshend, *Darwin’s Dogs: How Darwin’s Pets Helped WED form a World-Changing Theory of Evolution* (Francis Lincoln, WED 2009) WED The History of Emotions blog WED Read specially commissioned blog posts supporting this WED series. WED Emma Townshend, ‘From the same animal pattern’ WED Liz Gray, ‘Loyalty and a dog called Bobby’ WED WED 14:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room b00srkg1 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Pregnant Jane receives a letter from her father, and visits WED a jazz club with Toby. Stars Lynne Seymour and John WED McAndrew. WED WED 14:45 Paul Theroux - Fresh Air Fiend b007wqd9 (Listen) WED Tasting the Pacific WED The travel writer describes how religion has modified eating WED habits and lifestyles around the world. Read by Stuart WED Milligan. WED WED 15:00 Classic Serial b0144ybg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] WED WED 16:00 It's Not What You Know b0383z2q (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 16:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqlf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] WED WED 17:00 The Brothers b00pm21g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] WED WED 17:30 Chain Reaction b074xvfq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 18:00 Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror b036pqz8 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED A startling personal connection comes to light for Sir WED James. Eerie tale of supernatural stalking read by Gareth WED Armstrong. WED WED 18:15 LP Hartley: Short Stories b03zjxw1 (Listen) WED W.S. WED Novelist Walter Streeter has devoted admirers, but will he WED be happy to meet a new one in the flesh? Read by Robert WED Lang. WED WED 18:30 Off the Page b00771pr (Listen) WED Grudges WED The adult, mature thing is to forgive and forget. So why is WED there a peculiar satisfaction to be held in holding a WED grudge, and why do so many politicians seem to nurture them? WED Jude Collins, Laura Blumenfeld and Marcel Berlins, all WED expert grudge-holders, explore why truth and reconciliation WED sometimes seem inadequate. WED WED 19:00 The Navy Lark b01kncz6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] WED WED 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again b007jpbr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] WED WED 20:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtfx (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] WED WED 20:30 Ziggy Stardust Came from Isleworth b00tdpz8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] WED WED 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g3ssf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] WED WED 21:15 Jimmie Chinn b017gzxg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] WED WED 22:00 Chain Reaction b074xvfq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] WED WED 22:30 Seekers b03dvgh9 (Listen) WED Series 1, The Scratchcard WED Episode 4: The Scratchcard WED Comedy set in an Essex Job Centre. WED Joe and Terry replace Stuart with new best friend Janice. WED She's never worked - except as a human guinea pig for WED pharmaceutical trials and she drinks during the day - she is WED officially the bestest person they've ever met. WED As well as being usurped by Janice, Stuart is usurped by WED Gary Probert who has unbelievably and appallingly taken over WED his job at the Job Centre and is working very closely with WED Nicola. WED Episode Four: The Scratchcard WED Written by Steven Burge WED Produced by Katie Tyrrell. WED Gary Probert's job application WED Having made such a strong application, Gary's going to find WED his new job a doddle. WED Credits WED Stuart: Matthew Horne WED Joe: Daniel Mays WED Terry: Tony Way WED Mr Dancer: Tony Way WED Nicola: Zahra Ahmadi WED Janice: Sally Grace WED Gary Probert: Steve Oram WED Dave Manager: Alex Lowe WED Kevin Rush: Alex Lowe WED Teresa Glock: Bharti Patel WED Mr Bishop: David Seddon WED Producer: Katie Tyrrell WED Writer: Steven Burge WED WED 23:00 The Masterson Inheritance b007jsrx (Listen) WED Series 1, Scurvy WED The family saga sets sail with dangerous sheep afloat. WED Improvised comedy with Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence. From WED May 1993. WED WED 23:30 And Now in Colour b007yrwf (Listen) WED Series 2, Colourthon WED The team attempt their own radio charity fundraiser. WED Starring Tim de Jongh, William Vandyck and Tim Firth. From WED January 1991. WED WED THU THURSDAY 07 APRIL 2016 THU THU 00:00 Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror b036pqz8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:15 LP Hartley: Short Stories b03zjxw1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:30 Off the Page b00771pr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:00 Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates b007jtfx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 01:30 Ziggy Stardust Came from Isleworth b00tdpz8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:00 Book at Bedtime b01sjj85 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship b03zby89 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:15 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room b00srkg1 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 02:45 Paul Theroux - Fresh Air Fiend b007wqd9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 14:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 03:00 Classic Serial b0144ybg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:00 It's Not What You Know b0383z2q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 04:30 The Fall of the Mausoleum Club b007jqlf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:00 The Brothers b00pm21g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 05:30 Chain Reaction b074xvfq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 on Wednesday] THU THU 06:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl b012qqvq (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU Robert Forester is now living in Langley, Pennsylvania, THU after a messy divorce. THU He's escaped his oppressive wife and has no need to see a THU psychiatrist again.So why is he outside Jenny Theirolf's THU house, watching her every move? THU Patricia Highsmith's intriguing tale of obsession stars John THU Sharian as Robert Forester, Adrian Lester as Greg Wyncoop, THU Joanne McQuinn as Jenny Theirolf and Matt Rippy as Jack THU Neilsen. THU Adapted by Shaun McKenna. THU Music composed and performed by David Chitton THU Director: Marion Nancarrow THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. THU THU 06:30 Spitting in Russian b00pg5pn (Listen) THU In the 1980s and early 1990s, at the height of its success, THU Spitting Image was commanding audiences from around the THU world. The Russians decided that they would like to have THU their own version of the satirical show, and a mysterious THU fax landed on the desk of its co-creator, Roger Law. 'The THU Russians are coming!' he announced to his team, and after THU much confusion a team arrived from Moscow to learn the magic THU art of making political puppets. THU But how did all this go down in the dying days of the Soviet THU Union? At the time, Roget Law went over to Moscow to help THU set up the show, and he can remember vodka with breakfast THU and not very much else. Did they actually manage to make a THU Russian version of Spitting Image? It is time for Roger to THU go back and find out what happened to the TV producers and THU to their satirical ambitions. THU Roger Law digs out the paperwork from 20 years ago and heads THU off to Moscow again on a mission to track them down. Armed THU only with a handful of faxes, letters, and a puppet of THU Mikhail Gorbachev for company, Roger heads to the bitter THU cold of a Moscow winter, and discovers more than he THU bargained for. THU A story of intrigue, betrayal, international espionage and THU rubber puppets. THU THU 07:00 All the Young Dudes b00cgyjs (Listen) THU Series 1, School's Out THU Patrick pursues a job at his old school and meets his THU ex-teacher. Stars Jim Sweeney and Cathryn Harrison. From THU July 2001. THU THU 07:30 Hal b04stlcv (Listen) THU Crime THU Hal Cruttenden stars as a forty-something husband and father THU who, years ago, decided to give up his job and become a stay THU at home father. His wife, Sam, has a successful business THU career which makes her travel more and more. His children, THU Lilly and Molly, are growing up fast, and his role as their THU father and mentor is diminishing by the day. THU So what can Hal to as he reaches a crossroads in his life? THU Help is (sort of) at hand in the form of his eager mates - THU Doug, Fergus and Barry - who regularly meet at their local THU curry house for mind expanding conversations that sadly THU never give Hal the core advice he so desperately needs. THU Hal is confused even further as he regularly has visions of THU his long dead and highly macho father, who he's forced to THU engage in increasingly frustrating conversations. THU In this third episode, Hal becomes the latest victim to a THU series of car crimes that have happened near his home. Not THU only has his own personal car space been invaded, but his THU beloved CD collection has been stolen - including Abba, THU Dolly Parton and The Pet Shop Boys. THU How can Hal survive this tragedy? THU In the process of trying to cope with this crime, Hal also THU tries to find the real man in himself - but in attempting to THU do this, only scares his young daughters and reduces them to THU tears. THU The cast includes co-writer Dominic Holland, Ed Byrne, Ronni THU Ancona, Anna Crilly, Gavin Webster, Dominic Frisby, Samuel THU Caseley and Emily and Lucy Robbins. THU Produced by Paul Russell THU An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. THU Credits THU Hal: Hal Cruttenden THU Actor: Dominic Holland THU Actor: Ed Byrne THU Actor: Ronni Ancona THU Actor: Anna Crilly THU Actor: Gavin Webster THU Actor: Dominic Frisby THU Actor: Samuel Caseley THU Actor: Emily Robbins THU Actor: Lucy Robbins THU Writer: Hal Cruttenden THU Writer: Dominic Holland THU Producer: Paul Russell THU THU 08:00 Steptoe and Son b007jp46 (Listen) THU Series 6, The Seven Steptoerai THU When the Steptoes fall victim to threats, Albert decides it THU time to fight back. THU Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as THU Harold. With Henry Woolf as Frankie Barrow. 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 Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan THU Simpson. THU Produced by Bobby Jaye THU First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1976. THU THU 08:30 Radio Active b007jp67 (Listen) THU Series 4, Round Your Parts THU The National local radio team present a special visit to THU meet the residents of the Rural Village of Humpingham. THU Starring Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey THU Perkins, Philip Pope and Michael Fenton-Stevens. THU Music by Philip Pope and Steve Brown. THU Written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins. With Jon THU Canter, Murray Hunter and John Docherty. THU Producer: Jamie Rix THU First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1984. THU THU 09:00 Booked b0075lrs (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 3 THU Ian McMillan chairs the literary quiz with Mark Thomas, THU Dillie Keane, Roger McGough and Miles Kington. From October THU 1997. THU THU 09:30 Beachcomber... By the Way b008tx2z (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 4 THU JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, John THU Sessions, Joan Sims and June Whitfield. From November 1994. THU THU 10:00 Classic Serial b0183r3q (Listen) THU François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Gargantua THU Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by THU Lavinia Murray. THU Ep 1 Gargantua THU The bawdy, exuburant adventures of medieval giants. A THU dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy and THU scatological humour. The world's a messy place. Episode 1 THU depicts the young life of the giant Gargantua, who is THU reduced to laughable insanity by an education at the hands THU of paternal ignorance, old crones and syphilitic professors. THU Rabelais...David Troughton THU Gargantua..Robert Wilfort THU Grangousier..Eric Potts THU Gargamelle..Melissa Jane Sinden THU Holofornes/Friar Jean..Jonathan Keeble THU Panochrates..Malcolm Raeburn THU Eudomon/Sun..Kathryn Hunt THU Producer Gary Brown THU Gargantua (ep 1) depicts a young giant, reduced to laughable THU insanity by an education at the hands of paternal ignorance, THU old crones and syphilitic professors, who is rescued and THU turned into a cultured Christian knight. THU This tale is a dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy THU and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. All the THU big mock-heroic novels that followed - Don Quixote, Tristram THU Shandy, Gulliver's Travels, Ulysses - are about mess, THU they're about slops and slime, encyclopedic in their efforts THU to encompass humanity in all its bawdy, chaotic, grungy, and THU painful reality. And like Gargantua and Pantagruel they're THU also very funny. The Rabelaisian world view is founded on THU the assumption that the humourless are not yet wise - and THU these tales insist you learn to laugh at humanity. THU Gargantua and Pantagruel is dramatised by Lavinia Murray, THU one of our leading radio playwrights whose credits include THU 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' and 'The Confessions of an THU English Opium Eater'. THU THU 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4159 (Listen) THU Letters to an Idol THU She owned all of his books about love. He was her idol. From THU Tove Jansson's debut 1971 collection. Read by Indira Varma. THU Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking THU Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip THU author is one of the most successful children writers ever.. THU Translated into English by Thomas Teal. Producer Karen Rose. THU Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. THU Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. THU THU 11:15 Afternoon Drama b011vhdc (Listen) THU Lavinia Greenlaw - The Chess Girls THU The emergence of the Polgar sisters in the 1970s and 80s THU rocked the chess world. In a heavily male dominated game, THU the three Hungarian girls broke record after record. The THU youngest, Judit, was talked of as a potential world THU champion. THU The Chess Girls is the story of their parents, Laszlo and THU Klara Polgar, and how they defied the Communist authorities THU to conduct a remarkable educational experiment. Laszlo THU Polgar, convinced that any healthy child can be trained to THU become a genius, set out to prove his theory with his own THU children. THU This is a drama-documentary with excerpts from an interview THU with Laszlo and Klara Polgar recorded for the play. The THU writer, Lavinia Greenlaw, takes their account and re-creates THU the lives of the young Polgar family in their tiny Budapest THU flat. The fictional Laszlo is played by Kerry Shale, and THU Klara by Sally Orrock. THU Director: Chris Ledgard. THU Credits THU Writer: Lavinia Greenlaw THU Laszlo Polgar: Kerry Shale THU Klara Polgar: Sally Orrock THU Director: Chris Ledgard THU THU 12:00 Steptoe and Son b007jp46 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 12:30 Radio Active b007jp67 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 13:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl b012qqvq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 13:30 Spitting in Russian b00pg5pn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01sjk6s (Listen) THU A Delicate Truth, Falling on Deaf Ears THU If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that THU good men do nothing, how can they remain silent? Damian THU Lewis begins reading A Delicate Truth, the brand new novel THU from the master of his genre, John le Carré, a novel which THU tells the story of a good man who must choose between his THU conscience and his duty to the Service. THU An undercover counter-operation in the British colony of THU Gibraltar; a middle-ranking man from the Foreign Office THU serving as 'eyes on' and reporting to an ambitious Minister; THU the aim to capture a jihadist arms-buyer - the success, THU assured. THU But back in the UK a junior officer has his doubts and THU commits an unthinkable act. Three years on, he will find THU himself facing an impossible choice. In a journey that will THU take him from Cornwall to Wales via murky secrets in the THU depths of Whitehall, Toby Bell will try to find out the THU truth about the night on the Rock and bring it the attention THU and justice it deserves. THU Tonight: Falling on Deaf Ears - Kit and Toby find their THU efforts to expose the truth rebuffed. THU John le Carré was born in 1931 and attended the universities THU of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in THU British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty THU years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between THU London and Cornwall. THU Damian Lewis is a British actor best known for his role as THU Nicholas Brody in Homeland. His many credits include Band of THU Brothers, Life and The Forsyte Saga. THU The reader is Damian Lewis THU The abridger is Sally Marmion THU The producer is Di Speirs. THU Credits THU Producer: Di Speirs THU Abridger: Sally Marmion THU Reader: Damian Lewis THU Author: John Le Carre THU THU 14:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship b03zdbrl (Listen) THU Comrades and Lovers THU Dr Thomas Dixon presents a timely new history of the THU changing meaning and experience of friendship over the THU centuries THU Episode 9: Comrades and Lovers THU Drawing on the intriguingly ambiguous relationship of THU Frances Power Cobbe with Mary Lloyd and the more open THU relationship of Edward Carpenter with George Merrill, Thomas THU Dixon explores the Victorian borderland between Platonic THU friendship and homosexual love. THU Professor Barbara Caine discusses Frances Power Cobbe, the THU largely forgotten Anglo-Irish feminist and journalist, who THU wrote articles with titles such as, "The Woman Question", THU "What Shall We Do With Our Old Maids" and "Wife Torture in THU England". She explains how Cobbe reclaimed friendship for THU women after centuries of classical and renaissance THU assumptions that only men had a true capacity for it. THU Dr Matt Cook tells the story of Edward Carpenter, whose own THU unconventional lifestyle and 1908 book, The Intermediate THU Sex, brought homosexual love out into the open and even THU introduced the contemporary notion, celebrated in tv series THU such as Will and Grace, of women enjoying having a "gay best THU friend". THU Producer: Beaty Rubens. THU Related Reading THU Barbara Caine (ed.), *Friendship: A History* (Equinox, THU 2009), Chapter 7, ‘Class, Sex and Friendship: The Long THU Nineteenth Century’, by Marc Brodie and Barbara Caine THU THU Matt Cook, * London and the Culture of Homosexuality, 1885 - THU 1914* (Cambridge University Press, 2003) THU * * THU Matt Cook (ed.), *A Gay History of Britain: Love and Sex THU Between Men since the Middle Ages *(Greenwood, 2007) THU THU Sharon Marcus, *Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and THU Marriage in Victorian England* (Princeton University Press, THU 2007) THU The History of Emotions blog THU Read specially commissioned blog posts supporting this THU series. THU Angharad Eyre, ‘Creating a circle of friendship: Constance THU Maynard’ THU THU 14:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room b00srqfl (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Jane has spent the night with Toby, but she hasn't told him THU about her pregnancy. Stars Lynne Seymour and John McAndrew. THU THU 14:45 Paul Theroux - Fresh Air Fiend b007jyk6 (Listen) THU Gravy Train THU The travel writer describes travelling across America aboard THU a restored private railway carriage. Read by Stuart THU Milligan. THU THU 15:00 Classic Serial b0183r3q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] THU THU 16:00 Booked b0075lrs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 16:30 Beachcomber... By the Way b008tx2z (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] THU THU 17:00 All the Young Dudes b00cgyjs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] THU THU 17:30 Hal b04stlcv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 18:00 Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror b036pw9z (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Another visitation leads Sir James north to a grim THU appointment. Eerie tale of supernatural stalking read by THU Gareth Armstrong. THU THU 18:15 LP Hartley: Short Stories b03zm57b (Listen) THU The Price of the Absolute THU A man inherits some objects, but will he be able to control THU the events they set in motion? Read by Robert Lang. THU THU 18:30 Great Lives b0076zqt (Listen) THU Series 10, Eleanor Roosevelt THU 4 Extra Debut. Helena Kennedy on Eleanor Roosevelt, human THU rights campaigner. With Matthew Paris and biographer, THU Blanche Wiesen Cook. From August 2006. THU THU 19:00 Steptoe and Son b007jp46 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] THU THU 19:30 Radio Active b007jp67 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] THU THU 20:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl b012qqvq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] THU THU 20:30 Spitting in Russian b00pg5pn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] THU THU 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4159 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] THU THU 21:15 Afternoon Drama b011vhdc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] THU THU 22:00 Hal b04stlcv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] THU THU 22:30 The Headset Set b01292x3 (Listen) THU Series 1, Episode 3 THU An audience sketch show set in a call centre. Everyone is THU falling ill in the open-plan offices of Smile5, the THU catalogue company that sells anything and everything. THU Aleesha and other characters ..... Chizzy Akudolu THU Bernie, Denise and other characters ..... Margaret-Cabourn THU Smith THU Big Tony, Ralph and other characters ..... Colin Hoult THU Sailesh and other characters ..... Paul sharma THU Various ..... Philip Fox THU Written by ..... Various THU Script editor ..... James Kettle THU Producer ..... Tilusha Ghelani THU WELCOME TO SMILE5! THU Smile5 is a mail order catalogue company selling everything THU from Rolex watches to lawnmowers, from financial products to THU phone and broadband, from holidays to health insurance. And THU somewhere in a brown-field wasteland miles from the nearest THU town, it runs one of the largest call centres operating in THU the UK. This is the world of The Headset Set. THU Each episode features a host of sketches set in the call THU centre, eavesdropping on both sides of the bizarre, horrific THU and ludicrous business-customer relationship. While the bulk THU of each show is taken up with standalone sketches, there are THU linked scenes providing a gentle narrative curve to THU proceedings. These scenes feature three of the call centre's THU employees - Bernie, Aleesha and Big Tony - trying the THU patience of their team leader Sailesh. THU WRITERS THU This is a team written sketch show series originated by THU Stephen Carlin and James Kettle and script edited by James THU Kettle and Dan Tetsell. This episode was written by James THU Kettle, Stephen Carlin, Celia Pacquola, Andy Wolton, THU Benjamin Partridge, Colin Hoult, Kevin Core, Madeliene THU Brettingham, Rebecca Hobbs and Dan Tetsell. THU THU 22:55 The Comedy Club Interviews b0776k1l (Listen) THU From 10pm to midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club THU has two hours of comedy. Plus Tom Wrigglesworth chats again THU to Tom Stade. THU THU 23:00 Old Harry's Game b007jmbz (Listen) THU Series 3, The Reasonably Fantastic Journey THU Satan and the Professor find a huge empty space in Hell - THU inside Scumspawn's brain. Devilish sitcom stars Andy THU Hamilton. From April 1999. THU THU 23:30 Sir Ralph Stanza's Letter from Salford b00767tq (Listen) THU Series 1, Chips off an Angry Block THU The new poet-in-residence is determined to track down his THU muse, whichever chippy she works in. Stars James Quinn. From THU May 2002. THU THU 23:45 Steven Appleby's Normal Life b00slvww (Listen) THU Series 2, Normal Time THU The cartoonist claims dinosaurs mastered the 3Rs - reading, THU writing and riding bicycles. Stars Paul McCrink. From THU February 2003. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 08 APRIL 2016 FRI FRI 00:00 Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror b036pw9z (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:15 LP Hartley: Short Stories b03zm57b (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:30 Great Lives b0076zqt (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday] FRI FRI 01:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl b012qqvq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 06:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl b012wzzj (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI Jenny has fallen for Robert Forester, though he's not FRI certain of his feelings for her. FRI Meanwhile, her ex-fiance, Greg, is very certain. He wants FRI Jenny back - and Robert is in the way. FRI Patricia Highsmith's intriguing tale of obsession stars John FRI Sharian as Robert Forester, Adrian Lester as Greg Wyncoop, FRI Joanne McQuinn as Jenny Theirolf and Matt Rippy as Jack FRI Neilsen. FRI Adapted by Shaun McKenna. FRI Music composed and performed by David Chitton FRI Director: Marion Nancarrow FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. FRI FRI 06:30 Ken and Mark and Robert b00tdznx (Listen) FRI Legendary film-maker Ken Russell is in the studio with Mark FRI Kermode recalling his love of music, which inspired such FRI films as Mahler, Tommy and The Music Lovers as well as many FRI television documentaries. FRI Meanwhile, in the adjacent studio, musician Robert Ziegler FRI is also talking about Ken's love of music... to Twiggy, FRI Glenda Jackson MP, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Lord Bragg FRI and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. FRI Can Ken hear what they are saying about him? Can they hear FRI what Ken is saying about them? FRI Producer: David Roper FRI A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 07:00 Winston in Love b007jn9c (Listen) FRI I'm in Love, I'm in Love FRI Newly in love, Nancy is not too keen on recalling past FRI events with the old rogue Winston. Stars Maurice Denham. FRI From December 1990. FRI FRI 07:30 The Rest Is History b04v2ssq (Listen) FRI Series 1, Episode 1 FRI Frank Skinner loves history, but just doesn't know much of FRI it. FRI The Rest Is History is a new comedy discussion show which FRI promises to help him find out more about it. FRI Along with his historian in residence Dr Kate Williams, each FRI episode sees Frank joined by a selection of celebrity FRI guests, who will help him navigate his way through the FRI annals of time, picking out and chewing over the funniest, FRI oddest, and most interesting moments in history. FRI Frank's guests in this edition of the programme are Dave FRI Gorman and Sara Pascoe FRI Produced by Dan Schreiber and Justin Pollard FRI An Avalon production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Presenter: Frank Skinner FRI Panellist: Dave Gorman FRI Panellist: Sara Pascoe FRI Panellist: Kate Williams FRI Producer: Dan Schreiber FRI Producer: Justin Pollard FRI FRI 08:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? b007jr6l (Listen) FRI Strangers on a Train FRI Best mates Bob and Terry haven't spoken for 7 years, so FRI there's a lot to catch up on when they bump into each other FRI on a train. FRI Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob FRI Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Lois FRI Daine and Peter Whitman. FRI Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La FRI Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley. FRI Producer: John Browell FRI Originally lost from the archive, the audio was provided by FRI BBC producer Stan Was. FRI First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1975. FRI FRI 08:30 The Goon Show b007jnj2 (Listen) FRI The Macreekie Rising of '74 FRI Neddie Seagoon has a 60-foot caber hidden under his kilt, FRI but the Scots want it back. Stars Spike Milligan. From FRI October 1956. FRI FRI 09:00 Wildbrain b076w83n (Listen) FRI 1997 - Final FRI Lionel Kelleway presents the final of the natural history FRI quiz from the home of the British Birdwatching Fair at FRI Rutland Water. FRI FRI 09:30 No Commitments b007jp4g (Listen) FRI Series 8, All Roads Lead to Rome FRI Roger's jealousy leads him to an unexpected confrontation. FRI Stars Celia Imrie, Angela Thorne and Bill Nighy. From FRI February 2002. FRI FRI 10:00 Classic Serial b01888l1 (Listen) FRI François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Pantagruel FRI Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Dramatised by FRI Lavinia Murray. FRI Ep 2 - Pantagruel. FRI Concluding the bawdy and scatological adventures of Medieval FRI giants. This episode concentrates on the story of FRI Gargantua's son, Pantagruel and his morally dubious friend FRI Panurge, as they go on a quest to discover whether marriage FRI is for them. On the way they have many adventures before FRI they come before the Seer of the Holy Bottle who gives them FRI a definitive judgement. FRI Rabelais.....David Troughton FRI Gargantua....Robert Wilfort FRI Pantagruel....Justin Edwards FRI Panurge...Conrad Nelson FRI Friar Jean....Jonathan Keeble FRI Jacqueline/Seer...Fiona Clarke FRI Librarian/Secretary...Mark Chatterton FRI Producer Gary Brown FRI This tale is a dizzying blend of fantasy, comedy, philosophy FRI and scatological humour. The world's a messy place. All the FRI big mock-heroic novels that followed - Don Quixote, Tristram FRI Shandy, Gulliver's Travels, Ulysses - are about mess, FRI they're about slops and slime, encyclopaedic in their FRI efforts to encompass humanity in all its bawdy, chaotic, FRI grungy, and painful reality. And like Gargantua and FRI Pantagruel they're also very funny. The Rabelaisian world FRI view is founded on the assumption that the humourless are FRI not yet wise - and these tales insist you learn to laugh at FRI humanity. FRI Gargantua and Pantagruel is dramatised by Lavinia Murray, FRI one of our leading radio playwrights whose credits include FRI 'The Anatomy of Melancholy' and 'The Confessions of an FRI English Opium Eater'. FRI FRI 11:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4935 (Listen) FRI Lucio's Friends FRI Everyone loves Lucio. Don't they? From Tove Jansson's debut FRI 1971 collection. Read by Indira Varma. FRI Creator of the Moomins, Tove Jansson, a Swedish-speaking FRI Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip FRI author is one of the most successful children writers ever. FRI Translated into English by Thomas Teal. Producer Karen Rose. FRI Executive producer Jeremy Osborne. FRI Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions. FRI FRI 11:15 Afternoon Drama b012078f (Listen) FRI Playing for His Life FRI Written by John Peacock. FRI Already under Gestapo Surveillance, tennis ace Baron FRI Gottfried Von Cramm, married but secretly homosexual, FRI offends Hitler, by refusing to join the Nazi Party. He FRI believes himself to be safe as long as he remains Germany's FRI number one and winning. 'But I must win. I can't lose, and I FRI can't quit.' He was left playing for his life. FRI Producer/Director: Celia de Wolff FRI A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Gottfried von Cramm: Geoffrey Streatfeild FRI Lisa von Cramm: Paloma Baeza FRI Jutta von Cramm: Frances Jeater FRI Joachim von Ribbentrop: Sam Dale FRI Manasse Herbst: Nicholas Boulton FRI Bill Tilden Jr: William Hope FRI Commentator: Geoffrey Whitehead FRI Pate: Geoffrey Whitehead FRI Hermann Goering: Simon Treves FRI Umpire: Simon Treves FRI Don Budge: Adam Unze FRI Lady Astor: Rachel Atkins FRI Henkel: James Joyce FRI David: James Joyce FRI Writer: John Peacock FRI Director: Celia de Wolff FRI Producer: Celia de Wolff FRI FRI 12:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? b007jr6l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 12:30 The Goon Show b007jnj2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 13:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl b012wzzj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 13:30 Ken and Mark and Robert b00tdznx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 14:00 Book at Bedtime b01sjn6b (Listen) FRI A Delicate Truth, Truth Must Out FRI If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that FRI good men do nothing, how can they remain silent? Damian FRI Lewis begins reading A Delicate Truth, the brand new novel FRI from the master of his genre, John le Carré, a novel which FRI tells the story of a good man who must choose between his FRI conscience and his duty to the Service. FRI An undercover counter-operation in the British colony of FRI Gibraltar; a middle-ranking man from the Foreign Office FRI serving as 'eyes on' and reporting to an ambitious Minister; FRI the aim to capture a jihadist arms-buyer - the success, FRI assured. FRI But back in the UK a junior officer has his doubts and FRI commits an unthinkable act. Three years on, he will find FRI himself facing an impossible choice. In a journey that will FRI take him from Cornwall to Wales via murky secrets in the FRI depths of Whitehall, Toby Bell will try to find out the FRI truth about the night on the Rock and bring it the attention FRI and justice it deserves. FRI Tonight: Truth must out - whatever the cost. FRI John le Carré was born in 1931 and attended the universities FRI of Bern and Oxford. He taught at Eton and served briefly in FRI British Intelligence during the Cold War. For the last fifty FRI years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between FRI London and Cornwall. FRI Damian Lewis is a British actor best known for his role as FRI Nicholas Brody in Homeland. His many credits include Band of FRI Brothers, Life and The Forsyte Saga. FRI The reader is Damian Lewis FRI The abridger is Sally Marmion FRI The producer is Di Speirs. FRI Credits FRI Producer: Di Speirs FRI Abridger: Sally Marmion FRI Reader: Damian Lewis FRI Author: John Le Carre FRI FRI 14:15 Five Hundred Years of Friendship b03zdkkc (Listen) FRI A Battalion of Pals FRI Dr Thomas Dixon presents a timely new history of the FRI changing meaning and experience of friendship over the FRI centuries FRI Episode 10: A Battalion of Pals FRI Dr Thomas Dixon tells two contrasting stories for this FRI examination of the impact of World War One on male FRI friendship. FRI He begins and ends with the pacifist Bloomsbury Group, FRI focusing on E.M Forster and his famous remark, "If I had to FRI choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, FRI I hope I should have the guts to betray my country". Dr Matt FRI Cook places this remark - shocking at the time - in the FRI context of Forster's hidden sexual orientation. FRI Forster began his masterpiece, A Passage to India, before FRI the war, in optimism about the possibility of friendships FRI and love across the nations. As Dr Santanu Das explains, he FRI completed it, after the War, in a far bleaker mood. FRI Meanwhile, amongst the less highly educated classes, groups FRI of work-mates were being conscripted into the army. Thomas FRI Dixon explores this new role for friendship - as a FRI recruiting sergeant - and its tragic consequences. FRI Producer: Beaty Rubens. FRI Related Reading FRI Peter Chapman, *Grimsby’s Own: The Story of the Chums FRI *(Grimsby Evening Telegraph and Hutton Press, 1991) FRI FRI Sarah Cole, *Modernism, Male Friendship, and the First World FRI War* (Cambridge University Press, 2007) FRI FRI Santanu Das, *Touch and Intimacy in First World War FRI Literature* (Cambridge University Press, 2008) FRI FRI Peter Simkins, *Kitchener’s Army: The Raising of the New FRI Armies 1914-1916* (Pen and Sword Military, 2007) FRI The History of Emotions blog FRI Read specially commissioned blog posts supporting this FRI series. FRI Santanu Das, ‘The dying kiss’ FRI FRI Paul Reed, ‘Looking for the Grimsby Chums FRI ’ FRI FRI 14:30 Lynne Reid Banks - The L-Shaped Room b00srvkl (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Pregnant Jane books an appointment at an abortion clinic, FRI but Mavis offers her an illegal alternative. Stars Lynne FRI Seymour. FRI FRI 14:45 Paul Theroux - Fresh Air Fiend b007jylg (Listen) FRI Unspeakable Rituals and Outlandish Beliefs FRI The writer describes the bizarre traditions and ceremonies FRI that he encountered during his travels. Read by Stuart FRI Milligan. FRI FRI 15:00 Classic Serial b01888l1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today] FRI FRI 16:00 Wildbrain b076w83n (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] FRI FRI 16:30 No Commitments b007jp4g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today] FRI FRI 17:00 Winston in Love b007jn9c (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:00 today] FRI FRI 17:30 The Rest Is History b04v2ssq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 18:00 Susan Hill - The Mist in the Mirror b036q7t8 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Sir James's account is not quite all of the story. Gareth FRI Armstrong and John Moffatt conclude Susan Hill's tale of FRI supernatural stalking. FRI FRI 18:15 Roald Dahl b041ym4c (Listen) FRI The Man From the South FRI Win a car or lose a finger - what will be the result of an FRI old man's bizarre bet? Read by Terry Molloy. FRI FRI 18:30 Soul Music b008tn7d (Listen) FRI Series 6, Spem in Alium FRI Thomas Tallis's work is one of the most elaborate and FRI spectacular pieces of choral music ever written. Scored for FRI 40 voices, the piece is best sung and heard in the round in FRI order to appreciate an extraordinary sonic experience. FRI Choral conductor Simon Halsey, Michael Morpurgo and others FRI discuss the music's spine-tingling effect on both performers FRI and listeners. FRI FRI 19:00 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? b007jr6l (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today] FRI FRI 19:30 The Goon Show b007jnj2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl b012wzzj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:00 today] FRI FRI 20:30 Ken and Mark and Robert b00tdznx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 06:30 today] FRI FRI 21:00 Tove Jansson - The Listener b04g4935 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 today] FRI FRI 21:15 Afternoon Drama b012078f (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 today] FRI FRI 22:00 The Rest Is History b04v2ssq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 07:30 today] FRI FRI 22:30 Rudy's Rare Records b01ntfw9 (Listen) FRI Series 4, Sound of da Police FRI When Doreen is mugged Adam and Rudy react very differently. FRI Adam intends to become a role model for the community and FRI Rudy intends to whack the mugger with a cricket bat. FRI Father and son comedy set in the finest old-school record FRI shop in Birmingham. Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker FRI and some terrific tunes. FRI Rudy's Rare Records is a tiny down at heel old reggae record FRI shop in Birmingham - one of a dying breed; a place with real FRI soul, stacked with piles of vinyl, where the slogan is "if FRI we don't have it - them don't mek it". It's owned by the FRI charismatic, irrepressible Rudy Sharpe (Larrington Walker), FRI reluctantly helped out by his long-suffering neurotic son FRI Adam (Lenny Henry) and Handsworth's first, black, surly FRI girly goth, Tasha (Natasha Godfrey). Rudy has recently FRI married his long-term love interest Doreen (Claire Benedict) FRI who is enjoying the challenge of getting the Sharpe men in FRI shape - until she is shaken by a mugging. FRI Adam............Lenny Henry FRI Rudy.......... Larrington Walker FRI Tasha...........Natasha Godfrey FRI Doreen..........Claire Benedict FRI SGT Popper........ Andrew Brooke FRI Hoodie.........Adam Nagaitis FRI Hoodie 2.......Joe Sims FRI MISS JAMAICA * JIMMY CLIFF FRI 007 SHANTY TOWN* DESMOND DEKKER FRI SOUND OF DA POLICE * KRS ONE FRI POLICE OFFICER * SMILEY CULTURE FRI INFORMER * SNOW FRI WELCOME TO JAMROCK * DAMIAN MARLEY FRI TROUBLE IN THE TOWN * DANDY FRI POLICE AND THIEVES* JUNIOR MURVIN FRI GUNS OF BRIXTON* JIMMY CLIFF FRI RING THE ALARM* FU SCHNICKENS. FRI FRI 23:00 The Mark Steel Lecture b007nf6b (Listen) FRI Series 2, Billie Holiday FRI Initially a hater of jazz music, the radical comedian FRI profiles the American singer and songwriter. From April FRI 2001. FRI FRI 23:30 Hard to Tell b03k21n8 (Listen) FRI Series 2, Episode 4 FRI Second series of the relationship comedy written by Jonny FRI Sweet. FRI It tells its central love story through the couple's FRI individual conversations with their family and friends. In FRI the process, we are introduced to all manner of FRI relationships from a father and his cherished tour van to FRI two women rivalling for the position of Best Friend, from a FRI brother and sister comparing notes on Brazilians to a vicar FRI and his new parish, and from a lodger's historic fling with FRI a local waitress to a mum's lack of control over her desire FRI to monitor her son's life. FRI Recorded on location, Hard To Tell's naturalistic, FRI contemporary and conversational style brings new meaning to FRI restaurants, funerals, French dressers and monkey puzzle FRI trees. FRI Jonny Sweet is also the writer of Radio 4's Party and FRI co-writer/co-star of Chickens on Sky 1. FRI Episode 4: FRI The Bicycle Thief. It's Ellen's birthday and, despite money FRI troubles, Tom wants to make an unforgettable impression, FRI while all of Ellen's friends are determined to keep her away FRI from him. FRI Producer: Lucy Armitage FRI A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4. FRI Credits FRI Luke: Tom Basden FRI Gran: Jean Boht FRI Eloise: Jessie Cave FRI Gillian: Julia Davis FRI Paul: Simon Greenall FRI Ashley: Alex Macqueen FRI Lesley: Vicki Pepperdine FRI Ellen: Charlotte Ritchie FRI Hermione: Sarah Solemani FRI Tom: Jonny Sweet FRI Maeve: Katy Wix FRI Cupcake Shop Manager: Tim Key FRI Paramedic: Daniel Lawrence-Taylor FRI Writer: Jonny Sweet FRI Producer: Lucy Armitage FRI
01 April, 2016
Radio 4 Extra Listings for 02/04/2016 - 08/04/2016
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