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Johnson's not keen when the Chief hatches a money-making wheeze using surplus crew pyjamas.
Stars Jon Pertwee as the Chief Petty Officer, Leslie Phillips as the Sub-Lieutenant, Stephen Murray as the Number One, Ronnie Barker as AS 'Fatso' Johnson/Lt Commander Stanton, Richard Caldicote as Captain Povey and Heather Chasen as Ramona Povey.
Laughs afloat aboard British Royal Navy frigate HMS Troutbridge. The Navy Lark ran for an impressive thirteen series between 1959 and 1976.
Producer: Alastair Scott Johnston.
Has Milton pulled a Kiwi girl? Are Susan and Ian really mismatched? More homely capers with the surreal funster. From July 2003.
Bill makes a flying return visit from his new job in Germany. It’s the ideal opportunity for a quiet weekend with Faith but interventions from Hannah and Liza ensures the weekend is anything but romantic....
Sitcom about the battles of married life for ex-divorcees Bill and Faith, whilst balancing the demands of his ex-wife, Liza and Faith's teenage children.
Stars James Bolam as Bill, Lynda Bellingham as Faith, Belinda Lang as Liza, Julia Sawalha as Hannah, Mark Denham as Joe, Geoffrey Whitehead as Richard and David Learner as Kevin.
Series three 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'.
Melissa and Compton win a holiday, but spurn Herne Bay for an adventure in ancient Egypt. Stars Roy Hudd. From June 1988.
2. Skirmishes
Lucilla's "Thursday" has been a success, but Mr Cavendish is showing an interest in Barbara Lake and that is not part of her plan. Neither is the arrival of Archdeacon Beverley.
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Lydia Brown ...... Siriol Jenkins
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott
Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman
Mr Centum ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Lady Richmond ...... Jill Graham
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Ambitious Becky awaits a marriage proposal, while Amelia meets old friend Dobbin. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding.
The priestly sleuth links the murder of a homeless man in a Dublin squat with the history of art. Stars David Threlfall.
Harold admits he's planning a holiday - but without his dad Albert.
Starring Wilfrid Brambell as Albert and Harry H Corbett.
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.
Written for TV and adapted for radio by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Pondering the mystery over the handbag, the suave detective and his wife, Steve follow up a fresh lead...
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 Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes.
With Allan McClelland as Max Burford, John Gabriel as Ernest de Silva, Dorothy Holmes-Gore as Doris and Arthur Ridley as Detective Inspector Vosper.
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.
Martin's finally admitted the truth: he met Elsa de Charmoy shortly before her death - and he attempted to visit her on the night she died, but claims he didn't kill her. Martin's alibi is thin and there are no other suspects, but Van der Valk takes a chance on him. Together they visit Elsa's apartment to try and find evidence...
Nicholas Freeling's crime thriller read by David Troughton.
Piet Van der Valk is the much-copied prototype detective, 'a cranky, gentle, bumbling, brilliant, non-conformist student of human behaviour whose primary concern is why rather than how crimes are committed'.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
Will the universe implode or will it contract and expand? Vatican Astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno investigates.
HE Bates' rural reprobate with a gun? A recipe for disaster, surely! Read and abridged by David Neal.
A boat journey brings some pleasing bonhomie, and Palma impresses. Leonard Pearcey reads Gordon West's Majorcan tale.
Featuring Lizzie Dripping by Helen Cresswell (read by Lisa Riley), The Last Vampire by Willis Hall (read by Hamish Clark), and Thora by Gillian Johnson (read by Stella Gonet).
On patrol in Egypt - scanning the sky for asteroids - the crew of Space Force witness a massive ball of light coming towards Earth...
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series in six parts starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard, Bernard Brown and Mia Soteriou.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Waking up in a deserted alley, a man is terrified at the loss of his identity card. Sam Dale reads Phil Emery's tale.
A confrontation in an out-of-bounds part of town forces a man to reassess his way of life. Anthony Glennon reads Kate Scott's tale.
Sketch series with Paul Merton, Julian Clary, Tony Hawks and Josie Lawrence - before they hit the big time. From January 1988.
A group of inept actors set out to change the world through drama - linking up to Radio 4. With Dave Lamb. From October 2000.
John and his best friend Tony find themselves taking part in a seaside hotel's murder-mystery weekend.
John just wants to play dominoes, but amongst the guests is a woman from his past - with her potatoes.
Starring John Hegley, Simon Munnery, Terry Malloy, Sunny Ormonde and Andy Hockley.
Original music by Nigel Piper.
WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2009
WED 00:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn3c)
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18:00 on Tuesday]
WED 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2gx)
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18:30 on Tuesday]
WED 00:45 Blood Lines (b007k2jb)
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WED 01:00 Paul Temple (b007jn7r)
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WED 01:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpm)
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13:30 on Tuesday]
WED 02:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvw5)
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11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 02:15 Baldi (b007k4v9)
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11:15 on Tuesday]
WED 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6gdv)
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10:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vgg4)
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14:00 on Tuesday]
WED 04:15 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l6gdy)
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14:15 on Tuesday]
WED 04:30 HE Bates' My Uncle Silas (b007k47p)
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14:30 on Tuesday]
WED 04:45 Gordon West's Jogging Round Majorca (b00c0r26)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Tuesday]
WED 05:00 17/06/2009 (b00l6k7k)
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WED 08:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007vh34)
Series 4
Hancock in the Police
When Bill and the lad take to the beat, the crime rate soars after they meet Sid.
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.
Producer: Dennis Main Wilson
First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1957.
WED 08:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b007jrcc)
Episode 1
It ran for 10 series on Channel 4 and found success in America, but the hit TV improvisation game actually started life on BBC radio.
When it began in January 1988, this show adopted a format with two regular team captains - Fry and Sessions and two guests each week, with Colin Sell at the piano.
In this first edition of the pioneering series, John Sessions, Dawn French, Stephen Fry and Lenny Henry are tasked to improvise by series chairman Clive Anderson.
Rounds include ghastly guests at a party and Goldilocks and the Three Bears performed as never before.
Devised and compiled by Mark Leveson. Additional material by Martin Booth.
Producer: Dan Patterson.
WED 09:00 After Henry (b007nf1y)
Series 4
Dependent Relatives
'I'm sorry, Mother. It's just that that's the fourth time you've said you're not feeling at all well in the last hour".
Sarah is missing her daughter Clare - and her mother Eleanor is still very irritating.
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.
Producer: Pete Atkin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1989.
WED 09:30 Alison and Maud (b007k377)
Series 2
Beds in the East Are Soft
It's not a guest but Daddy who's not keen on a mattress. Is a sneaky swap the answer?
Second of two series of Sue Limb's Bed and Breakfast sitcom about sisters Alison and Maud and their guests at the Abbeyfield Guest House in Norwich.
Starring Denise Coffey as Alison, Miriam Margolyes as Maud, Joss Ackland as Father, Chris Emmett as Mr Mullett and Geoffrey Whitehead as Bernard.
Producer: Jonathan James-Moore.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2004.
WED 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
3. Lucilla's Luck
Mrs Mortimer is surrounded by a mystery which Lucilla can't unravel. Archdeacon Beverley seems to be involved but who else? Lucilla is determined to give advice, but Mr Cavendish may not want to hear it...
Starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Mrs Mortimer ...... Kate Binchy
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Mr Lake ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Woodburn ...... Christopher Scott
Archdeacon Beverley ...... Paul Daneman
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
General Travers ...... John Webb
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
WED 11:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwb)
Episode 3
A lascivious lawyer and a dashing captain - Becky Sharp continues to attract admirers. Stephen Fry narrates. With Emma Fielding.
WED 11:15 John Pilkington - Apostle of Light (b00l6l5j)
Blinded in an accident in the early 19th century, Louis Braille aspires to improve the status of blind people. Stars Adam Godley.
WED 12:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007vh34)
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08:00 today]
WED 12:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrr7)
Series 3
The Next to Last Burkiss Way
Waves are parted as the team take on the Holly Bibbly - and another edition of Syrup on Sunday.
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.
Producer: John Lloyd
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1978.
WED 13:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
A Present for Steve
More mystery afloat, as the worried detective tackles Salty West and uncovers links to his wife, Steve.
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 Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes.
With Brewster Mason as Salty West, Belle Chrystall as Linda Teako, Simon Lack as Brian Dexter and Manning Wilson as Detective Inspector Ivor.
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 1954.
WED 13:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpq)
Episode 3
The Dutch detective has finally discovered murder victim Elsa de Charmoy's secret. A decoy is needed to snare the killer, but it's a very risky assignment. Tension mounts as the murderer makes his presence felt.
Nicholas Freeling's crime thriller concluded by David Troughton.
Piet Van der Valk is the much-copied prototype detective, 'a cranky, gentle, bumbling, brilliant, non-conformist student of human behaviour whose primary concern is why rather than how crimes are committed'.
Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on BBC Radio 7 in 2006.
WED 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vhhs)
The Curragh Mutiny; To the Brink of Civil War
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
WED 14:15 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l6txt)
The Bouncing Universe
Vatican astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno thinks ahead to a post-human future and back to some ancient beliefs.
WED 14:30 HE Bates' My Uncle Silas (b007k48y)
The Death of Uncle Silas
It's the end of a Life of Wine and Women for HE Bates' nonagenarian rogue. Read and abridged by David Neal.
WED 14:45 Gordon West's Jogging Round Majorca (b00c0grf)
The Village of the Lilies
Leonard Pearcey reads Gordon West's Majorcan tale. Cheap rail travel brings wonderful restive seafront encounters.
WED 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
WED 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00l6vs8)
Featuring Lizzie Dripping by Helen Cresswell (read by Lisa Riley), The Last Vampire by Willis Hall (read by Hamish Clark), and Thora by Gillian Johnson (read by Stella Gonet).
WED 17:00 After Henry (b007nf1y)
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09:00 today]
WED 17:30 Alison and Maud (b007k377)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
WED 18:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4d)
Series 2
The Red Planet
The Space Force crew make a discovery in Egypt - while stowaways are reported on the Mars-bound ship.
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard, Bernard Brown and Mia Soteriou.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1985.
WED 18:30 Blood Lines (b007k2kp)
Expecting
Alone in a house, a pregnant woman grows distressed by the sounds of a crying baby. Emma Noakes reads Catherine Mant's tale.
WED 18:45 Blood Lines (b007k2n1)
Cthul-You
A lonely occultist signs up to a special internet chat room to attract some demons. Adam Sims reads Damien G Walter's tale.
WED 19:00 Hancock's Half Hour (b007vh34)
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08:00 today]
WED 19:30 The Burkiss Way (b007jrr7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
WED 20:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
WED 20:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
WED 21:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
WED 21:15 John Pilkington - Apostle of Light (b00l6l5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
WED 22:00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? (b007jrcc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
WED 22:30 Old Harry's Game (b007jvjx)
Series 4
Beauty
Satan introduces the Professor and Thomas to Helen of Troy and her plain friend, Daphne. Stars Andy Hamilton. From May 2001.
WED 23:00 A Load of Old Balls (b00b1pch)
A Load of Old Balls
A Load of Old Balls: Jo Brand's acclaimed academic tome on men and how useless some of them have been in history. Contains strong language. Episode 2 of 2.
WED 23:45 Sounding Off with McGough (b007jvnp)
The Way Things Are
Roger McGough's reflections on life, death and BBC Radio 4's 'Today' programme.
With the accompaniment of long-time musical collaborator Andy Roberts.
Recorded at the Bath Festival.
Producer: Sara Davies
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2000.
THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2009
THU 00:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:00 on Wednesday]
THU 00:30 Blood Lines (b007k2kp)
[Repeat of broadcast at
18:30 on Wednesday]
THU 00:45 Blood Lines (b007k2n1)
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18:45 on Wednesday]
THU 01:00 Paul Temple (b007s6jt)
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13:00 on Wednesday]
THU 01:30 Van der Valk - Love in Amsterdam (b007jwpq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Wednesday]
THU 02:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwb)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Wednesday]
THU 02:15 John Pilkington - Apostle of Light (b00l6l5j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Wednesday]
THU 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l6l5l)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vhhs)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:00 on Wednesday]
THU 04:15 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l6txt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:15 on Wednesday]
THU 04:30 HE Bates' My Uncle Silas (b007k48y)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:30 on Wednesday]
THU 04:45 Gordon West's Jogging Round Majorca (b00c0grf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
14:45 on Wednesday]
THU 05:00 18/06/2009 (b00l74dr)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
THU 08:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
My Stag Movie, part 2/2
The veteran auditionee exposes more of his film-making exploits. Did he ever hit the big screen?
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 August 1986
THU 08:30 An Actor's Life for Me (b00899ps)
Series 2
The Scottish Play
Robert gets involved in a performance of the play whose title we are not allowed to say. He is overly superstitious about saying "Macbeth" ... Whoops!
John Gordon Sinclair stars in Paul Mayhew-Archer's sitcom.
Robert Wilson ..... John Gordon Sinclair
Desmond Shaw ..... Gary Waldhorn
Sue ..... Caroline Quentin
With:
Jo Kendall
Joe Dunlop
Jonathan Kydd
Danny Schiller
Producer: Paul Spencer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in February 1990.
THU 09:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxfm)
Reasonably Together Again
The humorous singing quartet of David Barlow, Peter Christie, Miles Kington and Alan Maryon-Davis entertain. From April 1985.
THU 09:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00l74dt)
Series 4
Turning the Tables
The move up from junior to high school is a step too far, it seems, for a former pupil.
And it's quiz time, but Mr Maxwell is lacking a team.
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 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, Paul Copley as Mr Long, Bill Wallis as Jack Pollard and Jemma Churchill as Mrs Morgan.
Producer: John Fawcett Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2005.
THU 10:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l74dw)
4. The Battle Lost and Won
Ten years have passed and Lucilla worries that she might have "gone off".
When the MP for Carlingford dies, it seems that the two contenders, Mr Ashburton and Mr Cavendish are not of that opinion.
Conclusion of Margaret Oliphant's humorous novel starring Teresa Gallagher and Elizabeth Spriggs.
Lucilla Marjoribanks ...... Teresa Gallagher
Dr Marjoribanks ...... Roy Hanlon
Mrs Oliphant ...... Elizabeth Spriggs
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Barbara Lake ...... Elizabeth Mansfield
Mrs Nelly Woodburn ...... Elizabeth Proud
Colonel Chiley ...... Garard Green
Mr Cavendish ...... Keith Drinkel
Mrs Chiley ...... Ann Windsor
Edward ...... David Holt
Mrs Centum ...... Theresa Streatfield
Mr Holden ...... Eric Allan
Rosie Lake ...... Joanna Myers
Mr Ashburton ...... Christopher Scott
Tom Marjoribanks ...... Nicholas Murchie
Mr Black ...... John Webb
Maria Brown ...... Melanie Hudson
Mr Centrum ...... Peter Penry-Jones
Lady Richmond ...... Jill Graham
Nancy ...... Joanna Wake
Mr Bury ...... John Fleming
Major Brown ...... Jonathan Adams
Dramatised by Elizabeth Proud.
Music by Malcolm McKee.
Producer: Sue Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1992.
THU 11:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwg)
Episode 4
Becky Sharp aims to charm a wealthy spinster and her handsome nephew. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding.
THU 11:15 RD Wingfield (b0089kpv)
Daylight Robbery
'Elderly lady living alone in remote house, willing to take in paying guests.'
When Miss Pickering puts this ad in the newspaper, she has an ulterior motive.
So have the four gentlemen who reply...
Monica Grey stars in RD Wingfield’s crime drama.
Miss Pickering .... Monica Grey
Colonel Fryatt .... Norman Shelley
Dr Brown .... Jonathan Scott
Harris .... Peter Woodthorpe
Wakeson .... Howard Goorney
Bank Manager .... Lewis Stringer
Woman in Telephone Kiosk .... Daisy Bell
Jones .... Brian Gear
Woman in Crowd .... Elizabeth Havelock
Constable .... Douglas Leach
Car Driver .... David Ponting
Other parts played by the cast.
Directed at BBC Bristol by John Cardy.
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1977.
THU 12:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:00 today]
THU 12:30 My Music (b00l74dy)
Steve Race quizzes John Amis, Frank Muir, Ian Wallace and Denis Norden on the foxtrot and national anthem. From December 1993.
THU 13:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
News From Sir Graham
An unexpected twist wraps up the case for the suave detective and his wife Steve - or does it?
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 Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes.
With Brewster Mason as Salty West and Manning Wilson as Detective Inspector Ivor.
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 1956.
THU 13:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gzy)
2. The Troupe
Intrigued by the arrival in London of a transatlantic visitor he knows to have managed a troupe of actors, Mr JG Reeder tries to get to the bottom of a jewellery fraud.
Read by David Horovitch
Mr JG Reeder's novel methods bring the criminals of 1920s London to justice.
Created by Edgar Wallace, he is a uniquely English detective. An apparent fuddy-duddy working in some obscure capacity in the Public Prosecutor's office, he actually has a razor-sharp intellect and is a super-sleuth.
Mr JG Reeder solves his mysteries because he fully understands the "criminal mind".
Abridged for radio by Neville Teller.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in October 2007.
THU 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vkjb)
Faithful to Erin, We Answer Her Call; The Conspirators Prepare
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
THU 14:15 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l74f0)
The Big Chill
If the sun and the stars burn themselves out, will any life survive in the darkness? With astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno.
THU 14:30 Sweet Dreams (b007jst8)
Episode 1
Educated with liberal views, Howard Baker goes to heaven and is pleasantly surprised. Celestial satire read by Martin Jarvis.
THU 14:45 Gordon West's Jogging Round Majorca (b00c0c3b)
Don Juan and Roja the Mule
Leonard Pearcey reads Gordon West's Majorcan tale. Even gasometers can become beautiful, and 'wolf'-men can be hospitable.
THU 15:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l74dw)
[Repeat of broadcast at
10:00 today]
THU 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00l74f2)
Featuring Lizzie Dripping by Helen Cresswell (read by Lisa Riley), The Last Vampire by Willis Hall (read by Hamish Clark), and Thora by Gillian Johnson (read by Stella Gonet).
THU 17:00 Instant Sunshine (b007jxfm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 17:30 King Street Junior Revisited (b00l74dt)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:30 today]
THU 18:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4v)
Series 2
The Great Martian Pyramid
Landing on Mars, the Space Force crew start explorations - but find their welcome is far from warm.
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in May 1985.
THU 18:30 Blood Lines (b007xrff)
The Quick and the Dead
Discovering how to keep death at bay, a Victorian scientist starts resurrecting. Christine Kavanagh reads Nick Moulton's tale.
THU 18:45 Blood Lines (b007ylqw)
Elegy Underground
Angels have returned, but to a world where only one person remembers who they are. Bethan Walker reads Fiona McFarlane's tale.
THU 19:00 J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook (b007k1jm)
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THU 19:30 My Music (b00l74dy)
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THU 20:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
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THU 20:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gzy)
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THU 21:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwg)
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THU 21:15 RD Wingfield (b0089kpv)
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THU 22:00 An Actor's Life for Me (b00899ps)
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THU 22:30 All the World's a Globe (b007jwwz)
8. From 20th Century Wars to Twiggy
The National Theatre of Brent's definitive history of Earth reaches the 20th century. With guest Ben Kingsley. From June 1990.
THU 22:45 Creme de la Crime (b00807sd)
Series 1
Heist Society
A tale of 1960s cunning villainy coinciding with the World Cup.
Recalled by Michael Feydeau -TV's much-loved Inspector Niblett - and crime expert David Pershore
Using a daring mixture of reconstructions, interviews, music and specially made noises, tales from the vaults of villainy.
Written by and starring Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
With:
Emma Kennedy
Simon Greenall
Director: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2001.
THU 23:00 Newsjack (b00l74f4)
Series 1
Episode 1
Brand new magazine style sketch show that comically scrutinises the latest news, views and issues of the day, with Miles Jupp.
THU 23:30 Masala FM (b007jz5q)
Episode 5
When the Asian radio station's boss gets religion, the on-air result is far from heavenly.
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 October 1996.
FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2009
FRI 00:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn4v)
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18:00 on Thursday]
FRI 00:30 Blood Lines (b007xrff)
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18:30 on Thursday]
FRI 00:45 Blood Lines (b007ylqw)
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18:45 on Thursday]
FRI 01:00 Paul Temple (b007s84b)
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13:00 on Thursday]
FRI 01:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082gzy)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 on Thursday]
FRI 02:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwg)
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11:00 on Thursday]
FRI 02:15 RD Wingfield (b0089kpv)
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11:15 on Thursday]
FRI 03:00 The Carlingford Chronicles - Miss Marjoribanks (b00l74dw)
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FRI 04:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vkjb)
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FRI 04:15 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l74f0)
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FRI 04:30 Sweet Dreams (b007jst8)
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FRI 04:45 Gordon West's Jogging Round Majorca (b00c0c3b)
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14:45 on Thursday]
FRI 05:00 19/06/2009 (b00l75g5)
Join all your CBeebies friends for songs, rhymes and stories on BBC Radio 7.
FRI 08:00 Round the Horne (b007js8b)
Series 2
Episode 13
Sea bound drama with Moby Duck and Kenneth Horne seeks a bona performer for the BBC's DG courtesy of Julian and Sandy.
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 (b007jsk4)
Episode 6
Struggling actor Alan has a date with an X-rated actress, whilst Peruvian Flu strikes at the Gazette.
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 and Kevin Eldon.
Producer: Jane Berthoud
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.
FRI 09:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008g29h)
Series 2
Episode 4
JB Morton's whimsies as performed by Richard Ingrams, Patricia Routledge, John Sessions and John Wells. From August 1991.
FRI 09:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008klgb)
Up the Pole
When Harold Perkins befriends the Carnival Queen, the workmates plot a little sabotage.
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, Steven Harrold as Harry and Carol Hawkins as Miss James.
Narrated by Bernard Cribbins.
Written by Ted Walker.
Producer: Martin Fisher
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1987.
FRI 10:00 The Dream Maker (b00l75g7)
A professor arrives in a Devonshire village claiming to be able to dream the future. Stars Bill Patterson and Rio Fanning.
FRI 11:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwn)
Episode 5
Becky travels to London with the ailing spinster Miss Crawley. Narrated by Stephen Fry. With Emma Fielding and Margaret Tyzack.
FRI 11:15 Roger McGough - Summer With Monika (b00bws4x)
Dramatisation of poet Roger McGough's iconic, magical tale of love in the 1960s. Stars Mark McGann and Katy Carmichael.
FRI 11:50 Roger McGough - Postscript: Summer With Monika (b00bwsdj)
Talking about the enigmatic muse for his 1960s magical poem of love, Roger McGough reveals who Monika really was.
FRI 12:00 Round the Horne (b007js8b)
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08:00 today]
FRI 12:30 Does The Team Think? (b00l75tx)
Series 1
Episode 1
Vic Reeves hosts, as Alan Carr, Jools Holland, Ben Miller and Pauline McGlynn answer the audience's questions. From June 2007.
FRI 13:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
Paul Temple and the Lawrence Affair
Another Suspect
The suave detective and wife Steve face peril afloat, in their battle to uncover the truth...
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 Lester Mudditt as Sir Graham Forbes.
With Simon Lack as Brian Dexter, Marjorie Mars as Julie De Silva and Manning Wilson as Detective Inspector Ivor.
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 1954.
FRI 13:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082hw0)
4. The Strange Case
A wealthy government minister is defrauded of a large sum of money and suspects his wastrel nephew.
Then he's murdered, so Mr JG Reeder sets out uncover the truth.
Read by David Horovitch
Mr JG Reeder's novel methods bring the criminals of 1920s London to justice.
Created by Edgar Wallace, he is a uniquely English detective. An apparent fuddy-duddy working in some obscure capacity in the Public Prosecutor's office, he actually has a razor-sharp intellect and is a super-sleuth.
Mr JG Reeder solves his mysteries because he fully understands the "criminal mind".
Abridged for radio by Neville Teller.
Producer: Gemma Jenkins
Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2007.
FRI 14:00 A Short History of Ireland (b007vkvs)
We Are Going to Be Slaughtered; Easter Week
The country's rich and turbulent story continues. With Richard Dormer, James Greene and Frances Tomelty.
FRI 14:15 A Brief History of the End of Everything (b00l7mm6)
Death by Industrial Accident
The Earth could be habitable for another three billion years. Is there time to escape? Guy Consolmagno investigates.
FRI 14:30 Sweet Dreams (b007jstk)
Episode 2
Howard Baker can do no wrong up in Heaven - and his wife forgives his bad behaviour. Celestial satire read by Martin Jarvis.
FRI 14:45 Gordon West's Jogging Round Majorca (b00c06tp)
Monastic Days and Smugglers
Leonard Pearcey reads Gordon West's Majorcan tale. The travellers make the acquaintance of an adorable mule.
FRI 15:00 The Dream Maker (b00l75g7)
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FRI 16:00 Big Toe Books (b00l7qkz)
Featuring Lizzie Dripping by Helen Cresswell (read by Lisa Riley), The Last Vampire by Willis Hall (read by Hamish Clark), and Thora by Gillian Johnson (read by Stella Gonet).
FRI 17:00 Beachcomber... By the Way (b008g29h)
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FRI 17:30 Big Jim and the Figaro Club (b008klgb)
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FRI 18:00 Charles Chilton - Space Force (b007jn58)
Series 2
A Test of Endurance
Held captive in an underground city on Mars, the Space Force crew are set to learn their fate...
Charles Chilton's second intergalactic adventure series starring Barry Foster.
Captain Saxon Berry ...... Barry Foster
Chipper Barnett ...... Nicky Henson
Magnus Carter ...... Nigel Stock
Lodderick Sincere ...... Tony Osoba
With Wendy Murray, Willoughby Goddard and Bernard Brown.
Charles Chilton wrote and produced many popular and successful radio programmes for the BBC - including the classic 1950s serial 'Journey into Space' - charting the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan. This fired the imagination of millions, years before the first moon landing. It was the last radio drama to record higher ratings than the new young upstart television!
Producer: Paul Mayhew-Archer
First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in June 1985.
FRI 18:30 Blood Lines (b007zcd6)
A Lasting Impression
The new writing series continues. Following a terrible row with her boyfriend, a woman receives a chilling supernatural message.
FRI 18:45 Blood Lines (b007k2sj)
Father's Day
An estranged father and daughter's reunion is threatened by sinister state forces. Jasmine Callan reads Ian Dudley's tale.
FRI 19:00 Round the Horne (b007js8b)
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08:00 today]
FRI 19:30 Does The Team Think? (b00l75tx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:30 today]
FRI 20:00 Paul Temple (b007s8rj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:00 today]
FRI 20:30 The Mind of Mr JG Reeder (b0082hw0)
[Repeat of broadcast at
13:30 today]
FRI 21:00 William Makepeace Thackeray - Vanity Fair (b007jvwn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 today]
FRI 21:15 Roger McGough - Summer With Monika (b00bws4x)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 today]
FRI 21:50 Roger McGough - Postscript: Summer With Monika (b00bwsdj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:50 today]
FRI 22:00 The Alan Davies Show (b007jsk4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
08:30 today]
FRI 22:30 Seymour the Fractal Cat (b007jnfx)
Fractal Infinity
Fears abound for computer programmer Jeremy's safety - and his invention. Stars Greg Proops and John Hegley. From April 1996.
FRI 23:00 Saturday Night Fry (b007jt29)
Episode 3
Stephen Fry serves up more witty banter and sketches.
With Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent and Julia Hills.
Written by Stephen Fry with additional material by Ian Brown and James Hendrie.
Producer: Dan Patterson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1988.
FRI 23:30 Dave Podmore (b007wzp2)
Dave Podmore's Cricket Night
Episode 3
There's uproar when a Russian billionaire turns Pod's cricket ground into a supermarket, leaving Pod with divided loyalties.
Written by Christopher Douglas, Nick Newman and Andrew Nickolds.
Pod ...... Christopher Douglas
Andy Hamer ...... Andrew Nickolds
With Nick Newman, Nichola Sanderson, Ewan Bailey and Chris Pavlo.
Producer: Richard Wilson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2004.