Schedule
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Early
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00:00
HP Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth—Episode 5
5/5 Robert Olmstead flees Innsmouth only to discover a shocking secret linking him to the town
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00:30
Soul Music—Series 10, Ma Vlast
2/5 Ma Vlast by Bedrich Smetana has become an integral part of Czech culture.
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01:00
Henri Castang - Not as Far as Velma—1. A Landlady Goes Missing
1/6 Newly-promoted Commissaire Henri Castang probes a hotel owner's disappearance.
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01:30
The Frequency of Laughter: A History of Radio Comedy—1995-2000
5/6 A look back at radio comedy in the late 1990s, with Paul Schlesinger and Meera Syal.
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02:00
EM Forster - Where Angels Fear to Tread—5. News of a Beastly Baby
5/10 The peace of Sawston is disturbed by the latest news from Italy about Lilia.
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02:15
A History of the Brain—The Spark of Being
5/10 Dr Geoff Bunn examines the influence of the 18th-century preoccupation with electricity.
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02:30
15 Minute Drama—Winifred Holtby - The Crowded Street, Episode 10
10/10 Muriel returns to Marshington and is faced with a life-changing decision.
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02:45
Auto-Da-Fay—Episode 5
5/5 Fay has fallen in love and now adds Weldon to her many names.
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03:00
Classic Serial—The Graduate, Episode 2
2/2 Benjamin stops sleeping with Mrs Robinson but becomes obsessed with marrying her daughter.
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04:00
Heresy—Series 8, Episode 2
2/6 With comedians David Baddiel and Lucy Porter and quiz show presenter Richard Osman.
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04:30
Simon's Bug—Episode 2
2/4 Busy monitoring phone calls, Simon is learning a lot about his family.
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05:00
One Flat Summer—The St Leger
6/6 Unable to locate the cash he liberated as a courier for 'Racecourse Rita', Ken is wanted.
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05:30
Sketchorama—Series 2, Episode 2
2/4 Thom Tuck presents So On and So Forth, That Pair and Sheeps.
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Morning
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06:00
Saturday Drama—Classic Chandler, Classic Chandler - The Long Goodbye
5/8 Marlowe forges an uneasy friendship with a drunk who then asks for a favour.
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07:30
Moral Notes—Love
3/4 Simon Brett explores how the Victorians perfected the use of popular song.
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08:00
Archive on 4—Writers and Radio
Susannah Clapp talks to authors who grew up at the end of the radio age.
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09:00
Joe Queenan: My Years of Awe and Wonder
Two decades of adventures in broadcasting with Joe Queenan, the American satirist.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends—Series 2, Them and Us
1/6 Joy and consternation as Wendy is promoted at work, but Robin is suspended.
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12:30
The Burkiss Way—Series 3, Discover Gravity the Burkiss Way
1/15 Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett refuse to speak of Eric Pode.
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13:00
Writing the Century: Land's End to John O'Groats (Omnibus)
George Allen's 1904 diary of his record-attempting walk.
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14:10
Inheritance Tracks—Tito Jackson
American singer Tito Jackson chooses 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag' by James Brown.
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14:15
In the Psychiatrist's Chair—Wayne Sleep
The dancer shares his thoughts on success, an awkward childhood, his physique and more.
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15:00
Archive on 4—Writers and Radio
Susannah Clapp talks to authors who grew up at the end of the radio age.
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16:00
Saturday Drama—Classic Chandler, Classic Chandler - The Long Goodbye
5/8 Marlowe forges an uneasy friendship with a drunk who then asks for a favour.
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17:30
Moral Notes—Love
3/4 Simon Brett explores how the Victorians perfected the use of popular song.
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Evening
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18:00
Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?—Episode 1
Set in post-apocalyptic San Francisco, a bounty hunter is on a mission.
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19:00
Joe Queenan: My Years of Awe and Wonder
Two decades of adventures in broadcasting with Joe Queenan, the American satirist.
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22:00
The Lawrence Sweeney Mix—Series 1, Episode 4
4/4 Invention as it happens. Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney's improvised sketches.
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22:30
The Secret World—Series 4, Episode 3
3/6 Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson explore the bizarre private lives of famous folk.
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22:55
The Comedy Club Interviews—24/09/2016
Arthur Smith chats again to Danny Robins.
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23:00
The League against Tedium—Episode 1
1/6 Music and comedy, as Simon Munnery goes in search of the Greatest Waiter of All Time.
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Late
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00:00
Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?—Episode 1
Set in post-apocalyptic San Francisco, a bounty hunter is on a mission.
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01:00
Writing the Century: Land's End to John O'Groats (Omnibus)
George Allen's 1904 diary of his record-attempting walk.
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Tito Jackson
American singer Tito Jackson chooses 'Papa's Got a Brand New Bag' by James Brown.
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02:15
In the Psychiatrist's Chair—Wayne Sleep
The dancer shares his thoughts on success, an awkward childhood, his physique and more.
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03:00
Archive on 4—Writers and Radio
Susannah Clapp talks to authors who grew up at the end of the radio age.
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04:00
Saturday Drama—Classic Chandler, Classic Chandler - The Long Goodbye
5/8 Marlowe forges an uneasy friendship with a drunk who then asks for a favour.
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05:30
Moral Notes—Love
3/4 Simon Brett explores how the Victorians perfected the use of popular song.
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