Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes a reading by Susanna Northern of The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale.
Meera Syal concludes her novel about an Asian girl coping with the mix of British and Punjabi cultures in the Black Country.
The mischievous boy has some novel gift ideas. Richmal Crompton's festive tale read by Adrian Edmondson.
How a golden Wimbledon triumph sidelined industrial strife and violence in Uganda, from the 1977 headlines. With Simon Barnes.
Great English hero Robin Hood's adventures take him from May Day revels in Sherwood to crusading battles in the Holy Land - and back again to a life and death struggle with the Sheriff of Nottingham and an even more sinister enemy...
Drawing on the original Robin Hood ballads, John Fletcher's epic play stars John Nettles as Robin, Norman Rodway as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Michael Tudor Barnes as Friar Tuck, Gerry Hinks as Little John and Tamsin Grieg as Alice.
A woman receives stacks of gifts from a lavish admirer, who is inspired by the carol. Stars Penelope Keith and Timothy Bateson.
Ivy covets a sprig of white-berried holly, cultivated by a botany professor in his garden, to decorate her Christmas pudding.
Crawford Logan reads Shena Mackay's modern festive tale.
Dickie Henderson starts the story of radio comedy, with the stars dating back to its crystal set origins.
The cheeky schoolboy causes confusion by doing a good turn for an old lady. Starring Jimmy Clitheroe.
Bob asks his fiancee Thelma to fix Terry up with a date.
Starring James Bolam as Terry Collier, Rodney Bewes as Bob Ferris and Brigit Forsyth as Thelma Chambers. With Lois Daine and Lorna Wilde.
Created and scripted for BBC TV by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Adapted for radio by Patrick Tilley.
Originally lost from the archive, the audio was recovered in a BBC Treasure Hunt.
Can a murder be a red herring in an actual murder case? Will Edith Thompson end up dead - again? Starring Paul McGann.
As Christine faces grave danger, a mysterious figure offers to help her. Stars Anna Massey, Peter Guinness and Helen Goldwyn.
Fresh from 4 - catch up with Punt and Dennis and guests. First heard on Radio 4 on 5th December.
International stardom beckons when the social worker appears on the radio. Stars Sally Phillips. From November 2005.
BBC Radio 7's showcase for up-and-coming comedy writer/performers. Features Joe London and Alyssa Kyria. From November 2007.
The champion of celebratory comedy, Adam Hills chats about some of his most memorable gigs.
Series in which Bruce Morton talks to top stand-up comedians about life, the universe and comedy.
MONDAY 15 DECEMBER 2008
MON 00:00 Doctor Who (b007jwcd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Sunday]
MON 00:30 Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera (b008lz2f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Sunday]
MON 01:00 Meera Syal - Anita and Me Omnibus (b00fyp9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 on Sunday]
MON 02:15 Just William (b00fyqct)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:15 on Sunday]
MON 02:30 Back to Front (b007zcgz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Sunday]
MON 03:00 The Now Show (b00fyvjt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:00 on Sunday]
MON 03:30 Clare in the Community (b00fyvqy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Sunday]
MON 04:00 Play and Record (b0086z9t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Sunday]
MON 04:30 Comic to Comic (b0081mmm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Sunday]
MON 05:00 Laughter in the Air (b007k22x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:00 The Clitheroe Kid (b007jw8n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Sunday]
MON 06:30 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (b007jrk2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Sunday]
MON 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fyvx8)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. With a reading by Miranda Keeling of The Boy Who Sprouted Antlers by John Yeoman.
MON 08:00 The Goon Show (b00fyvxb)
Series 6
The International Christmas Pudding
An eccentric millionaire funds an expedition for fragments of a famous dessert. Stars Spike Milligan. From November 1955.
MON 08:30 Delve Special (b007jmzk)
Series 4
Not-So-Supergrasses
Supergrasses are criminals. Criminals are liars. Policeman believe supergrasses Why?
Intrepid reporter David Lander probes the supergrass system and in particular the career of Billy ‘Stick’ Adams
Written by Tony Sarchet.
Starring Stephen Fry as David Lander.
With Brenda Blethyn, Robert Bathurst, Janine Duvitski, Philip Pope, Julia Hills, Mark Arden and Clive Mantle.
Producer: Paul Mayhew Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1987.
MON 09:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnm6)
Deadlock
Pavane for a Dead Hockey Player
Everyone wants private eye VI Warshawski off the case, but the next body isn't hers. In fact, she thought he was the villain.
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski. With James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, William Hootkins as Bobby Mallory, Kerry Shale as Murray and Bill Nighy as Roger Ferrant.
Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".
Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
MON 09:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk)
Floater
Hitler has won the war...and the totalitarian Nazi regime in Germany has a terrible secret it needs to hide at all costs.
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei called to investigate a suspicious death.
Best-selling thriller by Robert Harris - dramatised in five-parts by John Dryden.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis
Rudi ...... Andrew Sachs
Krause ...... Graham Padden
Jost ...... Robert Portal
Pili ...... Thomas Copeland
Frau Trinkl ...... Amanda Walker
Globus ...... Michael Byrne
Fiebes ...... Ian Gelder
Newsreader ...... Trevor Nichols
Newsreader ...... Alice Arnold
Chat Show Host ...... Ned Sherrin
Author Robert Harris is a former BBC reporter and newspaper journalist.
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
MON 10:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008hz9n)
Series 1
Sadko
A forester tells his grandchildren about a legendary musical hero. Dramatisation of Arthur Ransome's story with Trevor Cooper.
MON 10:15 Maigret (b00fz0g3)
Series 1
The Bar on the Seine
A condemned man gives the French detective a fresh lead on an unsolved murder. With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
MON 11:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzdv)
The Pickwick Club
The Pickwick Club, named in honour of the man who traced to their source the mighty Ponds of Hampstead and agitated the scientific world with his Theory of Tittlebats - was made up of the illustrious man himself, the susceptible Tracy Tupman, the poetic Snodgrass and the sporting Winkle.
Their intention was to travel and so to extend the sphere of their observations, to the advancement of knowledge and the diffusion of learning.
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Starring Freddie Jones as Mr Pickwick, Paul Chapman as Mr Jingle, Elizabeth Spriggs as Mrs Bardell, Simon Cadell as Charles Dickens.
Snodgrass ... Stephen Thorne
Winkle ... Philip Bond
Tupman .... .Michael Graham Cox
Mr Wardle ... Jack May
Miss Rachael ... June Whitfield
Joe .... Michael Troughton
With John Bryans, Malcolm Gerard, Michael Goldie, Jane Knowles, Alan Laurence, Kenneth Shanley, Jonathan Scott and Michael Tudor Barnes.
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
MON 12:00 The Goon Show (b00fyvxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 12:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b007jxbj)
Murder on the 3.17 to Cleethorpes
The team set out to cause offence, plus high drama on the rails. Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie. From March 1970.
MON 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007jxxp)
Episode 6
Evacuee Willie's happiness is threatened by dark clouds on the horizon. Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Brierley.
MON 13:15 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the Road (b007jw7k)
Emmitt's Arrival
A new city manager arrives, determined to tame the wilderness. Then the snow starts to fall. Alaskan tales read by their author.
MON 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtkj)
The Death of Prince Albert
As Europe celebrates unity in 1861, civil war grips America. Queen Victoria has family concerns. Narrated by Anna Massey.
MON 13:45 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxnh)
Rules of Rhetoric
Simon Hoggart charts the progress of the persuasive public speaker, starting with the great orators of Ancient Greece and Rome.
MON 14:00 15/12/2008 (b00fz0g5)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
MON 17:00 Ballylenon (b00fz0g7)
Series 2
Episode 1
Already divided over the proposed demolition of an 18th-century court house to make way for the Swilly Arms' car park, the town's Development Association seems set for open confrontation.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1954, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty …. T.P. McKenna
Muriel McConkey …. Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey …. Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal …. Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher …. John Hewitt
Stumpy Bonnar …. Gerard McSorley
Packy McGoldrick …. Charlie Bonnar
Josie Doherty …. Ciara McKeown
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Director: Eoin O'Callaghan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1995.
MON 17:30 Winston (b007s165)
Winston Comes to Town
Easy to Love
Old rogue Winston's new-found wealth goes to his head - but what's to be done about Father?
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 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007jwfl)
Episode 1
What happens when spare-part surgery becomes the norm?
When marketing expert Eleanor Riley is called in to re-vamp the image of a remote clone farm, she discovers there's more to ‘Abbotsville’ than meets the eye...
Jenny Stephens’s four-part sci-fi thriller stars Oliver Hembrough.
Jefferson 37 ..... Oliver Hembrough
Patel 2 ..... Dharmesh Patel
Eleanor Riley ..... Alison Carney
Dr Abbots ..... David Birrell
Dr Martell ..... Rob Swinton
Paul Smith ..... Alex Jones
Saskia Treby 9 ..... Helen Monks
Director: Peter Leslie Wild
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in January 2006.
MON 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w43w)
The Feast of Fear
Gabriel Syme meets his fellow anarchists at a breakfast meeting in London's Leicester Square.
Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in March 2005.
MON 19:00 The Goon Show (b00fyvxb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
MON 19:30 I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again (b007jxbj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
MON 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnm6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
MON 20:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
MON 21:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008hz9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
MON 21:15 Maigret (b00fz0g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
MON 22:00 Delve Special (b007jmzk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
MON 22:30 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007k4p6)
Cutting Edge
Sean and Hamish board Boris' Disco Ship to convert offshore ravers into fresh, young listeners.
Surreal comedy starring award-winning double act Sean Foley and Hamish McColl, the Right Size.
With:
Rose English
Count Arthur Strong
Chris Lamer
Mark Stevens
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.
MON 23:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k498)
Series 2
Under New Management
Discover the secret of computer techniques in film, experience the history of rock'n'roll and meet the Museum's curious new curator.
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 (b00fnfnn)
Series 1
Bolivia
The naive gap year student's South American audio diary of his bird-watching mishaps. Stars Marcus Brigstocke. From July 2002.
TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER 2008
TUE 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007jwfl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w43w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnm6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmrk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008hz9n)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Maigret (b00fz0g3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Delve Special (b007jmzk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 The Remains of Foley and McColl (b007k4p6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 The Museum of Everything (b007k498)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off (b00fnfnn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzdv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Winston (b007s165)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:30 Ballylenon (b00fz0g7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fz0y1)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. With a reading by Miranda Keeling of The Boy Who Sprouted Antlers by John Yeoman.
TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007k46k)
Johnson's Diet
Povey discovers there's no record of Troutbridge - and someone's very hungry. Starring Ronnie Barker. From February 1960.
TUE 08:30 Chambers (b007jz7m)
Series 3
It's Only Words
John Fuller-Carp gets embroiled in a very costly bet with rival barrister Vernon Ames, while Ruth joins an exclusive dating agency.
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 Jeremy Clyde, Simon Greenall, Ben Crowe. John Rowe and Emma Clarke.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1999.
TUE 09:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnmq)
Deadlock
The Long Goodbye
Clayton Phillips's body could only have got into the hold of the Gertrude Rutton one way. VI uses the same vehicle to confront the villain and ends up swimming for her life.
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski. With Bill Nighy as Roger Ferrant, Peter Marinker as Nils Greyfalk and Kerry Shale as Murray.
Eleanor Bron as Lottie, William Hootkins as Bobby Mallory, James Aubrey as Martin Bledsoe, Peter Marinker as Nils Greyfalk, Teresa Gallagher as Paige Carrington and William Roberts as Clayton Phillips.
Sara Paretsky has created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime-fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she never loses touch with her basic femininity. Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".
Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993.
TUE 09:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0)
Stuckart
The Berlin detective fraternises with an American journalist. Together they try to unravel the secret at the heart of a post-war Nazi state.
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei called to investigate a suspicious death.
Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryden.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball
Nebe ...... Stratford Johns
Frau Luther ...... Eleanor Bron
Globus ...... Michael Byrne
Krebs William ...... Scott Masson
Stuckart ...... Michael Culver
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
TUE 10:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008j032)
Series 1
Fool of the World
A forester tells his grandchildren about a not so clever man. Dramatisation of Arthur Ransome's story with Trevor Cooper.
TUE 10:15 Maigret (b00fz0y3)
Series 1
My Friend Maigret
The inspector revisits his past while uncovering a Mediterranean murder. With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
TUE 11:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b008j0hh)
Dingley Dell
'You've got the address, Manor Farm, Dingley Dell, and I undertake that you shall see everything worth seeing. If you've come down for a country life, come to me and I'll give you plenty of it.'
Mr Wardle's generous offer to the Pickwickians was to prove almost too much for them.
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell
Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones
Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond
Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox
Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne
Jingle .... Paul Chapman
Mr Wardle .... Jack May
Miss Rachael ... June Whitfield
Joe .... Michael Troughton
Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone
Clergyman ... Michael Tudor Barnes
Emily .... Heather Bell
Isabella .... Anne Rosenfeld
Old Mrs Wardle .... Kathleen Helme
Mr Parker ....Timothy Alcock
Mr Staple / Coachman ... Michael Goldie
Mr Trundle / Tom .... Kenneth Shanley
Polly/Fat Lady/Boy ... Jane Knowles
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007k46k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 We've Been Here Before (b00fz84k)
Series 2
Episode 3
Clive Anderson hosts the panel show that pokes fun at events of the past.
The topical historical satirical panel show setting out to prove that there's nothing new under, or in, The Sun.
Mark Steel and David Quantick battle it out against John O'Farrell and Chris Addison.
Producer: Ed Morrish
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.
TUE 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007jxyz)
Episode 7
Young evacuee Willie must return to London and his bullying mother. Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Brierley. Episode 7 of 10.
TUE 13:15 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the Road (b007k06s)
Argus and Emmitt
On a December night, a man and his dog turn up at a log cabin. There's a smell of burning. Alaskan tales read by their author.
TUE 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtkp)
After Albert
A grieving Queen Victoria proposes a great memorial for her husband. The history of the Britain narrated by Anna Massey.
TUE 13:45 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxpt)
Politics and Persuasion
Simon Hoggart talks to Tony Benn and Anne Widdecombe about the great parliamentary performers, past and present.
TUE 14:00 16/12/2008 (b00fz84m)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 17:00 Brothers in Law (b007js84)
Series 2
Keeping It Warm
Will barrister Roger manage to make up with girlfriend Sally?
Starring Richard Briers as Roger Thursby, John Glyn-Jones as Grimes, Julia Lockwood as Sally, Jean Anderson as Mrs Thursby, Norman Bird as Brigstocke, John Gabriel as Lowthwaite, Francis de Wolff as Mr Justice and Peter Tuddenham as the Lord Justice.
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 (b007jp22)
Series 8
New Age Differences
Victoria gets all intellectual, while Charlotte is on a spiritual path. Stars Angela Thorne and Celia Imrie. From January 2002.
TUE 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4bh)
Episode 2
Eleanor discovers more about the work of Abbottsville, where the clones reveal very human-like feelings. Stars Alison Carney.
TUE 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w525)
The Exposure
Sunday unmasks one of the anarchists as a Scotland Yard detective, leaving Gabriel Syme in despair.
Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in March 2005.
TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007k46k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 We've Been Here Before (b00fz84k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 21:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008j032)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Maigret (b00fz0y3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Chambers (b007jz7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Mark Steel Revolution (b00fz849)
The American Civil War
Radical comic Mark Steele asks if the battling was part of a 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 The Best of in One Ear (b00fz84c)
Helen Lederer, Clive Mantle and Nick Wilton in a compilation from the first series of the sketch comedy, broadcast live in May and June 1984.
TUE 23:30 Half Sketch (b00fz84f)
Series 6
Episode 3
Biting sketch show from Northern Ireland's comedy team of Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and Mike McDowell.
WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER 2008
WED 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4bh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007w525)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jnmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jms0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008j032)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Maigret (b00fz0y3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Chambers (b007jz7m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 The Mark Steel Revolution (b00fz849)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 The Best of in One Ear (b00fz84c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 Half Sketch (b00fz84f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b008j0hh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 No Commitments (b007jp22)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:30 Brothers in Law (b007js84)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fzc3x)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. With a reading by Miranda Keeling of The Boy Who Sprouted Antlers by John Yeoman.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzys)
Bill and Father Christmas
It's a far from festive season when Bill overhears the blabbermouth lad. Stars Tony Hancock and Bill Kerr. From December 1958.
WED 08:30 In the Chair (b007jpw1)
Episode 1
At last maverick crime reporter, George Cragge is retiring from the BBC to the delight of executives attending his retirement party. But his retirement is cut short by an urgent phone call - a serial killer is murdering dentists in London...
Mark Tavener's six-part satirical comedy thriller stars Michael Williams as George Cragge, Barry Foster as DCI Frank Jefferson, Hugh Laurie as the Prime Minister, Richard Griffiths as Crichton-Potter, John Bird as Martin, Stephen Fry as Charles Prentiss, Rebecca Front as Marcia Mallon, Kenneth Cranham as Jim Hardie, Geoffrey Whitehead as Director of Personnel, Simon Greehall as the Chancellor, Jonathan Keeble as John and Susie Brann as Caroline.
Music by Paul Mottram.
Producer: Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
WED 09:00 VI Warshawski (b0089j85)
Killing Orders
Remembrance of Things Past
Chicago private eye, VI Warshawski, is not happy to be asked for help by her Aunt Rosa who hates her - and the feeling's mutual...
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as VI Warshawski.
Roger Ferrant ...... Martin Shaw
Gabriella ...... Avril Clark
Albert ...... William Hootkins
Rosa ...... Eileen Way
Father Carroll ...... Don Fellows
Father Pelly ...... Colin Stinton
Father Jablonski ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Sara Paretsky created one of the most popular female sleuths in modern crime fiction. Her heroine, VI Warshawski, is a strong female character in a male-dominated world. VI is comfortable packing heat and trailing nasty suspects but she never loses touch with her basic femininity.
Paretsky says of her Warshawski: "I was troubled by the way women were portrayed in (detective fiction) they always seemed either evil or powerless. I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likeable female private investigator".
Kathleen Turner also starred in the same role in the 1991 film 'VI Warshawski'.
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
WED 09:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s)
Switzerland
Probing the deaths of senior party officials in Adolf Hitler's post-war Germany, detective Xavier March gets a fresh lead...
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei.
Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryden.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball
Nebe ...... Stratford Johns
Rudi ...... Andrew Sachs
Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis
Zaugg ...... Patrick Godfrey
Swiss Detective ...... Dan Fineman
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
WED 10:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008j0cn)
Series 1
Baba Yaga
A forester tells his grandchildren about a legendary witch. Dramatisation of Arthur Ransome's story with Trevor Cooper.
WED 10:15 Maigret (b00fzc3q)
Series 1
Madame Maigret's Own Case
The sleuth's spouse looks after a child. Could this be related to a murder case? With Nicholas Le Prevost and Julian Barnes.
WED 11:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzhd)
Alarms and Excursions
'I will follow him. How do we know when he is deceiving? He deceived a worthy man once and we were the innocent cause. He shall not do it again, if I can help it.'
Mr Pickwick is determined to expose Alfred Jingle as the rascal he is, but he can be an elusive gentleman.
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell
Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones
Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond
Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox
Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne
Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone
Job Trotter ...Tim Wylton
Captain Boldwig ... Michael Goldie
Mrs Bardell ... Elizabeth Spriggs
Tommy Bardell .... Heather Bell
Joe .... Michael Troughton
Mr Dodson ... John Gabriel
Mr Fogg ... Michael Tudor Barnes
Mr Jackson ....Peter Wickham
Mr Wicks... Tom Owen
Tony Weller ... John Hollis
Miss Tompkins ...Joan Matheson
Miss Gwyn .... Brenda Kaye
Mr Wardle .... Jack May
Cook ... Jane Knowles
Miss Smethers ... Elizabeth Bell
Goodwin ...Mary Elliott Nelson
Martin ... William Eadle
Hunt .... Kenneth Shanley
Laundress.... Gladys Spencer
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzys)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00gs06p)
Series 2
Influence Friends and Win People...
Helpful hints from the Smarty Pants family and Knickertwist Copperby.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living from radio's Advanced Correspondence Course
With instruction from Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees, Chris Emmett and Fred Harris.
Learn the Burkiss Way to write a script like Andrew Marshall and David Renwick and the Burkiss Way to produce a programme like Simon Brett (You'll be amazed at the results!)
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1976.
WED 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007jy06)
Episode 8
With no news of Willie - Tom heads to London and gets a shock. Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Brierley.
WED 13:15 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the Road (b007k082)
The Best Sauna Story So Far
A cosy evening at the lake with food, drink and good company. What can possibly go wrong?
WED 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtkv)
The Great Migrations and The Colonies
The 19th century saw reform, industrialisation and a mass exodus to new territories. Narrated by Anna Massey.
WED 13:45 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxr6)
Moving Minds
Simon Hoggart examines the language of argument used in the two great theatres of rhetoric - the church and the courts of law.
WED 14:00 17/12/2008 (b00fzc3z)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 17:00 After Henry (b00fzc3s)
A Week of Sundays
"It seemed a bit sad that we weren't doing the full Christmas bit this year, and I thought maybe it'd be a good idea if we had our own little Christmas lunch on Sunday..."
Sarah bickers with daughter Clare and mother Eleanor bicker over their festive planning.
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.
Starring Prunella Scales as Sarah, Joan Sanderson as Eleanor, Gerry Cowper as Clare, Benjamin Whitrow as Russell and Alan Thompson as the Customer.
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 December 1985.
WED 17:30 Coming Alive (b007k22v)
Series 1
Hostage to Fortune
A troubled community centre visitor puts ex-convict Terry in danger. Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. From February 1999.
WED 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4kc)
Episode 3
Dr Abbotts claims clones are emotionless, while Jefferson and Lucy try to learn Carter 5's true fate. Stars Oliver Hembrough.
WED 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jvbd)
Unaccountable Conduct of Professor de Worms
Young poet Syme is chased through the London snow from Soho to St Paul's by the strange figure of the Professor.
Published in 1908, GK Chesterton's most famous novel is read in 13-parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2005.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007jzys)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00gs06p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 VI Warshawski (b0089j85)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 20:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 21:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008j0cn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 21:15 Maigret (b00fzc3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
WED 22:00 In the Chair (b007jpw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 And Now in Colour (b007jqrx)
Christmas Special
It's party time - with dried fish, advocaat and the local constabulary. Stars Tim Firth and Tim de Jongh. From December 1990.
WED 23:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jzzh)
Christmas Special 2002
The Roll of the Dice
Satan embarks on an epic quest - and encounters Queen Victoria, Harpo Marx and a highly intelligent bluebottle.
Meanwhile the saintly Hope Fraser's arrival in Hell sparks confusion...
Andy Hamilton's two-part devilishly funny, festive special from Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
Hope ...... Claire Skinner
With Philip Pope, Felicity Montagu and Michael Fenton Stevens.
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2002.
WED 23:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k4dv)
Series 1
Episode 6
The TV arts show goes to the opera, but can Camilla find love before the fat lady sings? With Harriet Thorpe. From October 1993.
THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER 2008
THU 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4kc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jvbd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 VI Warshawski (b0089j85)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007r49s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008j0cn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Maigret (b00fzc3q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 In the Chair (b007jpw1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 And Now in Colour (b007jqrx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Old Harry's Game (b007jzzh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Hair in the Gate (b007k4dv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzhd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Coming Alive (b007k22v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 After Henry (b00fzc3s)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fzwpc)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. With a reading by Miranda Keeling of The Boy Who Sprouted Antlers by John Yeoman.
THU 08:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0080jsp)
Series 2
Episode 1
Shady lawyer, Waldorf T Flywheel needs patients - in his latest scam as a doctor.
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, Graham Hoadly and Vincent Marzello.
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 May 1991.
THU 08:30 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b00fzwp3)
Series 2
Episode 4
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis spotlight pig feed quality and the Beard World Cup. With guest Linda Smith. From August 1999.
THU 09:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqc3)
Killing Orders
Forging Ahead
Cousin Albert has called private eye, VI Warshawski off the investigation into the forged securities at the Priory. But she doesn't give up so easily.
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as Chicago private eye, VI Warshawski.
Roger Ferrant ...... Martin Shaw
Gabriella ...... Avril Clark
Albert ...... William Hootkins
Rosa ...... Eileen Way
Father Carroll ...... Don Fellows
Uncle Stefan ...... Maurice Denham
Lotty Herschel ...... Miriam Karlin
O'Faolin ...... John Bennett
Agnes Paciorek ...... Lorelei King
Murray Ryerson ...... Kerry Shale
Sal ...... Adjoa Andoh
Derek Hatfield ...... Andrew Wincott
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
THU 09:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy)
Discovery
As the 75th birthday of Adolf Hitler nears, detective Xavier March hits trouble with his terrifying investigation...
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei.
Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryden.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball
Globus ...... Michael Byrne
Krebs ...... William Scott Masson
Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis
Hotel Manager ...... Ian Gelder
Pili ...... Thomas Copeland
Friedman ...... Michael Culver
Car-hire Rep ...... Dan Fineman
Nazi Music Critic ...... Jonathan Coleman
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
THU 10:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008j4jd)
Series 1
The Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple
A forester tells his grandchildren about some remarkable fruit. Dramatisation of Arthur Ransome's story with Trevor Cooper.
THU 10:15 Maigret (b00fzwp1)
Series 2
Maigret and the Burglar's Wife
A woman from the French detective's past reappears and asks him to help find her missing husband. Stars Nicholas Le Prevost.
THU 11:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzjn)
Perambulations and Proposals
Romantic encounters spark more confusion for Samuel Pickwick...
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell
Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones
Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond
Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox
Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne
Jingle .... Paul Chapman
Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone
Tony Weller ... John Hollis
Mr Magnus ... David Sinclair
Job Trotter... Tim Wylton
Miss Witherfield ... Hilda Schroder
Mr Nupkins ... Bruce Purchase
Jinks .... Kenneth Shenley
Muzzle ... Eric Allan
Mary ...Alison Frazer
Miss Nupkins .... Susan Colgrave
Tommy Bardell ... Heather Bell
Grummer... Michael Goldie
Mrs Bardell .. Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs Cluppins ... Cecile Chevreau
Cook ....Deddie Davies
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
THU 12:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0080jsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00fzwpf)
Christmas Special 1993
A festive Humphrey Lyttelton and Willie Rushton, with a special nativity version of Mornington Crescent.
THU 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007jy1g)
Episode 9
Willie recovers from his trauma in London, but can he stay with Tom? Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Brierley.
THU 13:15 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the Road (b007k09c)
The Town Tree
Will the town's first communal Christmas tree be greeted with peace and goodwill to all men? Alaskan tales read by their author.
THU 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jwbc)
Dickens and Poverty
Poverty, misery and the workhouse in 19th century London is examined in this episode. Narrated by Anna Massey.
THU 13:45 The Art of Rhetoric (b007jxsj)
Speech and Spin
Simon Hoggart considers the future of spontaneous public speaking, as technology continues to shape the world of communication.
THU 14:00 18/12/2008 (b00fzwph)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
THU 17:00 Doctor in the House (b007jsw0)
St Swithin's
Simon Sparrow dithers over registering to train as a doctor as St Swithin's hospital in London.
The misadventures of student doctor Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's novel 'Doctor in the House' published in 1952.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Erik Chitty as the Secretary, Beth Boyd as the Sister and Michael Deacon as the Padre.
Special guest star: John le Mesurier as The Dean
Producer: David Hatch
Recorded at the BBC Paris studio in London.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1968.
THU 17:30 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fzwp9)
Series 2
Brief Encounter
A tale of jealousy, deceit and football unfolds when Robert attends a rival school. Stars Desmond Barrit. From November 1994.
THU 18:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4s9)
Episode 4
Dr Abbotts finds his 'party trick' used against him, and Paul Smith takes full advantage of the chaos. Stars David Birrell.
THU 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jzqp)
The Man in Spectacles
With his new-found ally - the Professor - Gabriel Syme rests up before they both set off to confront Doctor Bull.
Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2005.
THU 19:00 The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (b0080jsp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00fzwpf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 20:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 21:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008j4jd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Maigret (b00fzwp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
THU 22:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b00fzwp3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fzwp5)
Series 2
Episode 5
The comic's about to be crushed by a printing press, as his journalistic life flashes before his eyes.
THU 23:00 Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (b00fzwp7)
Episode 2
1940. Some useable ammunition is finally found and fired in the Second World War.
Spike Milligan shares memories of his wartime service.
Published in 1971, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall is the first volume of the Spike Milligan's idiosyncratic military memoir.
Reversioned into 8 parts by BBC Radio 4 Extra.
THU 23:30 Any Bloke (b007jzzj)
Series 2
With A Little Help From My Friends
Phil has to organise Sophie's party - and review Gerald's play. Stars Jim Sweeney and Caroline Quentin.
FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER 2008
FRI 00:00 Jenny Stephens - Jefferson 37 (b007k4s9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jzqp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqc3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmsy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008j4jd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Maigret (b00fzwp1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week (b00fzwp3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 The Very World of Milton Jones (b00fzwp5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (b00fzwp7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Any Bloke (b007jzzj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 A Whole New Ball Game (b00fzwp9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Doctor in the House (b007jsw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00fywzm)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes a reading by Sheridan Smith of Five Children and It by E. Nesbit.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wb)
Series 1
Episode 4
Censors lambast the BBC - and a cursed tomb in 'The Clissold Saga'.
Starring Kenneth Horne. 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 Radio Active (b007k01c)
Radio Active's Christmas Turkey
The National Local Radio Station links up with Bethlehem and drops in on sick kids. Stars Geoffrey Perkins. From December 1983.
FRI 09:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqcj)
Killing Orders
Acid Test
VI Warshawski's best friend Agnes Paciorek has been murdered, but is there a connection with her investigation at the Priory and the anonymous phone calls?
Sara Paretsky's thriller stars Kathleen Turner as Chicago private eye, VI Warshawski.
Roger Ferrant ...... Martin Shaw
Lotty Herschel ...... Miriam Karlin
Bobby Mallory ...... William Hootkins
O'Faolin ...... John Bennett
Gabriella ...... Avril Clark
Alicia ...... Lorelei King
Mrs Paciorek ...... Helen Horton
Father Pelly ...... Colin Stinton
Phil Stuart ...... Milligan
Murray Ryerson ...... Kerry Shale
Regina ...... Adjoa Andoh
Dr Paciorek ...... Norman Jones
Phyllis Lording ...... Theresa Streatfield
Dramatised by Michelene Wandor.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.
FRI 09:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmtf)
Closing In
Detective Xavier March uncovers the terrible secret of Adolf Hitler's totalitarian state.
Anton Lesser stars as Xavier March, homicide investigator with the Berlin Kriminalpolizei.
Conclusion of Robert Harris's thriller dramatised by John Dryde.
Xavier March ...... Anton Lesser
Charlotte Maguire ...... Angeline Ball
Globus ...... Michael Byrne
Krebs ...... William Scott Masson
Max Jaeger ...... Peter Ellis
Nebe ...... Stratford Johns
Border Guard ...... Dan Fineman
Commentator ...... Alan Dedicoat
Producer: John Dryden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
FRI 10:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008jdd0)
Series 1
Little Master Misery
A forester tells his grandchildren why misery's an unwelcome guest. Dramatisation of Arthur Ransome's story with Trevor Cooper.
FRI 10:15 Maigret (b00fyyd5)
Series 2
The Yellow Dog
The French detective probes a shooting in Brittany. Could a stray dog's owner be the perpetrator? Stars Nicholas Le Prevost.
FRI 11:00 Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers (b007jzkz)
Christmas and a Wedding
Back from Ipswich, Samuel Pickwick prepares for his Christmas visit to Dingley Dell...
Charles Dickens 1837 novel dramatised in eight parts by Barry Campbell and Constance Cox.
Charles Dickens ..... Simon Cadell
Mr Pickwick ... Freddie Jones
Mr Winkle .... Philip Bond
Mr Tupman ..... Michael Graham Cox
Mr Snodgrass .... Stephen Thorne
Sam Weller ... Douglas Livingstone
Tony Weller .... John Hollis
Mrs Weller .... Stella Tanner
Mr Stiggins .... Christopher Benjamin
Mr Wardle --- Jack May
Old Mrs Wardle .... Kathleen Helme
Emily .... Heather Bell
Isabella .... Anne Rosenfeld
Arabella Allen .... Rosalind Ayres
Ben Allen ..... Tim Piggott Smith
Bob Sawyer .... Nigel Anthony
Joe .... Michael Troughton
Emma ... Jane Knowles
Coachman ... Michael Goldie
Mr Trundle .... Kenneth Shanley
Director: Jane Morgan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1977.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b008h67c)
How even the best laid festive plans can go awry and a message from your milkman. Stars Ronnie Barker. From December 1971.
FRI 13:00 Michelle Magorian - Goodnight Mister Tom (b007jy2w)
Episode 10
Willie gets news of his mother, as his future life is finally resolved. Michelle Magorian's wartime tale read by David Brierley.
FRI 13:15 Tom Bodett - Christmastime at the End of the Road (b007k0bq)
Yet Another New Year
New Year is a time of celebration - and an annual fist fight. But a dense fog descends. Alaskan tales read by author Tom Bodett.
FRI 13:30 This Sceptred Isle (b007jtl7)
The Rise of Bismarck and the Death of Palmerston
The late 19th century sees Germany wielding power and the end of an era in Westminster.
FRI 13:45 Short Stories by John Mortimer (b007k0bn)
Rumpole and the Widow Twankey
1960, Hilda has had a baby. Rumpole defends a safe-blower, and exposes a dubious senior police officer. Read by Timothy West.
FRI 14:00 19/12/2008 (b00fz7bk)
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 (b007jshj)
Series 1
Coffins, Funerals and Nursing Homes
Accompanying her neighbour Betty to a funeral, Linda encounters a mislaid eco warrior.
Comedy series written by and starring Linda Smith.
With Femi Elufowoju Jr, Jeremy Hardy, Margaret John, Chris Neill and Rob Newman.
Producer: Lucy Armitage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
FRI 17:30 The Young Postmen (b00fz7bp)
Top of the Pops
The eager threesome attempt a Christmas number one. Stars Ben Miller, John Thompson and Alistair McGowan. From December 1992.
FRI 18:00 The Heart of Hark'un (b007jq83)
Episode 1
The Great Wizard sends student sorcerer Arcos on a mission, little realising how perilous and menacing it will prove to be...
A fantasy-adventure by Peter Thomson and Jamie Thomson in six parts.
Arcos ..... Francis Thomson
Kaddah ..... Trevor Peacock
Vanna ..... Elizabeth Whiting
Shazir ..... Crawford Logan
Bereneth ..... Edward Kelsey
Va ..... Melanie Hudson
Alviza ..... Emma Fielding
Zander ..... Robert Portal
Kishah ..... John Church
Rashiq ..... Theresa Streatfeild
Producer: Peter Hutchings
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in September 1991.
FRI 18:30 The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton (b007jzrz)
The Duel
The three men travel to France where Gabriel Syme challenges the Marquis to a deadly combat...
Published in 1908, GK Chersterton's most famous novel is read in 13 parts by Geoffrey Palmer.
Director: Lawrence Jackson
Made for BBC Radio 7 by BBC Northern Ireland.
First broadcast in 2005.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05wb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b008h67c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 VI Warshawski (b007jqcj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Robert Harris - Fatherland (b007jmtf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Old Peter's Russian Tales (b008jdd0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Maigret (b00fyyd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Radio Active (b007k01c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Little Britain (b008vt68)
Series 2
Episode 4
Back where it started out. Matt Lucas and David Walliams' oddball TV smash hit, without the cameras. From March 2002.
FRI 23:00 The Reduced Shakespeare Radio Show (b007jm5d)
The History Plays
The truncated thespians give their special treatment to the Richards, Henrys and a few more royals. From June 1994.
FRI 23:30 Elephants to Catch Eels (b007rkg0)
Series 1
Episode 6
Smuggler Tamsyn Trelawney joins the customs men to stop Courageous Kate from marrying her dad.
Then things take a turn for the even more absurd...
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, Imelda Staunton as Courageous Kate and Mark Perry as Hobbs.
Producer: Jan Ravens.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2003.