Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
Returning to Porthant Bay in Cornwall after 60 years. Marjorie Beaumont is coming to terms with her past
Omnibus written by Dave Sheasby.
Marjorie Beaumont ...... Elizabeth Bradley.
Mrs Nugent ...... June Barrie
Mandy ...... Alison Pettitt
Tilson ...... Tristan Sturrock
A refugee from the Russian Revolution finds himself running a successful night club in Montmartre. Read by Crawford Logan.
The 1963 headline makers knocked off the newspaper front pages by Henry Cooper. Ned Sherrin and Claire Rayner get nostalgic. With Simon Barnes.
Celia is torn between a bossy husband and fixated handyman. The first of four Alan Ayckbourn Intimate Exchanges. With Robin Herford and Lavinia Bertram.
Izzy gets invited to a ball in Cambridge, but she could do with a fairy godmother...
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30 something teacher Izzy Comyn has a predilection for inappropriate men.
Imelda Staunton stars as Izzy.
An 8-part radio sequel adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The second of 3 series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Izzy ...... Imelda Staunton
Charles ...... David Robb
Dick ...... Mike Grady
Michael ...... Nicholas Le Prevost
Maria ...... Marty Cruickshank
Louise ...... Phyllida Nash
Gwyn ...... Dafydd Hywel
Geoffrey Wheeler visits the Bradford Alhambra, built by the impresario Francis Laidler to be the finest purveyor of family entertainment in the North of England.
The Alhambra came to be associated with pantomime, and generations of Bradford schoolgirls dreamed of joining the Sunbeam Troupe of pantomime dancers. Two Sunbeam Girls, who first danced on the Alhambra's stage in 1929, recall their adventures.
With Bill Pertwee.
Series visiting variety theatres around the United Kingdom.
Gracie Fields was one of Lancashire's best-loved exports. Yet the press accused her of treachery when she and her Italian husband moved to America during the Second World War, despite the huge sums she raised abroad for the British war effort.
Mark Radcliffe presents a tribute to the film and music hall star once described as "the British nation's favourite big sister".
The cheeky schoolboy sees double when he helps out with a TV commercial. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From November 1966.
Brought to you from a phone box in Slough and featuring 'The Gang that stole Michael Aspel'.
Pun-tastic fast-moving comedy sketch series written by and starring John Junkin, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
Special guest: Michael Aspel.
With musical accompaniment from the Denis King Trio.
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
Lionheart faces a watery demise, as Dunning unleashes a being from the dawn of time. Stars Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy.
3. Dark Forces
Both fighting for the affections of the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel, the rivalry between Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones continues apace.
And now it seems that supernatural forces are about to get involved.
Washington Irving's supernatural classic about two love rivals and a headless horseman:
Concluded by Martin Jarvis.
Musical score and sound design by award-winning composer, David Pickvance.
Fresh from 4 - Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over the latest news events.
Continuing his journey through the vast and rich subject of civilisation, Chris Addison explains exactly what we need to create a new one.
The story of Victorian Britain's greatest horror writer.
The comedy trio's swashbuckling family romp.
Written by and starring Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck.
With Miles Jupp and Ingrid Oliver.
Script edited by Richard Turner.
Comedian Jeremy Hardy looks back over his career and discusses satire, bad singing and the romance of cardigans...
Series in which Bruce Morton talks to top stand-up comedians about life, the universe and comedy.
MONDAY 13 OCTOBER 2008
MON 00:00 The Scarifyers (b008kl16)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (b007xrtx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves (Omnibus) (b007jtcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Evelyn Waugh Short Stories (b008fxr8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Back to Front (b007k166)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The News Quiz (b00dy51x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Chris Addison's Civilization (b00dy51z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 The Penny Dreadfuls (b00gpbcv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 Comic to Comic (b007vmc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 The Palace of Laughter (b007k2zj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 on Sunday]
MON 05:30 How Tickled Am I? (b007jt19)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007vd6p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:30 Hello Cheeky (b00dy523)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Sunday]
MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00dyb0y)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7.
MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b00dyb10)
Ten Snowballs That Shook the World
Neddie Seagoon attempts to auction the equator - from a raft.
Groundbreaking, surreal BBC radio comedy written by Spike Milligan.
Starring:
Peter Sellers
Harry Secombe
Spike Milligan
First billed as Crazy People, ten series of The Goon Show were recorded between 1951 and 1960, but sadly many of the earliest shows weren’t kept in the archive.
With the Ray Ellington Quartet and Max Geldray.
Orchestra conducted by Wally Stott.
Announcer: Wallace Greenslade
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in February 1958.
MON 08:30 Delve Special (b007jm3s)
Series 2
The Archibald Gallery Robbery
Reporter David Lander reopens the investigation into 1983's Archibald Gallery robbery.
Kevin Watts is the key suspect, but was he framed?
Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.
Studio production by Brenda Bleythn, Tony Robinson, Jack Klaff and Felicity Montague.
Dramatic reconstruction by Mark Arden, Stephen Frost, Phil Nice, Arthur Smith and Peter Acre.
Researched and compiled by Tony Sarchet.
Editor: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Delve Special ran for four series from 1984 to 1987 and later transferred to TV as: This is David Lander.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1985.
MON 09:00 Paul Temple (b007jzg2)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
Concerning Judy Milton
The debonair sleuth and wife Steve must uncover the link between a rare soundtrack record - and a murder.
After the untimely death of actress Mary Dreisler in her London flat, her theatre impresario father has sent for Paul Temple.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
MON 09:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpf)
Episode 1
The Dutch police arrive at Martin's house just as he's thinking of going to bed. He has to leave his wife Sophia and travel with them to Amsterdam's central police station, where Inspector Van der Valk breaks the news.
Martin is the chief suspect in the murder of the seductive Elsa de Charmoy - his former lover and manipulator of men...
Nicholas Freeling's crime thriller read by David Troughton.
Piet Van der Valk is the much-copied prototype detective, 'a cranky, gentle, bumbling, brilliant, non-conformist student of human behaviour whose primary concern is why rather than how crimes are committed'.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2006.
MON 10:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmgx)
Urban Myths
Marion is writing a thesis on sexual revenge. But is she taking her research too literally? Stars Pauline McLynn.
MON 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlz7)
His Last Bow
The Red Circle
Worried about her strange lodger, a landlady calls on the great detective for help. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
MON 11:00 JB Priestley - Lost Empires (b007jr2f)
1. Overtures and Beginners
1913: Richard Herncastle leaves his dead-end job to join his Uncle Nick's act in the vulgar world of music halls to experience the glamour, jealousies and romances backstage...
Published in 1965, JB Priestley's classic stars Tom Baker as Nick Ollanton.
Dramatised in three parts by Bert Coules.
Nick Ollanton ...... Tom Baker
Harry Burrard ...... Freddie 'Parrot Face' Davies
Old Richard ...... Bryan Pringle
Young Richard ...... Richard Hollick
Tommy Beamish ...... Steven Frost
Julie Blane ...... Brigit Forsyth
Cissie Mapes ...... Deborah McAndrew
Nancy ...... Kathryn Hunt
Jenning ...... Russell Dixon
Johnson ...... John Lloyd Fillingham
Barney ...... Mike Edmunds
Music: Chris Monks
Producer: Kate Rowland
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1994.
MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b00dyb10)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00dyb12)
Series 6
Episode 10
Problem corner with Marjorie Droops, and Robinson Prunestone gets marooned.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Written by Simon Brett, Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall.
Originating from the Cambridge University Footlights revue 'Cambridge Circus', ISIRTA ran for 8 years on BBC Radio and quickly developed a cult following.
Music and songs by Liam Cohen, Dave Lee and Bill Oddie.
Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in June 1968.
MON 13:00 Dirk Bogarde - Jericho (b008vr10)
Episode 11
William Caldicott's wife Helen reveals her future plan, while their son Giles enjoys his visit to France. Read by the author.
MON 13:15 Sir Alec Guinness - My Name Escapes Me (b007jpkk)
Episode 1
Sir Alec Guinness reads from his memoirs. January 1st 1995: absent friends, 'retirement', a break near Avignon, and termites.
MON 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jt46)
Irish Victims of the American Revolution
The war with America is over, but England is suffering a crippling national debt. Anna Massey continues the story of Britain.
MON 13:45 Stuntz (b007jzb5)
Series 1
Episode 1
A guide to the greatest advertising stunts and gimmicks of recent times. Written and presented by Steve Punt.
MON 14:00 13/10/2008 (b00dyb14)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
Contact us at:
CBeebies Radio
London, W12 7RJ
Phone: 08700 100 700.
MON 17:00 Flying the Flag (b00dyb0t)
Series 4
No Special Treatment
Official condemnation of the privatisation of the People's Health Service is tempered slightly when the diplomats study the proposals more closely.
Cheap facelifts and hair transplants for embassy staff... isn't there something to be said for the concept after all?
Series 4 of Alex Shearer's Eastern bloc embassy sitcom.
Starring Dinsdale Landen as HM Ambassador Mackenzie, Peter Acre as William Frost, Moir Leslie as Helen Waterson, Christopher Benjamin as Colonel Surikov and Stephen Greif as US Ambassador Spiro Weinberg.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.
MON 17:30 Winston (b007k4k4)
Series 1
Weaving the Spells
Thrown out because of his infidelities, cordon bleu scoundrel Winston has not only moved into Nancy's house without an invite - but is also plotting to get rid of her sister Rosie, brother William and her Father - so he can have Nancy to himself...
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial.
CAST:
Winston …. Bill Wallis
Father …. Maurice Denham
Nancy …. Shirley Dixon
Rosie …. Liz Goulding
William …. Christian Rodska
Directed at BBC Bristol by Shaun MacLoughlin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio in May 1989.
MON 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00dyb0m)
Series 1
Mind the Gaps
The bizarre adventures of Edna Turner in London's parallel city of Undone.
Series one of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Billy/Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Marlboro /Bouncer ...... Dan Antopolski
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in March 2006.
MON 18:30 William Gibson - Burning Chrome (b007jqrf)
Episode 1
Two cyberpunks go for their big score by hacking a vicious criminal. Adam Sims reads the novel that coined the term 'cyberspace'. Read by Adam Sims.
When not jacking into the matrix to hack corporate mainframes for shady clients, Bobby Quine and Automatic Jack are hanging out in the Gentleman Loser trying to figure out a way of pulling off that one big score that will make them rich. But industrial espionage is a dangerous business, especially when they decide to rip off Chrome, the most ruthless figure in the local mob subsidiary.
Described as the father of cyberpunk fiction, William Gibson's 1982 story still influences modern sci-fi.
Producer: Eugene Murphy
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003.
MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b00dyb10)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b00dyb12)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jzg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 20:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
MON 21:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
MON 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
MON 22:00 Delve Special (b007jm3s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 22:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b007k4lq)
Series 2
The Operation
Will pain inspire the writer's novel - or will he just moan in his hospital bed? Stars Christopher Douglas. From January 2006.
MON 23:00 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq9g)
The Unknown
David Jason and company explore fork bending, time travel and things that go bump in the night.
With Sheila Steafel, Royce Mills and John Owen Edwards.
Following in the footsteps of Lord Clark, Dr Bronowski and Professor Galbraith, David Jason unravels the mysteries of the universe and the meaning of life.
Scripted by Colin Bostock Smith, Andy Hamilton, Barry Pilton and Alastair Beaton.
Music by John Owen Edwards
Producer: Geoffrey Perkins
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 in September 1977.
MON 23:30 Girls Will Be Girls (b00dyb0r)
From 16/03/1991
Sketches and songs from Rebecca Front and Sioned Wiliam, featuring the Suburban Heritage Audio Tour. From March 1991.
TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2008
TUE 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b00dyb0m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 William Gibson - Burning Chrome (b007jqrf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jzg2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlz7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Delve Special (b007jm3s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Ed Reardon's Week (b007k4lq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Jason Explanation of... (b007jq9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Girls Will Be Girls (b00dyb0r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 JB Priestley - Lost Empires (b007jr2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Winston (b007k4k4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:30 Flying the Flag (b00dyb0t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00dyc0j)
Contact us at:
Big Toe Books
BBC Broadcasting House
London
W1A 1AA
Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007jtf3)
The Mock Action
When Troutbridge heads to an exercise off Dover, Mr Phillips gets lost in the fog. Starring Leslie Phillips.
TUE 08:30 Chambers (b007jntq)
Series 1
The American
When star American lawyer Thurman Berkley arrives in chambers for a week, a culture clash seems inevitable.
But the stuffy John Fuller-Carp will do anything to win a case - even if it means adopting the rapping rhythms Thurman used so successfully in the OK Stimpson trial.
A run-of-the-mill GBH gets the full transatlantic treatment.
Clive Coleman’s sitcom about the questionable practices of a group of barristers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Lesley Sharp
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
Thurman Berkley ...... David Harewood
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1996.
TUE 09:00 Paul Temple (b007jzhb)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
Introducing Pete Roberts
The smooth sleuth is threatened with a revolver - and there's a fresh lead in the hunt for the killer of actress Mary Dreisler.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
TUE 09:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpm)
Episode 2
Martin's finally admitted the truth: he met Elsa de Charmoy shortly before her death - and he attempted to visit her on the night she died, but claims he didn't kill her. Martin's alibi is thin and there are no other suspects, but Van der Valk takes a chance on him. Together they visit Elsa's apartment to try and find evidence...
Nicholas Freeling's crime thriller read by David Troughton.
Piet Van der Valk is the much-copied prototype detective, 'a cranky, gentle, bumbling, brilliant, non-conformist student of human behaviour whose primary concern is why rather than how crimes are committed'.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2006.
TUE 10:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmhf)
The Modern Family
Ronan's partner Rachel is having his friend Mick's baby. Can they all be parents? Stars Akbar Khurta and Eileen McCloskey.
TUE 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlzt)
His Last Bow
The Bruce Partington Plans
With national security at stake, the sleuth's brother Mycroft heads to Baker Street. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
TUE 11:00 JB Priestley - Lost Empires (b007jr2v)
2. First Night
It's the year before the Great War, and Richard Herncastle 's music-hall apprenticeship continues.
Richard gets closer to Nancy, but Harry Burrard's fears deepen...
Published in 1965, JB Priestley's classic stars Tom Baker as Nick Ollanton.
Nick Ollanton ...... Tom Baker
Harry Burrard ...... Freddie 'Parrot Face' Davies
Old Richard ...... Bryan Pringle
Young Richard ...... Richard Hollick
Tommy Beamish ...... Steven Frost
Julie Blane ...... Brigit Forsyth
Cissie Mapes ...... Deborah McAndrew
Nancy ...... Kathryn Hunt
Jenning ...... Russell Dixon
Johnson ...... John Lloyd Fillingham
Barney ...... Mike Edmunds
Nonnie ...... Ann-Marie Frater
Dramatised by Bert Coules.
Music: Chris Monks
Producer: Kate Rowland
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1994
TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007jtf3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Counterpoint (b00dyc0n)
2005
Heat 7
Ned Sherrin's music quiz with Stephen Marriott from Wells-next-the-Sea, Bristol's David Muir and Roy Whittaker from Norwich.
TUE 13:00 Dirk Bogarde - Jericho (b008vrcp)
Episode 12
William Caldicott finally discovers the truth about his brother James's disappearance. Concluded by the author.
TUE 13:15 Sir Alec Guinness - My Name Escapes Me (b007jpl3)
Episode 2
The double Oscar-winner's 1990s memoirs, featuring musings on fame and fans, Shakespeare's Globe and early theatre-going in Eastbourne. From September 1996.
TUE 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jt4c)
The First Madness of King George
Pitt the Younger proposes Parliamentary reform and the King's sanity is questioned. Anna Massey continues the story of Britain.
TUE 13:45 Stuntz (b007jzdw)
Series 1
Episode 2
An amusing look at how new technology has influenced the nature of promotional gimmicks. Written and presented by Steve Punt.
TUE 14:00 14/10/2008 (b00dyhcz)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
Contact us at:
CBeebies Radio
London, W12 7RJ
Phone: 08700 100 700.
TUE 17:00 Brothers in Law (b007jrhv)
Series 2
Statistics
Lawyer Roger has a bad day at the races, thanks to Joy's Uncle.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, Terence Alexander as Henry Blagrove, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, John Le Mesurier as the Judge, Richard Wattis as Trent and Malcolm Hayes as the Commentator.
All other parts by Michael Kilgarriff.
Written by Henry Cecil and Basil Dawson.
Published in 1955, Henry Cecil's comic legal novel Brothers in Law was adapted first for TV in 1962 by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. It provided the first regular starring role for Richard Briers, who later reprised his role of the idealistic young lawyer Roger Thursby for BBC Radio between 1970 and 1972.
Producer: David Hatch.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1971.
TUE 17:30 Parsley Sidings (b007jpb9)
Series 2
A Bird in the Hand
A 'rare' gull is spotted during a station spring-clean at Parsley Sidings, causing chaos on the line.
Starring Arthur Lowe as Horace, Kenneth Connor as Valentine/ Bradshaw/Editor, Liz Fraser as Gloria, Ian Lavender as Bert and John Baddeley as the train driver.
Jim Eldridge's eponymous series is set in a sleepy railway station. The Hepplewhites have run 'Parsley Sidings' station for generations and the current Station Master, Horace, hopes that his son Bert will continue the line. Mild-mannered Ticket Clerk Bert wants to work anywhere but on the railways. His colleague, Station Announcer Gloria Simpkins, secretly loves him. Porter Percy Valentine is an archetypal wheeler-dealer and the ancient Signalman, Bradshaw, causes havoc and dispenses home-made remedies in equal measure. The 'Parsley Sidings' nemesis is Phineas Perkins, the station master of Potwhistle Halt, one stop down the line.
Producer: Edward Taylor.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 1973.
TUE 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxgx)
Series 1
Unappreciated
Edna Turner meets a man, makes a friend and learns more about the bizarre parallel city of Undone.
Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Billy/Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Kate ...... Montserrat Lombard
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
TUE 18:30 William Gibson - Burning Chrome (b007jqv3)
Episode 2
Bobby Quine and Automatic Jack set up the cyberspace burn on the House of Blue Lights - their last big score. Read by Adam Sims.
When not jacking into the matrix to hack corporate mainframes for shady clients, Bobby Quine and Automatic Jack are hanging out in the Gentleman Loser trying to figure out a way of pulling off that one big score to make them rich. But industrial espionage is a dangerous business, especially after deciding to rip off Chrome, the most ruthless figure in the local mob subsidiary.
Described as the father of cyberpunk fiction, William Gibson's 1982 story still influences modern sci-fi.
Producer: Eugene Murphy
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2003.
TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007jtf3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Counterpoint (b00dyc0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jzhb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Chambers (b007jntq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007k1j1)
Series 3
Immigration
The radical comedian proposes deportation for everyone born in England. From August 1995.
TUE 23:00 On Baby Street (b00dyhd1)
Series 1
Episode 3
Expectant mum Geraldine is angry, Shona is upset and Yvette feels queasy. Stars Keith Allen and Kathy Burke. From January 1996.
TUE 23:30 Half Sketch (b00dyhd3)
Series 5
Episode 2
Biting sketch show from Northern Ireland's comedy team of Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Mike McDowell.
WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER 2008
WED 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxgx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 William Gibson - Burning Chrome (b007jqv3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jzhb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmhf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jlzt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Chambers (b007jntq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 The Mark Steel Solution (b007k1j1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 On Baby Street (b00dyhd1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Half Sketch (b00dyhd3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 JB Priestley - Lost Empires (b007jr2v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 Parsley Sidings (b007jpb9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:30 Brothers in Law (b007jrhv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00dyhjc)
Contact us at:
Big Toe Books
BBC Broadcasting House
London
W1A 1AA
Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
The First Night Party
The lad throws a launch party - with cocktails and dinner - for his very first half hour, but things don't quite go to plan.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr, Sidney James, Gerald Campion and Kenneth Williams.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music written by Wally Stott.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
WED 08:30 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b008f86w)
Series 2
Lassie Go Home
Wendy adopts a dog which adores her, but hates Robin. Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From June 2003.
WED 09:00 Paul Temple (b007jzjl)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
That Old Intuition
The suave amateur detective confronts theatre impresario Rupert Dreisler - and fears for his wife Steve.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
WED 09:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpq)
Episode 3
The Dutch detective has finally discovered murder victim Elsa de Charmoy's secret. A decoy is needed to snare the killer, but it's a very risky assignment. Tension mounts as the murderer makes his presence felt.
Nicholas Freeling's crime thriller concluded by David Troughton.
Piet Van der Valk is the much-copied prototype detective, 'a cranky, gentle, bumbling, brilliant, non-conformist student of human behaviour whose primary concern is why rather than how crimes are committed'.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2006.
WED 10:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmhy)
The Conspiracy
Just what is Paul's girlfriend Nuala doing having lunch with his ex? They must be up to something! Stars Eva Birthistle.
WED 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0c)
His Last Bow
The Dying Detective
Fever-ridden and hallucinating with a tropical disease, only one man can help the stricken sleuth. Starring Clive Merrison.
WED 11:00 JB Priestley - Lost Empires (b007jr39)
3. Final Curtain
The glamour of the music halls begins to fade as Richard Herncastle embarks on a dangerous affair - and tragedy strikes the company.
Meanwhile, war is on the horizon...
Conclusion of JB Priestley's classic starring Tom Baker as Nick Ollanton.
Nick Ollanton ...... Tom Baker
Old Richard ...... Bryan Pringle
Young Richard ...... Richard Hollick
Sam ...... Freddie Davies
Tommy Beamish ...... Steven Frost
Julie Blane ...... Brigit Forsyth
Cissie Mapes ...... Deborah McAndrew
Nancy ...... Kathryn Hunt
Jenning ...... Russell Dixon
Johnson ...... John Lloyd Fillingham
Barney ...... Mike Edmunds
Nonnie ...... Ann-Marie Frater
Dramatised by Bert Coules.
Music: Chris Monks
Producer: Kate Rowland
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1994
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Foul Play (b007k1sg)
Series 2
The Widow's Last Cruise
Crime writers Paula Gosling and Peter N Walker tackle a 1930s murder afloat. Chaired by Simon Brett. From March 1997.
WED 13:00 Rose Tremain (b0081vlk)
The Stack
John's birthday is coming up, so why isn't he excited about the big meal at Spiros' place? Short story read by Jim Norton.
WED 13:15 Sir Alec Guinness - My Name Escapes Me (b007jplm)
Episode 3
The acclaimed actor recalls dark days of misfortune for his wife and son, plus tales of Burton and Taylor and the Old Vic. From September 1996.
WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jt4j)
The French Revolution/Tom Paine's Rights of Man
As the industrial revolution cranks into gear, the French Revolution is brewing. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
WED 13:45 Stuntz (b007jzg5)
Series 1
Episode 3
The ultimate advertising stunts guide, including the creation of characters and competitions. Written and hosted by Steve Punt.
WED 14:00 15/10/2008 (b00dyw5p)
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WED 17:00 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b0080r03)
Series 2
The Tiff
Author Gerald and his wife Diana squabble over a lunch date.
The convoluted chronicle of an optimistic author starring Ian Carmichael as Gerald C Potter and Charlotte Mitchell as his wife.
With Geoffrey Matthews and Edward Kelsey.
Written by Basil Boothroyd.
Producer: Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1977.
WED 17:30 After Henry (b007jqn4)
Series 4
Sunday Lunch
"In certain circumstances you steam fish when someone's ill or something. You don't steam potatoes.'
Sarah and her mother Eleanor argue over cooking the veg.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1989.
WED 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh5)
Series 1
Unrivalled
Edna Turner's been given the secret of the parallel city of Undone, but her friendship with Kate and her loyalty to Tankerton are both tested by her crush on the lovely Grant...
Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Kate ...... Montserrat Lombard
Jemima ...... Emma Kennedy
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2006.
WED 18:30 Last Days of Shandakor (b007k2tj)
Episode 1
An epic space adventure set on Mars. The proud inhabitants of a dying city are determined to go out in style.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00dyp5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Foul Play (b007k1sg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jzjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 20:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 21:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmhy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
WED 22:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b008f86w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Revolting People (b007jrzv)
Series 1
Tons of Storm Clouds
A revolutionary orator is after more than just Mary's support.
Historical sitcom set in Boston in 1770, written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.
Samuel Oliphant …. Jay Tarses
Sergeant McGurk …. Andy Hamilton
Mary Oliphant …. Sophie Thompson
Captain Brimshaw …. James Fleet
Ezekiel Spriggs …. Hugh Dennis
Cora Oliphant …. Felicity Montagu
Joshua Oliphant …. Tony Maudsley
Mrs Arbuthnot …. Susie Blake
Announcer/Nathaniel Hopkins …. Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
WED 23:00 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007n1wk)
Prodigal Son Returns - Veal Off
Having escaped the clutches of the B-movie Russian gangsters, Tony Hardstaff returns to West Yorkshire and the bosom of the family he left a decade earlier.
But things in the town of Grimedale have changed, and his 183-year-old father Obadiah and mother Alice are less than pleased to meet him.
Nick Revell 's epic comedy saga continues.
Tony ...... Nick Revell
Obadiah ...... David Swift
Alice ...... Maggie Steed
Jane ...... Alison Steadman
Dave/Carl ...... Peter Serafinowcz
Joanna ...... Natalie Walter
Jeff ...... Peter Gunn
The Narrator ...... Alistair McGowan
Music composed by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
WED 23:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b008gdcr)
Episode 2
Dan Freedman and Nick Romero with Hong Feng Shui and Right Said Freud. Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival.
THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER 2008
THU 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Last Days of Shandakor (b007k2tj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jzjl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmhy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends (b008f86w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Revolting People (b007jrzv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The House of the Spirit Levels (b007n1wk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Forty Nights in the Wildebeest (b008gdcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 JB Priestley - Lost Empires (b007jr39)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 After Henry (b007jqn4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C Potter (b0080r03)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00dyywr)
Contact us at:
Big Toe Books
BBC Broadcasting House
London
W1A 1AA
Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
THU 08:00 Take It From Here (b01dtg79)
From 04/12/1958
Napoleonic double-doings, while Ron's latest news shocks broody Eth in 'The Glums'.
Starring Professor Jimmy Edwards, Dick Bentley and June Whitfield.
Announcer: Brian Matthew
Music from Wallace Eaton and the Keynotes and the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Scripted by Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Producer: Charles Maxwell
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in December 1958.
THU 08:30 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b0080qln)
Series 1
Episode 1
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis make merry over political blunders and showbiz shenanigans. With Stuart Maconie. From February 1999.
THU 09:00 Paul Temple (b007jzkx)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
A Surprise for Pete Roberts
The death toll mounts - as the suave private detective journeys to an island on the River Thames.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
THU 09:30 Light on the Road to Woodstock (b007jqqf)
Episode 1
Back from the Crusades, detective monk Brother Cadfael faces treachery. Nigel Anthony reads Ellis Peters' medieval mystery.
THU 10:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmjg)
The Mothers
Teresa has a problem. Her ex-partner, Nadine, wants to take 'their' son to England. Stars Eleanor Methven and Eileen McCloskey.
THU 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0w)
His Last Bow
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Watson heads to Switzerland for a missing aristocrat, but the trail leads back to a funeral parlour. Stars Clive Merrison.
THU 11:00 ER Braithwaite - To Sir With Love (b00dyydd)
Episode 1
Rick Braithwaite is a handsome, ex-RAF pilot from Guyana who gets a job as a teacher in a radical school in post-war London's East End.
Once in the classroom, the students are tough, foul-mouthed and angry, proving unreceptive to his teaching methods...
Stars Kwame Kwei-Armah as Rick, Sasha Behar as Gillian, Simon Treves as Weston, Liza Sadovy as Clinty and Sam Dale as Mr Florian.
The first of a two-part adaptation of Guyanese author, ER Braithwaite's semi-autobiographical, international best-selling novel. Dramatised by Roy Williams.
ER Braithwaite: born 1912 - died in 2016
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
THU 12:00 Take It From Here (b01dtg79)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 We've Been Here Before (b007sydg)
Series 1
Episode 4
Clive Anderson's panel show of the past, with Maureen Lipman, Steve Punt, Dave Quantick and John O'Farrell.
THU 13:00 Rose Tremain (b007mf65)
Ice Dancing
A retired architect recounts his life with his wife and how he almost lost her. Set in Maryland, read by Harry Towb.
THU 13:15 Sir Alec Guinness - My Name Escapes Me (b007jpm4)
Episode 4
The acting knight's 1990s memoirs. A forgotten favour turns up on screen, and there are memories of filmmaker David Lean.
THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jt4s)
Britain Once More At War With France
In France the Jacobins storm the Bastille and the Revolutionary War begins. Anna Massey continues the history of Britain.
THU 13:45 Stuntz (b007jzhf)
Series 1
Episode 4
Cash or creativity? Advertising gimmicks people use to get press coverage. Written and hosted by Steve Punt.
THU 14:00 16/10/2008 (b00dyyww)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
Contact us at:
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THU 17:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dyydg)
Series 1
Episode 4
April Prescott is looking for love, Katie is waiting for her baby to finally arrive and Daniel and Lucy are waiting for the day they will all leave them in peace.
David Tennant and Liz Carling star in David Spicer's sitcom.
Modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of a 30-something couple with no kids.
Daniel ...... David Tennant
Lucy ...... Liz Carling
Katie ...... Meera Syal
April ...... Felicity Montague
Peter ...... Rob Harley
Clive ...... Matthew Bell
Andy ...... Tony Gardner
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.
THU 17:30 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b00cfgxs)
Series 3
A Very Nice Girl
A difficult and testing time as Rabbi Abraham struggles after his collapse and Rabbi Su meets a hospital doctor.
Barry Grossman’s comedy-drama about the collision between the old and the new in the Jewish community of Hillfield.
Rabbi Abraham Fine ...... David De Keyser
Rabbi Su Jacobs ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Sadie Fine ...... Doreen Mantle
Melvin ...... Henry Goodman
Brian ...... Jonathan Kydd
Rabbi Gerald Nathan ...... Kerry Shale
Dr Mark Gluckstein ...... Ben Crowe
Music: Max Harris.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2002.
THU 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh9)
Series 1
Unfamiliar
Genuinely faceless bureaucrats threaten to run London, as Edna Turner's mum arrives
Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Kate ...... Montserrat Lombard
Jemima ...... Emma Kennedy
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
THU 18:30 Last Days of Shandakor (b007k30c)
Episode 2
Fear turns to admiration, as anthropologist Jon learns about his alien captors. Nathan Osgood reads Leigh Brackett's adventure.
THU 19:00 Take It From Here (b01dtg79)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 We've Been Here Before (b007sydg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jzkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 20:30 Light on the Road to Woodstock (b007jqqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 21:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmjg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
THU 22:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b0080qln)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007mh3y)
Series 1
Episode 2
Confronted with a charging bull, the comedian's life starts flashing before his eyes. With Dave Lamb. From August 1998.
THU 23:00 The Skivers (b00805wv)
Series 2
Jon Pertwee
Doctor Who meets Worzel Gummidge, as Nick and Tim welcome special guest Jon Pertwee
Skilful sketch show written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With Peter Bradshaw and Mel Giedroyc
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1995.
THU 23:30 Any Bloke (b007jxqg)
Series 1
Roots
Stay-at-home dad Phil promises to take Sophie to a local playgroup. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin. From October 1993.
FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER 2008
FRI 00:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxh9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Last Days of Shandakor (b007k30c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jzkx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Light on the Road to Woodstock (b007jqqf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmjg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm0w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b0080qln)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b007mh3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 The Skivers (b00805wv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Any Bloke (b007jxqg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 ER Braithwaite - To Sir With Love (b00dyydd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 The Attractive Young Rabbi (b00cfgxs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b00dyydg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00dz52t)
Contact us at:
Big Toe Books
BBC Broadcasting House
London
W1A 1AA
Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: bigtoe@bbc.co.uk.
FRI 08:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrr4)
Getting It Together
The dear ladies struggle to build a flat-pack settee. Starring Dr Evadne Hinge and Dame Hilda Bracket.
FRI 08:30 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b00dz52w)
Series 5
Episode 2
Tony Martin, SARS, the government and the BBC. The comic duo review the week's news with Jackie Clune.
FRI 09:00 Paul Temple (b007jznh)
Paul Temple and the Spencer Affair
Home Again
A murder on a lonely island - as the suave amateur detective spots a clue pointing to Paris.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest sleuth and his glamorous wife.
With James Thomason as Sir Graham Forbes, Brewster Mason as Rupert Dreisler, Hugh Manning as Vosper, James Beattie as Charlie, John Graham as Eric Lansdale, Isobel Dean as Terry Gibson, Simon Lack as Adrian Frost, June Turbin as Judy Milton and Thomas Heathcote as Pete Roberts.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martyn C. Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1957.
FRI 09:30 Light on the Road to Woodstock (b007jqqs)
Episode 2
Tackling a case of treachery against his master, detective monk Brother Cadfael misses his friend Alard. Read by Nigel Anthony.
FRI 10:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmjw)
The Estate Agent
Tony and Sandy are confronted by his ex when they decide to buy a house. Has he chosen the right woman? With Pauline McLynn.
FRI 10:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm18)
His Last Bow
The Devil's Foot
Watson worries about the sleuth as he recuperates in Cornwall - then horror strikes. Stars Clive Merrison and Michael Williams.
FRI 11:00 ER Braithwaite - To Sir With Love (b00dz530)
Episode 2
Teacher Rick Braithwaite and his hostile, inner-city students are slowly getting to know each other better - and Rick is falling for his school colleague, Gillian...
Stars Kwame Kwei-Armah as Rick, Sasha Behar as Gillian, Simon Treves as Weston, Liza Sadovy as Clinty and Sam Dale as Mr Florian.
Two-part adaptation of Guyanese author, ER Braithwaite's semi-autobiographical, international best-selling novel. Dramatised by Roy Williams.
ER Braithwaite: born 1912 - died in 2016
Producer: Claire Grove
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2007.
FRI 12:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Just a Minute (b00dz532)
Clement Freud, Tony Hawks, Ross Noble and Graham Norton take on Henry VIII, and pregnant ladies. From February 2004.
FRI 13:00 Rose Tremain (b007md6s)
Tropical Fish
The reflections of dying farmer John Sparrow and his son Bob, who ponders life during a trip to London. Read by Maggie Steed.
FRI 13:15 Sir Alec Guinness - My Name Escapes Me (b007jpmp)
Episode 5
The actor concludes his memoirs, musing on Leonard Cheshire, a stormy Easter in Rome, British beef and 100 years of cinema.
FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jt50)
Mutiny In The Royal Navy
Wordsworth waxes lyrical about Revolution in France, while the Royal Navy rebels. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain.
FRI 13:45 Don't Hang Up (b00936vr)
Dial Tones, Pay Phones and Sleigh Bells A' Ringing
Phone boxes around the country are randomly called by presenter Alan Dein. Passing strangers answer and share their stories.
FRI 14:00 17/10/2008 (b00dz7y9)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
Contact us at:
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Phone: 08700 100 700.
FRI 17:00 Dinner Ladies (b00dz7lj)
Hare-Brained Schemes
Faced with no jobs, Sheila has an idea - but bad news follows. Stars Barbara Dickson and Brigit Forsyth. From October 1997.
FRI 17:30 Smelling of Roses (b00dz7yc)
Series 4
Episode 2
A poetry competition sounds like an easy event to organise...until you take into account the egos of the poets involved...
When Rosie sets out to organise a poetry competition, it's hard to tell fact from fiction.
Another assignment for Rosie Burns and the event management company, where the clients are only part of the problem...
Written by Simon Brett.
Rosie ..... Prunella Scales
Jo ..... Rebecca Callard
Bob ..... Duncan Preston
Tess ..... Annette Badland
Morgan Dean ..... Lorelei King
Geoff Stabb ..... Bill Wallis
Amateur Poets ..... Bruce Alexander
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2003.
FRI 18:00 Ben Moor - Undone (b007jxhj)
Series 1
Unravelled
Things go from strange to stranger for Edna, Tankerton and both the Carlos...
Conclusion of series one of Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga.
Edna ...... Sarah Solemani
Tankerton ...... Ben Moor
Carlo ...... Duncan Wisbey
Grant ...... Tim Key
Producer: Colin Anderson
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2006.
FRI 18:30 Tanith Lee - Red as Blood (b007jq65)
In a dark Snow White fantasy, the Queen sets out to rescue her stepdaughter from her sinister heritage. Read by Stella Gonet.
FRI 19:00 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket (b007jrr4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Just a Minute (b00dz532)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jznh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Light on the Road to Woodstock (b007jqqs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Emma Donoghue - Exes (b007jmjw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Sherlock Holmes (b007jm18)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b00dz52w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Flight of the Conchords (b007k17r)
Neil Finn Saves the Day!
After the kiwi band splits, Jemaine holds auditions in the toilets
Improvised comedy from the satirical pop pair, as they align with established comics to poke fun at all aspects of pop music.
Rob Brydon narrates the musical odyssey.
Starring New Zealand musical comedy duo, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
With:
Rhys Darby
Neil Finn
Justin Edwards
Jarred Christmas
Rosie Carnahan
Additional Material by Joel Morris.
Musicians: David Catlin-Birch and Mark Allis.
Producer: Will Saunders
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in October 2005.
FRI 23:00 My Booze Hell, by Little Johnny Cartilage (b007jvc7)
Sugar, Der Der Der Der Der Der, Ah Honey, Honey
Johnny fails to impress Melvyn Bragg while plugging his new book.
The not-terribly-true autobiography of 1970s idol Little Johnny Cartilage.
Written by and starring Johnny Meres.
With:
Melvyn Bragg
Ben Miller
Peter Serafinowicz
Geoff McGivern
Rosemary Martin
Deborah Berlin.
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1996.
FRI 23:15 This Is Craig Brown (b00dz9jn)
Celebrity
Get all the gossip on the Beckhams and Daffy Duck. The satirist pokes fun with Barry Norman and Rory Bremner. From March 2004.
FRI 23:30 Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun (b0080qgm)
Lancaster
Sexually transmitted diseases, Simon Bates and chef tips.
Recorded at Lancaster University.
With Peter Baynham, Rebecca Front and Jo Unwin.
Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s mix of sharp sketches and situations, stand up topical gags and banter.
Lee and Herring went to write and star in their successful TV transfer to BBC TWO in 1995.
Cult BBC Radio 1 series first broadcast in October 1993.