SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2008

SAT 00:00 Simon Bovey - Slipstream (b009mbjn)
Fight for the Future
Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the weapon away before all is lost...
Conclusion of Simon Bovey's sci-fi adventure series set during the Second World War.
Stars Rory Kinnear as Jurgen Rall, Tim McMullan as Major Barton, Joannah Tincey as Kate Richey, Ben Crowe as Lieutenant Dundas, Rachel Atkins as Trudi Schenk, Peter Marinker as Brigadier Erskine and Laura Molyneux as Slipstream.
Other parts played by Simon Treves, Sam Pamphilon, Alex Lanipekun and Lloyd Woolf.
Producer: Marc Beeby
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2008.
SAT 00:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007k08q)
Episode 5
Ransom makes a journey to the hross's settlement and discovers his hosts' name for the Earth is Thulcandra, the Silent Planet.
SAT 01:00 Ian Rankin - Rebus (b00fr0m9)
Resurrection Men
Episode 2
The maverick detective finds himself unsure who exactly is under investigation. Ian Rankin's thriller stars Ron Donachie.
SAT 02:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (b007jn05)
Episode 25
As Thenardier attempts to blackmail Marius, can there be a final reconciliation for Valjean and Cosette? Starring Roger Allam.
SAT 02:15 Alan Plater - The Devil's Music (b007qss0)
Beacons
Musical detective Megan's mystery melody quest comes full circle when she gets a surprise. Stars Rakie Ayola.
SAT 03:00 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b008kkb6)
Series 5
Episode 8
Paul Daniels and Lord Lucan. The comic duo review the week's news-makers with Geraldine McNulty. From September 2003.
SAT 03:30 Little Britain (b008m9f5)
Series 2
Episode 1
Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit, without the cameras. From February 2002.
SAT 04:00 Jelly Mountain (b00fr1z3)
Episode 4
Musing on old cuppas and paying with Fool's Gold. Songs and stories from Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr. From May 1996.
SAT 04:15 Date With Fate (b0090x8s)
Nice Little Number
Vernon Hedges sets out to disprove the existence of Lady Luck.
Harold Wing Pinero is your host.
Another of four comic close encounters with fate written by Gary Parker and Phil Whelans.
Vernon ...... Philip Jackson
Harold Wing Pinero ...... Charles Gray
Arthur ...... Michael Troughton
Dory/Shelley ...... Tracy Wiles
All other parts played by Toby Longworth.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1996.
SAT 04:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qcsv)
Series 1
Episode 3
Tamsyn and Jago's smuggling exploits are to be chronicled at close quarters by a group of fly-on-the-wall balladeers.
They get some exciting material as Jago's up before an unusually hard-line judge - and it seems there's no escape from the noose...
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as Judge Pettiforth and Michael Fenton Stevens as Anthony the Balladeer.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2003.
SAT 05:00 Charles Dickens (b0081w2g)
Hard Times
Episode 4
Sissy and Rachael go looking for Stephen Blackpool - tragedy follows. Tom's crime is uncovered and Gradgrind tries to save his son with Sleary's help.
Mrs Sparsit claims victory over 'The Noddle'.
Conclusion of Charles Dickens's 1854 classic about struggles in the industrial north, dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Thomas Gradgrind ...... Kenneth Cranham
Josiah Bounderby ...... Philip Jackson
Mrs Sparsit ...... Eleanor Bron
Helen Longworth ...... Louisa
Blitzer ...... Declan Wilson
Tom ...... Richard Firth
Sissy ...... Lydia Tuckey
Stephen ...... Alan Williams
Rachael ...... Becky Hindley
Mrs Pegler ...... Marcia Warren
Sleary ...... Derek Waring
Music by Nina Perry.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2003.
SAT 06:00 The Young Postmen (b00fr1vh)
C'est la Legion
It's very important to remember that the French Foreign Legion is a ruthless and violent fighting unit, so if Brian, Derek and Sue find themselves fighting the Tuareg in a fort in Africa then they deserve our admiration.
And anyway, they only joined by mistake.
More surreal escapades of a trio of 'posties' written by and starring Ben Miller. With John Thompson and Felicity Montagu.
Brian ...... Ben Miller
Derek ...... John Thomson
Sue ...... Felicity Montagu
Mr Tippett ...... Alastair McGowan
Mr Tilbury ...... Jim Barclay
Tony Hadley ...... Vinnie Jones
Music by Murray Gold
Producer: Gareth Edwards
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.
SAT 06:30 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b007js92)
Series 1
East End Mafia
Linda gets her neighbour's Jack the Ripper letters authenticated and falls foul of the dodgy East End Mafia, headed by the elusive and notorious Don Estelle.
Comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith.
Linda ...... Linda Smith
Chris ...... Chris Neill
Betty ...... Margaret John
Worra ...... Femi Elufowoju Jr
Other parts played by Jeremy Hardy.
Special guest star: Don Estelle.
With Peter Donaldson as the radio announcer and Colin Sell at the piano.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
SAT 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fschd)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Rupert Degas reading The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo.
SAT 08:00 Voyeurs and Visionaries (b0089hjs)
Episode 1
Francine Stock investigates the appeal of film stars and their effect on our lives. With Terence Stamp and Stephen Frears.
SAT 08:30 Charles Dickens (b007tc32)
Oliver Twist
Betrayal
A midnight meeting on London Bridge sparks terrible consequences. Stars Tim McInnerny, John Grillo and Adjoa Andoh.
SAT 09:00 Comedy Winners (b007vchm)
Mark Radcliffe introduces a selection of comedy winners including Ivor Cutler and Goodness Gracious Me.
SAT 12:00 Morse (b007k4jl)
Last Seen Wearing
Inspector Morse is reluctant to take over an old missing person case from a dead colleague, but murder is Morse's speciality and the case soon has complications.
Stars John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis
First published in 1976, Colin Dexter's second Morse crime novel dramatised by Guy Meredith.
Inspector Morse ...... John Shrapnel
Sergeant Lewis ...... Robert Glenister
Donald Philipson ...... Miles Anderson
Sheila Philipson ...... Melinda Walker
Gwen Taylor ...... Frances Jeater
George Taylor ...... Donald Sumpter
Valerie Taylor ...... Tamsin Greig
Reginald Baines ...... Terence Edmond
Chief Supt. Strange ...... John Hartley
Mrs Ainley ...... Auriol Smith
John McGuire ..... Paul Panting
Sergeant Dickson ..... Lyndam Gregory
David Acum ...... David Jarvis
Joe ...... James Taylor
Versatile Vera ...... Emily Woof
Police Surgeon ...... Don McCorkindale
Sergeant Onslow ...... Michael Onslow
Radio 3 announcer ...... Catriona Young
Theme music by Wilfredo Acosta.
Director: Ned Chaillet
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1994.
SAT 13:30 Wodehouse Letters (b007k2tg)
Episode 2
A selection of the correspondence between writer PG Wodehouse and his old college chum, William Townsend. Read by Simon Cadell.
SAT 14:00 29/11/2008 (b00fscrx)
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SAT 17:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00j05w0)
Series 5
Episode 6
Music and comedy from the USA with a scary Hallowe'en tale and much hysteria among Lake Wobegon's Lutherans. From 2008.
SAT 18:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn0n)
Soul Music
Horror legend Vincent Price tells the chilling tale of a violinist with very special hands
Starring John Graham, Coral Browne, Roger Snowdon and Michael Burlington.
Written by William Ingram.
Producer: John Dyas
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1973.
SAT 18:30 Richard Matheson - Duel (b007k3qp)
Episode 2
A hunted motorist is forced to become the hunter in a deadly, primordial duel.
Conclusion of the classic tense thriller by American sci-fi novelist, screenwriter and principal writer of 'The Twilight Zone', Richard Matheson (1926-2013).
Adapted by Steven Spielberg for the big screen in 1971, Duel is also a cult film.
Read by Nathan Osgood.
Producer: Vivien Rosenthal
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2006.
SAT 19:00 Voyeurs and Visionaries (b0089hjs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
SAT 19:30 Charles Dickens (b007tc32)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
SAT 20:00 Comedy Winners (b007vchm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
SAT 23:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00j05w0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 today]


SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2008

SUN 00:00 The Price of Fear (b007jn0n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Saturday]
SUN 00:30 Richard Matheson - Duel (b007k3qp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Saturday]
SUN 01:00 Morse (b007k4jl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN 02:30 Wodehouse Letters (b007k2tg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Saturday]
SUN 03:00 Comedy Winners (b007vchm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Saturday]
SUN 06:00 Garrison Keillor's Radio Show (b00j05w0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Saturday]
SUN 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fsd3w)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Rupert Degas reading Toro Toro by Michael Morpurgo.
SUN 08:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus (b007jtwl)
Episode 5
Once more Jean Valjean puts his life into Inspector Javert's hands...
Victor Hugo's epic story of social injustice, dramatised in 25 episodes by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Lin Coghlan.
Starring Roger Allam as Jean Valjean, Joss Ackland as Victor Hugo, Lucy Whybrow as Cosette, Jonathan Forbes as Marius, David Schofield as Javert. Leslie Phillips as Gillenormand, Shuna Snow as Mme Gillenormand, Annette Badland as Toussaint and Ewan Bailey as Basque.
Producer: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.
SUN 09:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes (b009n49b)
It's the Reaction
Poignant Second World War experiences of women in Britain. A spinster's life resumes in peacetime. Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel.
SUN 09:30 All There With My Cough Drops (b007zckp)
A look at the life and career of Jimmy Clitheroe, with contributions from friends, family and those who worked alongside him such as Mollie Sugden and Geoffrey Wheeler.
SUN 10:00 John Osborne - The Entertainer (b007k2ll)
Bill Nighy stars as Archie Rice, a seedy third-rate comic in a tatty twice-nightly seaside show.
Set in the 1950s, Archie's tragedy mirrors not only a dying music hall, but a dying era, symbolic of the decline of post-war Britain. John Osborne's potent drama was first produced on stage in 1957.
With David Bradley as Billy Rice, Cheryl Campbell as Phoebe Rice, Sarah-Jane Holm as Jean Rice and Bertie Carvel as Frank Rice.
Music directed by Colin Sell with percussionist: Paul Girbow and trumpeter: Phil Revens.
Adapted by John Foley.
Producer: Marion Nancarrow
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2004.
SUN 11:30 Up the Garden Path (b008j0kf)
Series 3
Up the Stick and Sick as a Parrot
Izzy spends her birthday coping with the surprise news that she's pregnant...
Imelda Staunton stars as Isabelle 'Izzy' Comyn.
With Mike Grady as Dick, Marty Cruickshank as Maria, Nicholas Le Prevost as Michael, Rene Zagger as Razors, Neil McCaul as Bill, Phyllida Nash as Louise and Sion Prober as Gwyn.
Tumbling from one love entanglement to another, 30-something teacher Izzy has a predilection for inappropriate men.
A six-part radio sequel first adapted from Sue Limb’s 1984 novel. The last of three series which ran from 1987 to 1993. Granada also adapted the series for ITV.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1993.
SUN 12:00 There'll Never Be Another (b007js52)
Les Dawson
Graeme Garden celebrates the life of a comic whose career began playing the piano in a brothel. With Jo Brand and Julian Clary.
SUN 13:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jtkf)
Series 11
For Love and Money
The cheeky schoolboy's attempt to play matchmaker spells disaster for Alfie. Stars Jimmy Clitheroe. From January 1968.
SUN 13:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrcz)
Cold Feet
Bob gets the jitters over marrying his fiancée, Thelma.
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Sheila Fearn and Michael Segal.
Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.
Producer: John Browell
Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in the BBC's Archive Treasure Hunt in 2003.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1975.
SUN 14:00 30/11/2008 (b00fslmf)
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SUN 17:00 There'll Never Be Another (b007js52)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 today]
SUN 18:00 Doctor Who (b007jw6l)
The Chimes of Midnight
Episode 1
Christmas in an Edwardian household. But what is wrong with time? Who is Edith Thompson? Why can Charley hear singing?
SUN 18:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera (b008hvvp)
Episode 1
Tragedy strikes at the Opera House in 19th century Paris - home to a fabled ghost.
Starring Anna Massey as Madame Giry, Peter Guinness as The Phantom, James D'Arcy as Raoul de Chagny Helen Goldwyn as Christine Daaé
"The Phantom of the Opera" is a classic tale of murder, romance and suspense in 19th-century Paris. Gaston Leroux's original novel, "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra" was published in 1911 and it's never been out of print since. The subject of countless plays, films and musicals - this is the first adaptation to remaining utterly faithful to the spirit and plot of Leroux's original. There are many sequences here which have never appeared before in any adaptation.
Leroux was a prolific writer in many genres, as well as being a playboy and globetrotter. But he started out as a journalist, which is how he came across the true stories forming the basis for the plot of "The Phantom of the Opera": a misshapen skeleton unearthed in the foundations of the Paris Opera House, a subterranean lake, a fatal accident with the chandelier and, of course, rumours of the Opera Ghost.
This adaptation was the first version to include the correct operatic sequences referred to in the novel: arias from Charles Gounod's Faust and his Romeo et Juliette, and Desdemona's famous aria from Rossini's Otello. These were specially recorded by singers from the ENO and Opera Diva.
In the novel, The Phantom performs a section of his own self-penned opera - Don Juan Triumphant - and this too is included in this adaptation, composed by classical musician Tim Sutton. Tim also wrote a new score for the entire adaptation with a theme tune played by violinist Ruth Rogers.
Freshly translated, dramatised and produced by Barnaby Edwards.
A Big Finish Production.
SUN 19:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jtkf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 today]
SUN 19:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 today]
SUN 20:00 John Osborne - The Entertainer (b007k2ll)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
SUN 21:30 Up the Garden Path (b008j0kf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:30 today]
SUN 22:00 The News Quiz (b00fsls0)
Catch up as Sandi Toksvig and the teams battle it out over news events.
SUN 22:30 Clare in the Community (b00fslwd)
Series 2
Past Caring
The social worker organises a birthday dinner for Brian, but there's a mystery guest. Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005.
SUN 23:00 Play and Record (b0082hdz)
Series 1
Episode 1
Showcase for fresh comedy writer-performers. Features Jack Bernhardt and Adam Gutteridge. Made for BBC Radio 7 in October 2007.
SUN 23:30 Comic to Comic (b00807sb)
Series 2
Andy Zaltzman
The inventive political comedian chats to Bruce Morton and explains why being a stand-up is the best job in the world.


MONDAY 01 DECEMBER 2008

MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b007jw6l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera (b008hvvp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Victor Hugo - Les Miserables Omnibus (b007jtwl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes (b009n49b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 All There With My Cough Drops (b007zckp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The News Quiz (b00fsls0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Clare in the Community (b00fslwd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Play and Record (b0082hdz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 Comic to Comic (b00807sb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 There'll Never Be Another (b007js52)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jtkf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrcz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 13:30 on Sunday]
MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fss50)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Adam Sims reading The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney.
MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b007jpxw)
Vintage Goons
The Vanishing Room
Inspector Ned Seagoon investigates the very thorough murder of Lord Cretinby. Starring Spike Milligan. From December 1957.
MON 08:30 Delve Special (b007jmq1)
Series 3
City Limits
The money men may be making a killing, but are they getting away with murder?
David Lander looks at the City and in particular the Rouget-Dory Venture Capital Syndicate
Presented by David Lander with assistance from Stephen Fry.
Studio production by Felicity Montagu, Jack Klaff and Robert Bathurst.
Dramatic reconstructions by Harry Enfield and Mark Arden.
Researched 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 1986.
MON 09:00 Falco (b008kkch)
Shadows in Bronze
Episode 1
Following a plot to depose the Emperor Vespasian, Falco sets out to clear up a few loose ends, only to uncover a nest of vipers.
Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome.
With Ben Crowe as Petronius / Chamberlain, Fiona Clarke as Tullia, Anna Madeley as Helena Justina, Michael Tudor Barnes as Vespasian / Milo and Christian Rodska as Gordianus.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
MON 09:30 Edgar Wallace: Short Stories (b00ft398)
The Missing Romney and The Man of the Night
A charitable thief and a repentant criminal feature in two stories, read by Jack Shepherd and Robin Bailey.
MON 10:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jxxt)
Episode 1
12 year old Meena Kumar is an Asian girl living a fairly uneventful life in the Black Country village of Tollington near Wolverhampton in the 1970s - surrounded by her loving, if slightly eccentric, Punjabi family.
But then one days she meets Anita Rutter..
Actress and comedy writer Meera Syal reads her first novel - abridged in ten parts by Doreen Estall.
Producer: Di Speirs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996.
MON 10:15 Mrs Bradley - The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop (b00943r6)
An Offal Discovery
When Rupert Sethleigh vanishes, amateur sleuth Mrs Lestrange Bradley probes some alarming events in the village of Wandles Parva.
Stars Mary Wimbush as Mrs Bradley, Richard Pearce as Aubrey Harringay, Christopher Scoular as James Redsey and David King as the Vicar of Wandles.
Glady's Mitchell's story of mayhem and murder dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
MON 11:00 Bleak House (b00801n9)
Episode 1
A courtroom saga, a romance, a whodunnit, a dark, psychological thriller - Dickens' masterpiece stars Michael Kitchen and Jean Marsh.
MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b007jpxw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b012r6wt)
Series 8
Episode 4
Tales of the Circus - and the Director of Radio Prune speaks out.
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, David Hatch, Jo Kendall and Bill Oddie.
Sketches written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie
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 Graeme Garden, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.
Producer: David Hatch/Peter Titheradge
First broadcast on the BBC Radio 2 in March 1970.
MON 13:00 Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns (b00fszdc)
Episode 6
Orphaned by war, young Laila hears news of Tariq. Rasheed has plans. Khaled Hosseini's story read by Seeta Indrani.
MON 13:15 The Betjeman Letters (b007jxcd)
1924 to 1929 - The Early Years
Teaching traumas and a critique of a guide to Leamington Spa are grist to John Betjeman's mill. Read by Michael Williams.
MON 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jth3)
The Crimean War
A time of great innovation, but revolution and war are never far away. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain.
MON 13:45 Matchmakers (b007k23w)
Headhunters
Jo Morris meets two boardroom headhunters Jill Carrick and Andrew Garner, who bring workers and businesses together. From 1998.
MON 14:00 01/12/2008 (b00fszf4)
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MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b00ft0t2)
Series 1
Episode 5
Phonsie calls in a few favours from his friend Joe MacMonagle.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna
Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt
Stumpy Bonnar ...... Gerard McSorley
Aubrey Frawley ...... Dominic Letts
Jonathan Ffrench O'Dowd ...... Wesley Murphy
Primrose Ffrench O'Dowd ...... Marcella Riordan
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1994.
MON 17:30 Winston (b007qzh8)
Winston Comes to Town
Has Anyone Seen Winston?
The family has moved to London. Old rogue Winston spends hours up a tree in the garden, but nd then he disappears...
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy comedy serial stars Bill Wallis as Winston, Maurice Denham as Father, Shirley Dixon as Nancy, Liz Goulding as Rosie and Christian Rodska as William.
Director: Shaun MacLoughlin.
First broadcast on BBC Radio in January 1990.
MON 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5k)
Before the Screaming Begins
Episode 1
An invasion by aliens interrupts an idyllic wedding anniversary celebration for Tom Harris and his wife.
Before the Screaming Begins is the first of Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a Whimper to the Grave.
Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson
Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
Catherine's Mother ...... Katherine Parr
Nurse ...... Maggie Ollerenshaw
Desk Sergeant ...... Peter Williams
Silkin ...... Peter Wickham
Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard
Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
MON 18:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007k0b1)
Episode 6
Ransom learns in the hrossa village the differences between his and this new world's philosophies.
MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b007jpxw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b012r6wt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
MON 20:00 Falco (b008kkch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON 20:30 Edgar Wallace: Short Stories (b00ft398)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
MON 21:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jxxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
MON 21:15 Mrs Bradley - The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop (b00943r6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
MON 22:00 Delve Special (b007jmq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
MON 22:30 Intimate Contact with Julian Clary (b00ft14p)
Series 1
Episode 6
Making more tricky phone calls - to tidy a room and help out a fan of 'The Chippendales'. With Hugh Jelly. From November 1992.
MON 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k3wp)
Series 2
The Museum Reopens
Discover the fate of Badgerland as well as finding out about the life and work of Victorian author Thomas Queesley.
Feel free to wander around our many galleries and experience the history of everything.
Written and performed by Marcus Brigstocke, Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell.
With Lucy Montgomery.
Music by Dominic Haslam and Ben Walker.
Producer: Alex Walsh-Taylor
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2005.
MON 23:30 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b007jwbg)
Series 1
Sudan
The naive Budleigh Salterton gap year student goes fishing on the African continent. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From July 2002.


TUESDAY 02 DECEMBER 2008

TUE 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5k)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007k0b1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 Falco (b008kkch)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Edgar Wallace: Short Stories (b00ft398)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jxxt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Mrs Bradley - The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop (b00943r6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Delve Special (b007jmq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Intimate Contact with Julian Clary (b00ft14p)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k3wp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b007jwbg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Bleak House (b00801n9)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Winston (b007qzh8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:30 Ballylenon (b00ft0t2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Monday]
TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00ft19j)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Adam Sims reading The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney.
TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007jpwm)
The Lighthouse Lark
Povey investigates smuggling aboard Troutbridge as she sets sail to rescue a marooned lighthouse keeper. From January 1960.
TUE 08:30 Chambers (b007jyrj)
Series 3
A Pain in the Back
John Fuller-Carp becomes distracted by the allure of one of his clients and Ruth is asked to babysit for a friend's electronic pet.
Clive Coleman's sitcom set in perhaps the country's least spectacular set of chambers.
John Fuller Carp ...... John Bird
Hilary Tripping ...... James Fleet
Ruth Quirke ...... Sarah Lancashire
Vince ...... Jonathan Kydd
With Joanna Monro, Geoffrey Whitehead , Peter Gunn and Tilly Gaunt.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
TUE 09:00 Falco (b008klh0)
Shadows in Bronze
Episode 2
Probing the murder of a conspirator against the Emperor, the Roman sleuth is sent to a fashionable resort.
Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome.
With Ben Crowe as Petronius, Michael Tudor Barnes as Vespasian, Sara Poyzer as Silvia, Christopher Kelham as Larius, Paul Webster as Marcellus and Anna Madeley as Helena Justina,
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
TUE 09:30 Edgar Wallace: Short Stories (b00ftbjm)
The Compleat Criminal
A respected solicitor hatches an elaborate scheme to steal a client's inheritance. Read by Jack Shepherd.
TUE 10:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jxz2)
Episode 2
During the long summer break from school, Meena is desperate to be accepted by her peers. Meera Syal reads her own novel.
TUE 10:15 Mrs Bradley - The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop (b00947vh)
The Bones of the Matter
Rupert Sethleigh is missing and a headless corpse's been found jointed in the Butcher's Shop.
Rupert's cousin Jimsey is under suspicion, but Mrs Lestrange Bradley has other ideas...
Stars Mary Wimbush as Mrs Bradley, Richard Pearce as Aubrey Harringay, Christopher Scoular as James Redsey, David King as the Vicar of Wandles, Teresa Gallagher as Felicity Broome, Terence Edmond as George William Saville and Norman Bird as Superintendent Bidwell
Glady's Mitchell's story of mayhem and murder dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1991.
TUE 11:00 Bleak House (b00803g2)
Episode 2
Strange things start to happen when a law writer is found dead in his seedy lodgings. Stars Michael Kitchen.
TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007jpwm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 We've Been Here Before (b00ft41b)
Series 2
Episode 1
Clive Anderson hosts the panel show that pokes fun at events of the past.
Second series of the topical historical satirical panel show setting out to prove that there's nothing new under, or in, The Sun.
Gyles Brandreth and Arthur Smith battle it out against John O'Farrell and Arabella Weir.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
TUE 13:00 Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns (b00ft41f)
Episode 7
As Mariam and Laila grow close, angry husband Rasheed imposes his violent will. Khaled Hosseini's story read by Seeta Indrani.
TUE 13:15 The Betjeman Letters (b007lzwt)
1932 to 1937 - Literature and Love
Marriage, the Essex countryside and TS Eliot: more life and times of the much-loved wordsmith. Read by Michael Williams.
TUE 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jth7)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Crimean War, and the ill-fated cavalry action that was immortalised in Alfred Tennyson's poem.
TUE 13:45 Matchmakers (b007k256)
Bone Marrow
Jo Morris hears how leukaemia sufferer Anna Lisa found a bone marrow match from 40-year-old Howard from Yorkshire. From 1998.
TUE 14:00 02/12/2008 (b00ft44b)
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 (b007js3q)
Series 2
1471
Both of barrister Roger Thursby's girlfriends, Sally and Joy attempt to get him some work.
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Bridget Armstrong as Joy, Blake Butler as Alec and James Hayter as Tewksbury.
Other parts played by Garard Green and John Ruddock.
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 September 1971.
TUE 17:30 No Commitments (b007jp15)
Series 7
Soap Bubbles
Charlotte discovers that starring in a soap opera is a cut-throat business. Starring Angela Thorne and Celia Imrie.
TUE 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5w)
Before the Screaming Begins
Episode 2
The startling new mental powers of Tom Harris sparks the interest of authorities...
Before the Screaming Begins is the first of Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a Whimper to the Grave.
Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson
Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey
Prime Minister ...... Patrick Troughton
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
MP ...... Peter Williams
Silkin ...... Peter Wickham
Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard
Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
TUE 18:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007k0cc)
Episode 7
Ransom journeys into the mountains to find Augray's Tower and views, through a Malacandrian telescope, his own planet the Earth.
TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007jpwm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 We've Been Here Before (b00ft41b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 Falco (b008klh0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Edgar Wallace: Short Stories (b00ftbjm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jxz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Mrs Bradley - The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop (b00947vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Chambers (b007jyrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Mark Steel Revolution (b00ft5lb)
The Russian Revolution
Radical comic Mark Steele re-assesses the historical forces and key players in the Russian Revolution.
A series of lectures on the theme of revolution, Mark examines some of the major historical forces at work during revolutions as well as holding up a mirror to our own age.
With Martin Hyder and Carla Mendonca.
Producer: Phil Clarke
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1998.
TUE 23:00 On Baby Street (b00ft5qw)
Series 2
Episode 5
A year has passed since the births, so exactly how has life changed? Stars Jenny Eclair and Linda Robson. From October 1997.
TUE 23:30 Half Sketch (b00ft5qy)
Series 6
Episode 1
Biting sketch show from Northern Ireland's comedy team of Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Mike McDowell. From Jan 2004.


WEDNESDAY 03 DECEMBER 2008

WED 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007js5w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007k0cc)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 Falco (b008klh0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Edgar Wallace: Short Stories (b00ftbjm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jxz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Mrs Bradley - The Mystery of a Butcher's Shop (b00947vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Chambers (b007jyrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 The Mark Steel Revolution (b00ft5lb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 On Baby Street (b00ft5qw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Half Sketch (b00ft5qy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Bleak House (b00803g2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 No Commitments (b007jp15)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:30 Brothers in Law (b007js3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00ftbdk)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Adam Sims reading The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzps)
Series 1
A House on the Cliff
The lad's after a new home, but is it really the best idea to get Sid to build it?
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Moira Lister, Bill Kerr and Sidney James.
Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Theme and incidental music composed by Wally Stott. Recorded by the BBC Revue Orchestra conducted by Harry Rabinowitz.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1955.
WED 08:30 In the Balance (b007k26c)
Episode 5
Maverick BBC crime correspondent George Cragge has been murdered - or has he?
Mark Tavener's six-part sequel to his comedy thriller 'In the Red' set in the world of football, the BBC and party politics.
Starring Michael Williams as George Cragge and Barry Foster as Superintendent Jefferson.
With Jeremy Clyde, Robert Bathurst, Tracy Ann Oberman, Jim Carter, Peter Woodthorpe, Susie Brann, Christian Rodska, Ioan Meredith, Shirley Dixon, Dave Lamb, Joanna Monro, Alex Lowe, Christopher Scott and Alice Arnold.
Music by Paul Mottram
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1997.
WED 09:00 Falco (b008kmgp)
Shadows in Bronze
Episode 3
At the villa of Helena's former father-in-law, the Roman sleuth meets old friends of the senator's daughter.
Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome.
With Anna Madeley as Helena Justina, Christopher Kelham as Larius, Paul Webster as Marcellus, Timothy Watson as Aemilius Rufus and Jaimi Barbakoff as Aenelia.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
WED 09:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gyz)
1, The Poetical Policeman
Mr JG Reeder has the mind of a criminal, using it to uncover the peculiar circumstances surrounding a bank robbery, the death of the night-watchman and the part in the plot played by his beautiful daughter.
This first of four stories provides useful insight into the past of Mr JG Reeder, whose novel methods bring the criminals of 1920s London to justice.
Read by David Horovitch.
Edgar Wallace is best known for his popular detective and suspense stories which earned him the title, "King of the Modern Thriller."
Although created at roughly the same time, Mr JG Reeder is the diametric opposite of Sam Spade, Philip Marlow and Mike Hammer. He is a shabbily dressed, diffident civil servant who prefers a cup of tea and a slice of seed cake to a shot of something stronger.
Reeder is a uniquely English detective. An apparent fuddy-duddy working in some obscure capacity in the Public Prosecutor's office, he actually has a razor-sharp intellect and is a super-sleuth. He solves his mysteries because he fully understands the "criminal mind".
Abridged for radio by Neville Teller.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2007.
WED 10:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jy0b)
Episode 3
Twelve-year-old Meena faces racial abuse and is shocked to learn a piece of major family news. Meera Syal reads her own novel.
WED 10:15 Juliet Ace Monologues (b007k17c)
The Captain's Wife
As the years pass, a navy spouse moves from craving conformity to rebellion. Patricia Hodge reads Mattie Potter's tale.
WED 11:00 Bleak House (b0080484)
Episode 3
Lovelorn legal clerk William Guppy gets himself involved in something far bigger than he can handle: a spontaneous combustion.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 12:30 Who Goes There? (b00ftbnp)
Series 3
Episode 5
Martin Young chairs the quiz which looks at the noteworthy and the notorious from history.
Tackling the biographical teasers are team captains Francis Wheen and Fred Housego with guests Amanda Foreman and Maria McErlane.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2000.
WED 13:00 Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns (b00ftbpd)
Episode 8
As the Taliban brings brutal change, the orphanage is set for a new arrival. Khaled Hosseini's story read by Seeta Indrani.
WED 13:15 The Betjeman Letters (b007m475)
1939 to 1940 - 'There's a War on, You Know'
Conflict, Christianity and Hugh Walpole. More correspondence from the future Poet Laureate. Read by Michael Williams.
WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jthc)
Florence Nightingale
The Crimean War leads Florence Nightingale into taking responsibility for medical care into her own hands. Anna Massey narrates the history of Britain.
WED 13:45 Matchmakers (b007k26h)
The Rosebreeder
Jo Morris spends a spring with Amanda Beales, who spends hours hybridising roses for commercial growing. From 1998.
WED 14:00 03/12/2008 (b00ftbwd)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 17:00 The World As We Know It (b00ftbx1)
The Murderer Is in This Very Room
Things have become a little boring recently in the household.
So, Johnny holds a video festival to try and entertain everyone and The Stranger suggests a game of murder mystery...
Sitcom by Luke Sorba.
Donna ...... Meera Syal
Johnny ...... Toby Longworth
Patrick ...... Luke Sorba
Abigail ...... Carla Mendonca
The Stranger ...... Simon Greenall
Producer: Elizabeth Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1999.
WED 17:30 Coming Alive (b00ftc6d)
Series 1
Runaway
Getting closer to Sandra, ex-convict Terry sets out to help a young girl on the run. Stars Karl Howman. From February 1999.
WED 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007js66)
Before the Screaming Begins
Episode 3
The sinister intentions of the alien invaders are finally revealed. Can the Earth fight back?
Conclusion of Before the Screaming Begins - the first of Wally K Daly's sci-fi trilogy which continues with The Silent Scream and With a Whimper to the Grave.
Tom Harris ...... James Laurenson
Sally Harris ...... Jennifer Piercey
Prime Minister ...... Patrick Troughton
AP Smith ...... Donald Hewlett
Detective Sergeant Forbes ...... Robert Trotter
Prime Minister's Wife ...... Katherine Parr
MP ...... Peter Williams
Brosteaux ...... Nigel Graham
Corporal Wilkes ...... Geoffrey Leesley,
Corporal Johnson ...... Eric Allen
Cabinet Minister ...... Maggie Ollerenshaw
Silkin ...... Peter Wickham
Alien Voice ...... Malcolm Gerard
Alien Controller ...... Manning Wilson
Director: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday-Night Theatre production on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.
WED 18:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007k0gd)
Episode 8
Augray escorts Ransom through Malacandra and onwards to the island of Meldilorn; here he encounters the spirits known as eldils.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzps)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
WED 19:30 Who Goes There? (b00ftbnp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Falco (b008kmgp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED 20:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
WED 21:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jy0b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
WED 21:15 Juliet Ace Monologues (b007k17c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
WED 22:00 In the Balance (b007k26c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Revolting People (b00ftcck)
Series 2
A Bunch More Trying Times
Ezekiel gets a shock, and Mary is wooed by a newly arrived Captain. Little does she know he's recently been named "Cad of the Year" by the Bounder's Gazette.
Comedy set just before the American Revolution.
Written by Andy Hamilton and Jay Tarses.
CAST:
Samuel Oliphant .... Jay Tarses
Sergeant McGurk .... Andy Hamilton
Captain Brimshaw .... James Fleet
Mary .... Jan Ravens
Ezekiel Spriggs .... Hugh Dennis
Cora Oliphant .... Penelope Nice
Joshua Oliphant .... Tony Maudsley
Dashmount .... Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2001.
WED 23:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0075t8y)
Series 1
Episode 3
Being a 'breatharian' sparks disaster for host Mel.
Variety meets sitcom meets sketch show - written and performed by Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine.
With Martin Hyder, Keith Wickham and Jim North.
Script editor: Graeme Garden
Producers: Claire Jones and Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2000.
WED 23:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k3zl)
Series 1
Episode 4
The TV arts show team schmooze Hollywood royalty at the Cannes Film Festival. Stars Harriet Thorpe. From October 1993.


THURSDAY 04 DECEMBER 2008

THU 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007js66)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007k0gd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Falco (b008kmgp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gyz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jy0b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Juliet Ace Monologues (b007k17c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 In the Balance (b007k26c)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Revolting People (b00ftcck)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 The Hudson and Pepperdine Show (b0075t8y)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k3zl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Bleak House (b0080484)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Coming Alive (b00ftc6d)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 The World As We Know It (b00ftbx1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00ftfr3)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Adam Sims reading The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney.
THU 08:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007zgqw)
Series 1
Episode 5
Shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel tries to swing a prize fight.
Recreation of the Marx Brothers' lost shows charting the adventures of shady lawyer Waldorf T Flywheel and his assistant, Emmanuel Ravelli. Originally broadcast with sponsors on America's NBC radio network in the 1930s. The scripts were rediscovered in 1988.
Groucho Marx as Waldorf T Flywheel ...... Michael Roberts
Chico Marx as Emmanuel Ravellias ...... Frank Lazarus
With Lorelei King and Graham Hoadly.
Written by Nat Perrin and Athur Sheekman. Adapted by Mark Brisenden.
Music arranged and conducted by David Firman.
Producer: Dirk Maggs
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1990.
THU 08:30 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b0089kln)
Series 2
Episode 2
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis spotlight earthworms, sumo wrestlers and Paddy the dog. With guest Victoria Coren. From August 1999.
THU 09:00 Falco (b008ktyq)
Shadows in Bronze
Episode 4
The Roman sleuth heads to a party thrown by the wealthy and influential Crispus. Helena gets shocking news and Falco receives a nasty surprise.
Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome.
With Anna Madeley as Helena Justina, Ben Crowe as Petronius, Sara Poyzer as Silvia, Timothy Watson as Aemilius Rufus, Bertie Carvel as Aufidius Crispus, Paul Webster as Marcellus and Jaimi Barbakoff as Aenelia.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
THU 09:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082h2b)
3. The Green Mamba
The emeralds of Suliman are stolen in North Africa and brought to London.
But the "mamba" (Mr JG Reeder) sets out thwart the thieves' plans as he hounds a notorious gangland villain...
Read by David Horovitch
Mr JG Reeder's novel methods bring the criminals of 1920s London to justice.
Created by Edgar Wallace, he is a uniquely English detective. An apparent fuddy-duddy working in some obscure capacity in the Public Prosecutor's office, he actually has a razor-sharp intellect and is a super-sleuth.
Mr JG Reeder solves his mysteries because he fully understands the "criminal mind".
Abridged for radio by Neville Teller.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2007.
THU 10:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jy1l)
Episode 4
It's a busy time for Meena with Diwali, the fair coming to town and the arrival of an ambulance. Meera Syal reads her own novel.
THU 10:15 Juliet Ace Monologues (b007k18n)
Small Parts
Seduced by the theatre, Mattie Potter joins a repertory company and finds that the quick-change artistry is a preparation for life. Patricia Hodge tells her tale.
THU 11:00 Bleak House (b00805m3)
Episode 4
Richard, obsessed with his inheritance suit, is on a dangerous path to self-destruction in Dickens' masterpiece.
THU 12:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007zgqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00ftfxx)
Where else could you hear Willie Rushton, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer sing backwards? From April 1982.
THU 13:00 Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns (b00ftg0q)
Episode 9
Rasheed reacts furiously when he learns of Tariq's visit to Laila. Khaled Hosseini's story read by Seeta Indrani.
THU 13:15 The Betjeman Letters (b007jxcs)
1945 to 1948 - Poetry, Prose and Religion
Catholicism and the Church of England, Evelyn Waugh and Nancy Mitford - more musings from the poet. Read by Michael Williams.
THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jthl)
Church and State
Growth in population, expansion of the Church and the birth of the Civil Service. Bite-sized history narrated by Anna Massey.
THU 13:45 Matchmakers (b007k27s)
Adoption
Jo Morris follows Rod and Dee as they embark on adopting disabled twins, with their social worker's help. From 1998.
THU 14:00 04/12/2008 (b00ftg1h)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
THU 17:00 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008043w)
Series 2
Episode 5
The news that their best friends are expecting a second baby sparks an unexpected reaction in Lucy. In desperation, Daniel turns to his mother-in-law for help...
The second series of David Spicer's comedy drama about modern life and parenthood, as seen through the eyes of two 30-something non-parents.
CAST:
Daniel .... David Tennant
Lucy .... Liz Carling
Katie .... Samantha Spiro
Andy .... Tony Gardner
Mary .... Sally Grace
Frank .... Bill Fellows
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
THU 17:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ftg1r)
Series 2
And Pigs Can Fry
The footie team's new strip causes controversy. Will they be ready for the new season? Stars Brenda Blethyn.
THU 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007jt6t)
The Silent Scream
Episode 1
Tom Harris disappears into space but returns with new and astonishing powers. Put to good use, they will benefit humanity - but in the wrong hands they could have horrifying and nightmarish implications.
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
CAST:
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a 90 minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
THU 18:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007jrcn)
Episode 9
Ransom meets a member of alien race the pfifltriggs; then he encounters the planet's leader, Oyarsa.
THU 19:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b007zgqw)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00ftfxx)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Falco (b008ktyq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU 20:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082h2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
THU 21:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jy1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Juliet Ace Monologues (b007k18n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
THU 22:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b0089kln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00ftjn2)
Series 2
Episode 3
When the comedian's Arctic search for Santa leaves him freezing to death, his life flashes before his eyes. From November 1999.
THU 23:00 20th Century Vampire (b007jyvs)
Episode 6
Trainee vampire Eloise turns Lucretia's castle into a love shack - but faces danger. Stars Louise Lombard. From December 1993.
THU 23:30 Any Bloke (b007jzgr)
Series 2
I Got You Babe
While Sarah's in labour, she decides to get a few things off her chest. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin. From July 1995.


FRIDAY 05 DECEMBER 2008

FRI 00:00 Wally K Daly (b007jt6t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007jrcn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Falco (b008ktyq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082h2b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jy1l)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Juliet Ace Monologues (b007k18n)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b0089kln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00ftjn2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 20th Century Vampire (b007jyvs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Any Bloke (b007jzgr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Bleak House (b00805m3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00ftg1r)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Double Income, No Kids Yet (b008043w)
[Repeat of broadcast at 17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00ftjr3)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Jamie Glover reading The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05w2)
Series 1
Episode 2
Kenneth Horne's secrets from the BBC backroom boys and continuing 'The Clissold Saga'.
With Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee.
Recorded at the BBC's Paris Studio in Lower Regent Street, London. Announcer: Douglas Smith
Round The Horne was born out of the demise of BBC radio comedy Beyond Our Ken, after the end of writer Eric Merriman's involvement. Using the same cast and producer, Barry Took and Marty Feldman were persuaded to write the scripts - which led to four series that ran between 1965 and 1968 - packed full of parodies, recurring characters, catchphrases and double-entendres.
Music by Edwin Braden and the Hornblowers and The Fraser Hayes Four.
Producer: John Simmonds
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in March 1965.
FRI 08:30 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b008m16t)
Series 5
Episode 9
Greg Dyke, David Blaine and car pollution. The comic duo review the week's news with Lucy Porter. From September 2003.
FRI 09:00 Falco (b008l1cb)
Shadows in Bronze
Episode 5
The Roman sleuth closes in on his man, but gets more than he bargained for from Helena's old school friend.
Anton Lesser stars as Marcus Didius Falco, Lindsey Davis's witty detective, patrolling the streets of 1st-century Rome.
With Anna Madeley as Helena Justina, Sean Connolly as Atius Pertinax, Christopher Kelham as Larius, Sara Poyzer as Silvia, Paul Webster as Marcellus, Bertie Carvel as Aufidius Crispus, Timothy Watson as Aemilius Rufus, Christian Rodska as Gordianus and Jaimi Barbakoff as Aenelia.
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
FRI 09:30 Sherlock Holmes (b00kkdkp)
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
A long-buried secret induces pity and sorrow in the Great Detective.
Holmes and Watson learn the truth about the death of a lion tamer many years before, which left his wife horribly mutilated and hidden behind a veil. A tale of abuse and revenge fuelled by the ultimate betrayal of a lover and the physical and emotional scars it has left behind.
Taken from 'The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes' published in 1927 some years after Holmes' death at the hands of Moriarty, this a story from the latter period of Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
Read by James Nickerson.
Producer: Joanne Reardon
Made for BBC 7 and first broadcast in 2004.
FRI 10:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jy30)
Episode 5
Twelve-year-old Meena's mother finally gives birth, and she decides to form a gang with Anita. Meera Syal reads her own novel.
FRI 10:15 Juliet Ace Monologues (b007k19x)
Skin
On her road to liberation, Mattie Potter strips off. Patricia Hodge tells her tale of sun, flesh, naturism and morality.
FRI 11:00 Bleak House (b00807f0)
Episode 5
The chase is on for the murderer of Tulkinghorn, but having made so many enemies the killer could be almost anyone.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05w2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Just a Minute (b00ftjyf)
Ross Noble, Paul Merton, Sue Perkins and Graham Norton join Nicholas Parsons at London's Mermaid Theatre. From January 2005.
FRI 13:00 Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns (b00ftk07)
Episode 10
Laila and Tariq are reunited, but she still misses Mariam. Khaled Hosseini's story read by Seeta Indrani.
FRI 13:15 The Betjeman Letters (b007jxcw)
1949 to 1951 - Expenses and Encouragement
Disputes with the BBC and speaking up for Dylan Thomas. More missives from the Poet Laureate-to-be. Read by Michael Williams.
FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jthr)
Palmerston
The controversial politician becomes Prime Minister at the age of 71. Bite-sized history narrated by Anna Massey.
FRI 13:45 Matchmakers (b007k291)
Millionaires' Cupid
Jo Morris meets headhunter Heather Heber Percy, who runs an exclusive dating agency for the wealthy - but lonely. From 1998.
FRI 14:00 05/12/2008 (b00ftk0t)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 17:00 Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting (b00ftk3l)
Series 1
Opera, Gas and Gardening
When Linda's neighbour Betty invites the Ground Force team round, some unlikely gardeners arrive.
Comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith.
With Jeremy Hardy, Hattie Hayridge, Martin Hyder, Margaret John and Chris Neill.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2001.
FRI 17:30 The Young Postmen (b00ftk3n)
It's a Dog's Life
The eager trio whizz up to Jupiter and perform a musical. Stars Ben Miller and Alistair McGowan. From December 1992.
FRI 18:00 Wally K Daly (b007k3zb)
The Silent Scream
Episode 2
The aliens are standing by to invade, but is there an even bigger threat to humanity?
Wally K. Daly's sequel to 'Before the Screaming Begins'.
CAST:
Tom Harris …. James Laurenson
A.P. Smith …. Donald Hewlett
Prime Minister …. Colin Douglas
Silkin …. Peter Wickham
Sally Harris …. Hannah Gordon
Opposition MP/Colonel …. Peter Williams
Andy …. Elizabeth Lindsay
Gloria/Cabinet Minister …. Brenda Kaye
Second Pilot/PC …. Gregory de Polnay
Alien Controller/Cabinet Minister …. Manning Wilson
Second Boy …. Tim Bentinck
First Girl …. Alison Draper
Audio from Wally K. Daly's own collection and reversioned into three parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra
Producer: Martin Jenkins
First broadcast as a ninety-minute Saturday Night Drama on BBC Radio 4 in 1979.
FRI 18:30 Out of the Silent Planet (b007jrd0)
Episode 10
Ransom tells Oyarsa about Earth, the hrossa bring Weston and Devine as captives and Weston prepares to be questioned by Oyarsa.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05w2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Just a Minute (b00ftjyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Falco (b008l1cb)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Sherlock Holmes (b00kkdkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me (b007jy30)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Juliet Ace Monologues (b007k19x)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections (b008m16t)
[Repeat of broadcast at 08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Little Britain (b008p522)
Series 2
Episode 2
Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit without the cameras. From February 2002.
FRI 23:00 Jelly Mountain (b00ftk74)
Episode 5
Musings on a footkerchief and a forest full of girls. Songs and stories from Ivor Cutler, with Beverley Crew. From May 1996.
FRI 23:15 Date With Fate (b0092wr7)
Love Bites
We've all been visited by the doubt that perhaps we've chosen a less than perfect soul-mate
Martin's proposal to his girlfriend does not go according to plan.
Harold Wing Pinero is your host.
The last of four comic close encounters with fate written by Gary Parker and Phil Whelans.
Harold Wing Pinero …. Charles Gray
Martin …. Paul Raffield
Wendy …. Gillian Bevan
Journalist/Sheila …. Tracy Wiles
Liam …. James Nesbitt
Others …. Stephen Critchlow
Guitar played by Tim Hope.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast in BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.
FRI 23:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007qx6x)
Series 1
Elephants to Catch Eels
Why would a top London journalist be so interested that love is all around in Drumlin Bay? What's Tamsyn been up to?
It seems the new editor of 'The Times of London' is boosting circulation by becoming a scurrilous gossipy rag. Of course, that would never happen now...
18th century Cornish village sitcom by the writers of Dead Ringers - Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain.
Starring Lucy Speed as Tamsyn Trelawny, John Bowe as Jago Trelawny, Cameron Stewart as Major Thomas Falconer, Andrew McGibbon as Captain Marriot, Martin Hyder as Squire Bascombe, Mark Felgate as Dewey, Mark Perry as the Editor and Michael Fenton Stevens as Lampwick.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.