The lad announces that he's rejecting society to go and live a truly rural life.
Starring Tony Hancock.
With 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.
Patrick and Maureen have hit desperation point and invite a marriage counsellor to advise them on their communication skills live on-air.
It's a recipe for disaster.
Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick Barlow as Patrick Maybe.
Doctor ...... Peter Jones
Dennis ...... Kevin Eldon
Sergio ...... Simon Greenall
Written by Patrick Barlow.
'If the television is a guest in the house, it's rude to exclude it from the conversation. If the television says something, then one would be impolite not to respond to it.'
Sarah is irritated by her mother Eleanor's opinions on TV - and every other subject...
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.
A nasty moment for Bernard in the granny flat or is the landladies' daddy only joking?
Sue Limb's sitcom about events at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Denise Coffey and Miriam Margolyes star as sisters Alison and Maud.
Alison …. Denise Coffey
Maud …. Miriam Margolyes
Fathe …. Joss Ackland
Mr Mullett …. Chris Emmett
Bernard …. Geoffrey Whitehead
Leslie …. Nickolas Grace
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
His name is now a byword for depravity, but growing up in Tiberius's court, how evil was Emperor Caligula? Stars David Tennant.
TV show contestant Thomas delves into his troubled past, hoping to find the right answer and win a life-changing sum. Stars Anand Tiwari.
Paolo Baldi discovers that a priceless hybrid plant leads to little peace and serenity in the newly designed garden of contemplation - as he and Tina are soon digging round in the murderous world of gardening.
David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.
Written by Martin Meenan.
With Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Owen Roe as Rynne, Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid, Victoria Smurfit as Claire, Adrian Dunbar as Kearney, Pat Laffan as Meadows, Mark O'Regan as Sheridan, Anne Marie Horan as Megan and Deirdre Monaghan as Gloria.
Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.
Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.
Long ago in a radio galaxy far away - space film spoofing, the best of 'Bruce Forsyth' and a quiz "live from Norwich".
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.
More mystery, as the debonair detective sets out to unravel the secret behind Mrs Desmond's gloves.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, John Scott as Bill McCall, Richard Hurndall as Roger Shelly, Simon Lack as Philip Droste, Grizelda Hervey as Vanessa Droste, John Cazabon as Eddie, Leigh Crutchley as the Taxi Driver, John Bryning as Charles Marett and Beryl Calder as the Telephone Girl.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Bond is locked in a battle of wills, but victory at the gaming table is no guarantee. Alex Jennings reads the classic spy novel.
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
Renowned linguist Professor Eric Hawkins recalls how being a wartime soldier influenced his future ethos in the classroom.
Sophie has an accident. Polly tries to forget the twins. Calypso receives some bad news.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
The writer recalls one of his favourite childhood pastimes - going to the pictures and seeing his favourite film stars.
Kirsten O'Brien presents. Featuring The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton and read by Stacey Sampson, and Montmorency by Eleanor Updale and read by Paul J Medford.
With the Martians in pursuit, Jet and the crew try desperately to get a message to Earth.
Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
Under a full moon somewhere in Europe - three friends meet in a strange, exotic bar. Lucy Cohu reads Lilian Pizzichini's tale.
Three friends, adrift in a mysterious European city, congregate one night at cocktail hour in a strange, exotic bar and, as they partake of an absinthe-like drink, pathological, long-buried natural tendencies surface under the influence of the full moon.
Mr Hyde appears to be dead and Dr Jekyll has disappeared. Will a paper trail unravel the mystery? Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
Satan is cross with Yeats over a poem, while Scumspawn and Thomas write their own verse. Satanic sitcom stars Andy Hamilton. From April 2001.
From Edinburgh, the American comedian holds forth on everything from animals to the orange world of David Copperfield.
Roger McGough's poetic reflections on relatives and retsina.
With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.
Recorded at the Bath Festival.
THURSDAY 04 JUNE 2009
THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jsfq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1dn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b0084yhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Casino Royale (b00f71gh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktgq0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 Baldi (b007k0b9)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 Caesar! (b00ctml6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tkgd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 Journey Into Language (b00dkhnt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qbv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00ktln4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 04/06/2009 (b00ktvvr)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k11m)
An 'Ep' in the Country
The off-screen doings of TV soap opera stars are often more interesting than the actual programmes, particularly if you never watch the programme concerned.
British show business doyen, 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 July 1986
THU 08:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b007v206)
Series 1
May the Farce Be With You
Robert is about to appear in a new London West End farce, but the real farce is what happens in the half hour before the curtain rises...
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Margery Shaw ..... Alison Steadman
Stage Manager ..... Jonathan Kydd
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1989.
THU 09:00 Doctor at Large (b00bb9m8)
Fellowship
An x-ray mix-up leads Simon Sparrow's confused friends to fear his end is in sight.
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 Sir Lancelot Spratt, Ray Cooney as Tony Benskin, Norma Ronald as Wendy Swithenbank, Edward Cast as Taffy Evans, Dandy Nichols as Mrs Travers and Kathleen Helme as Sister
Producer: David Hatch
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1969.
THU 09:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00ktvvt)
Series 4
It's Behind You
Christmas is coming but goodwill is in short supply among the staff panto cast. Stars Marlene Sidaway and Brigit Forsyth.
THU 10:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg)
Series 2
The Best of Mothers
The murderous tale of Emperor Nero and his interfering mother Agrippina. Stars Jonathan Forbes and Frances Barber.
THU 11:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktvvw)
100,000 Rupees
Thomas' time spent working for an Australian Colonel proves useful when he answers the next quiz question. Stars Anand Tiwari.
THU 11:15 Baldi (b007k0bt)
Series 3
Settling Scores
Paolo invites Tina to her first classical music concert, but a murder soon sounds a wrong note.
David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.
Written by Mark Holloway.
With Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, Bill Nighy as O'Connor, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Geraldine James as Maggie, Owen Roe as Rynne, Gerard McSorley as Dr Virgo, Niall Buggy as Donal Clare, Luke Griffin as Billy and Collette Proctor as Kitty Henderson.
Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.
Script Editor: Gemma McMullan
Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.
Director: Mark Lambert
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
THU 12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k11m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 My Music (b00904tn)
Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and Denis Norden in their 500th edition. From May 1990.
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9x)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair
Boulevard Seminaire
The mystery glove trail leads the suave detective and his wife to a rendezvous in Paris.
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, John Scott as Bill McCall, Simon Lack as Philip Droste, Grizelda Hervey as Vanessa Droste, John Bryning as Charles Marett, Jon Farrell as Luke, Betty Baskcomb as the Telephone operator, Rolf Lefebvre as Louis Franz, David March as the Waiter and Beatrice Ormonde as the Receptionist/Lady.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.
THU 13:30 Casino Royale (b00f84kr)
Episode 4
Bond is in a delicate position. Could Le Chiffre be right? Should the games end? Alex Jennings reads the classic spy novel.
THU 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tm4c)
The Land War; The Relief of Captain Boycott
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 14:15 Don't Hang Up (b00kv7w3)
Phone boxes around the country are randomly called by presenter Alan Dein. Passing strangers answer and share their stories.
THU 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qtn)
Episode 9
Max gets a telephone call about Monica, while Helena gets a surprise visitor.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Read by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
THU 14:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00kv7w5)
A Common Assault
The writer recalls an ill-fated holiday to Italy in the spring of 1992 which landed him in hospital.
THU 15:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00kv7w7)
Presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Featuring The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton and read by Stacey Sampson, and Montmorency by Eleanor Updale and read by Paul J Medford.
THU 17:00 Doctor at Large (b00bb9m8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00ktvvt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jshx)
The World in Peril
Episode 19
Despite their best efforts, Jet and the crew are prised from their ship by the Martians.
Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Various ….Alan Tylvern
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1956.
THU 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1hv)
Scavengers
Under a full moon - widow Lottie's odd encounter with a fox has a life changing effect. Amanda Root reads Dominic Power's tale.
After a heavy, gin-induced afternoon sleep, sixty-year old Lottie Nancarrow wakes up with the sense of dread that has plagued her since the recent death of her partner, the abstract painter Ned Stein, with whom she had shared thirty years of a happy bohemian existence. Lottie is treating her grief with alcohol, and is becoming increasingly eccentric, alienating herself from her small West London community and the life she shared with Ned. This evening, Lottie feels that something is wrong, some change in the atmosphere. Going to the French window of her garden flat, she sees a full moon hanging in the sky, and illuminated by the moon, staring through the glass at her, is a large urban fox - staring at her with a look that suggests some secret knowledge.
THU 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
Episode 4
Utterson's persistence with investigating the truth about his friend Dr Jekyll is finally rewarded. Read by Tim Piggott-Smith. From April 1996.
THU 19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k11m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 19:30 My Music (b00904tn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
THU 20:30 Casino Royale (b00f84kr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
THU 21:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktvvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
THU 21:15 Baldi (b007k0bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
THU 22:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b007v206)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
THU 22:30 All the World's a Globe (b007jwv5)
6. The Interregnum & The Age of Turmoil
Tales of Cromwell, Roundheads versus Cavaliers and William of Orange to name but a few.
The history of mankind from the first amoeba to the Second World War.
Presented by the entire cast of the National Theatre of Brent - Desmond Olivier Dingle and Wallace, aided by Mr Barker.
Written by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by Jim Broadbent and Martin Duncan.
With guest star Peter Barker.
With thanks to
Patrick Barlow
Jim Broadbent
Martin Duncan
Producer: Lissa Evans
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1990.
THU 22:45 Creme de la Crime (b007yvm3)
Series 1
The Bells and St Clement
Michael Feydeau and David Pershore review the curious case of a fallen monk. Stars Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. From October 2001.
THU 23:00 Newsjack (b00kvj12)
Broadcast Pilot
BBC Radio 7 Pilot. Magazine style sketch show that comically scrutinises the latest news, views and issues of the day, with Miles Jupp.
THU 23:30 Masala FM (b007jypp)
Episode 3
When one of Auntieji's disgruntled listeners decides to take matters in to his own hands, Khalid may be the only one who can save the station.
Six-part sitcom written by Meera Syal
Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nitin Sawheny, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia.
Music by Nitin Sawhney.
Producer: Liz Anstee
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.
FRIDAY 05 JUNE 2009
FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jshx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1hv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00858dr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jp9x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 Casino Royale (b00f84kr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00ktvvw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 Baldi (b007k0bt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 Caesar! (b00ctvxg)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tm4c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Thursday]
FRI 04:15 Don't Hang Up (b00kv7w3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Thursday]
FRI 04:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080qtn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Thursday]
FRI 04:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00kv7w5)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 05/06/2009 (b00kvkk3)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b007js3y)
Series 2
Episode 11
It's Kenneth Horne to the rescue in 'The Gaylords', a tune from Rambling Syd Rumpo, plus Julian and Sandy get all musical in Bona Beats.
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 1966.
FRI 08:30 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
Episode 4
The struggling actor and mate Murray try out a global food café, while Kate has a bad day.
Alan Davies stars in his own sitcom.
Written by Ben Silburn, Tony Roche and Alan Davies.
Alan ...... Alan Davies
Murray ...... Alan Francis
Kate ...... Ronni Ancona
With Debra Stephenson, Alistair MacGowan and Dave Lamb.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
FRI 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0089jcr)
Series 2
Episode 2
JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From July 1991.
FRI 09:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008hpzv)
The French Connection
Arch-rivals town hall clerk Potts and sanitary inspector Perkins hurl insults and then onions...
Six anarchic tales from those demob days “when we was going to build the new Jerusalem - you know, before the world turned lax and sour”.
Stars Norman Rossington as Big Jim, Roland Curram as Harold Perkins, Harold Goodwin as Old Ned, David John as Nimrod, Sylvester McCoy as Turps, David Beckett as Chick, Christopher Godwin as Potts, Hilary Mason as Miss Farquhar, Andre Maranne as French Onion Johnnie and Norman Mitchell as PC Speedworth.
Narrated by Bernard Cribbins.
Written by Ted Walker.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1987.
FRI 10:00 Caesar! (b00cvbk1)
Series 2
The Glass Ball Game
The story of Emperor Hadrian and his relationship with Antinous, who died in mysterious circumstances. Stars Andrew Garfield.
FRI 11:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00kvkkp)
500,000 Rupees
Sitting in the hot seat, ready for his next quiz question, Thomas remembers being reunited with Salim. Stars Anand Tiwari.
FRI 11:15 Baldi (b007k0ft)
Series 3
The Dig
An archaeological dig becomes a battlefield involving monks, politicians and developers, while Paolo makes some fascinating discoveries.
David Threlfall stars as the murder-solving priest, Paolo Baldi.
Written by Martin Meenan.
With Martin Clunes as Aloysious, Tina Kellegher as Tina Mahon, TP McKenna as Father Troy, Owen Roe as Rynne, Margaret D'Arcy as Mrs Reid, Kevin Flood as Professor Evans, Sean McGinley as Swift, Barry McGovern as the Minister and Ingrid Craigie as Helen.
Format by Barry Devlin. Developed and produced by BBC Northern Ireland.
Script Editor: Gemma McMullan
Recorded at RTE's studios in Dublin.
Director: Mark Lambert
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b007js3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
From 20/05/1984
From a murderous martial art to an unexploded double bass.
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 May 1984
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007jpbb)
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair
Roger Shelley Makes a Suggestion
The debonair detective and his wife are in Paris, when the telephone rings with a long distance call...
Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke as Paul Temple and Marjorie Westbury as Steve in another intriguing case for BBC radio's smoothest investigator and his glamorous wife.
With Richard Williams as Sir Graham Forbes, Frederick Treves as Inspector Eden, Peter Wilde as Terry Palmer, June Tobin as Mary Desmond, John Scott as Bill McCall, Simon Lack as Philip Droste, Betty Baskcomb as the Telephone Operator, Rolf Lefebvre as Louis Franz, John Graham as Dr Foy and Richard Hurndall as Roger Shelly.
From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case.
Producer: Martin C Webster
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in 1959.
FRI 13:30 Casino Royale (b00f8688)
Episode 5
Bond is reunited with Vesper, but it seems the true enemy is much closer to home. Alex Jennings reads the classic spy novel.
FRI 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007tcj0)
Assassination in the Phoenix Park; The First Home Rule Bill
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 14:15 Lady Curzon and a Pineapple (b00cm6ww)
Ian Peacock picks up his spoon and delves into the history of "The King of Fruits".
The "most wanted" additions to any early 20th-century dinner party were said to have been Lady Curzon and a Pineapple. The former for her wit and charms, the latter for its taste, of course, but also for its status as a symbol of wealth and exoticism. Pineapples are believed to have been discovered by Columbus in 1493, and by the 18th century they were so sought-after that many wealthy landowners were attempting to grow them here in Britain. Some were successfully grown as far north as Falkirk in Central Scotland.
Lucinda Lambton discusses pineapple representation in architecture here and abroad, while Ian meets a young pineapple grower and tastes a one cooked to an ancient recipe on a spit over an open fire.
Producer: Caroline Barbour
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2005.
FRI 14:30 Mary Wesley - The Camomile Lawn (b0080sjp)
Episode 10
A funeral sparks a big reunion of old faces at the house in Cornwall.
A house - with a fragrant lawn stretching down to the Cornish cliffs - is the link between the five cousins which neither the war nor adulthood can break.
Published in 1984, Mary Wesley novel abridged in ten parts by Elizabeth Bradbury.
Concluded by Sian Phillips.
Producer: Tracey Neale
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1989.
FRI 14:45 Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories (b00kvq7p)
Staring out of the Window
Staring out of the window, Alan muses about what 'being a writer' actually means.
FRI 15:00 Caesar! (b00cvbk1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00kvq7r)
Presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Featuring The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton and read by Stacey Sampson, and Montmorency by Eleanor Updale and read by Paul J Medford.
FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b0089jcr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
FRI 17:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008hpzv)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Journey into Space (b007jsl4)
The World in Peril
Episode 20
As the invasion fleet reaches Earth, can Jet Morgan and his crew save the day?
Continuing the 20-part serial - the third of Charles Chilton's classic sci-fi trilogy set in 1972.
CAST:
Jet Morgan …. Andrew Faulds
Lemmy …. Alfie Bass
Doc …. Guy Kingsley Poynter
Mitch …. Don Sharp
Various ….Alan Tylvern
Rogers/The Martian …. David Jacobs
Music composed and orchestra conducted by Van Phillips.
Written and produced by Charles Chilton.
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1956.
FRI 18:30 The Lunar Effect (b007k1k4)
The Hiring Fair
Strong moonlight forces spark a sequence of events which echo across generations. Frances Tomelty reads Polly Devlin's tale.
In 1867 a young girl living with her father on their isolated County Tyrone farm often senses the magical attraction of the full moon. On one particular night of bright, silvery moonlight she gives in to strong forces sparking a sequence of events which echo across generations.
FRI 18:45 RL Stevenson - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (b00859tj)
Episode 5
It's Henry Jekyll's turn to tell the story, as the bizarre truth is finally revealed. Concluded by Tim Pigott-Smith. From April 1996.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b007js3y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 The Michael Bentine Show (b00kvkkw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007jpbb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 Casino Royale (b00f8688)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 Vikas Swarup - Q&A (b00kvkkp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Baldi (b007k0ft)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 22:00 The Alan Davies Show (b0089kpx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better (b00kvq7t)
Series 1
Wrath
Mark Watson investigates wrath as he continues his quest to free us from the seven deadly sins via stand-up comedy.
Tim Key and Tim Minchin provide sketches, songs and jealous glances.
Producer: Katie Marsden
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2007.
FRI 23:00 Saturday Night Fry (b00kvq7w)
1. Pilot Show
Stephen Fry's surreal, erudite sketch show with humorous banter and sketches.
With Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson.
Special guest: Barry Cryer.
The pilot programme that spawned Stephen Fry's cult series. A show identical in spirit to the great Mary Queen of Scots tapestry that hangs in Osterley House.
Written by Stephen Fry with additional material by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.
Producer: Dan Patterson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1987.
FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007jyjh)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Night
Episode 1
For cricket's most unremarkable medium-paced trundler, every problem is an opportunity.
So Pod turns his 140 hours of community service, teaching the basics of the game to kids, into a novel way of promoting his testimonial dinner.
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Pod ...... Christopher Douglas
Andy Hamer ...... Andrew Nickolds
With Nick Newman, Chris Pavlo, Mark Perry and Nichola Sanderson.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2004.