Chaos looms when Sid confesses he's in love with the lad's secretary, Grizelda.
Starring Tony Hancock, Sidney James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.
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.
Robin surprisingly brings a friend home, but he isn't all he seems. Stars Kay Stonham and Simon Greenall. From May 2003.
'Well, I think it's a mother's duty to keep a maternal eye on her daughter's emotional entanglements. That's what I always tried to do with you. You know, subtly. At a distance.'
Eleanor has plans for nuptials in the family, but the family has other ideas...
Simon Brett's comedy about three generations of women - struggling to cope after the death of Sarah's GP husband - who never quite manage to see eye to eye.
Sarah ...... Prunella Scales
Eleanor ...... Joan Sanderson
Russell ...... Benjamin Whitrow
Clare ...... Gerry Cowper
Four radio series were made, but instead of moving to BBC TV - Thames Television produced 'After Henry' for the ITV network.
"The over 70's keep fit club has got completely out of hand, Mr Critchley. Can't you see how cruel it is expecting pensioners to vault over a horse?"
More crazy happenings for hapless vicar Timothy Carswell.
Stephen Sheridan's six-part series starring James Grout..
Reverend Timothy Carswell ...... James Grout
Mrs Garland ...... Rosemary Martin
Simon Garland ...... Daniel Strauss
Critchley ...... Fraser Kerr
Dr Warlock ...... Christopher Good
Miss Shaw ...... Auriol Smith
Mr Vaughan ...... Michael Turner
Mr Shaw ...... Ronald Herdman
Producer: Lissa Evans.
John and Laura Bennett are on holiday in Venice, trying to get over the tragic death of their daughter.
They seem to be succeeding, until a blind psychic starts relaying messages from beyond the grave...
Daphne du Maurier's classic tale of slow-dawning terror first published in 1971.
Laura Bennett ...... Anna Chancellor
John Bennett ...... Michael Feast
Sister ...... Colette O'Neil
Elidah ...... Carolyn Pickles
Policeman ...... Sean Baker
Waiter ...... Ewan Bailey
Porter ...... Carl Prekopp
Dramatised by Ronald Frame.
Howard is no help in rescuing Vera, so Irene, after breaking out of her Ibizan jail, implores Brian to help.
But when Brian catches up with Vera in Moscow, Vera's enraging remarks about her new-found intimacy with Irene's son-in-law urge Irene to write an anonymous letter she may regret...
Irene ...... Prunella Scales
Vera ...... Patricia Routledge
Howard ...... Christopher Kelham
The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman.
When the detectives watch a divorce lawyer's wife, their operation takes a sinister turn. Stars Anna Massey and Frances Barber.
Queen Victoria needs some help with a personal problem - and all is revealed 'Upstairs Downstairs'.
Starring Fred Harris, Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees and Chris Emmett .
Cult sketch comedy series which originally ran from 1976 to 1980.
Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick.
Rumpole takes on a new pupil and defends a racist politician.
"The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole
With John Bott as Judge Jameson, Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Lockwood West as Mr Keith and Saeed Jaffrey as Lutuf Khan.
Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case-by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
A jealous lover is haunted by a fellow pilot's death and a vision of murder. Mike Walker's revamped whodunnit with Neil Dudgeon.
Ulster's Domestic Linen Industry; Wash Mills, Bleach Greens and Beetling Engines
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
Richard Owen marries, while rival Gideon Mantell opens a museum but is forced to separate from his wife. Read by Emma Fielding.
Reading from his book, playwright and novelist John Mortimer holds forth on war and what makes a terrorist a freedom fighter.
The stricken passengers of the steamship RMS Titanic leave their cabins and head to the ship's decks. Martin Jarvis reads Walter Lord's account.
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring Kathy Burke reading The Witches by Roald Dahl.
8. Closing-in on Mars
As Captain Jet Morgan and his crew approach Mars, strange noises and dreams begin to affect them...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Transported back six centuries, are the 'fictional' characters Dick meets real? Psychological thriller read by Julian Wadham.
Satan and the Professor find a huge empty space in Hell - when they enter Scumspawn's brain.
Andy Hamilton’s devilishly funny sitcom set in Hell.
Satan …. Andy Hamilton
The Professor …. James Grout
Thomas …. Jimmy Mulville
Scumspawn …. Robert Duncan
Other characters played by Felicity Montagu, Philip Pope, Nick Revel and Michael Fenton Stevens.
The comedian continues to entertain an audience at London's Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn. From May 2005.
Barry and Garry build the world's first environmentally friendly bar. Stars Phil Cornwell and John Thomson. From March 1998.
THURSDAY 23 APRIL 2009
THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jq2w)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007jvzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsgq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Agatha Christie (b00jzwdq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3tn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b00jzggl)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007jlbw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007q9j2)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Deborah Cadbury - The Dinosaur Hunters (b00bfdt5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Where There's a Will (b007jz8c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:45 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr4k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 23/04/2009 (b00jzy3f)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
Brian Allington
The common image of the breed of actors as selfish, chameleonic and unreliable is almost always quite unjustified.
After all, to be realistic, what sort of professional future could someone like that possibly expect to have?
The doyen of British show business, J Kingston Platt shares reminiscences drawn from the wealth and the poverty of his experience from the past 40 years.
Performed and written by Peter Jones.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1986.
THU 08:30 The Right Time (b00c5snp)
Series 3
Episode 5
Time-share shock, home shopping revenge - and the perils of redundancy...
The sketch comedy for people growing older disgracefully.
Stars Eleanor Bron, Graeme Garden, Neil Innes, Clive Swift, Roger Blake and Paula Wilcox.
Written by Nicholas Barber and Glenn Dakin, Mike Coleman, Jan Etherington, Graeme Garden, Mike Haskins, Ged Parsons, Bob Sinfield, Chris Thompson and Pete Reynolds.
Script Editor: Ged Parsons.
Music by Ronnie & The Rex and Neil Innes.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2003.
THU 09:00 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l)
The Captain's Problem
Ship's doctor Simon Sparrow diagnoses trouble ahead with Captain Spratt!
The misadventures of newly qualified doctor, Simon Sparrow - adapted for radio by Ray Cooney from Richard Gordon's 'Doctor at Large' published in 1955.
Starring Richard Briers as Simon Sparrow, Geoffrey Sumner as Captain Spratt, Ray Cooney as First Mate Jock Hornbeam, Edward Cast as Colonel Smith and Peter Jones as Easter.
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1969.
THU 09:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00jzy3h)
Series 3
Filling In
Supply teachers may come in all shapes and sizes, but, whichever, they’re invariably in short supply. But is King Street lucky to get Mrs Harper..?
School comedy created and written by Jim Eldridge. Ten series of this King Street Junior ran between 1985 and 1998. King Street Junior Revisited ran from 2002 to 2005.
Stars Carolyn Pickles as Mrs Devon, Marlene Sidaway as Miss Lewis, Michael Cochrane as Mr Maxwell, Teresa Gallagher as Miss Featherstone, Jacqueline Beatty as Miss Reid, Janice Acquah as Mrs Khan, Jillie Meers as Mrs Harper and John McCrea as Daniel.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.
THU 10:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4qn)
September Tide
When Cherry comes home to visit her widowed mother Stella, she brings her new husband with her.
But surprises are in-store, as this is the first time mother and son-in-law have met.
Starring Paula Wilcox, Jonathan Firth and Alice Hart.
Daphne du Maurier's bittersweet love story set in a beautiful house on a Cornish estuary.
Stella Martin …. Paula Wilcox
Evan Davies …. Jonathan Firth
Cherry Davies …. Alice Hart
Robert Hanson …. John Rowe
Mrs Tucket …. Susan Jameson
Neighbour …. Duncan Walsh Atkins
Director: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.
THU 11:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3vh)
Ladies of Letters Go Global
Episode 4
Irene’s kept on the move by her island-hopping employees so can’t prevent Lesley sending Christopher, Irene's treasured only son, out to Moscow to bring back Vera.
When Vera explains that she and Christopher are to go on a dangerous mission for MI6, Irene takes the desperate steps of appealing to Nellie Thoroughgood, Chris's adoptive mother, for help
Irene ...... Prunella Scales
Vera ...... Patricia Routledge
Nellie Thoroughgood ...... Susan Jameson
The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
THU 11:15 Daunt and Dervish (b00jzy3k)
Series 2
A Farewell to Ingleby
Detective Daunt's country weekend at an old friend's house doesn't go quite as planned. Stars Anna Massey and Frances Barber.
THU 12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 My Music (b007k084)
Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and Denis Norden on Quartets and Alma Cogan. From April 1990.
THU 13:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsh4)
The Case of Identity
Rumpole deals with some dubious alibis in court and in chambers.
"The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Horace Rumpole.
With Robert Harris as Mr Justice Vosper, Michael Spice as Guthrie Featherstone, Brian Carroll as Erskine-Brown and Amanda Murray as Phillida Trant.
Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case-by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
Director: Peter King
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
THU 13:30 Agatha Christie (b00jzy3m)
The Dressmaker's Doll
A creepy doll with a mind of its own causes alarm along London's catwalks. Mike Walker's revamped whodunnit with Juliet Aubrey.
THU 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007qb9r)
A Vast Number of People Shipping Off for Pennsylvania and Boston; The Voyage of the Sally
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 14:15 Deborah Cadbury - The Dinosaur Hunters (b00bfnkg)
Episode 4
The term 'dinosaur' is introduced to the world, while Owen and Mantell's rivalry intensifies. Read by Emma Fielding.
THU 14:30 Where There's a Will (b007jwjs)
Episode 4
Playwright and novelist John Mortimer delivers more ruminations on the nature of happiness and religion.
THU 14:45 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr4x)
Episode 4
As the sinking Titanic issues an SOS, women and children are ordered into the ocean liner's lifeboats. Read by Martin Jarvis.
THU 15:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4qn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00jzy3p)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring Kathy Burke reading The Witches by Roald Dahl.
THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b009pp9l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00jzy3h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jq5b)
The Red Planet
9. The Irresistible Light
After their battle to land on Mars, Captain Jet Morgan and his crew prepare to start their explorations...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
THU 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4lh)
Episode 3
On his next 'trip' back to the 14th century, Dick witnesses Sir Henry Champernoune's suspicious death. Read by Julian Wadham.
THU 19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007jzkv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 My Music (b007k084)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Agatha Christie (b00jzy3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Daunt and Dervish (b00jzy3k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 The Right Time (b00c5snp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 Steven Appleby's Normal Life (b007jqqw)
Series 1
The Normal Mind
Cartoonist Steven takes advantage of modern surgical techniques to reveal the inner workings of the creative artist's brain.
Starring Mark Perry as cartoonist Steven Appleby who takes an abnormal look at everyday life.
Steven ...... Paul McCrink
Mum ...... Rosalind Paul
Female Steven ...... Rachel Atkins
Mr Two ...... Ewan Bailey
Dad ...... Nigel Betts
Other parts played by the cast.
Written by Steven Appleby
Producer: Toby Swift
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2001.
THU 22:45 Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea (b00jzzg3)
Series 2
The Fitness Club
The Laird challenges Dougal to swim, cycle and run in a MacAthlon. Stars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden. From March 2004.
THU 23:00 Think the Unthinkable (b007k4p8)
Series 2
Blue Herring
The management consultants plug into media technology. Stars Emma Kennedy and Marcus Brigstocke. From November 2002.
THU 23:30 Brian Appleton's History of Rock 'n' Roll (b00fw3zq)
Come Up and See Me
How Brian's interruption of a recording session inadvertently gave Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel their biggest hit.
More revelations from rock musicologist and part-time media studies tutor Brian Appleton
Written and performed by Graham Fellows.
Producer: Dawn Ellis
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
THU 23:45 Elastic Planet (b0089jhr)
The Shape
Drugged electricity and artificial icebergs.
Oliver Postgate narrates a stream of bizarre coincidences in Ben Moor’s cosmic comedy of connections.
With Johnny Ball, Henry Cooper, Kerry Shale, Dan Strauss, Michael Troughton, Neil Mullarkey, Siriol Jenkins, Jamie Owen and Alan Dedicoat.
Producer: Jon Naismith
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995
FRIDAY 24 APRIL 2009
FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jq5b)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4lh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jsh4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Agatha Christie (b00jzy3m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3vh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Daunt and Dervish (b00jzy3k)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Daphne Du Maurier (b007k4qn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007qb9r)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Deborah Cadbury - The Dinosaur Hunters (b00bfnkg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Where There's a Will (b007jwjs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:45 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr4x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 24/04/2009 (b00k08ld)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b007jrlz)
Series 2
Episode 5
Master Spy Kenneth Horne's on the case of a remote-control guided nuclear banana - and Kenneth Williams throws a fresh tantrum over the show's script.
With 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 April 1966.
FRI 08:30 Heated Rollers (b007r4ys)
Episode 4
Upstairs Downstairs downgraded, and a toy doll with wrinkles.
The first ever all-women sketch show made for BBC Radio 2 starring Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro.
With music supplied by the Lorraine Bowen Experience.
Producer: Maria Esposito
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March 1999.
FRI 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0081b4f)
Series 1
Episode 2
Moonlight on Mrs Parsons, newts in Lord Shortcake's trouser turn-ups, and the police - as ever - on Captain Foulenough's tail.
Richard Ingrams, John Wells, John Sessions and Patricia Routledge recreate the world of the JB Morton.
Running in the Daily Express from 1924 to 1975 – JB Morton’s surreally comic ‘Beachcomber’ column paved the way for a great deal of modern humour.
Adapted by Michael Barfield with Richard Ingrams.
Announcer: Brian Perkins
Producer: Harry Thompson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
FRI 09:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2gs)
Episode 2
The Royal Dingle Company tackles the verse of the Bard. Stars Patrick Barlow, with guest Juliet Stevenson. From September 1995.
FRI 10:00 Bruce Bedford - Mire Farm (b00k08lg)
Simon Shaw's first challenge as a diplomat is to reconcile his eccentric family on their farm with the angry villagers of Butterdale in Yorkshire.
Bruce Bedford’s drama stars Paul Downing as Simon Shaw.
Simon Shaw ...... Paul Downing
John Shaw ...... Stephen Thorne
May Shaw ...... June Barrie
Beatrice Shaw ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Grandad Shaw ...... Howard Goorney
Eric Flow ...... Nigel Betts
Vanessa ...... Julia Hills
Mrs Wentworth ...... Auriol Smith
Vicar ...... Christopher Good
Colonel Wince ...... James Green
Taxi Man ...... John Wood
Directed at BBC Bristol by Andy Jordan.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1990.
FRI 11:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3wb)
Ladies of Letters Go Global
Episode 5
Vera and Christopher undertake a life-threatening undercover operation for MI6.
With no-one else to turn to, Irene combines forces with the ex-pat couple employing her to get Vera and Christopher air-lifted out of the diamond mine in which they have been billeted.
Irene ...... Prunella Scales
Vera ...... Patricia Routledge
Brian ...... Ewan Bailey
The up and down relationship of two mature ladies shared via their barbed correspondence.
Written by Lou Wakefield and Carole Havman.
Producer: Claudine Toutoungi
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2006.
FRI 11:15 Daunt and Dervish (b00k08lj)
Series 2
Base Metal
In foggy London, the detectives meet a charming American, with dangerous consequences. Stars Anna Massey and Frances Barber.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b007jrlz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008yrw8)
From 26/02/1984
From the Metropolitan Police to a dead newsreader.
Michael Bentine stars in the ultimate one man show written and performed by the host.
Producer: Jamie Rix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1984.
FRI 13:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jshh)
The Expert Witness
Rumpole recalls the case of a GP accused of killing his wife.
"The Splendours And Miseries Of An Old Bailey Hack". Starring Maurice Denham as ageing London barrister-at-law Horace Rumpole and Margot Boyd as Hilda Rumpole
With Derek Farr as Mr Justice Skelton and Ellis Dale as Owen Munroe,
Originally a TV series created by writer and barrister John Mortimer, Rumpole hit the BBC radio airwaves in 1980. Case-by-case, Rumpole recalls his work at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.
Director: Peter King
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1980.
FRI 13:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
Episode 1
Kindly Detective Inspector Purbright probes dark deeds in the world of small-time animal charities.
One of Colin Watson's Flaxborough Chronicles dramatised by Christopher Denys in 6 parts.
Stars John Rowe as Inspector Purbright, Robin Polley as Sgt. Malley, Tricia Wilcock as Mrs Hallam, Paul Downing as Love, Russell Dixon as Dr Fergusson and Ann Rye as Lucilla Teatime.
Producer: Tony Cliff
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
FRI 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007qgnn)
The American Revolution and Ireland; Free Trade or Else
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 14:15 Deborah Cadbury - The Dinosaur Hunters (b00bfq10)
Episode 5
Owen's dismissal of rival Mantell goes on to the bitter end, but he gets a taste of his own medicine. Read by Emma Fielding.
FRI 14:30 Where There's a Will (b007jwk1)
Episode 5
Concluding his book readings, playwright and novelist John Mortimer ponders what it actually means to 'make a fuss'.
FRI 14:45 Walter Lord - A Night to Remember (b007jr5b)
Episode 5
With only women and children allowed on lifeboats, panic and friction spreads aboard the doomed Titanic. Read by Martin Jarvis.
FRI 15:00 Bruce Bedford - Mire Farm (b00k08lg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00k08ll)
Big Toe Books is a daily children's radio programme on BBC7. Kirsten O'Brien presents an hour of children's stories, featuring Kathy Burke reading The Witches by Roald Dahl.
FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0081b4f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare (b007k2gs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jq7r)
The Red Planet
10. Freighters Approach
Captain Jet Morgan and his crew are on Mars, but he's alarmed when more of the fleet appear to arrive...
Charles Chilton’s 1954 classic set in 1971.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. David Kossoff
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Bruce Beeby
Announcer/Various …. David Jacobs
Various …. Anthony Marriott
Music composed and conducted by Van Phillips.
Producer: Charles Chilton
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in November 1954.
FRI 18:30 Daphne Du Maurier's The House on the Strand (b007k4ms)
Episode 4
Dick starts realising he's confusing past and present, but Magnus urges him to increase the drug dosage. Read by Julian Wadham.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b007jrlz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b008yrw8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 John Mortimer - Rumpole (b007jshh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Inspector Purbright - Charity Ends at Home (b007jsmq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Ladies of Letters (b007k3wb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Daunt and Dervish (b00k08lj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 Heated Rollers (b007r4ys)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 The Nimmo Twins in... (b00jh6jw)
Series 1
Norwich
The duo desperately seek inspiration for the final script of their series. Stars Karl Minns and Owen Evans. From September 2000.
FRI 23:00 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! (b00cqtgl)
Series 2
Motivational Speech
The ex-variety star tries motivational speaking with a snappy slogan and dunce's caps. Stars Steve Delaney. From February 2007.
FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007qx6y)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Fix
Episode 3
Dave Podmore refuses to stand idly by as English cricket stares down both barrels of a bottomless doldrum.
On a chaotic overseas tour, his private life takes a turn for the worse.
Christopher Douglas stars as Pod.
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Dave ...... Chris Douglas
Andy ...... Andrew Nickolds
With Nicola Sanderson and Chris Pavlo.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2001.