Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Andrew Dunn reading Stanley, Flat Again! by Jeff Brown.
Driving a piano on the Great North Road, Neddie must seek Bloodnok's assistance. Stars Spike Milligan. From December 1958.
More celebrity soundalikes as Steptoe gets a Carol Smillie makeover, plus a 'Dale' warning. With Jan Ravens. From August 2000.
Against Belfast's 1983 political murders, detective Bibi Ash tracks a sadistic killer. Tom Kelly's thriller with Lalor Roddy.
Swedish sleuth Wallander probes a vicious, bloody attack on an elderly couple. Henning Mankell's thriller read by David Warner.
Ex-commando Dick Barton uncovers an enemy plot to capture a British secret weapon.
Noel Johnson stars as Dick Barton, with John Mann as Snowey White, Alex McCrindle as Jock, William Fox as Colonel Gardiner and Margaret Robertson as Jean Hunter.
From 1946 to 1951, Dick Barton - Special Agent thrilled millions of listeners to the BBC Light Programme. The daily serial followed the exciting adventures of ex-commando Captain Richard Barton and his wartime mates Snowey White and Jock Anderson, who must solve all manner of intriguing crimes and mysteries.
Heralded by an iconic signature tune (Devil's Galop by Charles Williams) each gripping episode left listeners with a torrid cliff-hanger.
Sadly many of Dick's adventures didn't survive in the BBC archive. But in 1972 as part of celebrations for the BBC's Golden Jubilee, Dick's very first ten-part adventure by Edward J Mason was recreated with many of the original cast.
With Heron Carvic as The Professor, Derek Birch as Jimmie Law, Richard Hurndall as Sir Archie Wrangle and Geoffrey Collins as the Corporal.
Ladislaw learns the truth about Casaubon's will, and about his family's past. Stars Martin Hyder and Richard Dillane.
Feeling useless after both working for the Ministry of Defence during the Second World War, two women set up their own detective agency.
Guy Meredith's comedy thrillers star Anna Massey as Josephine Daunt and Imelda Staunton as Susan Dervish.
With Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie, Kate Buffery as Elizabeth Vavasseur, Rupert Vansittart as James Vavasseur, Beth Chalmers as Daisy, Ben Crowe as Waiter, Andrew Harrison as Customs Official and Stephen Critchlow as Salesman.
At the Tilneys' isolated gothic home, Catherine's visit proves to be a terrifying affair. Stars Amanda Root and Emily Wachter.
Radio Prune presents A Kick in the Arts, and So You Think You've Got a Feed Line?
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, 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 Bill Oddie, Liam Cohen and Dave Lee.
As Holly returns from holiday in Havana, Fred is approached by a stranger...
Henry Goodman continues Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Political heavyweight Tony Benn shares private audio diaries from the frontline of history. March 1976 - Harold Wilson resigns.
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
A smooth Yank, a Yorkshire 'bumpkin' and their Scottish-sounding daughter. Kim Normanton meets families with different accents.
Tongues are wagging. Certain weddings are due and some folk aren't happy...
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1955.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Starring TP McKenna as Phonsie Doherty, Margaret D'Arcy as Muriel McConkey, Stella McCusker as Vera McConkey, Aine McCartney as Vivienne Boal, Gerard Murphy as Rev Hawthorne, Cathy White as Josie Doherty and Tim Loane as Packy McGoldrick.
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
The family arrive in France and Father feels homesick. Winston talks of Flaubert, Baudelaire and Renoir leaving Nancy feeling baffled...
Peter Tinniswood's bawdy six-part 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.
1. A Journey and a Funeral
Retired solicitor Arthur Kipps recalls his visit to the remote market town of Crythin Gifford - and the isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow...
John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's chilling ghost story.
Dramatised in four parts by Jon Strickland.
Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister
Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine
Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook
Samuel ...... Rod Arthur
Tomes ...... Christopher Kent
Bentley ...... Stuart Richman
Isobelle ...... Jane Marlow
Oliver ...... Jason Done
Music composed by Derek Pearce.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis.
1. Arthur's Journey
Timid commuter, Arthur Vezin becomes too enchanted with a sleepy and strange French town and its people to leave.
He's slowly drawn more and more into their realm of secrets and talk of ancient memories...and is struck by how the people there resemble cats, both in looks and behaviour...
Algernon Blackwood's dark tale read in four parts by Philip Madoc.
Born in Shooter's Hill and educated at Wellington College, Algernon Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, and working as a newspaper reporter in New York City before moving to England and starting to write horror stories.
He was very successful, writing 10 books of short stories and appearing on both radio and TV to tell them. He also wrote 14 novels and a number of plays, most of which were produced but not published. He was an avid nature lover and many of his stories reflect this.
The Professor battles against giant, murderous insects in Graham Duff's sci-fi sitcom. Stars Mark Gatiss and Steve Coogan. From April 2006.
Space heroes Jack and Chip tackle green Venusian terrorists in the 1950s American sci-fi spoof.
Written by Adam Tandy and Nat Sones.
Producer: Adam Bromley.
Calm down, dear! Special guest Michael Winner joins Nick and Tim.
Skilful sketch show written and performed by Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh.
With Peter Bradshaw and Sally Phillips.
Special guests: Michael Winner and Patrick Allen.
TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2009
TUE 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlpk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Monday]
TUE 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:00 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q35)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Monday]
TUE 01:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv651)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Monday]
TUE 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jnxh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Monday]
TUE 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008zg0p)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Monday]
TUE 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwtk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Monday]
TUE 03:00 Dead Ringers (b008fd4y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Monday]
TUE 03:30 Nebulous (b00hr7g6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Monday]
TUE 04:00 Atomic Tales (b007jx6v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Monday]
TUE 04:30 The Skivers (b00hr7g8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Monday]
TUE 05:00 Jane Austen (b00hr7gb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Monday]
TUE 06:00 Winston (b007tzt5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Monday]
TUE 06:30 Ballylenon (b007w3j8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Monday]
TUE 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00hr7t0)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Andrew Dunn reading Stanley, Flat Again! by Jeff Brown.
TUE 08:00 The Navy Lark (b007tcd9)
Series 3
Sea Trials of the Poppadom
It's hands across the sea - as the crew of HMS Troutbridge help to commission a foreign frigate.
Starring Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Richard Caldicot as Captain Povey, Heather Chasen as Heather, Tenniel Evans as the Admiral and Ronnie Barker and Michael Bates as the Potarneylanders.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Scripted by Lawrie Wyman.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1960.
TUE 08:30 Radio Shuttleworth (b007s5ds)
Series 1
Vanessa Feltz
Sheffield's aspiring singer-songwriter takes to the airwaves once more from his very own his front room!
Aided by his producer (and sole agent) Ken Worthington, and his hard-to-please wife Mary, the inimitable John Shuttleworth presents celebrity interviews, dodgy keyboard music, and even dodgier jingles.
Can special guest Vanessa Feltz help sort out a tricky domestic problem between him and Mary?
With Boothby Graffoe.
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producers: Paul Schlesinger and Martin Willis.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1998.
TUE 09:00 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q42)
A Child in the Night
Detective Bibi Ash spots a pattern in Glasgow's brutal killings - and looks to the past. Tom Kelly's thriller with Lalor Roddy.
TUE 09:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6f8)
Episode 2
The Swedish sleuth's murder probe reveals that victim Mr Lovgren had secrets. Henning Mankell's thriller read by David Warner.
TUE 09:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jnxj)
Formula for Death
Dick Barton learns about the true nature of the secret weapon - and sets off to secure its vital instructions.
Noel Johnson stars as Dick Barton, with John Mann as Snowey White, Alex McCrindle as Jock, William Fox as Colonel Gardiner and Margaret Robertson as Jean Hunter.
From 1946 to 1951, Dick Barton - Special Agent thrilled millions of listeners to the BBC Light Programme. The daily serial followed the exciting adventures of ex-commando Captain Richard Barton and his wartime mates Snowey White and Jock Anderson, who must solve all manner of intriguing crimes and mysteries.
Heralded by an iconic signature tune (Devil's Galop by Charles Williams) each gripping episode left listeners with a torrid cliff-hanger.
Sadly many of Dick's adventures didn't survive in the BBC archive. But in 1972 as part of celebrations for the BBC's Golden Jubilee, Dick's very first ten-part adventure by Edward J Mason was recreated with many of the original cast.
With Nigel Graham as Andrews, William Bedle as the 1st Policeman, Ronald Herdman as the 2nd Policeman and Geoffrey Collins as the Porter.
Producer: Raymond Raikes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1972.
TUE 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008zs71)
Love or Money
Lydgate and Rosy drift further apart as the reality of their debts hits home. Stars Caroline Martin and Tom Goodman-Hill.
TUE 10:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s5tv)
Series 1
South of the Border
Daunt and Dervish have established their detective agency and there's a steady flow of business, in the days just after the end of the Second World War.
But their lives really become exciting when they rescue a woman from drowning, discover she is not at all what she seems, and find themselves involved in the more shady side of life at the race track.
Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Bill Nighy as Ted Sharping.
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Meredith.
Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
TUE 11:00 Jane Austen (b00hrfcw)
Northanger Abbey
Episode 3
Suspicious of tyrannical General Tilney, Catherine is determined to discover Northanger Abbey's secrets. Stars John Shrapnel.
TUE 12:00 The Navy Lark (b007tcd9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 12:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlqh)
Series 3
Without Prejudice
Harold persuades Albert to leave their rag and bone yard to move out to suburbia.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett as Harold. With Edward Kelsey, Garrard Green and Trevor Martin.
Following the conclusion of their hugely successful association with Tony Hancock, writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson wrote 10 pilots for the BBC TV's Comedy Playhouse in 1962. The Offer was set in a house with a yard full of junk, featuring the lives of rag and bone men Albert Steptoe and his son Harold and it was the spark for a run of 8 series for TV.
Adapted for radio from Galton and Simpson's TV script by Gale Pedrick.
Produced by Bobby Jaye
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in April 1971.
TUE 13:00 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089kf3)
Episode 7
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
TUE 13:15 The Benn Tapes (b007jq3d)
Series 1
IMF
Political veteran Tony Benn shares private audio diaries from the frontline of history. A crisis for the pound? Plus ca change!
TUE 13:30 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3yb)
Conn Bacach O'Neill Visits London; Religious Strife and Plantation
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
TUE 13:45 As Soon As I Open My Mouth (b007jz7r)
Street Talk, Posh Talk
The accent angst of Londoner Penny, born to a Caribbean mother. Kim Normanton meets families who don't all talk the same.
TUE 14:00 24/02/2009 (b00hrg5l)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
TUE 17:00 Second Thoughts (b007jx4k)
Series 2
Overtaken By Events
Hannah's driving her mother round the bend, while son Joe is discovering girls.
Sitcom about the battles of divorcees Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott trying to forge a relationship whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and her teenage children, Hannah and Joe.
Stars Lynda Bellingham as Faith, James Bolam as Bill, Celia Imrie as Hilary, Kelda Holmes as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe.
Series two of four inspired by the real lives of its writers, husband and wife Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie.
A TV version made by LWT for ITV appeared in 1991 and ran for four series, with a spin-off 'Faith in the Future'.
Producer: Sioned Wiliam
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1989.
TUE 17:30 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k29b)
Inspecting the Piles?
1948: In their battle to restore the pier in Frambourne-on-Sea, Frank and Uncle Arthur must tackle a tricky situation - with an inflatable dinghy.
A seaside saga of pier perpetuation starring John Le Mesurier, Ian Lavender and Bill Pertwee.
Arthur Wilson ...... John Le Mesurier
Frank Pike ...... Ian Lavender
Bert Hodges ...... Bill Pertwee
Miss Perkins ...... Vivienne Martin
Written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, based on the characters originally created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in December 1983.
TUE 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlps)
2. A Causeway and a Pony Trap
Solicitor Arthur Kipps feels rattled spending the night in the eerie isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow...
John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's chilling ghost story.
Dramatised by Jon Strickland.
.
Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister
Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine
Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook
Bentley ...... Stuart Richman
Keckwick ...... James Quinn
Music composed by Derek Pearce.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993.
TUE 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxm)
2. Feeling Watched
On impulse, Vesin gets off his train home and decides to spend the night in a small, sleepy, medieval village town whose mysterious inhabitants surreptitiously watch him.
He intends to stay one night but he stays longer than planned and gets to know the streets of the town. He feels watched even though no one appears to take any notice of him.
Vesin starts wondering whether the people actually come alive at night and wonders if the town is in the hands of cats. Vesin begins to feel uneasy and that strange forces are tugging at his very being.
by Algernon Blackwood
An Unabridged Reading in 4 episodes for Radio 4 Extra's The 7th Dimension
Read by Philip Madoc
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
TUE 19:00 The Navy Lark (b007tcd9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
TUE 19:30 Steptoe and Son (b007jlqh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
TUE 20:00 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q42)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
TUE 20:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
TUE 20:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jnxj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 today]
TUE 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008zs71)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
TUE 21:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s5tv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
TUE 22:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007s5ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
TUE 22:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007nf6b)
Series 2
Billie Holiday
Initially a hater of jazz music, the radical comedian profiles the American singer and songwriter. From April 2001.
TUE 23:00 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007tm8f)
Series 2
Magic
Did witches really fly with broomsticks between their legs or did they just get a bit overexcited?
Series two of the cult comedy that answers the questions which leave other shows scratching their beards.
Starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring.
With:
Rebecca Front
Armando Iannucci
And the voice of Tom Baker.
Producer: Sarah Smith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1993.
TUE 23:30 On the Hour (b0090br1)
Series 2
Episode 2
Alan Partridge is at the Olympics. Barbara Wintergreen is in America.
All the news as it happens, if it happens from the BBC's urgent and incisive news overview.
Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.
With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan.
Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, David Quantick, Andrew Glover and Stewart Lee.
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1992.
WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2009
WED 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jlps)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:00 DI Bibi Ash - Across the Narrow Water (b00j0q42)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Tuesday]
WED 01:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6f8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Tuesday]
WED 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jnxj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b008zs71)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s5tv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 Radio Shuttleworth (b007s5ds)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Tuesday]
WED 03:30 The Mark Steel Lecture (b007nf6b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World (b007tm8f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 On the Hour (b0090br1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 Jane Austen (b00hrfcw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 06:00 It Sticks Out Half A Mile (b007k29b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Tuesday]
WED 06:30 Second Thoughts (b007jx4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Tuesday]
WED 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00hrt7y)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Andrew Dunn reading Stanley, Flat Again! by Jeff Brown.
WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j283q)
Series 3
The Jewel Robbery
The lad's getting a new car, so Sid makes the most of the opportunity.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With Bill Kerr, Sidney James. Andree Melly and Kenneth Williams.
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 October 1955.
WED 08:30 In the End (b007rj63)
Episode 5
A fresh death and a singing Prime Minister make George Cragge ponder. Comedy thriller with Michael Williams. From December 1999.
WED 09:00 Falco (b007wpf1)
The Silver Pigs
Episode 1
Rome, AD 70: Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco chances upon an illegal trade in precious metal (the silver pigs) after mounting a rescue from a kidnap gang.
Anton Lesser brings the popular detective to life in Lindsey Davis's witty and enthralling adventures set in the days of the Roman Empire.
Dramatised in four parts by Mary Cutler.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Sosia …. Felicity Jones
Lenia …. Gillian Goodman
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Pertinax/Julius …. Sean Connolly
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
WED 09:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6mg)
Episode 3
The Swedish sleuth uncovers murder victim Lovgren's hefty cash withdrawals. Henning Mankell's thriller read by David Warner.
WED 09:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jny2)
The Treacherous Invitation
Trapped with chum Snowey, special agent Dick Barton gets some unwelcome room-mates.
Noel Johnson stars as Dick Barton, with John Mann as Snowey White, Alex McCrindle as Jock, William Fox as Colonel Gardiner and Margaret Robertson as Jean Hunter.
From 1946 to 1951, Dick Barton - Special Agent thrilled millions of listeners to the BBC Light Programme. The daily serial followed the exciting adventures of ex-commando Captain Richard Barton and his wartime mates Snowey White and Jock Anderson, who must solve all manner of intriguing crimes and mysteries.
Heralded by an iconic signature tune (Devil's Galop by Charles Williams) each gripping episode left listeners with a torrid cliff-hanger.
Sadly many of Dick's adventures didn't survive in the BBC archive. But in 1972 as part of celebrations for the BBC's Golden Jubilee, Dick's very first ten-part adventure by Edward J Mason was recreated with many of the original cast.
With Francis de Wolff as Wilhelm Kramer, Nigel Graham as Andrews, Heron Carvic as The Professor, William Bedle as the 1st Policeman, Ronald Herdman as the 2nd Policeman, Haydn Jones as the Taxi Driver, Denis McCarthy as James Thirgood and Geoffrey Collins as the Watchman.
Producer: Raymond Raikes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1972.
WED 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b00904cg)
Revelations
As Lydgate attends to a sick Raffles, he receives a welcome offer of help. Stars Caroline Martin and Nick Fletcher.
WED 10:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwty)
Series 1
A Question of Class
The detective duo return to their Covent Garden office in London early one morning to discover an Oxford undergraduate slumped on the doorstep wanting them to find the wallet he left in a Soho house of ill repute.
Daunt's knowledge of his past makes her very suspicious of later accusations that he's beaten a woman up.
With the Second World War over, former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish are running their own detective agency.
Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Scott Handy as James 'Podger' Urquhart.
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Meredith.
Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
WED 11:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1mf)
1. Wilderness
In 1730, drawn by a wild romantic impulse, Francis Herries moves his family to a tumbledown ancestral house called 'Herries', ringed by the Cumberland fells.
Hugh Walpole's historical novel dramatised in four parts by Eric Pringle.
Francis .... Gavin Muir
David ... Mark Bonnar
Margaret ... Janet Maw
Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw
Alice Press ... Jane Slavin
Pomfret ... Stephen Thorne
Jannice .... Shirley Dixon
Father Roache ....Hugh Dickson
Statesman Peel ....Gerard McDermott
The Pedlar ....Ioan Meredith
Benjamin ....Chris Pavlo
Young Deborah ....Katie Clarke
Young David ....George Maguire
Others parts by Joseph Head, Robert Harper, Alex Lowe, Alison Pettitt and Christopher Scott
Director David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1997.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j283q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
Series 2
This is Your Life the Burkiss Way
Eamonn Andrews' famous Big Red Book spells surprises.
The Burkiss Way to Dynamic Living. Radio's Amazing Revelation Course in which the programme's subject is ............. (We can't tell you yet, because it's a secret)
Do you remember these voices from Jo Kendall. Nigel Rees Chris Emmett and Fred Harris?
And who wrote these words? (Here's a clue - Andrew Marshall and David Renwick)
And whose name is in producer Simon Brett’s little black book this week?
Cult sketch show first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1977.
WED 13:00 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089m5n)
Episode 8
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
WED 13:15 The Benn Tapes (b007jq3w)
Series 1
The Windscale Crisis
Political veteran Tony Benn shares diary recordings from history's frontline. Industrial relations and nuclear power don't mix.
WED 13:30 A Short History of Ireland (b007k3z8)
Shane the Proud; The Fall of Shane O'Neill
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 13:45 As Soon As I Open My Mouth (b007jz8y)
Wha D'Ye Say?
A Sunderland man and his Fife-born mother-in-law struggle to communicate. Kim Normanton meets families with different accents.
WED 14:00 25/02/2009 (b00hrt80)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
WED 17:00 After Henry (b007k280)
Series 2
Memory Games
'Mother, you are doing it again. You are defining us. And what's more, you are wrong. Henry was lovely and endearing, but he wasn't practical. He couldn't organise himself out of a paper bag.'.
Daughter Clare's trivia quiz helps Sarah with all her memories of late husband Henry.
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Miles ...... David Quilter
Quizmaster .... Graham Blockey
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 August 1986.
WED 17:30 Coming Alive (b00hrt7t)
Series 3
Betting Fever
Terry agrees to babysit for Sandra, but reckons without her mother. Stars Karl Howman and Phyllis Logan. From October 2001.
WED 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jz83)
3. The Nursery and a Child
As thick fog descends, the ghostly encounters continue for solicitor Arthur Kipps when he returns to the eerie isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow...
John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's chilling ghost story.
Dramatised by Jon Strickland.
Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister
Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine
Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook
Bentley ...... Stuart Richman
Mrs Daily ...... Diane Whitley
Samuel Daily ...... Rod Arthur
Music composed by Derek Pearce.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993.
WED 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxy)
3. Ancient Forces
Vesin has been travelling in France when he finds himself stopping off for one night in a sleepy medieval town. There he meets Ilse the beautiful innkeeper's daughter and becomes bewitched by her.
Vesin starts wondering whether the people actually come alive at night and wonders if the town is in the hands of cats. Vesin begins to feel uneasy and that strange forces are tugging at his very being.
by Algernon Blackwood
An Unabridged Reading in 4 episodes for Radio 4 Extra's The 7th Dimension
Read by Philip Madoc
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2005.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b00j283q)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b00jr7g0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 20:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6mg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 20:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jny2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 today]
WED 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b00904cg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 21:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwty)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
WED 22:00 In the End (b007rj63)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b0090y11)
Series 2
Chuckles
Satan is conducting interviews for a new assistant. In the running are Scumspawn and a devious dolphin.
Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
The Professor ...... James Grout
Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Philip Pope.
Producer Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1998.
WED 23:00 Eddie Izzard - Glorious (b007mwss)
Episode 2
Eddie Izzard entertains an audience at London's Hammersmith Apollo with more of his unique outlook on life.
THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2009
THU 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jz83)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvxy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Falco (b007wpf1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6mg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jny2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b00904cg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwty)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 In the End (b007rj63)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Wednesday]
THU 03:30 Old Harry's Game (b0090y11)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 Eddie Izzard - Glorious (b007mwss)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1mf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 06:00 Coming Alive (b00hrt7t)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Wednesday]
THU 06:30 After Henry (b007k280)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Wednesday]
THU 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00hrvbx)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Andrew Dunn reading Stanley, Flat Again! by Jeff Brown.
THU 08:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
Series 2
Episode 3
Cinema shenanigans for the much-loved duo and the heroic deeds of Private Morecambe.
Written by Eddie Braben
With Richard Mathews, Ann Hamilton and Michael Kilgarriff.
Special singing guest: Clodagh Rodgers
Music from Peter Knight and his Orchestra
Producer: John Browell
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in September 1976.
THU 08:30 The Right Time (b009z658)
Series 2
Episode 2
Everybody's wearing beige, crossed wires and bailiffs.
Sketch show about life, written and performed by people who've lived a bit.
Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Paula Wilcox, Clive Swift and Roger Blake.
Written by Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, John Pidgeon, Jan Etherington, Julie Balloo, Ramone Towers, Trevor Walker,Michael Fitch, John Dowie, Colin Bostock-Smith and Andrew Nickolds.
Music by Ronnie & The Rex.
Producer: Helen Williams
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002.
THU 09:00 Falco (b007wpz2)
The Silver Pigs
Episode 2
Roman detective, Falco is investigating the mystery of how a stolen lead ingot containing silver came to be in the bank box of a senator's daughter.
And things have taken a turn for the worse, as he's now probing a murder and - worse still - he's forced to visit a remote and dangerous outpost of the Empire - Britain.
Starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.
Lindsey Davis's witty and enthralling adventure set in the days of the Roman Empire.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Publius …. Richard Derrington
Gaius Hilaris …. Ian Brooker
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Aelia …. Susan Jeffrey
Triferus/Cornix …. Alex Jones
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
THU 09:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6sn)
Episode 4
Arson and threatening calls blight the Swedish sleuth's murder investigation. Henning Mankell's thriller read by David Warner.
THU 09:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jny3)
The Nest of Rats
Special agent Dick and his chums get more ruthless in pursuit of the secret weapon. Can they persuade our hero to jump ship?
Noel Johnson stars as Dick Barton, with John Mann as Snowey White, Alex McCrindle as Jock, William Fox as Colonel Gardiner and Margaret Robertson as Jean Hunter.
From 1946 to 1951, Dick Barton - Special Agent thrilled millions of listeners to the BBC Light Programme. The daily serial followed the exciting adventures of ex-commando Captain Richard Barton and his wartime mates Snowey White and Jock Anderson, who must solve all manner of intriguing crimes and mysteries.
Heralded by an iconic signature tune (Devil's Galop by Charles Williams) each gripping episode left listeners with a torrid cliff-hanger.
Sadly many of Dick's adventures didn't survive in the BBC archive. But in 1972 as part of celebrations for the BBC's Golden Jubilee, Dick's very first ten-part adventure by Edward J Mason was recreated with many of the original cast.
With Francis de Wolff as Wilhelm Kramer, Nigel Graham as Andrews, Haydn Jones as Sid, Arthur Bush as Hans, Derek Birch as the Inspector and Geoffrey Collins as the Policeman.
Producer: Raymond Raikes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1972.
THU 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b00906v5)
A Test of Faith
With Lydgate's reputation in tatters, Dorothea is determined to clear his name. Stars Caroline Martin and Tom Goodman-Hill.
THU 10:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s8d7)
Series 1
Games of Chance
The detective duo are called in on a 'sporting' assignment to keep a 24 hour watch on a young East End boy who's about to fight for a place in the 1948 boxing team. The local Catholic priest has been taking a special interest in the boy's progress, but why?
With the Second World War over, former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish are running their own detective agency.
Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie, Dermot Crowley as Father Mike Finucan and Carl Prekopp as Tommy.
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Meredith.
Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
THU 11:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1nq)
2. Forty-Five
Francis encounters Mirabell again and his fate is sealed. Meanwhile, the rebels are at the gates of Carlisle.
Hugh Walpole's historical novel dramatised by Eric Pringle.
Francis ... Gavin Muir
David ... Mark Bonnar
Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw
Margaret ... Janet Maw
Mirabell ... Deborah Berlin
Roche ... Hugh Dickson
Cumberlege ... Gordon Reid
Hetty ... Alison Pettitt
Other parts played by Shirley Dixon, Robert Harper, Carolyn Jones, Alex Lowe, Gerard McDermott, Ioan Meredith, Chris Pavlo and Stephen Thorne
Director David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
THU 12:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00hs6lj)
The teams are late arrivals, in the antidote to panel games. With Humphrey Lyttelton and Willie Rushton. From January 1989.
THU 13:00 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089kv5)
Episode 9
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
THU 13:15 The Benn Tapes (b007jq49)
Series 1
Jim Callaghan
Political heavyweight Tony Benn shares private audio diaries from the frontline of history. The Prime Minister weathers a storm.
THU 13:30 A Short History of Ireland (b007k404)
A Failed Plantation and a Bloody Feast in Belfast; An English Queen, a Scottish Lady and a Dark Daughter
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 13:45 Centurions (b007jzjp)
Albert Camus: The Outsider
Ray Davison and Oliver Todd discuss the impact of the author's pioneering novel on post-war European thought and literature.
THU 14:00 26/02/2009 (b00hs6ll)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC7.
THU 17:00 Doctor in the House (b007m680)
Women and Wine
Medic Simon Sparrow's efforts to get a date for the hospital ball turn to chaos.
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, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans, Norma Ronald as Matron/Vera and Joan Young as Lady Spratt.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1968.
THU 17:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b007jxf4)
Series 2
Going Through the Roof
A rainy day leads to some unexpected drama for the school's staff. Starring Carolyn Pickles and Marlene Sidaway. From June 2003.
THU 18:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jls5)
4. Letters and Death Certificates
Can solicitor Arthur Kipps finally unravel the eerie mystery of the isolated house of the reclusive Mrs Drablow?
John Woodvine and Robert Glenister star in Susan Hill's chilling ghost story.
Dramatised by Jon Strickland.
Young Kipps ...... Robert Glenister
Old Kipps ...... John Woodvine
Esme ...... Paula Tilbrook
Stella ...... Jane Cox
Samuel Daily ...... Rod Arthur
Music composed by Derek Pearce.
Directed at BBC Manchester by Chris Wallis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in December 1993.
THU 18:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvy3)
4. Ancient Magic
Vezin is wary over a mother and daughter's invitation to witches' Sabbath. Philip Madoc reads Algernon Henry Blackwood's dark tale.
THU 19:00 The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show (b01s254c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue (b00hs6lj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 20:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6sn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 20:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jny3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 today]
THU 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b00906v5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 21:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s8d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Right Time (b009z658)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Fabulous (b00hs90r)
Series 1
Episode 3
Faye's cooker is beeping, work deadlines are looming and flat-hunting sucks...
Daisy Haggard stars as Faye in Lucy Clarke’s sitcom about a woman who wants to be fabulous but can't cope.
With:
Olivia Colman
Adam Buxton
Katy Brand
Eve Dallas
Jot Davies
Music by Osymyso.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2007.
THU 22:45 The Correspondent (b00j59wm)
Series 1
Episode 3
It's Auntie Leslie's funeral, and Tom learns a painful lesson when he hits "reply all". Stars Tom Allen. From April 2007.
THU 23:00 Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller (b00911f4)
Episode 3
In an optimistic attempt at cultural review, Craig Children and Martin Bain-Jones throw a Come As You Aren't party.
Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong star as the pompous critics.
With:
Charlie Condou
Melissa Lloyd
Tony Gardner
Written by Ben Miller, Alexander Armstrong, David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
Producer: Jon Rolph
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1998.
THU 23:30 The Lee Mack Show (b00bfq1c)
Midge Ure
Midge Ure joins the quick-fire comic for stand-up, sketches and music. With Angela McHale and Steve Brown. From March 2005.
FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2009
FRI 00:00 Susan Hill - The Woman in Black (b007jls5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood (b007jvy3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Falco (b007wpz2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6sn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jny3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b00906v5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007s8d7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Right Time (b009z658)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:30 Fabulous (b00hs90r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:30 on Thursday]
FRI 03:45 The Correspondent (b00j59wm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
22:45 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 Children's Hour with Armstrong and Miller (b00911f4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 The Lee Mack Show (b00bfq1c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
23:30 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1nq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 06:00 King Street Junior Revisited (b007jxf4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:30 on Thursday]
FRI 06:30 Doctor in the House (b007m680)
[Repeat of broadcast at
17:00 on Thursday]
FRI 07:00 Big Toe Books (b00hsfdz)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC Radio 7, presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Includes Andrew Dunn reading Stanley, Flat Again! by Jeff Brown.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x7)
Series 1
Episode 13
Kenneth Horne Master Spy gets an Eiffel while Julian and Sandy offer some animal advice at their new shop in Chelsea, Bona Pets. Rambling Sid Rumpo sings a special song of Cornwall.
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 May 1965.
FRI 08:30 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007jsdd)
Episode 2
A-ha! Chat show host Alan Partridge faces up to nine-year-old prodigy Simon Fisher, American hypnotist, Janey Katz and controversial lawyer Nick Ford.
Classic chat from On the Hour's supreme sports reporter and his guests from the world of theatre, politics and emotional tragedy.
With thanks to Alan's chief researcher Steve Coogan
Assistant researchers:
Patrick Marber
Rebecca Front
Doon Mackichan
David Schneider.
Producer: Armando lannucci
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1992.
FRI 09:00 Falco (b007wpsz)
The Silver Pigs
Episode 3
Probing the illegal imports of the ingots, Roman sleuth Falco has chanced upon a sinister plot to overthrow the Emperor Vespasian.
And he's also discovered the identity of Helena's ex-husband: which has made him realise the plot is much closer to home than he thought.
Starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.
Lindsey Davis's witty and enthralling adventure set in the days of the Roman Empire.
Falco …. Anton Lesser
Lenia …. Gillian Goodman
Petronius …. Ben Crowe
Decimus …. Robert Lister
Falco’s Mother …. Frances Jeater
Marcia …. Helen Monks
Helena …. Fritha Goodey
Titus …. Jonathan Keeble
Domitian …. Declan Wilson
Dramatised by Mary Cutler.
Directed at BBC Birmingham by Peter Leslie Wild.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
FRI 09:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6v5)
Episode 5
The Swedish sleuth searches for the murdered man's secret son in Kristianstaad. Henning Mankell's thriller read by David Warner.
FRI 09:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jnyn)
Interrogating Archie
Kramer and his gang home in on the final clue about the secret weapon, turning their attention to its inventor.
Noel Johnson stars as Dick Barton, with John Mann as Snowey White, Alex McCrindle as Jock, William Fox as Colonel Gardiner and Margaret Robertson as Jean Hunter.
From 1946 to 1951, Dick Barton - Special Agent thrilled millions of listeners to the BBC Light Programme. The daily serial followed the exciting adventures of ex-commando Captain Richard Barton and his wartime mates Snowey White and Jock Anderson, who must solve all manner of intriguing crimes and mysteries.
Heralded by an iconic signature tune (Devil's Galop by Charles Williams) each gripping episode left listeners with a torrid cliff-hanger.
Sadly many of Dick's adventures didn't survive in the BBC archive. But in 1972 as part of celebrations for the BBC's Golden Jubilee, Dick's very first ten-part adventure by Edward J Mason was recreated with many of the original cast.
With Francis de Wolff as Wilhelm Kramer, Richard Hurndall as Sir Archie Wrangle, Denis McCarthy as James Thirgood and Geoffrey Collins as the Police Sergeant.
Producer: Raymond Raikes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1972.
FRI 10:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b0090c8l)
Sunset and Sunrise
Dorothea discovers the truth from Mrs Lydgate, and Ladislaw considers his future. Stars Caroline Martin and Richard Dillane.
FRI 10:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwvb)
Series 1
The Singer Not the Song
When a newspaper magnate is murdered, the obvious suspect is his much younger wife, but when the police discover that Daunt and Dervish were actually in the grounds of the house that evening - they're not only under suspicion, but their licence is suspended. The only way to get it back will be for them to beat the police to the discovery of the real murderer...
With the Second World War over, former spies Josephine Daunt and Susan Dervish are running their own detective agency.
Stars Imelda Staunton as Josephine Daunt, Anna Massey as Susan Dervish, Bill Patterson as Bill Mackie and Nicky Henson as Daniel Slater.
Format by Imelda Staunton and Anna Massey. Written by Guy Meredith.
Producer: Cherry Cookson. Director: Janet Whitaker.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
FRI 11:00 Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries (b007k1pw)
3. The Wild Marriage
It is now 1756 and David is prospering. But Francis roams the fells searching for something he can never find.
Hugh Walpole's historical novel dramatised in four parts by Eric Pringle.
Francis ... Gavin Muir
David ... Mark Bonnar
Deborah ... Jane Whittenshaw
Mirabell ... Deborah Berlin
Pomfret ... Stephen Thorne
Sunwood/Bann ... Christopher Scott
Denburn ... Keith Drinkel
Sarah .... Becky Hindley
Other parts played by Hugh Dickson, Carolyn Jones, Ioan Meredith, Chris Pavlo and Alison Pettitt
Director: David Blount
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1997.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00hsff3)
Series 2
Episode 6
A musing pianist, a two-headed 'Great Eccentric' and Is the Age of Chivalry dead?
A sequential entertainment for radio starring Ronnie Barker.
With Terence Brady and Pauline Yates.
Pianist: Gordon Langford.
Written by Chris Allen, David Climie and Gordon Langford, Jim Eldridge, John Graham, Alan Hutchison, Chris Miller, Richard Murdoch, Allan Scott and Chris Bryant, Gerald Wiley and Stan Wootton.
Producer John Fawcett-Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1972.
FRI 13:00 Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's (b0089htv)
Episode 10
Henry Goodman reads Truman Capote's vivid and witty novel about the relationship between young writer, Paul Varjak and captivating girl-about-town, Holly Golightly, in 1940s New York.
With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly Golightly is top notch in style and a sensation wherever she goes. Her brownstone apartment vibrates with martini-soaked parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate goal - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home.
Truman Capote's 1958 novella abridged in 10-parts by James Robertston.
Born in New Orleans in 1925, Truman Capote left school at 15 to work for the New Yorker - his first, and last, regular job. He's the author of many highly praised books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories, The Grass Harp, In Cold Blood, Music for Chameleons and Answered Prayers. Truman Capote died in 1984.
Producer: Bruce Young
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.
FRI 13:15 The Benn Tapes (b007jq4l)
Series 1
The Royal Family
Political veteran Tony Benn shares private recordings from history's frontline. An insight into the attitude of the monarchy.
FRI 13:30 A Short History of Ireland (b007k412)
Holy War in Munster; The Plantation of Munster
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 13:45 Centurions (b007jxdh)
Alfred Hitchcock - Rear Window
Biographer John Russell Taylor, and composer Neil Brand celebrate one of the influential film director's personal favourites.
FRI 14:00 27/02/2009 (b00hsff5)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 17:00 The Code of the Woosters (b007ww6f)
The Plot Thickens
Bertie Wooster is swept up into a world of fake heroics.
PG Wodehouse romp adapted by Chris Miller.
Starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves, Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster, Rex Garner as Gussie Fink-Nottle, James Villiers as Roderick Spode and Miriam Margolyes as Stiffy Byng.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1973.
FRI 17:30 Ayres on the Air (b008p9vh)
Series 1
Holidays
Pam Ayres's poetry and sketch show looks at holidays,
With poems about packing too much and learning to ski at 50-something.
Plus sketches about booking a holiday online and getting shingles up the Orinoco.
With Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity Montagu.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2004.
FRI 18:00 Isaac Asimov's Jokester (b007jwnj)
Vast computer Multivac runs global affairs, but can it explain where man's sense of humour comes from? Read by Henry Goodman.
FRI 18:30 Bill Murphy - Vostok (b007jzm4)
Three intrepid divers plunge into the world's last unexplored Antarctic lake. Stars Stuart Milligan and Ingvar Sigurdsson.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b00j05x7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead (b00hsff3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Falco (b007wpsz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Wallander - Faceless Killers (b00hv6v5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 20:45 Dick Barton - Special Agent (b007jnyn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 today]
FRI 21:00 George Eliot - Middlemarch (b0090c8l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Daunt and Dervish (b007jwvb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Knowing Me, Knowing You (b007jsdd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Genius (b00b9nzd)
Series 1
John Fortune
A fake brake pedal for nervous passengers to using laughing gas for riots?
Dave Gorman asks John Fortune to select the public's best loopy idea.
Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman and a celebrity guest chew over the ridiculous, unworkable but sometimes genius inventions, schemes and policies of the public.
Producer: Simon Nicholls
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2005.
FRI 23:00 Bearded Ladies (b00bx8br)
Series 2
Episode 5
Quick-fire sketch show starring Susie Donkin, Charlotte MacDougal, Oriane Messina and Faye Rusling. From September 2005.
FRI 23:30 Big Town All Stars (b007jvpf)
Series 1
If You Sack Me, I'll Leave
The band must get assertive with scary Lorelei, and Johnny's love life is in tatters. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From March 2000.